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Archive for January, 2009
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Monday Notes: We had some IU student teachers visiting our classroom this morning. They helped with our Reader's Workshop. We talked about Four Feet, Two Sandals at our table groups. Then the Indian School group met and talked about Raven's brother getting sick in Chapter 5. After that, we worked on writing ADJECTIVES in short pieces about our favorite instruments. After lunch, we visited our first grade buddies. At math, we learned about measuring angles. It was tricky, but we're getting the hang of it. Then we started designing "geo-monsters," using our math templates.
Friday Notes: In the morning we listened to our new podcast. It was great, awesome and terrific! Our goal is to get 30 comments this week! We already have 7! We read a book about a girl who was born in Afghanistan. They had many wars there. Now she lives in the U.S. We did science experiments with Mrs. Streib's class. What a wild week!
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Listen to our podcast about the boarding schools many Native American children were forced to attend. This podcast was written after we read The Ledgerbook of Thomas Blue Eagle and Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe. Check it out!
Carlisle School Podcast
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Tuesday Notes: Today was a big day in 306 and in HISTORY! Our third graders were in the Herald Times! After we read about ourselves in the newspaper, we checked out the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr web pages created by Mrs. Streib's class and Mrs. Ritchey's class. Both classes were winners in the web page contest by MCCSC. Then we read a book about Dr. King called Martin's Big Words. We made a poster of some of Dr. King's important words and messages. We ate lunch together in our classroom and watched President Obama take the oath of office. We took notes during his inaugural speech and then we made a poster called Barack's Big Words. We also read a picture book about President Obama's life. Mr. Combs was our awesome speaker at our Dr. King convocation. It was a great day to be together and learn more about our country and our government.
Wednesday Notes: Today we welcomed our new gym teacher, Ms. Uchman to Fairview. We had a great time at gym and art first thing this morning. We worked in our reading sketchbooks and learned more about inferences. We learned about equilateral, isoceles and scalene triangles. We worked on SOUND experiments during science class. When we put the tuning fork into water, it splashed. When we touched the tuning fork to paper, it buzzed. When we touched it to the ping pong ball, it bounced back and forth. A wonderful day in 306.
Thursday Notes: Our travellers have returned! Today was busy. After a lesson about adjectives, we worked on writing this morning. We made SIGNS about our book, Listen To the Wind. After recess, we worked on literature circles. The Stone Fox group met and talked about Little Willy's feelings about Stone Fox. We learned about QUADRANGLES in math class. We are loving the HUGO CABRET book by Brian Selznick!
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Monday Notes: Wow! This day was busy! At Reader's Workshop, we used the dictionary to look up our vocabulary words. Then we illustrated a passage from a book to show how we visualized the details. We had literature circles too. We watched a program about PRONOUNS and found all the pronouns in a song called, "The Girl Is Mine!" After lunch, we worked on PARALLEL and INTERSECTING lines. Ms. Streib's class visited and we worked on finishing up some of the pages in our Monroe County History books. Great news! Tammi and Allijah worked on an essay contest at Banneker Center at the View. They won and are going to travel to Washington to see the inauguration! WOW!!!! Congratulations!!!!
Tuesday Notes: This morning we had gym and music. When Ms. H. picked us up from music, we were singing wintry songs! We worked on our podcast scripts and we are almost ready to record. We took another acuity test after lunch. We also learned more about "parallel" and "intersecting" lines and worked in our math books. We were hoping for more snow today!
Thursday Notes: We began the day with a morning meeting and then we talked about Jim Thorpe. We found out that the Olympic committee took away his medals when they found out he had played professional baseball. Then they gave the medals back to his kids after he died. In the afternoon we learned more about building the school in Pakistan. We worked in our sketchbooks. After library, we had a social studies lesson on democracy. In a democracy everyone is expected to vote.
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Tuesday Notes: It was nice to ease into the new year with a 2 hour delay. It was also wonderful to see everyone again. The 306′ers—students AND teacher were all a bit tired this morning, but we soon got back in to the swing of things. In the morning we learned more about NOUNS, and after lunch, we worked on our Fairview Faces and Places zines. We are starting a new math unit about geometry. Today we learned about line segments, lines and rays. Happy New Year, everyone!
Wednesday Notes: In art today, we made 2009 signs with bubble letters. Instead of gym, we got to hear Coach Jack from IU talk to the sixth graders at their Lifeskills convocation. After gym, we began working on our new podcast. In the afternoon, we learned about sound and BIG BEN when Mrs. Streib came and taught science in 306.
Thursday Notes: Today we heard a story called Listen To the Wind. It's about a guy named Greg Mortenson from the United States who went to Pakistan and helped them build a school. Our Time For Kids was about photographs from 2008. We read a book called The Biggest Best Snowman.
p.s. We love 2 hour delays!


The system lexicon files for Japanese and Chinese are named droldxx.dat drolkxx.dat, and drolixx.dat, where xx is either JA (for Japanese) or ZH (for Chinese). Rename the three new files and copy them to the directory containing the system Japanese lexicon.
% mv drold.dat droldJA.dat
% mv drolk.dat drolkJA.dat
% mv droli.dat droliJA.dat
% cp *dat $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/data/jalx
This replaces the system Japanese lexicon with one that is a merge of the old system lexicon and your wordlist from jadict.txt.
You can also use ctxlc to get a dump of a system lexicon. This example dumps the Chinese lexicon to a file called new_chinese_dict.txt in the current directory:
% ctxlc -zh -ocs UTF8 > new_chinese_dict.txt
This creates a file, new_japanese.dict.txt, using the UTF8 character set, in the current directory.


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Caliph & Emir are MPEG-7 based Java prototypes for digital photo and image annotation and retrieval supporting graph like annotation for semantic metadata and content based image retrieval using MPEG-7 descriptors.
About Citation of Caliph & Emir
We kindly ask you to refer the following paper in any publication mentioning Caliph & Emir:
Mathias Lux. Caliph & Emir: MPEG-7 photo annotation and retrieval. Proceedings of the seventeen ACM international conference on Multimedia, pp. 925-926, 2009, Beijing, China.
Features of Caliph
- Extraction of IPTC and EXIF metadata and conversion to MPEG-7
- Extraction of following content based image retrieval descriptors:
- ColorLayout (measures color distribution in an image)
- ScalableColor (basically a color histogram)
- EdgeHistogram (measures edginess)
- DominantColor (measure dominant colors)
- Annotation of images with
- Free text metadata
- Quality rating
- Structured text metadata
- Meta^2 data (metadata about metadata)
- Semantic Annotations
- Based on a editable catalogue for reusable semantic objects (like specific persons, places, …)
- Fully visual & graphical user interface
- Automatic placement and layout of visual descriptions
- Export of semantic descriptions to Structured Text Descriptions
- Annotation of shapes
- Load and save annotations as MPEG-7 XML file
Features of Emir
- Retrieval of annotations using the file system
- with XPath queries
- with keyword queries
- with quality constraints
- with example images for content based image retrieval
- Retrieval of Annotations using a Lucene index
- with inbuilt index creation
- using different fields for structured retrieval
- Retrieval of semantic graphs based on a Lucene powered index
- supporting wildcards for relations and nodes
- based on query expansion
- graphical query editor
- 2D data repository visualization based on FastMap and FDP algorithms
- for image content descriptors ColorLayout, ScalableColor and EdgeHistogram
- for graphs based on the minimum common sub graph metric
Besides reading existing information, which already exists in digital photographs, and transformation of this information to MPEG-7, Caliph supports the creation of new metadata. Semantic information about the image is presented as directed graph, where the nodes reflect semantic objects, locations, agents, states, times or concepts and the edges define the relations between these semantic entities. To enhance retrieval efficiency content-based metadata is extracted and new instances of the image for faster visualization, like thumbnails, are created. The MPEG-7 description consists of the following parts: metadata description, creation information, media information, textual annotation, semantics, visual descriptors.
The experimental metadata based image retrieval tool Emir supports retrieval in file system based photo repositories created with Caliph. Different types of retrieval mechanisms are supported:
- Content based image retrieval using the MPEG-7 descriptors ColorLayout, EdgeHistogram and ScalableColor.
- Keyword based searching using the Lucene search engine.
- Graph based retrieval supporting wildcards for semantic relations and semantic objects.
- 2D data repository and result set visualization based on FastMap & FDP algorithms.
Furthermore clustering abilities are built in but not acitvated yet.
For questions regarding the usage or for submitting bugs please use the sourceforge project forum of Caliph & Emir. Your help request will normally be answered within one workdays as long as I (Mathias Lux) am online.
Additionally there are two Flash demos, which show the basic usage of Caliph & Emir, available:
Please note that additional screenshots are available at the sourceforge project home.
This screenshot shows the startup screen of Caliph. Here you can annotate the photos with free text and you can rate the quality. Pre existing metadata like EXIF or IPTC tags inside images is loaded and converted to MPEG-7.
Jakarta Lucene based keyword search of Emir, search in different fields is supported.
2D visualization of the data repository using the FastMap algorithm and force directed placement for multidimensional scaling based on the semantic descriptions based on the maximum common subgraph metric
 Mathias Lux, Jutta Becker and Harald Krottmaier, â€œCaliph & Emir: Semantic Annotation and Retrieval in Personal Digital Photo Librariesâ€œ, Proceedings of CAiSE â€˜03 Forum at 15th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, p. 85-89, June 16th-20th 2003, Velden, Austria.
 Mathias Lux, Werner Klieber and Michael Granitzer, "Caliph & Emir: Semantics in Multimedia Retrieval and Annotation", 19th International CODATA Conference 2004: The Information Society: New Horizons for Science, November 7th-10th 2004, Berlin, Germany.
[Download paper] [Download Slides]
 Mathias Lux and Michael Granitzer, "Retrieval of MPEG-7 based Semantic Descriptions", BTW-Workshop "WebDB Meets IR" in context of the "11. GI-Fachtagung für Datenbanksysteme in Business, Technologie und Web", March 1st 2005, University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
[Download paper ] [Download slides]
 Mathias Lux and Michael Granitzer, "A Fast and Simple Path Index Based Retrieval Approach for Graph Based Semantic Descriptions", in Proceedings Workshop on Text-Based Information Retrieval TIR 05, in context of the 28th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Koblenz, Germany, September 2005.
 Mathias Lux, "Retrieval und Annotation von digitalen Photos mit MPEG-7″, MPEG-7 Workshop, March 10th-11th 2005, University of Klagenfurt, Austria.
[Download slides in german]
The development started by Mathias Lux in a lecture of the IICM, an institute of the University of Technology Graz, Austria. Further development was done by adapting it to a project of the Know-Center, a competence center for knowledge based applications and systems in Graz, Austria, by Mathias Lux and Werner Klieber. Quite some time ago it was decided to license the sources, which were partly under copyright of the Know-Center, under the GPL. All private copyrighted sources from the above mentioned lecture were also opend. After registering the project at sourceforge.net the project administration and development was carried on by Mathias Lux. Later additions include code from the VizIR project, which was lead by Horst Eidenberger. Furthermore, Werner Klieber added parts of the results from his master thesis to Caliph to allow the definition of shapes in images. Margit Lang ( MrsMojo) added a search routine for Emir combining different visual descriptors.
Jutta Becker, Harald Krottmaier, Michael Granitzer, Wolfgang Kienreich, Helmut Neuschmied, Werner Klieber, Vedran Sabol, Christian Gütl, the IICM and the TU Graz in general for supporting me by being my scientific environment. Further thanks go to Harald Kosch from the University of Klagenfurt for all the MPEG-7 support and to Horst Eidenberger from Vienna Technical University and his VizIR project team, for contributing edge histogram and other descriptors.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


This is how you can help homeless people during the coronavirus crisis
Monday, 23rd March 2020, 2:41 pm
Updated Monday, 23rd March 2020, 2:43 pm
The coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on the UK, with cases rising daily, schools closing and many people losing their jobs.
Thousands have rushed to shops to stockpile essentials in order to self-isolate causing food banks donations to plummet. But how do you self-isolate if you are homeless?
It has emerged that homeless people are at high risk from the virus, as they often don't have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and are at risk of infection in crowded shelters. Here are a few ways you can support the homeless in your local community.
(Photo: WHO)
Donate to a food bank
Charity bosses are concerned that members of the public have stopped donating to food banks because they are keeping supplies for themselves.
Emma Revie, chief executive of the Trussell Trust, said, "With the spread of coronavirus we all now face an unprecedented challenge and uncertain future."
"It is possible that food banks will face increased demand as people lose income, at the same time as food donations drop or staff and volunteers are unavailable, due to measures rightly put in place to slow the spread of infection."
Check which items your nearby food bank needs - this can be easily accessed online - and donate those if you are able to.
You can find out where your nearest food bank is by putting your postcode into the Trussell Trust map - then visit their website to find out how to donate food.
Support a street vendor
Vendors selling the Big Issue are often homeless, and rely on donations for their livelihood. But, due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak, vendors have been told they cannot sell copies of the magazine on the street.
The Big Issue has issued a desperate plea for help as it struggles to generate income from sales.
You can now buy the publication through their shop or online. Alternatively, subscribe for three months while vendors aren't on the streets, or donate.
Donate essentials to a local shelter
Homeless shelters and hostels have been plunged into uncertainty, and some have had to close due to the spread of infection.
However, many have made the decision to keep their doors open despite the added risk.
Many shelters across the country are pleading for essentials such as hand sanitiser, soap, board games and sleeping bags.
Call a homeless helpline
If you see someone on the streets who urgently needs help, you can call a homeless helpline.
Shelter UK's national helpline is 0808 _PHONE_. You can also get in touch with the Salvation Army on (020) 7367 4500.
Coronavirus: the facts
What is coronavirus?
What caused coronavirus?
How is it spread?
What are the symptoms?
What precautions can be taken?
Government advice
For more information on government advice, please check their website.
Should I avoid public places?
What should I do if I feel unwell?
When to call NHS 111
Sources: World Health Organisation and NHS


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Track & Field, known in Japan and Europe as Hyper Olympic (ハイパーオリンピック Haipā Orinpikku), is an Olympic-themed sports arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1983. The Japanese release sported an official license for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Players compete in a series of events, most involving alternately pressing two buttons as quickly as possible to make the onscreen character run faster. It was followed by a sequel, Hyper Sports.
In the original arcade game, the player uses two "run" buttons (or a trackball in later units that replaced buttons damaged from overuse) and one "action" button to control an athlete competing in the following six events:
- 100 Meter Dash – Running by quickly alternating button presses.
- Long jump – Running by alternating button press and correct timing for jump. Hold jump button to set angle (42 degrees is optimal).
- Javelin throw – Running by alternating button presses and then using action button correct timing for angle (43 degrees is optimal).
- 110 Meter Hurdles – Running by alternating button presses and using action button to time hurdles.
- Hammer throw' – Spinning initiated by pressing a run button once and then correctly timed press of action button to choose angle (45 is optimal).
- High jump – Running (speed set by computer) and then action button must be held down to determine angle of jump. Once in the air, the run button can be rapidly pressed for additional height.


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Recycled Water: How It's Made and What Its Benefits Are
(Posted 11/5/2020) North Marin Water District was formed by local voters in 1948. Each year since, water sources and water facilities have been evaluated, upgraded, and developed in order to meet the water supply needs of the community. The District built the Stafford Dam in 1951 and began importing Russian River water in 1961. Today, North Marin Water District receives about 70% of its water supply from the Russian River, but it's important to consider alternative sources of water as the community's needs and the environment's needs evolve. Recycled water is an important part of North Marin Water District's supply structure and continued efforts to become more sustainable.
What is recycled water?
Recycled water is wastewater treated to tertiary recycled water standards — the highest level of treatment defined by the State of California (referred to as Title 22). This water comes from Novato Sanitary District for the North and Central Service Areas and from Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District for the South Service Area. There are four treatment steps that wastewater goes through before it is considered tertiary recycled water: primary treatment, biological treatment (secondary), filtration and disinfection (tertiary). This level of treatment allows for unrestricted reuse in virtually all recycled water applications. Recycled water meets strict federal, state, and county health and safety requirements — second only to drinking water in purity.
How is it used?
Currently, North Marin Water District uses recycled water for landscape irrigation at large office complexes, Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, three school fields (Hamilton Elementary, Lynwood Elementary, and the Novato Charter School), Stone Tree and Marin Country Club golf courses, many homeowners association common areas, and three automated car washes.
- High quality: Though it is not approved for drinking, recycled water is safe and effective for use in thousands of applications throughout the United States and the world. Of the three quality standards for recycled water in California, North Marin Water District's recycled water is of the highest quality.
- Reliable: While the majority of properties may be forced to cut down on their water use during drought periods, properties using recycled water will not have their water supply affected by drought.
- Sustainable: Along with having a lower carbon footprint, recycling water uses less energy than developing other new sources of water. Additionally, recycled water offsets 10% of the potable water demand in Novato in summer months.
- Cost savings: Customers who use recycled water do not have to pay the +8% seasonal rate now in place in non-residential water use from May through November,


Turn Back the Clock with the World Imagery Wayback Archive
Esri's new World Imagery Wayback archive, found in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, gives users access to global imagery that has appeared in the World Imagery basemap over the past five years. The basemap imagery comes from a variety of sources at a range of resolutions—in all, over 80 different versions of the basemap are available.
This is useful because when you view imagery basemaps, you typically only see the most recent images. However, sometimes it is a previous version of the basemap that you really want to see or use for a project. For example, maybe you need to use a particular version of basemap imagery for a long-term project, or you need to digitize features using a specific update of the basemap imagery. The World Imagery Wayback archive has been developed to meet just such demands.
Imagery in the archive can also help provide records of landscapes and, in some cases, show change over time. For example, visual analysis of archived imagery can help to identify where glaciers have shrunk; where urban areas have grown; and where change has occurred on the terrain due to volcanic activity, mudslides, or earthquakes.
Like other content in ArcGIS Online, you can access the archived images from ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro or ArcMap, making the images especially useful. If you already know which images you want to use, you can simply search for them in the Wayback Imagery group in ArcGIS Online, or you can find them through a Catalog connection to the imagery server in ArcGIS Pro or ArcMap. If you are not sure which images you want to use or you just want to explore the possibilities, use the World Imagery Wayback app.
In this tip, you will learn how to use World Imagery Wayback to explore changes in the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world. Using archived imagery, you will be able to see how the lake has diminished in size due to water diversion projects aimed at transforming deserts in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan into farms.
You will learn how to find the images you want by using the World Imagery Wayback app, which can be accessed online from the Living Atlas. You will add the images to a web map in ArcGIS Online and then share the web map using the Esri Story Map Swipe app.
The Esri World Imagery Wayback app automatically opens to display an area near Las Vegas, Nevada, which has undergone rapid urban growth over the past five years.
Find the images of interest using the World Imagery Wayback app
 1. Open the World Imagery Wayback app.
 2. In the search box at the upper right of the map view, type the name of your area of interest. For this example, you will type "Aral Sea" and choose Aral Sea, KAZ from the drop-down menu in the search box. (Alternatively, you can use the map viewer to pan and zoom to the location you are interested in.)
The map will zoom in to that area and display the most recent image available.
To see your area of interest in more detail, use the navigation controls at the upper left of the map view.
Zooming in to the Aral Sea, the historical extent of the lake's water—which has been drawn here in yellow—is depicted in the image as the light-colored area.
 1. Note that the available images are highlighted in the timeline at the upper left.
 1. Scroll through the list of images at the left to see the highlighted images, which show when the imagery in the Esri World Imagery basemap was updated.
 1. Above the list of images, click the Only updates with local changes check box to see the dates when imagery was updated for the area on the map. This filters the view in both the timeline and the list of images.
 1. Move your mouse over the timeline or the list to view the different images in an overview window on the map.
 1. Click a different location in the map view to see when the images were updated for other locations within the map view. If the timeline or list of images does not change, that means that there are no additional or different images in your map view. In this example below, the images are the same for the entire map view.
 1. Click an image on the timeline or in the list to view the selected image on the map.
 1. Click the first icon to the right of the image name in the list to learn more about the image.
This opens the Item Details page in ArcGIS Online.
The selected image was visible in the June 11, 2014, update of the World Imagery basemap.
Next, add the images to an ArcGIS Online map.
Once you have found the images you want to work with, you can add them to a queue that will be used to make a map with all the selected images in ArcGIS Online. A simple click of a button will create the web map for you automatically. In this example below, the images for June 2014 and December 2015 were selected because they show a distinct change in water area, with the Aral Sea in 2015 having become drastically smaller.
 1. Click the second icon to the right of the image name in the list to add the image to a queue of images that will be used to create a map in ArcGIS Online.
The icon to the left of the timeline shows the number of images currently in the queue.
 1. Once you have selected the images you want, click the icon to the left of the timeline to create the web map in ArcGIS Online.
 1. You will be prompted to sign in to ArcGIS Online if you haven't already. Note that once you have made a web map during a session, you won't be prompted again to sign in.
 1. Fill in the details of the web map, including the title and tags. Edit the description if you desire, although a default description is provided for you.
 1. Click Create Wayback Map.
 2. Click Open Wayback Map to see your map in ArcGIS Online.
The web map will be displayed with the images you selected in the World Imagery Wayback app.
You can toggle the layers in the web map on and off to see the changes over time. But a better experience is for viewers to see the web map in an app that allows the images to be viewed without having to toggle the layers. One such app is Story Map Swipe, which is used in this example to reveal—through comparison of the two images in the web map—the shrinkage of the Aral Sea.
Share the images in a story map.
You can quickly and easily share your web map in a story map by using one of the templates that allow users to compare images. For example, follow the steps below to learn how to share your web map using an app such as Story Map Swipe.
 1. Make sure that the check box to the left of each layer name is checked. By default, the check box for the top layer will be unchecked so that you can see the earlier image.
 1. On the ribbon, click Save.
 1. On the ribbon, click Share.
 1. Choose who can view the map and click CREATE A WEB APP.
 1. Scroll down and select Esri Story Map Swipe and Story Map Spyglass app.
 1. Click CREATE WEB APP.
 1. Update the details, if you desire, and click Done.
 2. Click Next, since the swipe style is automatically selected.
 1. Click Next, since the option to swipe layers in a web map is automatically selected.
 1. Choose the layout settings for the web app. In this example, the layout settings are unchecked to create a very simple app. Once you have configured the settings, click Open the app.
 1. Make any final edits. In this example, I zoomed in a bit on the area of interest.
 1. Click SAVE when you are done.
Your app is now ready to let you share it with others.
Take a moment to go back in time by exploring the World Imagery Wayback archive! You can find places to explore by perusing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) World of Change web page, which includes the following locations:
To learn more about the World Imagery Wayback archive, visit these blogs:
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Aileen Buckley


'magit-create-branch-command-hook 'foo-create-branch)
_USER_ example
The function _USER_{foo-create-branch} will be called each time an
attempt is made to create a branch, and can, for example, react to
a certain name convention.
Define new commands and associated menu.
This part is not really specific to extensions, except that menus take
place in the ''Extensions'' submenu.
_USER_ itemize
It is suggested that Magit extensions authors stick to the convention of
making extensions minor modes. This has many advantages, including the
fact that users are able to toggle extensions, and that it's easy to
configure a specific set of extensions for a given repository.
Shipped extensions can serve as an example of how to develop
new extensions.
Basically a _USER_{foo} extension should provide a _USER_{magit-foo-mode}
minor mode, as well as a _USER_{turn-on-magit-foo} function. The main
task of the minor mode is to register/unregister the various hooks that
the extension requires. The registered actions on the other hand can be
left alone and activated globally, since they can be run only on
displayed items, which won't happen when the minor mode is off.
Don't forget to call _USER_{magit-refresh} when the minor mode is toggled
interactively, so that the relevant sections can be shown or hidden.
_USER_ Using Git Directly
_USER_ Using Git Directly
For situations when Magit doesn't do everything you need, you can run
raw Git commands using _USER_{:}. This will prompt for a Git command, run
it, and refresh the status buffer. The output can be viewed by typing
_USER_ Customization
_USER_ Customization
The following variables can be used to adapt Magit to your workflow:
_USER_ _USER_
_USER_ magit-git-executable
The name of the Git executable.
_USER_ magit-git-standard-options
Standard options when running Git.
_USER_ magit-repo-dirs
Directories containing Git repositories.
Magit will look into these directories for Git repositories and offer
them as choices for _USER_{magit-status}.
_USER_ magit-repo-dirs-depth
The maximum depth to look for Git repos.
When looking for a Git repository below the directories in
_USER_{magit-repo-dirs}, Magit will only descend this many levels deep.
_USER_ magit-save-some-buffers
Non-nil means that _USER_{magit-status} will save modified buffers
before running. Setting this to _USER_{t} will ask which buffers to
save, setting it to _USER_{'dontask} will save all modified buffers
without asking.
_USER_ magit-save-some-buffers-predicate
Specifies a predicate function on _USER_{magit-save-some-buffers} to
determine which unsaved buffers should be prompted for saving.
_USER_ magit-commit-all-when-nothing-staged
Determines what _USER_{magit-log-edit} does when nothing is staged.
Setting this to _USER_{nil} will make it do nothing, setting it to
_USER_{t} will arrange things so that the actual commit command will
use the _USER_{--all} option, setting it to _USER_{'ask} will first ask
for confirmation whether to do this, and setting it to
_USER_{'ask-stage} will cause all changes to be staged, after a
_USER_ magit-commit-signoff
When performing _USER_{git commit} adds _USER_{--signoff}.
_USER_ magit-log-cutoff-length
The maximum number of commits to show in the _USER_{log} and
_USER_{whazzup} buffers.
_USER_ magit-log-infinite-length
Number of log used to show as maximum for
_USER_ magit-log-auto-more
Insert more log entries automatically when moving past the last entry.
Only considered when moving past the last entry with _USER_{magit-goto-next-section}.
_USER_ magit-process-popup-time
Popup the process buffer if a command takes longer than this many
_USER_ magit-revert-item-confirm
Require acknowledgment before reverting an item.
_USER_ magit-log-edit-confirm-cancellation
Require acknowledgment before canceling the log edit buffer.
_USER_ magit-remote-ref-format
What format to use for autocompleting refs, in pariticular for
Autocompletion is used by functions like _USER_{magit-checkout},
_USER_{magit-interactive-rebase} and others which offer branch name
The value _USER_{'name-then-remote} means remotes will be of the form
_USER_{name (remote)}, while the value _USER_{'remote-slash-name} means
that they'll be of the form _USER_{remote/name}. I.e. something that's
listed as _USER_{remotes/upstream/next} by _USER_{git branch -l -a} will
be _USER_{upstream/next}.
_USER_ magit-process-connection-type
Connection type used for the git process.
_USER_{nil} mean pipe, it is usually faster and more efficient, and
work on cygwin. _USER_{t} mean pty, it enable magit to prompt for
passphrase when needed.
_USER_ magit-completing-read-function
Function to be called when requesting input from the user.
_USER_ magit-create-branch-behaviour
Where magit will create a new branch if not supplied a branchname or
The value _USER_{'at-head} means a new branch will be created at the
tip of your current branch, while the value _USER_{'at-point} means
magit will try to find a valid reference at point...
_USER_ magit-status-buffer-switch-function
Function for _USER_{magit-status} to use for switching to the status
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CMM Operator/ Inspection/ Bonding Operator
Received fan blades, spacers, and platforms from various steps in production process to measure, calculate, and confirm or reject tolerances designated from customer.
- Operated CMM machine to identify any non-conformances and collect data for customer review.
- Typed up MRR's upon discovery of part defects and passed on documents to Quality Control.
- Created powerpoint presentations with pictures of any non-conformance and entered presentation into Quality Control database.
- Finished carbon fiber composite aircraft parts including fan blades, spacers, platforms, and fan cases.
- Used various adhesives and other bonding agents to attach titanium metal leading edges, wear strips, and fire-protectant materials to parts.
- Performed deflash operations to remove excess cured adhesives from parts using scalpels, grinders, picks, and other electrical tools.
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Hape Stacking Music Set will let your child explore melody and rhythm with this innovative Wooden Musical Toy.
Children can stack the differently sized blocks in any way they see fit, exploring music and shapes as they play
- A block set with musical abilities!
- Features a xylophone, drum and more
- Brightly coloured sides make this an eye catcher!
- Suitable for children from 18m+
- Made with a commitment to sustainability, compliant with international safety and quality standards
- Age: 18+ Months
Dimensions; L24.9, W13, H24 cm


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Transfers control from your current process (which then hibernates) to the specified process.
The ATTACH and SPAWN commands cannot be used if your terminal has an associated mailbox.
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Federal guidelines suggest communities determine why drivers are running red lights, instead of first installing red light cameras.
PINELLAS COUNTY, Florida - Acknowledging it had a safety problem at the intersection of Belcher Road and Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, the City of Clearwater chose to install red light cameras instead of other recommended safety countermeasures, as federal guidelines suggest.
Now, following the May death of 70-year-old retired police officer and crossing guard Douglas Carey, the city and state will make some of those improvements. They include better signage, repainting lines, additional school bus stops and a flashing yellow light - all of which can contribute to intersection safety.
But federal guidelines implore communities to try countermeasures before they resort to cameras, including an engineering study "to determine the factors contributing to red-light running and to identify appropriate countermeasures that could be implemented to reduce the number of crashes resulting from red-light violations. Once identified, the appropriate effective countermeasures (engineering, education, and enforcement) should be considered in addressing the crash problem."
Clearwater officials said they did not believe any studies or specific intersection improvements were made prior to the 2011 decision to add red light cameras at two intersections. Florida Department of Transportation officials say they had not studied the intersection either.
But the rush to install cameras is certainly not limited to Clearwater. The Florida Legislature's nonpartisan Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability (OPPAGA),released a report that indicated the problem is widespread:
"Although national and state transportation organizations strongly recommend the use of countermeasures, OPPAGA's survey results indicate that most (56%) respondents did not implement countermeasures prior to installing red light cameras."
INFOGRAPHIC: Cities not following red light camera laws on reporting
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Chewing the Fat
The secrets of Argentine-style wood grilling and a recipe for chimichurri
By Ari LeVaux
Red, dead and grass-fed
Ari LeVaux
Red, dead and grass-fed
I've always enjoyed casual conversation and rarely been averse to chewing on a nice hunk of fat. But the expression "chew the fat" never resonated with me—until some mochileros showed me the phrase's literal meaning.
Mochilero means backpack, and the mochileros are a tribe of Argentine wanderers who camp their way across some of the finer parts of the landscape, banding together around the evening's fire to drink maté, play guitar and plan the next day's adventures. It was next to one such fire, under a starry night in San Martín, that I understood fat chewing.
A piece of meat had been cooked over wood coals. Red wine was flowing. There was a bowl of salad and a loaf of bread, and we all ate our share. As we lingered in our joyous collective afterglow, I sat there chewing the fat with the mochileros, gnawing on a bone with an attached glob of fatty material. Several times I put my bone back on the grill to heat and re-melt the stuff. The matrix of fat and connective tissue attached to that bone continued to surrender flavor as I chewed.
I imagine language evolved in ancient scenes like this, around the same fires that hardened the spears and cooked the meat of our ancestors, fires that kept the wolves away. They chewed the fat, told stories and planned the next day's adventures.
In addition to stimulating conversation, some anthropologists believe cooking food facilitated human brain development by increasing the efficiency with which calories are extracted from food. Because cooking produces soft, energy-rich foods, fewer calories are spent on digestion, leaving a higher margin of caloric recovery. This supposedly allowed our brains—the most energy-intensive organ we have—to grow.
Though fire was the original stove, today's cooks have largely left it behind. With the loss of fire, we've also lost touch with its feelings and flavors. But fire remains available and at our service, a genie in a bottle that can be conjured anywhere, anytime. And when we do, the experience of tending hot coals takes us to an archetypal place of smoke and ash—which, by the way, we're now told are carcinogenic.
In his cookbook Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way, Argentine chef Francis Mallmann writes: "I adore dissonance in food—two tastes fighting each other. It wakes up your palate and surprises you.... The right amount of burning or charring can be delicious and seductive: a burnt tomato, for example, has a dark crust bordering on bitter, while the inside is soft and gentle in texture and taste."
Applying the right amounts of smoke and fire to your food is a delicate act, and it's easy to overdo. You want these harsh flavors to be team players and not take over.
Some woods burn hot and quick, some have sweet smoke, and some throw a lot of sparks. Hardwoods are generally better for cooking than soft woods. Wood from fruit trees is a safe bet, although chokecherry wood has bitter smoke. Cherry, on the other hand, is one of the best—burning hot without too much flame and producing a sweet smoke. Apple is right up there with cherry. Hickory, alder and mesquite are good, common options. Whichever wood you use, it must be fully dry and cut into manageable chunks.
One common rookie maneuver is to start cooking before the fire completely burns down to coals. This exposes your food to licking flames that can char the food and make the smoke flavors too strong.
Start the wood fire about an hour before you want to cook—any fire pit or charcoal grill will do. Spread the coals evenly under your grill grate and wait for them to develop a layer of white ash.
Your steak should be about an inch and a half thick, at room temperature, and seasoned with salt and pepper. Some meat cooks love their marinades. But I say if you have good meat, you should be able to taste it. If anything, I'll serve my simply cooked meat with a sauce. Lately I've been into chimichurri, an Argentine garlic-and-herb vinaigrette.
Chimichurri is best prepared a day ahead so the flavors can develop. It will continue to age nicely for a few days in the fridge. Applied to fire-cooked meat, the spicy, oily, acidic fragrance of the chimichurri interacts with the lightly charred, crispy, smoky exterior of the meat to create the kind of harmonic dissonance that would make Mallmann cry.
To make chimichurri, dissolve one tablespoon of coarse salt into a cup of water. Chop a head of garlic, a cup of fresh parsley and 1/4 cup fresh or dried oregano (or marjoram), and add it all to a blender. Blend, adding 1/4 cup red wine vinegar and then 1/2 cup olive oil. Finally, blend in the salt water. Transfer to a jar with a tight-fitting lid and keep it in the refrigerator.
When your coals have burned down and you're ready to cook, make sure the grill grate is clean, and oil it with a piece of fat or an oil-soaked paper towel. You should be able to hold your hand at grill level—a distance of two to four inches from the coals—for about two seconds before the heat forces it away. The meat should sizzle when it hits the metal.
After five minutes, lift the steak and rotate 90 degrees—this prevents over-charring. After four more minutes, turn the steak over and repeat the process, turning 90 degrees after five minutes. Then it's two minutes to medium rare.
And it's even better than a burned tomato.
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Definition of Jobless Recovery
What is a "jobless recovery"? What is the definition of the term "jobless recovery"?
A "jobless recovery" occurs when economic growth takes place in a country, but employment levels either drop or remain stable.
Jobless Recovery DefinitionAt the time that this definition was written (November 2010), the United States was experiencing a "jobless recovery", as economic growth was technically taking place, but the national unemployment rate was basically stuck in neutral.
It is generally expected that a growing economy will result in the creation of new jobs, but this isn't always the case.
Increased automation, for instance, can result in GDP growth accompanied with stable or dropping employment.
"Jobless recoveries" have been perplexing economists for decades. The big question - how do you spur employment growth in a country when the economy is already growing?
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The Power of DryFire
It is most likely strange to you that an article from an ammo manufacturer is discussing on dry fire (training without live ammunition). However, if skill improvement is really the focus, then we would be remised not to discuss this valuable tool. Dryfire is talked about in many circles of the competitive and tactical communities. Opinions and use vary across the spectrum and are often polarizing. Let's be honest, putting thousands of rounds down range requires, a lot of ammo and a lot of time. These 2 components are often not available in large quantity for most people out there pursuing excellence in a shooting discipline.
Dryfire allows an individual to acquire a very large volume of repetitions of key skill sets required in most 3gun, USPSA, IDPA and Precision matches. The term "muscle memory" is often used to describe the benefit of this activity. The better explanation is getting enough reps that you can turn what started out as a conscious action (or something you must think about in detail to achieve) to a subconscious action (something you do without thinking about the specific mechanics of the operation). THIS IS HUGE in practical application.
The complexities of executing a stage plan occupy all the availability of the conscious mind, so to maximize this stream of data in your mind, you do not want to be thinking consciously about the mechanics of a good draw, or a pistol mag change or how to dump a shotgun and remember to actuate the safety. These actions need to happen on their own due to significant repetitions and the driver is the most economical method to acquire these skills.
If you have been convinced by the arguments above that dry fire is a practice you need to adopt, you are probably asking yourself how to structure this and what this training looks like. The good news is there are a lot of resources out there that give you good direction. Ben Stoeger has several books on the topic for USPSA that can easily be adopted for 3Gun. Dry fire targets are available through several resources as well. One key point to consider, is that a dry fire session does not need to be lengthy to be successful. 15 to 30min is a lengthy session when you consider how many pistols, draws, mag changes and gun manipulations can be done in that period of time. Fatigue will bring about bad habits to be thoughtful as to how you are feeling as you start to build a program for yourself. In conclusion,don't, forgot this valuable tool. Dry fire is not a substitute for live fire, but rather a valuable addition to your overall training regimen.
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The Policy Impact of Ideas
- The Policy Impact of Ideas: Science, Social Justice and Public Health Governance
- Speaker: Patrick Fafard # University of Ottawa
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- Seminar Room 4, Chrystal Macmillan Building
How ideas influence policy is a subject of continuing research and debate. In order to explain policy change many have argued that ideational processes help to construct policy problems; shape the assumptions that affect the content of reform; and become, at times, discursive weapons. However there are also powerful institutional enablers and constraints on the policy impact of ideas. In this paper, I propose to examine the role of the three dominant ideas in public health: "health" is special; science is essential; and, social justice is paramount.
The first part of the paper outlines a framework for thinking about ideas and policy change. The next three sections explore in turn how particular conceptions of "health"; "science"; and "social justice" define the public health account of policy making. The final section briefly applies the conceptual argument to two flash points in contemporary public health: the controversy surrounding the INSITE safe injection facility in Vancouver and, more broadly, calls for action on socioeconomic inequality in the name of health. In both cases the goal is to explore the impact of institutional arrangements on the policy impact of the core ideas animating public health.


Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Why we eat cheesecake on Shavuot (funny)
As my erev Shavuot posting, I wanted to share with you something deep and meaningful, about the essence of our holy festival... Cheesecake! (or, if you prefer, blintzes). Last week I was invited to offer my thoughts on any number of Shavuot-related questions for the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, and I chose to address the 'Why do we eat dairy?' question. I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to add my own spin on this question, partly because I've never been satisfied with any of the more 'traditional' answers and, partly, because I believe its possible to make something meaningful out of each and every moment and, therefore, each and every Jewish food, cheesecake being no exception.
So, what does a more traditional take on this question look like? Check out the short video answer provided by the United Synagogue of Great Britain (Orthodox):
To read my take on the background to eating dairy on Shavuot, the Ledger link is here (Scroll down for my answer on eating dairy).
But the best answer I've read this year was the one I received from my father. Encouraged by what is clearly the Jewish tradition of having an endless number of answers to this vital question of Jewish practice, he decided to add a few more of his own. Enjoy!
Qu: Why do we eat cheesecake on Shavuot?
A: There are many answers, most, if not all, of them wrong. Perhaps the most credible answer, in the traditional Yiddish style, is "Why not?' Always answer a question with a question. This sharpens the mind and frays the nerves.
Another answer is that one day it was Shavuot and Rev Nachman was standing before his students wearing a white robe. With his pale skin he was barely identifiable against a pale background. One of his students was heard to remark: "Doesn't he look just like a bit of cheesecake" and this memory has been preserved ever since.
There is a lot more to Rev Nachman than a chair.
Another answer is that in olden times the harvest at Shavuot was celebrated by eating doughnuts. These doughnuts were the original kind, with a ring of dough sprinkled with sugar and a hole in the middle.Our sages and thymes tells us in an unconvincing, yet mystical, way that the ring represents all the Jews in the world and the hole ( which is not only in the middle but also occupies the surrounding space) is where God lives.
So no matter where you are, if you look, you will find God.
One day, around 1400 CE, a woman was buying doughnuts for Shavuot and said in a feigned middle-Eastern voice: "Ach, these fried doughnuts gives me heartburn; same with KFC. Haven't you anything else"
"How about a bit of cheesecake?" replied the baker. "Ok, I'll try a piece" said the lady.
And she never had heartburn again, dying peacefully the following day.
"A miracle" exclaimed the baker and Jews have been eating cheesecake on Shavuot ever since in the hope that they, too, might be delivered from heartburn.
Although this rarely happens, they have not stopped trying.
Simon Gurevitz
(Not a Rabbi)
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 1. Your Dad is a wise man (if a bit of a, as we say here in the states, smart-aleck.)


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...form of expression symbolizing direct or intuitive knowledge of life patterns—e.g., feeling, motion, and emotion—which ordinary language is unable to convey. In the three-volume work Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling (1967, 1972, and 1982), Langer attempted to trace the origin and development of the mind.
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Knowing What Publicists Do:
What is a Publicist?
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Authors often wonder what publicists do. Most often than not, they assume that publicists and publishers are just the same. Publicists and publishers are two very different entities.
By delineating the focus of these two entities, their differences become clear. A section of this article provides that information for authors to know what these differences are. To know more about publicists and what publicists do, keep reading.
What is a Publicist?
Authors confuse book publicists with book publishers. There's a huge difference, although both belong in the literary industry. Between these two lies a border that differentiates both entities.
A publicist is a professional whose expertise lies in the field of marketing. While it is a publisher's duty to edit and develop a book's design, a publicist develops marketing schemes. They are a team of marketers who research on various market segments and niches to help authors. More on publicists' tasks later.
The main task of publishers is the development of an author's books. They make sure that the book's design and strong command of language compel readers to purchase the book. Although publishers help authors sell their books, successful and efficient book publicity is out of their scope.
Investing in the services of these two entities increases the chance for authors to earn recognition on a global scale. Although there are authors who discourage themselves from investing in book marketing, the majority believe in the power of marketing. But, what exactly are the tasks of publicists? And, why is it necessary to invest in marketing plans?
What Publicists Do
Attaining market visibility is a challenge that often times disheartens authors. Due to the slow pace of their book, they quickly give up on their book's potential. Oblivious to book marketers or book publicists, their hard work and passion dive into the bin of wasted dreams.
Publicists are the professionals responsible for maximizing the exposure of a book to a segmented market. From thorough analysis of a book, they develop marketing tactics. Needless to say, transforming prospective readers into buyers requires less effort. The commitment to help authors by means of publicizing a book efficiently guarantees authors a maximized exposure. Having that stated, a marketed book becomes accessible to the un-curated target readers.
If authors desire to unlock the potential of their book, they need to know the functions of these two entities. Confusing one with the other makes it difficult for authors to reach his target readers. An investment in these literary businesses guarantees a greater chance of affecting the readers' lives. Should authors dream to impart life-changing messages, the two literary entities' services come in handy.
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Aims and objectives
Rugby League Cares supports four key areas within Rugby League – player welfare and education; a grants programme which secures and distributes grants to the sport's stakeholders to deliver projects benefitting the health and wellbeing of its broad community; support for players (professional and amateur) who have suffered life-changng injuries; and a heritage programme which aims to deliver a world class Rugby League museum.
The charity's strategic aims are:
 1. * To continually improve on the services and support provided to the people and communities we aim to support;
 2. * To continually increase the funding and resources available to support the people and communities we aim to support.
Our objectives are:
 1. * To support Rugby League at all levels, particularly for those that play, have played, run or have previously run the sport at a professional level;
 2. * To use Rugby League as a force for positive behavioural change and measurable improvements to individual health and wellbeing, particularly with those living in communities near to where the sport is played and most affected by poor socio-economic circumstance and life opportunities;
 3. * To use Rugby League to inspire greater participation in physical activity;
 4. * To develop sufficient finances to enable those with permanent serious injuries assistance when breakthroughs in medical treatment occurs;
 5. * To use the unique history of the sport to inspire communities to learn more about Rugby League, their community and the people that have lived and worked there in the past;
 6. * To use Rugby League to reach and serve the widest and most diverse audience possible in arts and cultural activities, breaking down barriers to social groups not traditionally associated with museums, arts and cultural activities such as dance and other arts forms;
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What do we build?
Houses, of course.Or housing solutions, the current term forthe physical work: new construction of single-and multifamily houses, rehabs, repairs, incre-mental building—an upgraded oor or a newroof until a family can aord more.But Habitat for Humanity builds so muchmore. Disaster recovery toolkits and shelters,weatherization, water and sanitation projects,housing micronance systems, schools andcommunity buildings are also part of thephysical work of Habitat.Habitat also builds in the mind and spirit:community, relationships, friendship, families,health, partnerships that grow to coalitionsthat revive neighborhoods, tolerance amongdierent faiths and ethnicities, training inconstruction skills, training in nancial andlegal literacy, advocates to speak for a worldwhere everyone has a decent place to live.And Habitat for Humanity never builds
, working alongside thosewho need shelter. Tat builds or rekindles thesense of the dignity all human beings share.Habitat for Humanity, through the grace of God, is building a dierent world, a better world.


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The quizzes are broken down into different sections to help you learn the facts: by difficulty or by continent.
After the quiz, it is possible to display a list of all the questions you got wrong, what incorrect option was chosen and what the correct answer was.
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Bog oak is notable for its exceptional strength. In fact, it is so strong that it cannot be cut with regular tools. This also means that products crafted of this wood is impervious to pests, and will remain in pristine condition for centuries to come.
What is bog oak?
Bog oak is a type of bog-wood (also referred to as morta, ebony wood, black wood or abonos wood) that ranges in age from 2,500 to 5,000 years. Bog-wood is a naturally stained hardwood that is created from the trunks of healthy trees that have been lying in lakes, rivers, swamps, and bogs for millennia. Deprived of oxygen, the wood is preserved from decay. As it absorbs salts and minerals from the environment, it acquires new properties.
Thinking of bog-wood, bog oak comes first to mind. After it has been extracted and dried, bog oak does not require additional artificial staining and is often used in the production of luxury furniture and interiors.
Bog oak is also extraordinarily beautiful. Each log has a unique history that determines its tone and color intensity. To acquire a black timber requires an average of 3,500 to 5,000 years.
The color of the wood, which may vary from golden brown to ebony with a platinum sheen, is shaped by natural conditions that include variations in the water level, soil composition, and the acidity of the water.
The formation of bog oak depends on a confluence of natural events: the presence of oak on the shore, the flow rate of the river, the presence of minerals in the water, alluvial deposits, and the passage of time. Since the probability of all these factors coexisting is slim, bog oak is a truly rare and unique material.


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Estate Management is an art and science of supervising the use, development and management of landed property, other natural resources and the built environment. The Estate Management programme is designed to prepare students to appreciate the complexity of legal economic, technological and social impacts on the use, development and management of land and the environment. The emerging world trend in technological advancement and environmental concern, calls for the need to design responsive programmes for the training of future graduates in Estate Management.
It is expected that the students will be conversant with the following main aspects of estate surveying and valuation.
- Knowledge and appreciation of the mathematical processes used in analysis and presentation, and developing intelligence in tackling practical problems, logically and
- Use of data to describe the real world. Using statistical calculations to understand and present practical data.
- Appreciation of building forms and drawings. Understand the construction of buildings and building services and contemporary building materials.
- Acquisition of basic knowledge of the practical use of surveying instruments, measurement of buildings and land surveying.
- The construction industry and its relation to the national economy.
- Appreciation of spatial inequalities, the relationship between cities and the structure and development of cities, regions and urban areas. The components of an urban
system and factors affecting urban growth and The role of industrial growth in urban development
- The use of law to regulate and control the use and development of land.
- Definition and scope of modem day agriculture and the use of land for agriculture, forestry and wildlife. Forest regulations, exploration deforestation, regeneration and
- Understand basic principles and methodology of economics and economic institutions and government policy.
- Appreciate Accounting theory and develop an understanding of accounting as an information system in real estate business.
- Understand basic industrial processes where the Estate Surveyors and Valuers' skills may be required.
- Land as an economic resource and the use of the economic principles to develop and manage land.
- The principles and practice of land resource appraisals and
- Development, management and maintenance of land and
- Managing buildings as a complex unit of the structure and its facilities.
- Theories and practices of land resource planning, development, utilization and forecasting.
- Landed property rating and taxation.
- The valuation of specialized properties like plant and machinery, minerals properties etc.
- Principles and applications of Geographic and Land Information Systems and the computer environment.
- Human resource management in complex development
- Project planning and implementation.
- Predictions and assessments of impacts of land development projects on the environment (Environmental Impact Assessment).
- Measurement and Control of Pollution, Erosion and other natural disasters.
- Environmental Management and Control.
- Estate Surveying and Valuation Practice Ethics and code of conduct in the real world.
- Basics of small business management.
Cognitive Abilities and Skills
At the end of the Bachelors of Science degree in Estate Management, a graduate should be able to perform the following: -.
- Manage any type of 'land' within an existing framework, towards achieving an¥ organisational goal, either in the private or public sectors.
- Carry out property management involving preparation of schedules of condition and dilapidation; identifying building defects, specifications, remedies and organisation
of maintenance works.
- Prepare Valuation of any proprietary interest in land plant and machinery and landed property for all purposes and advising on their values.
- Carry out feasibility and viability studies in relation to
- Prepare development proposals on the suitability of land for residential, commercial, industrial, recreational and other developments and advising on their economic and financial aspects.
- Carry out Cost-Benefit Analysis of projects and advice on their desirable locations.
- Carry out Research into the problems of the physical environment and advising on the values of damages to the environment. Provide data for policy formulation on
land resources allocation, development, utilisation and maintaining a balance in the ecosystem.
- Advise on the acquisition of land by compulsory purchase and or revocation of right'S; preparation of claims, settlement of terms with acquiring authorities and
presenting expert evidence on value.
- Advise on the value of landed properties and other land resource components of business organisations for sale or exchange.
- Manage complex buildings and their facilities to ensure a controlled working environment.
- Start up a business.
- Cooperate with other professionals in solving contemporary land/environmental problems.
- To act as a mediating agent in the arrangement of real estate financing and other aspects of estate surveying and
Students should possess:
- Written and Oral communication skills.
- Problem-solving skills, relating to both qualitative and quantitative information and especially where information is limited.
- Computational and numeracy skills.
- Information-retrieval skills, in relation to primary and secondary information sources, including information retrieval through on-line computer searches.
- Information technology skills such as word processing and spreadsheet use, data-logging and storage, internet communication etc.
- Interpersonal skills relating to working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Time-management and organizational skills.
- Study skills needed for continuing professional development and research.
180 Credit Units in the 5 year programme. A minimum of 15 credit units per semester is required.
Performance Evaluation Criteria
Candidates for the examinations shall satisfactorily complete course work set in each subject in the form of term papers, continuous assessments, short quizzes or short tests, a compulsory residential field trip and industrial attachment programme. Assessments shall be between 30% - 40% and the semester examinations which carries 60% - 70%.


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Agents know they need to make their recommendations suitable for all consumers, but especially for seniors. To help them, many companies have provided forms that collect information that allow the agent to document the circumstances of the case and also allow the company to review suitability. Some companies have even provided tools or sales aides to help the agent determine suitability.
However, many agents are unaware of the need to document the basis for their recommendation beyond the required forms. When questions arise about suitability, it is the agent's documentation that often spells the difference between successfully defending an accusation against the agent or company that a recommendation was unsuitable.
Regulators seem less willing to accept the defense that the client signed the application or a suitability form and, therefore, was fully aware of the suitability of the product he or she purchased. The proliferation of forms and required signatures sometimes creates a reasonable doubt that the consumer knew what he or she was signing. Questions about the basis for the recommendation and whether or not full disclosure was provided are often difficult to answer without supporting documentation.
In some cases, the consumer does not want to disclose information and "opts out" by signing a form to that effect. However, consumers then claim afterward that they never understood what the "opt out" form referred to and that the agent never explained what the form meant.
Agents need to know the minimum standards needed to document the basis for their recommendation if they are to be fully protected from claims that they failed to recommend a suitable product.
What documentation is needed
To be able to answer questions that might arise, agents should have documentation that they not only collected appropriate information, but that they also properly analyzed the information, matched it to the product's features, benefits, advantages and costs, and disclosed it to the consumer. This documentation should include:
1) The information collected on the consumer's personal and financial goals, objectives, needs, and the consumer's financial situation, including other life insurance, annuities, etc. owned by the consumer.
2) The information collected on the consumer's personal situation, including outstanding personal, family and health issues.
3) Copies of any important client information, such as listings of investments, assets, etc. that were used in reaching a recommendation.
4) The names and responsibilities of any consumer advisors involved in the sales process and copies of information provided by the consumer's advisors.
5) Information on tax implications that were included in the analysis used to reach a recommendation.
6) The source of any information about product features, benefits, etc. used by the agent in his or her analysis to reach a recommendation.
7) A description of the analysis process–how the consumer's needs and situation were matched with product features, benefits, etc. If more than one product was considered, then this description should answer the question of why one product was chosen over another.
8) When and how the recommended product's features, benefits, advantages and costs were shared with the consumer, including the specific sales material shared with the consumer.
9) Any questions the consumer asked or information he or she requested.
10) The consumer's decision on which product to purchase if more than one was presented.
Some agents collect this information, but they do not maintain it properly in their files. They are not conscious of the process they use and often their documentation is incomplete. The documentation process needs to become conscious. Agents can develop a simple checklist of what needs to be documented and use it during the sale. Some agents include in their checklists reminders about company required suitability forms and product guidelines.
The first place we go when there are accusations about suitability is the agent's files and documentation. Often it proves to be a dead end and we must search for another basis to defend the agent and company. Sadly, sometimes the lack of information causes a company to settle a case that it should have won and hold the agent accountable.
Dennis Groner, PhD, CLU, ChFC, is a consultant to U.S. and international financial services companies on compliance and market conduct. He can be reached at [email protected]


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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A program run by the National Science Foundation will deploy as many as 14 seismic monitoring devices in West Virginia this summer.
The EarthScope program will then gather data for two years.
Geologist Ron McDowell of the West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey says it's part of a larger project to study earthquakes, volcanic activity, fluids in the earth's crust and more.
He says EarthScope is looking for landowners willing to participate.
McDowell tells West Virginia Public Broadcasting the devices require little maintenance other than an occasional battery change.
EarthScope is responsible for security and operation, and assumes liability for damaged or stolen equipment. It also gives the landowners updates and sample recordings from their stations.
Two devices may remain in the state permanently once the project is complete.


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This new Springer book Digitisation and Precarisation : Redefining Work and Redefining Society (edited by Vyacheslav Bobkov and Peter Herrmann) explores new territory in the profound transformations under way with digitisation. In effect, the effects of digitisation on work and society is unchartered territory, only imagined in the science-fiction genre. So this book makes an important contribution in understanding the way that digitisation is breaking down the old social and workforce norms creating a much more precarised, insecure society.
I have a chapter in this book with the following abstract:
The chapter sets out to explore how digitalisation and its effects on the Australian labour market is a force, as in other countries in further advancing employment polarisation and economic inequality. The analysis accords with a core-periphery model of the labour market, but one that is not especially geographic in orientation as most of Australia's population lives in large urban conurbations.


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Gypsum (calcium sulfate dihydrate)
Introduction and application
The chemical formula of Gypsum is CaSO4 ∙ 2H2O (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate). There are a large number of uses for gypsum as a building material. Gypsum is a dry powder that is mixed with water to form a paste which then hardens. It remains quite soft after drying, and can easily be manipulated with metal tools. Calcium sulfate half-hydrate (CaSO4 ∙ ½H2O) react with water to Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate and backwards Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate
separates Water under heating and exchange to Calcium Sulfate half-hydrate. The fissility of CaSO4 ∙ 2H2O crystalline is caused by CaSO4-double layers (in each layer are Ca2+- and SO4 2-Ionic's alternately side by side) with relative low hydrogen bridges.
Analysis using STA
The double-step dehydration of calcium sulphate-dihydrate appears between 100°C and 300°C. The first step is the forming of half-hydrate (CaSO4 ∙ 2H2O to CaSO4 ∙ ½H2O). A further dehydration forms the Anhydrate (CaSO4 ∙ ½H2O to CaSO4). With an exothermal effect at approx. 340°C converts the Anhydrate to β-calcium sulphate. The exothermal effect in the curve at approx. 1220°C is the conversion of β-calcium sulphate to α-calcium sulfate. The sulfate decomposition can be seen in a further mass loss at temperatures above 1250°C. Calcium sulfate converts into calcium oxide. The melting of a eutectic mixture of calcium sulphate and calcium oxide is the peak at 1380°C.


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How To Emphasize Things In Chinese
Aug 11, 2021 | Chinese Language
Many foreigners consider China as an ideal destination for them to develop their careers due to the rapid growth of China's economy. Those who have had the chance to live in China were certainly amazed by the rich food culture and the stunning natural scenery. Therefore, it'll be interesting to learn a couple of Chinese phrases that you can use when you're deeply impressed by what you see or what you hear. In fact, some of the following structures that you're about to learn can also come in handy when you would like to put an emphasis on something. So, let's have a look at how to emphasize things in Chinese.
太 (tài) + adj. + 了 (le)
The meaning of this structure is "too/so……". What's interesting about this structure is that it can be used to make a complaint or pay a compliment.
niú ròu tài là le
The beef is too spicy
It's easy to tell that the structure is used to make a complaint in this sentence.
nǐ de zhōng wén tài hǎo le
Your Chinese is so good
In this sentence, the structure is used to pay a compliment.
真 (zhēn) + adj. + 啊 (a)
The meaning of真 (zhēn) is "real", therefore, the whole structure means "really……". The word 啊 (a) at the end is often used to make an exclamative sentence, which means you can use this structure if someone or something impresses you.
zhè gè shāng chǎng zhēn dà a!
This shopping mall is really big!
shāng chǎng
shopping mall
Having fun learning how to emphasize things in Chinese? Let's keep going with some more structures.
就 (jiù) + verb
The character "就 (jiù)" can be translated as "right" or "just". One of the most common ways to use "就 (jiù)" is to combine it with a verb to emphasize a certain fact. Here are two dialogues that can help you better understand this structure:
A: 谁是Jason?
shéi shì Jason?
Who is Jason?
B: 我就是 Jason
wǒ jiù shì Jason.
That's me.
As you may have noticed, the literal translation of the answer is "I'm right Jason", which turns out to be an emphasis. Another example can be the following dialogue:
A: Mike 在哪里?
Mike zài nǎli?
Where is Mike?
B: 他就在这里
tā jiù zài zhèli
He is right here
是 (shì)………的 (de)
Similar to the previous structure, "是 (shì)………的 (de)" is often used by Chinese people when they want to lay stress on a certain part of a sentence. It's important for you to remember that what you want to emphasize goes right after "是 (shì)", and "的 (de)" is always at the end of a sentence.
wǒ shì zuò fēi jī lái shàng hǎi de
I came to Shanghai by plane
In this sentence, the part to be emphasized is the mode of transport, which is "坐飞机 (zuò fēi jī)", meaning "to take a plane".
zhè bēi kā fēi shì wǒ mǎi de
I bought this cup of coffee
As for this sentence, it emphasizes the fact that "This cup of coffee was not bought by anyone else but me".
不 (bù) / 没 (méi) + verb +object + 吗 (ma)?
This structure is usually used when you're surprised by a certain fact in order to emphasize that it's beyond your expectation.
nǐ bù xǐ huān kā fēi ma?
Don't you like coffee?
nǐ zuó tiān méi qù xué xiào ma?
Didn't you go to school yesterday?
We hope you enjoyed reading about how to emphasize things in Chinese. If you are interested in learning more about specific Mandarin Chinese, have a read about Mandarin Chinese loan words!
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Contact Lens Prescription
BY MARY JAMESON, BHS, COA, NCLC, CPOT
What do the numbers on a contact lens prescription mean? How do they relate to a patient's eyes? How important are they? With all of the controversy surrounding the issue of releasing contact lens prescriptions, we should understand what every detail of the prescription means.
Measuring Base Curve
The back of a contact lens features a series of curves. These curves help the contact lens fit the contour of a cornea. The main back surface curve of a lens is the base curve. It represents the central radius of curvature of the back of the lens. The base curve corresponds to the keratometry reading, the measurement of a patient's corneal curvature.
We typically record keratometry measurements in diopters of power and typically measure the base curve reading in millimeters of radius. You can use a conversion chart to transition from diopters to millimeters of radius.
When you select a trial lens, you can choose a base curve that is on K (meaning it matches the corneal curvature reading), steeper than K (meaning the base curve is smaller than the corneal curvature reading) or flatter than K (meaning that the base curve is larger or longer than the corneal curvature reading). An "on K fit" is not always the ideal. You can compare this to shopping for shoes or clothing -- if you are a certain size in one brand, you may not be the same size in another. The same is true for contact lenses. Patients need to try contact lenses on to make sure the fit is the best possible.
The power of a lens represents the prescription that will neutralize the power of the patient's eye. This number is not always the same for a contact lens fitting as it is for a spectacle prescription. You must take the vertex distance (the distance from the surface of the cornea to the back of the spectacle lens) into consideration because the contact lens fits onto the cornea. You can use an effectivity chart to make the appropriate power adjustments. Also, the over-refraction during the lens fit will help finalize the patient's prescription.
When you fit gas permeable lenses, you must consider the relationship of the base curve to the cornea. When you fit a lens steeper or flatter than the keratometry reading, a lacrimal lens forms between the cornea and the back curvature of the lens. If you fit a lens steeper than the K reading, then you must add minus power to the prescription. Likewise, if you fit a lens flatter than the K reading, then you must add plus power to the prescription. Use the acronym SAMFAP (steeper add minus; flatter add plus) to help remember this calculation.
Contact lens diameter influences the fit of the lens. Diameter is less variable for soft lenses. If you reduce the diameter of the lens but the base curve remains the same, then the lens will show more movement. If you increase the diameter of the lens but the base curve remains the same, the lens will show minimal amounts of movement.
Contact lens prescriptions should be filled just like any other valid medical prescription. Make "No Substitutions" the norm for contact lens prescriptions. Any variance from the prescribed contact lenses can result in problems for your patients.
Ms. Jameson is laboratory supervisor for the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and is a past chair of the AOA Paraoptometric
Contact Lens Spectrum, Issue: October 2003


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Next, we'll find out how to add event handlers to XBL-defined elements.
As you might expect, mouse clicks, key presses and other events are passed to each of the elements inside the content. However, you may wish to trap the events and handle them in a special way. You can add event handlers to the elements inside the content if needed. The last example in the previous section demonstrated this. In that example,
handlers were added to some buttons.
However, you may want to add an event handler to the entire contents, that is, all the elements defined in the
tag. This could be useful when trapping the focus and blur events. To define an event handler, use the
element. Each will describe the action taken for a single event handler. You can use more than one handler if necessary. If an event does not match any of the
events, it is simply passed to the inner content as usual.
The general handler syntax is as follows:

Place all of your handlers within the
element defines the action taken for a particular event specified by its
focus. Use the event name without the 'on' in front of it.
A common reason to set handlers is to modify the custom properties when an event occurs. For example, a custom checkbox might have a checked property which needs to be changed when the user clicks the checkbox:

When the user clicks and releases the mouse button over the check box, the
mouseup event is sent to it, and the handler defined here is called, causing the state of the checked property to be reversed. Similarly, you may wish to change a property when the element is focused. You might have a need to change whether an element can have the focus or not. For this, you can use a special style property
-moz-user-focus. This property controls whether an element can be focused. (see Focus and Selection)
Handling Mouse Events
For mouse events, you can use the
button attribute to have the handler only trap events that occur from a certain button. Without this attribute, the handler traps all events regardless of the button that was pressed. The
button attribute should be set to either
0 for the left mouse button,
1 for the middle mouse button or
2 for the right mouse button.

Handling Key Events
For key events, you can use a number of attributes similar to those for the
element to match a specific key and match only when certain modifer keys are pressed. The previous example could be extended so that the checked property of the check box is changed when the space bar is pressed.

You can also use the
keycode attribute to check for non-printable keys. The section on keyboard shortcuts provides more information. The modifier keys can be checked by adding a
modifiers attribute. This should be set to one of the values set below:
- The user must press the Alt key.
- The user must press the Control key.
- The user must press the Meta key.
- The user must press the Shift key.
- The user must press the special modifier key that is usually used for keyboard shortcuts on their platform.
If set, the handler is only called when the modifier is pressed. You can require multiple modifier keys by separating them with spaces.
The following alternate syntax can be used when the code in a handler is more complex:
 -- handler code goes here --
The following example adds some key handlers to create a very primitive local clipboard:
Example 1 : Source

The content is a single textbox. A field
clipboard has been added to it to store the clipboard contents. This does mean that the clipboard operations are limited to this single textbox. However, each one will have its own buffer.
Three handlers have been added, one for cut, one for copy and the other for paste. Each has its own keystroke that invokes it. The first handler is the cut operation and is invoked when the Control key is pressed along with the x key. The script within the
action attribute is used to cut the text from the textbox and put it into the clipboard field. For simplicity, the entire text is cut and not just the selected text. The code works as follows:
this.clipboard=document.getAnonymousNodes(this).value;The first element of the anonymous content array is retrieved which gives a reference to the textbox element, which happens to be the first (and only) element within the content element. The value property is retrieved which will provide the text within the textbox. This is then assigned to the clipboard field. The result is copying the text in the textbox into this special clipboard.
document.getAnonymousNodes(this).value=''The text of the textbox is then assigned a value of a null string. This effectively clears the text in the textbox.
A copy operation is similar but does not clear the text afterwards. Pasting is the opposite where the value of the textbox is assigned from the value in the clipboard field. If we were creating a real implementation of these clipboard keyboard shortcuts, we would probably use the real clipboard interface and handle the current selection as well.
In the next section, we'll see how to extend existing XBL definitions.