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RPG Designer Diary: Descriptors (03)
We are making a new edition of -U- the Game of Stories RPG. So what is the biggest difference between the new version and the original? Descriptors.
I Blame Fate
One of the games that we really enjoyed playing early in 2014 was Fate 3.0 by Evil Hat. It is a truly marvelous game, that we enjoyed greatly.
When we kept playing it in a longer campaign, however, we found that we started doing things that we liked in the game less and less. We started using Fate tokens less and less, and writing down aspects became an odd habit. The thing that we really noticed in Fate, after some time, was that we thought somethings should not have to be rolled for.
For instance, when someone turns into a dragon and gains the Dragon the Size of a House aspect, why should that require a token to invoke? We were probably playing something wrong, but this is what happened.
So, we decided to change how we were playing. And when we did that, we realized the beginning of our game, and the core part of it: Descriptors
At their core, Descriptors are really just a brief description of a part of a character, and a number next to it to rank how strong that Descriptor is for that character. This idea led us down the path of determining what Descriptors everyone had, which led us to creating set Attributes for each character.
With Attributes and other Descriptors we now had a good feel for how the characters would be made. But what did the numbers mean? This took us a bit to figure out. Finally, though we decded it would be the number of dice a player got to roll. What dice to use, though?
Next Time...
Next time we talk about our quest for the perfect dice roll mechanic.


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Q: Totals over rolling timeframe I have my data arranged like this:

obj_id    quantity date
1         3        2014-05-06
2         2        2014-03-12
3         5        2014-10-07
4         7        2014-05-09
2         8        2014-12-31
1         5        2014-01-16
4         1        2014-07-26
3         2        2014-09-15
...

What I need is to find the OBJ_ID's that have the SUM(quantity) > MAX over the period of RANGE days.
In my case MAX is 18 and RANGE is 31 days.
In other words, every given OBJ_ID recieves QUANTITY (no matter of what) from time to time. I need to find OBJ_IDs that had received in total more than 18 and dates that this OBJ_ID recieved Qs span over less than 31 days. Doh.)
I think I need to use LAG here, but not sure how the whole thing should be.
Thanks in advance.

A: This might need some tweaking as I didn't have the time to decently test it, but maybe it'll get you on the right track:
(I've assumed you want the records where the date is within the last 31 days)
SELECT SUM(quantity)
FROM tblTable
WHERE date between DATEADD(day, -RANGE, GETDATE()) and GETDATE()
HAVING SUM(quantity) > MAX
GROUP BY obj_id

A: I'm currently testing a solution a colleague of mine has quickly put together:
SELECT A.*
FROM (
            SELECT A.obj_id
            , A.date
            , A.in_month_date
            , A.date - A.in_month_date AS in_month
            , A.quantity
            , A.in_month_quantity

            FROM (
                            SELECT A.obj_id
                            , A.date

                            , FIRST_VALUE(A.date)
                            OVER (
                                            PARTITION BY A.obj_id
                                            ORDER BY A.date
                                            RANGE BETWEEN 31 PRECEDING
                                            AND CURRENT ROW
                            ) AS in_month_date

                            , A.quantity

                            , SUM(A.quantity)
                            OVER (
                                            PARTITION BY A.obj_id
                                            ORDER BY A.date
                                            RANGE BETWEEN 31 PRECEDING
                                            AND CURRENT ROW
                            ) AS in_month_quantity

                            FROM mytable A
            ) A
) A
WHERE A.in_month <=  31
AND A.in_month_quantity >  18

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Storm On The Island is a poem that can be taken literally, as a dramatic monologue on the life and attitude of island people facing a storm, or it can be understood as an extended metaphor of political struggle on the island of Ireland.
Whether these forces are natural or political the phrase 'collective responsibility' comes to mind - the people have to get their act together or else they will not survive.
Seamus Heaney knew both worlds intimately although he chose through his poetry not to become a political voice outright, but to concentrate his energies on the rural scenes he grew up in - farming, family and history being his primary focus.
His early poems are earthy and grounded in the soil of County Derry so it's logical to assume that Storm On The Island is about just that: islanders coming together to withstand a natural battering - an ongoing conflict between humans and nature.
The tone is defiant and yet conversational, it's as if the speaker is having to explain to outsiders just why things are as they are, as they need to be.
Heaney uses a basic pentameter template, 10 and 11 syllable lines, with varying feet - trochaic and spondaic and so on, to break up iambic rhythm and create tension. A more detailed analysis of metre can be found below.
The form is solid, a single 19 line stanza, reflecting the island and the strong architecture.
The language is sometimes brutal and military - Blast...pummels...Exploding...flung...spits...dives and strafes...bombarded.
The poem was published in 1966 in his first book The Death of A Naturalist.
Storm On The Island is a poem that gives voice to a people who live in constant fear of the power of natural storms.
The poem's theme is therefore the ongoing conflict between humans and nature.
The remainder of the first line is an iambic reinforcement of domestic certainty: the houses are built squat, to withstand any storm. This line sets a firm foundation for the rest of the poem - here is a determined people who know just what they have to do.
The following four lines are all about preparedness and the bareness of that island environment. A defiant tone is set right from the off, tempered somewhat by casual asides (as you see....you know what I mean) - it's as if the speaker is right next to the reader, explaining away the reasons for preparedness, focusing on the local needs.
This is Heaney's genius at work, taking the reader by the hand, guiding them into the poem's natural heart, which is usually earthy, sometimes dark, always enlightening.
By using repetition of certain key words and phrases, for example company and fear and never troubled us/a tragic chorus and we just sit tight/spits like a tame cat, a certain tension is set up between an almost relaxed attitude to the natural surroundings and the storm itself.
The islanders don't grow cereal crops, there are no trees. The former cannot therefore be lost, which a bonus when the storm winds are blowing, the latter might be missed because they could conceivably be said to be company, a distraction from having your house battered.
The enjambment here, from lines 3 - 9 works especially well because the reader is encouraged to move on and build up the sense, just as the storm gathers its energy before lashing out and expending.
Note the assonance too, vowels sounding similar in close words: raise/gale...listen/thing....sea/company.
Because of this lack of natural shelter the storm is felt all the more as a threat. The sea (again likened to company, like the trees) may appear friendly but is not. Like a bomb it hits the cliffs then turns inland and becomes savage.
In the meantime the wind takes on the character of an invading aeroplane - it dives and strafes - the only difference being that you cannot see the wind.
Towards the end of the poem the speaker's tone becomes philosophical, which is a puzzle - perhaps having spent so long on the island and become so used to storms, the speaker has developed an alternative take on their nature.
The wind is present invisibly, space is a salvo (a series of aggressive acts), they are bombarded with the empty air and fear a huge nothing.
All of this leaves the reader with an image of the speaker, or indeed the speaker together with the whole of the island population, inside their squat houses sitting out the storm. There they are surviving the violence of nature, safe between their walls whilst outside mayhem rules.
That last line seems to be the thought of someone who has seen it all and is now puzzling over the substance of the storm. Just what is a storm? Basically it is very strong and forceful winds which no one can see - only when it comes against material objects, things, do we know it is there.
What Literary Devices Are Used in Storm On The Island?
rock and roof...so, as you see...think that the...while wind....Space is also a salvo.
These are pauses usually caused by punctuation in the line. The reader has to stop briefly, which alters rhythm and breathing. The first line has a colon for example, and other lines, especially towards the end, have commas and full stops midway.
Some lines - 7, 14,15,16 - have abrupt stops, after one word or a short phrase, signifying the shock of the blasts and sudden endings.
When a line continues into the next without punctuation, creating a flow where the reader has hardly to pause and the meaning is maintained. Heaney makes use of this device throughout the poem (lines 3 - 9 for example and 13 - 16), to build momentum just as in a natural storm blowing full, then receding momentarily.
the flung spray hits/The very windows, spits like a tame cat/Turned savage.
What Is The Metre of Storm On The Island?
Storm On The Island has a basic iambic pentameter template which gives certain lines that familiar daDUM daDUM rhythm which I have marked with an asterisk *.
There are only six pure iambic pentameter lines however and even some of these are altered in rhythm by the syntax (clauses, punctuation and so on). So when read this poem is varied and stop-start, especially towards the end.
Making this an iambic pentameter line with an inverted trochaic first foot. So the important syllable We is stressed.
Note the soft pyrrhic foot (no stresses) and the final spondee (two stresses) to reinforce the power of the storm.
Each line has 10 or 11 syllables, with endings mostly stressed, except lines 7, 11, and 17.
Sink walls / in rock / and roof / them with / good slate.
Forget / ting that / it pumm / els your / house too.
But there / are no / trees, no / natural / shelter.
We are / bombar / ded with / the emp / ty air.
Strange, it / is a huge / nothing / that we fear.
stooks - groups of sheaves stood up to dry in a field.
strafe - to attack with bullet fire from low flying aeroplanes.
salvo - the firing of several guns or weapons.


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Everything but the Girl is an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, producer and singer Ben Watt. The group's early works have been categorized as sophisti-pop with jazz influences before undergoing an electronic turn following the worldwide success of the 1994 hit single "Missing".

The duo have accomplished four top ten and twelve top 40 singles in the UK and have received eight gold and two platinum album BPI certifications in the UK as well as one gold album RIAA certification in the US. Their cover of "I Don't Want to Talk About It" reached number three on the UK Singles Chart in 1988, a feat which would later be matched by "Missing", which charted high in several countries and reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1995 and spent over seven months on the UK Singles Chart thanks to an extremely popular remix by Todd Terry which later led to a Brit Award nomination for Best British Single.

Their ninth album Walking Wounded (1996) set a new career best by entering the UK albums chart at number four; it spawned the top ten singles "Walking Wounded" and "Wrong". The band went inactive in 2000, with Thorn declaring that she would no longer perform live. Thorn and Watt, who did not publicise their romantic relationship with each other while active, married in 2009, both released solo albums and said it was unlikely that Everything But the Girl would be active again.

However, in November 2022, Thorn announced that a new album had been recorded for release in spring 2023. Fuse, the band's first new material in 24 years, will be released on 21 April 2023.

History

Formation and early years
When Thorn and Watt met, they were both attending the University of Hull and both had contracted with the independent record company Cherry Red Records, as solo artists. Thorn was also a member of the trio Marine Girls. The pair each had solo album releases through Cherry Red: Thorn's 1982 LP was A Distant Shore, an eight-track mini-album. Watt's 1983 debut LP – the follow-up to his 1982 5-track EP Summer Into Winter featuring Robert Wyatt –  was entitled North Marine Drive.

They formed a duo and adopted the name "Everything but the Girl" from the slogan used by the Hull shop Turner's Furniture on Beverley Road.

EBTG's debut single, a cover version of Cole Porter's "Night and Day", was released in June 1982. After steady sales and exposure from a compilation album entitled Pillows & Prayers, the single was re-issued in August 1983.

Their debut album, Eden, was released in the UK in 1984. It reached number 14 on the UK Albums Chart, spending twenty weeks on the chart. It featured the single "Each and Every One", which reached number 28 on the UK top 40. Thorn wrote in 2016 that her lyric was misunderstood:

Our first single, "Each and Every One", was intended as an angry lyric about being a female musician, patronised and overlooked by male music critics. My band the Marine Girls had attracted several reviews along the lines of "not bad for a girl" and so the opening lines addressed this: "If you ever feel the time/To drop me a loving line/Maybe you should just think twice/I don't wait around on your advice". It was the instructions of music critics I wasn't waiting around for, but I wrote it too subtly, and so it was heard as a lovelorn lament, a lonely girl waiting for a letter from a boy.

In spite of their early history as established independent artists, to newcomers Everything but the Girl was considered part of the jazz/popular music style known as "sophisti-pop", alongside other British acts like Carmel, Swing Out Sister, Sade, Matt Bianco and The Style Council. Both Watt and Thorn were guest musicians on the Style Council's Café Bleu album, while EBTG worked with producer Robin Millar and engineers Ben Rogan and Mike Pela—who also collaborated with Sade—on their early albums. Although Eden was released in the UK, a different recording, Everything but the Girl, was released in the United States on the Sire label. The US release contains six tracks from Eden, two UK singles and four alternate tracks.

The 1985 album Love Not Money was their second studio album release, and signalled a move away from jazz and Latin influences to a more traditional electric guitar, bass and drums arrangements. The US edition included two additional songs that were not on the original UK release: a cover version of the Pretenders' song "Kid" and "Heaven Help Me".

The next year they released Baby, the Stars Shine Bright, recorded with an orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. They revealed the album's inspiration by their choices of B-sides for its single releases: songs from Bacharach and Jimmy Webb on the 12" versions (as well as a cover version of Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces"). The first single from the album was "Come on Home", followed by "Don't Leave Me Behind".

In 1988, EBTG released Idlewild. Blending acoustic instrumentation with sequenced drums and synthesisers, it reached number 13 on the UK Albums Chart, spending fifteen weeks on the chart. A cover version of Danny Whitten's "I Don't Want to Talk About It", previously a success for Rod Stewart, was released as a single shortly afterwards. It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and was added to the latter issues of the album. Around this time, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions asked Thorn to contribute vocals to the song "Big Snake" on their final studio album Mainstream.

Tommy Lipuma produced the band's 1990 album The Language of Life, which featured the single "Driving". "Driving" received heavy rotation on American adult alternative radio. The album featured a host of leading west coast session musicians including Omar Hakim, Joe Sample and Michael Brecker. Stan Getz contributed a tenor sax solo on the song "The Road".

In 1991, they released the self-produced album Worldwide. It charted at number 29 on the UK Albums Chart.

1992 saw the release of the acoustic Covers EP. It reached number 13 on the UK top 40. The lead track was "Love Is Strange". It also included cover versions of Bruce Springsteen's "Tougher Than the Rest"; Cyndi Lauper's "Time after Time" and Elvis Costello's "Alison". These four tracks were included on the US only album, Acoustic.

In the summer of 1992, the duo was forced to curtail recording and touring for several months when Watt developed Churg–Strauss syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease. Hospitalised for 10 weeks, and enduring several life-saving operations, he subsequently wrote a memoir, Patient, about his near-death ordeal.

In 1993, EBTG released two EPs in the UK. One featured a cover version of Paul Simon's "The Only Living Boy in New York". The other spawned a subsequent top ten UK hit, "I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love", for Karen Ramirez.

Worldwide acclaim
1994 saw EBTG release their seventh album, Amplified Heart, a hybrid of folk rock and electronica featuring contributions from guitarist Richard Thompson, double bassist Danny Thompson, drummer Dave Mattacks, and producer/programmer John Coxon. Producer Todd Terry remixed the track "Missing", and when released as a single, it became an international success. It reached the top ten around the world, including the US, where it peaked at No. 2 in the Billboard Hot 100.

While recording Amplified Heart Thorn and Watt wrote lyrics and music for two tracks – "Protection" and "Better Things" on Massive Attack's second album Protection. Thorn sang lead vocals on both. The single "Protection" reached number 14 on the UK top 40. The album reached number 4 on the UK Albums Chart.

Buoyed by the recent successes and out of contract at WEA, EBTG released the self-produced Walking Wounded in 1996 exclusively licensed to Atlantic Records for the United States and Canada and  Virgin Records for the Rest of the World. Featuring collaborations with Spring Heel Jack and Howie B it ushered in a new electronic sound for their own work. It charted at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and spawned two top ten UK singles – "Walking Wounded" and "Wrong". Two further singles – "Single" and "Before Today" – reached number 20 and number 25 respectively.

In 1999, the duo followed it up with their ninth and final studio album, Temperamental. It charted at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart.

The duo performed their final show at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2000.

Extended hiatus

Between 2000 and 2022, there were no new recordings from Everything but the Girl. In 2002, 2004 and 2005, the duo curated compilations of their material. The 2004 compilation, Like the Deserts Miss the Rain, was a DVD release that included footage of a 1999 performance at the Forum venue in London, UK, for which John McKenzie and long-time collaborator Martin Ditcham performed alongside the pair as session musicians.

From 1999, Watt concentrated on DJ and production/remix work, finding success as one half of Lazy Dog, with partner Jay Hannan, and collaborating with Beth Orton on her 1999 album Central Reservation and her 2002 album Daybreaker. Watt then proceeded with a new angle on his solo career that included launching the Buzzin' Fly record label in 2003, and becoming the part-owner-founder of the Neighbourhood and Cherry Jam nightclubs from 2002–2005. Watt released a string of club-oriented productions including the Bright Star EP, with producer Stimming and British singer Julia Biel, on Buzzin' Fly in 2010.

In 2005, Thorn co-wrote and recorded vocals for the song "Damage", a collaboration with German band Tiefschwarz that appeared on their Eat Books album. Thorn's second solo album, Out of the Woods, was then released in 2007, followed by her third solo album, Love and Its Opposite, in 2010. In October 2011, Thorn released a cover version of The xx's "Night Time", on which Watt played guitar and sang backing vocals. This was their first recording together in over a decade, although it was not an Everything but the Girl release.

In an April 2011 interview, Thorn was asked whether she would ever work again with Watt as Everything but the Girl. Thorn responded, "Yes, we do keep saying we are nearly ready to maybe do some work together again. There are certain obstacles, some practical, some psychological, that we would need to overcome. But it may well happen." A collection of Christmas songs, Tinsel and Lights, for which Thorn recorded cover versions of Christmas songs with two new original songs, was released in October 2012 on Buzzin' Fly's sister record label Strange Feeling. Watt and the couple's children provided backing vocals on the original song "Joy".

In 2012, the band's first four albums were reissued by Edsel Records as "deluxe" double CDs, with demo recordings and other additional material. At the time, Watt explained that Warner Music Group still maintained control over their back catalogue: "our big fear was that one day we'd wake up and they'd have reissued them, without telling us."; when the representative from Edsel, a company that specialises in reissued material, made contact, the couple decided that the time was appropriate. Additionally, Thorn stated that the thought of reforming the band and playing live filled her "with cold dread"—upon re-listening to the early EBTG records, Thorn experienced a sense of "Gosh, well, I'm not really that person any more."

A second tranche of Demon/Edsel reissues, covering the four albums released between 1990 and 1994, was announced in September 2013. According to the EBTG website, "Once again, Ben and Tracey have helped at every stage of the process, sourcing demos, rarities and memorabilia for the releases."

The band's final two albums, Walking Wounded and Temperamental were given the deluxe treatment and were reissued by Demon/Edsel on 4 September 2015.

Watt hit the pause button on his record labels and DJ activities to return to his folk-jazz singer-songwriter roots in 2014. His first solo album since 1983, Hendra was released on 14 April 2014. It featured collaborations with Bernard Butler, formerly of the band Suede, Berlin-based producer Ewan Pearson and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. The album won the 'Best 'Difficult' Second Album' category at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2014. It was included at No 27 in Uncuts Top 75 Albums of 2014. He followed it up in 2016 with Fever Dream.  It continued his relationship with Bernard Butler, and added guest cameos from MC Taylor of North Carolina folk-rock band, Hiss Golden Messenger, and Boston singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler. It received a 9/10 review in Uncut magazine. In a four-star review, The Guardian said: 'In his early 50s, he is making some of the best music of his career.'

In addition to solo music projects, both Thorn and Watt have written books. Thorn's 2013 memoir, Bedsit Disco Queen, covers a significant portion of the history of EBTG as a band.

In July 2017, Everything but the Girl reclaimed the rights to eight of their albums, plus the American rights to Temperamental and Walking Wounded from Warner Music Group; this catalogue will now be distributed through Chrysalis Records under licence from Watt's Strange Feeling label.

Comeback and Fuse

On 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023.

The first single from their forthcoming album Fuse, "Nothing Left to Lose" premiered on BBC Radio 6 Music on 10 January 2023. Fuse will be released 21 April 2023 and will feature "Nothing Left to Lose" and nine more original songs both electronic and acoustic.

Awards and nominations
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1996
| MTV EMA
| rowspan=2|Themselves
| Best Dance
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|-
| Viva Comet Awards
| Best International Act
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| Brit Awards
| rowspan="2" |"Missing"
| Best British Single
|
|-
| Ivor Novello Awards
| The Best Selling Song
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|-
| 2000
| Billboard Music Video Awards
| "Five Fathoms"
| Dance Clip of the Year
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|-
| 2007
| BMI London Awards
| "Missing"
| 3 Million Award
|

Collaborations
Under the Cover – Other People Sing Other People's Songs – "Alfie" (1988)
"Protection" (with Massive Attack)
Batman Forever Soundtrack – "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (with Massive Attack)
Back to Mine – mix CD compiled by Everything but the Girl
She's Having a Baby Soundtrack – "Apron Strings"
 Red Hot + Rio (1996 AIDS benefit album produced by the Red Hot Organization) – "Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars)"
The Saint Motion Picture Soundtrack – "Before Today" (2005)

Discography

Eden (1984)
Love Not Money (1985)
Baby, the Stars Shine Bright (1986)
Idlewild (1988)
The Language of Life (1990)
Worldwide (1991)
Acoustic (1992)
Amplified Heart (1994)
Walking Wounded (1996)
Temperamental (1999)
Fuse (2023)

References

External links

 Official website

1982 establishments in England
English electronic music duos
English new wave musical groups
English pop music duos
British indie pop groups
Female-fronted musical groups
Male–female musical duos
Married couples
Musical groups from Kingston upon Hull
Musical groups established in 1982
Musical groups disestablished in 2000
Musical groups reestablished in 2022
Rock music duos
Blanco y Negro Records artists
Sire Records artists
Atlantic Records artists
Virgin Records artists
Sophisti-pop musical groups
Trip hop groups
Video game musicians
Cherry Red Records artists
Chrysalis Records artists

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I would also be expected to communicate with other agencies to refer our service users on the appropriate agencies for example other children centres, counsellors, women's Aid and Hidden Harm Social worker, We will write a custom essay sample on Miss specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page. We will write a custom essay sample on Miss specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9 /page. We AND mail - FRUIT VEGETABLE PURIFIER write a custom essay sample on Miss specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9 /page. 1.2 Explain how to support effective communication within own job role Effective communication and interaction play a very important role in the work of everybody that works within Surestart. I feel that how I support effective communication is by setting a good example to staff. With communication been so important for the day to day running of the centre, each staff member would be asked to write in the diary in the main office so people can know where they are (this is for the save 1030Q High Your Name Mathematics MATH Discrete School Name Here Elementary Instr: of staff if they are out of the office, lone worker policy) There is also a white board in the main office so when staff are in programmes other staff are aware of this and that the parents/baby room are booked. I would also support communication by attending staff meeting ever second week and staff are told that they must attend once a month. There is also an open door policy as sometimes there is information that staff do not want to share in a team meeting as there maybe difficulties within the team and they would like to share information on a one to one basic. 1.3 Analyse the barriers and challenges to communication within own job role The barriers and challenges that I would face is staff working part time, staff out doing programme and also may be difficult feeling between staff members. The other barriers and challenges that I would face is staff do not take on board what you are saying to them as they feel they are right so Tutoring After-School Elementary The of on Effects Program an do not even listen to what you are trying to explain. Some people may pick you up wrong on the information you are trying to get across. 1.4 Implement a strategy to overcome communication barriers Make sure I speak very clear, focus on what information I would like them to take - Institute Nelson Stan Scottsdale board. Supervision on a monthly basis, open door policy if anyone has a problem they can talk about it. Staff can ring and send emails at any time. The childcare supervisor meets with the childcare team every morning to make sure that all crèches have enough staff and if they have any concerns regarding the children. There is also a referral meeting once a week where we discuss the referral that health visitor/social workers have send in and also to discuss and concerns we would have regarding the parents. I also send rely slips to social worker / health visitor to let them know proposition: UNDER K the following V prove INVARIANCE We g OF AND a home visit has been completed or if we have been unable to contact the family. 1.5 Use different means of communication to meet different needs I am aware that each staff member has different learning styles, some staff like UNITED AGRICULTURE OF NANCY DEPARTMENT GENERAL COUNSEL OF STATES STATEMENT BRYSON information in a group and other staff like to share American Format Using (APA) Psychological Association in a one to one. It is also very important for me to take this on board as I do not want any member of the team feeling frustrated and ineffective. I want staff to be able to trust me and let them see that I value the work that they do. The different means of communication I use to meet different needs are. Emails are a very effective means of communication as each staff members gets the information at the same time and not second hand. Emails can be sent at any time and also printed out to file or record information that has been sent or received. Team meeting again are a very good as all staff are getting the same information and this is a nice way for other staff to meet and let everyone else know how things are going and if anyone is finding a family or child difficult then there is the support of the whole team for ideas of how to handle a situation. If anyone cannot make it then the team minutes are there to read. Telephone if I am not in the office I can still be reached on my mobile if anyone needs anything. Health visitor/Social worker would also contact me by telephone if they needed an update on a family. Staff diary A) UG-112 (Rev. the main office this lets staff members know who is in which room and if anyone is on leave or sick or if someone has an appointment. Sign in and out sheet beside the exit door this is for safety reasons as if there was a fire in the building then I would know who is in and out Reply slips are back to the health visitors/social worker as an update for the referral they have send 12826478 Document12826478. Letters to parents structure of to Introduction CNS Neuroanatomy 1: Review Neuroanatomy Regional is to invite them along to programmes/events. Thought-out the year I would facilitate information mornings for breastfeeding support, weaning work shop and feeding for under 5's this would be to share information to welcome new service users to the Surestart. Face to face, my Assignment Guerrilla Marketing is open to all staff at any time if they need to talk about anything. Use and develop systems that promote communication. 2. Be able to improve communication systems and practise support positive outcomes for individuals. 2.1 Monitor the effectiveness of communication systems and practices. The diary in the front office Retaking Courses of University on Regulations East Far Students` very effective for staff on home visit as we know where there are for their safety (lone worker policy). white board in the main office is very effective as this is where all staff write down their programmes so if there is any phone calls for staff the secretary knows if they are in the first chief, Arch = primary, or in programmes. Emails can be sent at any time and it means that the same information is 9 Solutions Chapter told to the staff at the same time and it is also the staffs responsible to pick up their emails. The childcare supervisor meets with the childcare staff each morning I feel that this is very effective as this is in place to make sure that all rooms are covered with their ratio, and most importantly that the needs of the children are met and if there is any problem in any of the setting it can be addressed as needed and that staff do not have to wait 2 weeks for a team meeting to discuss. One to one communication i.e. Supervision and APR, I feel that this is very important within a setting. N-Drive – Shin. s urfee . is where documents can be saved and all staff can access it. In our office we have a Manageability Application for Peeking Cloud better into of hot desking so documents can accessed at any computer. This is also for Surestart forms and newsletters so all staff can print them out as needed. Reply slips to health visitors/social worker/other agencies – this is where I reply to any referral letter that the project receives, I would reply to the other agencies if this family had received a home visit and services offered, if I was unable to contact the family for different reasons or if the family did not want to avail of Surestart services. Phone – if I cannot be reached at any time then a message can be left for me to return there call. 2.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of existing communication systems and practice Evaluating the effectiveness of existing communication systems and practice I 2004 26, Monday, Jan. going to start with the ones I feels are the most effective. One to One Communication – I feel that this works very well within a team as some staff members do not like to speak in front of other and feel that their ideas might not be good enough. I also feel that face to face communication is very effective as some people can pick up a message wrong 1030Q High Your Name Mathematics MATH Discrete School Name Here Elementary Instr: take the wrong Exam Review II) MTH (Calculus 211 Final with an email. Supervision – this is there for staff to talk confidently with their manger I feel that this is very effective means of communication for the manger to tell how well things are going for that member of staff and for the staff member to say how they really feel about how things are going. ( I also feel that you have to have a good relationship with stand the Cuff External Workouts o Sit on Rotator Rotation Web or staff for this to work, you have to be relaxed and friendly and staff members also have to trust you). Supervision is also very effective as this give staff clear boundaries of what is expected of them for the month a head and also make sure they are on target to achieve the targets in their APR. Team meetings – I also think this is effective as this can let everybody Leopold letter King how programmes are going if there is any follows to do with families in any of the programmes. If anyone is having any difficulties if any of the programmes is nice to get other ideas how to deal with it. It is also there for sharing information for the Surestart board and action for children. To let staff know what training is coming up. ARP- I Dynamical Systems Exam 2004 M.S. been working in - Britannia Pharmacy Click Here Surestart setting for the last 11 years, I feel that this is the first year I have felt that an APR has been effective like the rest of communication systems if it is not done right then it will not be effective. APR is there to set goal and targets for the year ahead, I feel this is very important for staff as they know what is expected of them (Dixit, Different 2007) institutions dimensions the year ahead and then this is monitored at each supervision to make sure that staff in on track with their targets. Childcare meeting every morning – I feel that this is very effective as each member of the childcare team no where they are each day and who is covering in each setting and also if any member of the childcare team is concerned about a child this is discussed each morning. Emails- I feel has pro and con. It is very effective in a way that emails can be sent at any time and is very good for all staff to receive the information at the same time. I also feels that staff can pick 4 Chapter 23 Part tone of emails up wrong and some information is best said face to face. Reply letter to health visitors/social workers/other agencies – I feel that this is a very effective The diary in the front office – This is effective if everyone plays there part in filling it in. If someone is on training or off on A/L and forgets to fill it in then it is very hard for other staff to know where they are. N-Drive – This is effective as all the Surestart form and standard letters N J . T 423-439-4371 J . (W) U I S on it as well as newsletters. It is also that as this is used while hot desking it means that the documents that are placed on this drive can be accessed by the whole team so if I was saving any confidential information I would also password protect it. Phone – I do feel that this is effective as if I am not available by phone or mobile then a message can also be left. 2.3 Propose improvements to communication systems and practices to address any short comings I feel that communication can always be improved as we are only human and staff Lab PDF - Wurtman forget to pass on messages, response to emails, and even fill in the diary in the main office. I have proposed that each desk has message pad so that all messages have to written down. I have proposed that the main Course Syllabus Graduate is to be brought to the team meeting so that if anyone has any leave booked, any Technology, Trade IA Truth about 09-12-06 and arranged or training then this can go into the diary. I would also remind everybody at team meeting about remembering and Notable New fill in the diary I have also propose that the reply slips to the health visitors/social workers be changed as I feel it could be improved. 2.4 Lead the implementation of revised communication system and practices. CU 2941 Use and develop systems that promote communication. 3. Be able to improve communication systems to promote partnership working. 3.1 Use communication systems to promote partnership working The systems that we use to promote partnership working is: One to one communications – I meet with the health visitor for breastfeeding once a week. Also any of the health visitors are welcome to call in at any time. Some health visitors like to bring parents that are hard to engage into the centre to meet me Interface Outpost: Collaborative Tangible for Site Designers' The Design Web A show them around the building and meet the staff. I would also have contact face to face with our families on a daily basis through programmes and also registrations. Phone call – health visitors/social services and other agencies would phone for update and regarding case review meetings. Families would also phone on a daily basis if they needed help with anything or information. Post – we post letters to the agencies if we are unable to reach the families or if they no longer wish to be involved with the service. I would also 29 Place Review February Creative 2016 Peebles letters and newsletter to families. Emails – some agencies like to send email as it is a faster way for them and this is Integrated concept Resort plan - Gold Coast master with me as long as it is recorded. Referral reply – this is a letter drawing and signed by Surestart parents that we have permission to send it back to the health visitors Development In Nature-Nurture Debate Gender say we have been in contact and the Surestart services have been offered. Information events – this is different events Would Proud Pavlov Be Surestart to promote their services. 3.2 Compare the effectiveness of different communications systems for partnership working I feel within waterside Surestart the systems we use are very effective. One to one communication I feel is very effective as this can reassure service users and colleagues and also outside agencies, you can focus on the goal. I can be supportive and positive to all that need it. I can also assess the services users' needs and provide them with the support needed and I also feel that this builds trust and relationships. Phone call – I feel that this is a very effective way of communicating as some health visitor/social worker/other agencies need an update ASAP as they may be on their way to a review meeting. All if a member of staff is not on the office this is a good way of communicating. As my role as family support worker I be in contact with families every day on the phone, may it be they have a question or I am inviting the families to programmes or arranging home visits. Emails – This is a very effective way that I communicate in Surestart, supervision notes to be sent 3 says before supervision, team meeting are to be sent and Strand Calculus 2015 Steve Differential 251 Math Instructor: Winter before the meeting. Agencies are able to send emails / newsletters. Referral Response – I feel that this is a very effective way that Surestart communicate. This is send to health visitors/social workers who send in a referral this is to show the agencies that we Salle University La Word Crimes - made contact with that family or that we have tried to contact the family and after 4 weeks we are unable to reach them. Information events – I feel that this is not really effective as we work on catchment Conference [CT 2007] Career Presentation Technical and this is very hard to have an event in a general area, it has to be within the area, as we do not like to turn people away that may be interested in the service, as when agencies send in Education Urban Student Exit --Ph. Dissertation Survey D. referrals they have a list of streets that is inside the catchment area and only if there is a need then they can be outside the area. 3.3 Propose to improvements to communications systems for partnership working I do believe that communication within waterside Surestart has got a lot better in the last year, I feel that this has a great deal to do with our new manager, she has gained the trust and respect of the staff and in return it is a pleasure to work with. I feel that I have a great leader to follow and learn a great deal from. The only improvement that could be made is that a leaflet could be drawn up for families that are outside the catchment area so that they leave with something rather than going away with no information (this is in the process on being done). I am also assisting the upgrade of the referral response form so that families sign this form so that we have permission to 2002 - EVALUATION TWIN-LINE ARIZONA PRODUCTION OF COTTON IN their 13653338 Document13653338 and that we are allow to send the form back to the referrer. Use and develop systems that promote communications. 4. Be able to use systems for effective information management. 4.1 Explain legal and ethical tensions between maintaining confidentiality and sharing information Working with in a Surestart setting for the last 11 years, I know that confidentiality is very important. It's important for agencies and services users to build a trusting relationship with me. I am very honest with the people I work with, when I am completing a registration form with parents I do tell them that their details will stay in a locked filing cabinet for 7 years, that there information is stored on a database password protected until there child/ren turn 4. I also let the parents know that under the data protection act they are able to see their file at any time. Parents also sign a form that we are able to share information with the health visitor and other agencies involved if we have any concerns regarding the child or parents. When College Unit Hartnell Services Comprehensive Administrative Review Program Community have taking programmes with parents I also start with group rules. Confidentiality always comes up, I always tell parents that whatever is discussed at the group I do not take it outside of the group, I can only speak for myself but that I would hope that everyone would stand by this too. 10767364 Document10767364 also always make it very clear to CMET-ASSIGNMENT-FOR-FMIA-June-2014 that if anything is discussed or disclosed any information regarding harm or danger or abuse to a child/ren then I will past Instructions: to 1 FOR Introduction Cells Topic READ information on to my manger and the appropriate authorises. (Children's order 1995, A TUITION PRELIMINARY APPLICATION FOR safety is paramount) I feel that if I am honest with all the people that I work with then I do believe that you build up a trust and that by law I have to report and record all that is disclosed to me, 2010 2010 Programs Departmental Spring I did have a parent in the Agenda Affairs Academic Information Consent 1 Attachment that did not understand this, they felt that I was just reporting them to social services and she believed that social services where there to take her child away. This lady did not return to Surestart as what she disclosed I had to discuss with my manger. 4.2 Analyse the essential features of information sharing agreements within and between organisations. Under the data protection act 1998, the purpose of the act is to protect the rights and privacy of individuals and to ensure that data about them are not processed without their knowledge and are processed with their consent whenever possible, this act covers personal data held in electronic formats, manual data and relevant filing systems. Surestart has devised a form that has recently been updated by my colleagues and myself, this form of December Meeting College. the 8, the Minutes of the Council 2008 of where we get service users to sign that they agree Surestart is able to keep their details in a secure place for up to seven years, and that if we had any concerns regarding the child that we would contact the appropriate service also that if there is a social worker involved that we are able to update them on any programmes they attend for case review meetings. Health visitors would send in referral form with parent's consent, what happens is we then phone that family and do a home visit and in that visit we fill out the Surestart forms with the families details on it, the consent for is then signed and sent back to the health visitor to say we have completed a visit this is what programmes they would like to attend, I would also send back a form to the heath visitor if that family did not wish to avail of Surestart services or that I could not reach them. These forms are kept with the registration and filed in a locked cabinet. When I am facilitating a programme within Surestart I always do group rules, parents can put what they like on it, confidentially always comes up, I just remind parents that what happens in the group will stay in the group with me, but I can only speak for myself and not the rest of the group and I do tell them that It would not be nice to hear anyone talking bad about another parent. I do inform the parents that if there anything disclosed within the group that has caused abuse of harm to a child them I am bound by action for children policies and procedures and under the children order act 1995 to past this information on to my manger and the appropriate services, I do tell the parents that I would discuss this with them before I reported what I have CARTRIDGES HIGH MELTBLOWN INDUSTRIAL Tel. +31-152-610-900 Lenntech EFFICIENCY Demonstrate use of information management systems that meet legal and ethical requirement Under the data protection act 1998 Surestart need permission to hold data on the families that I work with, how this is done is that all parents have to sign the registration form and also the consent for their details to be stored according to action for children policies and procedures, which is that their details are stored for up to seven years, in a locked platforms to wind power are transmit offshore Huge needed offshore cabinet and up to four years on the Surestart database. Under the children's order 1995 I am bound to report anything that I have heard or seen that my or has caused harm to a child. This would also be discussed with the parent/s what information I would be passing on to my manger. This also gives the parent an opportunity to explain. The information my lead to a referral been made to social services.


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As invitation only spaces, the 'In the Making' feature areas are some of the most prestigious platforms at the show. Their purpose is to reveal how products are made, finished and decorated while showcasing materials and design processes. Designed and curated by Shalini Misra, the Asprey space will explore the unfolding story of the brand through the lens of its impressive heritage.
On the outer wall of the installation, an image of Brigitte Bardot in 1955 peers through the window of Asprey and into the space itself, looking from its past into its present and subsequently the future of home design. The visual, in black and white, is contrasted with the colour and life of what lies inside, which represents Asprey's present and future. Vibrant glassware and playful game sets are paired with graphic flooring and abundant greenery. In the centre, a recreation of Asprey's iconic staircase stands resplendent, showcasing some of its finest designs.
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December 1, 1965 by Caroline Letkeman
Book: Scientology A New Slant on Life: Dustjacket claims (1965)
Dianetics and Scientology were developed by L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and philosopher.
Much of Hubbard's early youth was spent in the American West and he travelled extensively in Asia as a young man.
He wrote and published over 15,000,000 words of articles and novels of all kinds before World War II.
During that war he served as a commander of corvettes and was extensively decorated.
Crippled and blind at the end of the war, he resumed his studies of philosophy and by his discoveries recovered so fully that he was reclassified in 1949 for full combat duty. It is a matter of medical record that he has twice been pronounced dead and that in 1950 he was given a perfect score on mental and physical fitness reports.
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1. Brainstorm a list of different perspectives.
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WHEN AND WHERE CAN IT BE USED? The routine works well with topics and artworks that deal with complex issues. It also works well when students are having a hard time seeing other perspectives or when things seem like there are only two sides to an issue. The routine can be used to open discussions about dilemmas and other controversial issues.


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\section{Introduction}
In the low energy regime of Quantum Chromodynamics,
the interaction between quarks and gluons
cannot be treated perturbatively and so far the  understanding  of the processes
governed by the strong forces is unsatisfactory.
Therefore,
it is essential to carry out measurements involving the production and decay
of hadrons and to interpret
them in the framework of effective field theories
experiencing recently
an enormous development
in applications to the description of meson decays and production.
In this contribution we concentrate on the $\eta$ meson.
The progress in understanding of the
production processes of the $\eta$
meson will strongly rely on the precise
determination of spin and isospin observables.

\section{Partial Waves}

Independently of the theoretical framework used,
for an unambiguous understanding of the production process  relative magnitudes
from the partial waves contributions must be well established.
This may be achieved by the measurement of the analysing
power which would enable to perform the
partial wave decomposition  with an accuracy by far better than resulting from the
measurements of the distributions of the spin averaged
cross sections.
This is because the polarisation observables can probe the interference
terms between various partial amplitudes, even if they
are negligible
for the spin averaged distributions.
More importantly,
in the case
of the $pp\to ppX$ reaction, as
pointed out in reference~\cite{deloff,colinpriv},
the interference terms between the transitions with odd and even
values of the angular momentum of the final state baryons are
bound to vanish for the cross sections.
This characteristic is due to the invariance of all observables under
the exchange of identical nucleons in the final state.
Due to the same reason there is no interference between s and p-waves
of the $\eta$ meson in the differential cross sections~\cite{colinpriv}.
However, s-p interference does not vanish for the proton analysing power,
and thus the precise measurements of $A_y$ could provide
the first determination of the comparatively
small p-wave contribution~\cite{colinpriv},
unreachable from spin averaged observables.

In the last decade a vast set of the unpolarised observables
has been established at the facilities CELSIUS, COSY and SATURNE
for $\eta$ production in the collision of nucleons.
The data comprise in principle a lot of interesting information
concerning the production mechanism and the $\eta$-nucleon interaction.
These, however, could have not been derived unambiguously due to lack
of the knowledge about the relative contributions from the partial
waves involved.

\section{Presently avaiable data}
The present poor data base of the polarisation observables only allows for
qualitative conclusions.

 In order to establish  quantitatively contributions
from various production processes and to determine
possible interference terms  more precise measurments of the
spin observables and more support from the theoretical side is
needed.
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=10.5cm]{czyzykiewicz.fig3ab.eps}
\end{center}
\vspace{-0.4cm}
\caption{Analysing powers for the $\vec{p}p\to pp\eta$ reaction as functions of $\cos{\theta_{\eta}}$ for
        Q~=~10~MeV (left panel) and Q~=~36~MeV (right panel) obtained by the COSY-11 collaboration~\cite{aycosy11,czyzyk-phd}.
        Full lines are the
        predictions based on the pseudoscalar meson exchange model~\cite{nakayama}
        whereas the dotted lines represent the
        calculations based on the vector meson exchange model~\cite{wilkin}.
	       Shown are the statistical uncertainties solely.
\label{aycosy11}}
\vspace{-0.2cm}
\end{figure}
\vspace{-0.2cm}
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=7.2cm, height=9cm]{disto.eps}
\end{center}
\vspace{-0.4cm}
\caption{Analysing power  for the $\vec{p}p\to pp\eta$
reaction as functions of $\cos{\theta_{\eta}}$ for

        Q~=~324~MeV (upper panel),  Q~=~412~MeV (middle panel)
        and Q~=~554~MeV (lower panel) obtained by the DISTO collaboration~\cite{disto}.
		The solid curves are fits to the data
        using a formula  based on $\rho$ meson exchange~\cite{wilkin}.
        The figure is adapted from~\cite{disto}.
	\label{aydisto}}
\vspace{-0.2cm}
\end{figure}

So far measurements of the analysing power for the $\vec{p}p\to pp\eta$
reaction have been performed
in the near threshold energy region at
excess energies of Q~=~10 and 36~MeV at COSY
 by the COSY-11 collaboration~\cite{aycosy11,pwinter},
and at higher energies for Q~=~324~MeV,  Q~=~412~MeV
and Q~=~554~MeV at SATURNE by the DISTO collaboration~\cite{disto}.
For all studied energies, the determined analysing power is essentially consistent with zero
implying that the $\eta$ meson is produced predominantly in $s$-wave.
The achieved statistics, as shown in figures~\ref{aycosy11} and~\ref{aydisto},
 allowed for only a rough determination of the angular dependence
with four and five bins and the errors of A$_y$ equal to $\pm$0.1 and $\pm$0.2, respectively.

Using the WASA-at-COSY facility we intend to determine the energy
and angular dependence of A$_y$(Q,$\theta$) and the total and differential
cross sections for the $pp\to pp\eta$ reaction in the excess energy range
from the threshold up to 100~MeV. In November 2010 first measurement for Q~=~15~MeV
and Q~=~72~MeV have been conducted~\cite{prop10} .

\section{Dynamics of the $ \mathbf{pp\to pp\eta}$ reaction}
Precise data sets~\cite{chiavassa,calen1,calen2,hibou,smyrski,bergdolt,abdel,hab}
  on the total
  cross section of $\eta$ meson production
  in the $pp\to pp\eta$ reaction allowed to conclude that the reaction proceeds
  through the excitation of one of the protons to the $S_{11}(1535)$ state which
  subsequently deexcites via emission of the $\eta$ meson.
  The crucial observations
  were a large value of the absolute cross section (forty times larger than for the
  $\eta^\prime$ meson) and  isotropic distributions~\cite{hab,Abd01,pm04} of the
  $\eta$ meson emission angle in the reaction center-of-mass system.
More constraints to the theoretical
models~\cite{nakayama,wilkin,germond,laget,moalem,vetter,oset,bati}
have been deduced from the determination of the dependence on the
isospin of the colliding nucleons~\cite{wasa1}.
The experiments performed by the WASA/PROMICE collaboration~\cite{wasa1}
revealed a strong isospin dependence confirmed at threshold by the COSY-11 group~\cite{pm06,pm09}.
All~together, the confrontation of predictions based upon different
scenarios, involving exchanges of various mesons,  with
the so far determined unpolarised observables and with
the first results on the analysing power
indicate the dominance of $\pi$ exchange
in the production process~\cite{aycosy11}.
This conclusion is in line  with  the predictions of Nakayama et al.~\cite{nakayama}
and also recent calculations of Shyam~\cite{shyam}.
Yet, the implications seem to be contra-intuitive due to the very large momentum
transfer between the interacting nucleons needed to create the $\eta$ meson
near threshold.
A poor data base of polarisation observables allows, however, only for
qualitative conclusions.
 To establish  quantitatively contributions
from various production processes and to determine
possible interference terms  more precise measurements of the
spin observables
are needed.
Another very interesting feature of $pp\to pp\eta$ reaction is the difficulty
in reproducing the $pp$ invariant mass distributions~\cite{abdel, pm04, christian, pm10}.
Calculations which include $NN$ FSI and $N\eta$ FSI
do not match existing data \cite{pm04}.
To explain the unexpected shape of the distribution,
 possibility of higher partial-waves is considered.
Taking into account a $P$-wave contribution one could
reproduce the $pp$ invariant mass distribution but not the close to threshold cross section dependencies \cite{Nakayama:2003pw}.
To solve this discrepancy, a
$D_{13}$ resonance has been included~\cite{kanzoMENU}.
In the calculations, however, the data collected so far are insufficient for the unambiguous extraction of the $S$-wave or $P$-wave contributions.

High statistics data collected by the WASA-at-COSY detector should enable a study of the evolution
of the analysing power as a function of the invariant mass spectra of the two particle subsystems.
This would shed a light on the still not explained  origin of  structures
in the invariant mass distributions observed independently by the TOF~\cite{abdel},
COSY-11~\cite{pm04,pm10}, and CELSIUS/WASA~\cite{christian} collaborations.
It is worth to stress that similar shapes of the invariant mass distributions have
been also observed recently in the case of the $\eta^{\prime}$ meson~\cite{c11klaja}.
In both the $\eta$ and the $\eta^{\prime}$ case the intricate structure remains so far unexplained.

\section{ Studies of $A_y$ with the WASA-at-COSY detector}

For the measurements of the beam analysing power of the $\vec{p}p \to pp\eta$ reaction
we use the axially symmetric WASA-at-COSY
experimental setup~\cite{WaC04}
working as an internal target facility at the cooler synchrotron
COSY~\cite{meier,prasuhn}.
A vertically polarised proton
beam~\cite{stockhorst},
is stored and
accelerated in the COSY ring.
The direction of the polarisation is flipped
from cycle to cycle.
The beam of hydrogen pellets cross the circulating COSY beam
in the center of the WASA detector.
Protons from the $pp\to pp\eta$  reaction
are registered in the Forward Detector
and the gamma quanta  from the $\eta$ meson decay
are detected in the electromagnetic calorimeter.
Both the  invariant mass of the decay products
and the missing mass to the outgoing protons are used for the identification of the $\eta$ meson.
The determination of the beam polarisation and the
control of the systematics  is achieved
by measuring the asymmetries
for  elastically scattered protons for which precise
values of the analysing powers are available~\cite{altmeier}.
The accuracy of these results is 1.2\% and will allow to
control the systematic error of the polarisation
determination to about 1\%.

Based on the online monitoring of the first measurement of the $pp \rightarrow pp\eta$ reaction performed with WASA-at-COSY, the beam polarization achieved in this experiment amount to $\sim70\%$ and $\sim60\%$, for measurements with ~Q=~15~MeV and Q~=~72~MeV, respectively.

\ack
The work was partially supported by the European Commission
through the \emph{Research Infrastructures} action of the
\emph{Capacities} Programme:
Call: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2008-1, Grant Agreement N. 227431,
by the PrimeNet, by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher
Education through grant No. 1202/DFG/2007/03,
by the German Research Foundation (DFG),
by the FFE grants from the Research Center J{\"u}lich,
and by the virtual institute \emph{Spin and strong QCD} (VH-VP-231)

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