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Sokaogon Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
© Photographed April 17, 2015
Opened October 12, 2013
Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
44.033489,-88.580486 (where to park to access the trail)
44.032903,-88.581758 (where to access the trail)
SOKAOGON MOLE LAKE BAND
OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA
[Side One]
The Mole Lake Chippewa settled in the northern regions of Wisconsin, having moved out of eastern Canada at least 1,000 years ago. According to the teachings of the Ojibwe people, it was the sacred megis shell that first guided the people to the rich regions of the Great Lakes. The megis shell was last seen near Lake Superior's Madeline Island, which was one of the settling points for tribal people migrating from the eastern shores of the continent. Currently, the Sokaogon Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reside on the Mole Lake Indian Reservation next to Rice Lake in Forest County.
Living near the upper Great Lakes region, the Mole Lake Chippewa kept the right to hunt, fish and gather on lands sold to the U.S. Government in the mid [sic] 1800s. The Chippewa kept the right to obtain food and other necessities on ceded lands to ensure that future generations would always have a source of food and survival.
Before the reservation with formally approved following the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the Sokaogon had always lived in the vicinity of Rice Lake. Chief Ackley was instrumental in establishing the current reservation starting with approximately 1,700 acres adjacent to Mole Lake and including Rice Lake, in Forest County, Wisconsin.
[Side Two]
Today the Sokaogon Chippewa continue cultural traditions, especially the late summer wild rice harvesting and early spring speak fishing activities. Utilizing state of the art [sic] technology and research, the Sokaogon Chippewa continue to protect their resources for future generations. The tribe is investing in cultural restoration projects, environmental planning of the resources, education of its members and social programs that enhance the general health of the tribe.
The entrance (I used) to the Tribal Heritage Crossing of the Wiouwash State Trail is located adjacent to the parking lot for Two Brothers Family Restaurant, located at 1930 Rath Lane, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54904.
NOTE: The parking lot adjacent to the restaurant is posted as "for customers only". However, there is plenty of parking on Rath Lane. Be sure to check the Google Map coordinates before heading out.
NOTE: The trial loop is about four miles in length.
This location is Overlook 9 (see map below) in a series of historical marker kiosks that comprise the Tribal Heritage Crossing of the Wiouwash State Trail. Click here for more information about the Tribal Heritage Crossing project and links to photos / transcriptions of all markers on the Trail.
Looking north along the trial,
with Highway 41 on the left and Lake Butte Morts on the right.
This media file prepared by US I 41 Project is in the public domain.
Labels: Tribal Heritage Crossing, Winnebago County Wisconsin Historical Markers, Wisconsin Native American History
Location: Highway 41 Lake Butte des Morts Causeway & U.S. 41, Oshkosh, WI 54904, USA

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November 2022 clash_bowley
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November 2022 RichardAbbott
November 2022 Apocryphal
November 2022 BarnerCobblewood
Apocryphal
October 2022 in 115. (October 2022) Berserker, by Fred Saberhagen
"All further exploration was delayed, in the very days when the new and inexplicable radio voices were first heard drifting in from beyond your frontiers, the strange soon-to-be-terrible voices that converses only in mathematics."
The main setting conceit of the Berserkers immediately reminded me of the Borg in Star Trek, which I have to believe were at least in part inspired by Berserkers. The Borg are a little different, in that they are effectively a 'race' (in RPG sense) and they have a mission of 'assimilation' rather than 'destruction'. But are these fundamentally different? What's compelling, or not compelling, about either one. Were the berserkers well conceived and drawn? Which one would you use in games, and why? What else would you crib from this novel for games?
RichardAbbott
Actually I was never reminded of the Borg! They never forget their biological component, whilst clearly regarding it as incomplete, whereas the berserkers were implacably opposed to all life (well... in theory, though they did maintain some specific lives for particular purposes, which I suppose one could argue is parallel to Locutus).
I think assimilation is different from destruction - the basic Borg assumption is that pretty much every life form they encounter has something of value to include in the collective (the ones that don't have anything to add are, I guess just cannon fodder). So there is a recognition of partial value in others, whereas the berserkers apparently did not (except see above).
To me that makes the Borg more compelling that the berserkers, and their agenda more comprehensible and dangerously akin to the MO of The Federation - a kind of mirror image of it, if you like.
See also my comments in another thread about the oddities of the berserker mindset - is it randomly driven or logical? Of course the Borg have their oddities too, not least the whole business of ignoring the presence of intruders on their vessels until they have actually caused damage in some way!
BarnerCobblewood
Like @RichardAbbott I di not think of the Borg, though it seems obvious once you say it. I think that Saberhagen realised early that the Berserkers as purposeless industrial killing did not provide a sufficient antagonist for plot, and so changed them. I would use the Berserkers in a session, but not as a basis for a campaign - reckless hate is boring.
That's an interesting point about 'purposeless killing machines', but consider:
Sauron - basically a faceless, enemy, but he had a purpose toward domination rather than killing, and used people toward this purpose. Sauron's main face was the black riders who were very scary. This conceit was enough to carry 2 lengthy novels.
Zombies are effectively mindless killing machines, only quasi-organized but somehow acting like a hivemind. There's not question a lot of mileage has been gotten from them, though like you I generally find them boring and overdone. With zombies, there's an added element in that the protagonists can themselves become zombies.
There are few enemies more purposeless and faceless than Cthulhu and his ilk. Although they are the looming existential threat, they are even less scrutable the the berserkers. So their cultists are brought in as the actual antagonists on the ground.
Over the course of these stories, Saberhagen did start to explore different avenues around these machines - the effect of the threat on different kinds of people, but the berserkers themselves were also given a personality of sorts. And they were given minions - both 'slaves' like Goodlife, and willing minions like the Mars cultists.
re: the Borg, I'm not that sure that assimilation and destruction are very different. Would it matter to you if you were assimilated vs destroyed? You would cease to be in either case. Some might prefer destruction to assimilation, so the assimilation angle gives a choice. But as we saw, the berserkers also gave people a choice - collaboration or destruction. One key difference, I guess, is that it's possible to come back from assimilation. Also, it allows for a discussion of 'good of the grater entity' vs 'personal good', which I think is absent from the destruction question.
Your comments @Apocryphal made me consider the crucial difference between existential-threat type adversaries and tangible-and-killable type ones. Existential ones might be a spiritual enemy (Sauron maybe) or a force of nature (weather, glaciers, asteroids etc) and are essentially so big they can't be defeated by means of head-on attacks. Tangible ones might be tough or well-equipped, but there's nothing about their nature that prevents them being defeated.
Of course you can have both in the same story - Sauron has the Nazgul plus a whole bunch of men and orcs, of varying levels of defeatability.
There are some good stories where the tangible adversary becomes an ally against the existential one - offhand I recall a UFO episode where one of the aliens teamed up with one of the human pilots so they could try to both survive on the lunar surface.
Now Saberhagen presents the berserkers as tangible foes who even in the first story can be defeated by comparatively weak human vessels using good tactics. Occasionally they seem like existential ones to individuals stranded in bad positions, but in most of the stories their tangibility and hence vulnerability is exposed at some point.
Are they tagged as "purposeless killing machines"? We are told several times that they were originally built for a purpose, and that there were safety codes and the like to control them... but both the original purpose and the control codes are lost.
I think that this is maybe part of the world building back-story that Saberhagen never quite clarified in his own mind, or maybe his thinking evolved during the span of writing the stories.
NeilNjae
Starting from the thesis that good science fiction is good because it's a reflection of our own times... what do the berserkers represent?
Are they a people, like the Soviets or Chinese, out to destroy America?
Are they a massively powerful and self-destructive weapon, like strategic nuclear weapons?
Are they a social movement, like beatniks or hippies, out to destroy the good, traditional American way of life?
I think they are what comes out of industrial war, the Military-Industrial complex that Eisenhower famously warned about.
Wasn't there a Star Trek ToS episode where a computer took over a starship and refused to comply with orders?
It's a good question. I'd guess a combo of nuclear threat with the fear of machines/robotics taking over. The idea of putting the fate of humanity into something that could not conceive of God and therefore had no moral guidance. Maybe there's a latent fear of atheism embedded in there?
Doctor Who, with its daleks and cybermen and Wotan the supercomputer shared in this, too, no?
@BarnerCobblewood said:
I think that could well be true. The parable of a war machine that slipped out of the control of its creators.
So is "more war" the correct response to that? Is that what Saberhagen is saying? Was that a deliberate statement by him, or were the berserkers just a convenient opponent for some mil-SF fun?
What would a more thematic response be? Dispersion of people they can never be wiped out? Actions to cut off the berserkers from their supplies, so they "starve" to death? The use of beauty and art as "psychological warfare" to overwhelm the berserkers' simple mechanical minds?
@NeilNjae said:
I think that at this stage they were an opportunity for what you call some mil-SF fun. Also some game and problem solving stories that have a patina of so-called hard-sf in them. That said, they still betray their American origin by immediately relying on semi-human slaves to battle industrialisation.
I don't understand what you mean by "more thematic response." As a military strategy, relying on slaves to fight has been a failure for a very long time, and relying on citizens has been a failure at least since 1945. People who used to win love stories about the good old days though.
Knowing full-well I'm reading too much into this... but if Saberhagen is positing, in these stories, that an out-of-control military-industrial complex is an existential threat to all life, what is the correct response? Saberhagen's response, according to these stories, is to develop your own military-industrial complex and fight the opponent. What are other ways to deal with the threat, if you want a response other than "fight fire with fire"?
There's always the 1983 film War Games response - "the only way to win is not to play"
@RichardAbbott said:
Found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_Computer
"The Ultimate Computer" is the twenty-fourth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by D.C. Fontana (based on a story by Laurence N. Wolfe) and directed by John Meredyth Lucas, it was first broadcast on March 8, 1968.
In the episode, the crew of the Enterprise race to disable a rogue computer in total control of the ship.
But the premise for the problem is different - here "[the designer] reveals that he has imprinted human engrams onto M-5's circuits, creating what amounts to a human mind operating at the speed of a computer." So not a soulless killing machine...
By coincidence, I've just finished watching Star Trek TOS Series 2 Episode 6, "The Doomsday Machine", about a giant war machine that destroys all in its path. The characters in the programme posit that The Doomsday Machine was a weapon of mutual destruction that destroyed its creators then continued its mission of destruction. Coincidence, perhaps?
Doubtful it's a coincidence.
To the other question, Saberhagen has The Third Historian say in the intro (which might not have made it into the kindle, but see my pictures in the intro thread) that the only thing that saved everyone was the fact that the humans already had a robust military presence due to their infighting. Whether that means developing a new military response is the solution remains an open question.
I think, looking at this from a 2022 perspective, hackers and drones would be brought into play. Saberhagen may not have conceived of either as a defence (though drones seem logical, since a Berserker is just a huge drone). But hackers - once the language is learned, that seems to be the answer.
@Apocryphal said:
That's a really interesting thought - so far as I recall, the humans in these stories had no form of computer assistance (and certainly no AI) which is a curious omission given the time of writing. Much earlier writers like EE Doc Smith wrote about mechanical brains to help do stuff like navigation, by analogy with an aircraft autopilot. But not here, so I assume that it is a deliberate omission. Likewise, as you say there seems to be no concept that the berserkers could be approached in this way, to either neutralise or recruit them - and there seem to be several factions who would quite like to have a "tame" berserker on their side.
All this reminded me of Ken MacCleod's Cassini Division - I read one of the books in this series years ago (largely because it seemed such a cool name) but never followed it through to the others. But there, the human faction avoided AI because their adversaries could hack and subvert it far too easily, so the risk to the user was far too high. So there was knowledge of the possibilities and dangers of such things, rather than complete absence. Odd comments online about those books suggest they would make a good framework for gaming so I wonder if anyone here has made use of them in this way?
I've never heard of them. In fact, you often mention SF authors I've never heard of, so perhaps they don't all make it over the pond. Or maybe it's just the shape of my circles.
All part of the fun of the group I guess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Fraction#Series
clash_bowley
I was a fan of Saberhagen as a young man, but avoided the Berserker books. I am no longer a fan of Saberhagen, but I wouldn't read any more Berserker stories.
Is that a comment on this book, or Saberhagen generally? Would you read other books by Saberhagen?
It's both. I used to really like Saberhagen, and still own several of his books, but have not had any urge to pick them up for decades now, but I never was drawn to the Berserker series, and that remains true.


More photos of Rory McIlroy's WITB in the forums.
The approach paid off. The Ulsterman was second in the field in strokes gained: off the tee at 5.309. He was fifth in the field in driving distance (305 yards). He led the field in strokes gained: tee to green.
For WITB is it possible to show lie angles these players are playing.


A server could send a specially crafted SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_REQUEST packet with an exit status message and no payload. This would result in an out of bounds memory comparison (CWE-130).
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2019-3862 to this issue.
libssh2 1.8.1 ensures the length of the packet is greater or equal to the value being compared before calling memcmp().


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I see you got your 3rd brake light done!
Yes I do. Next im going to do something with the curtesy lights. Just waiting for the parts in the mail.
Ha! Yea I guess. Just cuz we know how to party!
Did you disconnect the factory 3rd brake light? I see it on in your sig?
Yes i did, I haven't updated my sig. I have to go to the dealer and by the piece to cover up the hole. I just haven't had the time, but have the housing for the factory 3rd brake light there for now.


We have some devastating news for you… Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield have reportedly split.
Accorfing to PEOPLE, the couple called it off a few months ago. Which means we've been happily shipping them while they were actually separated. The trauma :(.
'There was no drama, they've been apart while working. They still care about each other,' reveals a source.
Emma and Andrew hooked up four years ago, after meeting on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man. As we're sure you already know, Andrew played the title character and Emma was his love interest Gwen Stacy.
It was rumoured that they'd taken a break back in April, having fallen victim to the perils of a long-distance relationship.
But then Emma got us all confused by carrying a bag through the streets of LA with Andrew's name written on it, presumably taking him his laundry or lunch. Hmmm.
The couple were last seen together in LA in August, although that was the first time they'd been spotted since they hung out in Venice, California in May.
Since then, they've both been busy with their respective movie schedules. Brit actor Andrew, 32, was away working on Martin Scorsese's new film Silence in Taiwan earlier this year.


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Q: error Process finished with exit code 1. something to do with for loop going thru the array I have an int array. I want to loop thru the 'nums' array and create 2 arrays for odd numbers and even numbers
          int[] nums = {11, 5, 2, 60, 32, 9, 21, 4};

The expected result should be 2 arrays. One array should have even numbers and another array should have odd numbers. but I get outofboundexception error. can't figure out what is wrong
public class ExamReview {
public static void main(String[] args) {

    int[] nums = {11, 5, 2, 60, 32, 9, 21, 4};
    //int[] nums = {11, 5, 2};
    int [] evenArray=  new int[4];
    int [] oddArray=  new int[4];

    int sizeofarray = nums.length;

    for(int i = 0; i< nums.length; i++){

        if(nums[i] %2 == 0) {
            evenArray[i] = nums[i];
        }
        else{
            oddArray[i]= nums[i];
        }

    }
}

A: Issue
When you iterate through your array at the 5th. iteration your i=4 so you try to assign evenArray[4] what is not possible because it has only the length 4 0 1 2 3
evenArray[4] = nums[4]; // _> is out of the arrays boundaries

Solution
Use two different count variables for the position of the two arrays.
import java.util.Arrays;
public class ExamReview {
public static void main(String[] args) {

    int[] nums = {11, 5, 2, 60, 32, 9, 21, 4};
    //int[] nums = {11, 5, 2};
    int [] evenArray=  new int[4];
    int [] oddArray=  new int[4];
    int evenCounter = 0;
    int oddCounter = 0;
    int sizeofarray = nums.length;

    for(int i = 0; i< nums.length; i++){

        if(nums[i] %2 == 0) {
            evenArray[evenCounter] = nums[i];
            evenCounter++;
        }
        else{
            oddArray[oddCounter]= nums[i];
            oddCounter++;
        }

    }
      System.out.println(Arrays.toString(evenArray));
      System.out.println(Arrays.toString(oddArray));

  }
}

Output
[2, 60, 32, 4]
[11, 5, 9, 21]

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That's good stuff but I'm fairly sure that calling it 'Pi Scratch' is going to confuse a lot of people. It just isn't correct - you're providing an add-on, not the base software.
Please, think of a less confusing name for your package.
running, while in the pull-down menu there are no additional buttons on the remote control (according to the screen in the manual). What am I doing wrong ....?
the latest version from this web page is 13,Apr 2015, so this software seems not to be actively maintained.
Between pi2 and pi3 have been some changes in hardware addresses, so some functions might not work by this reason, or supporting libraries are no longer available.
Which special hardware or functions do you want to use which are not in current scratch+gpioserver or available by using scratchClient with scratch ?
From something that Tim Rowledge said on here a while ago, and speaking briefly to Carrie-Anne Philbin at PiParty in March, it seems that RPF are not doing any more development on Scratch 1.4 and are, instead, switching their focus to providing an interface between the gpio and the online version of Scratch 2.0.
I want to instill in my kids programming basics by programming small DIY kits or building a robot and then controlling it. Due to the fact that I do not want to discourage them from creating code, for example in python I decided to start from the scratch or picture language (eg scratch). Fine electronic elements I have. I managed to build a code that managed stepper motors and LEDs. On the other hand, I jammed on the remote control. The piridopia project itself is very interesting and well documented. It offers control of all the electronic modules I have. From this choice. Do you know of any similar project that easily manages so many sensors and other electrical devices?
I maintain scratchClient, which is a python framework supporting a few devices as GPIO, some chips, boards and other interfaces for twitter, openweathermap, mqtt. There is no support for lirc IR at the moment.
It runs with current scratch on raspbian and can easily be extended. It has a build in web server supporting low level debug of interfaces.
Hello, have added lirc remote control to scratchClient today.
Forris wrote: From something that Tim Rowledge said on here a while ago, and speaking briefly to Carrie-Anne Philbin at PiParty in March, it seems that RPF are not doing any more development on Scratch 1.4 and are, instead, switching their focus to providing an interface between the gpio and the online version of Scratch 2.0.
From in section in the recent MagPi that seems likely to happen in a new Raspian release as that what was said.
the scratchClient lirc adapter reads the configured buttons from lirc config which is in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf. So there is no need to have the buttons individually configured in the scratchClient config file. The file config/config_lirc.xml is all you need to start scratchClient (as provided in the download).
When you open the web page localhost:8080, then you should see an adapter displayed similiar to this in docs chapter 6.12.2.5. Each key in lirc provides a broadcast e.g. for key_3 there are the events output_key_3_down and output_key_3_up.
When scratch 1.4 is connected to scratchClient (enable remote sensor connections), then the web page is animated. So the outputs will show a short red flash when lirc triggers a button (monitoring), and if you click the output text with the mouse, the corresponding event will be send to scratch (simulation).
scratch1.4 has the 'when I receive '-hat in the control panel. Either type or paste the broadcast event name from the web page, or (if lirc is working) just press the buttons on your remote control, then scratchClient sends the events to scratch and scratch 1.4 populates the event name in the hat's value selection.
... one more question ... when I want to spend a few configuration files (several servo functions, lirc, photo sensor) in one time how do I run scratchclient ...? Do you need to merge several configuration files into one ....?
a config file consists of one or more <adapter/> - sections. Just add the adapters as needed. Usually the adapters work without problems when combined, but be careful not to use various pwm technolgies or setting the poll rates too fast. There are some constraints e.g. on naming the adapters (each one unique), so read the log output for errors.
Hello, servo usually have black (dark), red and yellow connectors. Connect 5V between black and red; connect black to rpi gnd and yellow to a gpio pin. For very small servo, it is possible to take the 5V from the gpio headers, for larger servos there is the need for an extra power supply.
There are config snippets in the doku and sample files in the distro.
Are you certain you are using the correct pin numbers? Don't forget that the built in scratch gpio server uses the BCM numbering. See https://pinout.xyz for a collection of illustrations about the pin numbering and usages.
I wrote that code, and the documentation, and the example Scratch project (Examples->Sensors and Motors->gpio-servoDemo) and it certainly works in my lab.
Here a sample config and step by step procedure for servo with scratchClient.
Copy this as a file config/config_gpio_servo.xml into the scratchClient folder.
You see in the xml file that the PWM pin is BCM-GPIO23, adjust as needed. This adapter uses rpi.gpio, which has some jitter but should work without more dependencies.
The -v flag makes output more verbose. Keep the terminal open.
2017-06-08 19:49:33,688 - __main__ - INFO - Trying to connect to scratch.
2017-06-08 19:49:33,838 - __main__ - WARNING - There was an error connecting to Scratch!
2017-06-08 19:49:33,838 - __main__ - WARNING -   Unterstuetzung fuer Netzwerksensoren einschalten!
2017-06-08 19:49:33,838 - __main__ - WARNING -   Activate remote sensor connections!
2017-06-08 19:50:30,369 - __main__ - INFO - Connected to Scratch !
Now, in scratch, create a variable 'servo_A' exactly as written here (upper, lowercase, underscore, no blanks). You see this name in the xml file in <variable name='servo_A'/>.
Set values for this variable from 0..100 and the servo should move.
To doublecheck the connection, open localhost:8080 in a browser on the pi, and navigate to adapters. There you should see a box with the input values you set by scratch. This validates that the connection from scratch to scratchClient is working.
If there are problems, pls copy the scratchClient output error messages (if any) and put this to the forum.
For the scratch2 connections (coming soon) this will be simpler, as the blocks are created from the config.
Question what is the reason ....?
one problem caused by a wrong formatting in an error message. It is corrected, pls download latest distribution..
The root cause is the naming of the gpio pin in the config file. Use 'GPIO00' (two zeros) till 'GPIO31' in upper case, no blanks. And only these BCM numbers which are available on the pi. Think you have a misspelling in the name.
scratchClient allows renaming of these port names. As there are pin oriented tutorials, people using wiringpi or BCM numbering worlds, I thought it useful to not force someone to other conventions. And there is my school course, where the adapter board has its own numbering too. See config/portmapping.xml to get an idea on how this works. Internally scratchGPIO works with bcm numbers only.
The other error is also a place where I recently changed code. Is also corrected in current download. Sorry for the problems with this.
2017-06-12 22:53:37,215 - __main__ - INFO - Trying to connect to scratch.
2017-06-12 22:53:37,216 - __main__ - INFO - Connected to Scratch !


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Initial Site Audit Paperwork
An Action List including additional control measures
An Annual Audit
On-going Support throughout the year
Site Assessment
We will attend site and talk to the Theatre Manager, any Laser Protection Supervisors and other relevant personnel to discover what measures are currently in place. We also carry out a full inspection of all your lasers, laser treatment areas and existing documentation, and provide a full written site assessment. This gives a detailed record of our findings including any areas of deficiency and recommendations for actions with explanatory notes.
Optical and Laser Radiation Safety Policy
We will review and amend / update any existing policy or in the absence of an existing one provide a completely new policy detailing how the Hospital and / or NHS Trust will deal with hazards arising from Lasers and other Optical sources.
Risk Assessments and Action Lists
Based on the findings of our site assessment we will produce full risk assessments for each laser and treatment area detailing the hazards, the people at risk and the control measures which are used to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. Where risks are not currently reduced enough we supply a full action list detailing actions which the Theatre Manager / LPS must ensure are carried out.
Local rules will be supplied for each laser. These are your written Safe Systems of Work, which all employees connected with the laser are required to read and follow. Among other things these will detail the exact eyewear required, sequence of operation and emergency procedures.
Ongoing Support and Annual Audit
Your LPA will be available throughout the year to provide telephone and email support where queries arise or additional equipment is acquired. Since Lasermet have a team of Laser Protection Advisers there should always be someone on hand to give professional advice. We will visit at least once a year to carry out an annual audit including reviewing / updating all Risk Assessments, Local Rules and Policies.
It is usual for there to be staff who are required to receive 'Core of Knowledge' laser safety training. We are able to provide both 'in house' and 'open' Core of Knowledge courses as required.
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Badan Amil Zakat Nasional – BAZNAS is an institution that performs zakat management nationally. BAZNAS is a non-structural government institution in Indonesia that is independent and responsible to the President of the Republic of Indonesia through the Minister of Religious Affairs. According to information found in BAZNAS's website as cited by JobsCDC.com, BAZNAS was formed on 2001 by the government based on Presidential Decree No 8 of 2001 which has the duty and function of collecting and distributing zakat, infaq, and alms (ZIS) at the national level. Badan Amil Zakat Nasional is based in the nation's capital Jakarta and its head office is registered at Jl Johar No 18, Kebonsirih, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10340. At present, BAZNAS has 34 BAZNAS Provincial offices, 500 BAZNAS city offices, 18 National Institute of Amil Zakat, and 19 International Institute of Amil Zakat.
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PatchCare is a bold move away from traditional care as we know it. It has been designed to simplify care at home and allows our PatchCare Assistants to react to their client's in a more responsive manner.
Full-time PatchCare Assistants are appointed to a patch that consists of no more than 10 clients. They responsively operate and move around them as and when required between 7am and 10pm.
Our PatchCare Assistants encourage and help our clients to socialise with each other. This unique service enables clients to form friendships with like-minded people, which in turn helps combat loneliness and social isolation.
As part of our service, our PatchCare Assistants go to great lengths to boost our clients' confidence, helping them to feel more independent. This leads to them feeling more secure in their environment and can even prevent or delay hospital admission.
Our PatchCare Assistants move around their patch as care is required by their 10 assigned clients.
PatchCare is an exceptional premium home care service that genuinely places the client first.
Caremark will allocate PatchCare Assistants who are carefully selected to provide continuity of care to our clients.
All PatchCare Assistants are employed on a full-time contract and are permanently allocated to an area (or patch), so clients know they will see the same friendly face, at each care visit.
As well as having award-winning training, regular assessments ensure excellent standards of care are upheld. All our PatchCare Assistants are fully trained and vetted, including a police check.
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This sweet guy has had a run of bad luck and has been in and out of the shelter for 2 years.
One of this week's featured pets up for adoption at the Erath County Humane Society is Graham, a four to five-year-old male Pit Bull Terrier mix.
"He is very sweet, but he's shy and yearns for a couch to sleep on," ECHS executive director Serena Wright told Beneath the Surface News. "He didn't love people when he first came in because he was so scared, but he has warmed up and loves to go on walks and get attention."
Graham still gets scared and barks when he sees strangers, but gets over it quickly, and will soon want to lay in their lap.
"He is good with female dogs, but iffy with male dogs," Serena said. "He does well on a leash and is house trained."
Graham is microchipped, heart worm negative and on prevention.
He was adopted, then returned when his owner moved and couldn't take him. He has been at the shelter off-and-on since May 2021.
Lucilia is a 13-year-old female domestic shorthair.
"She is a sweet senior girl who needs to be in a single-pet home," Serena said. "She adores humans, but hates other animals.
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"Lucilia needs a comfortable place to call home," Serena said. "She is an inside-only cat and enjoys a warm bed and wet food."
Lucilia is spayed, fully vaccinated, microchipped and litter box trained.
If you would like to meet Graham, Lucilia or the other 82 dogs and 43 cats that need homes, stop by the shelter at 891 East Road in Stephenville.


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by DL Byron Published December 26, 2019 December 28, 2019
Anthony Mastromatteo's Art: Do You See What I See?
Anthony Mastromatteo's art is on view at Rehs Contemporary NYC. Visiting galleries, big and small, is one way I stay creative after 30 years. Art often either sparks an idea or expands on an aesthetic. I may go in a new direction or dig more into a current theme. There's also much overlap in the visual arts; notwithstanding the duct tape banana, which says as much about pop culture as anything.
Where is the line between reality and our perception?
That is the question Anthony Mastromatteo poses to those who view his works. As did the Trompe l'Oeil masters that came before him. Mastromatteo forces us to examine what exactly it is we are looking at… Magritte may frame it in the likes of
Is this a pipe, or merely an image of a pipe?
Perhaps we take it one step further and simply state we are looking at paint on a canvas, though arranged in such a way that it invokes a thought.
Courtesy: Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc., New York City
In the plainest of ways, Mastromatteo wants his viewers to know they are looking at paint. His supersized Trompe l'Oeil renderings of comics taped to stark yet vibrant backdrops are so meticulously developed, at first glance you may think you're looking at an old paper comic taped to a panel. Mastromatteo plays with our perception by selectively employing the use of heavy-handed brushstrokes to expose his illusion; a technique that permeates his work regardless of subject or scale.
Anthony Mastromatteo's Art: More Than Paint on Canvas
Conversely, in the most complex of ways, Mastromatteo implores viewers to realize they are looking at something so much more than paint on a canvas or letters on a page.
We are observing ideas.
Mastromatteo's works, both written word and visual, convey thoughtful and reasoned messages, from the most mundane to the most extraordinary. Take for instance his word/image work Advent, which features the words "wait" and "weight" while pairing them alongside an image of a pocket-watch supported by the watch's hands. While the term adventtraditionally refers to a time of waiting in the weeks leading up to Christmas, we can simply understand this as waiting for something important.
Mastromatteo cleverly juxtaposes the words to signify the weight of waiting for the right moments in life, and the pressure that comes along with being ready for those moments, while visually depicting the "weight" of time.
Clever Juxtaposition
Meaning runs deep throughout Mastromatteo's entire body of work; one could even make the argument he's a modern-day philosopher. His painting, A City Upon a Hill, prominently features Superman flying before the New York skyline. As Mastromatteo puts it, "the image brought to mind a sermon by John Winthrop near the beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 'how this new land would represent a beacon… a shining city upon a hill… extolling all the liberties not found in the Old World they had just left.'"
The 1970s reference used for the work notably, and obviously, features a historical New York skyline in the distance, conjuring a very peculiar feeling. On one hand, we have an iconic Superhero representing Truth, Justice, and the American Way; particularly an immigrant who in many ways symbolizes hope. At the same time, the twin towers, still present in the image, evoke this sense of extreme vulnerability and signify a turning point in American culture, particularly how we view immigrants. The sentiment of the image is not the sentiment of our time; it forces us to consider how the world we live in has changed and if the ideals this country was founded on still are present in our society today.
Whether a comic, a poem or simply the tip of a pencil, Anthony Mastromatteo challenges us to truly understand what we are looking at. Perhaps it is just some paint on a canvas, and it could just be a pipe, but maybe, just maybe it is something more than that.
A diverse collection of works by Anthony Mastromatteo will be on view at Rehs Contemporary, December 16th, 2019 through January 15th, 2020. Also, Mastromatteo tapes more than fruit to a wall.
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3-year-old who nearly drowned meets heroes who saved his life
By Courtney Fischer
MISSOURI CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- A little boy was all smiles when he got the chance to ride in the front passenger seat of a firetruck with a Missouri City firefighter.
"I'm trying not to cry," said the boy's mother, Cassandra Archey. "I'm trying to hold it together."
Friday morning, 3-year-old Noah Whittington and his mother met the firefighters, paramedics and the good Samaritan who saved him last summer.
"It's definitely a joyful moment," said one of the EMTs.
On July 11, 2018, Noah was at a neighborhood pool in Missouri City. He and his mother, from Florida, were in the Houston area visiting family.
"I just kind of tracked Noah walking," remembers Gerard Wilcher.
Wilcher was at the pool with his daughter when he saw Noah go under. In seconds, Wilcher knew something wasn't right.
"When he didn't come up, I just went in and got him," Wilcher said.
Wilcher did CPR and in minutes paramedics arrived. But Noah had been underwater too long. He suffered severe brain trauma that day.
It's been a long recovery since then. Noah has undergone 38 oxygen treatments since the accident. He spends 60 minutes in a hyperbaric chamber five times a week.
Archey posted pictures and updates on how Noah was doing on a Facebook page. She's sharing her son's difficult journey for one reason.
"Hopefully, it gives other people hope if it ever happens to them and will make people more aware of how quickly it can happen," Archey said.
If there's anyone who understands how quickly it can happen, it's Wilcher.
The Rice football coach says when he was young, his older brother drowned. That day at the pool, Wilcher says he wasn't going to let that happen to Noah.
"The only thing I could think about is, 'This is not going to happen while I'm here,'" Wilcher said.
Since July, Wilcher and Noah have become close - an unlikely friendship with a deep bond.
"I needed to meet the people involved in helping save his life. It was just something I really needed to do," Archey said.
Noah still needs oxygen treatment, but Archey says each appointment in the hyperbaric chamber costs about $8,000 and is not covered by insurance.
If you'd like to help Noah, you can donate here.
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City of Abbotsford Restarting Recreation – Staffing Issues Chilliwack YMCA Re-opens Friday January 21 Damage Update – Cultus Lake Park Community Hall Nominations Now Open For Annual Small Business BC Awards BUSINESS – Trouw Nutrition Canada Plans to Build New Fraser Valley Production Facility in Animal Feed Industry UPDATE – Results from Chilliwack Giants AGM via Zoom – Tuesday January 18
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Chilliwack – The Mayor's Task Force on Inclusiveness, Diversity and Accessibility has launched a new Action Plan with strategies to reduce social, physical, and systemic barriers within Chilliwack that prevent individuals from fully participating in the community. City Council approved the Action Plan at their February 16 meeting. Mayor Ken Popove admitted that the start of this initiative was a bumpy one.
The Action Plan features six long-term goals and action items to support each goal. The goals are as follows:
Improve the City's facilities, services, parks, and public spaces for persons with disabilities.
Prioritize the well-being of marginalized community members.
Prioritize relationship building with our First Nations neighbours.
Prioritize opportunities for equitable and inclusive education for City staff.
Create opportunities for marginalized voices and identities to have access to City of Chilliwack decision-makers.
Explore and identify funding opportunities to support inclusion, diversity, and accessibility.
"Taking steps outlined in the Action Plan will help us contribute to a community environment where all of our residents feel welcome and have the opportunity to thrive," said Mayor Popove. "This plan has no end date, as we recognize that this is an ongoing process that will require long-term commitment from the City of Chilliwack. We are excited to learn as we work alongside our residents towards a more inclusive city."
"I have always been proud to call Chilliwack home, but my time on Council, this committee, and the Design Review Advisory Committee has shown me that we have more work to do to create the inclusive community I believe Chilliwack can be. This Action Plan reflects the growth we are experiencing as a City and demonstrates to me that when you know better, you can do better," said Councillor Bud Mercer, Co-Chair of the Mayor's Task Force on Inclusiveness, Diversity and Accessibility.
"Chilliwack is growing quickly, and the steps we take as a municipality now will help create a more inclusive and equitable space for our community in the future. While the steps outlined in this Action Plan are only the beginning, I am excited to work with the broader community to establish a greater feeling of inclusion in our city," said Councillor Jason Lum, Co-Chair of the Mayor's Task Force on Inclusiveness, Diversity and Accessibility.
Work on these goals is already underway. For example, to strengthen relationships with Indigenous neighbours, the City has begun incorporating First Nations artwork and language throughout the City. A Halq'eméylem welcome was added to the City's highway entrance signs, Coast Salish artwork was installed in the Vedder roundabout, and elected City officials are participating in regular meetings with representatives from local First Nations to get a deeper understanding of how the City can better engage in reconciliation.
As staff begin work on the action items associated with each goal and seek feedback from the public, engagement opportunities will be posted online at engagechilliwack.com, where residents can register to participate. To read the Action Plan, visit chilliwack.com/inclusion.
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Rising on the Chicago River's south bank stands the residential gem, The Regatta. This newly completed condominium building offers dramatic views of Navy Pier and opportunities to enjoy a sunrise in the eastern sky over Lake Michigan. The Regatta's cylindrical glass wall that rises to the north is recognized from both Navy Pier and Lake Shore Drive, and is quickly becoming synonymous with Chicago's New East Side. Its location is within steps of the river walk and the walking paths that run along the lake. One can easily saunter during the summer months to favorite Chicago destinations like Shedd Aquarium, the Planetarium, the Field Museum, and Navy Pier. On a crisp fall day, one can enjoy the walk to Soldier Field to see the Chicago Bears. Depending on the floor plan, one can enjoy city views that highlight the city skyline, as well as lake and river views of Chicago's architectural landmarks.
Owners in The Regatta enjoy state-of-the-art accommodations where upgrades abound. Units include hardwood floors, granite countertops, balconies, and an in-unit washer/dryer, to name a few. The building is pet-friendly for those with either cats or dogs. Parking spaces in the building's garage are also available for purchase. A garden terrace is available for owner's use on those days one would prefer to remain close to home, but still desire to see the fireworks from Navy Pier. This garden setting is the perfect location to entertain friends with a panoramic view of Chicago as the backdrop. Residents can also take advantage of the hospitality room on the first floor, a media room, or just sit near the fireplace in the reception area that extends beyond the vestibule. An on-site dry cleaners is situated in the lobby. The Regatta has twenty-four hour door staff, an on-site engineer, and a management office on the premises.
The New East Side neighborhood is anchored around an award-winning outdoor park. This beautifully landscaped setting is child-friendly with its playground area, and yet offers an arboretum-type location for people who prefer a park bench and a good book to enjoy as they bask in the sun of a summer day. A new coffee shop has opened on the park's perimeter and provides a gathering place for neighbors to congregate and socialize without even leaving the neighborhood.
Take advantage of The Regatta's proximity to work, shopping, or the cultural experiences associated with Chicago. Whether it is a concert in Millennium Park, Venetian Night on the lakefront, or the Chicago Marathon, The Regatta is the perfect location from which to enjoy these highly regarded Chicago events. It is also a place you will want to call home.


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We care for children of all ages, from premature infants to young adults, and all types of conditions, from routine surgical needs to treatments for congenital heart disease, cancer and other congenital syndromes. Additionally, we engage in cutting-edge clinical trials and research to search for new and better ways to care for pediatric patients and improve their health outcomes.
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Art on a Postcard International Women's Day Auction - Curated by Bakul Patki
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Art on a Postcard (AOAP) will host its fourth International Women's Day Auction, with an entirely new format for this year. AOAP have invited seven female curators to each curate a mini auction. Each show will run as seven concurrent auctions, all raising money to support The Hepatitis C Trust's work with women affected by the criminal justice system both in prison and local communities.
Private View: 7 March, 6-8pm at Fitzrovia Gallery
Bakul Patki is a freelance curator and creative producer specialising in fine art, photography, design and architecture - often collaborating with practitioners from theatre, dance, music, film, and the rapidly evolving tech disciplines.
She works independently and for organisations to devise, develop and deliver projects with individual artists, studios, institutions, festivals, and charities, as well as brands who have an interest in working with and supporting creativity. She is passionate about bringing art into the public realm - extending its reach and amplifying its impact by removing physical, political and perceived barriers, and creating interventions and interactions that surprise and delight, move and inspire.
Over her career she has curated and produced exhibitions, installations, performances and panels, at a number of prestigious locations, including Royal Hampton Court Palace, Somerset House and Piccadilly Circus in London, the Photo Museum of Ireland in Dublin, The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, and Documenta 15 in Kassel (collateral). She regularly consults on cultural and innovation projects for brands, including Absolut (UK), Royal Salute (Global) and Pernod Ricard's Breakthrough Innovation Group (Global). Most recently she has creatively produced talks, events and shows for Artnet, during Frieze London (2022), Art Basel Miami Beach (2022), and Frieze LA (2023).
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I didn't realize, until this week, that the importing of haggis in the USA has been illegal since 1971. How ridiculous! The Americans do not know what they are missing in prohibiting the offal that is sheep's lungs and makes up this Scottish delicacy.
The recipe for haggis should be "tweaked" to get round the ban on the Scottish delicacy in the US, Scotland's rural affairs secretary has declared, according to the Scottish press. Imports have been illegal in the US, because the American Food Standards Agency prohibits sheep's lungs, which can make up 10-15 per cent of the haggis recipe, in food products. This week, Scottish rural affairs secretary, Richard Lochhead, will be in the US promoting Scottish food and drink and discussing how to get around the ban. He will be joined by James Macsween, the director of haggis brand Macsween.
Mr Lochhead told the BBC: "Tens of millions of Americans want to enjoy Scotland's national dish. Now it may be that we'd have to tweak the recipe for haggis to get into the US market, because some of the ingredients - such as sheep lungs - have been banned since 1971. "But I think our own producers here in Scotland are up for tweaking the recipe so that US customers can still get as close as possible to the real thing. "And if we managed to get into that market that would create jobs back here in Scotland and millions of pounds to the Scottish economy."
This is not the first time that Mr Lochhead has made an attempt to lift the ban. Back in 2011, he invited delegates from the US to come to Scotland to discuss the matter. And other politicians have also tried to remove the ban over the years. George W Bush was lobbied on haggis at the G8 summit in Gleneagles in 2005 and Obama's administration has been challenged a few times on the matter, including earlier this year when politicians claimed that haggis could cure the American obesity epidemic.
The American Food Standards Agency have yet to change their decision, so maybe the US electorate should lobby their senators now!


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Alex Marks are pleased to offer this beautiful 2 double bedroom 2 bathroom apartment within a recently built development on Arcadia Avenue which is only a 3 minute walk away from Finchley Central tube and high street. The property offers a great open-plan kitchen lounge with wooden flooring and patio doors which lead to a private decked roof terrace. There are 2 good sized double bedrooms, one en-suite shower room and an additional bathroom. The apartment also benfits from an underground car parking space.


A really interesting book on the story behind the Spielberg film "Catch me if you can". The book details Frank Abagnale's amazing career as a con man. I was amazed that he got away with it for so long! His con career included stints as a Pan Am Pilot, Paediatrician, Lawyer and Sociology Professor. Incredible in the original meaning of the word!
I picked up the book at the picnic by the lake in August. I had seen the movie, and I usually like books better than movies when the two are avalable !


Rogue *Buys and installs Starfield* "Hey, you're finally awake."
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Sounds like SE is the way forward, so after some hesitation that has my vote. It'll be some time before I post a build here, partly due to having to learn the new system (which is probably just a matter of making the attempt), but partly due to the fact that I haven't played Skyrim in a while (and I think my Totem series of builds has earned me a little vacation! :P). It is encouraging to see people working to resolve the issues of the site, and to know that there will be changes. For me as a potential builder, a major concern is having some way to know who has started a particular discussion (without having to open the discussion itself). This is because I have a MASSIVE ego and simply MUST see my name splattered across every surface... but also, it's seriously nice to know "Ahh! A new Phil build!" or whatever. It's surprising to me that this isn't a default option - every forum & website I can think of mentions both the starter of the thread, the thread title, and the name of the last replying member - but I understand this is being worked on. Aside to some other ways of grouping/organizing the content, that's all I can think of in terms of improvements here. So I'm in for the long haul, and hats off to those of you who are working to make this the place for Skyrim builds in the future!
There's a lot of bad options here - I never realized just how little I liked the jarls of Skyrim until I saw all the options listed! My shortlist candidates are the following: Idgrod Ravenscrone, Jarl of Morthal - She's a canny old lady with apparently no political ambitions. She's apparently open-minded (Falion) yet doesn't force her ideas on her people or flaunt her views, preferring for her positions to be proven right "in time", on their own. Balgruuf the Greater, Jarl of Whiterun - A stand-up guy with some political acumen. Biggest flaw is his indecisiveness regarding the Civil War question. A good mid-level manager, but maybe not a good candidate for king - but at least he's not a jerk. Brunwulf Free-Winter - An older man with some perspective & experience. Both a warrior and a thinker. Honestly, though, I don't know about any of these people. I'm aware that I've chosen the 3 jarl figures who are friendliest to the player, so that's certainly playing a role in my decision making. Still, I wouldn't say that any of them is a slam dunk. If pressed, I'd probably pick Balgruuf, and hope he rose to the occasion.
I don't have Win10 myself, but you may have to do a little fiddling. I think people can play them via Steam, though.
I love the time period of AoC too, but I haven't bought any TW games since Shogun 2. Initial reviews of Rome 2 turned me off to it. My main concerns are the "blobby" battles that seem to be over far too quickly, and lack of unit cohesion. Has AoC changed things in that regard?
Dark the star-girt sky when World-Eater woke you - but ice-bright elf-blade bought my victory, Vuljotnaak. Maw sword-stuffed, man-slain, you tread tundra, stride skies no more. Sleep, soul-swallowed one: your immortal spark I eat.
Glares the greedy one from gift-shield of crimson I had from the hand of heart-heavy king's widow. War-words for the Wolf Queen I worked in her service, fed foes of the Fair one the death-feast of Torygg.
You, Balgruuf, gift-hand, anxious sat on skull-crowned gold-throne, fearing dragonfire of Mirmulnir, man-slayer. Homeward dragged I, hero and Ulfric's war-hound, bones of Whiterun's bane as Hrothgar named your doom working: Dovahkiin.


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Q: Implies sign in math I get myself confused sometimes when to use => or =
= x + y = x + 5 = x = -5

or
=> x + y => x + 5 => x = -5

A: The equal sign $"="$ should be used when you have two quantities which are equal.  For example:
$$x^2 + 3x - 4 = (x+4)(x-1).$$
The $"\Rightarrow"$ should be used when relating two statements.  For example:
$$ \text{Today is Tuesday} \Rightarrow \text{Tomorrow is Wednesday}.$$
It is okay to mix them, say for instance you are solving an equation like the following:
$$ 3x + 4 = 10 \Rightarrow 3x = 6 \Rightarrow x = 2.$$
The quantities $3x + 4$ and $10$ are equal.  However, the statement $3x + 4 = 10$ implies that $3x = 6$.

A: Neither of those are right.  It should be:
$$x + y = x + 5 \implies x = -5.$$
(Though I have to say, I'm not exactly sure how $x = -5$ directly follows from $x + y = x + 5$ to begin with.)

Let's first distinguish between expressions and equations.  Expressions are things like $x + 2$ or $37$ or $x^2 - 2x$.  On the other hand, an equation is an equality between two expressions, such as $x + 2 = 3$ or $x = 1$ or $8 + 9 = 17$ and so on.  So, an equality says that two expressions are the same, and we use the equals sign $=$.
Note that an equality is making a logical claim (true or false), whereas an expression is not.  For example, $6 = 6$ is a true equality, whereas $1 = 2$ is a false equality, whereas $17$ is just an expression (not true or false).
Now, the implies sign $\implies$ is used to show that one equation can be logically deduced from another.  So, the implication
$$x + 2 = 3 \implies x = 1.$$
means that from the equation $x + 2 = 3$, we can conclude that $x = 1$.
Note that it does not make sense to use the implication arrow between expressions.  For example $x + y \implies x = -5$ does not make any sense, because the $x + y$ is an expression.  After all, what is the truth value of $x+ y$ anyway?  There isn't one.

A: I think that equal sign is used for showing equality between first and second step but implies that is used for getting into the next step.