Preliminary factions and storyline
1. Alpha Centauri Factions
2. Mars Edition Factions
3. Preliminary Storyline
In Alpha Centauri, there are seven different factions:
For Alpha Centauri: Mars Edition, obviously the factions will have to be significantly different so as to provide players with a new game experience. Unfortunately, as Alpha Centauri has many elements similar to the Mars Edition, it is difficult to produce different factions. What I have done here is to create new factions which reflect the fact that colonists on Mars will still have to consider Earth (unlike Alpha Centauri). So, here are the seven.
Two Worlds Party:
The Two Worlds, One People Party (motto: Duos Orbis Terrarum, Una Gens). Dedicated to preserving and cementing relations between Earth and Mars for the benefit of the human race as a whole. Funded by the United Nations. Serve as peacekeepers, but also see themselves as the 'authority' of Earth on Mars. What they do may not always be in the best interests of Mars.
The Biogeneticists are a group of scientists who, on Mars, are working towards a society where biotechnology can solve humanity's problems. They are integral in the terraforming process, and can build stunning bioweapons and machines. They have no clear political aims, as yet, but merely want to get on with their research - however, they are conscious of the need to cure mankinds woes (e.g., new forms of gene therapy, cure for cancer, etc)
Prometheus Group:
The Prometheus Group's main aim is bringing life to Mars. Their ethos is that as they are humans, they have a responsibility of bringing life to the universe - panspermia. Thus, they very strongly for terraforming, and will try to initiate it as soon as possible, with as many factions as possible. They will very vigorously defend their terraforming project - to hinder it would be to hinder life itself. The Prometheus Group has support from various factions, as they will see terraforming as a way to increase profits, happiness, etc.
The Preservationists are the opposite number of the Prometheus Group - they believe that the universe has an intrinsic value which should not be disturbed. Altering this value will mar creation and nature, something which has already occurred on Earth. They will take action against anyone who goes against this. Some factions may aid the Preservationists, but in an 'undercover' way.
Ares Foundation:
Isolationists. They don't want to have anything to do with Earth, and don't want to become embroiled in their problems. They've mastered Martian technology, and can live undercover, very efficiently, very easily. Any attempt of Earth to impose order on Mars, and thus drag them down into the mess that is Earth will be met with force by the Ares Foundation. They are not necessarily always hostile to the Two Worlds party, but they will always act in the best interests of Mars, and themselves. A very tightly knit group, hard to penetrate with spies.
TriNational Consortium:
This faction, halfway through the game, splinters into two separate factions. However, at the start, they are a consortium of the most powerful metanationals whose main aim is the material exploitation of Mars. Whether terraforming features in their plans depends on whether they think they can make money out of it. When conditions deteriorate on Earth, the metanationals merge into half a dozen ultranationals and MarsCorp and TerraStar are two of them.
A Martian based company which is separate from TerraStar, and will be extremely competitive with it. It views Mars with more appreciation of it's value for terraformation, but will still try to make money.
A Earth based company which is the voice of the metanationals back on Earth. They have immense financial resources, and feel that Earth's interests come before Mars. They won't stop at buying out other factions for their support.
Faction sympathies:
These are the factions which are most sympathetic to Mars (in order): Ares Foundation, Preservationists, Prometheus Group, Biogeneticists, MarsCorp, Two Worlds, TerraStar. The opposite is true for Earth.
These are the factions which are most sympathetic to terraformation (in order): Prometheus Group, Biogeneticists, Ares Foundation, Two Worlds, MarsCorp, TerraStar, Preservationists.
I have to stress that these are only suggestions for possible factions. I believe that these seven would create an interesting, involving game, and that they are also quite balanced. I'm open to suggestions to different faction names, or even for completely different factions.
Preliminary Storyline: (bear in mind this is only a very rough draft of the storyline)
In 2010, the first settlements are established on Mars by a NASA-led consortium. Slowly, the process of building a colony is underway, and by 2030, a self-sufficient colony of 150 people is established. Meanwhile, other groups have been landing on Mars in different locations, namely the TriNational Consortium and members of the yet-to-be-formed Ares Foundation. By 2040, the Ares Foundation has been founded, and declared its aims to the United Nations. NASA's colony has expanded into 500 people and they've begun development of several manufacturing plants and an off-shoot colony. This colony becomes the headquarters for the Two Worlds faction.
An internal dispute in the Two Worlds faction leads to the creation of the Biogeneticists, who were conducting unauthorised experiments of genetically engineered microbes on the surface. A large number of those in the Two Worlds faction sympathise with what the Biogeneticists were doing, and so make off with supplies to create their own colony - they are the Prometheus Group.
The Prometheus Group immediately forms an alliance with the new Biogeneticist base to perform terraforming measures. The Two Worlds faction wants to wait for some time to gather readings and research on Mars before the world is irrevocably altered, and so orders the Prometheus Group to cease its actions. The Prometheus Group refuses, stating their aims, and the Two Worlds faction chooses to ignore this.
In anger at the inaction of the Two Worlds faction, a small group of dissidents form the Preservationists. Once they have set up a small hidden base, they quickly sabotage the Prometheus Group and the Biogeneticists terraforming factories. The Prometheus Group and Biogeneticists respond by increasing security highly and begin production of 'defensive weaponary' to protect their assets.
(this is when the player enters the game)
While this is happening, the TriNational Consortium is slowly building up their factories and exporting helium3 fuel back to Earth. They make a neat profit, and so enlargen their operations. The Preservationists see this as altering Mars itself, and so, by the actions of a splinter group, destroy several factories of the TriNational Consortium killing several people in the process. The TriNational Consortium, Prometheus Group and Biogeneticists say they will not stand by in the face of such aggression and announce they will actively search and imprison any Preservationists.
After the discovery, imprisonment and subsequent (and partly accidental) deaths of twenty Preservationists, the Two Worlds faction, using the might of the authority of Earth impose authority on Mars.
The Ares Foundation, which had been quite quiet up until then, respond to the Two Worlds faction by saying that they will not take orders from Earth and will actively try to sever any links from Earth to Mars. The Ares Foundation had been busy perfecting their technologies and reveal themselves to have several bases and large stockpiles of weaponary. They will not brook any kind of oppression from Earth.
Back on Earth, conditions are disintegrating. The cumulative effect of the ever-widening ozone layer and failure of countries to reduce their CO2 emissions has resulted in wild climate conditions, effects of which include droughts in western USA and frequent flooding of coastal areas. The Two Worlds faction, which up until then had been mediators in the growing conflict on Mars are forced by Earth to impose an authority geared towards helping Earth on Mars. Military shipments are increased to enforce martial law.
The Ares Foundation and the Preservationists form an uneasy alliance to oppose the Two Worlds rule. The TriNational consortium is undergoing serious trouble following the unrest back on Earth, and splits into the two factions TerraStar and MarsCorp. TerraStar moves to support Two Worlds, supplying manufacturing hardware and weapons, while MarsCorp serves the interests of the Ares Foundation. Both companies enjoy the defense of their respective partners.
The Prometheus Group and Biogeneticists take a fairly neutral stance in these proceedings, but the Prometheus Group tends to veer towards the Ares Foundation, since they feel that back on Earth, they've been destroying life for simple capital gains (i.e., much against the PG's ideals). The Biogeneticists however feel that their technology could aid Earth in it's time of strife, and so veer towards the Two Worlds. The two factions subsequently break of diplomatic relations to pursue their own forms of terraforming...
I feel that this storyline would be best depicted in a novella format, which gives all the different views of the leaders of the factions. For example, it could include messages between faction leaders, news articles, viewpoints of various 'citizens', the viewpoint from Earth, etc. If anyone here has read the novella for Elite 2: Frontier, you'll know what I'm talking about. Basically, a free-roaming narrative which gives readers the viewpoints of everyone involved.
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There are two types of Phase Dimming: Leading Edge Dimming and Trailing Edge Dimming
Hatch LED drivers with a "P" in the part number after the current rating are compatible with both Leading Edge and Trailing Edge Phase Dimmers
Leading Edge dimming is sometimes called Forward Phase or TRIAC dimming
Trailing Edge dimming is sometimes called Reverse Phase or Electronic Low Voltage Dimming.
There is a massive installed base of phase dimmers which is why they are so popular.
There are no additional wires on a Phase Dimming driver. The dimmer is wired in line with the output of the driver.
Phase dimming is only available in 120V input

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Non-skid tapes are a form of adhesive traction products designed to provide slip resistance on countless types of surfaces. Applying this safety product to areas within a commercial building or manufacturing facility supplies further resistance to counteract accident prone locations. Tape of this nature is required by law in certain geographical locations and left as an option to building owners in other scenarios. Regardless of the legal aspects of application, non-skid tapes protect companies from expensive incidents where employees or visitors become injured due to a fall. Traction materials are applicable in these traffic areas to provide increased resistance:
- Hand Rails
- Around Equipment
- On Vehicle Foot Rails
- Loading Areas
- Kitchen Facilities
A commercial structure requires these materials in the above locations to provide a safe environment for both workers and individuals maneuvering through the building. Factory atmospheres have a high risk of injury due to the various types of equipment in operation. Maintenance workers are capable of spilling grease, oil, or cleaning materials in locations where a fall is unavoidable without non-skid materials in place. Workers carrying heavy items with smooth shoes can easily lose their balance. Outside weather conditions are capable of increasing the risk of a fall as snow or rain makes ramps and stairs extremely slick. Non-skid tapes offer a low cost solution for improving surface traction to companies desiring to take every measure of prevention.
Manufacturers Offer a Diverse Line of Sizes, Colors, and Styles
Non-skid tape has one side with grit for supplying necessary traction and another with adhesive material for dependable placement. Industrial grade products offer a variety of options for any business or individual desiring to implement this safety measure. While grit is the most popular traction supplying item, countless additional choices are available to consumers. Classic designs are black in color to blend with common application areas; however, colored versions can be purchased to meet specific needs. Colored products are often necessary to meet compliance guidelines and photoluminescent products make a great addition to egress points throughout a commercial or work environment. Self-luminous choices offer the benefit of visibility in situations of low lighting to prevent hazards. Industrial grade non-skid products have extremely tough and durable adhesives. These adhesives work on surfaces such as:
- Flexible Substrates
They remain effective in the most harsh weather conditions long after initial placement. The grit material has the capability of causing skin abrasions if an individual directly falls on it; however, the aftereffects of such an occurrence are less costly than an accident due to neglecting this measure. Non-skid tape is sold in rolls and can be applied to any location where a fall is possible. Ladder rungs, stairs, decks, ramps, and walkways are beneficial locations within a commercial building or work environment. Additional areas may need to be accommodated depending on the nature of a building or work space. Traction tapes promote safety within or outside of a structure, provide the resistance necessary to prevent falls, and limit injury costs by reducing the likelihood of an accident.


Biography of J.B.S. Haldane
The Scottish geneticist Professor John Haldane (_PHONE_) at University College London
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J.B.S. Haldane was an evolutionary biologist who made many contributions to the field of evolution.
Dates: Born November 5, 1892 - Died December 1, 1964
Early Life and Education
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (Jack, for short) was born on November 5, 1892, in Oxford, England to Louisa Kathleen Trotter and John Scott Haldane. The Haldane family was well off and valued education beginning at an early age. Jack's father was a well-known psychologist in Oxford and as an eight-year-old child, Jack started studying the discipline with his father and assisted him in his work. He also learned genetics by breeding guinea pigs as a child.
Jack's formal schooling was done at Eton College and New College at Oxford. He obtained his M.A. in 1914. Soon after, Haldane enlisted in the British Army and served during World War I.
Personal Life
After returning from the war, Haldane began teaching at the University of Cambridge in 1922. In 1924 he met Charlotte Franken Burghes. She was a reporter for a local publication and was married at the time that they met. She ended up divorcing her husband so she could marry Jack, almost costing him his teaching position at Cambridge for the controversy. The couple married in 1925 after her divorce was final.
Haldane took a teaching position at the University of California, Berkeley in 1932, but returned to London in 1934 to spend the majority of the rest of his teaching career at the University of London. In 1946, Jack and Charlotte separated in 1942 and finally divorced in 1945 so he could marry Dr. Helen Spurway. In 1956, the Haldanes moved to India to teach and study there.
Jack was openly atheist as he said that was how he conducted his experiments. He felt it wasn't fair to assume no God would interfere with the experiments he conducted, so he could not reconcile having a personal belief in any god. He often used himself as a test subject. Jack allegedly would perform dangerous experiments, such as drinking hydrochloric acid to test the effects on muscle control.
Career and Accomplishments
Jack Haldane excelled in the field of mathematics. He spent most of his teaching and research career interested in the mathematical side of genetics and particularly how enzymes worked. In 1925, Jack published his work with G.E. Briggs about enzymes that included the Briggs-Haldane equation. This equation took a previously published equation by Victor Henri and helped reinterpret how enzyme kinetics worked.
Haldane also published many works on population genetics, again utilizing mathematics to support his ideas. He used his mathematical equations to support Charles Darwin's idea of Natural Selection. This led to Jack helping to contribute to the Modern Synthesis of the Theory of Evolution. He was able to link Natural Selection to Gregor Mendel's genetics using mathematics. This proved to be an invaluable addition to the many pieces of evidence that helped support the Theory of Evolution. Darwin himself did not have the privilege of knowing about genetics, so a quantitative way to measure how a population evolved was a major breakthrough at the time.
Haldane's work brought a new understanding and renewed support of the Theory of Evolution by quantifying the theory. By using quantifiable data, he made the observations by Darwin and others verifiable. This allowed other scientists across the world to use their own data in support of the new Modern Synthesis of the Theory of Evolution linking genetics and evolution.
Jack Haldane died December 1, 1964, after a bout with cancer.


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CAR tyres rather than exhausts are the main source of a notorious air pollutant that kills thousands every year, warn advisers to the Swedish government.
Jan Ahlbom and Ulf Duus say that wear and tear on tyres releases about 40 000 tonnes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons across Europe each year. These PAHs, in the form of tiny airborne particles called PM10s, may cause cancer. Scientists also blame PM10s for 10 000 premature deaths in Britain each year from lung and heart disease.
Environmental watchdogs assumed that vehicle exhausts were the main source of PAH pollution. But in a report for the Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate in Stockholm, Ahlbom and Duus reveal that the beneficial effects of catalytic converters have made tyres the key source of PAHs from traffic.
"This is a new one on us," says Paul Johnston, who heads a chemical analysis unit at the University of Exeter. "The...
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Sculpture for the Birds
While working in the barn with the materials available on the farm during the Andes Sprouts Society Residency, I found myself frustrated by my efforts in the studio (located in a 100-year old dairy barn) were often destroyed by birds and chipmunks, particularly when working with the winter rye that was a cover crop in the fields. So I decided to create a work specifically for them. The red Holi powder (used in a religious festival in India) captured the footprints of mice and birds and the swish of feathers and imprints of dropped seeds. The work was allowed to remain and feed the animals throughout the summer.


By Katie Marks, Networx
Think a drought-tolerant garden has to be all dull colors and straggly plants? Think again. If your plumbing is groaning over the miserable, dry heat, that doesn't mean your garden has to look like a wilted bouquet. Drought-tolerance doesn't mean boring, and we've got some great recommendations for plants to consider in 2014. Make your garden colorful, lively, and ready for dry weather!
Parrot's Beak
One of my personal favorites, parrot's beak has silvery foliage and bright, BRIGHT red and orange flowers. (It also comes in other shades, like pink.) These plants will merrily grow, and grow, and grow, even when the rest of the garden isn't so happy. They have a sprawling growth habit that makes them ideal for containers and borders.
Flowering Quince
Another favorite of mine, flowering quince may look menacing, but it's a softie at heart. This shrub has beautiful red flowers and spikes to match, with small green foliage. It's incredibly hardy, and delightfully, it's an early bloomer, so it puts out flowers while the rest of the garden is still gearing up.
You knew lavender was drought-tolerant, right? This Mediterranean plant LOVES dry weather, and it will happily keep blooming, smelling amazing, and producing its famous silvery-gray foliage. It's ideal for bedding and establishing as a large shrub.
Chaste tree
We know the name is silly, but the plant isn't. This evergreen shrub produces beautiful cones of aromatic purple flowers, and it's an heirloom. You'll need to prune it to help it develop and retain an even, healthy shape, but on the plus side, it will attract butterflies and birds to your garden.
The whole Salvia genus is drought tolerant, and there are tons of options to choose from, including some, like pineapple sage, with an amazing scent as well as colorful flowers. Be advised that sages don't handle frost well, and will need to be cut back after the winter months, although they will return.
Creeping phlox
This delightful evergreen plant produces delicate flowers in ranges of purple, violet, and even red. It loves full to partial sun and rock gardens as well as other rough, well-drained soil in the garden, and will blanket the landscape if it's content where it is.
Panicle hydrangeas
You might not expect these majestic shrubs to weather droughts well, but they do. They like full to partial sun and well-drained soil. As long as these conditions are in play, they'll produce rich green leaves which will drop in fall, along with gorgeous frothy white flowers.
Lamb's ears
They're soft. They're fuzzy. They're silvery gray. And they don't care one bit if it's dry. These hardy plants are ideal for borders and bedding plants in your garden, and they can also decorate your rock garden or containers. They'll also produce flower spikes!


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How RFID Has Aided Rental Companies During the Pandemic
There is always pressure, from customers, owners and competitors, to streamline operations, reduce labor costs and improve data accuracy. The coronavirus pandemic has added more pressure to get personnel out of processes that may now endanger their health. Here are three ways the industry is using RFID to adapt.
For several years, the industry has been shifting towards more cost-effective processes. But this has accelerated in the last year as businesses work to reduce on-site staff to comply with health and safety guidance. This is made particularly important as research by the Federal Reserve has shown that automatable jobs pose a high risk of COVID-19 transmission.
Reducing Transmission Risk
The process of assembling rental kits and getting them out the door can be very labor-intensive. Locating the assets with barcodes or serial numbers is a time-consuming process that requires a number of employees to manipulate items so that these identifying marks can be read.
To meet this challenge, rental companies are turning to RFID. RFID enables the rapid identification of assets without touching them. This drastically reduces the labor needed to identify the correct items, get them into the staging area, and then verifying the contents of the rental kit. This reduces the number of people in facilities, making employees safer and reducing the risk to your business.
Lower Labor Costs
Having fewer employees involved in the process has the additional benefit of reducing labor costs. With RFID the time spent finding and identifying assets is dramatically reduced.
In addition, quality processes are expedited, and these workflows can be monitored without the time intensive step of recording asset ID's as the items move through these processes. Finally, cycle counts and inventory audits can be done quickly using very few people equipped with RFID readers.
Improved Asset Utilization
RFID improves the quality of data you have on your assets. With timely, accurate data, you can get a better understanding of asset usage levels.
Inventory visibility is an essential tool for asset rental companies. Only by having accurate inventory data can a rental company determine what assets are available to supply to a customer.
With timely, high quality data, analysis of utilization levels, seasonal usage patterns and rental time frames becomes more accurate and reliable. This enables data-driven decisions about how to invest in additional assets to provide the most revenue and the highest return.
Rental companies that had implemented RFID systems prior to the pandemic reaped a significant return, as their operations were not nearly as severely impacted by the personnel issues related to the pandemic. Firms that did not have RFID in place accelerated their adoption of the technology, as they observed the benefits, both COVID related and the more general business benefits, of RFID. RFID provides a significant competitive advantage in the rental equipment industry, both in times of COVID and beyond.
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Boehme, Madelaine; Vasilyan, Davit; Winklhofer, Michael
Habitat tracking, range dynamics and palaeoclimatic significance of Eurasian giant salamanders (Cryptobranchidae) - indications for elevated Central Asian humidity during Cenozoic global warm periods.
In: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Vol. 342: S. 64-72
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Environmental fluctuations are a driving force in vertebrate evolution,but cryptobranchids (giant salamanders) show little morphologic changesince the Jurassic. Here we analyze their fossil distribution in theCenozoic of Eurasia and show that morphologic stasis is also maintainedby stable environments, making giant salamanders an ideal proxy-groupfor environmental and palaeoclimatic studies. The climate space ofrecent and fossil cryptobranchids is best characterized by high humiditywith mean annual precipitation values over 900 mm. The recordedpatchiness of their fossil record can be explained by habitat trackingand/or range expansion from higher altitudes into lowland settingsduring humid periods with increased basinal relief. In Central Asiacryptobranchids are recorded from five intervals, four of them areglobal warm periods: Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Late Oligocenewarming, Miocene Climate Optimum, and Mio-Pliocene transition. Thisdistribution suggests that during global warmth the Asian cold highpressure zone during winter months may be weak or absent, thus moistwesterly winds penetrate far into the continent. The presence ofcryptobranchids also indicates that the aridification across theEocene-Oligocene boundary as reported from Mongolia and northwesternChina, does not occur in the Zaysan Basin, probably due to increasedupslope precipitation in the rising Altai Mountains.


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Kodiak Island, Alaska is an isolated island off the south coast of the state and gets no power from the state's main grid. Like other isolated islands, Kodiak has relied upon diesel generators to provide a large chunk of their energy needs, but the island is starting to ditch the diesel and harness the wind.
Up until recently, the island got 80 percent of its energy from a two-unit hydroelectric plant and the other 20 percent from seven diesel generators. The island installed three 1.5-MW wind turbines atop Pillar Mountain last year and as of this past August, those wind turbines have replaced most of their need for diesel, with the oil only accounting for 7.7 percent of their energy.
The Pillar Mountain Wind Project will save over a million gallons of fuel a year. The Kodiak Electric Associaton (PDF) hopes to produce 95 percent of their energy through renewable sources by 2020 and they're already most of the way there.
While Kodiak Island only has a population of 12,000, it seems places like this are leading the way to a clean energy future.
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Building the Foundations: 1864
Built by convicts on a grant of six acres, this splendid example of Australian Gothic architecture first opened its doors in 1864, as the Convict Establishment Fremantle Lunatic Asylum and Invalid Depot.
All inmates were under the punitive control of prison rules and regulations and, over time, the asylum became the depository for any social problem, such as alcoholism, prostitution and the elderly.
The Gold Rush: 1890 onwards
During the gold rush of the 1890s, miners and Chinese labourers were admitted suffering the effects of sunstroke and Opium smoking. The death of a Mrs Clifford in 1900, at the hands of a violent patient, finally sparked a public scandal.
At the time of Mrs Clifford's death, 219 patients were residents in the asylum, with 17-20 occupying one room. An official inquiry finally resulted in the appointment of a medical superintendent and a trained mental health nurse.
Women's Home: 1909 onwards
In 1909, in order to solve the problem of a decaying Government Home for Women, Fremantle's asylum was declared a Poor House – to be known as the Women's Home.
A year later, in a bid to solve an epidemic social problem, the building was also chosen as the site for WA's first maternity training school. The business of maternity moved to the newly built King Edward Hospital for Women in 1916.
Until 1941, the buildings remained home to poor and elderly women. Problems with young girls escaping, men quarrying holes in the limestone and one of the women continually riding her three-wheeler bike into town are just some of the colourful stories of this era in the building's history.
Darker stories tell of several adolescents, suffering from venereal disease, who were kept under lock and key on the upper floor in 1930s. Protests in 1941 by several women's groups concerning the condition of the home finally resulted in its closure.
During WWII: 1942 onwards
In March 1942 a group of 12 American naval servicemen fleeing the Japanese invasion of the Philippines arrived in Fremantle and were given billets in the old Women's Home. Within the old asylum site, 22 additional buildings were erected during the course of the war and a total of 21 officers, 139 enlisted men and 102 civilians were employed in the activities of the depot.
Fremantle Technical School: 1946 onwards
After the war, Fremantle Technical School was opened on the site. Then, in 1953, students from the overcrowded Princess May Girls School and Fremantle Boys School attended classes in pre-fabricated buildings in the grounds, awaiting the completion of John Curtin High School in 1955.
Refurbishment and Restoration: 1958 onwards
In 1958, the old Fremantle Lunatic Asylum was finally threatened with demolition and was saved largely through the efforts of Sir Frederick Samson, then Mayor of Fremantle. His vision for the site was to establish both a Mariners' Museum and an Arts Centre. The building was restored and the museum stage was finally completed in 1970.
Fremantle Arts Centre: 1973 onwards
Fremantle Arts Centre opened in 1973, with Ian Templeman as Founding Director. Templeman relied on minimal resources and skeleton staff for support and, over his 17 years at the helm, developed Fremantle Arts Centre's first programs and services, including Fremantle Arts Centre Press. In 1978, Fremantle Arts Centre received its first annual operating funding from the State Government. That funding continues


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That morning cup of coffee may be an antidote to post-exercise muscle soreness, if preliminary research is correct.
In a small study of female college students, researchers found that a caffeine supplement seemed to lessen the familiar muscle pain that crops up the day after a particularly challenging workout.
Known as delayed-onset muscle soreness, or DOMS, the pain is common in the day or two after a workout that was more intense than normal. Exercise that involves eccentric contraction of the muscles is particularly likely to cause delayed muscle pain.
The theory is that caffeine eases delayed muscle pain by blocking the activity of a chemical called adenosine, which is released as part of the inflammatory response to injury. Adenosine can activate pain receptors in body cells, explained Victor Maridakis, the study's lead author.In this study, he told Reuters Health, the pain relief with caffeine was stronger than that from painkillers like acetaminophen (Tylenol) and naproxen (Aleve).1
I'll be hitting the Starbucks on the way to my soccer game tonight. And having a sex change.
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Mango was ranked second in the prioritisation of value chains conducted at the commencement of the EI-ADO project.
The study focuses on mango production in NTB and EJ. It encompasses multiple issues deemed important for an understanding of the structure of the various mango value chains (within study provinces), their conduct and performance, as well as their potential as a vehicle for poverty reduction. Emphasis is given to the constraints faced by farmers and other chain actors, and the opportunities available to them, in the wider context of the mango sub-sector and its position in international trade.
- Early-season cultivation for increasing the incomes of mango growers.
- Enabling export development to drive improvements in farm productivity and profitability and generate onand off-farm employment.
- Upstream development of export and other quality chains to deliver significant income benefits to mango growers through higher yields and prices, while also generating on-farm employment opportunities.
- Processing to help address the main issue of concern to value chain actors, i.e. depressed prices during the main season, while also generating employment opportunities, especially for women.


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Managing user uploads across a load balanced set up
What are the available strategies for managing file uploads in a load balanced set up?
at present we have the load balancer on _URL_ - then various heads w-s1.example.com, w-s2.example.com...w-sX.example.com
if a user uploads a file it ends up on which ever head that session has connected to.
What's the ideal way to manage the file so it is accessible from sessions that connect to the other boxes, WITHOUT creating a single point of failure, a minimal delay (a minute or so) is acceptable, longer is not.
as i understand it the DO block storage devices can only be mounted to a single device at a time?
rysnc or similar methods of syncing all boxes might work - but it's difficult to automate fully so that deletions and mirroring all take place correctly.


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Diversity within pericytes
|Title||Diversity within pericytes|
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|Abstract||1. Pericytes are cells of microvessels (arterioles, capillaries and venules) that wrap around endothelial cells. They are most abundant on venules and are common on capillaries. 2. The pericyte population is highly variable between different tissues and organs, probably in a manner reflecting postarteriolar hydrostatic pressures. Pericytes are more abundant in the distal legs and feet, again suggesting a hydrostatic pressure-driven mechanical role for pericytes as protectors of microvessel wall integrity. 3. Pericyte alteration or degeneration is linked directly with microangiopathy in diabetes, scleroderma, hypertension, dementias and, possibly, inappropriate calcification of blood vessels. 4. Pericytes are functionally codependent on endothelial cells. Each cell type influences each others' mitotic rate and probably phenotypic expression. 5. Pericytes are not randomly located around microvessels. Instead, they are located adjacent to or over endothelial cell junctions of venules and especially over gaps between endothelial cells during inflammation. Pericytes are emerging as essential components of the microvessel wall, with metabolic, signalling and mechanical roles to support the endothelial cell.|
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Rehabilitation Services
State of Tennessee
Department of Human Services
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Highway 52 Bypass
P.O. Box 299
Lafayette, TN 37083
Phone: _PHONE_
To provide timely and efficient services, leading to employment, to all eligible individuals with disability to enable them to achieve and maximize their individual level of independence.
Core Values
To respect individual dignity, personal responsibility, self-determination, and pursuit of meaningful careers. We respect the privacy, rights and equal access of individuals with disabilities.
Guiding Principles
Millions of Americans have one or more disabilities. Disability in no way diminishes the right of individuals to live independently, enjoy self-determination, make choices, contribute to society, pursue meaningful careers, and enjoy full inclusion and integration in the economic, political, social, cultural, and educations mainstream of American society.
To provide individuals with disabilities, especially those with the most significant disabilities, with the tools necessary to:
bullet Participate as full partners in the vocational rehabilitation process.
bullet Make meaningful and informed choices.
bullet Live independently.
bullet Obtain gainful employment which is consistent with the strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choices of the individual.


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1. Community legislative acts shall be drafted clearly,
simply and precisely.
The drafting of a legislative act must be:
- clear, easy to understand and unambiguous;
- simple, concise, containing no unnecessary elements;
- precise, leaving no uncertainty in the mind of the reader.
This common-sense principle is also the expression of general principles of law, such as:
- the equality of citizens before the law, in the sense that the law should be accessible and comprehensible for all;
- legal certainty, in that it should be possible to foresee how the law will be applied.
The principle is particularly important in respect of Community legislative acts, which must fit into a system which is not only complex, but also multicultural and multilingual (see Guideline 5).
The aim in applying this principle is twofold: first, to render Community legislation more comprehensible; second, to avoid disputes resulting from poor drafting.
Provisions that are not clear may be interpreted restrictively by the Community courts. If that happens, the result will be just the opposite of what was intended by the incorporation into the text of grey areas intended to resolve problems in negotiating the provision (see Case C-6/98
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There may obviously be a conflict between the requirement of simplicity and that of precision. Simplification is often achieved at the expense of precision and vice versa. In practice, a balance must be struck so that the provision is as precise as possible, without becoming too difficult to understand. That balance may vary according to the addressees of the provision (see Guideline 3).
The author should attempt to reduce the legislative intention to simple terms, in order to be able to express it simply. In so far as possible, everyday language should be used. Where necessary, clarity of expression should take precedence over felicity of style. For example, the use of synonyms and different expressions to convey the same idea should be avoided.
Drafting which is grammatically correct and respects the rules of punctuation makes it easier to understand the text properly in the drafting language as well as to translate it into the other languages (see Guideline 5).


Dancing mania
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Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel
Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel
Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St John's Dance and, historically, St. Vitus' Dance) was a social phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousands at a time. The mania affected men, women, and children, who danced until they collapsed from exhaustion. One of the first major outbreaks was in Aachen, Germany, in 1374, and it quickly spread throughout Europe; one particularly notable outbreak occurred in Strasbourg in 1518.
Affecting thousands of people across several centuries, dancing mania was not an isolated event, and was well documented in contemporary reports. It was nevertheless poorly understood, and remedies were based on guesswork. Generally, musicians accompanied dancers, to help ward off the mania, but this tactic sometimes backfired by encouraging more to join in. There is no consensus among modern-day scholars as to the cause of dancing mania.
The several theories proposed range from religious cults being behind the processions to people dancing to relieve themselves of stress and put the poverty of the period out of their minds. It is, however, thought to be as a mass psychogenic illness in which the occurrence of similar physical symptoms, with no known physical cause, affect a large group of people as a form of social influence.
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Popocatépetl from the ISS on January 23, 2001
It might be (and is likely) just normal behavior for Popocatépetl in Mexico, but the volcano produced six plumes over the last 24 hours, according to a report out of Mexico City (in spanish). Officials from El Centro Nacional de Prevención de Desastres (The National Center for the Prevention of Disasters – Cenapred) say that the plumes appear to be mostly water vapor and other volcanic gases, but remind people living near the volcano to be vigilant.
Popocatépetl is only 70 km from Mexico City, so any major eruption from the volcano could affect life and air travel to the major metropolis. The last major eruptive period at Popocatépetl ran from _PHONE_, producing VEI 3 eruptions, but the volcano has been producing smaller eruptions since January 2005. The volcano produces a mixed bag of activity, with ash fall, lava flows, pyroclastic flows and lahar generation and might be one of the more hazardous volcanoes in the Americas.


text: Results are presented on the shock response of a zirconium-based bulk metallic glass (BMG), Zr41.25Ti13.75Ni10Cu12.5Be22.5, subjected to planar impact loading. An 82.5-mm bore single-stage gas-gun facility at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, was used to conduct the shock experiments. The particle velocity profiles, measured at the back (free) surface of the target plate by using the velocity interferometer system for any reflector (VISAR), were analyzed to (i) better understand the structure of shock waves in BMG subjected to planar shock compression, (ii) estimate residual spall strength of the BMG after different levels of shock compression, and (iii) obtain the Hugoniot elastic limit (HEL) of the material. The spall strength was found to decrease moderately with increasing levels of the applied normal impact stress. The spall strength at a shock-induced stress of 4.4 GPa was 3.5 GPa while the spall strengths at shock-induced stresses of 5.1, 6.0, and 7.0 GPa were 2.72, 2.35, and 2.33 GPa, respectively. The HEL was estimated to be 6.15 GPa.


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Newswise — Families with a child completing elementary school this year are now preparing their registration for high school, a transition that is often stressful for children. A new program has demonstrated that it is possible to significantly reduce stress in some of these children thanks to a new educational tool designed under the leadership of Sonia Lupien, Director of the Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS) and professor at the University of Montreal.
A study published in February in Neuroscience confirms the benefits of the DeStress for Success Program among youth completing their first year of high school. "In 2000, our team showed that during the transition from elementary to secondary school, many young people produce high levels of stress hormones. Following this discovery, we wanted to test whether an educational program based on our current knowledge of stress would decrease the level of stress hormones and depressive symptoms in teenagers and help facilitate this transition," said Sonia Lupien, lead author of the study.
The DeStress for Success Program was presented to 504 students aged 11 to 13 years from two private schools in the Montreal area. Students from one school were exposed to the program, while those of the other school served as the control group. Before starting the project, cortisol levels (the stress hormone) in saliva and depressive symptoms were measured to determine whether adolescents beginning secondary school with specific depressive symptoms responded differently to the program. Markers were also measured during and after the program as well as three months following participation in the project to validate whether improvement was maintained.
The study showed that adolescents starting secondary school with high levels of anger had, through the program, significantly lowered levels of stress hormones. These adolescents were in fact 2.45 times less likely to suffer from depression compared to the other adolescents. "This study provides the first evidence that a stress education program is effective in reducing stress hormone levels and depressive symptoms among adolescents making the transition to high school," says Pierrich Plusquellec, co-author of the study. The program also helped identify a certain profile of adolescent responding more to the educational tool.
More than a hundred professionals from all regions of Québec have been trained in the DeStress for Success Program. In addition, the program has been adapted to the clientele of the Centre Jeunesse de Montréal – Institut Universitaire. This adaptation has recently won a prestigious award from the Child Welfare League of Canada.
The study is published in the journal Neuroscience under the title The DeStress for Success Program: Effects of a stress education program on cortisol levels and depressive symptomatology in adolescents making the transition to high school: _URL_
Sonia Lupien is Scientific Director of the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal and professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Université de Montréal. She is founder and director of the CSHS, and CIHR Research Chair on Mental Health of Men and Women.
Pierrich Plusquellec is co-director of the CSHS affiliated with the Centre de recherche Fernand Seguin of the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal. He is also Associated Professor at the School of Psychoeducation, Université de Montréal, and FRQ-S Research Fellow in partnership with the Mental Illness Foundation.


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Medicine Adherence and Star Ratings
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the direct cost of medicine non-adherence is estimated at $100 billion to $289 billion annually. Improving medication adherence is critical to patients, health care providers, health insurers, pharmacy and other stakeholders, because increased adherence equates to improved outcomes.
Medicare contracted health plans are evaluated annually by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Five-Star quality ratings system to measure their performance. Medicare-contracted health plans are given a star rating (1 to 5 stars) – one star representing low performance, and five stars representing excellent performance.
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Strange and wonderful Irish proverbs such as "For every mile of road there's two miles of ditches" Photo by: WorldIrish
Irish proverbs to live by, 26 nuggets of wisdom (PHOTOS)
1. For every mile of road there are two miles of ditches
Meaning: There are two sides to every story. (This comes from some parts of Ireland, where 'ditches' means hedges.)
2. There's no use boiling your cabbage twice
Meaning: Stop going over and over worries in your head because it solves nothing.
3. The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune
Meaning: Things and people improve over time.
4. A woman planted feathers in the dunkel and thought she'd grow hens
Meaning: Just because you 'thought' something would work doesn't mean you were right.
5. It's often that a man's mouth broke his nose
Meaning: Watch what you say because it could get you in trouble.
6. As the old cock crows the young cock learns
Meaning: Children learn by example.
7. If there was work in the bed he'd sleep on the floor
Meaning: Used to describe people who are very lazy.
8. No need to fear the ill wind when your haystacks are tied down
Meaning: Once you've prepared properly then there's no need to worry the outcome.
9. The longest road out is the shortest road home
Meaning: If you invest time and effort into something then it will pay off in the latter end.
10. You'll arrive back with one arm as long as the other
Meaning: You heading out on a thankless quest. You'll arrive back with nothing to show for it.
11. You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind
Meaning: Merely thinking about something won't get it done.
12. He didn't lick it off a stone
Meaning: People's actions are influenced by those around them.
13. I wouldn't call the Queen my aunt
Meaning: Being in such a contented mood that even becoming royalty couldn't improve upon it.
14. What I'm afraid to hear I had better say first myself
Meaning: One must be honest and wary of their own shortcomings.
15. Now you know you're home
Meaning: You're in a happy state.
16. It's a long road there's no turn in
Meaning: No matter how bad the situation is things always change.
17. Telephone, telegraph, tell a woman
Meaning: The three best ways to spread news. Back before the days of the internet.
18. An empty sack does not stand
Meaning: Bluffers and ignorance will always be found out.
19. Even black hens lay white eggs
Meaning: You should never judge a book by its cover.
20. The road to Heaven is well signposted, but it's badly lit at night
Meaning: Life has many challenges but the reward is good.
21. It's as easy to catch a cold in a King's castle as in a shepherd's hut
Meaning: Wealth doesn't protect you from the trials of life.
22. It's better to pay the butcher than the doctor
Meaning: Don't skimp on healthy food as it will cost you your health in the long run.
23. A lamb's bleat is often more telling than a dog's bark
Meaning: Subtlety and a quiet approach can be more beneficial than brute force and loudness.
24. A broken man is better than no man
Meaning: Having any man is better than being alone
25. No matter how many rooms you have in your house you can only sleep in the one bed
Meaning: Possessions are not what they're made out to be.
26. It's a lonely washing that has no man's shirt in it
Meaning:..... Ermm... I haven't a clue??


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As you are trying to move a heavy box of mass m, you realize that it is too heavy for you to lift by yourself.There is no one around to help, so you attach an ideal pulley tothe box and a massless rope to the ceiling, which you wrap aroundthe pulley. You pull up on the rope to lift the box. Use g or themagnitude of the acceleration due to gravity and neglect frictionforces.
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What Does Return Within 28 Days Mean?
Can I return an item after 28 days?
Companies don't have to have a returns policy, but if they do have one, they have to follow it.
You usually have 28 days to return an item, but this isn't always the case.
While free returns are mandatory for faulty goods, some online retailers may expect you to cover the cost of sending back unwanted items..
What does receipt of your order mean?
1 a written acknowledgment by a receiver of money, goods, etc., that payment or delivery has been made. 2 the act of receiving or fact of being received. 3 usually pl an amount or article received.
What does within 3 days mean?
Does within 3 days include today?
But people often take today to be the first day of the count, so if on Monday someone says "within 3 days" they are thinking day 1=today, Monday; day 2=Tuesday, day 3=Wednesday.
What is 3 business days from now?
3 days from today (2 weekdays) would be Saturday, January 2, 2021. There are 31 days in January 2021.
What does return within 30 days mean?
Also, "within one day" implies a 24-hour period (at least), so "within 30 days" implies a period of at least 30*24 hours (and since they don't examine the time of day of the purchase, only the date, that means that the 30th day AFTER the purchase is within the required 30 day period).
What does within 4 hours mean?
'Within hours' is basically a widely accepted shorthand version of the phrase 'within a few hours' time', which means exactly what it means: 'a few hours later'. You asked for common usage of this phrase.
Can I return items to Debenhams after 28 days?
You just need to make sure that you return your item within 28 days of receiving it in the post, or collecting it from your chosen Click & Collect location and you have proof of purchase, such as your receipt, e-receipt, delivery note or your order is on its way or ready to collect email.
What does within 2 hours mean?
The phrase means: You may perhaps be called within an hour. You will definitely be called within two hours. There is no implication that your being called within one hour is any more likely than your being called between one and two hours. … I'll be home in an hour, two hours tops.
What does it mean within 48 hours?
Does within 5 days mean?
"within five days" means the event/action will occur anytime between now (when the sentence is said/written) and the point in the future which is 120 hours after the sentence is uttered.
Does 14 day return include weekends?
Count 14 days including the day of purchase. So if you purchased Saturday, you must return by Friday of that 2nd week.
What to do if a company refuses to refund you?
How do you make sure you get a refund?
Here's how to get your money back on absolutely anything:Find out the return policy before you pay.Proof of purchase goes a long way.Be strategic with in-store returns.Use this secret weapon.Get money back for shoddy services too.Get your credit card company involved.Get your money back for credit card late fees.More items…•
Does within 30 days include the first day?
Within 30 days or less means exactly the same thing as within 30 days. That is, the "or less"" is superfluous; it doesn't add anything. Within 30 or fewer days means within 30 days, within 29 days, within 28 days, …, within 1 day. It also means exactly the same thing as within 30 days.


Lean: The Purple Drank
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Lean surfaced in the 1980s. With its continued popularity, lean became a cultural phenomenon. Rap music then became the catalyst for the popularity of the new drug. Otherwise known as sizzurp, purple drank, or dirty sprite, the drink gained popularity over the past 40 years. The name "lean" comes from what it does to its consumers. Many drinkers slumped over, or "leaned" whenever they took the drug.
What is Lean?
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Lean, or sizzurp, is a combination of cough syrup, pop, and a piece of hard candy. The hard candy dissolves into the substance, giving the drink its sweetness. The codeine in cough syrup is what causes this drink to have its addictive nature.
Initially, the drink was a combination of codeine cough syrup and beer. The combination evolved due to codeine cough syrup no longer being over the counter. It spread to include DXM cough syrups, otherwise known as "robotripping." The over-the-counter access to DXM causes this drug to be dangerously easy to access.
Why is lean so popular?
Lean's popularity began in the 1980s, where a combination of Robitussin and beer evolved into a combination of cough syrup, soda, and hard candy. Hardcore drug dealers and users in the south spread the drink. Many famous musicians bolstered this drug. Songs associated with this are listed below.
 1. Three 6 Mafia featuring UKG – "Sippin' on Some Sizzurp"
 2. Big MOE- "Purple Stuff"
 3. Lil Wayne – "Me and My Drank"
 4. Z Ro – "I can't leave drank alone"
 5. Gucci Mane – "Wasted"
The drink continued to see further popularity by famous influencers. These include Justin Beiber, Rob Kardashian, and DeAndre Cortez Way (Soulja Boy). Some of these influencers are alleged users of the drug; it is clear that musicians have encouraged its use.
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What Are The Effects of Lean?
The name of the drug itself explains the effects of this. Those who take lean tend to be sluggish and "lean" over. We will provide a more comprehensive list of symptoms of lean abuse below.
 1. Euphoria
 2. Seizures
 3. Slowed breathing
 4. Wheezing
 5. Tooth decay
 6. Weight gain
 7. Becoming dizzy
 8. Constipation
 9. Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
 10. Memory loss
 11. Hallucinations
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Effects of Robo-tripping?
Robotripping, which based on the brand name Robitussin, is a different experience. Those who prefer this type of cough syrup abuse prefer out-of-body experiences. Dizziness, seizures, hallucinations, and memory loss are still a part of this. More symptoms are listed below.
 1. Nausea
 2. Fast heart rate
 3. High blood pressure
 4. Numbness
 5. Light-headedness
 6. Oxygen not getting to the brain
Lean FAQ's
Almost every path to overcoming drug addiction comes with surrounding yourself with loved ones. The first step is understanding the symptoms of addiction. Contact your family and friends to let them know what you are going through. Tell them that you want to change and ask them to be your support. There is much strength in admitting that you need to change.
Most treatment plans start with detox, or the period you spend away from the drug. Treatment-based drugs are sometimes given to people to stave off the most painful symptoms. Be sure to contact a doctor so that you may withdraw safely. Their next stop will most likely be a treatment facility.
Treatment facilities combine detox with a series of activities and therapy sessions meant to help people through their process. For some people, the cost of these facilities is out of reach; some are non-profit. These facilities contribute to society through their efforts.
Those who are unable to use this resource are still able to make regular visits to a doctor. Family therapy will be essential to ensure that they can repair relationships that they may have destroyed in the process of their addiction. For support networks, keep an eye on your addicted friend or family member to ensure that they are feeling better.
Many of these people spend their lives living this alternative lifestyle, only to find themselves needing to pull themselves out as they get older. Bodies cannot take the kind of strain that comes to drug abuse. Many of our most famous actors and musicians do not make it.
You may be drawn in by their glamorous life, but the results will leave you ruined. Whether you call it lean, purple drank, or sizzurp, the results will always be the same. If you know someone or are someone who is addicted to this drug, please seek help.
There are a variety of treatment centers in the world that would be happy to take you. Leaning on your support network will get you off of lean. So reach out and ask for help because it is one of the most substantial things you can do. It is something that you, and everyone, will thank you for later.
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Montane: The montane biome is extraordinary both in its beauty and its wide range of habitat. The Rocky Mountains are 65 million years old which is fairly young, geologically speaking. The upper boundary of the Montane biome is defined by the tree line (below the sub-alpine zone). This unique high altitude ecosystem hosts a variety of plants due to the variations in soil, temperature, climate, and slope.
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The issue of teacher preparation continues to occupy academic discourse relating to student outcomes and student achievement (Stronge, Ward & Grant, 2011). Research has supported the view that there is an inextricable connection between student outcomes, quality of teaching and teachers, and teacher preparation (Darling-Hammond 2005; Grover 2002). Similarly, theories about students' self efficacy beliefs (e.g. Bandura, 1977; Dweck, 2000) and Institutional Habitus (Bourdieu, 1977) have been advanced in relation to students' study experience, motivation and coping mechanisms. Using data from a focus group comprising 30 third year students enrolled in a four year teacher training pogramme in Jamaica, this paper discusses student-teachers' concerns about their training. The main findings from this small scale exploratory study indicated that student teachers' concerns were about the quality of teaching and teachers, curriculum organisation, content and delivery, and resources.
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"Miss, I Am Not Being Fully Prepared": Student - Teachers' Concerns About Their Preparation at a Teacher Training Institution in Jamaica.
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38(5).


Spiked Eigenvalue Test for Pathway data
Tests gene expression data from a biological pathway for biologically meaningful differences in the eigenstructure between two classes. Specifically, it tests the null hypothesis that the two classes' leading eigenvalues and sums of eigenvalues are equal. A pathway's leading eigenvalue arguably represents the total variability due to variability in pathway activity, while the sum of all its eigenvalues represents the variability due to pathway activity and to other, unregulated causes. Implementation of the method described in Danaher (2015), "Covariance-based analyses of biological pathways".
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Opportunity Affirmations
Today's Thought:
~Emily Dickinson
focus on success magnifying glassIf there is one defining difference between positive thinkers and negative thinkers, successful people and unsuccessful people, happy people and unhappy people; it must be their responses to opportunity.
Those on the negative of scale see few opportunities. It's not enough for opportunity to knock on their door. They expect opportunity to break their door down and plead with them to pursue it. They go through life with arms crossed, doubting everything and everyone, and hanging a big "NO" sign on their foreheads. They can see only the risk and not the reward. And life obliges by constantly appearing risky and saying "NO" to them.
Those on the successful side see opportunities everywhere and are always listening for the lightest knock of opportunity upon their doors. "Never knowing when the dawn will come," as Dickinson says, these people position themselves to say "YES" to life because they know that is how life will say "YES" to them. They know that there is no reward without risk, but they are able to focus on the rewards. And life obliges by bringing both opportunity and reward their way.
Which are you? When someone comes to you with an idea, do you try to see the vision or do you look for the nearest escape hatch? Do you dream and follow your dreams or consider them a meaningless waste of time? You see, life is watching and it is constantly manifesting precisely what you expect from it.
Here are 13 opportunity affirmations written to help you commit to seizing opportunities and running with them. Dream on!
 1. Today is MY day! The winds of opportunity are blowing my way!
 2. Every day is blank and I am eager to fill it up with new possibilities!
 3. I see opportunities! I seize opportunities! I capitalize on opportunities!
 4. The more opportunities I listen to, the more opportunities I find!
 5. When I am ready to try, I am ready to fly!
 6. When I open the door for opportunity, I open the door for my dreams!
 7. When opportunity knocks, I am the first one to the door!
 8. As long as there is breath, there is opportunity!
 9. Opportunity is everywhere for me! My personal economy is booming!
 10. My missed opportunities are really my new opportunities!
 11. I say YES to life and life says YES to me!
 12. Defeat is my opportunity! Victory is my opportunity! Every circumstance is my opportunity!
 13. The Universe showers me with opportunities and today I make the most of them!
Follow your bliss. Experience your bliss. Become your bliss.
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I Choose Affirmations – Day 267 of 365 Days to a Better You
Choice, my friends, is the foundation of freedom. In modern free societies, you are offered so many choices that you can lose your ability to recognize the critical choices.
Walk down the typical chip aisle in an American grocery store and you're presented hundreds of choices. You may walk up and down for several minutes trying to make a choice. Turn in your TV and you may ha e several hundred channels to choose from.
These kinds of choices are superficial choices; really almost a distraction. Yes, it's wonderful to have so many choices, but choosing one bag of chips over another or one TV show over another changes little in the outcome of your life.
The choices that really matter are the ones we've fought centuries to achieve and fight today to maintain. Your exact list will be unique to you. However, I wrote these affirmations to cover some of the big ones.
These affirmations affirm both your right to choose and your power to choose.
 1. Today I CHOOSE thoughts that make my life better.
 2. Today I CHOOSE actions that make my life better.
 3. Today I CHOOSE words that make my life better.
 4. Today I CHOOSE thoughts that make the world better.
 5. Today I CHOOSE actions that make the world better.
 6. Today I CHOOSE words that make the world better.
 7. Today I CHOOSE the people who contribute something positive to my life.
 8. Today I CHOOSE the spiritual path that speaks to me.
 9. Today I CHOOSE a political ideology that contributes to a better world.
 10. Today I CHOOSE love over fear.
 11. Today I CHOOSE hope over giving up.
 12. Today I CHOOSE abundance over scarcity,
 13. Today I CHOOSE growth over stagnation.
 14. Today I CHOOSE action over procrastination.
 15. Today I CHOOSE freedom over tyranny.
 16. Today I CHOOSE my dreams over my doubts.
 17. Today I CHOOSE to form my own opinions.
 18. Today I CHOOSE my battles.
 19. Today I CHOOSE to see the good and the potential in humanity.
 20. Today
I'd love to hear what else you CHOOSE today. Please leave a comment below with your I CHOOSE affirmations.
Keep choosing let your freedom to choose light the way to a better you and a better world.
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Conscious Becoming – Day 239 of 365 Days to a Better You
~John Ruskin
It's happening every moment of every day. There, it just happened again. With every sensory impression, thought, word, action, experience, you're becoming something different than you were the moment before. So is everyone and everything else around you.
This is a natural process of our universe. As far as we know everything is subject to it. To say that you are this or you are that is not a static definition. It's a snapshot captured in an instant of constantly unfolding process; one that never ends.
However, this is more than a philosophical banter on a Monday morning. This universal process can be harnessed toward your objectives.
If you're constantly changing, why not change into what you choose? Why not make the process conscious?
You certainly have control of your thoughts, words, and actions. You can modify them before and as they occur. You may not have complete control of your sensory impressions or your experiences, but you do have some control over how you respond to them and who you become as a result of them.
Things aren't just out there randomly happening, though it can seem that way. What you're becoming, consciously or unconsciously, is the result of your active participation in the process. Your expectations attract like experiences. Your pattern of thought generate more similar thoughts. How you precess your experiences becomes your reality.
You are becoming. Don't become accidentally. Be conscious become who you choose.
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The Power of Choice
What will you be next? Whatever you choose!
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 1. Ordinary thinkers are fear-driven. Extraordinary thinkers are love-driven.
 2. Ordinary thinkers believe they are victims of fate. Extraordinary thinkers know they are choosers of destiny.
 3. Ordinary thinkers approve the status quo. Extraordinary thinkers improve the status quo.
 4. Ordinary thinkers strive to be cool. Extraordinary thinkers strive to be themselves.
 5. Ordinary thinkers are tenant farmers in the paradigms provided by others. Extraordinary thinkers are constantly planting new and exciting paradigms in their lives and in the world.
 6. Ordinary thinkers trust experts. Extraordinary thinkers listen to experts, but trust themselves.
 7. Faced with adversity, ordinary thinkers give up. Faced with adversity, extraordinary thinkers give more.
 8. Ordinary thinkers expect little and receive it. Extraordinary thinkers expect much and receive it.
 9. Ordinary thinkers employ labels. Extraordinary thinkers seek understanding.
 10. Ordinary thinkers believe in chances. Extraordinary thinkers believe in choices.
 11. Ordinary thinkers think life happens to them. Extraordinary thinkers know life happens through them.
 12. Ordinary thinkers allow their doubts to rule them. Extraordinary thinkers allow their dreams to rule them.
 13. Ordinary thinkers believe one setback can stop everything. Extraordinary thinkers know one great idea can change everything.
 14. Ordinary thinkers conceive the world as "Us" vs. "Them". Extraordinary thinkers see only we.
 15. Ordinary thinkers are comforted by easy answers. Extraordinary thinkers dare hard questions.
 16. Ordinary thinkers conform to the tribe. Extraordinary thinkers transform the tribe.
Let us all commit to extraordinary thinking today. Ordinary thinkers become extraordinary thinkers every day. Why not you? The hero you're waiting for is waiting for you in the mirror.
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(*) Meaning of $::TZ and $ENV{TZ}
In Date::Manip 5.x, you could specify what time zone you wanted to work in using either the $::TZ or $ENV{TZ} variables.
Date::Manip 6.00 makes use of two different time zones: the actual local time zone the computer is running in (and which is used by the system clock), and a time zone that you want to work in. Typically, these are the same, but they do not have to be.
As of Date::Manip 6.00, the $::TZ and $ENV{TZ} variables are used only to specify the actual local time zone.
In order to specify an alternate time zone to work in, use the SetDate or ForceDate config variables.
(*) Date_Init handling of config variables
The handling of config variables has changed slightly.
Previously, variables passed in to Date_Init overrode values from config files. This has changed slightly. Options to Date_Init are now parsed in the order they are listed, so the following:
would first set the DateFormat variable, and then it would read the config file "DateManip.cnf". If that config file included a DateFormat definition, it would override the one passed in to Date_Init.
The proper way to override config files is to pass the config files in first, followed by any script-specific overrides. In other words:
Date_Init doesn't return the config variables
In Date::Manip::5.xx, Date_Init could return the list of all config variables. This functionality is no longer supported. Date_Init is used strictly to set config variables.
(*) Config file options
Date::Manip 5.xx had the concept of a global and personal config file. In addition, the personal config file could be looked for in a path of directories. All this was specified using the config variables:
All of these have been removed. Instead, the single config variable:
will be used to specify config files (with no distinction between a global and personal config file). Also, no path searching is done. Each must be specified by a complete path. Finally, any number of config files can be used. So the following is valid:
Other config variables removed
The following config variables have been removed.
 TodayIsMidnight Use DefaultTime instead.
 ConvTZ Use SetDate or ForceDate instead.
 Internal Use Printable instead.
 DeltaSigns Use the Date::Manip::Delta::printf
 method to print deltas
 UpdateCurrTZ With real time zone handling in
 place, this is no longer necessary
 IntCharSet This has been replaced with better support for
 international character sets. The Encoding config
 variable may be used instead.
Other config variables deprecated
The following config variables are deprecated and will be removed in some future version:
 TZ Use SetDate or ForceDate instead.
Previously, holidays could be defined as a "Date + Delta" or "Date - Delta" string. These predate recurrences, and introduce some complexity into the handling of holidays. Since recurrences are a much better way to define holidays, the "Date + Delta" and "Date - Delta" strings are no longer supported.
TZ replaced (and enhanced)
The SetDate and ForceDate variables (which include the functionality of the deprecated TZ variable) are much improved as described in the Date::Manip::Config documentation.
Since it is now handles time change correctly (allowing time changes to occur in the alternate time zone), parsed results may be different than in 5.x (but since 5.x didn't have proper time zone handling, this is a good thing).
(*) today, tomorrow, yesterday
The words "today", "tomorrow", and "yesterday" in 5.xx referred to the time now, 24 hours in the future, and 24 hours in the past respectively.
As of 6.00, these are treated strictly as date strings, so they are the current day, the day before, or the day after at the time 00:00:00.
The string "now" still refers to the current date and time.
ISO 8601 formats
A couple of the date formats from Date::Manip 5.xx conflicted with ISO 8601 formats in the spec. These are documented in the Date::Manip::Date documentation.
Dates are now parsed according to the spec (though a couple extensions have been made, which are also documented in the Date::Manip::Date documentation).
There is one change with respect to Date::Manip 5.xx that results from a possible misinterpretation of the standard. In Date::Manip, there is a small amount of ambiguity in how the Www-D date formats are understood.
The date:
might be interpreted in two different ways. It could be interpreted as Wednesday (day 3) of the 2nd week of 1996, or as the 3rd day of the 2nd week of 1996 (which would be Tuesday if the week begins on Sunday). Since the specification only works with weeks which begin on day 1, the two are always equivalent in the specification, and the language of the specification doesn't clearly indicate one interpretation over the other.
Since Date::Manip supports the concept of weeks starting on days other than day 1 (Monday), the two interpretations are not equivalent.
In Date::Manip 5.xx, the date was interpreted as Wednesday of the 2nd week, but I now believe that the other interpretation (3rd day of the week) is the interpretation intended by the specification. In addition, if this interpretation is used, it is easy to get the other interpretation.
If 1996-w02-3 means the 3rd day of the 2nd week, then to get Wednesday (day 3) of the week, use the following two Date::Manip::Date methods:
 $err = $date->parse("1996-w02-1");
 $date2 = $date->next(3,1);
The first call gets the 1st day of the 2nd week, and the second call gets the next Wednesday.
If 1996-w02-3 is interpreted as Wednesday of the 2nd week, then to get the 3rd day of the week involves significantly more work.
In Date::Manip 6.00, the date will now be parsed as the 3rd day of the 2nd week.
(*) Parsing is now more rigid
The philosophy in Date::Manip 5.xx with respect to parsing dates was "if there's any conceivable way to find a valid date in the string, do so". As a result, strings which did not look like they could contain a valid date often would.
This manifested itself it two ways. First, a lot of punctuation was ignored. For example, the string "01 // 03 -. 75" was the date 1975-01-03.
Second, a lot of word breaks were optional and it was often acceptable to run strings together. For example, the delta "in5seconds" would have worked.
With Date::Manip 6.00, parsing now tries to find a valid date in the string, but uses a more rigidly defined set of allowed formats which should more closely match how the dates would actually be expressed in real life. The punctuation allowed is more rigidly defined, and word breaks are required. So "01/03/75" will work, but "01//03/75" and "01/03-75" won't. Also, "in5seconds" will no longer work, though "in 5 seconds" will work.
These changes serve to simplify some of the regular expressions used in parsing dates, as well as simplifying the parsing routines. They also help to recognize actually dates as opposed to typos... it was too easy to pass in garbage and get a date out.
Support dropped for a few formats
I've dropped support for a few very uncommon (probably never used) formats. These include (with Jan 3, 2009 as an example):
 DD/YYmmm 03/09Jan
 DD/YYYYmmm 03/2009Jan
 mmmYYYY/DD Jan2009/03
 YYYY/DDmmm 2009/03Jan
 mmmYYYY Jan2009
 YYYYmmm 2009Jan
The last two are no longer supported since they are incomplete.
With the exception of the incomplete forms, these could be added back in with very little effort. If there is ever a request to do so, I probably will.
No longer parses the Apache format
Date::Manip 5.xx supported the format:
used in the apache logs. Due to the stricter parsing, this format is no longer supported directly. However, the parse_format method may be used to parse the date directly from an apache log line with no need to extract the date string beforehand.
Date_PrevWorkDay behavior
The behavior of Date_PrevWorkDay has changed slightly.
The starting date is checked. If $timecheck was non-zero, the check failed if the date was not a business date, or if the time was not during business hours. If $timecheck was zero, the check failed if the date was not a business date, but the time was ignored.
In 5.xx, if the check failed, and $timecheck was non-zero, day 0 was defined as the start of the next business day, but if $timecheck


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ATV Safe Riding Tips
ATV riding has become very popular for work and recreation, backcountry roads and trail systems provide a wide range of recreational opportunities for responsible riding on public lands. These many opportunities range from ATV touring, hiking, hunting, fishing, and other public land uses, such as unconfined vehicle use at designated ATV Open Area Parks". Please take good care of our trails and roadways so that others may enjoy these areas for years to come by practicing some of the following actions:
- Plan ahead. The weather can change rapidly.
- Carry all necessary supplies including an emergency repair kit, food, water and warm clothing.
- Develop a supply checklist to include the above items and other equipment such as area maps and guides, protective gear, flashlight, sunscreen, etc.
- Know what to wear. Quality helmets, gloves, boots, goggles and protective clothing will keep you comfortable and help prevent serious injuries.
- Know your vehicle. Keep it in good condition and read the owner's manual.
- Let someone know where you're going and when you expect to return.
- Travel with other people.
- Know before leaving what to do in an emergency.
Trail use guidelines
- Respect all private and public property and the rights of all recreationists to enjoy nature.
- Park considerately without blocking other vehicles or impeding access to trails.
- Keep to the right when meeting other recreationists and yield the right-of-way to downhill traffic.
- Slow down and use caution when approaching or overtaking another.
- Travel only where motorized vehicles are permitted.
- Respect designated areas, trail use signs and established ski tracks. Stay out of wilderness areas.
- Do not block the trail when stopping.
- Do not disturb wildlife. Avoid all areas posted for their protection or feeding.
- Do not litter. Pack out everything you pack in.
- Realize that your destination and travel speed are determined by your equipment, ability, terrain, weather and traffic on the trail. Plan accordingly.
- Do not interfere with or harass others. Recognize that people form opinions about all motorized vehicle users based on your actions.


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A conference with participants in different locations linked by telecommunication devices.
More example sentences
- Developers are spread out over various geographical locations and weekly teleconferences are set up to discuss ongoing development issues.
- Teleconferences and satellite teleconferences are effective methods of teaching bioterrorism preparedness to large numbers of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.
- Customers can increase or decrease bandwidth more quickly and request additional bandwidth for specific situations such as teleconferences.
- More example sentences
- These include traditional email, web-based conferencing, and teleconferencing using a standard land-line phone link.
- All of the hotel's function rooms have inter-linking built-in audio systems, video and computer projection equipment, ISDN teleconferencing and more.
- They are able to attend daily planning meetings by teleconferencing from their home institutions in several states and in Europe.
Definition of teleconference in:
- The US English dictionary


The Real Cost of a Truck Roll
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If you're a utility estimating the cost to roll a truck, you're likely low-balling the amount. Many utilities take an ultra-conservative guess, claiming truck rolls each average $250 to $500. But the reality is, there are many factors that can cause the cost to escalate quickly.
Labor makes up the bulk of truck-roll costs, and these totals can vary dramatically based on time, conditions, and labor grade. The sheer distance from your service center to the fault will affect the number labor hours you're paying for—short or long. On one side of the spectrum, short trip times have to meet a minimum number of hours to justify the crew call out. On the other side, if your service centers aren't distributed in the area or if faults occur on the edge of the grid, it could take linemen a few hours to reach the job site. Round trip, that could add up to an entire day's pay solely in drive time.
You might try to predict costs based on time, but the problem is, these calculations are often based on a "good day scenario." Many faults or issues occur on the "bad days," when there are high winds, torrential rains, or relentless snow, resulting in a stack of multiple work orders that must be prioritized. With these conditions, it takes longer to drive, longer to patrol the line, and longer to "work down the list" and make repairs. As the hours add up and the weather gets worse, labor rates can bump up to overtime and hazard pay.
In addition to labor, there's the cost of materials, including the truck itself, along with gas and insurance. Whether you charge trucks per job or if you are budgeting these items under general operation and maintenance, they're still considered as a cost around each truck roll, no matter from which line item you're pulling the money.
While these are the hard dollars to send a truck and crew out, there's also the opportunity cost. When your system goes down, you're losing the revenue you would have gained if your system had stayed online. Your linemen's time is going toward making repairs instead of executing more profitable tasks. So the cost of the truck roll can be more than just the labor hours and materials; it could be the difference between what you spent and what you could have earned or accomplished elsewhere.
And then there's the cost utilities rarely consider: is the call out for the truck real? The majority of faults on overhead lines are temporary in nature, so many times utilities will roll a truck and crew to a location where ultimately there is "no cause found." Not addressing these cause-less situations is senseless. Like raking leaves in a windstorm or shoveling sand in the desert, you feel productive because you're working, but what's the point? Eliminating needless truck rolls eliminates needless work and needless expense. It's an outdated view to believe that rolling a truck for a temporary fault is just a cost of doing business. Investing in equipment upgrades and better protection strategies will eradicate the unneeded truck roll expense—for good.
No matter the final dollar amount, every truck roll generates an expense to you. More importantly, each time you roll a truck, you're putting your linemen—your own employees—in harm's way. If you can implement strategies that save needless truck rolls—saving your linemen from risk and saving you money every day—why wouldn't you?
I'd be interested in learning what your thoughts are about managing truck rolls more effectively in the Comments section below.
Jerry Yakel
Data de Publicação
março 20, 2017


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Children's Hospital Walnut Creek Outpatient Surgery
Thank you for choosing UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland for your child's outpatient surgical procedure. Our board-certified physicians and pediatric-trained nurses and technicians devote 100% of their medical practice to caring for children—providing the safest care possible, in a child-friendly environment.
Our goal is to make your experience at Children's outpatient surgery center as safe and pleasant as possible. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know. If you have any questions or concerns about your child's surgery or recovery progress you may call our nurses at any time. Please call us at: _PHONE_
How to Prepare For Surgery
At Children's Hospital Oakland Walnut Creek Campus our Surgery Center has the most advanced equipment for delivering anesthesia and monitoring your child. Operating rooms are equipped with easy access to the patient's digital images.
Things to remember for your surgery:
- Tell the telephoning nurse or the surgeon if your child has been sick during the three weeks before surgery.
- Bring your insurance information, guardianship papers and the "History and Physical" form for each visit to the center.
- Follow the food restrictions for your child starting the night before surgery.
- Check if your child should take medications on the day of surgery.
- Bring your child's favorite blanket, toy, doll or book on surgery day.
- Arrive at least an hour before the scheduled operation, but no earlier than 6:30 AM.
- The legal guardian must remain at Children's Outpatient Surgery Center throughout their child's stay.
- Do not bring other children to Children's Outpatient Surgery Center. Please make alternate arrangements for your other children.
- Fill any prescription medications for your child immediately following surgery.
- Have your child's favorite but appropriate foods and drinks available upon returning home after surgery.
Preparing for Surgery
To make your child's surgical procedure and recovery go smoothly, it's important for you and your child to be prepared. A Children's Hospital Childlife Specialist can help.
- A child life specialist will answer all the questions you or your child may have, in language appropriate to your child's age. This may include role-playing all parts of the anesthesia and surgery experience with you and your child.
Before your child's surgery, one of our nurses will call you to review your child's medical history, cover our anesthesia procedures and discuss what your child may or may not eat before surgery.
- To help your child on the day of surgery, bring your child's special toy, doll, book or blanket.
- If your child has been sick with a cough, runny nose or fever above 100° F within three weeks before surgery, it is important to speak with a staff nurse to get pre-operative clearance.
Night Before Surgery
Follow the specific instructions given to you over the phone by the surgery center nurse. Make sure your child has an empty stomach.
- No solid food or milk after midnight
- Clear liquids may be given if the nurse said it's OK—If you cannot see through the liquid it is not clear. Good choices are clear apple juice, Pedialyte or 7-Up.
- Absolutely nothing in the mouth, not even chewing gum, for three (3) hours before surgery
Day of Surgery
- Arrive at least one (1) hour before the surgery's scheduled start time—but not before 6:30 a.m.—to allow time for the registration process and preparation time with the child life specialist.
- A legal decision-maker (parent, legal guardian, responsible caretaker) must accompany the patient on the day of their surgery and remain at the surgery center during their procedure.
- If you would like a free interpreter to assist you during your visit, please let us know so we can arrange one for you.
- A registration clerk will help with your paperwork. Please bring your medical insurance cards. If you are not the patient's parent, please bring court orders or other documentation authorizing you to make medical decisions for the patient.
- Give us any completed "History and Physical" form that your pediatrician or surgeon may have given you.
- Please don't bring other children with you. Make alternate child care arrangements so the child having surgery will have your full attention.
- All female patients older than 12 years are required to give a urine sample. Please have your child wait until she gets here to go to the bathroom so we can collect that sample.
- Remove your child's jewelry (including earrings), as well as braids, beads or hair accessories.
- Help your child put on a hospital gown or pajamas.
- Some children will be given a medication by mouth to help prepare them for anesthesia.
- The anesthesiologist will meet with you to explain the anesthesia process.
- If you have any questions, please let us know. Please ask any questions you may have about the procedure.
Anesthesia and Surgery
The anesthesiologist will help your child go to sleep in the induction room or operating room.
The anesthesiologist will decide on the safest way for your child to go to sleep:
- Some children may have their parents with them as they fall asleep in the induction room.
- For safety reasons, other children will go to sleep in the operating room without a parent present.
- Most children go to sleep by breathing into a mask that resembles one worn by jet pilots or astronauts.
- The air your child breathes will make him or her feel silly and giggly inside.
- Within seconds, your child will feel very, very sleepy.
- As sleep deepens, some children go through an "excitement" phase and may wiggle around.
- Your child will not remember this period.
- Sometimes we need to start an IV to help your child fall asleep.
- The anesthesiologist will monitor your child carefully to make sure your child will feel no pain during the operation.
In the Recovery Room
After the operation, your child will go into the recovery room, which is often called the "wake-up room." Parents or guardians are allowed in the recovery room.
Children vary in their reactions to anesthesia:
- Many children wake up groggy but comfortable.
- Others may wake up crying because they are confused.
- Our specially trained pediatric recovery room nurse will closely monitor your child during this time to keep your child as peaceful and comfortable as possible.
The nurses and doctors caring for your child will decide when he or she can go home. You will be given instructions to help you care for your child at home. Do not hesitate to ask questions before you leave; we want you to be comfortable caring for your child.
On rare occasions, children having outpatient surgery cannot be sent home the same day. If this occurs, we will discuss this with you and arrange for your child's admission to Children's Hospital in Oakland.
Once home, your child may be tired and want to nap for the rest of the day. Plan to stay close by because your child may be groggy or unsteady. Your child may also be irritable for the rest of the day and that night. If your doctor has given you a prescription for medication for your child, it is important that you get the prescription filled immediately and use it as directed.
If your child did not drink clear liquids before leaving the center, you may begin these as soon as you arrive home.
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- Make sure that you have a supply of your child's favorite clear liquids at home.
- If clear liquids are tolerated for an hour without vomiting, you may give your child soup and gradually advance to normal foods.
- We recommend that your child avoid eating spicy or hard-to-digest foods for the first day.
- Do not force your child to eat, but encourage fluids, which will probably help your child feel better sooner.
- Do not worry if your child does not want to drink after surgery. Be sure to talk to us if your child is not drinking by the next morning.


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The visibility status of a library determines whether it can be used in one project (Project) or can be re-used at the IDE level (Global).
The scope of a library defines the set of files and folders in which the library is considered as library, that is, it is write-protected, excluded from check for errors and refactoring, affects the completion list and highlighting.
- Create a folder test at the same level as the src folder
- Populate the test folder. For each production file, create a separate test file and name it as follows: ..js
- Mark the folder where the tests are stored as test folder.
- If necessary, have PhpStorm detect and enable the required testing framework on-the-fly.