On Saturday, March 23, Hozier performed at the Coca-Cola Roxy in The Battery Atlanta as part of his "Wasteland, Baby!" North American tour. The recent release of the artist's sophomore album on March 1 brought huge crowds to the area to witness the Irish singer's renowned voice.
Entrance lines for the door were already snaking throughout the venue's sidewalks an entire three hours prior to the concert, and many found themselves outnumbered by dedicated fans who had camped out at the venue.
The night kicked off with an opening performance by Jade Bird, a twenty-one year old artist from England. Her one-woman performance was especially well received by the audience, and the liveliness of her on-stage presence resembled that of similar one-man-show style act Ed Sheeran.
Bird opened with her popular single "Uh Huh," and fans were immediately struck by the unexpected power in her voice as she entered the song's first chorus. The receptive shock of Bird's notable talent did not fade as she continued with her set.
Audience favorites included her "Love Is All Been Done Before," "Lottery" and "I Get No Joy." Her sweet yet equally sassy attitude was apparent in her lyrics about ex-lovers, and this reflected certain earlier works of the hugely successful Taylor Swift.
After a short wait, Hozier's British- and Irish-based band took the stage and was welcomed by thunderous applause. The singer sported a shirt scrawled with the name Mavis Staples across the chest, a nod to his work with the influential R&B artist in "Nina Cried Power," the first single belonging to his 2018 EP of the same name.
Hozier's set opened with "Would That I," a stunningly powerful love ballad. The homely effects of the song's acoustic-based instrumentals mixed seamlessly with the down-to-earth nature of the Roxy.
The sold-out crowd of 3,600 was made mostly of standing-room-only audience members on the main floor. Nonetheless, those who had balcony seats were soon on their feet once the set progressed through songs such as the upbeat "Jackie and Wilson" and an acoustic version of "Someone New," both pieces from Hozier's 2014 eponymous debut album.
Throughout the entirety of the set, the singer made it quite evident that his voice is in no need of doctoring; the live performances nearly matched the exact sounds of the produced versions, and Hozier consistently hit numerous challenging notes with little to no visible effort.
Ultimately, large credit should be awarded to Hozier and his crew for placing the focus of the concert on the music itself instead of flashier visual effects. The set demonstrated the band members' talents through an emphatic inclusion of lengthier instrumental pieces by skilled organists, violinists, and guitarists.
During the time between songs, Hozier discussed with the audience the Doomsday-based aura of certain songs and their lyrics, hence the album's title. His lighthearted attitude towards ideas relating to the end of the world were reflected in the songs' velvet background vocals and sanguine synth notes.
As the set neared its close, audience members were greeted with the fan-favorite "Movement," a soulful and lustful call to an all-consuming lover. Lastly came the familiar hit "Take Me to Church," which earned multi-platinum recognition across the world in 2014.
The night closed with the bittersweet encore of "Cherry Wine," masterfully picked by Hozier on his acoustic guitar, and the band later joined him to perform "Work Song" before taking their final bows. This loving end to the night resembled the ambience of Hozier's greater works, and many fans were seen to be standing in tears as they soaked in the beauty of the night's performances.
Hozier will continue his North American tour as the year progresses, and with a whopping number of shows already sold out, he will undoubtedly continue to be met with adoring sold-out audiences in celebration of his remarkable talent.


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Welcome to an article on how to find interval between dates in SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 using Nintex Workflows.This article will display the action "Find Interval between Dates" so that all my developer friends don't have to spend much time and effort while using this function in their projects.
This action assists you to find the interval between two dates in minutes, hours and days.Let's see the implementation of this functionality.
Add the action, "Find Interval Between Dates" either by right clicks on the workflow or by dragging and dropping from the left toolbox.
Unit: Choose the unit of value you want the result in as Days, Hours and Minutes.
Start Date: Select a date to start.
End Date: Select a date to end.
Output: The output will be stored in a variable by the workflow as the interval between dates.
Note: You can also check in the option "Use date when action is required" to pick the current date.
So in this article we saw how to find interval between dates using Nintex Workflows in SharePoint 2013 and Office 365. This action helps find the interval between two dates in minutes, hours and days.
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\section{Captions}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig_1_4Bar_Linkage}
\caption{Stiff joints in a linkage network can change the connectivity of non-linear modes in state space. (a-b) The 4-bar linkage has only one degree of freedom but two distinct zero energy motions that meet at a branch point at the flat state, making the mechanism difficult to control. The two motions can be seen as minima in the energy landscape at a fixed total strain $\rho$. (c-d) We can eliminate a chosen motion in a saddle-node bifurcation at $\rho_c$ by making the joints stiff to different extents (i.e., adding torsional springs that are relaxed in the flat state). The bifurcation diagram shows that such stiffness have changed the connectivity of the two non-linear modes. One of the two modes is destroyed in a saddle-node bifurcation at $\rho_c$ and is thus inaccessible from the flat state $\rho = 0$. (Here, $\phi$ is the angular variable in the 2-dimensional linearized null space of the flat state.)
\label{fig:Linkage}}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure*}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig_2_Vertex_Quad}
\caption{Heterogeneous stiff creases can simplify the landscape of self-folding sheets near the flat state. (a) An origami 4-vertex has a choice between two distinct folding modes at the flat state. (b-c) Making creases stiff completely eliminates a chosen mode by combining it with a nearby transition state (TS) in a saddle-node bifurcation. (Thickness of orange strip indicates stiffness.) (c) Trade-off: Stiff creases distort the desired mode while eliminating undesired modes. Stiffness profiles that minimize energy distortion (e.g., Linear Programming (LP) method) cause large geometric distortion and vice-versa (e.g., Quadratic Programming (QP) method).
(d) The exponentially many misfolding modes of large sheets are all eliminated if the stiffness profile $\kappa_i$ satisfies a linear constraint, shown here as a simplex. (e) We can minimize distortion (energy or geometry) of the desired mode by optimizing spring stiffness on this simplex.
(f-g) All but one chosen minimum in a quad pattern's energy landscape (at small overall folding) can be eliminated by stiff creases predicted by procedure in (e).
\label{fig:VertexQuad}}
\end{figure*}

\begin{figure*}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig_3_Bifurcation_Diagram_Simple}
\caption{Stiff creases change the topological connectivity of undesired modes. (a) The energy landscape of a quad with stiff creases has a unique mode at low strain $\rho$ but becomes more complex at higher strain. (b)  However, slow folding will recover the desired state provided the unique mode at low strain is continuously connected to the desired state and does not undergo a saddle-node bifurcation (blue line). Slow folding can be successful even if the unique mode at small strain $\rho$ is quite distorted relative to the desired mode.  (c) Bifurcation diagram as a function of total folding $\rho$ for a specific $16$-vertex pattern shows select undesired modes (solid lines) being eliminated at bifurcations with saddles (dashed lines). Only the desired mode (blue) survives - albeit distorted - to the flat state. (d) Simulations of folding at a finite strain rate (relative to relaxation timescale of hinges) show high success for slow folding and failures at higher folding rates.
(Data from 50 random $16-$vertex patterns).
\label{fig:bifurcationdiagram}}
\end{figure*}

\section{Results}

\subsection{Avoided bifurcation in linkage networks}

We first demonstrate our ideas on a simple but canonical model, namely the 4-bar mechanical linkage \cite{hartenberg1964kinematic,mccarthy2006geometric} in Figure~\ref{fig:Linkage}(a,b). While the structure has only one Maxwell degree of freedom, the flat state is a special point - it sits at a bifurcation where the degree of freedom is branched (and associated with a self-stress mode) \cite{chen2014nonlinear}. When compressed as shown, the linkage must choose one of the two distinct zero energy motions that conserve rod lengths. The associated energy landscape, at some fixed compression, has two minima corresponding these motions with an energy barrier (and transition state $TS$) between them; see Figure~\ref{fig:Linkage}(b). (See SI for precise energy model.) Many studies \cite{wampler1986manipulator,Wampler2011-cf,kieffer1994differential} have sought to predict and eliminate such `branch points' in complex mechanisms because one of the modes is usually desired and functional while the other is undesired.

We take a different approach and observe that experimental realizations of such mechanisms \cite{howell2001compliant,kota1995designing,Paper1} have imperfections that lift the energies of all the modes shown. If an imperfection can raise energy of the undesired zero mode more than it raises the energy of the transition state $TS$ and that of the desired mode, the undesired mode would disappear in a saddle-node bifurcation with the state at the barrier.

One such imperfection is stiffness in the joints. We model the stiffness of joint $i$ by a torsional spring of stiffness $\kappa_i$ that is relaxed in the flat configuration shown, i.e., at the branch point. That is, we assume a joint energy $E_i =  \kappa_i \rho_i^2/2$, $\rho_i$ being the folding angle measured from the flat state configuration.

We find that if the joints have unequal stiffness $\kappa_i$, it generically lifts the energies of different modes to different extents. In fact, one of the modes undergoes a saddle-node bifurcation with the transition state $TS$ separating the two modes (see Figure~\ref{fig:Linkage}(c,d)) at a finite folding extent $\rho =\rho_c$ where $\rho \equiv \vert \vert \vec{\rho} \vert \vert$. This distance $\rho_c$ is given by a competition between rod bending (or rod compression in alternative models) at the transition state $\sim K \rho^4$ and the spring energy $\sim \kappa \rho^2$; as shown in the SI, $\rho_c \sim \sqrt{\kappa/K}$. Other choices of $\kappa_i$ can eliminate the other mode.

Thus joint stiffnesses change the topological connectivity of undesired modes in state space; see Figure~\ref{fig:Linkage}(d). As a result, the undesired mode can be made inaccessible from the flat state, which now continuously connects with only the desired mode.
If the network is actuated slowly relative to relaxation timescales of the stiff joints, the network will fold into the desired mode and stay in that state even for $\rho > \rho_c$, despite the reappearance of the undesired mode at large $\rho$.

\subsection{Misfolding in self-folding sheets}
Self-folding sheets (or self-folding origami) are structures programmed to have one unique low or zero energy mode \cite{Miura1980-qk,Peraza-Hernandez2014-gp,santangelo2017extreme}. However, self-folding sheets, even when programmed with a single zero energy mode, have been shown to have exponentially many undesirable mis-folding modes accessible from the flat state \cite{Paper2,chen2018branches}. We show how crease stiffness can change the topological connectivity of these modes and leave only the desired folding mode accessible from the flat state.

\subsection*{Avoided bifurcation in a 4-vertex}
The atomic unit of self-folding origami is a 4-vertex \cite{Huffman1976-rr}. Much like the 4-bar linkage, the 4-vertex has one degree of freedom but the flat unfolded 4-vertex is at a branch point, a meeting point of two distinct folding motions \cite{Waitukaitis2015-rw,Tachi2016-si}, distinguished by the Mountain-Valley states of the creases (Figure~\ref{fig:VertexQuad}(a)) \cite{kawasaki1989,hull1994}.  These two motions are shown as zero energy minima in Figure~\ref{fig:VertexQuad}a using a model of vertex energy presented in the SI, with a transition state $TS$ separating them. This binary choice is the origin of the exponentially many misfolds of large self-folding sheets.

As with the 4-bar linkage, we wish to lift and eliminate one of the two folding motions, making it inaccessible from the flat state.

We introduce stiffness at the creases, an inevitable feature of most material implementations. We model such stiffness of crease $i$ as a torsional spring with $\rho = 0$ rest angle with energy $E_{Crease\; i} = \kappa_i \rho_i^2/2$. The energy of the origami vertex can be written as,
\begin{align}
E &= E_{Vertex} + E_{Crease}
\label{eq:VertexEnergy}
\end{align}
where $E_{Vertex}$ accounts for the vertex constraints \cite{Huffman1976-rr} and $E_{Crease} = \sum_i \kappa_i \rho_i^2/2$ accounts for crease stiffness. For more details on the energy model see SI. Crucially, the vertex energy arises from face bending, and scales with a high power $\rho^4$ for the two special folding motions.

Let us find the conditions on $\kappa_i$ for lifting and eliminating a chosen branch - the `undesired branch' - of the 4-vertex. We assume the folding angles of the undesired mode and the desired mode are $\tilde{\rho}_U$ and $\tilde{\rho}_D$ respectively and that of the transition state $TS$ separating them is $\tilde{\rho}_{TS}$, all assumed to be defined near the flat state and normalized. See Figure~\ref{fig:VertexQuad}(a).

Let $E_{TS}(\rho)$ be the energy of $TS$ at some chosen total folding $\rho\equiv \vert\vert\vec{\rho}\vert\vert$. Here, we will focus on eliminating the undesired minimum up to a distance $\rho_c$ from the flat state and return to larger folding behaviors later. To lift and eliminate the undesired minimum, we should choose a heterogeneous stiffness profile that raises the undesired mode more than the transition state $TS$. This constraint - requiring a saddle-node bifurcation - can be written as,
\begin{align}
\frac{1}{2} \rho_c^2 \sum_{i \in \text{creases}}\kappa_i \Big[(\tilde{\rho}_U)_i^2-(\tilde{\rho}_{TS})_i^2\Big] \geq E_{TS}
\label{eq:VertexLiftingConstraint}
\end{align}

In addition, all crease stiffnesses must be non-negative:
\begin{align}
\kappa_i \geq 0
\label{eq:PositivityConstraint}
\end{align}
Note that both constraints are linear in the stiffnesses $\kappa_i$.

Any set $\kappa_i$ satisfying the above constraints will eliminate the undesired mode in a saddle-node bifurcation at a total folding distance $\rho_c$, making it inaccessible from the flat state.

Only the desired mode is stable in the neighborhood of the flat state but it can be significantly distorted by the stiff creases. As shown in Figure~\ref{fig:VertexQuad}, with stiff creases, the desired mode is of non-zero energy (`Energy distortion') and can also have distorted folding angles (`Geometric distortion'). We wish to formulate design principles for choosing stiffness profiles $\kappa_i$, consistent with the above constraints, that best facilitate designed folding motions.

We devise two design strategies: (1) Minimizing energy of the desired mode (Energy optimization), (2) Minimizing geometric distortion of the desired mode (Geometric optimization). We find that different crease profiles generally trade-off energy and geometric distortion.

Energy optimization is simple: the desired mode has non-zero energy $E(\vec{\rho}_D)= \sum\kappa_i (\rho_D)_i^2/2$ because of crease stiffness. As this function is linear in $\kappa_i$, optimization subject to the saddle-node constraints Eqs.~(\ref{eq:VertexLiftingConstraint}-\ref{eq:PositivityConstraint}) is equivalent to a Linear Programming (LP) problem:
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}
& \underset{\bm{\kappa}}{\text{minimize}}
& & E(\vec{\rho}_D) = \frac{1}{2} (\bm{\rho}_D^2)^T\bm{\kappa} \\
& \text{subject to}
& & \rho_c^2\Big[(\tilde{\bm{\rho}}_U^2 )-(\tilde{\bm{\rho}}_{TS}^2)\Big]^T \bm{\kappa} \geq 2E_{TS}\ ,\\
&&& \kappa_i \geq 0, \; i \in \text{creases}\ .
\end{aligned}
\label{eq:LP}
\end{align}

Linear Programming problems are efficiently solved in polynomial time; further, the optimal stiffness profile $\kappa_i$ is guaranteed to be sparse. In a 4-vertex, only one crease needs to be stiff.

Geometric distortion is minimized if fold angles in the surviving minimum with stiff crease closely corresponds to the fold angles $\vec{\rho}_D$ of the desired branch without stiff creases. Here, we use the gradient of the energy potential with stiff creases, but evaluated at $\rho_D$, as a proxy for such geometric distortion. As shown in the SI, this proxy, after projecting out radial components of the gradient, is:

\begin{align}
F_{QP} &= \rho_D^2\sum_{{i\in creases}}\kappa_i^2 (\rho_D)_i^2 \ - \sum_{i,j}\kappa_i \kappa_j (\rho_D)_i^2 (\rho_D)_j^2.
\label{eq:QP}
\end{align}

$F_{QP}$ is a positive semi-definite function that is manifestly quadratic in $\kappa_i$. Optimization of this function - with the linear constraints in Eqs.~(\ref{eq:VertexLiftingConstraint}-\ref{eq:PositivityConstraint}) - is facilitated by efficient Quadratic Programming (QP) algorithms.

In practice, the LP and QP prescriptions do well at optimizing their respective strategies (i.e. energy and geometry) for a single vertex. Figure~\ref{fig:VertexQuad}(c) shows how these prescriptions indeed do better than choosing random stiffness profiles that satisfy the constraints.

Regardless of which optimization prescription is used, the saddle-node constraint Eqnuation~(\ref{eq:VertexLiftingConstraint}) ensures that close to the flat state, the energy landscape in the angular variables becomes convex (up to $Z_2$ symmetry), permitting just a single minimum. This guarantees that, irrespective of the choice of folding protocol, the resulting configuration at small $\rho$ is predictable and reproducible.

\subsection*{Stiffness profiles for large self-folding sheets}

Large origami patterns have exponentially many distractor minima states, making it near impossible to fold correctly \cite{Paper2,chen2018branches}. Still, the ideas of the previous section can be used to lift all but one of these minima at small folding angles. Crucially, the desired self-folding motion of a large pattern \cite{Tachi:2012,Paper1} is consistent with exactly one of the two folding modes for each of its constituent 4-vertices. Thus, for a pattern with $V$ vertices, the saddle-node constraint in Equation~(\ref{eq:VertexLiftingConstraint})  generalizes to $V$ linear constraints, one for each vertex $v$:

\begin{align}
\rho_{c}^2 \sum_{i \in \text{creases of }v}\kappa_i \Big[(\tilde{\rho}_{U,v})_i^2-(\tilde{\rho}_{TS,v})_i^2\Big] \geq 2 E_{TS,v}
\label{eq:PatternLiftingConstraint}.
\end{align}

Note that the constraints are dependent since vertices share creases. These linear constraints, along with $\kappa_i >0$, define a simplex in the space of crease stiffnesses as shown in Figure~\ref{fig:VertexQuad}(d). We can still use LP and QP algorithms as before to find optimized stiffness profiles.

Figure~\ref{fig:VertexQuad}(f-g) shows how applying a LP stiffness profile to a quad  pattern lifts all but one minimum close to the flat state. Sampling a large amount of large patterns shows that LP and QP indeed optimize their respective strategies; {see SI.}

\begin{figure*}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig_4_fast_slow_targets}
\caption{Folding rate can controllably select between different folding pathways. (a) While slow folding follows the continuous deformation of the unique mode at low strain $\rho$ (blue), fast folding results in a state that most `resembles' that low-$\rho$ mode (green). If the unique low-$\rho$ mode is  significantly distorted in geometry relative to the slow folding target, slow and fast folding can result in very different outcomes. (b-c) We systematically attempted folding at different strain rates (relative to a fixed hinge relaxation timescale) for the $16$-vertex pattern with stiff creases shown. We find three distinct outcomes at slow, intermediate, fast rates that completely differ in their Mountain-valley states, geometry and energy. The slow folding outcome corresponds to following the blue path in (b) while the intermediate and fast pathways cross over from blue to the green and orange modes respectively at some intermediate folding angles.
\label{fig:RateDependence}}
\end{figure*}

\subsection*{Larger folding angles and adiabatic folding}

While folding the quad with stiff creases in Figure~\ref{fig:VertexQuad}(g) retrieved the desired structure, we noticed that folding beyond a certain angle gives rise to many new minima (Figure~\ref{fig:bifurcationdiagram}(a)). To understand this, note that the saddle-node bifurcation constraint, Equation~(\ref{eq:VertexLiftingConstraint}), only ensures the absence of undesired modes up to a total folding $\rho_c$ at which $E_{TS}(\rho_c)$ is computed.
Intuitively, crease stiffness ($\sim \rho^2$) becomes less important than face bending ($\sim \rho^4$) as folding proceeds and the undesired modes are restored in a series of saddle-node bifurcations. See SI for more on the energy model.

At first sight, the reappearance of undesired modes at large $\rho$ might seem disappointing. However, if folding is carried out adiabatically - i.e., slowly relative to hinge relaxation timescales - these modes do not impact folding at all. Adiabatic folding, by definition, will follow the continuous deformation of the unique low-$\rho$ minimum.

Thus, for successful adiabatic folding, the only condition is that unique low-$\rho$ mode, is continuously deformed to the desired structure at large $\rho$. See Figure~\ref{fig:bifurcationdiagram}(b).

Figure~\ref{fig:bifurcationdiagram}c shows the bifurcation diagram for a $16$-vertex pattern with stiff creases predicted by Linear Programming. The unique low-$\rho$ mode is significantly distorted relative to the desired state (i.e., has low dot product). Nevertheless, this mode is continuously deformed to the desired state along the blue path, which was followed in slow folding simulations. Undesired states, on the other hand, are not continuously connected to low-$\rho$ mode.

To test whether our stiff crease prescriptions are able to consistently create adiabatic pathways, we sampled 50 random patterns, each with a programmed low-energy motion using the loop equations of \cite{Tachi:2012,Paper1}. Such patterns are expected to have $\sim 10^3$ higher energy undesired modes, corresponding to motions that jam close to the flat state. Accordingly, we almost never succeed in folding in the desired low-energy mode with generic folding torques. We then augmented the sampled patterns with stiff creases resulting from LP and QP prescriptions and simulated folding at varying rates. (In simulations, we assume the crease hinges follow a first order equation with a relaxation timescale $\tau_{relax}$; this timescale is known to vary for different material implementations \cite{holmes2011bending}.)

Patterns with either LP or QP stiffness profiles achieve a success rate in excess of $90\%$ when folded slowly (Figure~\ref{fig:bifurcationdiagram}(d)), compared with the expected $<0.1\%$ success rate with perfectly soft creases. Thus our heuristics for crease stiffness are useful for slow folding, yet not perfect.

The small fraction of failed cases represent patterns where the unique low-$\rho$ mode and the desired high-$\rho$ mode undergo distinct saddle-node bifurcations at intermediate $\rho$ and thus do not connect up. Such bifurcations are mathematically forbidden if these states are the lowest energy states for all $\rho$. Complex optimization methods that account for details of non-linear energy landscape at all intermediate $\rho$ might be able to better protect from such bifurcations. However, we find that simple heuristics, e.g., based on the energy of low and high-$\rho$  states alone, are sufficient to protect the adiabatic pathway from bifurcations for complex patterns. See SI for more analysis of failures.

\subsection{Folding rate-dependent target structures}

We have seen that the unique low-$\rho$ minimum funnels adiabatic folding to the desired state in a glassy landscape, even if the unique low-$\rho$ mode is significantly distorted relative to it. However, the success rate drops with folding rate; see Figure~\ref{fig:bifurcationdiagram}(d).

Such a drop in success rate is to be expected since very fast folding essentially takes the pattern from the unique low-$\rho$ state to high-$\rho$ with quenched geometry and then relaxes to the nearest minimum. Thus, as suggested by Figure~\ref{fig:RateDependence}(a), fast folding from the unique low-$\rho$ minimum picks out the glassy landscape configuration with closest geometric resemblance to the low-$\rho$ minimum.

These considerations suggest an intriguing possibility - programming the bifurcation diagram using stiff creases can program different folding pathways that are followed at different rates of folding.

We tested this hypothesis on a $16$-vertex pattern with LP springs whose unique low-$\rho$ mode has significant geometric distortion relative to the adiabatic folding outcome; see Figure~\ref{fig:RateDependence}(b). We systematically folded this structure at increasing speeds relative to its hinge relaxation timescale. We find three completely distinct but reproducible folded structures in regimes of slow, intermediate and fast folding; see Figure~\ref{fig:RateDependence}(c).

\section{Discussion}

In this paper, we argued that meta-materials design should be conceptualized as targeted design of an entire dynamic pathway that avoids undesired behaviors, and not just target a desired final state. We showed how such pathways and their topological connectivity can be programmed by controlling the bifurcation diagram; we applied our method to remove the exponentially many misfolding motions intrinsic to self-folding origami.

We showed that the bifurcation diagram can be modified by stiff joints, an inevitable feature of most experimental realizations of origami, linkage networks and other meta-materials. Thus, our proposal is conservative - it does not require specific directional information at hinges \cite{Peraza-Hernandez2014-gp}, temporal staging \cite{hawkes2010programmable} or using non-flat sheets \cite{Huffman1976-rr}.  Our general approach applies to any other heterogeneous bulk imperfection that couples to different folding modes unequally.

A particularly intriguing direction suggested by our work is the ability to geometrically program different behaviors at different rates. These outcomes can have independently tuneable mechanical properties, such as energy absorption \cite{Paper1}. While such complex rate-dependent phenomena are actively studied in materials (e.g., cornstarch \cite{brown2010generality,lin2016tunable}), our approach suggests that rate-dependent behaviors can be dictated simply by the bifurcation geometry of the meta-material.

\section*{Acknowledgements}

We thank Alfred Crosby, Heinrich Jaeger, Sidney Nagel, Jiwoong Park, and Thomas Witten for insightful discussions. We acknowledge NSF-MRSEC 1420709 for funding and the University of Chicago Research Computing Center for computing resources.

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growing a minimalist wardrobe: make a sewing kit. – Reading My Tea Leaves – Slow, simple, sustainable living.
Way back when in January, I wrote about a New Year's resolution to get better about mending (and minding) my clothes. I haven't needed to make any huge repairs since then, but there have been buttons re-sewn, tiny holes mended, stains treated and—acknowledging my own lack of expertise—pants taken to the tailor to be hemmed.
For repairs I can make at home, I've always stashed a small supply of sewing notions (to use a favorite word) in an old tin that belonged to my Aunt Ruth. About the size of the plastic boxes of needle and thread and folded paper measure tapes that you can find at drug stores and or fancy hotel bathrooms, the box has stashed a mess of threads and needles since I was in college. When I recently realized I was out of everything except the red thread that's been untouched since I first put it in there ten years ago (and a small tangle of blue embroidery thread that I can't remember buying at all), I decided to do a little makeover.
Tiny scissors: Not a necessity, but super convenient for one-stop sewing. Bonus, these tiny embroidery scissors have such small points that they can function like seam rippers should the task at hand be taking an itchy tag out of a toddler's sweater (as it's sometimes been).
Nota bene: My only regret is that I went it alone when I made my box. Forgive me my inner Girl Scout, but I have vivid memories of making personal First Aid Kits with my Girl Scout troop in elementary school and this project would be the perfect candidate for something to make with a group of people. If you have it in you, gather a few friends together to put together one of these kits and divvy up the thread and needles between you.
+ If you'd rather one-stop shopping, this Rapid Repair Kit has everything you might need in one package.
+ In the spirit of fixing what you already have, Karen Templer of Fringe Supply Co. has been stirring up a lot of great conversation with her Slow Fashion October project. Head over to her site to see what's up and follow along with the hashtag #SlowFashionOctober.
+ For some of beautiful mending inspiration, check out the work of Katrina Rodabaugh.
If you're not ready to bring a sewing machine into your space, consider taking a class locally — many shops even offer studio rental time by the hour, or you could go the fully handstitched approach with an Alabama Chanin project.
Love this one, Erin. Another good source for indie patterns is Sew Liberated. Meg has several I've got earmarked.
I just recently downsized my mending kit, after realizing I wasn't using most of the stuff in there. I bought that gorgeous Merchant & Mills Rapid Repair Kit you linked to and put that, plus several Gutermann spools of thread in the colours that match our clothes, into an old wooden cigar box we have. It's perfect.
A tiny scissors is a necessity . It is so handy to have a kit like this to grab when needed.
My well-loved only Blockshop scarf tore ever so slightly at a work event last night in the zipper of my bag – your mending link is giving me hope for it.
This was actually a wonderfully helpful exercise. It was a little microcosm of some of my macro difficulties with moving my life along towards less. I really don't ever use all of these colors of thread spools I have, and yet I horde them because they're perfectly good, I may use them one day, etcetera. I edited to the max, per your suggestions, and am left with a lovely little donation for someone whose life can accommodate it.


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Die Werkstätten-Mitwirkungsverordnung (kurz: WMVO) ist eine Rechtsverordnung des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, welche die Mitbestimmung und Mitwirkung von Menschen mit Behinderung in Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen (WfbM) regelt.

Entstehungsgeschichte
 der Werkstättenverordnung sah seit 1980 vor, Menschen mit Behinderungen eine angemessene Mitbestimmung und Mitwirkung durch Werkstatträte sowie Frauenbeauftragte zu ermöglichen. Aufgrund dieser Regelung wurden in vielen Werkstätten praktische Mitbestimmungsmodelle entwickelt.

Nähere Bestimmungen zur Wahl und zur Zusammensetzung der Werkstatträte wurden mit Wirkung zum 1. August 1996 in das Schwerbehindertengesetz eingefügt. § 54c SchwbG enthielt außerdem einer Verordnungsermächtigung für das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung (BMAS), die Art und den Umfang der Mitwirkung im Einzelnen zu regeln.

Die erste Mitwirkungsverordnung (WMVO) wurde jedoch erst aufgrund § 144 Abs. 2 SGB IX – Rehabilitation und Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen – erlassen, das zum 1. Juli 2001 in Kraft trat.

Nach Inkrafttreten von Art. 22 des Bundesteilhabegesetzes wurde die WMVO mit Wirkung zum 30. Dezember 2016 reformiert. Aufgaben und Zusammensetzung der Werkstatträte wurden präzisiert (§§ 3, 5 WMVO), außerdem die Einrichtung von Frauenbeauftragten gesetzlich geregelt (§§ 39a–39c WMVO).

Seit dem 1. Januar 2018 ergibt sich die Verordnungsermächtigung aus  SGB IX.

Wesentliche Inhalte der WMVO

Anwendungsbereich, Errichtung, Zusammensetzung und Aufgaben des Werkstattrats
Im ersten Abschnitt sind der Anwendungsbereich der WMVO  sowie die Erreichung, Zusammensetzung und Aufgaben des Werkstattrates geregelt.

Die WMVO gilt für die Mitbestimmung und die Mitwirkung von behinderten Menschen im Arbeitsbereich anerkannter Werkstätten ( SGB IX) in Werkstattangelegenheiten und die Interessenvertretung der in Werkstätten beschäftigten behinderten Frauen durch Frauenbeauftragte. Da Werkstattbeschäftigte zu den Werkstätten gem.  Abs. 1 SGB IX in der Regel in einem arbeitnehmerähnlichen Rechtsverhältnis stehen, ist das für Arbeitnehmer geltende Betriebsverfassungsgesetz nicht anwendbar. Außerdem findet die WMVO keine Anwendung auf Religionsgemeinschaften und ihre Einrichtungen, soweit sie eigene gleichwertige Regelungen getroffen haben.

Wie viele Mitglieder der Werkstattrat hat, hängt von der Anzahl der Wahlberechtigten ab und beträgt zwischen drei Mitgliedern in Werkstätten mit bis zu 200 Wahlberechtigten und dreizehn Mitgliedern in Werkstätten mit mehr als 1500 Wahlberechtigten ( WMVO).

Die Aufgaben des Werkstattrates beinhalten gem.  WMVO insbesondere
 darüber zu wachen, dass die zugunsten der Werkstattbeschäftigten geltenden Gesetze, Verordnungen, Unfallverhütungsvorschriften und mit der Werkstatt getroffenen Vereinbarungen durchgeführt werden,
 Maßnahmen, die dem Betrieb der Werkstatt und den Werkstattbeschäftigten dienen, bei der Werkstatt zu beantragen und
 Anregungen und Beschwerden von Werkstattbeschäftigten entgegenzunehmen und, falls sie berechtigt erscheinen, durch Verhandlungen mit der Werkstatt auf eine Erledigung hinzuwirken.

In den Angelegenheiten, in denen der Werkstattrat ein Mitwirkungs- oder Mitbestimmungsrecht hat ( Abs. 1 und Abs. 2 WMVO), hat die Werkstatt den Rat vor Durchführung einer Maßnahme rechtzeitig, umfassend und in angemessener Weise zu unterrichten und anzuhören ( Abs. 3 WMVO). Eine Unterrichtungspflicht besteht etwa bei   Beendigung des arbeitnehmerähnlichen Rechtsverhältnisses zur Werkstatt, Versetzungen und Umsetzungen sowie bei der Einstellung, Versetzung und Umsetzung des Fachpersonals und des sonstigen Personals der Werkstatt ( Abs. 1 WMVO).

Der Werkstattrat arbeitet mit dem Betriebs- oder Personalrat, der Schwerbehindertenvertretung und anderen Vertretungen innerhalb der Einrichtung wie einem Eltern- und Betreuerrat vertrauensvoll zusammen ( WMVO).

Außerdem führt der Werkstattrat mindestens einmal im Kalenderjahr eine Versammlung der Werkstattbeschäftigten durch ( WMVO).

Wahl des Werkstattrats
Im Abschnitt 2 sind die Wahlen des Werkstattrates geregelt.

Wählen dürfen alle Beschäftigten in der Werkstatt, sofern sie keine Arbeitnehmer sind. Wählbar sind alle Werkstattbeschäftigten, die am Wahltag seit mindestens sechs Monaten in der Werkstatt beschäftigt sind (,  WMVO). Für die Wahl wird ein Wahlvorstand bestimmt, welcher für die Durchführung der Wahl zuständig ist. Dieser hat die Aufgabe, eine Liste aller Wahlberechtigten zu erstellen. Außerdem muss ein Wahlausschreiben erstellt werden, auf dem alle nötigen Informationen zur Werkstattratswahl festgehalten sind. Vorschläge für Mitglieder werden dem Wahlvorstand eingereicht und dieser muss bis spätestens eine Woche vor der Wahl eine Liste mit allen Bewerbern bekannt geben.

Gewählt wird der Werkstattrat in einer geheimen und unmittelbaren Wahl ( WMVO). Gewählt sind die Bewerber, die die meisten Stimmen erhalten haben. Bei Stimmengleichheit entscheidet das Los ( Abs. 2 WMVO). Die Wahl kann wegen Verstoßes gegen die Wahlvorschriften beim Arbeitsgericht angefochten werden, es sei denn, dass durch den Verstoß gegen die Wahlvorschriften das Wahlergebnis nicht geändert oder beeinflusst werden konnte ( WMVO).

Amtszeit des Werkstattrats
Die Amtszeit des Werkstattrates beträgt vier Jahre.

Geschäftsführung des Werkstattrats
Der 4. Abschnitt regelt die Geschäftsführung durch den Werkstattrat sowie die Rechte und Pflichten der Mitglieder.

Der aus der Mitte der gewählten Ratsmitglieder gewählte Vorsitzende beruft die Sitzungen ein und leitet sie. Er legt auch die Tagesordnung fest. Beschlüsse werden mit Stimmenmehrheit gefasst, die Sitzungsniederschrift von dem Vorsitzenden und einem weiteren Ratsmitglied unterzeichnet ( WMVO).

Die Mitglieder sind zur Wahrnehmung ihrer Aufgaben von ihrer Tätigkeit in der Werkstatt ohne Minderung des Arbeitsentgeltes zu befreien, etwa zur Abhaltung von Sitzungen des Werkstattrats oder von Sprechstunden während der Beschäftigungszeit sowie für die Teilnahme an Schulungs- und Bildungsveranstaltungen (,  WMVO). Sie haben über die ihnen wegen ihres Amtes bekannt gewordenen persönlichen Angelegenheiten von Werkstattbeschäftigten sowie Betriebs- und Geschäftsgeheimnisse der Werkstatt Stillschweigen zu bewahren. Die durch die Tätigkeit des Werkstattrats entstehenden Kosten trägt die Werkstatt einschließlich der Kosten für Schulungs- und Bildungsveranstaltungen ( WMVO). Außerdem hat die Werkstatt für die Sitzungen, die Sprechstunden und die laufende Geschäftsführung in erforderlichem Umfang Räume, sächliche Mittel und eine Bürokraft zur Verfügung zu stellen, auf Wunsch des Werkstattrats auch eine Vertrauensperson, die ihn bei der Erfüllung seiner Aufgaben unterstützt.

Frauenbeauftragte
Die Frauenbeauftragte wird gleichzeitig mit dem Werkstattrat gewählt und vertritt die Interessen der in der Werkstatt beschäftigten behinderten Frauen gegenüber der Werkstattleitung, insbesondere in den Bereichen Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern, Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beschäftigung sowie Schutz vor körperlicher, sexueller und psychischer Belästigung oder Gewalt. Dazu soll sie einmal im Monat mit der Werkstattleitung zu einer Besprechung zusammenkommen. Sie hat auch das Recht, an den Sitzungen des Werkstattrates teilzunehmen und zur Wahrnehmung ihrer Aufgaben von ihrer Tätigkeit in der Werkstatt ohne Minderung des Arbeitsentgeltes befreit zu werden ( WMVO).

Kritik
Trotz einer Stärkung des Werkstattrats durch das Bundesteilhabegesetz bleiben die Regelungen der WMVO hinter den Rechten der Schwerbehindertenvertretung und der Mitbestimmung durch Betriebsräte in Betrieben des allgemeinen Arbeitsmarkts zurück.

Literatur
 Verein Werkstatträte Deutschland e.V. (Hrsg.): Die neue WMVO. Berlin, 2017 (in Leichter Sprache)

Einzelnachweise

Rechtsquelle (Deutschland)
Rechtsquelle (21. Jahrhundert)
Behinderung (Deutschland)
Werkstatt
Kollektives Arbeitsrecht (Deutschland)


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Whistleblower Law: What To Do If Your Company Is Committing Fraud
Nov 28, 2016 by Dolan Law Firm in Employment Law, Whistleblower Law
I received the following communication from an individual who wishes to keep his identity confidential:
"Chris, I'm a salesperson at a major corporation that puts tremendous pressure on us to meet monthly quotas. While not explicitly stated, the clear message we receive from management is do whatever it takes to meet your quota or you will be fired. I've observed other sales representatives repeatedly lie to customers to close deals. Their supervisors do nothing when customers complain. I want to quit my job but I also can't stand what the company is doing to its customers. I read about the verdict you obtained for a person in a similar situation. What should I do?"
Thank you for your message. Yes, the case I tried recently with local attorney Anne Costin raised similar issues. It was our honor to represent plaintiff Trish Williams, a former Wyndham Vacation Ownership ("WVO") timeshare sales representative, wrongfully terminated for reporting time share fraud on the elderly. WVO is the world's largest timeshare company. The case was tried before a San Francisco jury which returned a $20 million verdict for Williams for her lost earnings and emotional distress, and punitive damages. Now, more than ever, it is important for everyday people to speak out against consumer fraud and injustice, and, as in Ms. William's case, to protect the elderly from financial abuse.
In 2010, Ms. Williams reported that elderly customers were being defrauded by WVO salespeople, who were opening and maxing out credit cards without their knowledge and lying about reducing interest rates, maintenance fees and the ability to obtain rental income from their timeshares. She also disclosed an illegal, industry-wide practice of falsely representing that if owners spend enough money, often hundreds of thousands of dollars, WVO would buy back the timeshare at full value.
Evidence presented at trial revealed that WVO employees engaged in "pitching heat," high pressure sales tactics involving deliberate misrepresentations to get people to buy more timeshare "points." This included "TAFT" days, which stands for "Tell Them Any F@#*ing Thing" days, where employees were encouraged to say anything to make a sale as long as they didn't put it in writing. The highest selling sales agent said, "I sold my soul to the devil. I can say whatever I want so long as I don't put it in writing, that's why WVO has good lawyers."
For six long years, Ms. Williams and her attorneys battled Wyndham's well-funded army of lawyers. Why did she do this? Ms. Williams stated, "I want to say to others that know people are being cheated by their employers: have the courage to stand up and protect others and let a jury hear the facts. It's not easy, but it's the right thing to do."
My advice for you is to speak out against the fraud. We all aspire to live in a just and fair society. If your company has an internal complaint or ethics line, that is the place to start. Also send it to the head of Human Resources so they can't deny receiving the complaint. Be specific in your complaint. Stick to the facts that you have observed or have direct knowledge of. Keep copies of all documents proving the fraud as well as all communications you engage in.
I also suggest that you report this to an outside regulatory agency. It might be the California Department of Consumer Affairs, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA workplace safety enforcement), the local Police, Labor Commissioner or other appropriate agency. Send us an email if you need help in identifying the proper agency.
I recognize that the decision to report fraudulent or criminal activity by your employer is a difficult one, and unfortunately retaliation against whistleblowers is common. However, both Federal and California law have express provisions that encourage whistleblowers to step forward and protect them from retaliation.
In the Williams case, two claims were brought against Wyndham under California law: (1) Whistleblower retaliation in violation of California Labor Code section 1102.5; and (2) Wrongful termination in violation of public policy. The jury found for Ms. Williams on both claims.
I hope the company handles your complaint promptly, thoroughly, and fairly. If that does not occur seek legal advice from a trial attorney experienced in whistleblower law. An attorney can advise you on how to proceed with blowing the whistle while protecting your job.
By attorney Christopher B. Dolan, owner of the Dolan Law Firm. The Dolan Law Firm represents employee whistleblowers in a wide variety of cases. Email Chris questions and topics for future articles to help@dolanlawfirm.com


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Bringing World Food Day to the classroom
11th October 2019 • By Ciara Regan
Screenshot from Gregg Segal's website based on the Daily Bread project. For more, visit https://www.greggsegal.com
Wednesday, the 16th October, is World Food Day. Ciara Regan introduces a range of activities to get you started on teaching the issues, the debates and key ideas around World Food Day as part of a new series brought to you by the Professional Development Support Service for Teachers (PDST), Concern Worldwide, Self Help Africa and developmenteducation.ie
Scoilnet World Food Day portal is a great place to start. A teacher-led set of activities and resources covering a large range of hunger and food related topics including climate, migration, food waste, the SDGs, food choices and sustainability…and much more!
First, a general activity: The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) are running a Poster competition for ages 5-19 to create a poster that illustrates their idea of what needs to be done to make healthy diets available for everyone and how each of us can improve how and what we eat.
Follow-up activities could include: organising a food collection; exploring how much food is not eaten at lunchtime and what happens to it; and investigating food composting.
Other ideas for testing students' knowledge on food include:
Worksheet identifying fruit or vegetables
Worksheet on eating your colours
A display which questions student's understanding of fruit and vegetables, and why we need them.
Source: Teaching Ideas (UK)
Our very own resources library is key word searchable, so can be used to find resources on food, or you can use our Sustainable Development Goals Explorer to find resources on SDG#2
Explore Sustainable Development Goal #2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. Use the interactive SDG tracker from Our World in Data to see how countries and regions are doing in relation to SDG#2. Students could use this interactive tool to compare Ireland to any other country in the world and could spend time looking at definitions of the terminology used in SDG#2 such as undernourishment, food insecurity, malnutrition, sustainable food production etc. Compare and contrast Ireland and a developing country.
According to the Our World in Data website information, almost 120,000 people in Ireland are undernourished (2016 figures). Does this surprise students? Why?
Photo Activities
Screenshot from Gregg Segal's website based on the Daily Bread project. For more, visit https://www.greggsegal.com
Gregg Segal published his book, Daily Bread, in 2018. Segal uses the medium of photography to explore culture – our identity, memory, behavior, roles, beliefs, and values. His photography utilizes stark contrast and juxtaposition to engage viewers and provoke reflection. He draws on his background in writing and film to make pictures that are single frame dramas with a sense of something that has or is about to happen.
'Sensing a sea change in Western attitudes about diet and the effects of junk food, fast food companies have begun investing heavily in foreign markets where public awareness isn't as keen – and Big Macs aren't junk – they're a status symbol'
Discuss the above quote from Segal's introduction to his project Daily Bread. Why do students think junk food is seen as a status symbol? Is this true in Ireland? Why/why not?
Before exploring the images in Segal's gallery, ask the students to read his introduction to the project. Spend some time on the content of this.
What are their responses?
What piece of information do they find most interesting/most shocking/most relevant?
How does it make them think about people in Ireland and their relationship with food?
If students recreated their week in food, in the same way Segal does with his subjects, what would it look like?
Peter Menzel has created a similar project called Hungry Planet: what the world eats. The Californian photographer visited 24 countries for his book.
From the Aboubakar family from Darfur in Sudan who spend 79p feeding 6 people to a German family who spend £320, his work explores not only the cost of food around the world, but its value.
Ask students to spend some time looking at Menzels various photos and pic one or two that stand out for them the most and explore why.
Which ones are comparable to Irish food consumption and which are the most different? What do the students find most striking about these images? Do these pictures give any insight into food waste, consumption, health?
Source: David Horsey for the Spokesman-Review
Every day, one in nine people do not have enough food to support a healthy, active lifestyle. This problem has been compounded by climate change, which often has a devastating impact on food security. Sever drought across three continents has led to shortages of food, water and energy.
This gallery taken from the Guardian newspaper illustrates how some communities are finding alternative sources of food or fuel in order to increase their resilience to climate change.
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We would like to thank Random House for providing a copy of Penny Dreadful for this review.
Have you read Penny Dreadful? How would you rate it?


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Broadband Britain to overtake dial-up
Brief: High-speed Internet access is well on the way to becoming standard in the UK
By Graeme Wearden | June 20, 2005 -- 12:55 GMT (05:55 PDT) | Topic: Networking
Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that broadband is poised to overtake dial-up as the most popular way of accessing the Internet in the UK.
The ONS reported on Monday that, in April 2005, 49.2 percent of UK Web users were surfing over a high-speed connection, versus 50.8 percent using dial-up. A year before, broadband represented just 28.5 percent of the market.
Britain has enjoyed a protracted broadband boom, fuelled by lower prices and greater availability. Today, it is possible to get a capped broadband connection for under £20 a month, a far cry from the £50 or more a month that was charged for a broadband connection in 2001.
The rising popularity of broadband has important ramifications for companies that do business online. They can offer more data-rich Web sites without the danger that visitors will abandon them because they download too slowly, and can also consider making greater use of video.
More from Graeme Wearden
Open-source CRM firm marches into Europe
SCO suffers another loss
Lenovo recalls 205,000 ThinkPad batteries
CSR buoyant despite patent case


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Q: Spring Framework: Sending E-Mails that are generated from JSPs has anyone a good hint how to send E-Mails from Spring 3 that were created by a view (a jsp)?
(the spring manual describes how to use Velocity as template engine for generating e-mail bodies, but is it also possible to use JSPs instead?)

A: JSP programming model is too tightly tied to HTTP request processing, therefore there are no good ways to use JSP as a template engine in different contexts.

A: I recommend that you use Freemarker instead of JSPs.  It is easy to set up and use, and Spring even supplies some utility classes to help with common tasks.  (Velocity is another good option.)
JSPs would be fundamentally difficult to use because the compiled JSPs and the JSP engine are full of assumptions that you are generating some kind of servlet response.  I wouldn't say that it is impossible to use JSPs ... but you really don't want to go there, I think.
(Actually, here's a rather perverted "solution".  Take all of the information you want to include in the email body and encode it as URL query parameters or POST data or something.  Then use HttpClient or similar to make a call to an internal HTTP service whose purpose is create an email body using a JSP.  Ughh...)


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1. Using Kulhads as disposable cups to serve tea in trains, proved to be a bad idea. Why?
2. Why is plastic not degraded by bacteria?
3. DDT has entered the food chain. Which food habit is safer- vegetarian or non-vegetarian?
4. Classify the flowing as decomposers and producers Green plants, bacteria, fungi, algae, blue-green algae.
5. Distinguish between producers and consumers.
6. Name two environment-friendly practices.
7. Write any two ways of energy flow through an ecosystem.
play. Do you agree? Support your answers with two reasons.
9. How will the accumulation of biodegradable waste affect our environment?
10. Aquarium requires regular cleaning whereas lakes normally do not. Why?
11. How is ozone depletion caused? Name the compounds causing it.
12. What is meant by biodegradable waste? Which of the following is biodegradable? Agriculture residue, plastic, insecticides, sewage.
14. What is meant by a trophic level? Why do we have a greater number of organisms at lower levels?
15. Differentiate between biodegradable and non-biodegradable with respect to the effect of biological processes on them and the way they affect our environment.
16. Which level shows the maximum biological magnification? Why?
17. If 1000 KJ energy is available at the producer level, how much energy will be available at first carnival level?
18. Why do most food chains have 3-5 steps only?
19. Select the biodegradable items from the list given blow-Polythene bags, old clothes, wilted flowers, pencil shavings, glass bangles, bronze statue, vegetable peels.
20. What will impact on ecosystem if bacteria and fungi are removed from the Environment?
21. Describe any five modes of disposal of wastes.
22. Express your feelings on the picture has given down below. What will happen if all Carnivores are eliminated from the environment? What measures will you take to save Tiger?


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When it comes to land use litigation, local governments, businesses and individuals regularly engage the attorneys who make up Williams Mullen's Land Use and Eminent Domain Litigation Team.
Our land use attorneys have represented numerous clients in disputes resulting from local government zoning decisions, required proffers, and other governmental limitations or conditions on use and development of property. We have also represented both title companies and landowners in various real estate title and boundary line disputes. Additionally, we have represented landowners in administrative and judicial challenges to real estate taxes and assessments.
We also have eminent domain specialists who have substantial experience representing condemning authorities, landowners, tenants and owners of other real property interests in eminent domain proceedings, including the statewide representation of a national billboard company. Two of such proceedings resulted in significant opinions by the Supreme Court of Virginia defining the rights of tenants and owners of structures on condemned land.
Handled appeal of variance denial to the circuit court to allow for reduction in side yard building set back requirements.
Defended locality in both federal and state court against a developer's $7 million claim for alleged violations of due process rights and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Developer sought to construct a large retail store on its property, but the locality denied the site plan on various engineering/technical grounds.
Represented developer in state court trial against a locality which had rezoned the developer's property to prevent the developer from constructing a multi-family residential project. The developer claimed various constitutional violations, violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, vested rights violations, and piecemeal downzoning.
Represented locality in state court action against a neighboring locality involving downzoning, takings, and constitutional claims.
Represented corporation in BZA proceedings and subsequent state court action against a locality which had attempted to prevent the corporation from using its property for a permitted industrial use.
Defended locality in multiple state court actions involving rezoning and constitutional claims of property owners arising out of annexation.
Represented neighborhood business association in state court action against a locality involving claims for unlawful rezoning, conflicts of interest, due process violations, and violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Represented corporation in BZA proceedings and subsequent state court action against a locality involving the non-conforming use of a billboard and related constitutional and statutory claims.
Defended property owner in chancery suit brought by developer in attempt to establish easement by prescription and necessity over property owner's farm property.
Defended national California-based health care corporation operator of methadone clinics in highly controversial, media intensive lawsuit involving one of the corporation's substance abuse clinics. The matter involved numerous land use, licensing, legislative, constitutional, and state and federal statutory issues.
Defended locality against developer's claim for rezoning property to preclude development of apartment project in established single-family neighborhood.
Represented developer in state court action against a locality that denied a use permit for a residential/marina project on James River.
Represented neighboring property owners in state court action against City for granting use permit for home for troubled teens adjacent to golf course community.
Represented developer in suit to challenge inclusion of property in Special Taxing District, resulting in locality's voluntarily redrawing district to exclude property on eve of trial.
Represented municipality in defense of claims brought by property owner following municipality's downzoning of land on which golf course had been developed to preclude change in use. The owner claimed various constitutional violations, religious discrimination, piecemeal downzoning, conspiracy, and fraud. Suits were filed in state, federal and bankruptcy courts.
Represented neighboring property owners in challenge to BZA's granting of variance from height limitations for development of condominiums.
Represented hotel owner challenging zoning administrator's determination that hotel was in violation of zoning restrictions.
Represented developer in litigation against local government seeking interpretation and enforcement of provisions of prior owner's water and sewer agreements establishing connection charges for apartment development.
Represented developer in claims against locality for delay in approval of development plan for tax-credit apartment complex.
Represented landowner in federal eminent domain proceeding to recover award of just compensation.
Represented Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner in eminent domain actions in various jurisdictions in Hampton Roads.
Represented hotel owners in eminent domain proceeding brought by local Housing Authority to recapture a parking easement and associated rights previously granted by the Authority to the hotel owner.
Represented national billboard company in eminent domain proceedings throughout Virginia, including two actions decided by the Virginia Supreme Court clarifying Virginia law on the right of tenants and owners of structures in eminent domain proceedings.
Represented businesses and individuals in administrative claims for relocation benefits under Virginia Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act.
Represented landowner with a hotel and other commercial businesses located at an Interstate 95 interchange in multiple condemnation proceedings following the taking of property to relocate the interchange.
Represented landowner in eminent domain proceedings brought by Dominion Virginia Power to construct a 230KV transmission line.
Represented owner of convenience store and gasoline business in West Point in condemnation of business property by VDOT.
Represented residential owners of property in condemnation actions by VDOT for acquisition of property for I-295.
Represented residential owners of property in condemnation actions by VDOT to acquire property for construction of Route 288.
Represented Class I railroad in defense of eminent domain action by North Carolina Department of Transportation wherein rule of law established that safety must be considered in location of new roadway and rail crossing.
Represented landowners of property in condemnation action by North Carolina Department of Transportation for acquisition of Highway 64 controlled access project in Eastern North Carolina.
Represented landowners in condemnation action by North Carolina Department of Transportation for acquisition of Highway 70 controlled access project.
Represented both residential and commercial landowners in numerous condemnation actions by the City of Raleigh, Town of Garner, Town of Cary, Town of Selma and Town of Morrisville.
Represented low income housing owner in condemnation actions for urban renewal by City of Raleigh Housing Authority.
Represent restaurant tenant in condemnation action by Triangle Transit Authority.
Represented Shortline Railroad in condemnation action by North Carolina municipality.
Represented hotel operator, gasoline retailer, and a developer in seven separate eminent domain proceedings related to the relocation of an interstate highway interchange.


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Facial Fat Transfer/ Fat Grafting or Facial Fat Grafting refers to the corrective measures taken to treat serious facial deformities, natural (by birth) or occurred due to the accident, surgery or even due to the aging. Sounding so easy to perform, this treatment is far beyond than supplementing facial volume and filling in the creases like wrinkles and folds. Fat Transfer is not just a bioinert substance but a metabolically active and a live graft.
Hence, Facial Fat Transfer treatments are performed by the experts/ Cosmetic surgeons only. The procedure consists of harvesting small amounts of fat from other body parts like the thighs, abdomen, or hips and injecting into the areas of the face that have depleted volume. Thereby, erase wrinkles and reshape the face, enhancing the overall youthfulness of facial appearance.
Over the last decade, there has been a significant rise in the number of Facial Fat Transfer treatments performed worldwide. The probable factors persuading this rise are the influence of media, fashion and film industry peer pressure for appearance and beauty, and changing dynamics of beauty etc. Nonetheless, this rise has created a full-fledged, exclusive market space for Facial Fat Transfer. Once considered as merely a part of the cosmetic surgery, Facial Fat Transfer treatments is a mainstream market now. That too a flourishing market, needless to say.
Acknowledging the value this market is garnering currently and the growth prospect the market is demonstrating worldwide, Market Research Future (MRFR), recently published a brilliant study report giving out the complete market prognosis up till 2022. According to MRFR, the Global Facial Fat Transfer market is expected to accrue USD ~4.20 Billion by 2022, registering a phenomenal CAGR during the forecasted period (2016 -2022). In 2015, the market had valued USD 1.50 billion. The numbers indicate that the market is going to grow in three fold.
The global Facial Fat Transfer market is a fragmented market with a large number of players. Development strategies for the Treatment Types have been curtailed by the excellent efficiency and efficacy of the treatments. However, the rise of side effects/resistance have paved avenues for new treatment development and is an opportunity for a new market leader. The rise of spurious and counterfeit treatments have reduced the total market revenues and at the same time displaced standard treatments off the market. Key Players are focusing on innovative products & treatments with minimum adverse effects, as well as targeting emerging applications to leverage growth opportunities.
Bucks County Plastic Surgery & Dermatology, Pennsylvania announced that they have started offering fat transfer surgeries to Bucks County residents.
By Types: Comprising – Autologous Fat Transfer and Microlipo Injection, among others.
By Treatment Types: Dermal fillers and Fat injections, among others.
Dermal fillers on the basis of Treatment Types accounts for the largest share of the global Facial Fat Transfer market.
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The new Dekashinmushi is the largest of Duo Shinmushi range of Cicadia lures. At 75mm in length and just over 32g, flies like a bullets and is ideal for tempting big chub and pike off the surface.
Separate body structure: The body of the Dekashinmushi is a two piece structure separating from the belly and the back section. By removing the rear hook eye, anglers will be able to separate the body to customize the lure depending on the given situation.
Rubber Legs: The length of the legs are 102mm and are so soft that they will continue shimmering even when holding it still in your hand. The color combinations have been carefully selected to match the body color.


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Q: conditional mean of a column based on another column in the same xts object I have the following xts object = mydata:
row.names   ret   flag
8/1/2014    10     1
8/4/2014    12     3
8/5/2014    -15    2
8/6/2014    05     1
8/7/2014   -06     2

I would like to find the mean of all returns that have a flag =1, flag = 2, flag = 3
This is what I have:
 g.rt= matrix(0, nrow = 3)
 for (i in 1:3)
  {
  rt[i]=sapply(X=1:nrow(mydata), FUN=function(x)
  {mean(mydata[which(mydata$flag == i),1])})
  }

Although it works, I get a warning message
    "In g.rt[5] = sapply(X = 1:nrow(tprt), FUN = function(x) { :
    number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement length"

I am not really sure what implications its going to have. Can you please look at my code and see what I am doing wrong?


Just a few minutes back, we had reported that Vijay's 63rd film is most likely to be directed by Atlee, and produced by AGS Entertainment.
If this news happens to be true, then, it will be Vijay's first ever association with AGS Entertainment. Archana Kalpathi, of AGS, has revealed in many of her interviews that she is an ardent fan of Thalapathy. Interestingly, there is also a wall poster of Vijay's Kaththi, at the AGS Entertainment' office. She had expressed her interest to work with Vijay very soon, and it looks like that time has come.
However, we have to wait for an official announcement from the team.
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