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Candidate: Queen Square
Location: Bristol, UK
Category: The Great Place Award
1. Although the transformation of Queen Square has resulted in a magnificent public space, there is much opportunity to further develop the underutilized spaces surrounding the square
2. The redevelopment of Queen Square over the past two decades reflects the changing economic and social conditions of city living that has seen pedestrian movement re-established to create a successful public space with the capacity to adapt to different needs and expectations of the local community
3. Due to the occupation of the aesthetically pleasing Georgian style townhouses by commercial enterprises, the square is conducive to hosting events and festivals without disrupting residential tenants, making it a vibrant public space
4. Queen Square has a distinctive sense of place, and the city council is emphasizing the importance of high quality management and maintenance of the square, seeking to respect both the people and the ecology
5. The prioritization of pedestrian traffic in the square has resulted in a more sustainable environment that has contributed to the stable and efficient use and occupation of the buildings – as well as the constant daily use of the square, which has further contributed to the social, cultural and economic compatibility between the different users and their needs.
Queen Square (named after Queen Anne) is an impressive Georgian square, claimed to be one of the largest of its type in Europe and the first residential square to be developed in England outside London. The square was built between 1699 and 1720 on the old town marsh as houses for the city's merchants, providing a direct relationship between the merchants' houses and their business on the surrounding quaysides and the Square has reflected the growth and changes of the city ever since. It occupies 2.4 hectares with lawns and wide gravel paths, a statue of King William III (grade-I listed) at the centre and a perimeter of mature plane trees. It is now home to around 70 businesses and in addition to its constant daily use an estimated 40,000 people attended organised formal events in the Square last year.
The space is a splendid example of a historic square restored to its former glory, the trees (magnificent) and the architecture (glorious) combine to provide a welcoming atmosphere aided by the now much reduced traffic flow. Great care has been taken with materials and detailing to ensure that the restoration scheme is historically appropriate and built to the highest quality. The economic success of the scheme is reflected in the current 100% occupation of all the buildings at rentals 16% above average, compared with an average 33% vacancy level in the 1990's.
The space has benefited in the recent past from Bristol City Council's very clear and singular vision, published in 1990, that resulted in the removal of the inner ring road from the square. The road was driven right through the square in 1936 and finally closed in 1992. The removal of the dual carriageway was the most crucial part of the regeneration scheme which was fiercely opposed by many in the city. It took 20 years from the publication of the original concept to completion. The associated regeneration of the space included not only the restoration of the historic landscape of the main square but also the creation of entirely new urban spaces where there had previously been just roads in Thunderbolt Square and Bell Lane. It also helped to build a case for the Brunel Mile and the key pedestrian link of Pero's Bridge which is central to the Harbourside's success.
The current vision for Queen Square is centred on the management and maintenance of the public space, overlooked by the commercial residents (occasionally used for public events). The City council has a committed revenue fund to maintain the space and manage the events. The 'residents' are represented by the Queen Square Association which provides a conduit for the Council and event planners to communicate and consult with the local community. This vision is focussed on the 'inside' of the square without looking beyond the perimeter. There is an opportunity to use the space as a catalyst to regenerate adjacent neglected spaces and streets, particularly on and around Welsh Back and The Grove. Perhaps two new pedestrian bridges across the water to the east and south would provide the movement and permeability that is currently lacking on these two streets? There is a plan for improving pedestrian links with St Mary Redcliffe and Temple Meads Station by way of the provision of green pedestrian corridors alongside existing vehicular routes.
Queen Square is not only providing a significant and sustainable economic benefit by providing high quality commercial accommodation but is also providing for a large number of events that enriches the cultural diversity of the city. The Bristol City Design Group consider it would be useful to carry out research into the economic impact of the Queen Square regeneration and its contribution to cultural life of the city.


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The National History Bee is a buzzer-based history quiz competition for individual students. Please see below for a comprehensive account of how the Bee works. If you have any further questions, please email our International Director, Mrs. Nolwenn Léon Madden
In order to compete in the History Bee, you must be 18 years or younger at the time of your Regional Bee. If you turn 19 before the National Championships, that's okay. You must also be enrolled in a high school or younger school or a comparable secondary school that corresponds to an American high school in terms of the age range served (i.e. no schools that are comparable to universities).
In order to compete in the Junior Varsity Division of the History Bee, you must be 16 years or younger at the time of the Regional Bee. If you are in an American high school, or an institution that follows a comparable age division, you cannot be in the upper two years (i.e. above tenth grade) even if you are 16 or younger. If in doubt, ask the Tournament Coordinator or Tournament Director for your tournament, or better yet, contact the Tournament Coordinator in advance.
There is no younger age limit – a brilliant and well-behaved 8 year-old is welcome to compete. Likewise, there is no limit on types of schools – local, international, public, private, religious, American schools abroad, etc. are all welcome. Students from the 50 US states may compete if they have not competed yet this year, but then forfeit their eligibility for any other tournaments in the USA.
Students are only allowed to compete at one Regional Bee in Asia this year.
At all History Bees, there are three preliminary rounds of 30 questions each. In each round, you'll be in a room with 5-10 students. Usually, it's 6 or 7. Depending on how many students are competing (see below under "Final Round Structure" for a full explanation) the 2, 5, or 10 highest scorers from the preliminary rounds in both the Varsity division and the Junior Varsity division, then compete in the final rounds. The Junior Varsity and Varsity divisions are kept entirely separate – there is no crossover, including in the final rounds. Each round takes about 20-30 minutes to complete, including the finals.
In a History Bee round, we feature thirty tossup questions. Students each have a buzzer and attempt to be the first student to ring in and answer correctly. Students may ring in at any point in the question – they are encouraged to interrupt the moderator to do so. After they ring in, they give their answer. If they are correct, they get a point. If incorrect, they cannot buzz again on the question. Three incorrect answers given will end the question, at which point the moderator reveals the answer. They do not normally lose a point if they are incorrect except if they are the third student to answer incorrectly before the end of the question, in which case, they do lose a point (so it is possible, conceivably to have a negative score). If the question has been read to completion, three incorrect answers will still end the question, but no penalty will be assessed.
Once a student has reached 8 points, that student is done for that round. But, students receive bonus points based on how early they reach 8 points. The following table summarizes the bonus structure:
Reaching 8 pts on or before question… Results in this many bonus pts… And thus this many total pts…
Twelve Five Thirteen
Fifteen Four Twelve
Twenty Three Eleven
Twenty-Five Two Ten
Thirty One Nine
Since there are 30 questions in a round, it is thus impossible to finish the round with a score of eight points exactly.
Students are grouped into different groups for each of the three rounds. For the 2012-2013 school year, questions can reference all eras and places in history throughout each round. After all three rounds, the scores from all rounds are added up, and the top students advance to the finals.
Final Round Structure
In the final round, the top two, five or ten students in both the Varsity and Junior Varsity Divisions all compete at once. If starting with ten, they seek to then be among the first five students to reach three points. Then, the scores reset to zero, and the five remaining students seek to be among the first two students to reach four points. Finally, the scores reset to zero again, and the remaining two students seek to be the first to reach five points. Whether we take two, five, or ten students into the finals will be announced at the start of the Bee – it depends on how many teams attend, and how many students compete in each division. A field needs at least 12 students to take the top five into the final, and a field needs at least 25 students to take the top 10 into the final. If both the Varsity and Junior Varsity Divisions have over 25 competing students, we will take ten from the Varsity division and five from the Junior Varsity.
In the History Bowl, there are a number of different question styles. In the Bee, by contrast, all questions are "pyramidal" tossups, where we start with more obscure information and move to more familiar information. Questions cover the history of the arts, sciences, religion, philosophy, languages, historical geography, recent history and the history of sports and entertainment in addition to the usual social, political, and military history. In the final rounds, the questions are, on average, slightly longer and more difficult. Here are a few examples of preliminary and finals questions:
Sample Preliminary Questions
The northern tip of this island was home to this nation's Jaffna kingdom, which ruled at the same time as other empires on this modern country like the Kotte Kingdom and the Kandy Kingdom. For the point, name this Asian island nation, the site of the Tamil Tigers separatist movement, which was once known as Ceylon.
ANSWER: Sri Lanka [or Ceylon before mentioned]
It was announced in a graduation speech given at Harvard University and designed in part by William Clayton, George Kennan, and a Secretary of State. For the point, name this American economic plan that intended to halt the spread of Communism by providing financial support to European nations, which was conducted under Harry S. Truman.
ANSWER: Marshall Plan or European Recovery Plan or ERP
Sample Finals Questions
This leader's accomplishments include putting down Nayan's rebellion and installing Wonjong as the ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. Three times, he attempted to invade Vietnam along with his brother Mongke, and his two attempts to invade Japan were both cut short by severe typhoons known as kamikaze. He employed Marco Polo and his father as ambassadors. For 10 points, name this founder of the Yuan Dynasty, a grandson of Genghis Khan.
ANSWER: Kublai Khan
This navy sent an expedition to Mexico on the San Buena Ventura, a ship built by William Adams. This navy was instructed to only allow passage to ships abiding by the Red Seal system. This navy was crushed by Admiral Yi Sun-sin and his turtle ships during an abortive invasion of Korea. For 10 points, name this navy that was led by Admiral Yamamoto during World War II.
ANSWER: Japanese Navy [accept Tokogawa navy until "Yamamoto"]
Resources for Training
Our complete resources guide and study guide for our Asian Division will be posted here by late October. In the meantime, email _EMAIL_ if you would like copies sent to you when it is ready.
Please also see NAQT's (National Academic Quiz Tournaments) "You gotta know" pages and the ACE Quiz Bowl Camps study guides, as well as the History Channel's Ultimate History Quiz.
A sample Bee packet for our Asian tournaments can be downloaded here Please also see _URL_ (though this has a heavy American emphasis and references all subjects) and our National Championship questions from 2011 in the USA. Please note that the questions you'll find here are considerably more difficult and American history-focused than the questions we intend on using in Asia.

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Xamarin.Forms Text Input Layout or Label Entry is a container control that allows you add a floating label, a password toggle icon to show or hide passwords, leading and trailing icons, and assistive labels such as error messages and help text on top of input controls.
Supported input controls
Enhance the appearance of the Syncfusion NumericUpDown, Numeric Entry, Masked Entry, Autocomplete and ComboBox controls; the Xamarin.Forms framework's Entry and Editor; and even the entry and editor controls in Xamarin.Forms for WPF. Add assistive labels and icons to those input views by just wrapping the entry and input views with the Text Input Layout control.
Container types
 - Filled: The background of the input view will be filled with the container color, and the baseline stroke and thickness will be changed based on the state of the input view.
 - Outlined: The container will be framed with a rounded border.
 - None: The container will have an empty background and space around it.
Shows the container type in Xamarin.Forms Entry with floating labels.
Indicate the focused, unfocused, error, and disabled states of the control.
Shows the Xamarin.Forms floating label states focused, unfocused, error, and disabled.
Password visibility toggling
Enable the password toggle icon to show or hide a password interactively.
Shows password visibility toggling icon in Xamarin.Forms Entry control.
Assistive labels
Assistive labels provide more information about the input text.
Shows hints or floating labels in Xamarin.Forms Entry, Masked Entry, Numeric Entry, and Editor controls.
Floating labels and hints
Avoid additional labels by adding hint text, giving the input view more space. The hint text moves from the middle to the top to show a floating label when the input becomes active.
Shows helper text in Xamarin.Forms Entry, Masked Entry, Numeric Entry, and Editor controls.
Helper text
The helper text provides additional information about the text to be entered.
Shows error text in Xamarin.Forms Entry, Masked Entry, Numeric Entry, and Editor controls.
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Displaying error text can assist in solving validation errors.
Shows character count in Xamarin.Forms Entry, Masked Entry, Numeric Entry, and Editor controls.
Character count
The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the text field can be displayed.
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Add a leading icon to indicate the input type, such as birth date, phone number, or password. Use a trailing icon to add a clear button, error icon, voice input icon, or drop-down icon.
Shows leading and trailing icons in Xamarin.Forms Entry, Masked Entry, Numeric Entry, and Editor controls.
Apply appealing colors to all the elements of the Text Input Layout control to match your app theme.
Customize the colors of the container, focused, unfocused, and error states.
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Customize the font family, font size, and font attributes for the hint text, error text, helper text, and counter label.
Customize the font for the Text Input Layout.
Customize the padding around the input view.
Customize the padding for input view.
Render the control in the right-to-left direction for the required languages.
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Alternative forms
- The conversion of something in order to make it international
- (software engineering) The act or process of making a product suitable for international markets, typically by making text messages easily translatable and ensuring support of non-Latin character sets.
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Re: fifo and [acm]time
> On ufs (and tmpfs and perhaps others), reading from or writing to a
> fifo updates its [acm]time [...]
> Note that the same [acm]time updates do not apply to sockets.
Aside from whether this is a good idea, this difference may make sense.
A FIFO is a single shared object; multiple opens result in multiple
references to a single FIFO.
You don't say whether the socket case is SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM
For SOCK_STREAM, a socket in the filesystem is more like a cloning
device: a connection established using it as a rendezvous point results
in new sockets, distinct from the socket corresponding to the
filesystem entry (though one of them is derived from it). It is these
new sockets that the I/O occurs on and whose [acm]time would logically
be updated (if they had [acm]times, which they don't, because they
don't have [iv]nodes).
For SOCK_DGRAM, the above argument does not apply. As a matter of
theory, read()/recv()/etc on such a socket should update the atime and
write()/send()/etc should update the mtime (and, of course, in each
case the ctime as well). (I/O on the peer socket, the one that doesn't
have a filesystem entry, should not do anything of the sort, because
that socket doesn't have any [iv]node to update the [acm]time of.)
Pragmatically speaking, it's not clear to me that there's enough value
in either stance to make it worth changing whichever behaviour the
implementation happens to provide.
> And what applications would ever rely on the [acm]time of a fifo?
The only value I can see in the [acm]time of either a FIFO or an
AF_LOCAL socket "file" is to see when the relevant software last did
anything with it. This is less a matter of an application proper using
the timestamp and more one of a human who's investigating something
looking for relevant (or possibly-relevant) data.
> One consequence of this is that in a vanilla NetBSD install, Postfix
> triggers disk I/O every minute when master tickles the pickup daemon
> by writing to the fifo /var/spool/postfix/public/pickup.
Is one inode update per minute enough to be a significant issue?
(Sure, there will be cases where it is enough to matter. But are the
common enough that it's worth doing anything to NetBSD in consequence,
or are they outliers that call for per-system custom tuning? I can
think of at least one approach which likely would address this problem,
in cases where it _is_ A problem, already, and that's with no more than
a minute or so of thought.)
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The Closing Process
For someone who is going through a first-time purchase or sale, the process can be daunting. Not only is there a lot to get done, but the order and timing of the process is very important. While most investors will have an agent to help them through the process, it's important that the process is well-understood by the investor so he can protect his own interests in the deal.
Here is the abbreviated process for a typical retail closing (meaning a typical private buyer and typical private seller):
- Buyer and Seller sign contract. The contract is now called "executed" (or more accurately "executory") and the closing process starts.
- One of the agents will at this point send the contract to a closing agent — either a title company or an attorney, depending on your state. This is referred to as "opening escrow."
- The closing agent will at some point (generally pretty quickly) do a title search or order a title search from another company that specializes in doing them.
- The buyer will generally at this point get an inspection. Most retail contracts will have a period during which the buyer has the option to get inspections and back out if the inspection results are not satisfactory (called an "inspection period" and the contract clause is called the "inspection contingency"). In some cases, the buyer can back out for any reason whatsoever (called a "due diligence period" with a "due diligence contingency"). The buyer may get a termite inspection (or ask the seller to provide a clear termite letter), may get a survey, may get mold tests, radon tests, etc. Whatever they feel is necessary to be comfortable with the condition of the property. This time period is generally somewhere in the 7-14 days, but can be anything the buyer and seller agree upon.
- If the buyer is getting a loan, the buyer at this point will generally fill out a formal application (if not already done) and get the loan process started. If getting a loan, the buyer will generally have a clause in the contract where they have a period of time during which they can back out if they determine they can't get the loan (called a "financing period" and "financing contingency"). This is generally somewhere in the 21-30 days, but again, can be anything the buyer and seller agree upon.
- The inspection results come back and the buyer will generally at this point ask the seller to make some repairs based on the results. Some of the requests may be necessary to get the loan approved (lenders will often see the inspection report and require certain repairs to ensure the house is in good shape), and if the property is being sold as-is, the buyer can still ask the seller to drop the price in lieu of making repairs. This is done using a contract amendment called a "repair amendment" or something similar.
- Buyer and seller negotiate these repairs, and assuming they come to agreement, the buyer will generally agree that the "inspection period" or "due diligence period" is now officially over (even if all the time hasn't elapsed in the period).
- Once the repairs are agreed upon, and after the lender/broker has gotten a reasonable expectation that the buyer can qualify for the loan, the lender will order an appraisal. This is to verify that the property is worth what it's being sold/bought for, so that the bank isn't lending more money than the property is worth. The appraiser will generally go to the house within a couple days of the appraisal being ordered, will do their walk-through, and then will return the appraisal results within a couple days after that. The whole process takes about 3-7 days.
- If the buyer is getting a loan, there is almost always an "appraisal contingency" in the contract. This generally says something along the lines of, "If the appraisal indicates that the property isn't worth what the buyer and seller have agreed upon, the buyer can walk away from the deal." In reality, the other options are that the seller reduces the selling price to whatever the appraisal value is, the buyer figures out a way to pay the difference out of his own pocket, or a combination of both. But, one way or the other, until the sales price and the appraisal value are matched up, the deal can't go through and the buyer will generally have an option to walk away.
- Before the end of the financing period, the buyer should determine if they can get their loan (generally, the appraisal is one part of this determination), and by the end of that period, the buyer (or the lender) should provide a "commitment letter" to the seller indicating that the loan is pretty much approved. Once past the financing and inspection periods, if the buyer hasn't back out with the appropriate reasons, they now either need to complete the deal or lose their earnest money.
- During this whole time, the closing agent is working on the stuff needed for closing. They are ensuring that there are no title issues (and if there are, is working with the seller to resolve them), they are contacting the HOA to get payment info, finding out tax information, etc.
- At some point before closing, the seller makes the agreed upon repairs. Generally, the buyer will do a walk-through a few days before the closing to verify all the repairs have been completed (if any were requested). The lender may send an inspector back to the property as well to verify the repairs if they are required for the loan.
- The last week or two of the process is generally where all the contract, loan information, the inspection report, the appraisal and all other pertinent documents go to the underwriter (this person works for the lender and makes the final decision on whether the loan gets approved or not). During this time, the buyer may need to provide some extra documents, as might the seller or the closing agent. Every time the underwriter needs information, the process generally stalls for a couple days (underwriters are busy, and it can take 2-3 days to review everything new that comes in). So, you may think you're a couple days from closing, but the date keeps getting pushed back — this may be because underwriting keeps asking for more and more information.
- The last step the underwriter generally takes is to verify the buyer's employment. If the buyer lost their job in the past couple weeks (or lied about their employment), this may not be found out until nearly the end of the process and the whole thing can fall apart.
- Once the underwriter verifies everything and gives the okay on the loan (called "clear to close"), they will send all the documents they need signed, along with a set of instructions over to the closing agent (the "closing package"). Generally speaking, the closing agent is representing the bank, not the buyer or seller, and the closing agent will following the instructions the underwriter provides on what needs to be signed and taken care of.
- The closing package contains all the financials of the transaction, including all the costs to the buyer for the loan. The closing agent will take all these numbers, along with all the payment information they gathered from the HOA, tax authority, etc, and create a detailed statement that itemizes how much each side (the buyer and the seller) need to pay and/or receive. This statement (the "HUD-1" or "Settlement Statement") is standard across the country, so it always has the same format wherever you may be.
- A couple days before close, the closing agent should send a copy of the HUD-1 to all parties to review. In reality this often happens the day before or even the day of. When dealing with a bad closing agent, it might happen while you're sitting in the closing office waiting to close… 🙂
- The day of closing, the seller comes to the closing office with the house keys, the buyer comes to the closing office with a certified check for the amount he owes (or he can wire the funds), the bank wires the loan money, and lots of documents are signed.
[NOTE: There could be lots of other contingencies in the contract as well that need to be cleared. For example, the buyer may have a contingency that says he needs to sell his house before he has to buy the seller's house. If the buyer can't sell his house, he can back out of the deal based on whatever the terms are in that contingency. There are all kinds of potential contingencies (anything you can imagine), and as long as the buyer and seller agree, it's part of the contract and those need to be cleared before both parties are obligated to go through with the purchase.
Now, all that said, here's a disclaimer:
Some areas may have other steps that I didn't mention, I may have missed some stuff, I may have glossed over some important stuff, some steps may not happen for some reason, sometimes things are done in a different way or by different parties, sometimes the process is much longer/shorter/complex/simple/etc. So, don't rely on this to pass any real estate exams — but it should give you a basic idea of the process for your next closing.

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Going digital
By Adam Turner
April 7, 2005
Price: $300
Rating: * * * *
HauppaugeTV NOVA-t
Price: $230
Rating: * * * ½
Recording digital television has always been difficult in Australia, especially if you want to share your recordings with friends.
Those concerned about piracy have stalled the introduction of digital television recorders for more than five years. The few exceptions are digital set-top boxes with hard-drive recorders - but with no way of burning your recording to disc or transferring it to another device.
Until such recorders find their way to Australia, the best way to record digital television is by computer.
The launch of Microsoft's Media Centre operating system last year spawned an array of off-the-shelf home theatre PCs. There are a few others about, but you can easily add a digital television tuner to your computer.
Digital television tuners come in two forms: a PCI card that fits into your computer, such as HauppaugeTV NOVA-t; or an external box connected to your computer via USB2.0, such as DVICO's FusionHDTV DVB-T USB. Neither allows you to output a signal directly to a television and stereo, but other products from the same manufacturers do.
The DVICO is easier to install than the Hauppauge because it doesn't require popping the bonnet on your computer, but once the hardware is in place and connected to your aerial both are simple to configure. After you install the software and scan for channels, you can sit back with the remote control and flick through both standard and high-definition digital channels. Both produced an excellent picture when tested on a Windows XP box with an AMD Athlon 2100+ processor and 512MB of DDR RAM under the bonnet.
Both devices let you record standard and HD broadcasts to the hard drive, along with digital radio, and schedule recordings similar to a VCR. Both can also wake the computer from hibernation to record a program.
Lack of access to an electronic program guide has been another big stumbling block for Australian digital television. EPGs allow recorders to check when favourite shows are on, but are of little use in this country because the commercial networks fail to start programs on time or even stick to their advertised schedules.
Both the DVICO and the Hauppauge promise access to an electronic program guide, but all they're referring to is the information embedded in digital broadcasts telling you the name of the program. You can't use this to trigger a recording, which is just as well because it's sometimes wrong.
The HauppaugeTV NOVA-t.
The HauppaugeTV NOVA-t.
The Hauppauge records broadcasts in MPEG2 format, which can be burned to disc and played using the supplied software, most other video software, and some DVD players. It can also access teletext.
The DVICO records in MPEG2 or transport stream format (which cannot be viewed using standard playback software) so it can simultaneously record all sub-channels broadcast by a network, such as multiple camera angles during the cricket. The DVICO software can extract a sub-channel and convert it to MPEG2, DVD or DivX if you want to share it.
Multi-angle broadcasting was spruiked as one of the key benefits of digital television, but networks rarely bother to use it. Even so it will be a nice feature to have when commercial broadcasters decide to take digital television seriously.
Another of the DVICO's strengths is its large, clear on-screen menu and a remote control pre-configured to work with Windows Media Player, WinAmp and PowerDVD. The remote also has access to advanced settings, such as screen ratio, making it a one-stop multimedia controller, with the DVICO sitting at the heart of a dedicated home theatre PC.
The DVICO's infra-red receiver is built into the box, while the Hauppauge's is a tiny dot on the end of a 1.5 metre cable.
Both devices allow you to time-shift live broadcasts, which means you can pause a live program while you make a coffee and resume where you left off, fast-forwarding through the ads until you catch up with the live broadcast. The DVICO can be set to always keep between one and 120 minutes in the buffer, so you can rewind live television for an instant replay.
The DVICO has more advanced features with a smoother user experience, but at a price - it requires Windows ME, 2000 or XP with DirectX9 running on at least a 800MHz processor but, realistically, well over 1GHz.
The Hauppauge will run on Windows 98SE with DirectX8.1 on a 600MHz. but obviously the higher the specs the better. Regardless of which device you use, you'll get best results from a 7200rpm or higher hard drive.
If you're looking to transform an old computer into a digital television recorder the Hauppauge is the better option, but the DVICO's advanced features make it the best choice if you want to build a fully fledged home-theatre PC.
At a glance
Specs: USB2.0 standard and HD television recorder.
Likes: Easy installation; remote works with any software; records multiple sub-channels.
Dislike: Requires modern computer; no teletext.
Specs: PCI card standard and HD television recorder with teletext.
Likes: Cheap; runs on older computers; comes with WinDVD4.0 software.
Dislikes: Clunky menus; basic remote.
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Introduction to Mental Health Preparedness
The following training is designed to raise awareness of the immediate and short-term mental health consequences of disasters for anyone who may be part of the disaster response. It was originally developed for public health professionals responsible for responding to public health emergencies including natural disasters, disease outbreaks and terrorist events. It may also be useful for staff from other organizations as well as community members who volunteer to assist in responding to emergencies.
Upon completion of this 3.5-hour training program, learners will be able to:
- Describe the mental health consequences of natural disasters and terrorist events.
- Identify the mental health effects of disasters including issues related to anxiety, stress and substance abuse as well as resilience.
- Recognize behaviors that can assist survivors immediately following a disaster.
- Identify additional training and technical assistance resources for mental health preparedness.
The 'Introduction to Mental Health Preparedness' training is videoand workbook-based and is appropriate for small group or self-paced learning.
A newly updated version of the training video and participant workbook in English and in Spanish is NOW available.
You may download the participant workbook, facilitator guide, evaluation forms, and the video script/slides here.
You may obtain a copy of the training video on DVD by contacting NCCPHP at _PHONE_ or _EMAIL_.


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This learning resource is the first in a series examining the changing roles played by women in the coal mining industry through the 19th and 20th centuries. The other resources include:
Downloads and related links are provided at the bottom of each page within the resource, to encourage further research.
KS3 History - Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, _PHONE_
To provide archive material supporting thematic work on the role of women in the coal mining industry.
Knowledge of women's roles in mining through a range of evidence
Understanding of key historical skills and processes of inquiry
Skills to present findings using a range of historical sources
View other relevant My Learning resources or scroll down for a list of links and resources on this topic.


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The purpose of the Sergeant at Arms is to maintain order during legislative proceedings and ensure that all parties present follow protocol. This role includes law enforcement responsibilities for the buildings in which the legislative body's meeting takes place, as well as ensuring security for those meetings.


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Zwischengoldgläser, (German: "gold between glasses"), drinking glasses decorated with engraving in gold leaf laminated between two pieces of glass. The term is usually applied to beakers, goblets, and tumblers produced in Bohemia during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, but examples have been found in Roman catacombs of the 3rd century. These early glasses were made as follows: The inner side of the bottom of the glass was covered with gold leaf and a design scratched through the gold. A disk of glass was then fused to the inside bottom, leaving the gold sandwiched between two layers of glass. The 17thand 18th-century technique was similar: Two glasses were made of identical shape, one slightly larger than the other. Gold leaf was applied to the outside of the smaller one and a design scratched on it; the smaller glass was then fitted into the larger and bonded to it. See also Mildner glass.
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The Richboro Elementary Meadow Project
Students in the Richboro Elementary Ecology Club have been planting a meadow each year since 2008. We were the first school in Council Rock School District to do so, and our project has inspired the District to plant four acres of meadows at several other Council Rock school locations.
Why plant meadows? Meadows provide habitats for more insects and other animals than green lawns. The first year we planted the meadow, we found two praying mantids had moved in! Additionally, meadows do not need to be mowed more than once a year, so they save fossil fuel. Below are photos and descriptions of our current meadow as well as meadows from previous years.
The Fourth Planting of
Richboro Elementary School's Meadow
Students in the Richboro Elementary School Ecology Club planted its fourth meadow this spring. Students sowed the flower seeds harvested last fall in the newly prepared plot. Additional native seeds, including sunflower and asters, were planted. Students and teachers look forward to seeing what surprises await when returning to school in the fall.
The Third Planting of
Richboro Elementary School's Meadow
The Ecology Club at Richboro Elementary School planted its meadow for a third growing season this April. Using seeds harvested from the meadow last fall, the club members, ranging from grades two through five, took turns planting seeds in a grid-like pattern across the meadow plot. Sunflower seeds were pushed into the ground with planting sticks, and the soil was raked to cover the seeds. As the club ended, the clouds gathered and watered the meadow, as if on cue. We look forward to watching our garden bloom as the seasons turn.
Richboro Elementary School's Meadow
The Ecology Club at Richboro Elementary School planted its meadow for a second growing season this April. The club, with over 40 students and 5 teachers, worked together to sow seeds on a drizzly, windy day. The seeds had been harvested by the students last fall from the meadow's first dried flowers. The charming sign, including drawings by 13 children, will be posted at the front of the meadow.
Richboro Elementary School's Meadow Blooms
and Seeds are Harvested
Last spring the Ecology Club at Richboro Elementary School planted seeds to create a meadow in the front of the building. Not certain how successful the meadow would be, the club members were greeted at the beginning of this school year by a surprisingly full field of colorful blooms. This fall the flowers matured to produce seeds. To complete the cycle, the Ecology Club plans to plant the seeds next spring.
The Earth Laughs in Flowers
Richboro Elementary School's Meadow Project
The Ecology Club at Richboro Elementary School planted a meadow for their final big project of the school year. Ecology Club students pulled out clumps of grass, and then teachers gave students seeds to plant in the plot. The students zig-zagged their way across the plot to ensure even coverage of the seeds. At the end of the day, each child received a small bag of seeds to plant at home with the saying, "The Earth Laughs in Flowers." The seeds had been sorted and packaged by students in the Autistic Support classes at Richboro Elementary.
The flowers hopefully will grow throughout the summer. In addition to adding beauty to the school, the meadow will reduce the fossil fuel needed to mow the grass all summer and will help insects gain a new home. The students and teachers look forward to seeing a wildflower meadow in full bloom at the beginning of the new school year in September.


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For the coffee shop company, often called Intelligentsia, for short, see Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea.
The intelligentsia (from Russian: интеллигенция from Latin: intelligentia) is a social class of people engaged in complex mental and creative labor directed to the development and dissemination of culture, encompassing intellectuals and social groups close to them (e.g., artists and school teachers). The term has been borrowed from the Russian language, a transliteration of "интеллигенция". Initially the term was applied mostly in the context of Russia and later Soviet Union, and had a narrower meaning based on a self-definition of a certain category of intellectuals.
History of the notion
The notion of an intellectual elite as a distinguished social stratum can be traced far back in history. Examples are the philosopher-kings and guardians of Plato's Republic and monks in medieval Europe, who are now seen as custodians of history and culture.
Use of the term "intelligentsia" is first reported to have occurred in the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century. For example, the word was casually used in the diaries of Vasily Zhukovsky, dated to 1836. In Poland, or more precisely in Greater Poland (which then was a part of the Kingdom of Prussia) the term was popularised in a sense close to the present one by Polish philosopher Karol Libelt, and became widespread in Polish science after the publication of his O miłości ojczyzny (On Love of the Motherland) in 1844, in which he defines "inteligencja" to be those well-educated members of the population who undertake to lead the people as scholars, teachers, clergy, engineers, and who guide for the reason of their higher enlightenment. The term was also popularised by a Russian writer, Pyotr Boborykin, in the 1860s, who proclaimed himself the "godfather" of the notion in 1904. From there it came into English and several other languages. In English this word is often applied to the "intelligentsia" in Central European and Eastern European countries in the 19th and 20th centuries. The distinction was based on the economic and cultural situation of intellectuals in these countries and is different from that in Western Europe or North America.
The emergence of elite classes of intellectuals or well-educated people had been observed in other European countries (e.g., "intellectuels" in France and "Gebildete" in Germany). However, there were important distinctions observed in the lands of the Russian Empire. These differences were caused by various historical processes, whose influence still is disputed by historians. The presence of long-lasting autocratic regimes or national suppression in this region, or a low level of general education in these countries in the 19th century, are among these. This situation motivated local intellectuals to elaborate a system of common values and a sense of mutual sympathy.
After the Partitions of Poland, Polish society remained divided into nobles—the surprisingly numerous class known as szlachta—and peasants. The political and cultural influence of the cities was small in relation to Western Europe, though this influence was growing. The need for educated specialists created a new class of educated people: hired professionals, such as clerks, physicians, and lawyers. They were recruited mainly from among former nobles, but increasingly from the urbanized classes.
The Polish intelligentsia specifically was considered the backbone of the modern Polish nation. Members of the intelligentsia were well aware of their social status and of their duties, of which working for the country and patriotism were considered the most important. A considerable part of the Polish intelligentsia was massacred either by the Germans or Soviets during World War II.
Today, the notion of the Polish intelligentsia has eroded, since, following widespread higher education, the "intelligentsia" has ceased to be an isolated social class. The values associated with intelligentsia, the values of an educated life, are strong in Polish society, though they are far less associated with a nationalistic movement today than in previous centuries.
Imperial Russia
Russian intelligentsia had a similar mixture of messianism and intellectual elitism.
Russian Marxists' perspective
In the ideology of Bolsheviks, intelligentsia is not a real class; its status is described by the Russian word "prosloyka", which is normally translated as "stratum," but in this context bears a deteriorative nuance. In other words, intelligentsia does not have a "real" place in the structure of the society: it is a midlayer between "toilers" and "exploiters". Intelligentsia grows by means of "recruiting" from among the people of labor, but its produce, i.e., the produce of its intellectual labor is just a sort of goods ordered and paid by the exploiter class. Hence its independence is a mere ideological illusion, and in fact intelligentsia is by large a class of "lackeys" of bourgeoisie and landowners. While de facto being an exploited category, en masse it lacks the revolutionary drive. Ironically, this theory was put forth by the representatives of intelligentsia itself, notably Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky among many others. In particular, Lenin is famous for his caustic remark that "[the] intelligentsia is not the 'brain of the nation', it is the'shit of the nation'".
Soviet Union
The Russian Revolution polarized the Russian intelligentsia, together with all other strata of the society. Some of them emigrated, some joined the White movement, some joined Bolsheviks (and some were Bolsheviks from the very beginning), some tried to oppose Bolsheviks within the political framework of Soviet Russia, some remained passive. Eventually Bolsheviks got rid of all opponents by various means ranging from forced deportation to execution. The remaining intelligentsia was supposed to serve "the cause of working class". While the importance of this class was not underestimated, it was treated with reservation.
In the late Soviet Union the term "intelligentsia" acquired a formal definition of mental and cultural workers. More specifically, there were categories of "scientific-technical intelligentsia" (научно-техническая интеллигенция) and "creative intelligentsia" (творческая интеллигенция). Teachers and lawyers were considered "intelligentsia" as well, but the corresponding adjectives to the word "intelligentsia" were used rarely. And of course, the ruling class was officially nameless: the terms nomenklatura and apparat were semi-formal: they were used in working documents, but not in the legal ones.
Broader usage
Some authors use the term "intelligentsia" in reference to intellectuals and certain upper middle class professionals, whose main task is to create and distribute knowledge.
Max Weber considered intelligentsia to be a major category essentially distinct from other social categories, both in terms of attributes and interests. In his major work, Economy and Society he used this term in arbitrary chronological and geographical frames, e.g., he wrote that "this Christian preoccupation with the formulation of dogmas was in Antiquity particularly influenced by the distinctive character of "intelligentsia", which was the product of Greek education When formulating major social classes of his time, Weber combines intelligentsia with other social categories, e.g., he defines a major class consisting of "the propertyless intelligentsia and specialists (technicians, various kinds of white-collar employees, civil servants – possible with considerable social differences depending on the cost of their training)" and yet other "classes privileged through property and education".
See also
 - Boborykin, P.D. Russian Intelligentsia In: Russian Thought, 1904, # 12 (In Russian; Боборыкин П.Д. Русская интеллигенция// Русская мысль. 1904. №12;)
 - Zhukovsky V. A. From the Diaries of Years _PHONE_, In: Our Heritage, Moscow, #32, 1994. (In Russian; Жуковский В.А. Из дневников 1827–1840 гг. // Наше наследие. М., 1994. №32.)
 - The record dated by February 2, 1836 says: "Через три часа после этого общего бедствия... осветился великолепный Энгельгардтов дом, и к нему потянулись кареты, все наполненные лучшим петербургским дворянством, тем, которые у нас представляют всю русскую европейскую интеллигенцию" ("After three hours after this common disaster... the magnificent Engelhardt's house was lit up and coaches started coming, filled with the best Peterburg dvoryanstvo, the ones who represent here the best Russian European intelligentsia.") The casual, i.e., no-philosophical and non-literary context, suggests that the word was in common circulation.
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Organizational Performance Part 39: Understanding the Accuracy of 100% Inspection | Operational Excellence Quick Hits
Quick Hits share weekly tips and techniques on topics related to Operational Excellence. This week's theme relates to understanding the accuracy of inspection. We hope you enjoy the information presented!
Speaker 1: (00:05)
In today's session, we're going to continue on the series of establishing the right mindset within an organization and continue to challenge the underlying assumptions about different concepts or beliefs in organizations. Today's session, we're going to talk about 100% inspection. So a lot of times when I go into companies, they think 100% inspection is 100% accurate, so I want to challenge that belief. And first of all, let's define what is 100% inspection. So, it means that every item is inspected. In other words, all elements or features of a particular item are compared against a predetermined specification of defined requirements. So it doesn't matter what it is. It could be a piece of paper, it could be an application, it could be a product. It could be a service where we're looking at, was the service provided as expected? So a lot of companies you inspection as a means to determine if the process was being performed correctly.
Speaker 1: (01:09)
If an item meets all the specifications of the defined requirements, then the item is acceptable. And then, if the item being inspected fails to meet one of the specifications of the defined requirements, then the item is rejected. And again, we're looking at the requirements from the customer's perspective.
Speaker 1: (01:31)
When we look at inspection, there can be two types of errors. So I want to describe these two types of errors so people are familiar with the types of errors that can happen in an inspection process. So the first is what we call type one error. And what that means is, accepting a defective item as a good item. So this type of error increases the risk that the customer will receive a defective item. The other type of error is what we call type two error. This is rejecting a good item as a defective item. So the product is actually good and the service is actually good, but it gets rejected, okay? So this type of error increases the cost of quality within an organization. So typically, these two types of errors are the errors that we're looking for when we look at 100% inspection.
Speaker 1: (02:25)
Always we speak with data, so I go into companies and I ask them how accurate is 100% inspection and we do a little exercise. And the exercise is to demonstrate how accurate is 100% inspection. So I have this little game or this little example where I have a story and the people need to read through the story one time, so it's 100% inspection. So one time through the story. And what they're looking for is the letter G, the letter G is a defect, okay. And what they need to do is count the number of defects in this story. So if I just do a quick little example here, "while strolling," and if I look at strolling, there's one G at the end of strolling, so that's my first defect. And then I look through and there's another G. So what I'm going to do, is I'm just going through the story one time and counting the number of Gs.
Speaker 1: (03:20)
And then what I do, is I collect that data at the end of the session, then I give them a few minutes to go through and do the analysis. And this is the data that I get from it. And so, you see that I got variation. So we have different people that are doing the exercise and we get different results, anywhere from 72 to 83. So, first of all, I started to see that there's variation just in the inspection process. And when we look at it, we have a range of number of defects we find, and we can take the average of this. And so when I look at the data, the average number of defects found was 77.2. The actual number of defects in the story is 83. So there's only one person that actually found all the defects from our sample. And then, so I can calculate the inspection accuracy by taking the average and dividing by the total number of defects. And so in this case, the inspection was only 93% accurate. So that tells me that 7% defects are going to get through the system in this example where we're using inspection-based quality.
Speaker 1: (04:41)
I also want to point out a couple things here also, is that in this simple example, the following conditions happen, which are not usually likely in most organizations. One, there's only one characteristic being inspected. So it's just, we're looking for the letter G and there's no variability, it's either a G or it's not a G. And third, there's no disruption happening during the inspection process. So it's not like you start and then get interrupted, and have to go back and continue inspecting. 93% accuracy when there's zero variability in the decision criteria, there's no interruptions and there's only one characteristic. In reality, there's typically multiple characteristics and there's usually some variation in the decision making. So if I'm looking at a heart and I'm looking at a scratch, or I'm looking at a bur, or I'm looking at a crack, or I'm looking at a discoloration there's variation in the decision making alone. We're not even considering that in this example.
Speaker 1: (05:51)
So what we see is 100% inspection is not a hundred percent accurate. Depending on the situation, it can be anywhere from 80% accurate up to 93% accurate in this case. To get better results using inspection-based quality, you have to start doing 200%, 300%, 400% inspection to get 100% accurate. And of course doing those number of inspections is just going to drive cost up.
Speaker 1: (06:22)
That is our challenge for this week, 100% inspection is not 100% accurate. In next week's session we're going to talk about a resource standing idle, and if we have an idle resource, that's a major waste.


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The 1000-km-long Darlag-Lanzhou-Jingbian seismic refraction profile is located in the NE margin of the Tibetan plateau. This profile crosses the northern Songpan-Ganzi terrane, the Qinling-Qilian fold system, the Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region, and the stable Ordos basin. The P-wave and S-wave velocity structure and Poisson's ratios reveal many significant characteristics in the profile. The crustal thickness increases from northeast to southwest. The average crustal thickness observed increases from 42??km in the Ordos basin to 63??km in the Songpan-Ganzi terrane. The crust becomes obviously thicker south of the Haiyuan fault and beneath the West-Qinlin Shan. The crustal velocities have significant variations along the profile. The average P-wave velocities for the crystalline crust vary between 6.3 and 6.4??km/s. Beneath the Songpan-Ganzi terrane, West-Qinling Shan, and Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region P-wave velocities of 6.3??km/s are 0.15??km/s lower than the worldwide average of 6.45??km/s. North of the Kunlun fault, with exclusion of the Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region, the average P-wave velocity is 6.4??km/s and only 0.5??km/s lower than the worldwide average. A combination of the P-wave velocity and Poisson's ratio suggests that the crust is dominantly felsic in composition with an intermediate composition at the base. A mafic lower crust is absent in the NE margin of the Tibetan plateau from the Songpan-Ganzi terrane to the Ordos basin. There are low velocity zones in the West-Qinling Shan and the Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region. The low velocity zones have low S-wave velocities and high Poisson's ratios, so it is possible these zones are due to partial melting. The crust is divided into two layers, the upper and the lower crust, with crustal thickening mainly in the lower crust as the NE Tibetan plateau is approached. The results in the study show that the thickness of the lower crust increases from 22 to 38??km as the crustal thickness increases from 42??km in the Ordos basin to 63??km in the Songpan-Ganzi terrane south of the Kunlun fault. Both the Conrad discontinuity and Moho in the West-Qinling Shan and in the Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region are laminated interfaces, implying intense tectonic activity. The arcuate faults and large earthquakes in the Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region are the result of interaction between the Tibetan plateau and the Sino-Korean and Gobi Ala Shan platforms.?? 2006.
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I am thinking of extending an irreducible cuspidal representation to more bigger group. My question is almost same with the earlier one posted by Neal Harris except the only one.
Let me first invoke his original question.
"Let $E/F$ be a quadratic extension of number fields, and let $V$ be an $n$-dimensional Hermitian space over $E$.
Let $\tilde{G} := GU(V)$ and $G := U(V)$. Suppose that $(\pi, V_{\pi})$ is an irreducible cuspidal representation of $G.$
Is there an irreducible cuspidal representation $(\tilde{\pi}, V_{\tilde{\pi}})$ of $\tilde{G}$ such that $V_\pi \subset V_{\tilde{\pi}}|_{G}$? Note that here, the restriction is that of cusp forms, not of the representation itself."
The difference between mine and his is this; While his assumption G=U(2) and $\tilde{G}$=GU(2) hit the condition $\tilde{G}_{der}\subset G\subset\tilde{G}$, a core property after the Mattew's comment on the post, but my situation does not satisfy this.
Because, I am considering the case $G=E^{\times}, \tilde{G}=B^{\times}$ where E/F is quadratic extension of number fields and B is a quaternion algebra over F with a fixed embedding $E \hookrightarrow B$. Is there no hope in this case?
Since this question is very important to me, if you leave some comment or reference treating this, I will be very appreciate to you.
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extending cusp forms)
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Looked at a slightly different way: the question of what happens when automorphic forms/repns are restricted to subgroups has complicated answers, in general. It can be treated as a problem in spectral decomposition, say in $L^2$. Another keyword is "period integral" for the integral expressions for the spectral components. Some examples are well-known in other terms: the "Mellin transform" integral that produces the standard L-function for GL(2) cuspforms can be construed (on the critical line!) as computing the spectral components of the restriction of the cuspform to the GL(1) imbedded in the upper left corner. The $GL(n-1)\times GL(n)$ integral formulas amount to computing the $GL(n-1)$ components of the restriction of a cuspform from $GL(n)$.
In other cases, sometimes it is feasible or elementary to compute periods of Eisenstein series, while the corresponding periods for cuspforms are much less elementary. (The Gross-Prasad conjectures were/are an example of this.)
In your specific situation, there are results of Waldspurger that may be approximately what you want.
Given that many of these periods/decomposition coefficients are values of L-functions at the center of the critical strip, except for trivial vanishing due to signs in functional equations, it is non-trivial to prove non-vanishing or vanishing. Thus, to ask that such a period be non-zero for exactly one cuspform would seem to be too much to ask, although perhaps very difficult to prove or disprove.
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Thanks Paul. I will search for Waldspurger's papers. – Jude Dec 25 '12 at 3:18
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IAS 2 — Inventories
IAS 2 Inventories contains the requirements on how to account for most types of inventory. The standard requires inventories to be measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value (NRV) and outlines acceptable methods of determining cost, including specific identification (in some cases), first-in first-out (FIFO) and weighted average cost.
A revised version of IAS 2 was issued in December 2003 and applies to annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
History of IAS 2
|September 1974||Exposure Draft E2 Valuation and Presentation of Inventories in the Context of the Historical Cost System|
|October 1975||IAS 2, Valuation and Presentation of Inventories in the Context of the Historical Cost System|
|August 1991||Exposure Draft E38 Inventories|
|December 1993||IAS 2 (1993) Inventories (revised as part of the 'Comparability of Financial Statements' project)|
|1 January 1995||Effective date of IAS 2 (1993)|
|18 December 2003||Revised version of IAS 2 issued by the IASB|
|1 January 2005||Effective date of IAS 2 (Revised 2003)|
- IFRIC 20 Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine
- SIC-1 Consistency - Different Cost Formulas for Inventories. SIC-1 was superseded by and incorporated into IAS 2 (Revised 2003).
Summary of IAS 2
Objective of IAS 2
The objective of IAS 2 is to prescribe the accounting treatment for inventories. It provides guidance for determining the cost of inventories and for subsequently recognising an expense, including any write-down to net realisable value. It also provides guidance on the cost formulas that are used to assign costs to inventories.
Inventories include assets held for sale in the ordinary course of business (finished goods), assets in the production process for sale in the ordinary course of business (work in process), and materials and supplies that are consumed in production (raw materials). [IAS 2.6]
However, IAS 2 excludes certain inventories from its scope: [IAS 2.2]
- work in process arising under construction contracts (see IAS 11 Construction Contracts)
- financial instruments (see IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement)
- biological assets related to agricultural activity and agricultural produce at the point of harvest (see IAS 41 Agriculture).
Also, while the following are within the scope of the standard, IAS 2 does not apply to the measurement of inventories held by: [IAS 2.3]
- producers of agricultural and forest products, agricultural produce after harvest, and minerals and mineral products, to the extent that they are measured at net realisable value (above or below cost) in accordance with well-established practices in those industries. When such inventories are measured at net realisable value, changes in that value are recognised in profit or loss in the period of the change.
- commodity brokers and dealers who measure their inventories at fair value less costs to sell. When such inventories are measured at fair value less costs to sell, changes in fair value less costs to sell are recognised in profit or loss in the period of the change.
Fundamental principle of IAS 2
Inventories are required to be stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value (NRV). [IAS 2.9]
Measurement of inventories
Cost should include all: [IAS 2.10]
- costs of purchase (including taxes, transport, and handling) net of trade discounts received
- costs of conversion (including fixed and variable manufacturing overheads) and
- other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition
IAS 23 Borrowing Costs identifies some limited circumstances where borrowing costs (interest) can be included in cost of inventories that meet the definition of a qualifying asset. [IAS 2.17 and IAS 23.4]
Inventory cost should not include: [IAS 2.16 and 2.18]
- abnormal waste
- storage costs
- administrative overheads unrelated to production
- selling costs
- foreign exchange differences arising directly on the recent acquisition of inventories invoiced in a foreign currency
- interest cost when inventories are purchased with deferred settlement terms.
The standard cost and retail methods may be used for the measurement of cost, provided that the results approximate actual cost. [IAS 2.21-22]
For inventory items that are not interchangeable, specific costs are attributed to the specific individual items of inventory. [IAS 2.23]
For items that are interchangeable, IAS 2 allows the FIFO or weighted average cost formulas. [IAS 2.25] The LIFO formula, which had been allowed prior to the 2003 revision of IAS 2, is no longer allowed.
The same cost formula should be used for all inventories with similar characteristics as to their nature and use to the entity. For groups of inventories that have different characteristics, different cost formulas may be justified. [IAS 2.25]
Write-down to net realisable value
NRV is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the estimated cost of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale. [IAS 2.6] Any write-down to NRV should be recognised as an expense in the period in which the write-down occurs. Any reversal should be recognised in the income statement in the period in which the reversal occurs. [IAS 2.34]
IAS 18 Revenue addresses revenue recognition for the sale of goods. When inventories are sold and revenue is recognised, the carrying amount of those inventories is recognised as an expense (often called cost-of-goods-sold). Any write-down to NRV and any inventory losses are also recognised as an expense when they occur. [IAS 2.34]
Required disclosures: [IAS 2.36]
- accounting policy for inventories
- carrying amount, generally classified as merchandise, supplies, materials, work in progress, and finished goods. The classifications depend on what is appropriate for the entity
- carrying amount of any inventories carried at fair value less costs to sell
- amount of any write-down of inventories recognised as an expense in the period
- amount of any reversal of a writedown to NRV and the circumstances that led to such reversal
- carrying amount of inventories pledged as security for liabilities
- cost of inventories recognised as expense (cost of goods sold). IAS 2 acknowledges that some enterprises classify income statement expenses by nature (materials, labour, and so on) rather than by function (cost of goods sold, selling expense, and so on). Accordingly, as an alternative to disclosing cost of goods sold expense, IAS 2 allows an entity to disclose operating costs recognised during the period by nature of the cost (raw materials and consumables, labour costs, other operating costs) and the amount of the net change in inventories for the period). [IAS 2.39] This is consistent with IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements, which allows presentation of expenses by function or nature.


Friction Welding Your 3D Prints
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A common technique to successfully 3D print complex objects is to print separate pieces and then glue them together. But are there other techniques for joining pieces together? Apparently yes.
There is a technique known as "friction welding", which uses the principle of friction-generated heat. If there is sufficient friction, the heat may be high enough to melt or soften 3D prints made of ABS and particularly of PLA as they have a lower melt temperature.
In this video friction welding is demonstrated. The approach is to insert a filament segment into a Dremel or similar tool and spin it at very high speed. The tip of the rotating filament touches the print and friction generates heat. Some of the filament's melted plastic is deposited on the print if you handle it carefully. You can also drill smooth holes in the print by simply pushing the filament through.
Is this approach useful for joining two pieces together? Maybe, but it would require a lot of very careful work to do so. Probably it's less effective for joining pieces than it is for welding holes closed and other small repairs.
But it's yet another approach to put in your 3D printing toolkit.
Via YouTube


text: Hi, I'm Charles Boning. I'm the author of Florida's Best Fruiting Plants. I'm here at Jene's Tropicals to talk briefly about how to prune a mature Japanese plum tree. Now, Japanese plum trees are members of the species Prunus Salicina, are more vigorous in growth than the European species, which is Prunus Domestica. And as a result, they require somewhat more aggressive pruning practices, both in the late winter when the major pruning takes place, and in the summer when light pruning takes place. In the winter, it may be necessary, and hopefully by the time it's mature, a basic scaffolding system is formed on the tree, which generally in Japanese plums as in other types of plums, is V system of pruning. It should have an open center with the major branches splayed out at about a forty five degree angle. But at that point you want to be fairly aggressive in cutting off laterals, and in making sure that the basic framework of the tree in maintained intact. In the summer it may be necessary to clip back overaggressive, vertical growth, and overaggressive laterals, as well. And certainly, in the summer you need to take out any dead wood, any crossing branches, or any water sprouts. Essentially, it's a matter of maintenance, and once the basic framework of the tree is formed, which should take place within four years, it's strictly a matter of staying on top of the tree and making sure it doesn't get out of hand. Another thing that the person pruning a mature Japanese plum tree should be cognizant of is the way to prune major branches, should that be necessary. And you should always use a three cut rule. That means is you're using a chainsaw on a branch, you come in first from the bottom, then you cut a joining cut from the top and lop off the entire branch, and then you remove the stump. That way, as the branch breaks, it won't strip a bunch of bark from the tree, and that's an important thing to remember. I'm Charles Boning, and that's how to prune a mature Japanese plum tree.


Understanding and Improving Operating Room Scheduling at the VA-Ann Arbor Health System
Faculty/Clinicians/Staff: Prof. Amy Cohn, Dr. Ted Skolarus, Justin Dedecker, Dr. Tamar Lake, Rachel Moeckel, William Pozehl, Melissa Ringlein, Daniel Weir
Students: Fumiya Abe-Nornes, Samir Agrwala, Eric Chen, Laura Hattar, Malcolm Hudson, Max Wagner, Lan Yue, Shuhao Zhou
Project Contact: _EMAIL_
Project Synopsis:
Operating rooms (ORs) are vital to the overall operations of a hospital while also being one of their most expensive resources. Thus, it is imperative to maximize OR efficiency so that hospitals can increase their overall capacity for patient care while also saving significant amounts of money.
In this project, CHEPS is working with the surgical team at the VA-Ann Arbor Healthcare System in order to strategize ways of improving their OR efficiency. Some of the key performance indicators that we have focused on so far include:
 - OR Utilization: Proportion of scheduled OR time that is actually used for surgery
 - First-Case On-Time Start Rate: Proportion of first operations of the day that start at or before the scheduled time
 - Turnaround Time: Time in between two scheduled surgeries in the same OR
We are investigating specific factors within each of these areas that contribute to overall OR inefficiency by analyzing data from previous surgeries at the VA. The goal is to understand the current state of operations and eventually provide any needed interventions.
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noun (plural bilbies)
- another term for rabbit-eared bandicoot.More example sentences
- If you look at just the numbers of small native animals like woylies and potoroos and bilbies, at the end of '98 we had 900, 2001, three years later we had 2,500.
- Tragically though, sanctuaries like this are becoming the only place to see creatures such as bilbies, bettongs and bandicoots.
- I mean, we have an enormous wealth of reptiles, the richest in the world, our insects are amazing, our marsupials, our numbats and our bandicoots and our bilbies - how many people have seen a bilby or know what a bilby is?
late 19th century: probably from an Aboriginal language.


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I wish to get an excel list of all the items on loan
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Opslaan als pdf
- Amlib Stockitems
- Amlib Circulation
- Navigate to Main > Stockitems > StockitemWhere.
- Select On Loan from Box 1. From Box 2 select = and in Box 3 enter Y. Click Paste.
- Click F5 Query and answer N to the message about the File.
- All items currently on loan will display.
- Highlight all the rows and go to Main > Base > Copy. This will save them to the clipboard of the computer.
- Open a new workbook in Excel. Paste the contents into the empty workbook. It is then possible to remove any columns not required.
- When performing this type of Where search be aware of the search size in Amlib. Prior to running the list it is possible to set the search size higher than the default. Go to Stockitem > Item > Query Settings > Set Search Size. Set it to the maximum (in the latest release, it is possible to set the search size to 10,000). If the maximum is reached it is possible to Continue the Query from the Table Menu or by pressing F11


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QALYs and carers
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- PharmacoEconomics, 2011, 29 (12), pp. 1015 - 1023
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When going 'beyond the patient', to measure QALYs for unpaid carers, a number of additional methodological considerations and value judgements must be made. While there is no theoretical reason to restrict the measurement of QALYs to patients, decisions have to be made about which carers to consider, what instruments to use and how to aggregate and present QALYs for carers and patients. Current, albeit limited, practice in measuring QALY gains to carers in economic evaluation varies, suggesting that there may be inconsistency in judgements about whether interventions are deemed cost effective.While conventional health-related quality-of-life tools can, in theory, be used to estimate QALYs, there are both theoretical and empirical concerns over the suitability of their use with carers. Measures that take a broader view of health or well-being may be more appropriate. Incorporating QALYs of carers in economic evaluations may have important distributional consequences and, therefore, greater normative discussion over the appropriateness of incorporating these impacts is required. In the longer term, more flexible forms of cost-per-QALY analysis may be required to take account of the broader impacts on carers and the weight these impacts should receive in decision making. © 2011 Adis Data Information BV. All rights reserved.
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MAXINE HUNTE AND LEIGH-ANN WALDROPT BONAIR, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Abstract: Crime represents a substantial development challenge in the Caribbean region. In Trinidad and Tobago, crime is a high priority issue that consumes public and government attention. Consequently, the government is confronted with increasing pressure to implement effective policy to respond to the escalating crime. This paper attempts to explore the changing nature and trends in crime in Trinidad and Tobago. It particularly focuses on the upsurge in violent (serious) crimes, with special emphasis on homicides and its 'juvenisation'. The paper also discusses the implications of these demographic changes and proposes appropriate crime reduction strategies.
Keywords: Crime, homicide, youth, crime reduction strategies, Trinidad and Tobago


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|Origin:||mangler, from Old French maynier; MAIM|
to damage or injure something badly by crushing or twisting it:
The trap closed round her leg, badly mangling her ankle.
to spoil something such as a speech or piece of music, by saying or playing it badly:
The orchestra had mangled Bach's music.
—mangled adjective [only before noun]
the mangled remains of the aircraft


text: In this study, we report a facile strategy to prepare a new class of red phosphorus (RP) decorated and doped TiO2 (A: anatase and B: TiO2(B)) nanofibers with boosted photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance from pure water. The optimized TiO2(B)/RP and TiO2(A)/RP heterostructure exhibits significantly enhanced photocatalytic performances, with HER rate reaching 11.4 and 5.3 μmol h−1, respectively. The optical absorption of TiO2 is significantly extended to the visible light region after decoration of RP. And more oxygen vacancies (VO) were introduced by phosphorus doping in the TiO2(B)/RP than TiO2(A)/RP. The theoretical calculations illustrate the formation of VO can decrease the ratio of effective masses of electron to hole, which gives rise to promoted photoinduced charge separation and transfer. These results suggest that the boosted photocatalytic HER performance should be mainly attributed to the synergetic enhancement in light harvesting and charge separation enabled by RP deposition and P5+ doping.


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The mechanics of a power kick_using soccer as an example_
Final ball velocity depends upon several factors. There are, however, three primary determinants in ball velocity:
If the hip of the kicking leg is not fully extended prior to foot plant, subsequent leg swing velocity will be reduced. This extension ("cocking") of the hip (1) allows greater distance for the leg to increase its velocity on the forward swing, (2) stretches the muscles which cross the hip to facilitate their contraction and recoil of the leg, and (3) permits greater rotation of the hip.
If the supporting leg flexes excessively during foot plant, the velocity of the kicking leg will be reduced.
On the other hand, a firm supporting leg "blocks" the forward motion of its hip and increases the velocity of the swing leg.
Improper coordination and sequencing of movements in the kick will reduce possible ball velocity.
The order of events in the kicking leg, following hip extension, are: (1) hip rotation, (2) forward swing of the thigh, and (3) forward swing of the shank. Each of these movements should increase the velocity of the subsequent segment resulting in maximum velocity at the foot just prior to impact with the ball. The action of the leg should be like a whip "snapped" at the ball.


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Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World
Our Scientist and Illustrator Describe Their Work
Our planet's rich diversity of plant life is currently at risk. Ecosystems are changing rapidly, and more than 20% of the world's flora is threatened with extinction. In most cases, plants become endangered due to human activities, and human efforts will be needed to reverse this trend.
Scientists are racing to gather information on known plants and to document the estimated 50,000 plant species that have never been scientifically described. Botanical artists work alongside them to capture plant diversity for future generations and remind us about our own vanishing botanical wealth.
Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World, a traveling exhibition developed by the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA), explores the conservation efforts of scientists and illustrators around the globe. The exhibition will be open to the public at the National Museum of Natural History, First Floor, from August 14 - December 12, 2010. Visitors to the exhibit will see 44 botanical illustrations, live plants, and specimens of rare and endangered plants from the Museum's collection.
This traveling exhibition is organized by the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting public awareness of botanical art, its traditions, and its growth into the new millennium.
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This paper describes an attempt on the word recognition using a matrix of feature vectors as a description unit for a time pattern. Pseudo-phoneme patterns represented by the matrices are extracted in advance by a vector quantization. The connected words recognition is conducted using these pseudo-phoneme patterns and Continuous Dynamic Programming. Distance measures among matrices and an algorithm of the vector quantization are described. Results of preparatory experiment are shown for 54 city names.
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|Journal||Denshi Gijutsu Sogo Kenkyusho Iho/Bulletin of the Electrotechnical Laboratory|
|Publication status||Published - 1986|
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering


Implication of blink reflex defect and Parkinson's
Blink reflex has been found to be abnormal in 70% of Parkinson's patients. This associated pathology very strongly supports the jaw misalignment hypothesis of Parkinsonism since trigeminal stimulation impacts blink response.
Blink reflex (see corneal reflex/ Wikipedia)is the closing of the eyelid when the eye is endangered. Blink reflex defects usually involves excess frequency of blinking or decreased frequency of blinking. Greater activation of dopaminergic pathways dopamine production in the striatum is associated with a higher rate of spontaneous eye blinking. Conditions in which there is reduced dopamine availability such as Parkinson's disease have reduced eye blink rate, while conditions in which it is raised such as schizophrenia have an increased rate. Generally, between each blink is an interval of 2–10 seconds; actual rates vary by individual averaging around 10 blinks per minute. Eye blinking can be a criterion for diagnosing medical conditions. For example, excessive blinking may help to indicate the onset of Tourette syndrome, strokes or disorders of the nervous system. A reduced rate of blinking is associated with Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's patients have a distinct serpentine stare that is very recognizable (Wikipedia: blink).
Blink reflex involves trigeminal sensory input, and seventh cranial nerve output. Bite dysfunction can cause altered trigeminal sensory input and thus cause abnormal blink reflex (supported by published literature and case histories in my practice). This close connection with the trigeminal has been overlooked in all the articles I have found on Parkinson's and blink reflex; most articles assume that the blink reflex defect is caused by dysfunction within the brain stem.
Blink reflex defect is also associated with ALS and scleraderma. I am currently writing an article hypothesizing that bite therapy will likely be effective at reversing ALS.
Dr. Jennings
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A hull free of marine growth keeps a boat working at its peak hydrodynamic performance level. A clean hull is safe, fast, and efficient; a bottom that is fouled (the appropriate maritime industry term) cuts speed and maneuverability and lowers fuel economy. Also, a clean hull makes a boat far more marketable to potential renters and looks good when underway.
If your boat stays in the water for at least part of the year, a good coat of anti-fouling paint will enable peak performance. Many boaters find bottom painting messy, tedious, and time-consuming, but it is one of the key preventative maintenance jobs that keeps a boat shipshape.
It is important to remember that modern bottom paints are designed to perform a specific purpose, use highly-developed science to do their jobs, come in a dizzying array of names, removal and application techniques, and have complex paint and hull compatibility issues. Stringent air, soil, and water pollution protection measures are involved in hull cleaning and painting. These and other factors, including regional environmental regulations, can be overwhelming for a boater tackling a hull paint job for the first time. The best approach may be to find a boatyard that provides hull-painting services to do the job initially and to participate as much as possible in the project to learn how to do it correctly.
Bottom Paint Prevents Marine Growth on Boat Hulls
Protecting hulls from marine growth has its roots in the days of sail, when wooden sailing vessels were severely affected by barnacles, algae, other creatures, and seaweed that attached to their hulls. Thin sheets of copper were affixed to the hull to prevent the marine growth, which was generally effective. As steel became the predominant material for ship hulls, paints that contained copper and later, tin, were developed to protect the hulls.
Beginning in the 1950s, anti-fouling paints were formulated with other special chemicals like tributyltin (TBT), organotin compounds, and other biocides to impede marine organism growth. In the 1960s and 1970s, bottom paints containing TBT became the industry standard for anti-fouling applications on commercial and recreational vessels. The substance was banned a few years ago around the globe because of its serious toxic effects on humans, marine life, and the environment.
Tips for a Boat's Bottom Paint
The following tips about bottom painting provide a very basic primer about bottom painting, information about paint types, and recommendations about how to approach a painting project.
- A regular regimen of hull washing and inspection after every use is the short-cut way to avoid costly and tedious bottom painting efforts. Even with attentive maintenance, the hull will eventually need repainting. Keep an eye out for paint that is cracked, excessively faded, or peeling.
- Sloughing or ablative bottom coatings contain biocides that kill marine organisms, like barnacles and algae and are formulated to "ablate," or gradually wear off, exposing a fresh layer of biocide. Ablative anti-fouling paint will not lose its effectiveness even if the boat is stored out of the water.
- A range of other biocide compounds and materials are available in modern bottom paints. Their application depends on the type of hull and whether the boat is used in salt, brackish or fresh water, how frequently the boat is underway, where it is stored, and to a degree, the region of the country where the boat is used.
- To prepare for a bottom painting project, determine the type of paint on the hull, which may take some detective work, especially if the boat was bought used. If the hull paint is unknown but a new coat is needed, applying a tie-coat primer prepares the unknown surface and allows a new coat of any anti-fouling paint to be applied.
- Particularly if the hull is of fiberglass construction, prepare the hull for painting by blasting with environmentally-friendly materials like walnut shells, baking soda, glass beads,or corncobs.
- Closely follow manufacturer instructions and safety precautions when applying new paint and removing paint already on the boat.
- Use plastic sheets under the boat to collect paint chips, sanding residue, and drips, Dispose the material responsibly.
- Optimal painting conditions are at temperatures between 50-80 degrees and when relative humidity is below 65%.
- Wear protective clothing, especially for the eyes and hands, and a mask to protect lungs.
- Paint with a zinc or a copper biocide is best for aluminum hulls or sterndrives.
- Modified epoxy paint is best for boats used infrequently because it has good antifouling properties when the boat is inactive.
- For boats in the water year-round, a high copper-content modified epoxy paint that prevents growth by leaching biocides upon contact with water is best. This type of paint releases the biocide at a decreasing rate, leaving the hard coating of the original thickness.
The Future of Bottom Paint
The combination of advanced research in paint technology and marine biology continues to produce innovative bottom paints that are increasingly less toxic to the marine environment and to humans. One type provides good anti-fouling protection by producing hydrogen peroxide when exposed to the sun or artificial light. Another development for replacing cooper and tin in anti-fouling paint is slime. Micromesh covering a boat's hull contains a material which turns into a viscous slime on contact with water and coats the micromesh. The slime constantly ablates, carrying away microorganisms and barnacle larvae as it wears away.
Today's bottom paints are designed to perform a specific purpose, use highly-developed science to do their jobs, and have complex paint and hull compatibility issues. Strict environmental measures around the country affect how boat hulls are cleaned, stripped, and repainted. Understanding all facets of hull painting and the variety of available paints can save money, time, and effort, and provide protection for the hull that meets user needs.
Learn about the various types of hulls and what they are best used for in this article.


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GEOC 3201 Sequence Stratigraphy
Definitions of seismic and sequence stratigraphy and seismic geomorphology. History of seismic and sequence stratigraphy. Lithostratigraphy. Chronostratigrapy. Recent advances and the future; impact of technologies. Seismic geomorphology. Fundamentals of sequence stratigraphy time basis of stratigraphic analysis. Importance of scale in sequence stratigraphy. Sequences, parasequences, systems tracts, facies. Biostratigraphy and importance to sequence stratigraphy. Trace and body fossils. Condensed sections and sequence boundaries. The Lowstand Systems Tract. Types and distribution of reservoir, source, and seal rocks. The Transgressive Systems Tract. Types and distribution of reservoir, source, and seal rocks. The Highstand Systems Tract. Types and distribution of reservoir, source, and seal rocks. G. A workflow for building an integrated sequence stratigraphic framework. Integration of rocks, fossils, well logs, geochemistry, seismic, and well tests. Application of sequence stratigraphy workflow to common clastic rocks (non-marine, shallow and deep marine). Carbonate sequence stratigraphy. Example case studies from: U.S. Mexico Gulf of Mexico, onshore North America, Australia, Indonesia, and elsewhere.
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