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In 1875 Saint Mary's Academy was established by the Holy Cross Sisters as a boarding and day school for young ladies in Salt Lake City. The original adobe cottage was situated on First West and between First and Second South, roughly on the site of the present day Salt Palace.
Although Salt Lake City had only eight to ten Catholic families in total, by the end of the first school year in 1876, there were 100 day pupils and 25 boarders. Students, both Catholic and non-Catholic were arriving from all over the Frontier. Apart from Utah, they often came from Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada.
The Holy Cross Sisters had a "Programme of Studies for Academies and Select Schools" which became a pattern of education for all community academies, including the one in Salt Lake City. The program in general consisted of 3 primary classes, 3 preparatory classes and 4 academic classes. The academy represented a no-frills curriculum emphasizing the arts, languages and humanities, very similar to Catholic schools curricula even today. The sisters taught piano, zither, organ, guitar, banjo, harp, mandolin, flute, cello and violin as part of their musical education. Saint Mary's Academy had its own orchestra as well. The academy offered the following subjects in the art department: drawing; oil painting and water colors; plain sewing and ornamental needlework; china and mirror painting; portrait drawing in crayon; sketching scenes in pastel; and the making of an elegant English lace known as Honiton.
At the end of every school year exhibition days or commencement programs were held for parents and visitors, during which the students demonstrated their newly developed skills and knowledge. Programs included musical numbers from operas and other musical works. The students also demonstrated their level of literacy in literature and philosophy by reading literary works such as poems, drama excerpts or even their own essays. At times these presentations were given in foreign languages. During this occasion gold medals were awarded to the best students in Christian doctrine, penmanship, studies, drawing, painting, vocal and instrumental music, plain sewing and ornamental needlework. Apart from the series of presentations, student works of art such as needle work, paintings, maps and class work of papers in mathematics, history, grammar, languages and bookkeeping were exhibited.
In 1898 Mother Lucretia introduced the annual May procession, which was held on the last day of May. The Children of Mary carried banners and sang hymns, as they passed in procession through the academy grounds to an outdoor shrine, where the Sodality president crowned the "Lady Queen of the May".
Seeing the example of commitment shown by the Sisters, some of the students later joined the Holy Cross Congregation. Louise Heffernan was among the first graduates. She was the daughter of Brigadier General Heffernancommander at Fort Douglas. Louise became the first postulant to enter the novitiate from the West. She received her holy habit in 1878 and made her profession in 1881. Louise Heffernan, later known as Sister M. Rita completed her graduate studies at Harvard University and became the head of the English department at Saint Mary's Academy in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Saint Mary's Academy was the first female Academy in the Western region run by the Holy Cross Sisters. The Academy was most attractive to those students that aspired to a liberal education of the highest quality, an education that would "best qualify them for active participation in the affairs of every-day life, to embellish their characters with the refinement of art, and above all make them noble, God-fearing women."
Because of the growing numbers of students a decision was made to purchase a new home for the academy. In 1923 the Holy Cross Sisters purchased a building from the Country Club on the Thirteenth South and Thirtieth East Street in Salt Lake City.
The new St. Mary of the Wasatch, under the direction of Sister Madeleva Wolff CSC was opened in 1926. This school had, beside the high school program, a full liberal arts college program and a pre-nursing program taught in cooperation with the Holy Cross Hospital. Student enrollment began to decline in the late 1940s and it was decided to close St. Mary of the Wasatch in 1970. Neither the Sisters nor the diocese had the resource to provide the major renovations the facilities required. In 1972 the building was sold. The memory of the school still carries on in the hearts of its students.
Andrea Ventilla is a doctoral student in the History of Education at the University of Pecs, Hungary.


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FRIDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Dogs can teach children about responsibility, shower them with love and maybe even help them maintain their reading skills.
Researchers found that reading aloud to canine companions over the summer slightly improved some second-graders' ability to read and their attitude about reading. On the other hand, children who read to adults experienced declines in both areas, the study found.
The study, published online by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in North Grafton, Mass., involved second-grade students with different reading abilities and attitudes about reading. Last summer, the children were paired with either dogs or people and asked to read aloud to them once a week for 30 minutes for five weeks.
The therapy dogs used for the study were trained for the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) Program, which runs programs at the public library near the school.
The study authors were surprised to see no significant improvement in below-average readers who were paired with dogs.
"As with all academic studies exploring a new area, this small study raises more questions than creates answers," said study co-author Dr. Lisa Freeman. She said she hopes answers will emerge as the reading program continues at the local library.
But in terms of persistence, the dogs paid off. Whereas one-third of the children who were asked to read to people dropped out, all of the dog readers completed the project.
Experts note that research is considered preliminary if it has not been subjected to the rigorous scrutiny required for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
The U.S. National Institute of Child Health & Human Development provides more information on human-animal interaction.
SOURCE: Tufts University, news release, Aug. 10, 2011
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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh:
The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave,
in the Building of a Nation
Boston: Beacon Press | 2017
The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—including from before birth to after death—in the American domestic slave trades. Covering the full "life cycle" (including preconception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the senior years, and death), historian Daina Berry shows the lengths to which slaveholders would go to maximize profits. She draws from over ten years of research to explore how enslaved people responded to being appraised, bartered, and sold. By illuminating their lives, Berry ensures that the individuals she studies are regarded as people, not merely commodities. Analyzing the depth of this monetization of human property will change the way we think about slavery, reparations, capitalism, and nineteenth-century medical education.
"Daina Ramey Berry's harrowing account of how slaveholders turned every aspect of a slave's life into a commodity to be sold on markets—from the reproductive possibilities of enslaved women to the corpses of deceased slaves—is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding American history, or our contemporary dilemmas."
"Daina Berry has written the richest account of the many ways in which an enslaved African American's body was bought and sold throughout her or his lifetime. From the cradle to the grave and beyond, enslavers priced black bodies based on their imagined fitness for labor, sexual exploitation, use as collateral, and even their value after death as dissection cadavers. In horrific detail, Berry shows that there was a price tag placed on every pound of flesh. She also shows the efforts of enslaved people to assert that their lives had values beyond the money that could be rendered from their muscles and extracted from their bones. Out of the certainty that their souls were pearls beyond price, black people fought to make room for their own system of human values."

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text: Future Lunar Landers and Rovers will require variable thermal links that can reject heat during daytime, and passively shut-off during lunar night. During the long lunar day, the thermal management system must remove the waste heat from the electronics and batteries keep them within the acceptable temperature limit. Since the heater power availability is restricted, a variable thermal link is therefore required to limit the amount of heat that is removed from the electronics and radiated to space during the long lunar night. Conventional Loop Heat Pipes (LHPs) can provide the required variable thermal conductance, but they consume electrical power to shut down the heat transfer. Our innovation adds a Thermal Control Valve (TCV) to the LHP, allowing it to passively shut off without consuming any electrical power. This is important since there is a severe penalty for electrical power consumption: supplying 1 W in a photovoltaic system requires roughly 5 kg of extra equipment. The TCV used in the LHP has been previously selected for thermal control in the pumped loop on the Mars Science Laboratory. The Phase I project was successful in demonstrating the feasibility of integrating the TCV in a LHP. The Phase II project will fabricate and test a LHP with a TCV at representative conditions, bringing the technology to TRL 6. The testing will include full characterization of the TCV under various LHP operation modes. Analysis and testing of different LHP condenser layouts will also be performed, as well as freeze/thaw analysis.


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Caroli Zygo, physicist, prominent figure in galactic space research, physician of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), professor emeritus at the Wigner Center for Physics Research (FK) and member of the Scientific Council for Space Science, died at the age of 78. Károly Szeg died unexpectedly on January 22. The Wigner Center for Physical Research considers the scientist dead.
Károly Szegő began his career as a theoretical particle physicist, applying the methods of group theory. His interest turned to space physics in the early 1980s, particularly to study the surface of comets, surface processes, and the interaction of the solar wind and comets.
He was co-chair of the Soviet space mission VEGA (1986), which was launched with international participation to identify Halley's Comet. On the occasion of this research, for the first time in human history, an image of a comet's core was taken, the size of the comet's core and its rotation were determined, and the surface activity of the comet was modeled.
Four of his _PHONE_ papers were among the seven most cited in the world for solar system research. His achievements were recognized with the State Prize in 1986.
He later worked as a visiting researcher on NASA's Pioneer-Venus Orbiter mission, where he participated as a research associate in the plasma physics experiments of the Phobos-2 mission launched in 1988 to study Mars. He achieved important results in the study of the planet Venus. He was a research associate in the Plasma Physics Experiments for NASA's Cassini mission to study Saturn, and then in the Plasma Physics Experiment for the ESA Rosetta mission. In recent years, he participated in the SERENA plasma experiment of the ESA BepiColombo mission, which was sent to the planet Mercury.
Károly Szegő was the first Director of the MTA KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, founded in 1975, until 2002. Between 2002 and 2010, he organized and supported the work of the Academic Research Network as Head of the Research Development and Innovation Department at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and then as Head of the Research Development Department and innovation.
(Cover photo: Caroly Ziggo, November 25, 2002. Photo: Máté Nándorfi/MTI)
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Panera Bread has become a well-known restaurant that provides quality food and service. Access the following resources then answer the questions below.
- TV ad "So Much More than Green"
- TV Ad "Made the Right Way"
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- Panera Bread Facebook
- Panera Bread Twitter
- Panera Bread Pinterest
- After watching the television ads, discuss each component of attitude formation and how the ads approach each. Which attitude component sequence is most dominant? Explain why.
- Look at the consumer values listed in the chapter. Which consumer values do you see promoted in the television ads? Explain.
- In selecting a restaurant, which of the three evaluation alternatives is used most frequently by consumers? Explain how Panera Bread approaches the evaluation of alternatives in its television ads as well as the YouTube channel.
- What information and videos are on Panera Bread's YouTube channel? Discuss why you believe Panera Bread places these items on the YouTube channel.
- Examine Panera Bread's website, Facebook page, Pinterest page and Twitter page. What common elements do you see? What differences do you see? How well does Panera Bread integrate these digital sources with its YouTube channel and television ads? Explain.
- Examine the consumer buyer behavior trends presented in the chapter. Which trends does Panera Bread seem to utilize in its marketing communications? Explain with specific examples from their resources listed.


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Geometrical inspection point reduction for rigid and non-rigid parts using cluster analysis – an industrial verification
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Since the model program in automotive industry gets more and more extensive, the costs related to inspection increase. Therefore, there are needs for more effective inspection preparation. In many situations, a large number of inspection points are inspected, despite the fact that only a small subset of points is needed. In this paper a method for reducing the number of inspection point using cluster analysis is tested on production data. The method finds clusters, where the points in a cluster are highly correlated. From each cluster only one representing point is selected for inspection. This leads to reductions with up to 90 percent in the case studies considered. Further, the problem about sample size is considered. The sample must be large enough to reflect the different phenomena occurring in the process. The choice of sample size is also affecting the statistical confidence of the estimated correlation coefficient between points or clusters. The theory supports rigid parts as well as non-rigid parts.


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Have you ever wondered how to manually check what gear ratio your vehicle is equipped with from factory? Finding this information is easier than you may think!
Most cars will have this written on the door jam with the VIN number and build information. If not, you can use this method:
- Block the front wheels so that they cannot move.
- Jack the rear of the car up so that the rear tires are off the ground.
- Put the vehicle in neutral (but not running).
- Mark the driveshaft somewhere you can see it from a safe area.
- Rotate the rear wheel towards the front of the car one full rotation while watching how many times the driveshaft turns.
- 2 ¾ rotations = 2.73 gears
- Just past 3 rotations = 3.08 gears
- 3 ¼ rotations = 3.27 gears
- 3 ½ rotations = 3.55 gears
- 3 ¾ rotations = 3.73 gears
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Econometrica: Sep 1977, Volume 45, Issue 6
Multiple Time Series Analysis and the Final Form of Econometric Models
Kenneth F. WallisUnivariate autoregressive moving average models for the endogenous variables of a dynamic simultaneous equations system can be interpreted as a form of solution of that system. This paper considers the interrelationships between the various representations of the system, and develops joint estimation and model selection procedures for the multiple time series model which arises as a multivariate representation of the individual autoregressive moving average models. A test of the restriction of common autoregressive parameters is incorporated. Two empirical examples are presented, the first concerned with a model of the hog cycle and the second with a model of the United States economy previously considered by Zellner and Palm.
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"The term bisbigliando (Italian, 'whispering'; abbrev. Bisbigl. or bisb.) indicates an unmeasured rapid tremolo between two or more strings played quietly in the middle and upper registers of the harp." [p.360, Gould2011
A bisbigliando is played with both hands by plucking the interval or chord, one note after the other, rapidly, lightly and continuously. The playing technique of a bisbigliando is quite different to the normal playing technique. Normally the harpist would first place the fingers on the string, then press them and then release to create a full sound. When playing a bisbigliando, the harpist hardly places the fingers on the strings before playing. He/She plucks the strings very fast and lightly to minimize buzzing and to create a continuous sound. Bisbigliando is a quiet effect, since its production does not allow enough muscle strength for a full sound.
Due to its production a bisbigliando is a quiet effect, however the whispering sound carries well, provided that it is not obscured by thick instrumentation from accompanying instruments.
A bisbigliando is notated as a tremolo chord with the term Bisbigliando written above or below. If the bisbigliando label is omitted, the harpist might play a measured repetition of the chord instead of a bisbigliando. [Gould2011
Bisbigliando, both hands play the same chord:
Bisbigliando, the hands play alternating chords:
The direction of the bisbigliando can be notated with arpeggio lines placed before each cord. If no direction is given the harpist will play each chord upwards, starting from the lowest note in each hand.
If a specific order of notes is wanted the bisbigliando must be notated out in full:
Both Luciano Berio and Toru Takemitsu use the following notation to indicate a random bisbigliando. The notated pitches should be repeated rapidly and continuously in a random order.
Additional remarks
A bisbigliando can also be produced with one hand, however, its speed will be diminished by a considerable extent. Due to the low speed the resulting sound is less continuous and the notes will be perceived rather as a fast repetition of a sequence than as a bisbigliando whisper.


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Do you have to declare methods replacing a pure virtual function in a base class? If so, why? Because the base class has declared the methods as pure virtual, and therefore MUST exist in derived class, then is should not be necessary to redeclare them in the derived class before you can implement them outside of the class definition. Wouldn't you agree?
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This is just the way the language is defined, so better get used to it :-) Btw it may not exist in a derived class in case that is "abstract" as well. I believe this is a dupe, if I find the original, I will link it... – Péter Török Sep 17 '10 at 8:09
replacing -> should better be overriden(OOP lingo) – DumbCoder Sep 17 '10 at 8:18
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Yes you have.
The reason for this is to let the compiler know that the virtual method is being implemented by the derived class since a derived class can also be abstract and have virtual methods. Since compilation units are compiled separately, the compiler would otherwise not know whether a virtual method is implemented by a derived class when compiling another compilation unit that uses the derived calss and thus whether it is an abstract class or not.
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I understand now, thanks. – Alexander Rafferty Sep 17 '10 at 8:18
You don't have to override the declaration of the base class. If you don't, the derived class is simply abstract as well.
So, the declaration in the derived class serves a definite purpose, and you need it.
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The class definition as the name says is the declaration of the class. If you are not declaring derived function (from the pure virtual one) compiler will not find it.
You have to derived the pure virtual functions only if your class will be instantiated. You can have the pure virtual function a class A, a class B that inherits from class A but not have derived functions and then a class C that inherits from class B with reimplementation of derived function. In that case only class C can be instantiated, so why compiler should add declaration of derived class in class B? That's why you have to indicate to compiler which class is reimplementing pure virtual functions.
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Does Germany Owe Greece War Reparations? – The Short Answer
How do you calculate reparations for something as catastrophic as WWII?
Were Germany to pay reparations for the whole of the destruction it caused during the war–the Nazis were estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of some 35 million people–it would be bankrupted many times over. Instead, what Greece is primarily looking for is restitution of credit Greeks were forced to give Germans during the war. Essentially this is payment for Greek goods that were "bought" with credit issued by the German central bank. Although the Syriza government has argued Germany owes Greece more than €150 billion, the actual figure is probably less than a tenth that–in the order of €11 billion to €13 billion based on guesstimates using GDP calculations–argues Albrecht Ritschl, an economic historian at the London School of Economics.
Would it be enough to make a dent in Greece's debt load?
It might sound a lot, but it's marginal in the context of Greek national debt which exceeds €300 billion. The real worry is if Germany paid Greece and then Europe's more industrialized occupied countries like France demanded Germany paid them too. Those debts would come to more than €2 trillion, some 70% to 80% of German GDP. Enough "to make Europe's debt crisis disappear," Mr. Ritschl argued, but also a big burden to the German economy.
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Making the Modern World
Photography, itself a product of a technical age, was seen as a medium ideally suited to record a period of material expansion and massive industrialisation. The nineteenth-century revolution in transport saw the creation of a worldwide network of roads, railways, canals and shipping and all were subject to intense scrutiny by the camera. An early and accomplished example of the use of photography to record the progress of construction projects is to be seen in Philip Delamotte's record of the construction of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham from 1853-55; but it was in France in particular that photography was used most extensively by the civil engineer and collections of prints were made recording the achievements of the Public Works Department in harbour construction, public architecture and communications. Indeed, for a number of studios, such as that of Hippolyte Collard, this branch of work became a speciality. Such photographs served not only as prosaic progress records, but expressed a potent visual declaration of national pride in material progress.
Philip Henry Delamotte, c.1853
Philip Henry Delamotte, the open colonnade of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, garden front, c. 1853
After the closure of the 1851 Great Exhibition, the Crystal Palace which had housed it was dismantled and transferred to Sydenham in South London. Philip Henry Delamotte's photographic record of its reconstruction on the new site is an early example of the use of photography to create a detailed record of the progress of a civil engineering project. This elegant architectural vista is one of a hundred photographs by Delamotte recording the construction of the Crystal Palace and published as Photographic Views of the progress of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (London, 1855). Opened by Queen Victoria in 1854, the building survived until 1936, when it was destroyed by fire.
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Justin Kozlowski, Dredgers at work in the Suez Canal, 1860s
Little is known of the career of Justin Kozlowski, apart from the fact that he had originally come to France as a Polish refugee in the 1830s. This photograph, from an album of views recording construction work on the Suez Canal, appears to be his only known photographic work and documents the building of the canal from its early stages up to the opening ceremony on 18 November 1869.
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Hippolyte Auguste Collard, Perspective du passage des piétons sous la Viaduc, Pont-du-Jour, Paris, c. 1864
The physical transformation of Paris in the middle years of the nineteenth century was a major stimulus for photographers, both in recording the old before it was destroyed and in documenting the progress of great new projects. A number of photographers at this period specialised in such work, among them Hippolyte Collard, who styled himself 'Photographer of Bridges and Highways.' Collard was officially employed to photograph the progress of a number of major construction projects in Paris between 1857 and 1870, among them this series of views showing the building of the road and rail bridge across the Seine at Point-du-Jour (now Pont de Garigliano) between 1863 and 1866.
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Unknown photographer, Building the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1870
The eight-mile long Mont Cenis Tunnel (also known as the Frejus Tunnel) connects the towns of Mondane in France and Bardonecchia in Italy. Completed in 1871, it was the first rock tunnel of its sort and pioneered several new engineering techniques. This view, showing one of the boring machines known as 'perforatrices', was clearly taken outside the tunnel rather than at the rock face: it has been heavily retouched to obscure the background and to suggest that it was taken inside the tunnel. The photograph formed the basis for a number of reproductions in contemporary newspapers.
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Unknown photographer, Construction work on the Central Line of the London Underground, 1898
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Increasing congestion in Central London in the mid-nineteenth century led to the creation of the world's first underground system. The Metropolitan Line, running from Paddington to Farringdon, was opened in 1863 and the following decades saw a swift development of the network. In 1891 the Central London Railway was formed to build a line connecting the City to the growing western suburbs of London. The line connecting Shepherd's Bush to Bank was opened in 1900 and proved an immediate success. This is one of a rare series of views showing work in progress on the tunnel in 1898.
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D. S. George, Construction of the Aswan Dam: masonry and sluices in the western channel, c. 1900.
Built between 1899 and 1902, the Aswan Dam was an attempt to harness and regulate the water supply of the Nile for agricultural production and to generate hydro-electric power for industrial development. Despite the ambitiousness of the project, in practice the dam was unable to supply an adequate storage reservoir and was further heightened in 1907-12 and 1929-34. Finally the 'high' dam was constructed in the 1960s. Little is known about D. S. George, a local commercial photographer, although he appears to have been commissioned to document the construction of the original dam from its earliest stages through to completion.
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Is Toilet Water Safe For Dogs?
The question of the day, "is toilet water safe for dogs to drink?"
The quick answer is yes, it is safe for our loyal pals to drink the water from the toilet.
The long answer generally remains yes, however, it depends what is in the water.
In fact, with an average flush rate of five flushes per day, the water that comes from the toilet tanks after a refreshing flush, is flowing, and highly oxygenated. This is much more "thirst quenching" for dogs versus what could be the still, stale water of their water bowls.
Dogs are highly sensible animals, and they use their instincts to make choices when it comes to intake. They can smell, and taste, and feel the differences between the two sources of water. With most pipes lying underground, temperature wise, this is a cooler source. During summer days, or where climate is predominantly hot, it is common for dogs to prefer the cooler toilet water.
Dogs also have very different stomach compositions than humans. So while we immediately think about the bacteria and other potentially harmful germs that arise with drinking toilet water, it doesn't phase dogs. This is because dogs have a much stronger level of hydrochloric acid in their stomachs which kills off any potentially harmful bacteria.
What are the dangers and concerns that our animal friends might face when drinking from the toilet?
The products we use to sanitize our toilets should be analyzed. Whether we use bleach, soap, or any other cleaner that mixes itself with the toilet water, these are full of harmful chemicals. If ingested, these chemicals are potentially life-threatening for dogs.
Toilet water generally comes from the same source as our tap water. Depending on your region, tap water might not be safe to drink. If there is a high frequency of rodents in your region, and it is advised to not drink tap water, it also should be advised for your dogs to not drink from the toilet. Bacteria such as leptospirosis might be present. This is one strain of bacteria that is very harmful to dogs and even fatal if left untreated.
Symptoms of leptospirosis in dogs are:
Sudden fever and illness
Sore muscles, reluctance to move
Shivering or weakness
Lack of appetite
Increased thirst and urination, may be indicative of chronic renal (kidney) failure, progressing to inability to urinate.
Apart from harmful bacteria, there is a real risk of falling into the toilet if your dog is of a smaller breed. If unable to escape, this could result in severe fatigue, and even death.


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This paper is devoted to the introduction of physicochemical, filler size, and distribution effect in micromechanical predictions of the overall viscoelastic properties of asphalt mastic. In order to account for the three effects, the morphologically representative pattern (MRP) approach was employed. The MRP model was improved due to the arduous practical use of equivalent modulus formula solution. Then, a homogeneous morphologically representative model (H-MRP) with the explicit solution was established based on the homogenization theory. Asphalt mastic is regarded as a composite material consisting of filler particles coated structural asphalt and free asphalt considering the physicochemical effect. An additional interphase surrounding particles was introduced in the H-MRP model. Thus, a modified H-MRP model was established. Using the proposed model, a viscoelastic equation was derived to predict the complex modulus and subsequently the dynamic modulus of asphalt mastic based on the elastic-viscoelastic correspondence principle. The dynamic shear rheological tests were conducted to verify the prediction model. The results show that the predicted modulus presents an acceptable precision for asphalt mastic mixed with 10% and 20% fillers volume fraction, as compared to the measured ones. The predicted modulus agrees reasonably well with the measured ones at high frequencies for asphalt mastic mixed with 30% and 40% fillers volume fraction. However, it exhibits underestimated modulus at low frequencies. The reasons for the discrepancy between predicted and measured dynamic shear modulus and the factors affecting the dynamic shear modulus were also explored in the paper.
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Pendant in the Form of a Sawfish
In Ghana and the Ivory Coast, regions that acquired great wealth from the mining and trading of gold, rulers displayed their status by wearing a profusion of gold ornaments, even attaching such objects to umbrellas and swords. Although many of these ornaments are abstract geometric shapes, some represent human faces or animals, as in the piece shown here depicting a sawfish. Such works were made using the lost-wax casting method, in which a clay mold was made around a modeled wax form. The mold was then heated and the wax poured out, after which molten gold was poured in and solidified in the form of the original wax model.
- Cultures: Ebrié; or Adjukru; or Alladan
- Medium: Gold
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- Dates: 19th century
- Dimensions: 2 3/16 x 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.5 x 1 x 7.5 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Arts of Africa
- Museum Location: This item is on view in South Gallery, 1st Floor
- Accession Number: 49.32.2
- Credit Line: A Augustus Healy Fund
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Ebrié. Pendant in the Form of a Sawfish, 19th century. Gold, 2 3/16 x 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.5 x 1 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A Augustus Healy Fund, 49.32.2. Creative Commons-BY
- Catalogue Description: An oval body of open lattice work, edged by rows of circular openings. A long tail curves around one side and is made of wrapped 'threads.' The head is cylindrical with two projecting eyes. There are two rings for suspension. Condition: Very good.
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Robotic Machine Tending: 5 Factors to Consider Before Investing
Before investing in any machine, every good industry manager knows that you must first determine its suitability. The same applies when thinking of robotic machine tending.
Despite promising enormous benefits to your business, not all machine tending robots are a good fit for your business. Some robots are designed for larger machines, others small, others medium-sized machines.
The robot's specifications also differ. Since they're all from different manufacturers, their speed, accuracy, precision, cycle time, and lifespan vary.
In this article, we shall cover the 5 most important things you need to look into before getting the robot.
Take a look:
1. Speed and precision
Robots are known for their speed and accuracy in production. They've proved this capability in the manufacturing floor space for years.
However, not all robots can achieve this feat.
High speed is often associated with low-quality products, and that's what you'll get from the wrong robot. Get to know how fast the machine tending robot can move from point X to Y, without altering its accuracy.
Find out whether the robot can follow different sets of instructions quickly and with a minimal margin of error. The more accurate the robot is, the better.
Always choose more precision over speed.
2. Repeatability of the robot
One of the main reasons for investing in robotic machine tending is repeatability.
So, you want a robot with more than just speed. A robot that can repeat a process multiple times without losing its accuracy.
Look into how long the robot takes to repeat a process, and whether or not it develops errors in the process.
Collaborative robots today are designed for easy reprogramming, enabling them to repeat processes they initially completed. The machine tending robot you choose should be able to do this.
The programming process should also be easy, even for workers with no programming experience.
3. Payload and reach
The robot's payload refers to how much weight it can handle with one grip. The reach refers to the distance it can reach horizontally.
All machine tending robots have different payloads and reach, so you can't use a 'one for all' approach to this decision. Robots with a lower payload and a small reach are mostly 'tabletop' robots. They handle smaller machines.
The larger the payload, the more uses the robot has in the industry. The same applies to its reach.
You can use these machines for pick and place tasks, palletizing, assembly, among other tasks. It all depends on the size of your industry and CNC machines.
4. Safety features of the robot
One of the biggest drawbacks of having robots in the workplace is the injuries it causes other workers. And although modern collaborative robots are designed to amend this issue, causes of robotic harm to workers are still common.
Therefore, you have to pay extra attention to the robot's safety features before purchasing it.
Ensure the machine tending robot you choose has adequate sensors, robotic vision cameras, and proper control software to interact with workers.
The more comfortable your worker is with the robot, the more productive they become.
5. Machine-robot compatibility
Lastly, the machine-tending robot you choose should be compatible with the machines you want to use. Some manufacturers develop their machines to be pretty selective with other robot software.
Therefore, a robot that works for your competitors may not work for you due to compatibility issues.
Ensure that the robot you choose is compatible with all your machines, to facilitate a smoother integration into your production line.
The robot software should also be compatible with software updates, to cater for future demands.
Final thoughts
There are numerous other factors you need to consider before investing in a machine tending robot. However, their speed, accuracy, repeatability, payload and reach, safety features, and compatibility with your machines should be at the top of your list.
With the right machine tending robot, you will finally achieve your production goals.
Therefore, choose your robot wisely.
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On 5 July 1946, the first bikini went on sale. The first modern bikini, that is, since there is evidence that bikini-like garments have existed for thousands of years – the mother-goddess of Çatalhöyük, in southern Anatolia, is depicted in a costume similar to a bikini in the Chalcolithic era, around 5600 BC. Similar depictions were found in mosaics at the Villa Romana del Casale, in Sicily, dating from the Diocletian period (286-305 AD). The name bikini, however, was chosen by French mechanical engineer Louis Réard and fashion designer Jacques Heim, who introduced it in Paris. Although bikini appeared in the French magazine Le Monde Illustré in 1947, its first appearance in the English language is believed to have been in the June of the following year, in the American newspaper Newsweek.
Currently the Oxford English Dictionary has four words which derive etymologically from bikini – minikini (a small bikini), tankini (a combination of bikini bottom and tank top), monokini (one-piece swimming costume), and trikini (a swimming costume consisting of three main areas of fabric). Monokini and trikini clearly use the idea that the biin bikini refers to the two pieces of which this garment is composed – but this is, in fact, a misinterpretation of the word. The bikini is, rather, named after an atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini, famously used by the US between 1946 and 1958 as a site for testing nuclear weapons. The biis a false friend, because the atoll's name (Pikinni in Marshallese) actually translates as 'coconut place'.
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In this paper the author present a technique based on attribute grammars for formalizing design pattern solutions. Concretely they offer attributes extensions describing conventions by declaratives semantic rules. The rules are expressed in terms of patterns roles. Here the roles in patterns are played by Interfaces, Classes, Methods or Variables. The author introduced a notion of principal roles by claiming that it is not necessary to mark all the roles in the source code program. The hypothesis behind the author's technique is the claim that design patterns are sufficiently precise so that when selecting a particular implementation, they can be formalized and form the basis of programming language support. A claim which I consider subject to discussions. The intend of the technique presented by the author is to enable the identification of patterns in the source code and the automatic checkability that the patterns are applied consistently, according to given rules. The technique requires that the programmers annotate the source code with some defining pattern roles. The main drawback of the technique is that any formalization pin down precise rules for the pattern and it's difficult to foresee all reasonable implementation variations of the pattern.
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In this paper the authors present a method of similarity score for the detection of design patterns. This method is focus on structural patterns. The authors use an implicit notion of principal roles which is here the roles with the most unique characteristics. For example roles participating only in the generalization matrix are excluded because the authors claim that their inclusion would lead to numerous false positives. They performed these exclusions by assigning weights to matrix according to the importance of the corresponding attributes. They claim that the excluded roles can be recovered if necessary after the detection of the pattern because they are close to the detected roles. The method presented by these authors do not consider roles played by artifacts other than classes or interfaces (for example methods), thus the method failed to distinguish between patterns like Adapter and command during the detection because the structure of the corresponding patterns are identical, and the distinction between them require one to know whether the method in the concrete subclass that is implemented by invoking a method of another object refers to the execution of a command or not. The author's method enable the detection of modified versions of patterns but given the modification is limited to only one pattern characteristic. A requirement I consider quite restrictive on my point of view. Pettersson Graph filtering/matching Antoniol Pattern inference Hannemann Role inference Smith/Stotts Elemental Design Patterns Vokac
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2 Different Date Data Sets
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I have a problem where I need to match up 2 different data sets to show funnel. Create Date & Demo Date. I need to show this data by week number. A demo date can be weeks after the create date. Here is my example:
Data set 1
Week Create Count
1 10
2 20
Data Set 2
Week Demo Count
1 3
2 8
How can I merge these data sets do I can get matching numbers as shown below:
Week Create Demo
1 10 3
2 20 8
 - MarkSnodgrass
 MarkSnodgrass Portland, Oregon 🟤
 You need to join these two datasets together to make one dataset. The easiest way to do this is with Magic ETL. The below example shows you more than just joining, but the idea is that you can use the join tile to join your two datasets together. You would join on week. You might want to review this KB article to better understand the different types of joins if you are unfamiliar with the concept.
 - GrantSmith
 GrantSmith Indiana 🟤
 Hi _USER_
 alternatively you can use a data set view to join your two datasets together.
 another option to think about might be instead of joining your data together you UNION / stack your data together such that you have
 Demo | 1 | 3
 Create | 1 | 10
 - jaeW_at_Onyx
 jaeW_at_Onyx Budapest / Portland, OR 🟤
 Sorry _USER_ and _USER_ hard disagree.
 Don't JOIN the data. APPEND them.
 If you get to the point where you have multiple rows per week OR if dataset 1 is at a different granularity than dataset2 then you end up with row growth (because you're JOINING) and you have to crazy math to 'SUM DISTINCT).
 1) add a constant "Activity Type" to each dataset so you know what type of metric you're dealing with
 2) duplicate the date column and call it "Activity Date" for both datasets. (then use Activity Date in Analyzer).
 3) UNION the data
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A habitual offender is defined as someone who has a pattern of repeated criminal convictions over time. Like many other states, Colorado allows enhanced sentencing for habitual offenders. The goal of these "three strikes laws" is to discourage convicted criminals from committing additional crimes after they serve their time behind bars. After being charged with any criminal offense, it's imperative to promptly contact a criminal defense attorney in Denver, CO. Advise your felony attorney of any prior convictions you have and discuss whether the habitual offender laws might apply to you.
Third Conviction
Criminal defense attorneys and prosecutors often refer to the first habitual offender law as the "little habitual." This law provides for enhanced sentences for individuals who are convicted of class one, two, three, four, or five felonies and have previously been convicted of two felonies within the past 10 years. If convicted a third time, the legal consequences depending on the sentencing guidelines for the most recent conviction. Once the individual has been adjudicated as a repeat offender, the mandatory prison sentence will be triple the maximum sentence of that particular crime. In certain cases, it may be possible for the felony attorney to negotiate for a reduction in charges to downgrade the felony to a misdemeanor.
Fourth Conviction
An individual who is convicted of a fourth felony, regardless of the class of the felonies, will be an adjudicated repeat offender under what some attorneys call the "big habitual" law. The offender will serve a prison sentence that is four times the maximum sentence for the range for that particular crime.
Fifth Conviction
A third and fourth conviction can keep a convicted criminal behind bars for a very long time, but the legal penalty will get even worse if there is a fifth felony conviction. If a four-time convicted felon is released and then commits a violent felony, a conviction will result in a sentence under the "bigger habitual" statute. This is a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of being released on parole for at least 40 years.
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The survey looked at nearly 20,000 Danish kids between the ages of 5 and 19. It found that kids who cycled or walked to school, rather than traveling by car or public transportation, performed measurably better on tasks demanding concentration, such as solving puzzles, and that the effects lasted for up to four hours after they got to school.Our Safe Routes Philly program helps Philadelphia schools encourage safe bicycling and walking to school. Interested in learning how we can help your school get organized or acquire funding or curriculum? Contact us. It's never too late to give your students a health and educational step up.


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Ancient Jugs Hold the Secret to Practical Mathematics in Biblical Times Monday, June 4, 2012
Precise volume was measured by circumference, TAU researchers find
Archaeologists in the eastern Mediterranean region have been unearthing spherical jugs, used by the ancients for storing and trading oil, wine, and other valuable commodities. Because we're used to the metric system, which defines units of volume based on the cube, modern archaeologists believed that the merchants of antiquity could only approximately assess the capacity of these round jugs, says Prof. Itzhak Benenson of Tel Aviv University's Department of Geography.
Now an interdisciplinary collaboration between Prof. Benensonand Prof. Israel Finkelstein of TAU's Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures has revealed that, far from relying on approximations, merchants would have had precise measurements of their wares — and therefore known exactly what to charge their clients.
The researchers discovered that the ancients devised convenient mathematical systems in order to determine the volume of each jug. They theorize that the original owners and users of the jugs measured their contents through a system that linked units of length to units of volume, possibly by using a string to measure the circumference of the spherical container to determine the precise quantity of liquid within.
The system, which the researchers believe was developed by the ancient Egyptians and used in the Eastern Mediterranean from about 1,500 to 700 BCE, was recently reported in the journal PLoS ONE. Its discovery was part of the Reconstruction of Ancient Israel project supported by the European Union.
3D models unveil volume measurement system
The system of measurement was revealed when mathematician Elena Zapassky constructed 3D models of jugs from Tel Megiddo — an important Canaanite city-state and Israelite administration center — for a computer database. The jugs are associated with the Phoenicians, ancient seafaring merchants who had trading hubs along the coast of Lebanon. Using a statistical methodology, the team measured hundreds of vessels from the excavation, and discovered something surprising — large groups of these spherical or elliptic jugs had a similar circumference. This prompted the researchers to look more deeply into how the ancients measured volume.
The Egyptian unit of volume is called the hekat, and it equals 4.8 liters in today's measurements, explains Dr. Yuval Gadot, a researcher on the project. A spherical jug that is 52 centimeters in circumference, which equals one Egyptian royal cubit, contains exactly half a hekat. "In a large percentage of the vessels we measured, the circumference is close to one cubit, and the merchant could know that the vessel's volume is half a cubit by just measuring its circumference," he says.
When the researchers adopted the Egyptian system of measurement themselves instead of thinking in metrical units, many things became clear. For example, the tall round "torpedo" jugs packed into Phoenician ships in the 8th century BCE were found to contain whole units of hekats. Dr. Gadot believes that the Egyptian system of measurement gradually disappeared when the Assyrians took over the region, bringing their own methods of measurement with them.
A measure of political power
According to Prof. Finkelstein, elements of standardization in the ancient world hold interest because they are indicative of bureaucratic systems and reflect political and cultural influences. "The use of the Egyptian method is a strong indicator of Egyptian power in this region during a specific period of time," he explains.
"Working together with experts in mathematics and statistics, we have been able to provide new solutions for longstanding archaeological problems and debates."
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The nation's first crested ibis chicks to be born in the wild since 1976 are being watched over by a pair of the endangered birds on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, the Environment Ministry said Monday.
If the their development proceeds unhindered, they will likely leave the nest in about 40 days.
The parents — a 3-year-old male and 2-year-old female — were raised at an ibis conservation center on the island and released into the wild in March 2011. They were found to have built a nest on March 16.
The ministry said it confirmed the chicks' birth via a remote camera placed near the nest but that footage of the eggs actually hatching was unavailable because the camera broke. On Sunday, a monitoring team from the ministry set up another camera 40 meters from the nest that was able to take about 12 hours of footage from 6 a.m. showing one of the chicks being fed, officials said. The other two were confirmed safe Monday.
The crested ibis (scientific name Nipponia nippon) is registered as a special Japanese natural treasure. The last true Japanese crested ibis, a female named Kin, died in October 2003. Japan has been trying to reintroduce the species into the wild since 2008, after successfully getting a pair received from China in 1999 to breed in captivity. All of the crested ibises in Japan now are Chinese birds ortheir offspring, and a total of 76 have been released since September 2008.
Their breeding period runs from February to June and peaks in early April. A female typically lays about four eggs per season, and both adults take turns caring for them for about 28 days.
In 2010, the ministry confirmed that some released ibises had laid an egg, but an actual hatching hadn't been confirmed until this month. Experts believe this is because infertile eggs are laid more often by birds in the wild than in captivity, and incubation is often halted due to food shortages.
The birds are also very wary and tend to abort incubation if they are stressed. In the past, some eggs fell out of the nests and others were eaten by crows.
The Japanese crested ibis once inhabited most parts of Japan, but the population fell dramatically after the Meiji Era (_PHONE_) because they were overhunted for their beautiful feathers and because of environmental degradation and agricultural chemicals ruined their homes and food supply.


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It is no secret that our environment's health is on the decline and we need to reduce our usage of resources. Cutting out the use of paper in a process is a great way for an organization to reduce their environmental footprint. Storing paper copies in large filing cabinets that take up real estate in the office is not ideal. Digital copies can be stored in a cloud and recalled instantly anywhere you are.
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Many indigenous villages and schools in Bocas del Toro do not have access to safe drinking water. Polluted water can lead to intestinal worms in humans, which cause anemia, chronic dysentery and malnutrition, all factors contributing to a high rate of absenteeism in schools. Children fall behind in their studies and often give up, perpetuating the vicious cycle of poverty among the indigenous people. This project works to stop this problem by installing rainwater catchment tanks at schools, providing safe, clean drinking water to students and their families. In 2011 STA Travel contributed US$25,000 to this project, to purchase and install 10 water tanks and buy a boat to serve as the first ambulance service for indigenous people living in this remote area.
Your participation in this project means one new rainwater catchment tank can be purchased and installed at a school - your trip pays for the full cost of a tank and installation ($1000), serving at least 400 people in urgent need of safe water. Without volunteers like you, this project could not survive. It relies on donors and volunteers to pay for the tanks and installation. You are helping to save lives, to give children and families a healthy start, and help to stop the cycle of poverty in this region.
- Learn about indigenous life by experiencing several villages in the Bocas del Toro archipelago - Visit indigenous schools and deliver school supplies by boat and land - Visit Ambulance boat base and learn about service to surrounding villages - Help install your donated water tank at a school in urgent need!


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Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects.
It provides twoand three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many popular version control systems.
Meld helps you review code changes and understand patches. It might even help you to figure out what is going on in that merge you keep avoiding.
- Edit files in-place, and your comparison updates on-the-fly.
- Perform twoand three-way diffs and merges.
- Easily navigate between differences and conflicts.
- Visualise global and local differences with insertions, changes and conflicts marked.
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- Compare two or three directories file-by-file, showing new, missing, and altered files.
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More Wisconsin students receiving free and reduced school mealsStatewide, 42 percent of students in Wisconsin public schools receive free or reduced breakfast and lunch.
By: By Shamane Mills, Wisconsin Public Radio, Superior Telegram
More kids are getting free and reduced school meals in Wisconsin's public schools. For the eighth year in a row, there was an increase in eligibility for the program. Statewide, 42 percent of students in Wisconsin public schools receive free or reduced breakfast and lunch. Department of Public Instruction spokesman John Johnson says most of those meals are going to kids in families of four making less than 29-thousand dollars a year, "I think this is important for folks to understand: only 6. 2 percent of that 42.5 percent number are students receiving reduced priced lunches So the number of students in families at or below 130 percent of the poverty rate is the bulk of the students receiving aid."
The figures reflect community-wide food insecurity in some areas and anti hunger organizations like Second Harvest try to make sure students don't go home on the weekends or on school break hungry. Kris Tazelaar says Second Harvest operates a "BackPack Program" designed for small town and rural communities in south central Wisconsin,.
We've got backpack programs in Elroy, Evansville, Sun Prairie and Tomah," Tazelaar said. "Out of those programs we serve at least 850 children per month in those particular school districts. What it does is provide backpacks or bags filled with nutritious food that goes home with the kids on the weekends."
Superior has a similar backpack program called Nutrition on Weekends that serves approximately 88 students a week in the Superior and Solon Springs school districts.
Department of Public Instruction figures show Milwaukee schools have the highest percentage of free and reduced meals: 83 percent. In the last school year, three school districts around the state showed double digit increases. They are Northern Ozaukee, Argyle and White Lake.
In the Maple School District, the number of students eligible for free and reduced lunch rose to 39.6 percent, a 1.1 percent increase, according to DPI statistics. But the number of students eligible for the program dropped in both the Superior and Solon Springs school districts. The Superior School District went from 51.2 percent eligibility in the 2010-11 school year to 50.3 percent in the 2011-12 school year. Free and reduced lunch eligibility in the Solon Springs School District fell eight percent, from 54.2 percent last school year to 46.2 percent this year.


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The Eole Water Wind Turbine, invented by Marc Parent, has developed a way to utilize the heavy winds in the desert to harness water-making abilities. The turbine condenses water from the winds and collects it for sanitation and refinement.
Originally stumbling upon this idea while living in the Caribbean, Parent realized that his air conditioner was storing water and marvelled at the capability of a system where this had an actual objective.
A current prototype has been up and functioning since October in Abu Dhabi, and has reportedly collected between 500 and 800 litres of water a day. Since pulling in more investors, Eole Water is expected to produce more of these super-powered water manufacturers to be scattered around isolated and rural areas with limited access to water.
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Down syndrome occurs in about 1 in 700 births. Children with
typical development learn to walk independently at about 12 months of age.
Those with Down syndrome typically learn to take independent steps at 24-28
months. Getting infants walking is critical
because this can delay the emergence other skills such as social skills, motor
skills, advancement of perception and spatial cognition.
According to the Center for Motor
Development at the University of Michigan, babies with Down Syndrome can learn
to walk earlier and better using a treadmill. In
the study, 30 infants were randomly assigned lower intensity, generalized treadmill
training, or high intensity, individualized treadmill training. The exercise
therapy was implemented in the homes by their parents. The exercise therapy was
used as a supplement to physical therapy. High intensity training included
increasing the treadmill belt speed, using longer durations, and adding light
weights to the ankles, with intensity tailored to each child. The parent sat on
a bench that straddled the treadmill and held the infant as the child took
steps on the treadmill. The duration of the exercise therapy was for eight
minutes a day, five days a week for three months.
Dale Ulrich, the director of the
Center for Motor Development at the University of Michigan suggests if
children with Down Syndrome are able to walk earlier and better, they are
able to explore their environment and learn about the world around them. He
also agrees that walking is a critical factor in the development of other
domains. Treadmills are about $1,200 each. The hope is that more hospitals and
Down syndrome parent organizations will rent the equipment to parents.


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We can, of course, calculate the molar entropy of a substance at some temperature provided that we define the entropy at a temperature of absolute zero to be zero. By way of example, assuming that the molar entropy of hydrogen at 0 K is zero, calculate the absolute entropy of a kmole of H2 gas at a temperature of 25oC (298.15 K) and a pressure of one atmosphere. We can do this in five stages, as follows. You will find it helpful to sketch these stages on a drawing similar to figure VI.5.
1. Heat the solid hydrogen from 0 K to 13.95 K at a pressure of 7173 Pa. (That's the triple point.) The increase in entropy is ∫CP d(lnT). Assuming that we know CP as a function of temperature in this range, that comes to 2080 J K−1 kmole−1.
2. Liquefy it at the same temperature and pressure. The molar latent heat of fusion is 117000 J kmole−1. Increase in entropy = 117000/13.95 = 8400 J K−1 kmole−1.
3. Vaporize it at the same temperature and pressure. The molar latent heat of vaporization is 911000 kmole−1. Increase in entropy = 911000/13.95 = 65300 J K−1 kmole−1.
4. Increase temperature to 298.15 K at constant pressure. See equation 12.8.3. The increase in entropy is ∫CP d(lnT). Assuming that we know CP as a function of temperature in this range, that comes to 70000 J K−1 kmole−1.
5. Increase pressure to 1 atmos = 1.013 × 105 Pa at constant temperature. See equation 12.8.3, from which we see that there is a decrease of entropy equal to R ln(P2/P1) = 8314ln(1.103 × 105 / 7173) = 22000 J K−1 kmole−1.
Hence, taking the entropy to be zero at 0 K, the required entropy is 124000 J K−1 kmole−1.
Now that we have calculated the absolute entropy at a given temperature and pressure, we can calculate the increase in the Helmholtz and Gibbs functions from equations 12.9.9 and 12.9.11. But this leaves us in a rather uncomfortable position. After all, all we have done in this example is to calculate the increase in entropy as we took the sample up to 25 oC and 1 atmosphere – we haven't really calculated the absolute entropy. The entropy appearing in equations 12.9.9 and 12.9.11 is surely the absolute entropy, and we cannot calculate this unless we know the entropy at T = 0 K. This slight puzzle will remain with us until Chapter 16, when we meet Nernst's Heat Theorem and the Third Law of Thermodynamics.
Many of the examples of thermodynamical calculations have hitherto involved PdV work in a system in which the working substance has been an ideal gas. Let us now look at two entirely different situations, both involving non-PdV work. Let us look at charging a battery, and creating new surface by distorting a spherical drop of liquid.


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The Seventy-four Ranch is a working cattle and horse ranch, and a unique
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and the rich history of these North Georgia foothills.
The rolling hills of the ranch are listed in the land lottery as "improved " Cherokee land, meaning Cherokees occupied or used it. No one knows whether it had fencing, a barn or a home, or all of the above.
The historic Butler-Cape House is the centerpiece of the ranch. Cherokee-style chimneys, made of quarried stone and mud grace the sides of the home. The mortar visitors see now in some places on the outside of the chimneys was added much later.
There is debate when the home was built. Some say it's Civil War era but one historic preservationist architect has told the owners it is pre-1850. It shares some details with the Chief Vann House, such as the width of the boards used and window fasteners.
The so-called Trail of Tears began a few miles away in Blaine, Georgia for the Cherokees who lived in this area. They were held at Fort Newnan, and many are still buried there in a cemetery on private land.
A visit to the ranch will include a tour of the stately Butler-Cape House, which is filled with antiques dating from the 1600's. Guests in rooms inside the home enjoy the original floors and window panes as well as antiques and original art.
The ranch's rustic cabins also feature original art, artifacts and antiques.
Tour guests and lodgers see the workings of the ranch, and learn how quarter horses are bred and trained there. They also learn about the Cherokee history, as well as the Scarecorn Creek Massacre, which happened across the street during the Civil War. They hear in detail about the three murders associated with the house during North Georgia's infamous Moonshine Wars.
The ranch features nine libraries and plenty of cozy places to pick up one of those good books. Inviting porches and wooden lawn chairs make it easy to relax and watch the ranch-bred quarter horses and Corriente cattle mosey on by.
Hearty ranch served on an 1800's French farm house table feature organic ingredients and ranch produce.
Learn all about running a cattle ranch and a riding facility during this hands on tour of the Seventy-four Ranch. You'll go out in the fields in "Ole Blue", our old ranch truck, and get up close to our Carriente and Texas Longhorn cattle, while learning about pedigrees and breeding.
Back at the ranch you'll see our foaling center, learn about imprint training and why the American Quarter horse is our country's favorite breed. Meet our horses, feed some treats, try your hand at roping our "lawn cattle" and visit our tack room and learn about different types of saddles.


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Pipistrel Vertical Solutions had finalized the PMCD (Power Management, Control and Delivery) module software specifications in cooperation with the University of Ulm. A PMCD module is used to efficiently manage the power flow between different components in the drivetrain. In order to achieve this goal, a combination of switches, diodes, and fuses are used to connect the power generation components to the power consumption components. The main software functions of the PMCD are to regulate DC link voltage, control the power flow, CAN bus communication to the hardware interfaces, detect failures, in case of malfunctions (e.g.: battery failure) adapt a new power routing, report errors and warning conditions to HMI, and communicate and receive inputs from HMI (e.g. required power). There are additional software functions considered to optimize the module performance like monitoring of H2 tank/fuel tank, status of the fuel cell, status of the battery, inverter and motor, coolant temperature and ICE supervision. A PMCD module is now, with its state of the art power management strategy, capable of optimizing usage of different aircraft power sources, such as internal combustion engine, batteries and fuel cells.
The PMCD algorithm will also monitor the states of the components and take certain mitigation actions in case of a failure or warning state in one or more of the powertrain components. The mitigation actions will depend on the type of failure. For example, during a minor critical state such as reaching a low battery state of charge while in hybrid mode, the PMCD will send a caution signal to the pilot through the human-machine interface (HMI) screen. On the other hand, a major failure such as losing communication with the battery system while on hybrid mode, is treated by the PMCD disconnecting the battery and send a warning signal to the pilot in order to reduce the power demand.
The aim of the MAHEPA project is to show that flying hybrid is possible, sustainable and safe. PMCD module connects all these objectives by managing power sources most efficiently, thus having the capability of detecting and managing every power train failure.


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Flickr as a Paintbrush [cartogrammar.com] reveals the recorded colors of our surrounding landscape, both in a physical and cultural sense. In short, Andy Woodruff created a set of geographic heatmaps that represent the average colors of images taken on locations surrounding a specific landmark. In other words, the resulting maps reveal the colors that people on the ground should be looking at.
Technically, these maps are based on the most recent 2,000 photos uploaded to Flickr that were geotagged within a specified bounding box. These were then averaged by hue. As an emergent result, the color red reveals the dominance of brick, while green/yellow colors naturally denote grass and trees. However, some unexpected patterns appear as well, such as blue/purple in the map of Boston.


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I am doing some literature review on desertification. However, I could not find any information related to my question. Based on my knowledge, barren land faced greater heating and wind than vegetated area but the presence of vegetation can lead to a huge increase in evaporation surface area. They seem to me opposing factors. Based on my intuitive guess, I would say barren land would suffer bigger water loss but has there been any reliable research done on this? Is there a method to calculate and compare the gross water loss of the two scenarios?
I think it is best to introduce some definitions. Often in such studies, two types of evapotranspiration (or evaporation, but I will stick to evapotranspiration during this answer for convenience) are defined: actual and potential evapotranspiration:
Source: presentation called Water resources and their management in Pakistan by Jannat Iftikhar
As you have already stated correctly: when vegetation is present, the surface (generally) holds more water, hence more water is lost to the atmosphere. While barren land experiences more heating and stronger winds, the barren land tends to hold less water to evaporate. Consequently, even though the conditions allow faster and more severe evapotranspiration, there is just no water to evapotranspirate.
The figure below shows an excellent example of this principle for two catchments in Saskatoon. Even though this figure isn't about an area facing desertification, it does exemplify the principle explained above.
Source: An Overview of Temporary Stream Hydrology in Canada (Buttle et al., 2012)
As you can see, the potential evapotranspiration is higher in summer for graph (a), whereas the actual evapotranspiration is higher in graph (b) due to its bigger stock of moisture.
To specify differences with respect to desertification, studies often compare catchments of similar size, meteorological conditions (radiation, precipitation, etc) but with different types of vegetation or different amounts/coverage of vegetation.
For catchments where we have a water surplus, we can check the discharge of that specific catchment and the average precipitation (which produces the discharge when multiplied by the area of the catchment). The difference between the two is the water lost to other processes of which evapotranspiration is the main one.
For the barren land situation, different methods are applied. One could try to calculate the energy balance of the surface based on measured or estimated meteorological and atmospheric parameters. Another option would be to place an evaporation pan, which is basically a flat surface with a layer of water. Subsequently, one can determine how much water is lost from it over a given period of time (taking into account the precipitation).
Iftikhar, J.(2017). Evapotranspiration. Water Resources & their Management in Pakistan.
M Buttle, James & Boon, Sarah & Peters, Daniel & Spence, Christa & van Meerveld, Ilja & Whitfield, Paul. (2012). An Overview of Temporary Stream Hydrology in Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal.
In general, evapotranspiration from vegetated areas is greater than the bare soil evaporation. You are correct that vegetation will increase the boundary layer and thus reduce evaporation at the ground surface but interception of precipitation will also mean that some of the precipitation will evaporate before it reaches the ground.
There are effects of vegetation type and % ground-cover that usually reduce runoff, but that water infiltrates. Infiltration is important in increasing evapotranspiration over evaporation. The water that moves deep enough into the soil column under bare soil conditions isn't evaporated and is lost to interflow or recharge. Plant roots capture a significant amount of the infiltration so transpiration increases. The deeper the roots, the more infiltration that can be captured.
In addition to what has been (correctly) written in the other answers, I would like to add a couple of figures that could help to understand the dynamics involved:
The first figure is borrowed from this interesting paper
So, as you correctly guessed, bare lands are "hotter" than forested areas. But when you say "barren land faced greater heating and wind than vegetated area", I think you are a little mixing correlation and causality: if the surface is exposed to the same amount of radiations, then the difference in temperature is given by the land cover. The amount of the difference is given by a large number of factors, among which: radiations absorption (including color), topography, composition of the material (rocks, water, soil...), composition of the air surrounding the surface (don't forget that water vapor has a greenhouse effect), area exposed to the radiations, and so on. By the combination of all these variables, the presence of trees results, given the same exposure to solar radiations, in a lower temperature. It is curious to notice that in the figure, the fresher area is the pond... This is due to the thermal inertia of water bodies.
Maintaining the discussion on the forested areas, trees act as a "water pump": they take soil moisture from the soil and circulating it into their branches and leaves (see next figure). This means that they increase the amount of water available in the surface. Moreover, leaves act as a "surface multiplier", in the sense that they offer multiple small surfaces that captures the radiation. In addition, the presence of water transfer some of the heat in form of vapor. Basically, leaves do what a human body would do and control their thermal regulation, also by transpiring large amount of water (see this paper). The cooling effect of the different land cover also influences the winds by altering the convective heat transfer (so, wind is cause and consequence of the "freshness" at the same time).
This figure is taken from Pereira et al. 2017 and its captions states "Schematic of the enthalpy fluxes (all arrows) and water fluxes (all but solid black arrows) that are solved in ED2. The schematic is based on Walko et al. (2000) and Medvigy et al. (2009). (Figure courtesy of Marcos Longo)."
In summary, (oversimplifying) the presence of trees increases the amount of water and the surface exposed to the radiations and this, jointly with many other physical and chemical processes, results in a larger moisture in the air and a larger dispersion of the heat (meaning that locally the forested system is fresher than the one without trees). Answering your question in the title: the presence of trees increases the moisture dispersion in the air. To give a better sense of the effect of the presence of vegetation on the water balance, see the picture below:


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Determining the impact of unexpected disruptions to a complex supply chain
Aw, Waldron Jun Jie
Date of Issue2016-05-26
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
This final year project deals with simulating disruptions in a multi-echelon supply chain and the objective is to study the propagation of such disruptions and also the factors affecting such disruptions. Different simulation techniques were reviewed and studied before discrete event simulation (DES) was chosen as inventory levels are of interest in this project and inventory levels in a supply chain evolve over time due to discrete events. A FlexSim model was created to study the propagation of disruptions in a supply chain. Verification was done by checking the structure, code and animated flow of the entities. As real life data was not available, validation was carried out based on data provided by SIMTech that was derived using an time based Input-output model (I-O model that had been developed and validated previously by SIMTech). After the FlexSim model had been verified and validated, disruptions were introduced at various locations in the supply chain so that the propagation of disruptions can be studied. Based on the results of the simulation model, critical nodes were identified and the factors leading to these nodes being critical were studied, analyzed and given weights. The analysis showed that trading volume and BOM are important factors that render nodes critical. The results also show that the disruption experienced by the end consumer does not change much when there are additional disruptions downstream of critical nodes. However, the disruption propagated to the end consumer fluctuates differently when there are additional disruptions downstream of critical nodes. These findings allow managers to prioritize nodes when planning and to take mitigating actions to manage the effects of disruptive events.
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1. the act of vigorously penetrating a wet pussy with a hard cock
2. Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.
1. An act of sexual intercourse.
2. A partner in sexual intercourse.
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Used to express extreme displeasure.
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