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Wind speed, friction velocity and significant wave height data from the FINO1 platform in the southern German Bight 45 km off the coast for the years 2004 to 2006 have been evaluated and related to each other. The data show a clear dependence of the hourly mean wave height to the hourly mean friction velocity and wind speed. Wave heights increase with decreasing stratification and increasing fetch. Synoptic weather patterns for the highest wave heights in the southern German Bight are determined. The analysis is made separately for four wind direction sectors. The two strongest storms in the evaluated period, "Britta" and "Erwin", are analysed in more detail. Finally, the 50-year extreme significant wave height has been estimated to be about 11 m most probably coming from northerly directions.


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- A Prehistoric evergreen that keeps coming back to life!
- Grows in one day! Unconditionally guaranteed to grow!
- Can "sleep" for fifty years and spring back to life in one day!
Take the amazing Dinosaur Plant out of its home for days, months, even years-then give it water, and it will ROAR back to life!
The Amazing Dinosaur Plant is one of the longest-living plants in the world! This plant actually lived when the first dinosaurs emerged. At that time, this plant would grow to over 120 feet, taller than even a Tyrannosaurus Rex!
When the ice age came, the Dinosaur Plant had to mutate and get really small. In order to survive, it learned how to blow onto dry land and sleep, waiting for water. Usually the plant drifted around until it stumbled into a puddle. Then the plant "drank" greedily, and went back sleep until it found the next puddle.
The Dinosaur Plant is very easy to care for. All it needs is a little water and some occasional sleep. Simply place the plant in its bowl with New Mexico lava rock (included), pour some water on the plant and it will spring to life within one day! If you let the Dinosaur Plant dry out, it will shrink back to its sleeping state. It can sleep for up to fifty years and will still rise when you place it in water! A fun project for the entire family to enjoy!
The Amazing Dinosaur Plant includes a live plant, bag of genuine volcanic lava rock, display bowl, and instructions. Appropriate for ages 4+. Dinosuar Plant Instructions

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|Andre Patenaude | Director, Food Retail Marketing & Growth Strategy, Cold Chain
Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions
Emerson recently completed a research study of leading food retailers to better understand their refrigeration system selection criteria. This blog is a synopsis of those findings.
For several years, we've seen an evolution of the traditional supermarket concept, driven by a convergence of multiple market influences which include:
- The migration to urban areas
- Smaller store footprints
- Renewed focuses on safety and freshness
- Greater need for merchandising flexibility
- The proliferation of omnichannel fulfillment models
- The lack of qualified service technicians
- Energy-efficiency goals and sustainability initiatives
- The internet of things (IoT)
- Ongoing regulatory uncertainty
Amidst these many changes, refrigeration systems have also evolved to align with modern supermarket operator preferences. To better understand how these preferences are impacting selection criteria, we recently completed a research study of several leading food retailers. We asked them which factors they feel are the most important when considering the implementation of new refrigeration systems.
We compiled results into six key categories, which we refer to as the six S's of selection criteria. The following is a summary of those findings:
- Simple — Operators are seeking to minimize complexities by using systems that are easy to understand and diagnose. Many associate system simplicity with reliability and believe it can be achieved with fewer moving parts, traditional system architectures and proven refrigeration strategies.
- Serviceable — Technician familiarity is important to facilitate ease of service and maintenance activities, and to ensure the availability of parts and refrigerants. Engine rooms should be located away from customers and be relatively easy to access.
- Secure — Maintaining customer, employee and technician safety while preserving food quality and safety are always top priorities. With many operators now integrating IoT technologies for more effective facility and enterprise management, securing proprietary operational data is also critically important. Operators seek system architectures that can address these multifaceted safety and security concerns.
- Stable — Grocers consistently cite system stability and reliability as primary selection criteria. Systems should be capable of maintaining consistent temperatures, delivering predictable performance, and working according to design specifications.
- Smart — Electronic controls, system connectivity and integration with facility management services via IoT are becoming more important to modern supermarket operators. They're evaluating self-monitoring systems that give store managers immediate access to issues, allowing them to take prompt actions to protect shoppers, preserve their brands and prevent unnecessary service calls.
- Sustainable — For those supermarket operators driven by corporate sustainability objectives or regional regulatory requirements, the push toward lower-GWP refrigeration strategies is continuing in earnest. Sustainability also speaks to the long-term economic viability of the refrigeration selection, as operators must factor in the total cost of ownership throughout the lifecycle. Reducing energy consumption to minimize operating costs is a concern shared by all.
As refrigeration technologies evolve in response to changing market dynamics, look for emerging system architectures that align with these selection criteria. Emerson is addressing the six S's of supermarket operator concerns by innovating new systems that blend pieces of proven architectures — borrowing from what has worked in the past and improving upon existing technologies. Stay tuned for more information on these new system strategies in the months to come.

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Home Heritage Useful Scots words Useful Scots word: peelie-wally
Useful Scots word: peelie-wally
by Betty Kirkpatrick
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Many of us who have a Celtic genetic inheritance have very fair skins. Usually this creates no problems and a fair skin can be a decided beauty asset. Pale skin looks fine against a background of its native heath, but transfer it to a sun-baked foreign beach and things change dramatically. Pale skin can stand out like an unfortunate sore thumb when surrounded by a sea of bronzed bodies. The Scots word peelie-wally springs to mind.
Peelie-wally, also spelt peelie-wallie and with wally pronounced to rhyme with sally, can mean pale, but in this sense it is far from being a compliment. You might describe a flawless porcelain complexion as pale, but you are very unlikely to describe it as peelie-wally. Rather, peelie-wally means pallid or washed-out looking, like the odd pale body among a multitude of sun-tanned ones.
Peelie-wally is often used to refer to the kind of paleness that accompanies ill health. If a child is looking peelie-wally it is often a sign of impending sickness of some kind. In fact, peelie-wally can mean ill-looking or sickly or, by extension, thin or feeble.
Things as well as people can be described as peelie-wally when something colourless or insipid is being referred to. For example, you might refer to the beige décor of someone's house as peelie-wally if you are the sort of person who prefers strong colours. Or you might criticize the pastel colours of someone's dress as being too peelie-wally. If you like a strong cup of tea you might describe a weaker form of the beverage as peelie-wally.
An activity or performance of some kind can also be referred to as peelie-wally when it lacks vigour or vitality. Not surprisingly, this use usually occurs in connection with Scotland's obsession with football. Apparently there are many instances of peelie-wally performances on the pitch.
The expression peelie-wally started life out simply as peelie. This is likely to have a connection with the Scots word palie meaning sickly, listless, delicate or stunted in growth and palie is, in turn, likely to be connected with English pale.
However, it has been suggested that the origin of the peelie of peelie-wally may be imitative of a kind of whining, feeble noise made by people who are ill. As for the wally, it may just have been added for effect and may have been influenced by the Scots word paewae meaning pallid, sickly or insipid. The suggestion that there is a connection with the whiteness of wallie, meaning china or porcelain, seems less likely.
But back to our sun-baked beach. There is good news for the peelie-wally. Now that over-exposure to the sun is known to cause major skin problems, official health advice is to cover up in the sun. There is now no need to reveal yourself in all your peelie-wally glory on the beach. In any case, the peelie-wally skin does not bronze. It just goes an unattractive shade of red.
 - Anither Rab
 A've heard tell that in India "peelah wallah" (no shair aboot the spellin) means "pale man" an wis yaised tae descrive a body that wis no weel an the expression wis brocht hame bi Scottish sodgers as "peelie-wally".
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 You may be on to something…the expression is Pilau Wallah, used by Indians for a white or yellow coloured man.
 I suppose it would all come down to the first recorded usage of the expression Peely-Wally and whether it preceded the addition of the Indian subcontinent to the British Empire
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 Thank you Betty Kirkpatrick for a consistently informative and witty column on Scots words. As one educated in Scottish schools that frowned on the use of the "mither tongue" as coarse, I am delighted to savour the flavour of Scots as it is still spoken. The column on "peely-wally" filled me with the glow of approval. Theresa McCardle


Portugal Population 2021
Population Portugal 2021 is 10 276 697 people. Portugal ranks 90 in terms of population in the world - 0.13% of all inhabitants of the Earth. The capital of Portugal is Lisbon, the official currency is the Euro (EUR). Chislennost.com has used information from reliable sources. Find out the population of a country, city, district at Chislennost.com.
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Population of Portugal
10 276 697 people Flag of Portugal Flag of Portugal Data in July 2021
Population rank, Life expectancy, age and total area Portugal
Population rank Portugal 10 276 697 people
Male population 48.5%
Female population 51.5%
Life expectancy Portugal
Life expectancy Male 75.3
Life expectancy Female 82
Median age Portugal 43.9 age
<15 years 16.2%
15 - 65 years 65.8%
>65 years 18%
Total area
Total area Portugal 92120 km2 (#109 in world)
Population density 111.56 per km2
The site chislennost.com uses information from official sources and is updated every month. Some data may differ due to the lack of the latest census.
⚡ When was the population counted?
The population count in Portugal was carried out in 2021.
⚡ What place does Portugal occupy in terms of population on Earth?
Portugal takes 90st place in the ranking of the population of countries on Earth.
⚡ Which city is the capital of Portugal?
The capital of Portugal is the city of Lisbon with a population of 547 733 people.


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Thunderstorm Phobias in Dogs
Thunderstorm phobia is a disorder in which there is persistent and exaggerated fear of storms, or the stimuli associated with storms. To treat this condition, your veterinarian should have some grasp of pathophysiology, as this phobia involves physiologic, emotional, and behavioral components.
Thunderstorm phobia occurs in both dogs and cats, but dogs are often more susceptible to this type of fear. If you would like to learn more about how this condition affects dogs, please visit this page in the petMD health library.
Symptoms and Types
Stimuli that elicit fear include rain, lightning thunder, strong winds, and possibly changes in barometric pressure and static electricity. This fear may then induce one of more of the following signs:
It may also affect some body systems in a variety of ways, including:
The exact cause of thunderstorm phobia is unknown, but it may include a combination of the following factors:
A veterinarian will rule out any conditions which can cause similar behavioral responses such as separation anxiety, barrier frustration, and noise phobias. Otherwise, they will conduct further tests to identify any conditions or abnormalities that may have arisen from effect of the fear to the thunderstorm.
Anything that produces an action or reaction
A medical condition in which the patient has an abnormally fast heartbeat
The term for a quick heartbeat
A real fear of something
A lack of desire for food
The digestive tract containing the stomach and intestine
Elevated levels of glucose in the blood
A condition in which the skin becomes inflamed
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Should students be allowed to decorate their graduation caps?
Lily Tran and Kylie Yamada
Lily Tran: pro
For seniors, graduation is a symbolic ceremony that celebrates a personal milestone: finishing high school. So it only seems fair to allow graduating students the opportunity to personalize their grad caps to reflect their personal interests and personality.
The only decoration seniors are currently allowed to wear are badges of extraneous academic performances — sashes for being a part of leadership, honor cords for tutoring, or a stole for completing 30+ volunteer hours for NHS. Aside from that, everyone looks plain and ordinary and uniform … too uniform.
Graduation ceremonies are inherently generic as an endless list of names is read to a smattering of applause or loud cheering. Students find themselves herded like cattle through the procession — their reward for slaving away in high school for years only to be denied the opportunity to express themselves and their happiness in graduating.
When a graduate's name is called, they only get a few seconds and a tiny moment to savor their success. Then the next name is called and that's it. Decorated caps would give graduates a way to celebrate their personal success throughout the entire ceremony rather than just having a short walk across a stage.
Decorating caps gives students the opportunity to showcase their creativity, their individuality and their personal success. Some seniors like to put their future college on their caps to show that they're really graduating and moving on to bigger things.
Students should be free to express themselves during their graduation. The First Amendment ensures freedom of speech, and denying students the right to decorate their caps is a violation of that right. They should be able to use that right and say or express what they want on their grad caps, as long as the decoration does not violate the school dress code.
The possibility of students inappropriately decorating their caps with insensitive, vulgar or ignorant content is fairly low. They aren't going to risk giving up graduation for a joke. Administration could just take away the inappropriately decorated caps or not allow them to walk.
Besides, graduation is supposed to be about each individual, and not just the class. Allowing students to decorate their caps gives them that opportunity to bask in their impending future and success.
Kylie Yamada: Con
The graduation ceremony is one of the most memorable and iconic parts of American high school culture. In the last few weeks of the school term, social media is filled with tweets and pictures of students celebrating their newfound freedom, including some students wearing graduation caps elaborately decorated with pictures, glitter and paint.
Here at Bear Creek, however, graduates have been restricted from decorating their caps for years. For the more artistically inclined of Bear Creek's population, this restriction is an outrage and violates students' rights to self-expression.
However, decorating graduation caps can force the ceremony to become a competition between students. A moment which should be about achievement and community could turn into an event which only highlights certain students — and not necessarily for academic reasons.
Decorated graduation caps can include anything from pop culture references to showcasing students' pride to political statements. Caps which are designed to go viral may conflict with other students' hopes for their own graduation. If you've waited 18 years to finally graduate from high school and there's a guy a row in front of you with memes on his cap, it might ruin the moment.
Maybe it seems humorless, but graduation carries so much meaning for each person in the auditorium. A high school graduation means just as much to a graduate's parents as it does to the graduate. Should we really allow for one impulsive teenager to ruin such an important time?
In addition, a high school graduation provides a sense of unity for all seniors which teenagers rarely find elsewhere. Despite all of the drama and all of the fights students go through, graduation is a time where a senior class of hundreds can look at each other and realize that this is a day which they will all share together. Let's make sure the experience stays just as enjoyable for every graduate.


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As part of the Quality Improvement Scheme (QIS) this year we need to contribute reducing the estimated prevalence gap for AF in Leeds, estimated in 4624 people
- Patients identified as potential AF need records checking and diagnosis made based on ECG/cardiology letters
Using RAIDR, 57 patients were identified as with codes that would suggest the possibility of an undiagnosed AF.
- One deceased patient
- One invalid NHS number, so unable to check.
- Two already known AF somehow not picked by RAIDR.
- One patient with AF not coded, even though on medication, and seen by cardiology.
- Seven patients had irregular pulse not followed up.
- 30 Patients were followed up in practice and ECG indicated:
- 21 sinus rhythm.
- 4 sinus bradycardia
- 1 sinus tachycardia
- 3 normal.
- 1 old RBBB
- One patient had regular pulse and was mis-coded with "ECG: AF" when there was an intention to refer for ECG treadmill.
- One patient had irregular pulse coded and text indicating it was an ectopic, and under Cardiology.
- 13 Patients were seen by cardiology as some arrhythmias were found and diagnoses made were
- 6 SVT
- 1 VT
- 1 AVNRT
- 1 sinus arrhythmia
- 1 Wolf Parkinson White.
- 1 No AF, no arrhythmia diagnosis.
- 1 No AF. IHD diagnosis.
- 1 Vasovagal syndrome
RAIDR, as expected showed issues with coding and lack of coding. Many ECG findings were not coded, and had to be added. There has been little benefit yet on improving AF prevalence looking at 57 cases and finding 1 not coded, although there are 7 patients that could me undiagnosed.
PLAN OF ACTION
- 7 Patients to be invited for ECG
- ECG codes added and errors amended.
- We shall run again RAIDR next year to assess if the new codes will take them out of the potential list.


Vera Ivanova Markova
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Vera Markova
name Vera Ivanova Markova
age 27
kind of entrepreneurship Greenrevolucia An on line for environmentally friendly shop that distributes alternatives to disposable plastic products and educates consumers about the importance of protecting the environment.
field of activity Trade and Education
Short description of the business or initiative
Education and positive example.
Spread information about the harm which plastic disposable items are causing to us and to our planet.
Show alternatives which add more value to both us and our Earth.
What problem are you trying to solve and why?
The use of packing and plastic products -She believes that consumers have a choice to a cleaner and more conscious way of life.
What is your target group? Level of impact (concentrated to the specific group, local, regional, wider…)
By Revolucia, they are educating users of all age groups because they see the society as one.
Is social enterprise the best way they can help?
Yes-Vera can't work without a cause, this seems to her a waste of time. In Social Entrepreneurship, she likes the fact that a good example can also inspire other people to change the world for the better.
Why this industry/area/topic, and why now?
Vera spent almost 2 years volunteering at a vegan, nature-friendly campus in the city of Auroville, India. There, she lived in cottages, the electricity was from solar panels, she had to pump the water needed for bathing and washing. It was prohibited to import in the campus products in plastic packaging, as well as products containing harmful ingredients. There Vera learned a lot about how we can reduce our harmful impact on the environment. She was inspired and decided to transfer the good examples in Bulgaria.
What drives your motivation?
The joy in the eyes of the people and seeing how together we manage to save the planet from tons of unnecessary plastic with practical solutions.
What does it take to be successful?
1. Love, 2. Discipline, 3. Dedication
 - Specificskills-Takingrisks, innovation, creativity
 - Soft skills-Time management, Ability to resolve conflicts, Adaptability, Skills for making quick decisions
 - Relevant experience-Knowledge of foreign languages, sales and marketing experience, IT knowledge etc.


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A group of Native Americans recently gathered at Lock 60 in Mont Clare to offer prayers in a drumming circle for the safe journey of the Mother Earth Water Walkers 2013. The walkers began a journey along the Mississippi River March 1 and will be travelling 1,200 miles, ending April 30 at the Gulf of Mexico.
The 1st Annual Women's Water Walk took place April 2003. Several women from different clans came together to raise awareness that our clean and clear water is being polluted by chemicals, vehicle emissions, motor boats, sewage disposal, agricultural pollution, leaking landfill sites, and residential usage is taking a toll on our water quality. Water is precious and sacred...it is one of the basic elements needed for all life to exist.
The Annual Women's Water Walk was chosen for Spring because for the natural re-growth of our natural habitat, as it is a in time for renewal, re-growth, and re-birth.


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This cin >> check;
takes input from the keyboard and writes it to the memory that the pointer named check is pointing at. What memory is it pointing at? Let's take a look...
Here is where the pointer is made. You are giving it no value, so it will have some random value - the random value is the location of the memory it is pointing to, so it's just pointing at some random memory somewhere. Could be anywhere.
And that's it. You never make it point to some memory. You never give this pointer a value, so when you write into the memory it points at, you are writing into some random memory somewhere. This is very, very bad. Do not write data into memory at random. If you are lucky, the random memory will be something the OS doesn't want you writing into and will segFault. If you are unlucky, it will be data that does belong to you, so the OS won't stop you and you will write over your own data.


using DefiningGeometry can also be done using the more primitive DrawingVisual class, but using the geometry allows your custom shape class to be inserted more easily into a logical tree, making it more flexible and more amenable to reuse and packaging.
Shape is a subclass of FrameworkElement, a base class used by most container-type classes such as Panel to render child elements. This lets Shape instances participate in the layout pass and allows for easier event handling. Shape also defines the Stretch property, which allows you to control how a shape's geometry is transformed when the dimensions of the Shape object change.
Figure 2.3 illustrates a sector shape and how it can be transformed automatically using the Stretch property.
Figure 2.3 Stretching a shape's DefiningGeometry.
Taking the previous example of the sector and upgrading it this time to inherit from the Shape class, we end up with the code in Listing 2.3.
As you can see from the preceding code, the construction of the shape is exactly the same as constructing a visual-based sector. The difference here is that for a Shape we stop after creating the geometry and setting that to the DefiningGeometry property. With the SectorVisual, we must both construct the geometry and render it. The core difference is basically a difference in responsibilities. The Shape knows how to render itself in its container using the geometry defined in DefiningGeometry.
When creating a shape's defining geometry, the most commonly used geometry classes are PathGeometry, StreamGeometry, GeometryGroup, or CombinedGeometry. You learn more about these types of geometry in more detailed examples later in the book.
The Text Classes
Developers often overlook fonts when they are digging in their toolbox for something to get the job done. WPF actually has robust support for drawing text, laying out text, and working with documents. Text can be displayed onscreen in multiple ways and ranges from simple text to text with complex layout and formatting support.
At the most primitive level, we have GlyphRuns and FormattedText. These can't be used declaratively; rather, you need to use the DrawingContext to display them onscreen. This can be done using the DrawingContext.DrawGlyphRun and DrawingContext.DrawText APIs.
In today's modern age of globalized applications, you need more than just the ability to blindly throw text onto the user interface. You need to be able to do things like display text that runs from right to left, display Unicode characters, and much more. For example, when you draw text into a drawing context, not only do you supply font information, but you also supply the text, text culture, flow direction, and the origin of the text:
 new FormattedText("Hello WPF!",
 new Typeface("Segoe UI"),
 36, Brushes.Black),
 new Point(10, 10));
Text can also be displayed declaratively and easily using the TextBlock and Label classes. TextBlocks (and Labels) are generally useful for a single line of text with fairly rich formatting and simple alignment support. For more complex text display, you can use the FlowDocument and FixedDocument classes that have more elaborate features to handle dynamic layouts, paragraphs, and mixing of rich media.
FlowDocument handles automatic layout and sizing of text and graphics as you resize the document. They are most useful for viewing newspaper-style text that can flow into columns and multiple pages. FixedDocuments are useful for programmatically generating a document with precise control over sizes of the textual elements, hence the name. These documents use two kinds of elements: blocks and inlines. Blocks are container elements that contain the more granular inline elements. Typical block-related classes include Paragraph, Section, List, and Table. Some of the common inline classes are Run, Span, Hyperlink, Bold, Italic, and Figure.
Although TextBlock, Label, FixedDocument, and FlowDocument are useful for displaying static text, WPF also provides interactive controls for editing text. These include the classic TextBox, which has limited formatting capabilities, and the RichTextBox, which as the name suggests has richer editing capabilities.
Most of these text-related classes expose properties to control alignment, fonts, font styles, and weights. Additionally, there is a class called Typography under the System.Windows.Documents namespace that has a rich set of properties to specifically control the various stylistic characteristics of OpenType fonts. They are available as attached properties, which can be set on text-related classes that use OpenType fonts. A sampling of the properties include Capitals, CapitalSpacing, Fraction, Kerning, and NumeralAlignment.
The Control Class
The Control class is pretty close to the top of the food chain of visual classes. It provides a powerful Template property (of type ControlTemplate) that can be used to change the entire look and feel of a control. Knowing that control templates can be changed during design time and at runtime can make for some amazingly powerful applications and compelling UIs. Designing with a Control allows developers and designers to quickly and easily define visual elements.
A rich set of classes that derive from the Control class provide specialized functionality and increasing complexity and level of abstraction. Choosing the right subclass of Control goes back to the analogy of choosing the right tool for the job. You need to make sure that you don't take something overly complex as well as not picking something that is too simplistic and doesn't offer the functionality you need. Choosing the wrong subclass can dramatically increase the amount of work you need to do.
For example, if you are building a control that needs to display a list of child items, you should start with ItemsControl or ListBox instead of starting with the comparatively low-level functionality of the Control class.
Unlike the earlier UI frameworks, the Control-related classes in WPF can be used directly without subclassing. Because of the powerful features such as Styles and Templates, you can customize the look and feel of a control declaratively. The subclasses of Control deal with the shape of the data rather than the appearance. A Button deals with singular data. ScrollBars, Sliders, and so on work with range data. ListBox and ListView work with collections. TreeView works with hierarchical data. It is up to the development team to decide how best to visually represent the data using these controls. In most cases, you do not have to subclass a control, rather you only have to change its Style and Template.
The ContentControl Class
The ContentControl class is ideal for displaying singular content, specified via the Content property. The content's look and feel can be customized using its ContentTemplate property, which is of type DataTemplate. Remember back in Chapter 1, "The WPF Design Philosophy," how plain data gets transformed into a visual representation through data templates.
The container that hosts the content can also be customized using the Template property of type ControlTemplate. This way you actually have two levels of customization available to you: You can customize the outer containing frame (via the Template property), and you can customize how the content within the frame is rendered (via the ContentTemplate property).
Controls derived from ContentControl are used to represent individual items that are displayed within list-based controls such as a ListBox, ItemsControl, ListView, and so on. The Template property is used for user interaction features such as showing selections, rollovers, highlights, and more. The ContentTemplate property is used for visually representing the data item associated with the individual element.
For example, if you have a list of business model objects of type Customer that you are displaying inside a ListBox, you can use its ItemTemplate property (of type DataTemplate) to define a visual tree that contains the customer's picture, home address, telephone number, and other information. Optionally you can also customize the item container holding each Customer object. As mentioned, a ContentControl derived class is used for wrapping each item of a ListBox. We can customize this ContentControl derived container using its Template property, which is of type ControlTemplate.
Some of the most powerful tricks in WPF revolve around control templates, content controls, and content presenters, so it is well worth the effort of learning them in detail.
The ContentPresenter Class
The ContentPresenter class is the catalyst that brings a data template to life. It is the container that holds the visual tree of the data template. ContentPresenters are used inside the ControlTemplates of Control, ContentControl, or any other custom control that exposes a property of type DataTemplate. It may help to think of the role of the ContentPresenter as the class that is responsible for presenting the visual tree of a data template within its container.
Within the ControlTemplate, you associate the DataTemplate property of the template control with the ContentTemplate property of the ContentPresenter. You might do this in XAML (eXtensible Application Markup Language) this way:
In the preceding snippet, we are template binding the ContentTemplate property of the ContentPresenter to the ContentControl's ContentTemplate property.
In general, you can think of a presenter element as a shell or container for the actual content. It instantiates the template tree and applies the content to it. As you may recall from Chapter 1, you can think of the content as being a piece of cookie dough, the template is the cookie cutter, and the presenter pushes down on the dough and presents the end result of a nicely shaped cookie.
The ItemsControl Class
As this class's name suggests, the ItemsControl class is ideally suited to displaying a list of items. More specifically, those items are interactive controls.
Not so long ago, when the main framework for building Windows applications was Windows Forms using.NET, controls were almost always too specialized. A ComboBox would display a drop-down list of items, but those items were always text, unless you rolled up your sleeves and did some serious work. This same problem occurred in virtually every place where Windows Forms displayed a


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International Journal of Physics. 2013, 1(5), 115-120DOI:
Abstract: Basic for the definition of "time" are clocks operating under stationary conditions. In this manuscript synchronized clocks and time on a disc rotating with constant angular velocity are investigated independent of relativity theory. The periods of two clocks can be compared with each other via two return experiments. The central clock mediates between the rotating and the inertial frame. Dimensional arguments and a detailed deduction show that the period of a rotating clock, measured externally in the inertial system, is the same as the internally defined one. There is a common synchron-time, especially "absolute" simultaneity and invariance of flight times hold. This allows a new discussion of the twin problem. The invariance of a rotating circle allows the transference of the inertial polar coordinates to the rotating plane. The flight time of a light pulse obeys a generalized Fermat's principle. If rays are well defined, this time of flight determines the phase shift of the wave and the result of interference experiments. All general considerations and proofs are independent of the relativity theory, especially of the concept of local inertial systems and differential-geometrical techniques.


Hezilo Chandelier – symbol of the Heavenly Jerusalem
The Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary also known as Hildesheim Cathedral is a medieval Catholic church founded in 1010, known for its amazing collections of early medieval art masterpieces which include the Hezilo chandelier.
Placed above the altar it was donated by Bishop Hezilo after whom it got its name when he restored the cathedral.
Hildesheim Cathedral. Photo Credit
The Hezilo chandelier is the oldest and largest out of four wheel chandeliers in the German-speaking area, with a diameter of about 6 m. The other ones are the Azelin chandelier also in Hildesheim, Hartwig chandelier in the Abby of Comburg and the Barbarossa chandelier in the Aachen Cathedral.
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Bernward was the bishop of Hildesheim, from 993 until his death in 1022, who gave a present to the Hildesheim Cathedral. It was a wheel chandelier built by bishop Altfrid, in 1046, after a fire in Altfrid's cathedral, the Bishop Hezilo had it rebuilt with adaptations. He completely rejected the plan of his predecessor Azelin to built a new cathedral and he hung the crown chandelier with shimmering gold in the nave.
Inside Hildesheim Cathedral. Photo Credit
The Hezilo chandelier was a symbol of goodness and rightness. Until the 19th century, it was at the liturgical center of the cathedral, the crown chandelier is formed of a circular hoop made of gilt copper. On top of the hoop, there are square merlons holding seventy-two candles, twelve towers and twelve gate-houses rotate on the outside of the hoop and a large lamp is hung in the center.
Hezilo chandelier. Photo Credit
The Hezilo chandelier represents the Heavenly Jerusalem, the golden city walls with their twelve watch-towers and twelve gates forming the chandelier's ring.
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Historical drawing of the Hezilo chandelier
The bishop Hezilo (1054-79) ordered the circle-candlesticks for the Hildesheim cathedral. In the 16th century, the candlesticks were damaged, which resulted in the first documented restoration by goldsmith Sebastian Korber. At the beginning of the 18th century, with the interior being designed in Baroque style, the candlesticks were removed, this announced the second major restoration that occurred in 1818 at the inducement of vicar Todt.
Hezilo chandelier, details, drawing
The third and last restoration took place during _PHONE_ and was run by professor Küsthardt and since 1904, the candles were substituted for Electric light.
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In 1943, the candlesticks were removed and taken to St. Bernward's church in Hildesheim, where they were kept safe for 10 years. During the second World War, the chandelier was removed from Hildesheim Cathedral to protect it from the bombing.
Detail of the Hezilo chandelier. Photo Credit
In the last restoration, protection and reconstruction of the candlesticks were one of the goals, layers of paint were removed from the plates. The existent gildings are being conserved, the damaged parts repaired, and the static structure preserved. During the restoration of the cathedral, from 2001 to 2004, the chandelier was moved to St. Godehard church and when the restoration had finished, it was returned in the Hildesheim Cathedral.
The chandelier. also called a corona is a magnificent crown of light from the Ottonian period and this 11th-century Romanesque wheel chandelier has been a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site since 1985.


Selenium Webdriver PageFactory Worked Example
I found that, while adequate, the standard selenium examples for PageFactory were not quite enough to smoothly get me started. After asking around I saw that, contrary to the example, the most common practice seems to be to use the PageFactory inside the PageObject's constructor rather than from the client class. I will illustrate this with code to test Blackboard Learn, my employer's product starting with a simple login test. It is my hope that through more examples people can help get started more easily.
So, first the client code that uses this PageFactory generated PageObject
public class LearnQA {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
 String url = "";
 LearnLoginPage loginPage = new LearnLoginPage(driver, url);
 // Creds set elsewhere
 LearnHomePage homePage = loginPage.loginAs(USERNAME, PASS);
Basically, with a nice neat PageObject all we need to do is instantiate the page, "LearnLoginPage" in this example, and then perform the requested test such as logging in as a particular user. This hides the complexity of the page from the user of the class and we can change things internally without impacting anyone.
As for the actual LearnLoginPage, this uses the convenience of the PageFactory to reduce boiler plate code. First the listing -
public class LearnLoginPage {
 _USER_(how = How.CLASS_NAME, using = "login-page")
 private WebElement loginPageClass;
 _USER_(how = How.ID, using = "user_id")
 private WebElement usernameBox;
 _USER_(how = How.ID, using = "password")
 private WebElement passwordBox;
 _USER_(how = How.NAME, using = "login")
 private WebElement loginButton;
 private WebDriver driver;
 private String url;
 protected LearnLoginPage(WebDriver driver, String url) {
 this.driver = driver;
 this.url = url;
 PageFactory.initElements(driver, this);
 By loginPageTag = By.tagName("body");
 if (! "login-page".equals(driver.findElement(loginPageTag).getAttribute("class"))) {
 throw new IllegalStateException("This is not the login page");
 public LearnLoginPage typeUsername(String username) {
 return this;
 public LearnLoginPage typePassword(String password) {
 return this;
 public LearnHomePage submitLogin() {
 return new LearnHomePage(driver);
 public LearnHomePage loginAs(String username, String password) {
 return submitLogin();
Instead of the tedious WebElement finding we can now use the "FindBy" annotations to pre-populate the various web elements we are going to use. Such as the username/password fields and the login button. I believe this results in much more readible code.
Finally we have a couple of methods to
 - Type the username - typeUsername
 - Type the password - typePassword
 - Submit the login - submitLogin
 - And, finally, a convenience method that combines all of the above into one operation called "loginAs".
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God's Word is for Everyone.
For many, reading the Bible is a simple, daily activity, but for millions of individuals, accessing God's Word can be a real struggle. Many people with sight loss, learning disabilities or lower levels of literacy find accessing God's Word difficult due to the layout and formatting of a more traditional Bible.
The NIrV Accessible Edition is one step towards greater Bible access and inclusion within the church – developed in partnership with Livability, Torch Trust and Urban Saints, the NIrV Accessible Edition uses Biblica's NIrV translation and features:
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A systematic procedure for detailed project planning and control. Abbreviated CPM.
Critical path method(CPM)
A construction scheduling device that diagrams the interrelationships between activities and identifies the critical path that optimizes the sequence of operations to minimize the construction period.
critical path method, CPM
A system of project planning, scheduling, and control which combines all relevant information into a single master plan, permitting the establishment of the optimum sequence and duration of operations; the interrelation of all the efforts required to complete a construction project are shown; an indication is given of the efforts which are critical to timely completion of the project.


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As of December 2, 2005, the Online Training Program on Intractable Conflict (OTPIC) has been officially retired, and is no longer open to new registrations.
The successor to OTPIC is a course called Dealing Constructively with Intractable Conflicts (DCIC). The new curriculum is built around one of our major projects, Beyond Intractability, and offers a much more extensive and informative set of learning materials than that available through OTPIC.
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Soldiers have traditionally recognized that the high ground (a hill or mountain top) provides a significant military advantage. The term "moral high ground" applies the same principled persuasive (rather than military) power. Parties seeking the moral high ground simply refuse to act in ways which are not viewed as legitimate and morally defensible by the larger the society. The most common example is people who refuse to use violence against an opponent. Nonviolent actors generate an enormous amount of sympathy among outsiders, as they clearly are not threatening their opponents (at least not physically). Therefore, any physical force used against them appears to be highly illegitimate and immoral. In addition to generating outside sympathy, by taking the moral high ground, disputants can generate a sense of guilt among their opponents, which will greatly lessen their opponents' effectiveness.
In addition, parties that take the moral high ground protect themselves from efforts of their opponents to use moral arguments to mobilize supporters. The other obvious advantage of pursuing a moral high ground strategy is that it encourages parties to "do the right thing." (This assumes, of course, that the parties are pursuing interests and strategies which are genuinely morally defensible. If a party acts in an immoral way, while pretending that their actions are morally justified, the result is likely to be much less successful.
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Maputo Resolutions For Peace In Africa
MAPUTO RESOLUTIONS FOR PEACE IN AFRICA
Delegates from different African countries, after listening and analyzing the Keynote Message of His Excellency Joaquim Alberto Chissano, former President of the Republic of Mozambique, Chairperson of the Joaquim Chissano Foundation and Chairperson of AFRICA FORUM, followed by the Message of Dr Michael Cassidy, Chairman and Founder of African Enterprise,Patron of Christians for Peace in Africa,as well as presentations from different Guest Speakers,have taken the following Maputo Resolutions for Peace in Africa:
RESOLUTION NO 1:
CHURCH AND LEADERSHIP.
- Christians for Peace in Africa must raise awareness for the Church to produce among Christians, men, women and youth Leaders in order to fulfill the prophetic mandate of African nations, in the 7 pillars of society.
- Christians for Peace in Africa must create a platform to partner with other organizations sharing the same Vision of Peace and Reconciliation, like African Enterprise, in raising young African Christian Leaders.
RESOLUTION NO 2:
ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE PEACE EFFORT.
- Christians for Peace in Africa must create a platform to empower women to take the lead in promoting the Culture of Peace according to Christian Values.
- Christians for Peace in Africa should advocate for Peace capacity building in organizations that promote women's interests, based on Biblical standards.
RESOLUTION NO 3:
FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
- A. Christians for Peace in Africa must raise awareness for poverty alleviation, food security and climate change.
- B. Christians for Peace in Africa must raise awareness and oppose excessive land's ownership by non -African people, countries and organizations.
- C. Christians for Peace in Africa should support foreign investments in the form of land leasing, technology to process raw African products on African soil, empowerment and training of Africans for better food production.
RESOLUTION NO 4:
AFRICAN WAYS OF PREVENTING AND CURING DISEASES.
A. Christians for Peace in Africa should promote research on Good practices for disease prevention and cure, according to Christian Values.
B. Christians for Peace in Africa should promote healthier diet through the consumption of natural African products and dishes instead of processed food.
C. Christians for Peace in Africa should oppose the multiple partners African culture and promote the one sex partner strategy in the combat against HIV/AIDS
RESOLUTION NO 5:
POSITIVE INPUTS OF MIGRANTS IN AFRICA
- Christians for Peace in Africa should promote the safe migration, integration and inclusion through Social cohesion of migrants in the host countries and get rid of xenophobia.
- Christians for Peace in Africa should raise awareness on the mental health of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) in their countries, and refugees in the host countries, and facilitate their voluntary repatriation.
- Christians for Peace in Africa should promote the respect and human dignity of all migrant people and encourage the exchange or transfer of skills among the locals.
RESOLUTION NO 6:
LESSON FROM ZAMBIA AS AN AFRICAN WAR –FREE COUNTRY.
- Christians for Peace in Africa should advertise to other African countries the secret of Zambia being a WARFREE country.
- Christians for Peace in Africa must advocate in African churches the role played by the Church in promoting the Culture of Peace in Zambia
RESOLUTION NO 7:
LESSONS AND EXPERIENCES LEARNT FROM POLITICAL AND CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP IN MOZAMBIQUE.
- Christians for Peace in Africa must spread the Message of the Outstanding Leadership of His Excellency Joaquim Alberto Chissano and other political Leaders in promoting the Culture of Peace, Reconciliation, in his own country, the Republic of Mozambique, in working hand in hand with the Christian Leaders, for the sake of Africa Lasting Peace and Sustainable Development.
- Christians for Peace in Africa must learn and share the experiences of the Mozambican Christian Leaders in working for the Lasting Peace in Mozambique; the same work can be done by Christian Leaders in other African countries.
Done on the 21st February 2013 at the Igreja de S. Estevard E S. Lourenco (Anglican ), in Maputo, Republic of Mozambique


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Wildlife Regulations and the Georgia Teacher
Animals in the Classroom
The use of animals in the classroom, either alive or preserved, gives the Georgia educator exciting opportunities to teach. However, many laws and regulations must be observed. The various rules concern:
Familiarity with a few basic legal definitions is crucial to a thorough understanding of wildlife laws. Here are some basic definitions.
Wildlife - refers to those species of animals (mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans, and mollusks) indigenous to Georgia.
Wild Animal - means any animal not indigenous to (exotics) Georgia and not normally a domesticated species. This group would include practically all exotic animals.
Domesticated Species - are those animals that have tradition ally lived in a state of dependence on and under the dominion and control of mankind and have been kept as tame pets or livestock. These may be possessed without permits.
Though this information is not an in-depth coverage of the laws and regulations, many of the primary concerns of educators are addressed. Your local conservation ranger or Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division office is available to answer your questions. You can find the phone number and address for your local office by selecting your county from the list under 'Send a Letter or Give Us a Call' on any of the menu pages on this site. You can also call the Special Permit Unit at _PHONE_.
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magical medium of Art Clay Silver clay consists of finely ground
pure silver mixed with non-toxic binders and water. Presented as an off-white
putty, this malleable clay can be easily worked into unique and personalised
jewellery or ornaments. Items can be made as thin as 1mm thick. Once fired,
the binders (which are made from harmless pulp fibres) burn away leaving pure, 99.9% silver which can be hallmarked
'.999'. The difference between the silver produced, and sterling
silver, is that sterling silver is 92.5% silver combined with other metals,
generally copper. This makes the metal harder than pure (or fine) silver.
Both metals will tarnish but sterling silver more so.
The firing process is remarkably simple and can be achieved
with the minimum of cost. Small pieces of Art Clay Silver can be fired
easily on a wire mesh laid across a gas hob or the pieces can be fired using a blow torch and a fibre brick. Kiln firing is also an option and allows more than one piece
to be fired at a time. Although the kiln can be a costly investment, it can also
be used for other craft techniques such as ceramics, glass fusing and bead making, and annealing and hardening of metals.
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about firing Art Clay Silver clay.
Working with Art Clay Silver
The clay will begin to dry out the moment it is exposed to air. These
tips will help to increase the working time:
keep a bowl of water near by to dip fingers and tools in
work in a cool room and try to avoid direct heat from light bulbs
rehydrate drying clay by wetting the surface, wrapping in cling film
and kneading through the film. You may have to repeat this process a
couple of times before it is fully hydrated
work the clay on a smooth, non-porous surface such as a tile or glass
only break off the amount of clay you think you will need and put
the remainder in an air-tight wrapper. Covering with a damp cloth or
kitchen paper will help
will contaminate and discolour silver clay. Do not use tools or containers
made from aluminium
plan your design before you start - this will reduce the amount of
use the Kemper cutters to work your Art Clay Silver into tiny
finished pieces should be allowed to out dry fully before firing.
Give between 24 - 48 hours in a dry, warm atmosphere
When the Art Clay Silver clay is thoroughly dried it is
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Special Committee on Agrochemical Bioscience
Chair: NOGE, Koji
The Agrochemical Bioscience Committee was newly established in 2003 in order to keep agrochemical sciences compatible with the dynamic progresses of contemporary sciences and technologies, such as genome science and combinatorial chemistry. Every year a symposium focusing on emerging issues in agrosciences, including "fusion of post-genome science and crop protection research", "analyses of interactions between organisms", "analyses of organisms-chemical interactions", "-biorational screening of novel agrochemicals", and "metabolism analyses and safety evaluation of agrochemicals from the viewpoint of environmental protection" is held. Our final goal is to contribute to the improvement of crop protection technology scientifically and socially, through active opinion exchanges and discussions among researchers of the related fields.


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Back when I was teaching middle school math (in technically a different century... that's sad) we used to do a very hands-on activity to teach unit rates. The students would use rulers to measure a partner's facial features, then put the measurements into unit rates to see how close they were to the Greek Golden Ratio. It was a really fun activity, but definitely one that would benefit from a technology update. (Hint: Middle schoolers plus wooden rulers plus classmates' faces are not always a good mix.)
So, I have updated the activity with the use of Google Docs, webcams, and a digital ruler web app. See below for all the details on how the "Golden Ratio Face" project works, as well as access to all the needed templates and resources.
The Golden Ratio was also applied to the human body, and more specifically the human face. For example, the height of your head, when compared to the width of your head, should be about 1.62 to 1. Many other features on the face could be compared the same way.
In this activity students will do the following:
- Get a copy of the "Golden Ratio Face" Google Docs template.
- Add a picture of their face (or someone else's) via their webcam or by inserting an image.
- Use a digital ruler web app to measure 12 different facial features.
- Put those measurements into 7 ratios.
- Convert those ratios into unit rates.
- Find the difference between each one and the Golden Ratio.
- Find the average difference for all 7 unit rates.
- See how close their face (or whichever face was used) is from the Golden Ratio.
Some of the math concepts covered in this activity include:
- Measuring to the nearest tenth of a centimeter
- Creating ratios
- Converting ratios to unit rates
- Subtracting decimals
- Dividing (averaging) decimals
The "Golden Ratio Face" Template
Below is a link to make your own copy of the "Golden Ratio Face" Google Docs template. Each student will need their own copy of this Doc. Students can use the link below, or you can push out a copy to each student through Google Classroom.
- "Golden Ratio Face" Template - Google Docs link
Step #1 - Insert Your Face
To do this activity each student will need a picture of a face. A fun way to engage the students can be to have them use their own face. If using a Chromebook or other device with a webcam, the student can insert their snapshot directly into the Doc as follows:
(Note: Google has updated the "Insert Image" options in Docs, and the "Take a Snapshot" option has been removed at the moment. Hopefully it will get added back in, but until that happens, please see my other blog post for an alternative: Take a Snapshot Alternative for Docs, Slides, and Drawings )
- Scroll to page 2 of the "Golden Ratio Face" Google Doc and click below the line that reads "Insert image of your face below".
- Now click "Insert" then "Image".
- In the window that opens up, choose the "Take a snapshot" tab.
- If you have not used the webcam before, you may need to allow permissions for it to work.
- Position your face so you are looking directly forward, and not at an angle, so your measurements will be more accurate.
- Click the "Take snapshot" button to take your picture.
- If you like it, click "Select" to insert it into the Doc.
Instead of using a webcam, you can also add an image from another source, such as uploading a previously saved image. Simply click "Insert" then "Image" then "Upload".
If the student does not want to use their own face, they could certainly use an image of someone else, such as a celebrity or someone from history. The key is to find an image where the person is looking straight forward so accurate measurements can be made.
Whatever method is used to insert an image, you may want to crop and resize the image after inserting it to make the face as large as possible for easy measuring.
- To crop the image, simply double-click on the image, then adjust the black crop lines on the edges. When done, click outside of the image or press the Escape key.
- To resize the image, simply select the image, then click and drag the corners as needed.
Note: Since students can be sensitive about their appearance, you may want to include some class discussion on the subjectivity of beauty. The ancient Greek's use of the Golden Ratio for beauty was just one idea at one time in history. This should be a fun activity, and not something that would make a student feel bad about themselves in any way.
Step #2 - Measure Your Face
Now that you have your face (or a face) in the Google Doc, you will need to measure 12 specific facial features. Certainly this can be done with a physical hand-held ruler if you like. However, there are also digital alternatives that can be used (and might help avoid scratching the laptop screen).
One option is to use the Chrome web app called "Edge: The Web Ruler". Here's how:
- If not already installed, use this Chrome Web Store link to install the web app: Edge The Web Ruler
- Now launch the tool from your Chrome web apps list. This will open up a virtual floating ruler on your screen
- You can move the ruler around by simply clicking and dragging it.
- You can make the ruler longer or shorter by dragging the end of the ruler.
- You can switch between pixels (px), centimeters (cm), or inches (in) for your unit of measurement. I would recommend centimeters for this activity.
- You can make the ruler more accurate by entering the diagonal measurement of your actual screen, although this is not necessary since all the measurements will be converted into unit rates eventually.
- You can click the gear icon and choose "Always on top" to keep the ruler from falling behind your document.
- You can open another copy of the ruler by clicking on the horizontal or vertical ruler icons.
- When done using the ruler, click the "x" to close it out.
- A = Top of Head to Chin
- B = Top of Head to Pupil
- C = Pupil to Nose Tip
- D = Pupil to where Lips Meet
- E = Width of Nose
- F = Outside Distance between Eyes
- G = Width of Head
- H = Hairline to Pupil
- I = Nose Tip to Chin
- J = Lips to Chin
- K = Length of Lips
- L = Nose Tip to where Lips Meet
Step #3 - Calculate the Unit Rates
Now that you have all the facial feature measurements, you will want to plug those values into the 7 ratios on page 3 of the Doc.
- Enter the values for the "A" through "L" measurements in the ratios provided.
- Convert the ratios into unit rates by dividing the top and bottom of the ratio by the denominator.
- Round the answer to the nearest hundredth and write in the results a unit rates.
As an example, here are my measurements:
Step #4 - Find the Differences from the Golden Ratio
Next you will take each of the 7 unit rates and see how far off each of them are from the Golden Ratio. Basically you are seeing how close (or far) each of your ratios are from 1.62.
- At the bottom of page 3 of the Doc, find the differences between 1.62 and your unit rates.
- In each case subtract the smaller number from the larger number to get a positive difference.
As an example here are my numbers:
Step #5 - Find the Average Difference
Now that you know how far off from the Golden Ratio each of your ratios are, we now want to see on average how close you were.
- Add up your seven differences from Step #4.
- Divide the sum by 7 to get the average difference.
- Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
- Enter this result in the "Final Answer" section. This number shows how far off your were on average from the Golden Ratio.
As you can see below, I am not quite a Greek God:
Checking Student Work
To save time when checking your students' calculations, you can use the Google Sheets template below. Simply enter the 12 facial measurements for a student, and the spreadsheet with calculate and display all of the results the student should arrive at for the activity.
To get your own copy of the template, click the link below:
- Golden Ratio Face - Calculations Check template - Google Sheets link
The "Golden Ratio Face" activity can be a fun way to have students work with ratios, unit rates, measurements, and decimal operations, while learning a bit about the history of the Golden Ratio in art and design (even if you don't turn out to have the proportions of a Greek god or goddess). Although this activity can be done without technology, the use of Google Docs, webcams, and virtual rulers can make the process more accurate, and reduce potential frustrations.
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People records let you create, track, and search information about your members. You must be a group admin in order to create or modify people records.
An individual's person record is distinct from their Faithlife account. While a Faithlife account is created and controlled by that individual, the person record is created and managed by an organization. As a group admin, you can link person records to a Faithlife account that is a member of your group. This will add some information from that account to your person record. There are multiple ways to create a person record. Select the method that works best with your workflow.
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Invite a member to your group
Faithlife automatically generates a person record for each member or follower of your group. Learn how to invite members to your group.
Add an individual
 1. Navigate to your group on
 2. In your group's Admin panel, click People.
 1. Click Add Person.
 1. Provide a name, and select whether the individual is a child or an adult. If desired, you can add a photo of the individual (this photo may be visible to any member of your group).
 2. Click Create.
 1. The person record will open. You can provide additional information about the individual (Learn more about populating a person recordor click Done. To add another person record, click Add Another.
Bulk import people records
You can import people records from another system using a CSV file.
 1. Export your people records from your old system in CSV file format. Faithlife can interpret CSV files from most record management systems.
 2. Check your file. Look through the file to make sure all of the data in columns match column headers. To import families, we recommend having a "Family" column in your spreadsheet. Add the family name in that column next to each person in the family. If a family has multiple surnames, separate the names with commas.
 3. Navigate to your church group on
 4. In your group's Admin panel, click People.
 1. Click the more options icon, then select Import from CSV.
 1. Select the.csv file you exported. A window will appear with three columns.
 - The first column displays column names from the first row of your.csv file.
 - The second column displays the corresponding field on the Faithlife platform.
 - The third column displays the type of data corresponding to each column.
 1. Ensure that the first and second columns match as closely as possible. For anything you can't match, select Notes in the second column. Do not leave empty rows in the second column. If you do, that data will not be imported.
 2. Check the data types in the third column and make sure they correspond to the first and second columns. (for example, that email addresses are correctly designated with the email address data type).
 3. Check or uncheck File contains a header row.
 4. Check or uncheck Update existing. If you leave this checked, the system will search for corresponding people records and override them instead of creating new ones (the system will ask you to confirm the changes).
 5. Click Done. It may take a few moments for the system to process all of the data--do not press Done more than once. When it's ready, your people records will appear in the People area of your church group.
Create a digital connection card
Digital connection cards provide a way to quickly create one or more person records, even with limited information.
 1. Navigate to your church group on
 2. In your group's Admin panel, click People, then click Add Connection Card.
 1. In the text box, type a name and any additional information you want to be associated with that person record (such as age or gender). The system will parse the information you provide and assign it to the relevant fields.
Note: To create more than one person record at a time, insert a comma or "and" between the information for each person.
 1. Press Enter. Based on your input, one or more person records will be created. If you add more than one person, the system will ask if you'd like to add all new records to a family record.
Create a family record
Family records link individual person accounts in a family unit, which has certain types of data associated with it (such as an address, phone number, etc.). Adding people via a family record is the best approach when it's more important to get the whole family in the system than it is to provide detailed information to a single person record.
You can create a new family record from existing or new person records, or using a combination of existing and new records.
 1. Navigate to your church group on
 2. In your group's Admin panel, click People, then click Families.
 1. Click Add family
 2. Add individuals to the family by clicking + Add Family Members and typing a name in the search box that appears.
 1. If a person record for that individual exists, click it to add it to the family record. Otherwise, click Create a new record. Repeat this step for each family member.
 1. After you've added individuals to the family record, provide a family name, address, etc. in the boxes below.
Learn more about creating Family records.
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From: _EMAIL_@yktvmh.watson.ibm.com (Jeffrey Mark Siskind)
I guess that I left out a crucial point. Snapping an endpoint of a line
to an object can snap it to anywhere on the object. I particularly want
to snap it to the point where if the line were continued it would reach
a particular point inside the object, say the center of a circle. I don't
think that this can be done in Illustrate.
Actually, it can. Try using the following trick. First, draw a
temporary line that ends in the center of the circle and starts at the
appropriate point. Next, draw a second line that follows the first,
clicking MIDDLE once you're near the circle. Finally, delete the first
line you drew.
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Hunt 9502: CWMU Turkey
DescriptionThe Folley Ridge Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) is northwest of Croydon, Utah. This CWMU is in two distinct areas. The south area follows the Folley Ridge which ranges between 7000 feet in the south to 8300 feet in the north. The north border of the south area is around 8100 feet, to the east about 7200 feet, to the south 5400 feet and to the west 6800 feet. The north area is northeast of the south area. The north area highest point is Guilder Peak at around 8300 feet. To the north the area is 8100 feet, to the east 8000 feet, to the south also 8000 feet, and to the west 8300 feet like Guilder Peak. The most common elevation is 8200 feet but ranges from 5400 feet to 8400 feet with an elevation difference of 3000 feet. Fifty-two percent (52%) of the CWMU elevation ranges between 6100 feet and 7700 feet an elevation difference of 1600 feet.
Most of the Folley Ridge Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) is covered by Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Sagebrush Steppe (62). The next most common land cover type is Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and Woodland (22). This Forest and Woodland is more prominent on the north section of the Unit. Another prominent land cover type particularly on the south section is Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak-Mixed Montane Shrubland (41). Although in a minor role Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple Ravine Woodland (23) is present on both the north and south sections.
One of the Folley Ridge Cooperative Wildlife Mangement Unit (CWMU) nearest weather stations, MORGAN (425826), is about 9.8 km southwest from the southwest edge of the CWMU. MORGAN has one hundred five (105) years of records, 1903 - 2008. During the FALL (September, October and November) the average precipitation is 3.80 inches, but it can be as high as 7.28 inches or as low as 0.46 inch. During the 91-day FALL period, 18 days will experience greater than or equal to 0.01 inch of precipitation, 11 days of greater than or equal to 0.10 inch, or 2 day of the greater than or equal to 0.50 inch of precipitation. Snowfall during the FALL averages 7.3 inches but can be as high as 25.3 inches. FALL temperature at MORGAN averages 46.9 degrees F. but can be as high as 98.0 degrees F. or as low as -12.0 degrees F. During the FALL, 53 days will be below freezing (32 degrees F.) and 1 day above 90 degrees F. This map is provided for general reference only and does not constitute a legal hunt boundary. The Division does not guarantee access to any private or public land. Hunt unit boundaries may include private property or other excluded areas.


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imc WAVE is a modular, powerful software platform for noise and vibration analysis (NVH analysis). From acoustic measurements in road tests to structural analyses on the test bench and vibration tests on machines: with different imc WAVE analyzers, you can evaluate a wide range of applications without having to be an expert yourself. In this way, you can also easily and reliably obtain standard-compliant analysis from the fields of sound pressure and sound power analysis, structure analysis as well as vibration analysis on non-rotating and rotating machines. imc WAVE guides you step by step through the settings, from device configuration to calibration and measurement. In the end, you evaluate your data professionally and then receive a report that is ready to print.
The modular software specializes in the following topics.
This is an analyzer to determine the acoustic properties, such as the sound level meter or the sound power level of vehicles, electrical and mechanical machines according to standards
Our tool for the analysis of vibrations at rotating machines offers beside the speed calculation from pulses, the resampling of the data over the rotation as angle signal and order spectrum.
This analyzer can be used to analyze structural dynamic problems in components that lead to noise, fatigue or destruction. You get results like the force-, displacement-, velocity-, acceleration spectrum and the dynamic stiffness as well as compliance, as transfer functions.


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Supported File Formats: The Flexible Image Transport System and the World Coordinate System
Montage supports two-dimensional images that adhere to the definition of the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) standard (Calabretta and Greisen 2002). FITS is the format adopted by the astronomical community for data interchange and archival storage.
Briefly, FITS is a data format designed to provide a platform-independent means for exchange of astronomical data. A FITS data file is composed of a fixed logical record length of 2880 bytes. The file can contain an unlimited number of header records, 80 bytes long, having a 'keyword=value' format. These headers describe the organization of the binary data and the format of the contents. The headers are followed by the data themselves, represented as binary records.
The relationship between the pixel coordinates in the image and physical units is defined by the World Coordinate System (WCS) (Calabretta and Greisen 2002). Included in the WCS is a definition of how celestial coordinates and projections are represented in the FITS format as keyword=value pairs in the file headers. Montage analyzes these pairs of values to discover the footprints of the images on the sky and calculates the footprint of the image mosaic that encloses the input footprints. Montage supports all projections supported by WCS, and all common astronomical coordinate systems. The output mosaic is FITS-compliant, with the specification of the image parameters written as keywords in the FITS header. The toolkit also contains a utility, mJPEG, that will convert the FITS image to a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format image.


ORS 294.418¹
Alternative budget publication procedure
In lieu of the publication requirements contained in ORS 294.416 (Publication of budget summary, financial summary, statement of accounting basis and notices of meeting and availability of budget document), a municipal corporation may elect to publish its budget as provided in this section.
(1) There shall be published, as provided in ORS 294.421 (Manner of publication), a summary of the budget as approved by the budget committee and compared with the budget summary of the preceding year or preceding budget period and the budget summary for the current year or current budget period. As a minimum requirement, there shall be listed the total requirements for personal services, materials and services, capital outlay, special payments, debt service, transfers and operating contingencies for the budget. In addition, there shall be published a brief narrative description of the major activities or major programs of the municipal corporation and the prominent changes from the current year or current budget period. Information shall be furnished showing the personnel requirement changes for each major activity or major program. The narrative shall state the major resources for financing each major activity or program and the prominent changes from the current year or current budget period, or shall state that each major activity or program is financed from general resources of the governmental unit. The summary for the ensuing year or ensuing budget period and for the current year or current budget period shall show total budgeted requirements, total estimated resources other than ad valorem property taxes and estimated ad valorem property tax revenues, stated in dollars and cents. The summary shall also state the municipal corporation's operating tax rate and the amount or rate of any other ad valorem property taxes to be certified to the assessor. Tax rates shall be expressed at a rate per thousand dollars of assessed value. The summary shall include an analysis of ad valorem property taxes for the current and ensuing years or budget periods that are outside of the municipal corporation's permanent rate limit or statutory rate limit, if applicable, showing local option taxes and ad valorem property taxes for meeting payments on bond, principal and interest thereon and for meeting other obligations of the municipal corporation described under section 11 (5), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution.
(2) There shall be published with the summary:
(a) A notice of the time and place at which the budget document as approved by the budget committee may be discussed with the governing body.
(b) A statement that the budget is prepared in accordance with the basis of accounting used in the preceding year or budget period unless a change in the basis of accounting is anticipated; and if a change in the basis of accounting is to be made, there shall be an explanation of the change and the effects of the change.
(c) A notice of the place where the complete budget document is available for inspection by the general public during regular business hours and where copies of the complete budget document may be obtained. [1971 c.516 §5; 1979 c.686 §7; 1997 c.308 §18; 1997 c.541 §330; 2001 c.135 §15]
Notes of Decisions
Atty. Gen. Opinions
1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 294—County and Municipal Financial Administration, _URL_ (2007) (last accessed Feb. 12, 2009).
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Statutes, Cumulative Supplement - 2007, Chapter 294, _URL_ (2007) (last accessed Feb. 12, 2009).


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You've finally got that cute new kitten! But what to name the animal? You don't have to settle for 'Fluffy'. Read these steps and tips and give your cat a name that you both will love!
1Determine the cat's gender. You don't want to name your cat Princess and later discover it's a boy. Determining the gender of a newborn cat can be challenging, regardless of where you acquired the kitten. The best way to do so is by judging the relative distance between the anus and the urinary tract opening.Ad
2Look at the cat's markings. If there is a black splotch surrounding their eye, consider a name like Pirate. If your cat is completely black except for her white paws, consider the traditional but cute name, "Boots".
3Pick a name that everyone in the family will like. If this will be a family cat, make sure to consider the kid's choices too. If the children want to name the kitten after himself/herself, you might not want to take him/her up on his suggestion. But if your sister or brother thinks of "Peanuts", for example, that's not a bad name. Have everyone make a list of three names they think are good options, then share the lists and come up with a name everyone will like.
4Pick a name that suits the cat's personality. If the cat is always hiding, maybe he could be "Bashful". Or if your kitten has a weird habit of crying during thunderstorms, but only when lightning crashes, you could call him/her "Lightning".
5Consider a historical, mythological, fictional or famous name. There are many interesting and unique names available in these categories.
6Make a list of possible names. Say them that you have listed and see how the cat responds. Once you've found one that you like best, stick to it to avoid confusion.
7Reinforce your choice. Pet and spend time with the cat while saying its name over and over.Ad
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- A different way to name your furry friend is to get word from other languages, then change the way they sound. I named my cat Karena, which I got from Kirena, the Japanese word for beautiful. Just go to google translate, and try out some words. Note that some words have alternate translations.
- Try to choose a name that starts with an ear-catching, recognizable sound, rather than a vowel. This makes it easier for the cat to pick out his/her name among the "blah-blah-blah" of human speech. A cat called Uhura might take much longer to recognize her name as referring to her than any other cat would, and might not start responding to it right away.
- If you're getting two cats at the same time, don't name them "Pretty" and "Litty". As cute as that may seem at first, it will be confusing for: (1) your cats. They won't know who they are! (2) Your family. When you say "Please let Litty outside", your daughter might end up letting Pretty out! (3) Yourself. You will mix your cats up. So end the confusion, and name them different names that don't sound related to each other.
- Cats respond better to names with a long "ee-e" sound, so it may be a good idea to name your cat "Spunky" instead of "Whiskers".
- Avoid giving your cat a 'people name.' If you're hanging out with Sam, and you call your cat, who will know who you're talking to if your cat's name is Sam? If you insist on a name that people use, make it a unusual and uncommon name, like Tabitha.
- If you've lost all hope, and it's a boy's name you need, call it Felix! Felix means "lucky" in Latin, so maybe some luck will rub off on him.
- Ask friends, family, or even neighbors for a name! Body markings are also a good way to name a cat.
- Try to give your cat a name with two or three syllables, because you will, believe it or not, end up shortening your kitty's name. If you name him "Sandwich", you will start calling him "San", and that's not a great name.
- If your cat already had a name when you got it, continue using it.
- If you're set on finding a unique name, try searching through the following website: Behindthename.com, which is filled with uncommon and common names from all different cultures. Granted, some of these names will be more cat-like than others, but keep looking because eventually you will find one.
- Don't change its name too often. Alfie to Smudge is fine, but Massie to Midnight to Sooty to Spooky! The poor puss!
- Before you even name your cat, make sure he or she comes from a reliable source with a well-established medical history. This includes knowing about any past illnesses and medications. Is the cat up-to-date with vaccinations and dewormings? What about FIV/FeLV test results? Does it have a microchip?
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Can Dogs Have Onion Rings?
Onion rings are tasty, but can be toxic to dogs.
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Onion rings are a tasty treat, but can be fatal for your canine friend. Despite his best puppy eyes, never give your dog onion rings. If he does steal a few from your plate, know the signs of onion poisoning and pancreatitis and call your vet quickly.
Onions are Toxic
Onions are extremely toxic for dogs. Onions contain a chemical called thiosulphate, which destroys your pup's red blood cells and can cause severe anemia. Your canine friend only needs to eat 0.5 percent of his body weight in onions to create a potentially life-threatening toxic level. So if your dog weighs 50 pounds (800 ounces), eating 4 ounces of onions can be dangerous. Even just a few onion rings could endanger your dog's life.
Symptoms of Onion Poisoning
If your pooch does steal your onion rings, keep an eye on him for signs of onion poisoning. Dogs who eat toxic levels of onions will become lethargic and lose their appetite. They may vomit or be weak. As the thiosulphate begins to destroy the red blood cells, the dig's gums will become pale and his breathing and heart rate will increase, as the heart has to work harder to get enough oxygen throughout the body.
Treatment for Onion Poisoning
Onion poisoning should be treated quickly. Give your veterinarian a call immediately. If your vet is not available, call the ASPCA poison hotline at _PHONE_ for advice. A vet will induce vomiting in a dog who has eaten onions and likely give him activated charcoal to try to absorb the toxins. Most veterinarians will want to monitor red blood cell levels for several days to make sure anemia doesn't develop. Onion poisoning is not something you should try to treat at home, since it is such a potentially life-threatening condition.
Fried Foods are Bad for Dogs, Too
Dogs need fat to be healthy, but not the kind of fat that comes with onion rings. While dogs don't have problems with cholesterol the way humans do, too much fat can cause other serious problems, including pancreatitis. Pancreatitis can cause mild vomiting, stomach pains and lethargy and can lead to very serious conditions like diabetes and brain damage. For a small dog, just a few fried onion rings could cause pancreatitis.
Treatment for Pancreatitis
Like onion poisoning, pancreatitis should be treated by a veterinarian. The primary way to treat pancreatitis is to slow down the pancreas, which often means no food or water for up to three days for a sick dog. To prevent dehydration, most dogs need IV fluids or even transfusions, which is why veterinary care is so important.
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This technique might be the single most effective non-invasive method for deactivating trigger points. So why isn't it used more often?
Spray and Stretch is one of those strange trigger point treatment techniques that is extremely effective, but somehow under-used. It could be because it's simply not taught widely nowadays, or that it's just somehow become unfashionable. I know from some conversations that I've had with colleagues over the years that it is sometimes seen as too simplistic to be taken seriously. So bearing in mind that we use the technique almost daily in our clinics, we thought we'd bring up the subject in today's blog.
Studies have Confirmed Positive Results
Hans Kraus (1941), who was the first to describe the technique of spray and stretch using ethyl chloride spray, used the technique for treating aches and sprains in circus performers. Since then, a number of coolant techniques have been developed to treat almost all trigger points. These often appear to have a myorelaxant effect within a few seconds of application. A number of studies have confirmed positive results. In fact a 1998 study (Simons) summarised this technique as the "single most effective non-invasive methods" for deactivating trigger points.
Ethyl chloride spray is highly flammable, toxic, and is considerably colder than is necessary. It is volatile and has even accidentally killed several patients and doctors. Vapocoolents, such as a Fluori-Methane spray, are a safer alternative, although being a fluorocarbon, it may affect the ozone layer. The recommended product (and sorry no, we don't sell it) is Gebauer's "Spray and Stretch", as it is nontoxic and nonflammable. Machine-based products, such as Cryonics CRYO+, are also gaining popularity. These products are far more predictable and controllable.
The Physiological Basis for these Products is a Type of "Thermal Shock"
Research has indicated that these techniques work partly on the hypothalamus. The rapid skin cooling challenges the autonomic reflex pathways and forces a local homeostatic response, which may have a therapeutic action. A skin cooling of the skin by 2–5 degrees is enough to cause this reaction. The following beneficial effects have been suggested in a number of studies:
- Allergy to cold
- Raynaud's syndrome
- Disorders of skin sensitivity
Simeon Asher demonstrates Spray & Stretch technique for the hamstrings
Spray and Stretch Technique
The basic spray and stretch technique is quite straightforward, as it does not require the same precise localization of trigger points as for needling or injection. Instead you need only locate and identify the affected host muscle to release its fibers. However, it is advisable first to locate the trigger point by palpation. Doing this tends to help reassure the patient as to the efficacy of this "unusual" approach.
Spray: This is a distraction for the more important second step. The spray is aimed out of the inverted bottle nozzle at 30 degrees to the skin in a fine jet over a distance of about 20–50 cm (aim at an area rather than a single spot).
Stretch: This is the therapeutic component of the technique. While two to three sweeps of spray are applied to the affected/host muscle, the muscle is gently extended to its full stretch length.
When to Use Spray and Stretch
- Young children
- Needle-shy patient
- Immediately after trigger point injection
- Post-hemiplegic—stroke rehabilitation
- Immediately following major trauma, e.g. fracture or dislocation
- After whiplash injury
- In a patient with myofascial trigger points and hyperuricemia (excess uric acid)
- Chronic or inhibition-resistant trigger points
- Attachment trigger points
Spray and Stretch Tips
- Locating the central trigger point which causes a precise referred pain pattern is recommended, as it gives the patient a rationale for accepting treatment. Make sure the patient has recently eaten, as hypoglycemia aggravates trigger points.
- Provide a warmish surgery/room.
- Use a blanket to cover the body and areas not being cooled, as muscle warmth is more conducive to muscle relaxation.
- Remember to cover the eyes where appropriate.
- Do not aim at a single spot, as this can burn or cause urticaria.
- Do not force a stretch.
- If the patient is apprehensive, ask them to focus on their breathing.
- Test the range of motion before and after the spray and stretch technique. Make sure that the muscle to be treated is fully relaxed and support it where possible—treatment can be performed sitting, side lying, prone, or supine.
- To achieve a full stretch, you should anchor one side of the muscle, and move the other (passively).
If you are not familiar with Spray and Stretch, we suggest giving it a try. The chances are that you will be amazed at the results. It's certainly not the only way to release trigger points, and it's not the best option in all cases but, as stated above, it is fantastically effective in certain situations, especially when treating young children.
We use Spray and Stretch techniques daily in our clinics, and details of these techniques are included in the NAT Anatomy of Pain - Trigger Point Master Course.
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Magnetotropic Cultivation
Jasper Kim, Allen Greer
Britannia Secondary
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Magnetotropism. By growing plants induced with magnetic fields, could this be the start of a new future? Our hypothesis was 'germinating snow peas under magnetic fields with differing directional forces of magnetism would improve plant growth rate and productivity'. In our study, we examined the effects of magnetic fields and their directional forces on plant growth in Pisum sativum var. saccharatum. We discovered increases in growth rate, height and development. Comparisons were made between the control group and four magnetically altered test groups. Results and observations were recorded using statistical analysis and p-values. Our project has been proven statistically significant, therefore further replica tests and branches are currently being tested and looked into. In conclusion, our hypothesis was proven correct. rnrnReal life application for a project such as ours is planetary. Currently, food sources wordwide are lacking and it is predicted there will be an absence of food adequacy for everyone. By using 'Magnetotropic Cultivation', we hope to increase production levels on farmlands and thereby enabling farms to produce more food for availability. rnrn


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Pot metal is a slang term used to refer to cheap metal alloys with a low melting point. The low melting point makes this metal very easy to cast, but the generally low quality can cause problems during casting and at a later date. There is no formal definition of pot metal, so it can be hard to determine its contents. Some common metals included in such alloys include zinc, lead, copper, and tin, among others.
The mixed contents of pot metal make it highly unpredictable, which can be a problem for people who are trying to create specific items. It has a tendency to become very soft and porous, and over time, it is subject to deformity. Pot metal also tends to break or bend easily, making it unsuitable for many tasks, and because some of the metals commonly included are toxic, pot metal can also be hazardous to human health.
Rapid and easy casting is the primary advantage to pot metal. No sophisticated foundry tools are needed, as comparatively low temperatures are needed to turn it into a castable liquid, and specialized casts and molds aren't necessary either. Some people like to use pot metal to play around in the foundry, experimenting with molds and ideas before using metals of higher quality, and this metal can be useful in the production of some items.


Biochar Cookstove
Nolan Hagge, Benjamin Hofland
Sponsor: Dordt College engineering department
The Biochar Cookstove envisions a world free from unhealthy smoke and painful deforestation pressures brought on by wood-fuel cooking. The project provides experimental research, specifications, and a prototype model of a biochar producing cookstove, focusing specifically on the context of rural Zambia. The social, geographic, and economic contextual factors of the target users come to a head in the need for a fuel efficient, clean emission, inexpensive, and locally made cookstove that is rooted in a culturally appropriate design.