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How to become the Town Joke in one season, How to find everything you don't want to in the Minnesota Woods, How to get stalked in 15 minutes, How to not die too young, Lisa "Doe", My new address: C/O Heaven, Trust God, Walk the Burn - October 19, 2021
The Suspects . . . Notes from Lisa Loucks-Christenson's Walk the Burn, Winter Bugs, and 2006, Year Two Dancer & Daedee . . .
2006, Year Two Dancer & Daedee: Epiphany Season
Sample of the documentaries. From raw text files, not edited. This was a real conversation between Lisa and a couple men who watched over her because of the problems she was having in the Whitewater Valley, while working on her Walk The Burn, Winter Bugs, and Lisa's Bald Eagle Documentaries.
This man above that Paul saw watching me, is who I refer to as "Edward" in the documentaries. If you read my books, you'll find that Edward, along with his brother, and the man that ran the trap lines around any trace of safety I had, were constant threats to me--where ever I walked, but especially in a couple of areas. Figuring out their plans was only half my challenge, the rest I documented by following my instincts.
"Edward" was always trying to get me to his house, or to go with him to Tiffany Bottoms, a nearby wildlife refuge full of massasauga rattlesnakes. Snakes that he claimed to have had in his possession, along with a breeding pair of timber rattlesnakes--at his house. Snakes I told the CO about. The conservation officer warned me that by turning him in, I'd be bringing trouble onto myself and asked if I was prepared for that?
What was the difference? Had I not already had enough "experiences?"
The sheriff told me, after another incident with Edward and co-heart(s), I had become the "town joke" and everyone wanted to mess with the "Nature Photographer".
Now, years later, I return to the valley when I want to . . . and someone else is living in his house. Who is laughing now?


Do you look for an action scene that rivets your eyes to a page, by page, turning to the next until late in the night? Action scenes that reach down your throat making you gasp for breath, or conflict and bold action acts seeming almost impossible to perform, but you love it anyway.
And when "The End" arrives, you strut around several hours thinking that you have lived a full life. Realizing in time that you immersed yourself directly into the character's lives—in the book you had just laid rest.
Most of us can relate, and in my opinion, reading gives us the exact amount of emotional release, with little cost. It's a pity that there is a dwindling number of readers for pleasure anymore.
However, if there were more inspiring authors like J.K. Rowling, that conclusion may reverse. She literally gave birth, too many a new reader.
•	Which authors do you most resonate with in their action, and conflict scenes?
•	Do you have any examples?
•	How about your best action or scenes of conflict, show some examples, and if you choose, furnish the Amazon link.
As you see it … what makes the best action scenes? Explosions i.e. the special effects created in the readers mind, and or a protagonist escaping or prevailing against incredible odds, or outright craftiness.
In my first novel, Operation Starlight, I tried to offer a different type story. If you cannot remember the Hardy Boys, a successful book series by Franklin W. Dixon, that many of us 'Baby Boomers' practically fed upon. Well perhaps, you will resonate with the Hunter Boys.


Tupac is coming to broadway?
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Think, Across the Universe, Tupac style.
Kenny Francis, director of broadway shows The Mountaintop and Fences, is working on his latest project, Holla If Ya Hear Me, a musical consisting of all Tupac Shakur songs. The musical is set in a Midwestern industrial city, telling the tale of two childhood friends and their struggle to deal with the hardships and challenges of their lives, while trying to accomplish their dreams and ambitions.


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Q: Spread D3.js legend on two columns Hi I have a pretty basic D3.js legend
    svg.append('g')
        .classed('legend-color', true)
        .attr('text-anchor', 'start')
        .attr('transform', 'translate(20,30)')
        .style('font-size', '11px')
        .style('fill', 'rgb(0,0,0)')
        .call(legendOrdinal);

I would like to spread it in two columns half and half because otherwise the legend cells at the bottom are interfering with my nodes.
So basically it would go from
Category A
Category B
Category C
Category D
Category E
Category F
Category G
Category H

to
    Category A     Category E
    Category B     Category F
    Category C     Category G
    Category D     Category H

A: With a one column legend you can position each entry easily enough with something like:
.attr("transform", function(d,i) {  "translate(10," + (i * 20) +")" });

To position multiple columns (and the rows at the same time) we need to adjust the x value of the transform and adjust the y value based on column. The most straightforward way of doing this might be to use the following for x and y:
x = Math.floor(i/c) * w + tx
y = i % c * h + ty

Where c is the number of columns, w is the width of each legend entry, tx is a base amount all legend entries are translated horizontally, h is the height of a legend entry and ty is a base amount all legend entries are translated vertically.
You could achieve the above with a function such as:
function position(d,i) {
  var c = 2;   // number of columns
  var h = 20;  // legend entry height
  var w = 150; // legend entry width (so we can position the next column)
  var tx = 10; // tx/ty are essentially margin values
  var ty = 10;
  var x = i % c * w + tx;
  var y = Math.floor(i / c) * h + ty;
  return "translate(" + x + "," + y + ")";
}

var entries = "ABCDEFGHIJ".split("");
var color = d3.schemeCategory10;

var n = Math.round(entries.length/2);
var w = 100;
var h = 20;

var svg = d3.select("body")
  .append("svg")
  .attr("width", 400)
  .attr("height",200);

var legend = svg.selectAll("g")
  .data(entries)
  .enter()
  .append("g")
  .attr("transform", position)

legend.append("text")
  .attr("x", 18)
  .attr("y", 12)
  .text(function(d) { return "Category " + d; });

legend.append("rect")
  .attr("width",10)
  .attr("height",10)
  .attr("fill",function(d,i) { return color[i]; })

function position(d,i) {
  var c = 2;   // number of columns
  var h = 20;  // height of each entry
  var w = 150; // width of each entry (so you can position the next column)
  var tx = 10; // tx/ty are essentially margin values
  var ty = 10;
  var x = i % c * w + tx;
  var y = Math.floor(i / c) * h + ty;
  return "translate(" + x + "," + y + ")";
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/4.10.0/d3.min.js"></script>

Or, you could shorten that by condensing it:

var entries = "ABCDEFGHIJ".split("");
var color = d3.schemeCategory10;

var svg = d3.select("body")
  .append("svg")
  .attr("width", 400)
  .attr("height",200);

var legend = svg.selectAll("g")
  .data(entries)
  .enter()
  .append("g")
  .attr("transform", function(d,i) {
    return "translate(" + (i % 2 * 150 + 10) + "," + (Math.floor(i / 2) * 20 + 10) + ")";
  })

legend.append("text")
  .attr("x", 18)
  .attr("y", 12)
  .text(function(d) { return "Category " + d; });

legend.append("rect")
  .attr("width",10)
  .attr("height",10)
  .attr("fill",function(d,i) { return color[i]; })
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/4.10.0/d3.min.js"></script>

If you want the entries in each column to be sequential, rather than the entries of each row, we could modify this a bit to specify a number of rows (determined by how many columns you want and how many legend items you have: Math.ceil(numberEntries/numberColumns). This might look like:

var entries = "ABCDEFGHIJ".split("");
var color = d3.schemeCategory10;

var n = Math.round(entries.length/2);
var w = 100;
var h = 20;

var svg = d3.select("body")
  .append("svg")
  .attr("width", 400)
  .attr("height",200);

var legend = svg.selectAll("g")
  .data(entries)
  .enter()
  .append("g")
  .attr("transform", position)

legend.append("text")
  .attr("x", 18)
  .attr("y", 12)
  .text(function(d) { return "Category " + d; });

legend.append("rect")
  .attr("width",10)
  .attr("height",10)
  .attr("fill",function(d,i) { return color[i]; })

function position(d,i) {
  var c = 3
  var r = Math.ceil(entries.length / c);
  var h = 20;  // height of each entry
  var w = 100; // width of each entry (so you can position the next column)
  var tx = 10; // tx/ty are essentially margin values
  var ty = 10;
  var x = Math.floor(i / r) * w + tx;
  var y = i % r * h + ty;
  return "translate(" + x + "," + y + ")";
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/4.10.0/d3.min.js"></script>

This method could lead to the last column having only one entry, while the first method above might have one row with only one entry. Depending on circumstance, one or the other may be more preferable

A: You can use a function for transform attribute and change the layout based on your logic.
Here's a simple example:
Instead of .attr('transform', 'translate(20,30)'), give something like this:
.attr('transform', function(data, index){

      var sections = Math.round((Object.keys(slices).length - 1) / 2);

      if(index < sections)
        return 'translate(0,0)';
      else
        return 'translate(80,-40)';
    });

This is a very simple logic I wrote just to show you the idea. I count how many elements would be there in one column, then change each of its translate property based on it's index.
Here's a Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/nimeshka/wbejmg30/35/
Check the last code block in the above fiddle to see this.
Hope it helps!!

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 * @Author Walker Denial
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public class HeroBuilder extends ActorBuilder {

    @Override
    public void buildType() {
        type = "hero";
    }

    @Override
    public void buildSex() {
        sex = "female";
    }

    @Override
    public void buildFace() {
        face = "shark";
    }

}

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The quality management standard ISO 9001 is the nationally and internationally most widespread ISO standard in quality management (QM). The introduction and implementation of this standard helps to further improve the company performance of heat 11 at all levels. The current version ISO 9001:2015 has been significantly revised on the basis of the previous version 9001:2008.
»With the certification by ISO 9001:2015 we create a real added value, both for our internal processes and directly for our customers«, explains Dr. Dietmar Hunold, managing partner of heat 11 GmbH & Co. KG from Bielefeld. »We thereby further increase our efficiency and ensure a constant quality standard across all company processes. The certification will be completed in the first quarter of 2019«.
Increased efficiency and productivity ensure that all processes run smoothly – internally and externally.
The adherence to standards and the fulfilment of our own quality requirements lead to a constantly high level of customer satisfaction.
The introduction and certification of the world's leading quality standard create trust and acceptance in existing and new markets.
Clearly defined, permanently tested and continuously improved processes increase the safety of the entire project management chain and ensure the long-lasting, reliable and sustainable operation of our systems and plants.
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I don't require architecture! I just want to print! Does every search for IT solutions deliver up sites which only cater to Mega companies? I am happy of my business, but I don't need a nuclear bomb to kill a fly!
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by Denise Barrett Caffey & Kim Davenport
Each Sunday, it was drilled that women were the keeper of the homes and the men were the head of the women. The most important part was that women were only to be seen in church, never heard and were under subjection of their husbands.
Little Joe, who was always made to sit on the front row, watched as Big Joe Donohue's big black bushy eyebrows fluttered like hairy caterpillars as he turned to the side where the men sat, in what was called The Amen Corner. He would always ask, "Can I hear an Amen, Brothers?" They seemed to always be stirring themselves out of their slumber long enough to repeat a resounding "Amen, Brotha' Joe!"
Mother was a stern woman who may have been a keeper of the home but it was Father who was the keeper of her and everything else.
Sunday dinners were not much different than any other and always consisted of a meat and three and a jar of pickles. Joe preferred his meat and most everything to be fried in an iron skillet. Not in lard and certainly not just any type of oil. It had to be Crisco shortening which Mother bought by the tub. The only exception to the frying rule was potatoes, which must be mashed, adding milk and butter, Heaven help us, not margarine. Forks to the left of the plate, spoon to the right with the knife, blade must face in, placed on a folded white napkin.
Big Joe would carefully unfold the napkin and tuck it in his collar to cover his tie. His favorite glass was an empty 16 ounce jelly jar, clear, with the pleasant scallop crowning the top. It always sat to the right of the knife. After each use, the glass was to be carefully washed so it would be ready for the next meal.
If no guests came Sunday after preaching, his father started giving his mother the business. No matter what she cooked or no matter what she did, he always found fault. The biscuits were too hard, the potatoes too runny, the food too cold, she was holding her mouth wrong, she wasn't giving him due respect.
Didn't never matter. It was always something.
He started out in a nice voice, cigarette smoke curling around his face, gently stating his case. "Hon, I don't know if you meant to but did you notice you burned the biscuits?' Then on and on and on, working himself up to a snit.
Next, his voice became more of a roar, increasing with intensity. Red eyes, red-faced, looking like a monster with spittle running out of both sides of his mouth, arms flailing, knocking food off the table.
What always came next was seeing his father slapping his mother down, with the back of his fist directed to her chest or abdomen, knocking her on her haunches. To him, it was like she fell in slow motion, nothing but a raggedy doll, her feet flying up, skidding across the kitchen floor. Then he heard a sick thump as she slid to a stop along the wall.
He always struck her torso so there would be no visible bruises to her face. If he could catch her, he would straddle her abdomen, tear off her blouse and burn her breasts with the end of his cigarette, telling her what a whore she was, telling her she deserved it. Due respect, woman, you got to give me due respect. You are nothing but a barnyard slut.
Then if she was able, she would scoot to the stove, sit in a ball, hands locked around her knees, tears running down her face. That is, if she could get up at all that day.
They would all wait until he broke open a bottle of Jack Daniels (finest whiskey in the land, by Heaven), watch Sunday ballgames and finally pass out. Then he always helped his mother mop up the blood and clean the kitchen. His sister went to her room and hid in the closet, in the dark.
Little Joe's two brothers had already been raised and left home. Ron was in the state prison for murder; Roy had been killed in Vietnam. Four other brothers died at birth or early infancy, only leaving him, the seventh son and his little sister, who was not exactly right in the head. She didn't play with toys like other girls her age. Mostly, she sat and stared out of vacant eyes.
A year before Little Joe started kindergarten, Big Joe began to visit him each Sunday night, giving him mortal wounds that would never heal.
His mother ignored his screams.
Crying until there were no more tears, one night he shook his fist in the air and swore to the heavens he would kill his father.
When Little Joe turned twelve, things changed. Instead of his father coming to his room on Sunday nights he started visiting his little sister. He could hear the screams. It was more than Little Joe could bear and he cried himself to sleep. Later that night Little Joe began to hear voices.
Most often, the voices would speak to him around midnight. Actually, not the middle of the night and not every night but when it happened, he would turn in his bed to the clock and read it: 3 a.m., right on the dot.
At first he was afraid of the voices but then he got used to them. Waking him, whispering in his ear, he was told he had been chosen and the time was near, to take comfort, not to fear, he was going to be given great power, power to conquer the heavens.
Then one night, he thought he was hallucinating. He saw a glowing figure like a man with wings appear at the end of his bed. Then it began to speak. Out of its mouth came the same words that had been spoken to him months before, telling him not to be afraid. The being identified itself as an angel and stated he had been sent to give Little Joe an important revelation.
At first, he was afraid of the angel who began to glow bright orange then pulsate. He was used to the voices but all of a sudden, seeing an apparition that wasn't supposed to be there in his room frightened him.
After a while, His fright soon turned to curiosity. Mesmerized, he watched as the angel's intense color and pulsation began to dim. Then the otherworldly being began to speak to him in a level but low voice, demanding he bow on his knees in worship.
Slowly, Joe lowered himself to his knees, then dropped to his hands, then leaned on his elbows, ultimately pressing his nose to the floor, hoping his stance was pleasing to the being, imitating what he thought would be appropriate worship.
After what seemed to be a lifetime of holding his pose, his heart thumping out of his chest, the angel finally ordered him to rise.
Little Joe painfully raised himself to his knees which were feeling numb and finally got back up on his feet. Moving one leg at a time in place to restore circulation he moved slowly, afraid he might scare off the angelic being.
He couldn't pull his attention away from the unearthly glow that kept pulsating. Not because of what the angel was saying but it was like he was magnetized. He felt holy in the most unholy way. His body, his mind and his total will responded, seemingly against its own will.
Then he came into agreement. He wanted power. He wanted dominance.
He listened and swore to obey.
When he came out of his bedroom that night, he felt different. He couldn't exactly put his finger on it but he felt older, more mature.
Doing as he was told, Little Joe hauled his father back to his little twin bed with superhuman strength. Then he tied him spread eagle.
With a little smile curling on his lip, Little Joe silenced his father, as he cut him in pieces with his mother's Southern fried chicken cleaver.
He wrapped the parts in Saran wrap and put him in the deep freeze on the back porch, preserving him until he could safely get rid of the remains.
His mother ignored the screams.
Big Joe's flock later hired another preacher, as Big Joe's wife, with big tears in her eyes, informed them he ran away with a blonde.
The grass grew greener as the back forty was fertilized one ground body part at a time.
Publication Date : 2/6/2015
Woodbury is one of those sleepy small towns in Middle Tennessee, and Main Street is just a place people pass through to get to somewhere else. No one takes any notice of the little town in the road except those who are born and raised here. That is, unless something bad happens, and they find their community at the center of the six o'clock news.
Three young women--friends since childhood--live in Woodbury, leading what they think are ordinary lives: Moss is a moonshiner, Erin is a banker, and Blue is the wife of a preacher. What they don't know is that the upstanding mayor, Erin's uncle, is living a secret life--making a deal with a demon who brings evil into this small town.
Moss is also a dreamer. Her dreams are vivid, real, and terrifying, and they were starting to come true. After a botched murder investigation, the friends decide to set a trap and Moss has a redneck trick or two up her sleeve. Though the results are hilarious and are talked about around town for a month, it reveals a threat of evil. The friends lives are turned upside down when their eyes are opened and they began to see into the spirit world--a frightening world of the demonic.
Denise Barrett Caffey and her husband Scottie live in Woodbury, Tennessee. They have four children and nine grandchildren.
Kim Davenport lives in Woodbury with Loretta, her loyal mutt. She has two children and two grandchildren.

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Facial genetics and forensics take centre stage at ECR
Watch this session on ECR Live: Friday, March 3, 10:30–12:00, Room B
#ECR2017
Forensics and facial genetics will be in the spotlight at ECR 2017 as the 'ESR meets Belgium' session offer a look at medical imaging's most original contributions to healthcare and crime investigation.
Advanced decomposition of brain MRI or facial 3D surface images into modules, tailored for associations with underlying genetic variations.
Dr. Peter Claes from Leuven, Belgium, will present his work in facial genetics in a session titled 'Imaging genetics and beyond: facial reconstruction and identification'.
Claes is a senior research expert in the Medical Image Computing research group of the Processing of Speech and Images division of the Electrical Engineering department at Leuven Catholic University.
He uses CT, MRI and 3D surface imaging modalities to grasp the link between people's appearance and underlying genetic variations.
"Your appearance is genetically driven. In families there's a strong link, even more so between identical twins, who share the same DNA profile and almost the same face. Physical features also influence your brain, the way you think. A lot of facial characteristics are shared, for example in Down's syndrome patients, who present with the same features whether they are European or Asian," he explained.
The link between genetic disorders and facial genes has been of interest to scientists for a while, but research is slow and tedious.
Claes became interested in facial genetics after working in craniofacial morphometrics to help correct morphological abnormalities and anomalies, and in craniofacial reconstruction to identify victims.
To help decipher facial genetics, Claes uses the computer-based craniofacial reconstruction programme he developed for victim identification, and combines 3D surface processing, statistical modelling, analysis, mapping and prediction techniques. He has also created an array of algorithms and software for investigators who plan to use 3D facial datasets. Last year, he also co-organised the first international workshop on facial genetics in London.
Dr. Peter Claes, facial genetics, imaging genetics


Eric speaks on our actions as Christians and simply asks "where is our fruit?"
Eric does a study on how our attitudes effect us in our daily lives, not only with God but our relationships as well.
Eric talks on taking Bitterness Outside the box we all put it in, and how to get healing in our lives from doing so.


Resolve Optics is launching a 28-page specialist lens range e-brochure for scientists, engineers and optical designers at the forthcoming VISION 2018 show in Stuttgart, Germany.
The new e-brochure brings together useful information on the company's growing range of high-performance fixed focus and zoom lenses in a single document. Following an easy to use turning book page format the e-brochure details lens for use in the SWIR, IR and UV regions, the company's popular portfolio of radiation resistant lenses plus the most compact HD 10x zoom lens available – the Z10.
Visitors to Hall 1 Stand I22 are invited to discuss their vision application with the assembled Resolve optical experts. Resolve Optics Ltd has accumulated considerable experience of developing optimised fixed and zoom lenses for vision applications including parts recognition, precise component placement, automated alignment and placement and automated inspection of manufactured components.
Visitors to the Resolve Optics stand will also have the opportunity to pick up a copy of Resolve Optics Autumn 2018 Lens Innovation newsletter and sign up to follow the company on its active social media newsfeed via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram or YouTube.
To view the specialist lens range eBrochure online please visit https://www.resolveoptics.com/request-form-e-brochure/. For further information on specialist lenses for vision applications please visit https://www.resolveoptics.com/machine-vision/ or contact Resolve Optics on +44-1494-777100 / sales@resolveoptics.com.


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Ard Chomhairle to plan Sinn Féin campaign on citizenship referendum
In keeping with the party's policy of support for the right to citizenship by birth and following on from the 13 March meeting of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle at which the party expressed its firm opposition to Minister for Justice Michael McDowell's proposal to amend the constitution, Sinn Féin will this weekend plan its campaign approach to the citizenship referendum.
Pointing to the strongly worded critical statements issued by party leadership including Gerry Adams and spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD on 10 March directly following the Minister's announcement, Deputy Ó Snodaigh reiterated:
"From the very first Sinn Féin has been firmly opposed to the referendum on the grounds that - it will aggravate racism; it will remove rights guaranteed under the Good Friday Agreement; the proposed timing and process are opportunist and irresponsible; the Minister has been unable to provide evidence for his claims and has misused aggregate statistics to mislead the public; the Government's proposals are the height of hypocrisy considering Ireland's history of emigration and benefit from similar laws in other countries; and there has been no consultation process whatsoever.
"What we need is not a change to the 1937 constitution, but a comprehensive compassionate reform of our immigration laws and a human rights-compliant, anti-racist immigration policy.
"Our concerns are shared by others, most notably the Human Rights Commission who believe that the proposed referendum may be inconsistent with our obligations under international law. For my part, I am not convinced that the Minister's conduct on this issue has been consistent with his undertakings as a signatory to the Anti-Racism Protocol for Political Parties which he and I have both signed up to.
"Therefore, even at this late stage I would call on the Minister to withdraw his proposal. If he and his Government insist, the referendum should certainly not
be run in conjunction with the local and EU elections. At the very least, the Government must engage in a proper process of consultation on the issue
including civil society, and use the appropriate mechanism - the Oireachtas All-Party Committee on the Constitution." ENDS


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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.10796
Title: Theoretical studies of halogen-semiconductor-surface interactions: The Cl/GaAs(110) system
Authors: Khoo, G.S.
Citation: Khoo, G.S., Ong, C.K. (1994). Theoretical studies of halogen-semiconductor-surface interactions: The Cl/GaAs(110) system. Physical Review B 50 (15) : 10796-10800. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.10796
Abstract: We have employed a semiempirical molecular-orbital method to simulate the adsorption of chlorine (Cl) atoms on GaAs(110) for three cases: monatomic Cl, molecular Cl, and 0.16-monolayer (ML) coverage of Cl. For the single Cl atom, the equilibrium bonding site has the Cl atom at the on-top site of the surface As atom. The Cl2 molecule on GaAs(110) displays dissociative adsorption with both Cl-Ga and Cl-As bonding configurations. For the third case, Cl adsorption on GaAs(110) leads to enhanced relaxation beyond that of the already relaxed surface. In this geometry, the surface As atoms gain charge at the expense of the surface Ga atoms and are pushed further away from the surface plane while the Ga atoms relax inward. The microscopic structure of 0.16-ML coverage of Cl displays both Ga-Cl and As-Cl bonding configurations. For the Ga-Cl bonding configuration, the Cl atom is adsorbed at the surface Ga dangling-bond site while for As-Cl, the Cl atom is sited atop the surface As atom, offset slightly toward the dangling-bond direction. The Cl adsorbed at the Ga site is lower in height than Cl atop the surface As atom relative to the substrate and the Cl-Cl nearest-neighbor distance calculated is 3.60, quite close to the value of 3.46 observed experimentally with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). These results compare favorably with the findings of Stepniak, Rioux, and Weaver from recent photoelectron spectroscopy experiments, as well as the structural information obtained from STM. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
Source Title: Physical Review B
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.50.10796


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Classics: The Bodyguard (1992) A Review
Date: 6th Jan 2020Author: trailertrashed89 0 Comments
It's hard to believe I got to the ripe old age of thirty, and have never seen even a snippet of the bodyguard. I knew there was music and drama, and that was about it.
DIRECTOR: Mick Jackson
STARRING: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, and Gary Kemp
SCREENPLAY: Lawrence Kasdan
★★★ 3 Stars
There was no way in a thousand years that I thought this was how this film was going to play out. I was all prepared to write here about how predictable it was and how it was just a dull romance story blah blah blah. But having managed to get this far with out actually hearing any spoilers for the film, I had no idea just how tense and creepy parts of this film would be. Especially the last half an hour or so.
For anyone who doesn't already know, Kevin Costner plays Frank Farmer, a straight laced Bodyguard for hire, who is paid to protect Rachael Marron, played by Whitney Houston, after she receives a series of death threats. This is first and foremost a romance story, so of course the two have a rocky relationship that blossoms into a love affair. But with her life on the line, Frank isn't willing to become emotionally involved if it means she will be put in more danger. As Rachael prepares to receive her first Oscar Award, Frank will stop at nothing to prevent a plot to murder Rachael in front of a live audience.
I don't know what it is about Kevin Costner, but I am sure he only has about five facial expressions and throughout this film only uses about three of them. For most of the time on screen he has just a blank expression on his face, I know his character is meant to be trying to avoid emotional attachment, but this seems to be taking it a bit too far. Whitney Houston on the other hand is as exuberant on screen as she ever was on stage, bringing the larger then life character of Rachael to life in the best way. Her acting is on point and at no point was I thinking that this singer had no place in a Hollywood film. She fit in just fine.
The plot was a lot more complex then I was expecting from the synopsis. A lot of good twists and turns and some shocking moments that I did not see coming. I did kind of work out who the shooter was in the end, but that didn't ruin the end of the film for me in any way. The climactic scenes at the award ceremony were so tense and nail biting. I was not expecting to see such good writing and scene setting in a film that I have heard is one of the best romantic films in modern years.
A big surprise for me and I am glad to say that I loved this film a lot. It didn't quite make me into a Kevin Costner fan, but this is a film I would watch again in a heartbeat.
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Dragon's Dogma demo coming next week, new trailer emerges
Capcom releases new images and screens from action-RPG IP
Dragon's Dogma isn't due until May, but next week Capcom is giving warriors a trial run with a playable demo of the fantasy action role-player on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
Due April 24 (April 25 in the UK), the demo will consist of two quests; one pitting Fighters against a Chimera in an underground location, and the other challenging Striders to make quick work of a Griffin in the fields of Gransys. The test run will also give players an opportunity to play with Dragon's Dogma's character customization system and craft a hero which they can later import into the full game.
Dragon's Dogma seeks to blend RPG, action, and survival-horror elements in an open-world fantasy setting. It is due for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on May 22 in North America, and May 25 in the UK. See more from Capcom's action-RPG-survival-sandbox project in our 20-minute hands-on look, Dragon's Dogma video preview – creating a stubby elf-dwarf.


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Ludwig Rainer Claisen (* 14. Januar 1851 in Köln; † 5. Januar 1930 in Godesberg, heute Bonn) war ein deutscher Chemiker. Er entdeckte die Claisen-Kondensation, die Claisen-Tiščenko-Reaktion sowie die Claisen-Umlagerung.

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Ludwigs Vater war ein angesehener Justizrat und Notar in Köln. Mit seinen Brüdern besuchte er ein altsprachliches katholisches Gymnasium in Köln, das er 1869 mit dem Abitur verließ. Er studierte von 1869 bis 1871 Chemie an der Universität Bonn bei Theophil Engelbach, von 1871 bis 1873 bei Hans Hübner, Friedrich Wöhler und Bernhard Tollens in Göttingen Chemie. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. phil. im Jahr 1875 mit der Arbeit Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Mesityloxyds und des Phorons in Bonn bei August Kekulé wurde er zunächst dessen Assistent.

Im Jahr 1878 habilitierte er sich dort und wurde anschließend als Privatdozent übernommen. Ab 1881 befasste sich Claisen mit der Umsetzung von Malonsäureestern mit Ketonen. Später untersuchte er mit seinen Schülern die Umsetzung von Acetessigester mit Ketonen und Aldehyden.

Für einige Jahre ging er an das Owens College in Manchester und anschließend als Mitarbeiter von Adolf von Baeyer nach München. 1890 folgte er einem Ruf zur RWTH Aachen, wo er zum Ordinarius für Chemie für die Hauptarbeitsgebiete Synthetische Organische Chemie und Tautomerie-Erscheinungen (Claisensche Sauerstoff-Allyl, Kohlenstoff-Allylumlagerung) ernannt wurde. Im Jahr 1897 wechselte Claisen zur Universität Kiel, wo er bereits 1902 aus gesundheitlichen Gründen emeritiert wurde. Zwei Jahre später zog es ihn für einige Zeit zur Universität Berlin, um dort seine begonnenen Forschungen über die Wirkung von Natriumamid bei Kondensationen abzuschließen. Danach zog es ihn endgültig wieder zurück ins Rheinland, wo er ein privates Laboratorium betrieb.

Werk
Im Jahr 1877 erschien seine Arbeit Untersuchungen über organische Säurecyanide. In dieser Arbeit wurde die leichte Umwandelbarkeit von Benzoylcyanid zu Benzoylameisensäure und Acetylcyanid zu Brenztraubensäure gezeigt. In seiner Habilitationsschrift wurde auch eine Darstellung von Isatin, einer Vorstufe des Indigos, aufgezeigt.

1881 entdeckte er die heute nach ihm benannte Claisen-Kondensation von Carbonsäureestern und die Claisen-Tiščenko-Reaktion zur Herstellung von Carbonsäureestern aus Aldehyden. Schon im Ruhestand entdeckte er die ebenfalls nach ihm benannte Claisen-Umlagerung von Phenylallylethern in o-Allylphenole.

Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen
Ludwig Claisen war Mitglied der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften sowie Ehrenmitglied des Vereins deutscher Chemiker und wurde für seine Verdienste unter anderem zum Dr. Ing. E. h. der RWTH Aachen ernannt. Im Jahr 1881 wurde er zum Mitglied der Leopoldina gewählt.

Nach ihm sind mehrere Laborgeräte benannt, die Claisenbrücke, eine Destillierbrücke, die neben einer Öffnung für ein Thermometer eine weitere für eine Siedekapillare enthält, manchmal auch als Claisen-Aufsatz ausgeführt, der keinen Kühler enthält, und der Claisen-Kolben, bei dem ein Claisen-Aufsatz mit einem Kolben (meist als Spitzkolben ausgeführt) kombiniert ist.

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Weblinks

 Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel: Kurzbiographie von Ludwig Claisen
 www.personenlexikon.net: Ludwig Claisen

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Chemiker (20. Jahrhundert)
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Mitglied der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Mitglied der Leopoldina (19. Jahrhundert)
Korporierter im KV
Deutscher
Geboren 1851
Gestorben 1930
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Q: Detect speed of DC motor electrically I'm looking to build a small robot using inexpensive DC micro gear motors. I would like to be able to measure the speed (count rotations) of the motors for accurate positioning etc. I'm aware that they have the encoder versions of these motors, with hall effect or optical sensors connected. However I started wondering if there might be smarter ways to be able to detect the rotations without having to purchase more expensive encoder motors.

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*Is it possible/practical to be able to somehow measure the pulses generated by the switching of the armatures?

*Is this something that could possibly be detected by measuring variations in the current being drawn by the motor?

I'm aware that DC motors create a lot of electrical noise from the commutation of the brushes, which requires capacitors etc. to suppress. It seems that it aught to be possible to use some of this "noise" to detect the rotations of the motor.
edit: I've realised the title of the question perhaps is not quite accurate. I don't need to detect the actual speed of the motor directly, but rather to just detect and count rotations, or more accurately, the angular displacement. From this I can calculate everything else I need to know, speed, distance travelled etc.
After a bit more googling, it seems it is possible to calculate the speed of a DC motor, by measuring the back-EMF. The calculation is quite complex, and depends on knowing various characteristics of a particular type of motor.
As described here...
There is even Arduino code provided. In my case though, despite the incorrect title, I am actually mostly interested in measuring (or calculating) the angular displacement, to find out exactly how far each wheel of the robot has travelled, to then be able to determine orientation and position.
I'm not sure this EMF technique will provide the accuracy I'd need for that.
Anyway this does give me a bit more confidence that what I'm wanting to do may be possible.

A: Theoretically, it is possible to use brush noise of a DC motor to assess rotational speed. Brush noise is AC, so a high-pass filter plus an envelope detector would give you a pulse for every commutation.
However, these pulses will vary in amplitude and duration, so counting them will be a challenge. The character of the noise will be constantly changing as microscopic defects in the brushes wear out, while new irregularities get exposed. Any dirt on the collector will induce arcing as well, generating extra pulses you'll have to find a way to ignore. At higher speeds such pulses will overlap, making counting practically impossible. Plus, this method will be incompatible with traditional PWM motor control, because you will be feeding your DC motor with AC in the first place.
A related (albeit different) concept called Brushed-Motor Ripple Counter can be applied to motors where brushes are large enough to short two poles together, and the detection is based on changes in inductance rather than switching noise. That method appears to be reliable enough to be useful (but if you go though the experimental results you will see that the detection sometimes skips a position or two), but it most likely won't work with hobby-grade motors.


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Rehabilitating the Academy
Ray Pence
Bending Over Backwards: Disability, Dismodernism, and Other Difficult Positions. By Lennard J. Davis. New York: New York University Press, 2002. 224 pages. $55.00 (cloth). $20.00 (paper).
LENNARD J. DAVIS'S INVALUABLE WORK IN THE DISABILITY STUDIES FIELD STARTED in 1995 with Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body. The book spoke to the concerns of a decade that began with passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and ended with the law under Supreme Court siege, while looking back to constructions of Deafness and disability in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe. 1 In subsequent works including a memoir on growing up as a hearing child of Deaf parents and editing The Disability Studies Reader, Davis built on the achievement of Enforcing Normalcy, joining Simi Linton, Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Douglas C. Baynton, and a growing host of scholars across the disciplines and the world. 2 Their efforts have proved to be so exciting and effective in "moving disability from the margins to the center" of academia that it may no longer be accurate to call disability studies an emerging field. 3 Bending Over Backwards: Disability, Dismodernism, and Other Difficult Positions, a collection of essays written over the past seven years, signals the arrival of the project Davis believes in and writes about passionately.
Although Davis and his peers have had much success in making disability and people with disabilities more visible in the humanities, he is neither content nor satisfied in Bending Over Backwards. The book's title resonates in several ways. First, it refers specifically to an [End Page 489] essay in which Davis enters the legal arena to rail against judicial opinions casting employers who comply with the ADA as victims straining to comply with a burdensome law. But this is not the only "difficult position" here: another belongs to the ADA itself. Davis immediately confronts readers with the news that disability's "fate as a legal category is profoundly in jeopardy" in the hands of the Supreme Court. 4 Davis is hardly more pleased with conditions in academic circles, where decision-makers presumably are far more progressive than Justices Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas. "We have created a firewall between them and us" (3), Davis charges, writing as part of an able majority who nevertheless considers himself "culturally Deaf" (103) and is proud of his advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities (85). "While many white people have embraced the cause of people of color, and while many straight people have taken up the cause of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, few 'normals' have resonated with people with disabilities" (3-4). Clearly, Davis is unconcerned about making the temporarily able-bodied (to use a term from the disability rights movement) in his audience comfortable. He puts them in difficult positions throughout the book, making problematic cases that test his persuasive skills as well as his readers' goodwill.
Readers familiar with disability studies will find Davis adhering to what have become conventions in much of his peers' writing, and those who are new to the field should find Bending Over Backwards to be a useful, consistently challenging introduction. First, there is much self-reflexivity in the writing. Davis writes in the first person throughout, is candid about his subject position, and shares autobiographical details. In doing so, he reinforces the importance of life writing in disability studies, where the scholar is often a reflective narrator whose disability (or lack thereof) is part of her or his argument. Davis also takes time to define his terms, especially disability, and to explain the conceptual models on which they rely and those they challenge. Even if readers know disability studies only superficially, they will be aware of debates surrounding definitions of disability, impairment, and handicap and how those discussions illustrate conflict between the medical model of disability on one hand and the minority and social models on the other. 5
Davis's handling of this material in "Crips Strike Back: The Rise of Disability Studies" is uneven. I was...


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Clemson men's soccer players Doug Warren and Dimelon Westfield were both named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Americans as announced by the NSCAA Thursday.
Warren was named to the first team, while Westfield was named to the second team. Warren finished the season with a 1.31 GAA and made 108 saves. Warren finished his career with 261 saves, fourth on the all-time Clemson career list. He was also named second-team All-ACC this season.
Dimelon Westfield finished the season with 20 goals and five assists for 45 points. The senior from Morvant, Trinidad was named first-team All-ACC this season. Westfield scored goals in nine consecutive matches on September 19-October 23 this year. This performance is tied for second in Clemson history for most consecutive matches in scoring a goal. He tied with Andy Demori (1969-70), Jimmy Glenn (1993) and Wolde Harris (1993) for second place in the Clemson record books. Nnamdi Nwokocha scored in 11 consecutive matches in 1980-81.
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1. The local administrator belonging to group of user debuggers.
3. Sometimes the domain user using the PC belonging to user debuggers.
a) When you install Office XP, is this service automatically installed?
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c) What sense does this group and what is the purpose that of the user? Can it be used for bad ways?


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Home > Consultations > Notice of application for a Water Supply Licence and Sewerage Licence – Anglian Water Business (National) Limited
Notice of application for a Water Supply Licence and Sewerage Licence - Anglian Water Business (National) Limited
Closing date: Monday February 27th, 2017 5:00pm
Anglian Water Business (National) Limited (AWB(N)), registered company number 3017251, whose contact address is at Anglian Water Business, Western House (Block C), Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6FZ has made an application to the Water Services Regulation Authority ("Ofwat") for a water supply licence and sewerage licence with the following authorisations:
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Any person who wishes to make representations or objections with respect to the application should do so in writing (which includes by email) to Ofwat at Centre City Tower, 7 Hill Street, Birmingham, B5 4UA or by email at [email protected].
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GreekReporter.comGreeceOld House Collapses in Athens' Neighborhood of Kerameikos
Old House Collapses in Athens' Neighborhood of Kerameikos
By Nick Kampouris
An old house collapsed on Sunday morning in Athens' central neighborhood of Kerameikos.
The house, that was old and abandoned, collapsed in the early hours on Sunday, causing a very loud noise that scared many people of the neighborhood.
Residents of Artemisiou street called the police and the fire brigade to check if anyone was trapped under the tons of debris.
Following the investigation conducted by the authorities, no one was found.
From the images Greece's OPEN TV broadcasted, at least two cars have been damaged by the old building's collapse, as they were parked right under the house.
Kerameikos also was known as Ceramicus, is an area of Athens northwest of the Acropolis. It was the potters' quarter of Ancient Athens, from which the English word "ceramics" is derived.
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1) What are the most obvious results of the Tomatis® Method with respect of the children?
2) How soon do the results of the Tomatis® Method become noticeable?
3) Are the gains made during a Tomatis® program lasting?
4) At what age does the Tomatis® Method produce the best results?
5) Can the Tomatis® Method be dangerous?
6) How are the results evaluated?
7) How long does the average Tomatis® program last?
8) Why is the mother's presence indispensable for young children?
9) Why is the father's presence desirable?
10) What is the relationship between the Tomatis® Method and the different programs or sound therapies with CDs, Ipod®, or bluetooth that make reference to it?
11) What does one do during the listening sessions? and why?
12) Can the Tomatis® Method be combined with other therapies?
13) Why are the listening sessions done in an intensive manner?
14) Why have pauses?
15) Why use the music of Mozart?
16) Why use filtered music?
17) Why use the mother's voice?
18) Will the Tomatis® Method help in the case of hearing loss?
The most apparent results are often reported to the Tomatis® consultant by parents, who frequently notice an improvement of:
voice quality (spoken and sung)
concentration comprehension
the ability to communicate
oral and written expression
a better sense of rhythm
less sensitivity to sounds
general behaviour (calm, open, etc…)
The observable results of the Tomatis® Method must be analysed on two levels, one rather observable and the other deep-rooted. On the superficial level, many apparent results can be perceived rather quickly within a few weeks or even a few days following the onset of listening sessions with the TalksUp® device. Sometimes the changes are only noticeable during the break between blocks of listening.
For this reason, the Tomatis® Method is often experienced as a dynamic procedure that is easy to pursue both by the individual who is benefitting from it and by his/her close family member
At a deeper level, it must be understood that the restructuring brought about by the TalksUp® device allows the individual to recover his or her own inner balance and, thus, to modify, in the best sense of the term, his/her own value system; this in-depth development is less spectacular and takes place at a slower pace.
One of the important points, then, is to recognize that these improvements are not only going to be maintained over time but also will continue well after the end of a Tomatis® listening program.
A well-conducted listening training program with TalksUp® will produce results lasting several years, the individual having been repositioned in a state of evolving normalcy that only a major new event would be able to counteract. In such a case, a simple short booster program in a Tomatis® Center is often all that is necessary to reestablish equilibrium and restart continuing improvement.
Yes, progress made during a Tomatis® program lasts. This is because the gains made are not due to a conditioning but rather to a restoration of balance.
Indeed, even though the reasons for seeking help from the Tomatis® Method are many and varied, all are related to a malfunction and thus to a mild to a severe state of neurophysiological disequilibrium.
Ear training with TalksUp® device will, therefore, tend to lead the individual back toward a state of equilibrium, which, because it is a normal state, requires much less effort than a mild to a severe state of dysfunction.
We can state, then, that, in the vast majority of cases, not only are gains made by the individual during the program maintained but also that progress may continue once the developmental process has been restored to its normal state.
Even though the Tomatis® Method is effective in many circumstances, there are certain conditions that may facilitate or impede the improvement that it produces. Thus, depending upon the nature of the problem, youth may be a facilitating factor; this is particularly the case when the problem is situated at the language level or the psychomotor level, or when it relates to scholastic performance.
On the other hand, in the case of older individuals (adolescents and adults), personal motivation can often help overcome the difficulty associated with longstanding problems. In fact, there is no real age limit with respect to improvements that may be attained by using the Tomatis® Method; experience shows that, in the vast majority of cases, good results can be achieved by individuals of all ages, whether children, adolescents, adults or the elderly.
No, because the Tomatis® Method is not a treatment in the medical sense of the term.
Even though it is used by specialists in the domains of medicine and related fields (paramedical), psychology, pedagogy, sports, and the arts, it is never used as a substitute for techniques specific to their area of expertise but rather as a complement, when appropriate, to reinforce the effectiveness of their own techniques.
In fact, the Tomatis® Method simply fosters, in a gentle manner, a return to normality, without ever producing a state of trauma or disequilibrium.
The individual recovers his/her own normal state, which has the twofold advantage of soothing him/her and of allowing him/her to maintain, without further effort, the improvement made during the Tomatis® listening training with the Electronic Ear®.
The client undergoes a Tomatis® listening check, followed by a discussion with a Tomatis® consultant, at the beginning of the program, during the course of the program (about every 15 hours on the average), and at the end of the program.
The discussion allows the consultant to collect information and impressions from the client, or from the parents in the case of a child, and to explain what is happening according to the analysis of the listening check and the reported experiences of the client (or parents).
The listening check can, in certain cases, be complemented by other batteries of tests; however, when used alone, it can provide precise and objective information concerning functions of the ear such as the analysis of sounds, auditory laterality, the localization of sound in space, and adaptability to the surrounding sonic environment.
The length of a Tomatis® listening program varies according to the difficulty to be addressed. That said, the listening program with the TalksUp® should be of limited duration, if possible, the goal of the program always be to enable the individual to progress as quickly as possible to a state of optimal self-reliance. For example, the number of program blocks in a Tomatis® Centre rarely exceeds three or four, the first block consisting of two hours per day for 15 days and the following two or three consisting of two hours per day for 8 days.
Each block is followed by a period of integration during which the individual does not do any listening training. Thus, generally, there is a space of three to four weeks between the first and second block, a space of six to eight weeks between the second and third, and ten to twelve weeks between the third and, if necessary, a fourth block.
The Tomatis® Method enables an individual to relive progressively the various stages of his or her development with respect to listening and language, both of which are very heavily involved in the process of communication.
This development is initiated well before birth and derives both from physiological aptitudes which mature during the intrauterine experience and from an unconscious desire to enter, or not to enter, into communication.
This desire to communicate is influenced by external factors, the most important of which is the quality of the relationship that is established progressively between mother and child during pregnancy. Whatever the quality of this relationship, the mother's voice, perceived by the child during the nine months of pregnancy, represents a constant presence and therefore engenders a special, and reassuringly stable, link between mother and the unborn child.
It is for this reason that the mother's recorded voice, modified in a laboratory so that it is like the voice perceived auditorily in utero, is often used during a program to rekindle the desire to communicate. In most cases, listening to the mother's voice is a positive experience for the child and accelerates progress, provided that the mother accompanies the child every step of the way. In fact, listening sessions with the Electronic Ear will bring about changes in the child's behavior, notably a more or less pronounced phase of regression, which must be not only consciously accepted by the mother but also experienced by her.
It is for this reason that, within the framework of the Tomatis® Method, the accompaniment of the child by the mother or parents is considered indispensable, if it occurs under good conditions. During the child's listening program, the mother/parents will also have listening sessions with the Electronic Ear. These will not only help them to relax but will also help them and the child accept the behavioural changes brought about by the listening program.
NB: The mother's voice program can only be delivered by Tomatis® Consultant who has reached the level 4 Tomatis® training.
The desire to communicate on the part of the child is brought about, even 'authorized', by the mother; even so, the reassuring image that she represents, while it may serve as a basis for the elaboration of language, does not provide the keys that will make language a tool of social communication. The relationship with the mother gives the child the confidence, the strength, and the desire to move toward the outside world, and thus toward the father.
For the child's socialisation to progress normally, various conditions must be present: the mother must be willing to 'push' the child toward the outside world, and the father must agree to, or be ready to, 'receive' the child. It is for this reason that, within the framework of the Tomatis® Method, the father's presence is altogether desirable once the child has reached a certain stage. If the father has also been able to have listening sessions, he will be better able to understand, and to prepare himself for, his role in this process.
Numerous references to the Tomatis® Method are made throughout the world because its fame reassures the buyer. Unfortunately, the products that are sold often have only the remotest relationship with the work of Alfred Tomatis.
The CDs or derivative programs that refer to Tomatis® are often nothing more than compilations of musical works, more or less well put together, which are unable to produce the effects of the Tomatis® Method since the listener cannot benefit from the functioning of the Tomatis® Effect Electronic Ear.
The Electronic Ear has very specific operational features, including a Gating® system and sound conduction through both air and bone, which have an impact on listening attentiveness, on auditory laterality, on the localization of sound in space, on latency time, on sound discrimination and, finally, on the audio-vocal loop.
Auditory stimulation mediated by the Electronic Ear acts upon the archaic brain (reflexive functions) and not on the analytical zone (language functions). Since both brain hemispheres are involved in ear training, it is necessary to avoid stimulating the zones in a unilateral fashion.
That is why, during the listening sessions, reading and writing are not recommended whereas drawing, working puzzles, sleeping, even working mathematical problems are recommended. The latter activities give priority to emotional and non-linguistic associations.
However, a non-screen policy is recommended as well as no chewing as it involves the cranial nerves (V and VII) which are linked to the muscles in the middle ear that are stimulated by the Tomatis® listening program.
Yes, and in certain cases such as the following, this may prove to be advisable:
it may be that an individual is already in therapy and his/her therapist, cognisant of the Tomatis® Method, is aware of the positive effect that listening sessions with the Electronic Ear can produce;
it may be that a Tomatis® professional decides that there is no conflict with the client receiving support from another therapy and advises the client to wait until the effects of the listening sessions have been assimilated before beginning the other therapy;
finally, it may happen that the Tomatis® professional spots a problem that should obviously be addressed by a different therapy, in which case, from the time that the problem is identified, he/she will advise the client to consult another therapist, whether the problem is spotted during the listening program of a listening program or before any training with the TalksUp® has taken place.
In fact, in such cases, the Tomatis® Method acts as a technique that facilitates the effectiveness of other therapies. This being the case, there is neither incompatibility nor competition with other therapies but rather support by effectively accelerating their progress.
Numerous professionals are aware of this and choose to work either in conjunction with Tomatis® specialists or to take the training necessary to be able to apply the method themselves and, thus, to increase the effectiveness of their own professional tools.
For the brain's mode of perception to change, it must receive information repeated frequently at a sustained rhythm during a restricted time.
This exercise, like any other, whether mental or physical in nature, brings about a true de-conditioning that allows the brain and the body to discover that it can operate differently, and that, henceforth, a choice is possible.
Even though this rule of intensive listening sessions is valid for everyone, the effects may be somewhat different according to the nature of the problem to be addressed, the age of the individual, his or her motivation, the time available to him or her, etc…
The norm is to do 1-2 hours of daily listening during an initial block of 13-15 days depending on the age and sensitivity of the individual.
Afterwards, the listening sessions –limited in any case because the Tomatis® Method discourages a state of dependency– rarely continue for more than 10-12 days and are spaced over several weeks.
Just as the brain needs intensive and repeated stimulation for change to take place, it also needs periods of non-stimulation in order to structure and integrate the change.
This principle holds true for all kinds of training, integration taking place during a phase of apparent passivity after the effort has terminated.
It is, in fact, a phase of assimilation. Stimulation represents a disturbance of our organism; we must thus allow it resting time during which assimilation can take place.
That is why the normal procedure consists of an initial block of 13-15 days of one to two-hour periods (daily) of auditory stimulation with the Electronic Ear®, followed by other 10-12-day blocks, generally limited in number given that the goal of the Tomatis® Method is always to lead the individual as rapidly as possible to a state of optimal self-reliance. The first two blocks of the program are spread over three to four weeks, then two to three months go by between the second and the third blocks, then three months between the third and, if needed, fourth block.
After numerous trials with other types of music, we have found that the results obtained by using Mozart's music are amazing, no matter where in the world it is evaluated. In fact, we note that this music is not only very well accepted on every continent but that it also allows listeners to reestablish their own inner equilibrium. To understand this effect upon the sense of human balance, we must recall that music is characterised by rhythm, which touches the body; by harmony, which reaches the emotions; and by melody, which calls upon the intellect. According to the classical ideal, these three parameters should be in balance, which is rarely the case, one or the other often being dominant, and, for this reason, producing a rather unusual musical discourse. In the case of Mozart, it seems that this balance was achieved, which may explain the universal character of his music.
Filtering up to around 4000 hertz permits the brain to orient itself toward the acoustic analysis of specific zones; listening to sounds that are even more filtered corresponds to a prenatal experience, which does not, however, mean that the fetus does not hear low-frequency sounds.
According to Alfred Tomatis, if the ear is functional so early in fetal development, it is because its role is to energize the developing nervous system. It was to take advantage of this primordial competence of the ear during the prenatal phase that Alfred Tomatis decided to use filtered sound, the latter relieving the ear of its function of sound discrimination. Moreover, given the physiology of the inner ear at the level of the cochlea, high-frequency sounds produce a much greater stimulation of the nervous system than do low-frequency sounds; indeed, the ciliae, or hair cells, that receive sonic stimulation are much more numerous in zones intended for the reception and analysis of high-frequency sounds than in those designed to receive and analyze low-frequency sounds.
Moreover, given the physiology of the inner ear, high-frequency sounds produce a much greater stimulation of the nervous system than do low-frequency sounds; indeed, the ciliae, or hair cells, that receive sonic stimulation are much more numerous in zones intended for the reception and analysis of high-frequency sounds than in those designed to receive and analyze low-frequency sounds.
The use of the mother's voice, filtered in the high frequencies, permits us at the same time to relieve the ear of its function of sound discrimination, to recharge the nervous system by stimulating the zones that have the most ciliae, or receptive hair cells in the cochlea, and to reawaken the individual's acoustic memory of the prenatal period. This memory, whether it carries a positive or negative affective charge, was transmitted by the mother depending upon her psychological state during pregnancy, and was a very reassuring factor simply because it was constantly present. One can observe that most of the time, the utilization of the filtered mother's voice produces an effect that both soothes and liberates.
The Tomatis® Method does not improve hearing in the case of an irreversible lesion; however, whatever the situation may be, it does foster the optimal use of the individual's listening potential, no matter how weak it may be.
The Tomatis® Method is definitely the best gift for you or your child! Contact Françoise Nicoloff or any of the Tomatis® professionals in Australia to get started today!
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After Jesus finished the conversation with the Pharisees, Jesus and the disciples went into the synagogue (Mark 3:1). And the Pharisees followed right after Him.
But then Jesus did something they did not expect Him to do. He turned and directed His attention on them.
Before entering the synagogue, Jesus had had a conversation with these Pharisees about what was and was not lawful to do on the Sabbath (Mark 2:23-28). And here Jesus stood with a man of their own congregation who was in great need of healing. Should Jesus tell the man to return to his seat because His healing power was not to be used on Sabbath? Should the man have to wait and seek out Jesus after sundown for his healing? What picture of God would that paint?
There was no good answer to Jesus' question. So the Pharisees simply stood there glaring at Jesus.
The Greek word translated as anger is ŏrgē (or-GAY), a surge of passion and indignation.
The Greek word translated as grieved is sullupeo (sool-loop-EH-o), to feel sorry for, be deeply distressed, to grieve together.
Jesus healed the hand of His son on the Sabbath because the Sabbath is a day of restoration, healing, and rest in Him. This was a lesson that Jesus wanted His people to understand. This is a lesson we still need to understand today.
But it was one that the Pharisees did not learn that day.
They left the synagogue that day not rejoicing in the freedom and restoration of one of their church members, but filled with anger and hatred for the Redeemer – the hardness of their hearts taking them directly where Jesus saw it would. And Jesus grieved.
Do you spend dedicated and consistent time in God's Word so you could hear the lessons God wants you to learn?
Are there lessons today that God is trying to share with you but which you are ignoring because the lessons are painful or not what you really want?
Are you angry with God because of something that has happened that you are not happy with and you don't understand why God would allow that?
Have you been angry with God for so long that you are almost ready follow the enemy of souls?
We may not be so different from the Pharisees after all.


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Responding is an effective way for faculty to learn about the Ryan process in order to better serve the needs of your students in years to come. It is also a legitimate "service to the field" credit on your vita.
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Seniors' Community Commitment Honoured
Marion Matt with MP Dave Van Kesteren, MP Bev Shipley, MPP Rick Nicholls and Councillor Karen Herman.
More than 60 seniors from across Chatham-Kent are being recognized for making their community a better place.
The group received awards at the 29th annual Chatham-Kent Senior's Expo in Blenheim Friday.
Marion Matt is a long time Bothwell resident and this year's Chatham-Kent senior of the year recipient. "It's quite a surprise and is quite overwhelming, I've been with the boosters working on the downtown revitalization project over the last few years, and have been on the heritage committee for more than 40."
Dixie Peters lost her husband 22 years ago, and struggled with her grief. It was then she knew what she needed to do. "I lost Jim to Lou Gehrig's, and six months later I had no idea what was wrong with me and a small ad in the Ridgetown paper led me to the bereavement program, says Peters."I companion people that have lost loved ones, I have an office here in Blenheim, and I do groups in the Baptist Church."
Peters received a provincial recognition for her work.


On Now, APM (Advanced Power Management) and now ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) - PC Wake-Up Activation Technologies continue to evolve.
Either of which provides for Remote PC Wake-Up. WOL from the Network through the LAN Card and WOR (Wake-on-Ring) from a DialUp Modem (WOM - Wake-on-Modem). This requires Motherboard Bios, EtherNet LAN Card (NIC - Network Interface Card) Hardware and Software (Drivers) to fully implement. To further simplify the transparency of Remote PC Wake-Up Technologies, some LAN (Local Area Network) Cards have the ability to Plug-In a Preprogrammed ROM Chip to execute remote instructions without local User Intervention. These LAN Card ROM Chips can cost more than a new Motherboard. The Term EtherNet LAN Card & NIC's (Network Interface Card) are interchangeable and mean the same thing.
This ability to remotely call a PC, validate the User and allow access was around with us under Windows For Workgroups 3.11, circa 1993 or there about. We found one particular product which performed this task very well. The name of which currently escapes me.
The concern was always Security then as it is now for this type of device. In the early days, certain Remote PC Wake-Up devices utilized a call back system. This implementation was used by some BBS's (Bulletin Board System) to validate Users. Remember those... BBS's? AOL is currently the only BBS still successfully running on a large scale. And you thought you had a direct Internet Connection through them? Guess again!
Wake-on-Ring (WOR) was a big deal until the Internet explosion moved us from DialUp Devices (Modems) into Broadband Connectivity. Most all of the PC Wake-Up Technologies are firmly rooted in Wake-on-LAN (WOL). WOL works for SOHO, Corporate & Consumers or anyone with a PC and a LAN Card utilixing the BootP Protocol. Whereas, Wake-on-Ring was for Dialup (Modems - WOR / WOM) and not considered the future, only the past. If your PC turns On when the Phone rings, this is why.
Remote PC Wake-Up is by no means limited to these (2) Technologies previously mentioned. Currently, ACPI allows other devices besides a LAN Card (WOL) or Modem (WOR / WOM) to cycle a system on / off such as a Mouse (Pointing Device) or Keyboard (Input Device) - Wake On Keyboard / Mouse.
We've provided a few links to help you in your Quest to understand Remote PC Wake-Up.
www.amd.com: Magic Packet™ Technology: Implemented in LAN Controller.
www.aopen.com: WOL (Wake On LAN) - Excellent Pictorial Explanations.