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Anti-Semitism The Society
Whitewashing FDR's Abandonment of the Jews
Rafael MedoffDecember 1, 2020
by Rafael Medoff and Stephen H. Norwood
Franklin D. Roosevelt is widely remembered as a strong leader who boldly led America out of the Great Depression and to the brink of victory in World War II. Yet when it comes to the Holocaust, some defenders of FDR's record want us to believe he was not responsible for keeping Jewish refugees out of America—as if that was all the handiwork of the State Department, which supposedly ran U.S. immigration policy and foreign policy independently of the president's wishes.
Sorry, but you can't have it both ways.
Prof. Daniel Greene, speaking recently at the University of Oklahoma, continued to perpetuate the implausible notion that President Roosevelt was too hapless to make his own foreign policy. Remarkably, Greene spoke for nearly an hour about America's response to Nazism and the Holocaust, yet barely mentioned the president.
This tendentious approach is consistent with the theme of the controversial exhibit on "Americans and the Holocaust" at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, for which Greene was senior curator. The exhibit has been criticized by many scholars for downplaying President Roosevelt's abandonment of European Jewry.
Greene told his Oklahoma audience that the reason so few German Jews were admitted to the U.S. in the 1930s was because of "bureaucratic walls put in place by the State Department" —as if the White House had no occupant.
What actually happened is that the State Department implemented Roosevelt's policy of restricting immigration far below what the existing law allowed. The annual quota of German immigrants—about 26,000—was filled only once in FDR's twelve years in office; in most of those years, it was less than 25% filled.
There are letters from the president himself at the time in which he acknowledged and defended the fact that visas were, as he put it, "considerably under-issued." There are documents showing that State Department officials briefed the president on their efforts to keep refugees out.
Equally troubling was Greene's deeply flawed description of the American response to the Nazis' Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938. Greene simply omitted any mention of the offer by the governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands to open his territory to Jewish refugees, and FDR's rejection of the offer. The exhibit at the museum likewise fails to mention the Virgin Islands as a possible haven for refugees.
The sad truth about President Roosevelt and Nazi Germany in the 1930s—never acknowledged by Greene or the U.S. Holocaust Museum—is that FDR consistently sought to maintain good relations with the Hitler regime prior to the war.
Under President Roosevelt, the U.S. government warmly welcomed the swastika-bedecked German warships Karlsruhe and Emden, which Hitler sent to American ports in 1934-1936 to promote good will between the Third Reich and the United States. The warships visited American Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coast ports at a critical time, when Nazi Germany was emerging as a major military power. High-level U.S. military officials openly fraternized with the Nazi warships' officers, helping to legitimize Hitler's rearmament program, which put all of European Jewry in extreme danger. With the assistance of Roosevelt's State Department, the U.S. Navy even helped the Nazi warships improve their combat readiness. In numerous speeches to American business and civic groups, the German warships' officers aggressively promoted Nazism and Hitler's expansionist policies.
The Roosevelt administration ignored fierce protests by American Jews and trade unionists against the Nazi warships' visits. The administration's policy helped enable Nazi Germany to present itself as a respectable member of the community of nations, with many legitimate grievances. Greene mentioned none of this, nor can it be found in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's exhibit.
The hosting of the Nazi warships was consistent with President Roosevelt's policy of maintaining cordial, sometimes even friendly, relations with the Nazi regime. From 1933 until the end of 1938, FDR never publicly criticized Hitler's persecution of German Jews. He never suspended diplomatic or trade relations with Nazi Germany before World War II. And even as many Americans were boycotting German goods in the 1930s, the Roosevelt administration was helping the Hitler regime evade the boycott by allowing it to use deceptive labeling on their goods so that American consumers would not recognize their country of origin.
Toward the end of his talk in Oklahoma, Greene described how the Holocaust Museum's exhibit was intended especially for younger audiences, so he and his colleagues polled high school students in advance. He said he was surprised when "high school students didn't do well on the question of who was president in World War 2."
Sadly, neither the exhibit nor its roving spokesman is doing much to improve the situation. So long as they depict Roosevelt as the amazing vanishing president—who suddenly goes missing when the embarrassing abandonment of the Jews is discussed—how could high schoolers be expected to know any better?
(Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies; his most recent book is The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust. Dr. Stephen Norwood is Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Oklahoma; his latest book, which is in press, is Prologue to Annihilation: Ordinary American and British Jews Challenge the Third Reich.)
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Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and author or editor of 18 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust.
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The 13th meeting of the year, made up of nine races all for trotters was held yesterday afternoon at the Marsa Racetrack.
During this programme resumed also the Krafft championship for class Silver trotters with five heats on a short distance of 2140m.
From these heats, twenty horses made it to the quarter final stage.
In the first heat, Vic For Ever (Kevin Sciberras) started to increase its speed from the outside with a lap to go.
This French trotter took the lead when the front horses turned for their final straight and sealed its second win in a row, easily by a length and a half from Nobile Edel (Mario Fenech) and Va Tout Steed (Noel Baldacchino). Tinus Moseby (Marco Refalo) ended in fourth place.
Wellington (Nathaniel Barbara) sprinted well during the last 400m of the second class Silver heat.
Barbara's trotter registered its second win of the year by half length from Staro Evergreen (Marco Tanti) and Sharif America (Matthew Sammut). Evisir (Redent Magro) also obtained a good place.
Swedish Capac Boko (Clint Vassallo) was unchallenged for most of the 2140m distance of the third heat from the same championship.
This trotter managed to take its first win of the season.
Faro Sue Heikant (Julian Farrugia), Duc d'Haufor (Redent Magro) and Frans G (Noel Baldacchino) also made it to the next stage.
In the fourth heat another Swedish horse, Sitka Rod (Tony Demanuele) led all the way.
This trotter crossed the finishing post first, however due to interference in the final metres the win was awarded to second placed Leap Day Credit of Chris Vassallo.
The latter took its second win in a row. Ibiri (Mario Falzon) and Roi Des Couperies (Paul Galea) ended respectively in third and fourth.
Hallas Judex (Charles Magro) was also unchallenged during the 2140m distance of the fifth and last heat. This Swedish ten year old trotter gained its second consecutive win from Breidabliks G.T. (Rodney Gatt) and New York Broline (Chris Grech).
Ange Du Porto (Clint Vassallo) was the last horse to qualify for the quarter finals.


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The human body mostly consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs, as well as numerous internal organ groups such as respiratory, circulatory and a central nervous system.
The dead body of a human is referred to as a cadaver, or corpse. The dead body of an animal is sometimes called a carcass.
The study of the structure of the body is called anatomy.
Look at the diagram below. It shows the inside of the human body with the English names for each organ labelled. Can you match the English names to the correct name in your native language?
Internal organs (by region)
Head and neck 头部和颈部
Brain 大脑
Limbic system 边缘系统
Eyes 眼睛
Pituitary 垂体
Thyroid and Parathyroids 甲状腺和甲状旁腺
Thorax胸部
Heart 心脏
Lung 肺
Esophagus食道
Abdomen and pelvis (both sexes) 腹部和骨盆(男女)
Appendix 附录
Bladder 膀胱
Gallbladder 胆囊
Intestine – large 小肠-大
Intestine – small 肠-小
Kidneys 肾脏
Liver 肝
Pancreas 胰腺
Spleen 脾
Stomach 胃
Pelvis 性骨盆
Prostate 前列腺
Testes 睾丸
Ovaries 卵巢
Uterus 子宫
Superficial anatomy
Common names of well known parts of the human body, from top to bottom:
Head 头
Forehead 前额
Jaw 颚
Cheek 脸颊
Chin 下巴
Neck 下巴
Shoulders 肩膀
Arm 臂
Elbow 肘
Wrist 肘
Hand 手
Fingers 手
Thumb 拇指
Spine 拇指
Chest 拇指
Thorax 胸部
Abdomen 腹部
Groin 腹股沟
Hip 髋关节
Buttocks 臀部
Leg 腿
Thigh 大腿
Knee 大腿
Calf 小牛
Heel 脚跟
Ankle 脚踝
Foot 脚
Toes 脚趾
Other superficial structures. 表面的结构。
eye 眼
ear 耳朵
nose 鼻子
mouth 口
teeth 牙齿
tongue 舌头
throat 喉咙
adam's apple 喉结
breast 乳房
penis 阴茎
scrotum 阴囊
navel 阴囊
Worlds Tallest and Smallest People
Bao Xishun
Bao Xishun (also known as Xi Shun or "The Big Guy" 鲍喜顺) (born 1951) is a herdsman from Inner Mongolia, China, who was recognized by Guinness World Records as one of the world's tallest living men. On September 17, 2009, Turk Sultan Kösen overtook Bao Xishun as the tallest living man in the world, when he was measured by Guinness World Records, standing 2.47 metres (8 ft 1 in) tall and 364 pounds.
Robert PershingWadlow
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) was the tallest person in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow is sometimes known as the Alton Giant or Giant of Illinois because of his upbringing in Alton, Illinois.
Wadlow reached 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) in height and weighed 485 lb (220 kg) at his death at age 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood was due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death.
Zeng Jinlian
Zeng Jinlian ( 曾金莲) (June 26, 1964 – February 13, 1982) was the tallest female ever recorded in medical history, taking Jane Bunford's record. She is also the only female counted among the twelve individuals in medical history who reached a verified eight feet or more. At the time of her death at the age of 17, in Hunan, China, she was 8 ft 1.75 in (249 cm) tall. However, she could not stand up straight due to a severely deformed spine. Nevertheless, she was the tallest person in the world at the time. In the year
between the death of 8 feet 2 inch Don Koehler and her own, she surpassed fellow 'eight-footers' Gabriel Estêvão Monjane and Suleiman Ali Nashnush. Her growth patterns mirrored those of Robert Wadlow, as shown by the table below.
Khagendra Thapa Magar
Khagendra Thapa Magar (born October 14, 1992), son of Rup Bahadur and Dhana Maya Thapa Magar, was the shortest man in the world until 2011. He comes from Nepal and measures 0.67 m (1 ft 10 in).
Chandra Bahadur Dangi (born on November 30, 1939) is the shortest man in the world, measuring 0.546 m (1 ft 9 in). Dangi is a primordial dwarf. He broke the record of Gul Mohammed (1957-1997), the shortest adult human whose height was 22.5 inches. Chandra came to news highlights of local media when a wood contractor saw him in his village. All of his family members are of usual size.
He was awarded the title of Shortest adult human ever recorded after measuring his height three times in 24 hours. The chief editor of Guinness Book of World Records said that Chandra is the only person in Guinness' 57 years history to record the title of the shortest man at the age of 72.
Since Dangi is 72 years old he has no wish to get married anymore. He lives with his five brothers in a remote village of Nepal which is some 400 km away from the country's capital. He wishes to travel all parts of his country and the world. He stated that with him being the shortest man of the world and belonging to Nepal, he wants to popularize his village and his country through the medium of this title.
Jon Brower Minnoch
Jon Brower Minnoch (29 September 1941 – 10 September 1983) was the heaviest man recorded in history. At his peak weight, he was approximately 1400 lb (635 kg, 100 stone). This figure was only a close estimation, however, because his extreme size, poor health, and lack of mobility prevented use of a scale. He was a resident of Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Amazing Facts About Your Body
During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill a 10,000 litre swimming pool.
The stomach's digestive acids are strong enough to dissolve razor blades.
The lungs contain over 300,000 million capillaries (tiny blood vessels). If they were laid end to end, they would stretch 2400km (1500 miles).
A man's testicles manufacture 10 million new sperm cells each day – enough that he could repopulate the entire planet in only 6 months!
Human bone is as strong as granite in supporting weight. A block of bone the size of a matchbox can support 9 tonnes – that is four times as much as concrete can support.
In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
A foreskin, the size of a postage stamp, from circumcised babies take only 21 days to grow skin that can cover three (3) basketball courts. Thanks to science the laboratory-grown skin is used in treating burn patients.
You could remove a large part of your internal organs and survive. The human body may appear fragile but it's possible to survive even with the removal of the stomach, the spleen, 75 percent of the liver, 80 percent of the intestines, one kidney, one lung, and virtually every organ from the pelvic and groin area. You might not feel too great, but the missing organs wouldn't kill you.
A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated.
About 32 million bacteria call every inch of your skin home.
A man's testicles manufacture 10 million new sperm cells each day – enough that he could repopulate the entire planet in only 6 months.
When you sleep, you grow by about 8mm (0.3in). The next day you shrink back to your former height. The reason is that your cartilage discs are squeezed like sponges by the force of gravity when you stand or sit.
A single human blood cell takes only 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
The female ovaries contain nearly half-a-million egg cells, yet only 400 or so will ever get the opportunity to create a new life. [1]
In a year 100% of your bodies atoms will have been exchanged and it only takes 16 days for 72% of the atoms in your body to be replaced because 72% of your body is water.

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Star Wars Disenchantment
Ii2 replied to John's topic in General Discussion
No, it is the third best Star Wars film.
Joker (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
Ii2 replied to Thor's topic in General Discussion
If you got to sit down and talk with JW, what would your top three questions be?
Ii2 replied to Jurassic Shark's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
Goofy questions: Who's your favorite JWFAN user? Which soda do you like best? What do you think about Bespin's discography? (Which I like alot) Real ones: Which score was the hardest to write for you? Of all the orchestras you have worked with, which one do you feel the most comfortable with. Or: Of all the orchestras that have played your music, which one do you think makes your music sound the best? Which film composer besides yourself do you like best?
I saw the movie two nights ago. Something about the story: This was just a very small portion of the movie's plot. My remarks: Joaquin Phoenix plays the character well. A very believable performance. The plot is ok. I wouldn't have ever thought that Joker's history would be a failed comedian. Still, the plot fits well into the movie, and the characters fit well with the plot. The plot doesn't move too slowly, but sometimes it does move a little fast. It was great that the Wayne family appears in the movie. It wouldn't be a Joker movie without the Wayne family. Who's better? Phoenix or Ledgers? It really depends on what you want in a character like the Joker. Phoenix is a lighter version of the Joker, flamboyant at times. Ledgers is the dark and disturbing Joker, a perfect villain for the dark Batman in the Dark Knight. I like Ledger's performance better because it was even more believable than Phoenix's is. And, I prefer the Joker as the dark and psychotic villain. Comic book fans would probably disagree with me. It is true, Phoenix's Joker is more similar to the Joker of the DC comic books and the Batman TV series. So, the question of who's better really depends on your preference.
The Rise of Skywalker Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker (JJ Abrams 2019)
Ii2 replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
I hope so!
Confirmed by John Boyega's agent!
FMK: Indiana Jones Trilogy
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F Temple Of Doom M Raiders Of The Lost Ark K Crystal Skull, thrown down a bridge into a bed of nails
For a moment I thought @John Willliams could've been him, but...
The THE BANGLES Thread
Ii2 replied to Naïve Old Fart's topic in General Discussion
I like the released version better but only because of the atmospheric part. I feel the song is incomplete without it. Successwise, the demo version wouldn't have done good on the charts simply because it was not contemporary enough. That's probably why the producer decided to release the official version.
He has an account?
Yes. It's more than written well poetically. There is a depth to the song too. There is a happiness and a sadness that clash throughout the song. First, it starts off calmer, and in a thoughtful tone. 'Is this burning an eternal flame?' Then, the middle section of the song is more active and emotions are building up. 'Say my name...' It calms down and there is a hint of giving up in the flame when the 'Close your eyes..' lines repeat. Finally, when you think that the song is going to finish in the same tone as it began, the atmospheric part bursts in. 'Is this burning an eternal flame!' The emotions of giving up and hoping the love will last clash here creating an excellent finish! And the way the song fades shows how the emotions themselves never fade away. By the way, there is another unreleased version (maybe studio demo) that does finish the song. The way it ends here is in a darker tone. The emotions of giving up take over the emotions of hope and happiness. I couldn't find that version, but I remember hearing it. This is the way I interpret the song for myself.
It turns out there was more poetry in Eternal Flame than I thought! Look how these lines rhyme: Close your eyesGive me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating Do you understand I believeIt's meant to be, darlingI watch you when you are sleepingYou belong with me Interestingly and excellently written!
What are the best lightsaber fights on Star Wars movies?
Ii2 replied to Edmilson's topic in General Discussion
In Force Awakens, there is a whole lot of fancy lightsaber movements, but there is no jumping or other fancy acrobatics. Even without them, the movie still keeps the action, adventure, and even surprise. I was very surprised to see how when Rey took her lightsaber while Kylo Ren was trying to take it himself the first time I watched TFA. (1:33 in the video) Beautiful moment that was. This fight is where the most action is in my opinion. Still, even with 'fancy acrobatics' in Return Of The Jedi, I like the fighting scenes. Overall the acrobatic movements are toned down here compared to some newer SW films. Also, the characters are fighting the best here in all the original trilogy movies. The bouncing off of walls sometimes can add to the moment. Sure, it was extremely unrealistic. That's what surprised the audience. The Empire Strikes Back has my favorite lightsaber fighting scenes, especially the parts when the camera just shows Luke and Vader's outlines in the darkness. The darkness and smoke really add to the atmosphere of this scene. Like @The Illustrious Jerry said, it's the most memorable of all SW fighting scenes. Yeah, the first minute starts off not that bad, but by the time it gets past that, it was way too overdone. They do look a little awkward at certain moments, don't they? That's something that Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi improve. Much better and more skillful fighting in those two. All prequels look overdone, but Phantom Menace is the best when it comes to lightsaber fighting.
The first three are the best. They are the most realistic. The most adventurous is The Force Awakens battle, but my favorite has to be The Empire Strikes Back. @Edmilson, thanks for sharing these scenes.
What is the last piece of classical music you listened to?
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https://www.11alive.com/article/weather/extreme-drought-metro-atlanta/85-d56ec861-208c-4dab-a9a9-37dd2f228445
Shitty humor.
Close enough, but the spellchecker is messing things up for you. Also, you need to accent all 7 syllables.
But, from what I read, there is reference to Bruce Wayne. If all goes on schedule, I will see the movie tommorow night.
I must say I agree with this. There is food for thought in the film and the way it presents the character and his dilemma. And, in the end it is the audience who has the last word. They are the ones that should decide whether they will watch the film or not. Of course, it doesn't hurt to put a little warning out there, but maybe it was a bit blown up this time. And that will include many fans of all Batman films and some comic-book readers. But, as I mentioned, they are not the ones who will commit violence just by watching the film. Anyways, I might go see the movie in a few days. Maybe I'll post a review in this thread.
I'm not exactly warning everyone not to watch the film. I'm saying that I get the way that Joker has been restricted from certain theaters. Still, maybe you're right. A trailer does keep some of the core of the film away. But, I haven't only watched the trailer. I read some articles on the film as well. In Joker's trailer (at least the one I watched), I don't remember one instance where someone actually dies. Yes, I wrote that in my previous post. At least no more violent that the new Terminator and Rambo movies released in the last few years.
I won't be seeing the movie. I did see the trailer though. I can get where people are coming from when they want to restrict Joker. Still, when compared to other action-drama films today, there is not much difference. In fact, looking closely, you will find some action movies nowadays surpass Joker in the amount of violence they put onscreen. That being said, most audiences can handle the movie and unless they are suffering with a psychological problem, I don't see how this movie among all other action-dramas out there would inspire mass-shootings or other forms of violence. This being said, Joker should be avoided by people who are psychologically challenged. They might relate to the character of the Joker, and since the movie somewhat celebrates the Joker, they might see violence as an opportunity to lift themselves up.
Oooh.. nice!
Really?! They were really rocking the place!
The Last Jedi Where do you rank the score for "The Last Jedi"?
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I think it's his seventh best, but I by mistakenly voted second best.....
Funny how they pictured Steele just like Steele.


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Not All Adhesive Bonds Are The Same!
Have you ever thought about how an adhesive works? Or why you should choose one type over another? So often, it's easiest just to grab that bottle of glue from your kitchen drawer and hope it will fix whatever needs repair. But once you know the differences, you'll say: Why glue it, when you can J-B Weld it.
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U.S Semi-Conductor Background
U.S Semi-conductors is a company that specializes in the manufacture of semi-conductors. The company's headquarters is located in Santa Clara, California. As part of the company's growth strategies, U.S Semiconductors seeks to expand into the United Kingdom market. The company intends to set up a fully fledged facility in the UK to replace its initial small time operations in the area. The major reason for this expansion into the UK market is to stay competitive and relevant in comparison to the American firms. A location 50 miles away from Heathrow was chosen to be the appropriate site to set up the UK branch of US Semi-Conductor Company. Before setting up the company in the UK, it was imperative to come up with a proper business plan. According to the business plan, a special warehouse was to be constructed. The warehouse would be climate controlled and able to protect the chips adequately. Furthermore, the company was to acquire small trucks as well as all the necessary equipment needed to control the inventory.
Before initiating operations, the company received advice from several fronts. To begin with, the legal and tax department offered logistical issues that would help the company minimize costs in tax and other legal costs. The company was advised to consolidate all its assets as a corporation under the name of US semi-conductors Ltd. It was also advised that the entire enterprise be capitalized at the least possible equity investment. Finally, all the remaining assets including assets classified as high value should be funded through debts.
The finance department was tasked with the responsibility of sourcing for funds to initiate the project in a new location. The U.S Semiconductor Finance Department was in charge of all the activities of the company that involved finances both abroad and at home. They also advised the company on risk management strategies. The department was able to solicit finance from several commercial banks by forwarding their proposals through the assistant treasurer, Marcel Godfrey. The banks approached for this purpose were those based both in the USA and UK. It was finally decided that the company would utilize the plain vanilla technique of financing rather than the complex leasing agreement technique.
After analysis, two debt financing strategies emerged. Both strategies included a powerful comfort letter as well as the documentation that was standard. Each of these options provided a five-year repayment period with a fixed repayment rate. However, one option offered repayment in US dollars at a fixed rate of 8% p.a. While the other option provided repayment in pound sterling at a rate of 12% p.a. These two options raised enormous differences within the company on which was the best option. Local management favored the pound sterling as it evaded exchange risks. Furthermore, they favored the hedging principle. Staffers at the headquarters, however, preferred the US dollar repayment citing the reason that the company was in a business that was dollar-driven. Furthermore, it was determined that the dollar option was cheaper. The director of foreign exchange, however, advised on borrowing in pound sterling. The director figured that the value of the pound sterling was predicted to become weaker corresponding to drop in oil prices. There were those who were not for either option. They suggested that half of the debt should be in dollars and the other half in pounds sterling.
In conclusion, the prospect to set up a branch of the company in the United Kingdom is agreeable and one that stands to benefit the company greatly. However, an appropriate debt repayment procedure is imperative for the success of the company in the UK. The compromise option seems to be the best for the company. This is because, by hedging all the shipments from the warehouse in Santa Clara in US dollars then forwarding against the UK pound sterling using three month contracts is highly profitable.
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Q: WPF MVVM dispose ViewModel when UC unload i start building a WPF application, with MVVM-Light. My App have a top menu bar and a left menu bar with a central panel with some user controls show with left/top menu options. Everything go fine but my view model don't cleanup/dispose; when i select a menu option from left or top menu, my viewmodel stil exists and when i come back into menu option, the view don't refresh and maintain insert value.
Here a semple of my code:
MainViewModel receive message from top/left menu and show UserControl
public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
       Messenger.Default.Register<NotificationMessage<string>>(this, "My_Token", (message) =>
        {MessageUtility wMesageUtility = new MessageUtility();
            switch (message.Notification)
            {
                case "MyMessage":
                    switch (message.Content)
                    {
                        case "Insert":
                            if (!SimpleIoc.Default.IsRegistered<Insert_ViewModel>())
                            {
                                SimpleIoc.Default.Register<Insert_ViewModel>(true);
                            }

                            wInsertVM = SimpleIoc.Default.GetInstance<Insert_ViewModel>();
                            ShowMainView(null);
                            CurrentViewModel = wInsertVM;
                            break;
                        default:
                            break;
                    }
                    break;
                default:
                    break;
            }
        });

My ViewModel Class:
public class Insert_ViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
    public FormInternal_ViewModel()
    {
       ...Some Code with ICommand and private methods
    }
}

My XAML file:
<UserControl x:Class="MyApp.UC.Insert"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
         xmlns:i="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/2010/interactivity"
         xmlns:cmd="clr-namespace:GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Command;assembly=GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform"
         mc:Ignorable="d"
         d:DesignHeight="400" d:DesignWidth="700"
         >
<DockPanel Name="MainDock" LastChildFill="True" DataContext="{Binding Insert, Source={StaticResource Locator}}"
           VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
           Height="Auto">

    <Grid>
   </Grid>
 </DockPanel>
</UserControl>

How can i dispose Insert_ViewModel when top/left menu are selected?
Thanks.

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using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Timers;
using System.Windows;
using CloudsdaleWin7.lib;
using CloudsdaleWin7.lib.Helpers;
using CloudsdaleWin7.lib.Models;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace CloudsdaleWin7.Views.ExploreViews
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for ExploreRoulette.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class ExploreRoulette
    {

        private readonly ObservableCollection<Cloud> _gathered = new ObservableCollection<Cloud>();
        private readonly ObservableCollection<Cloud> _assigned = new ObservableCollection<Cloud>();
        private Cloud FinalCloud { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Steps to roulette.
        /// 1: Gather 6 clouds out of 100
        /// 2: Adds them to the wheel
        /// 3: Skips over a rand of 4-20 clouds and chooses.
        /// </summary>
        public ExploreRoulette()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Begin()
        {
            GatherClouds();
        }

        public async void GatherClouds()
        {
            FinalizedUI.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
            CurrentStatus.Text = "Gathering clouds...";
            var client = new HttpClient
            {
                DefaultRequestHeaders =
                                     {
                                         {"X-Result-Time", DateTime.Now.ToString("o")},
                                         {"X-Result-Per", "100"},
                                         {"Accept", "application/json"}
                                     }
            };

            var response =
                JsonConvert.DeserializeObjectAsync<WebResponse<Cloud[]>>(
                    await client.GetStringAsync(Endpoints.ExplorePopular));

            foreach(var cloud in response.Result.Result)
            {
                cloud.ForceValidate();
                _gathered.Add(cloud);
            }
            CurrentStatus.Text = "Finished gathering clouds.";

            CurrentStatus.Text = "Assigning clouds...";
            var newMax = new Random().Next(4, 20);
            while (_assigned.Count < newMax)
            {
                _assigned.Add(_gathered[new Random().Next(0, 99)]);
            }
            CurrentStatus.Text = "Finished assigning clouds.";

            CurrentStatus.Text = "Roulette has gathered " + newMax + " clouds for you. Preparing to choose...";
            var clock = new Timer
                            {
                                Interval = 1000,
                            };
            clock.Start();
            clock.Elapsed += delegate
                                 {
                                     var sec = 0;
                                     if (sec < 3)
                                     {
                                         ++sec;
                                         return;
                                     }
                                     clock.Stop();
                                 };
            var finalInt = new Random().Next(0, newMax - 1);
            FinalCloud = _assigned[finalInt];
            Join(this, null);
        }

        private async void Join(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var client = new HttpClient().AcceptsJson();
            var response =
                JsonConvert.DeserializeObjectAsync<WebResponse<Cloud>>(
                    await client.GetStringAsync(Endpoints.Cloud.Replace("[:id]", FinalCloud.Id)));
            BrowserHelper.JoinCloud(response.Result.Result);
        }

        private void BeginRoulette(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            Begin();
        }

    }
}

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HomeWorld CupIs the World Cup actually MLS in disguise? An Investigation, By Parker Cleveland
Is the World Cup actually MLS in disguise? An Investigation, By Parker Cleveland
During the World Cup, Howler will feature a different writer each day sharing thoughts on the day's action. Today, Parker Cleveland can't help noticing that the World Cup resembles a league near and dear to each of our hearts.
A reporter once asked Bastian Schweinsteiger if he would help the Chicago Fire win the World Cup. He was laughed at, but actually it's a brilliant question. There's no other place in the world where a world-class player and champion who has won his sport's best competitions can yell at a teammate in practice who is so underpaid that he lives at home with his mom…other than MLS or the World Cup. There's also nowhere else that a nation's soccer deficiencies are better on display than in these two competitions.
As I've watched the World Cup, an uneasy thought has crept into my mind. Maybe it's the template jerseys or an ever-growing number of teams from far-flung places that are generally underrepresented in the sporting landscape. Perhaps it's the politicians that finance stadiums which aren't at all in their constituents' interests or maintain for a corporate spectacle at the expense of education, health care, and other public goods. What's this I see? The best and worst players in the world lined up on the same roster? Roman Torres? Announcers yelling about set pieces? Am I really watching the World—or MLS?
IS THE WORLD CUP ACTUALLY MLS?
How many teams are in MLS now? 23—the inverse of 32, the same number of teams in the World Cup. And like the World Cup, MLS will eventually have 48 teams in it once Lokomotiv Chattanooga and West Albany Albion join the league. It's just a matter of time.
Like MLS, international soccer is often … bad. There's supposed to be parity—in MLS it's created by the existence of a salary cap and other roster rules that limit how much enjoyment teams can provide fans of the league. With the World Cup, the rigorous qualification process narrows the field to teams that should all be able to compete against one another. As Francisco Calvo of Costa Rica and Minnesota United can tell you, it doesn't really work that way.
In terms of the players, there's also a parallel between the talent and depth available to the squads in the competitions. Where else is there the potential to see Zlatan Ibrahimovic play alongside a player called Daniel Steres or someone like Gylfi Sigurdsson playing with Birkir Bjarnason? MLS and the World Cup are the only two places you'll find this kind of quality.
Like MLS, the World Cup also doesn't have promotion and relegation. Rather it relies on a kind of playoff system to determine the champion. In each the playoffs enable teams that are more strategic than good to advance. Who could forget the thrilling way the 2006 World Cup was won by Italy in penalties or how the seventh-place Colorado Rapids won the 2010 MLS Cup?
How else could you explain Japan advanced while being more concerned about not getting yellow cards while Senegal's beautiful soccer goes home? Or what about England and Belgium playing in a match where the stakes are: Loser gets to play on the easier side of the bracket? The World Cup is MLS, it really is.
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\section{Introduction}
\noindent

The Standard Model of field and particles (SM)
\cite{Glashow:1961tr}, \cite{Salam:1968rm}, \cite{Weinberg:1976gm}
is the theory
that provides the best description of the known
phenomenology of the particle physics up to now.
It is a quantum field theory based on the
gauge symmetry group
\mbox{$S\!U (3)_{C} \times S\!U (2)_{L} \times U (1)_{Y}$},
with spontaneous symmetry breaking.
This gauge group includes the color symmetry group of the
strong interaction, \mbox{$S\!U (3)_{C}$}, and the symmetry group
of the electroweak interactions,
\mbox{$S\!U (2)_{L} \times U (1)_{Y}$}.
The formulation of the Standard Model as a gauge theory
guarantees its renormalizability, but forbids explicit
mass terms for fermions and gauge bosons.
The masses of the particles are generated in a gauge-invariant
way by the \emph{Higgs Mechanism}
\cite{HiggsMechanism}
via a spontaneous breaking of the electroweak symmetry.
This mechanism also implies the presence of a massive scalar
particle in the mass spectrum of the theory,
the \emph{Higgs boson}.
This particle is the only one, among the basic elements for
the minimal formulation of the SM, to have
not been confirmed by the experiments yet.
In the SM, the mass of the Higgs boson is given by
$m_H = \sqrt{\lambda / 2} \cdot \emph{u}$,
where $\lambda$ is the Higgs self-coupling parameter and
$u$ is the vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field,
\mbox{$u = (\sqrt{2}G_F)^{-1/2} \approx 246$ GeV/c$^2$},
fixed by the Fermi coupling $G_F$, which is determined precisely
from muon decay measurements \cite{GF_measurement}.
Since $\lambda$ is presently unknown, the value of the $m_H$
can not be predicted.
However theoretical arguments \cite{range_arguments} can set approximate
bounds on the range of possible values for the mass of the SM Higgs boson.

The couplings of the SM Higgs boson to fundamental fermions are
proportional to the fermion masses, and the couplings to bosons are
proportional to the squares of the boson masses.
In particular, the SM Higgs boson is a CP-even scalar,
and its couplings to gauge bosons, Higgs bosons and
fermions are given by:
\begin{eqnarray*}
  g_{Hf\overline{f}} = \frac{m_f}{u} , \quad
  g_{HVV}           = \frac{2m^2_V}{u} ,\quad
  g_{HHVV}          = \frac{2m^2_V}{u^2} ,\\
  g_{HHH}           = \frac{3m^2_H}{u} ,\quad\quad
  g_{HHHH}          = \frac{3m^2_H}{u^2}\quad\quad\quad
\end{eqnarray*}
where $V = W^{\pm}$ or $Z$.
In Higgs boson production and decay processes, the dominant
mechanisms involve the coupling of the $H$ to the $W^{\pm}$, $Z$
and/or the third generation quarks and leptons.
The Higgs boson's coupling to gluons, $Hgg$, is induced
at leading order by a one-loop graph in which the H couples
to a virtual $t\overline{t}$ pair.
Likewise, the Higgs boson's coupling to photons,
$H\gamma\gamma$, is also generated via loops, although in this
case the one-loop graph with a virtual $W^+ W^-$ pair provides the
dominant contribution \cite{higgs_coupling}.

The cross sections for the production of SM Higgs bosons
are summarized in Fig.\ref{fig1} for $p\overline{p}$
collisions at the Tevatron.

\begin{figure}[t]
  \centerline{\includegraphics[width=7.cm]{tevxs_mh.eps}}

  \caption{\scriptsize Standard Model Higgs boson production cross section
    for $p\overline{p}$ collisions at 1.96 TeV .}
  \label{fig1}
\end{figure}

The branching ratios for the most relevant decay modes of
the SM Higgs boson are shown in Fig.\ref{fig2} as functions of $m_H$.
For masses below 135 GeV/c$^2$ (the so-called \emph{low-mass} region),
decays to fermion pairs dominate, of which the decay $H \to b\overline{b}$
has the largest branching ratio.
Decays to $\tau^+ \tau^-$, $c\overline{c}$ and gluon pairs together
contribute less than 15\%.
For such low masses, the total decay width is less than \mbox{10 MeV}.
For Higgs boson masses above 135 GeV/c$^2$(the so-called \emph{high-mass} region),
the $W^+ W^-$ decay dominates (below the $W^+ W^-$ threshold, one of
the W bosons is virtual) with an important contribution from
$H \to ZZ$, and the decay width rises rapidly, reaching about
1 GeV/c$^2$ at $m_H$ = 200 GeV/c$^2$ and 100 GeV/c$^2$ at $m_H$ = 500 GeV/c$^2$.
Above the $t\overline{t}$ threshold, the branching ratio into top-quark
pairs increases rapidly as a function of the Higgs boson mass,
reaching a maximum of about 20\% at $m_H \sim$ 450 GeV/c$^2$.

In the \emph{low-mass} region the process $gg \to H \to b\overline{b}$
has the biggest cross section, but is not valuable because of the
multijet background, which is overwhelming in an hadronic collider.
The associated production of the Higgs boson and a $W^{\pm}$ or a $Z$
is more rare, but provide a clearer experimental signature.
In the \emph{high-mass} region the process $H \to W^+ W^-$ has the
biggest branching ratio and provide also a clear signature because
of the leptonic decay of the $W$.

\section{Methods}
\noindent
All the presented analysis have been performed utilizing the data collected by
the CDF and D\O{} detectors installed at the Fermilab's Tevatron, an
accelerator capable to collide proton with antiproton at a center-of-mass
energy $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ TeV and an instantaneous luminosity
$\mathcal{L} = 4 \cdot 10^{32}$ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$.
Both CDF and D\O{} are general purpose detectors, cylindrically symmetric
around the beam axis which is oriented as the $z$ direction.
The polar angle $\theta$ is measured from the origin of the coordinate system
at the center of the detector with respect to the $z$ axis.
The pseudorapidity, transverse energy and transverse momentum are defined as
$\eta = -\ln \tan (\theta / 2)$, $E_T = E \sin (\theta)$ and $p_T = p \sin (\theta)$,
respectively.
Detailed descriptions of the features of the two detectors can be found in
\cite{CDF_DETECTOR} and  \cite{D0_DETECTOR}.

\begin{figure}[t]
  \centerline{\includegraphics[width=7.cm]{smhiggsbr2_mh.eps}}

  \caption{\scriptsize Branching ratios for the Standard Model Higgs boson.}
  \label{fig2}
\end{figure}

Several combinations of the $W^{\pm}$, $Z$ and Higgs bosons decay channels are utilized to
reconstruct the candidate Higgs events.
High-$p_T$ electrons and muons are widely used in the reconstruction of the
vector bosons candidates because of the clear signatures provided
in an hadronic environment.
Neutrinos are identified evaluating the missing transverse energy ($\not \!\!\! E_T$)
in the event.
The missing $E_T$ is defined by $\not \!\!\! E_T = | \vec{\not \!\!\! E_T} |$, {}
$\vec{\not \!\!\! E_T} = - \sum_i E_T^i \mathbf{\hat{n}_i} $, {}
where $\mathbf{\hat{n}_i} $ is a unit vector perpendicular to the beam axis
and pointing at the $i^{th}$ calorimeter tower.
The index $i$ runs over all the calorimeter towers with an energy deposit
over a minimum threshold.

The jets are reconstructed using a cone algorithm, with a radius
$R = 0.4$ .
The identification of jets originating from a \emph{b}-quark (\emph{b-tagging}) is pursued
using its long lifetime, high mass and leptonic decay.
The main algorithm applied are based on the Reconstruction of a secondary vertex inside the
jet cone (\emph{SecVtx}), on the distribution of the tracks inside the jet cone, respect
to the primary vertex (\emph{JetProbability}), on the reconstruction of a electron or muon
inside the jet cone (\emph{Soft Lepton Tagging}) and on artificial Neural Network.

In order to extract the small signal fraction from the large background in the selected samples,
multivariate techniques are widely used.
Furthermore, in several channels, the analyzed sample is divided in sub-samples in order to
increase the sensitivity.

\section{Results}
\noindent
The CDF and D\O{} collaborations are pursuing a direct search
for the SM Higgs boson in the 100 $< m_H <$ 200 GeV/c$^2$
mass range.
In the following the most updated results for the main channels
are presented.
Only peculiar features will be discussed.

\subsection{$ZH \to l^+l^- b\overline{b}$}
\noindent
\begin{figure}[t]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=7.cm]{ZH_llbb_NNcorr_doubletag.eps}}
\caption{\scriptsize Distribution of the invariant mass of the
selected jets, when both are b-tagged, compared with the expected Higgs
signal, before and after the correction to the jet energy.}
\label{fig21}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[b]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=7.cm]{ZH_llbb_final_doubletag.eps}}
\caption{\scriptsize Distribution of the output of the final
Neural Network discriminant for the 2 b-tag category.}
\label{fig22}
\end{figure}
The search for events of associated production of an Higgs
and a $Z$ boson has been performed by CDF collaboration on a data sample
corresponding to 5.7 fb$^{-1}$.
The candidate events are reconstructed using the decays $Z \to l^+l^-$,
where $l = e, \mu$ , and $H \to b\overline{b}$.
The $Z \to l^+l^-$ decays are selected requiring two same-flavor
leptons reconstructing to roughly the Z mass
(76 $\le M_{ll} \le$ 106 GeV/c$^2$).

The events selection requires at least two jets within $|\eta| \le 2$:
the first with $E_T \ge 25$ GeV and the second with $E_T \ge 15$ GeV.

The selected events are divided into six categories
according to the quality of the leptons used to reconstruct the $Z$ candidate
and to the b-tagging of the jets.

The dijet mass ($M_{jj}$) is one of the most useful distributions to separate
the $ZH$ events the $Z+jets$ background, with its separating power
limited mainly by the jet-energy resolution.
A Neural Network based technique is used to correct the jet energies, in
order to increase the $ZH$ vs $Z+jets$ discrimination.

A final Neural Network based discriminant collects the most powerful
kinematic and tagging variable and the Matrix Element probabilities
for each event, providing a limit on the $ZH$ production for each category.
For a SM Higgs boson mass of 120 GeV/c$^2$, the expected 95\% C.L. upper limit
is evaluated to be 6.91 times the SM prediction with an observed limit of 8.32 .

\subsection{$ZH \to \nu \nu b\overline{b} \ $ and $ \ WH \to (l)\nu b\overline{b}$}
\noindent
\begin{figure}[t]
  \centerline{\includegraphics[width=7.cm]{vvbb_D0_final_discriminant.eps}}
  \caption{\scriptsize Distribution of the output of the final
    Neural Network discriminant for the 2 b-tag category for the
    analysis performed by the D\O{} collaboration for the
    $\ \not \!\!\! E_T \ b\overline{b}$ final state.}
  \label{fig23}
\end{figure}

The search for events of low-mass Higgs boson production
in the $\ \not \!\!\! E_T \ b\overline{b}$ final state,
has been performed by CDF and D\O{} collaboration on a data sample
corresponding to 5.7 fb$^{-1}$ and 5.2 fb$^{-1}$ respectively,
with similar techniques.
The candidate events are selected requiring large
$\ \not \!\!\! E_T$ and at least two jets in the region
of high efficiency for the b-tagging algorithms.
An artificial Neural Network is trained to reduce the
multijet background.
A final Neural Network based discriminant is used to evaluate the
limit on the Higgs boson production.

For a SM Higgs boson mass of 115 GeV/c$^2$, the 95\% C.L. upper limit
is observed to be 2.3 times the SM prediction (expected 4.0) by the CDF collaboration,
and is observed to be 3.7 times the SM prediction (expected 4.6) by the D\O{} collaboration.

\subsection{$H \to WW^*$}
\noindent
\begin{figure}[t]
  \centerline{\includegraphics[width=7.cm]{TemplateStackHWW165_HighSB.eps}}
  \caption{\scriptsize Distribution of the output of the final
    Neural Network discriminant for the 2 b-tag category for the
    analysis performed by the CDF collaboration.}
  \label{fig33}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[!b]
  \centerline{\includegraphics[width=6.cm]{WW_D0_NNout.eps}}
  \caption{\scriptsize Distribution of the output of the final
    Neural Network discriminant for the analysis performed by the
    D\O{} collaboration.
    In this case the results for the different categories are
    combined together in a single discriminant.}
  \label{fig34}
\end{figure}
The search for events of high-mass Higgs boson production
has been performed by CDF and D\O{} collaboration on a data sample
corresponding to 5.9 fb$^{-1}$ and 5.4 fb$^{-1}$ respectively,
using similar techniques.
The candidate events are reconstructed using the decays $W \to l \nu$,
where $l = e, \mu$.

The selected events are divided in several categories according to
same/opposite sign of leptons, jet multiplicity, selected leptons
invariant mass ($M_{ll}$).
Same sign and tri-lepton categories provide acceptance also for the
$WH \to WWW^*$ and $ZH \to ZWW^*$ channels.

A set of Neural Network based discriminants is used to separate signal
from background in the different categories.

For a SM Higgs boson mass of 165 GeV/c$^2$, the 95\% C.L. upper limit
is observed to be 1.08 times the SM prediction (expected 1.0) by the CDF collaboration,
and is observed to be 1.55 times the SM prediction (expected 1.36) by the D\O{} collaboration.

\begin{figure}[t]
  \centerline{\includegraphics[width=8.cm]{tevbayeslimits19july2010.eps}}
  \caption{\scriptsize Ratio of the observed 95 \% C.L. upper limit to the
    SM prediction as a function of the Higgs boson mass.}
  \label{fig_combination}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusions}
\noindent
All the most updated results for each channel from both the experiments
are combined in order to maximize the sensitivity.
The statistics and systematics uncertainties are taken into account in the
combination procedure, and their correlations are treated consistently.
The ratio of the observed 95 \% C.L. upper limit to the SM prediction
is reported as a function of the Higgs mass in Fig. \ref{fig_combination}.
Tevatron experiments exclude SM Higgs boson at 95 \% C.L. for mass
between 158 and 175 GeV/c$^2$, and between 100 and 109 GeV/c$^2$.

\input{bib_Mastrandrea_QCD2010_proceedings}

\end{document}

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Holothuria es el género tipo de la familia de animales marinos Holothuriidae, pertenecientes a la clase Holothuroidea, comúnmente conocida como pepinos de mar. Los miembros del género se encuentran en aguas costeras en regiones tropicales y templadas. Son invertebrados de cuerpo blando y sin extremidades que habitan en el fondo del océano y generalmente son detritívoros. El género contiene algunas especies que se cosechan y venden como alimento.

Especies
Las siguientes especies se reconocen en el género Holothuria:
 Subgénero Acanthotrapeza
 Holothuria coluber
 Holothuria kubaryi
 Holothuria pyxis
 Holothuria tripilata
 Subgénero Cystipus
 Holothuria casoae
 Holothuria cubana
 Holothuria dura
 Holothuria hartmeyeri
 Holothuria inhabilis
 Holothuria jousseaumei
 Holothuria mammosa
 Holothuria occidentalis
 Holothuria pseudofossor
 Holothuria rigida
 Holothuria sucosa
 Holothuria turrisimperfecta
 Subgénero Halodeima
 Holothuria atra
 Holothuria edulis
 Holothuria enalia
 Holothuria floridana
 Holothuria grisea
 Holothuria inornata
 Holothuria kefersteinii
 Holothuria manningi
 Holothuria mexicana
 Holothuria nigralutea
 Holothuria pulla
 Holothuria signata
 Subgénero Holothuria
 Holothuria caparti
 Holothuria dakarensis
 Holothuria fungosa
 Holothuria helleri
 Holothuria mammata
 Holothuria massaspicula
 Holothuria stellati
 Holothuria tubulosa
 Subgénero Lessonothuria
 Holothuria cavans
 Holothuria cumulus
 Holothuria duoturricula
 Holothuria glandifera
 Holothuria immobilis
 Holothuria insignis
 Holothuria lineata
 Holothuria multipilula
 Holothuria pardalis
 Holothuria tuberculata
 Holothuria verrucosa
 Subgénero Mertensiothuria
 Holothuria albofusca
 Holothuria aphanes
 Holothuria arenacava
 Holothuria artensis
 Holothuria fuscorubra
 Holothuria hilla
 Holothuria isuga
 Holothuria leucospilota
 Holothuria viridiaurantia
 Subgénero Metriatyla
 Holothuria aculeata
 Holothuria albiventer
 Holothuria alex
 Holothuria brauni
 Holothuria conica
 Holothuria cyrielle
 Holothuria horrida
 Holothuria keesingi
 Holothuria lessoni
 Holothuria martensii
 Holothuria scabra
 Holothuria submersa
 Holothuria tortonesei
 Subgénero Microthele
 Holothuria fuscogilva
 Holothuria fuscopunctata
 Holothuria nobilis
 Holothuria whitmaei
 Subgénero Panningothuria
 Holothuria austrinabassa
 Holothuria forskali
 Subgénero Platyperona
 Holothuria crosnieri
 Holothuria difficilis
 Holothuria excellens
 Holothuria insolita
 Holothuria parvula )
 Holothuria rowei
 Holothuria samoana
 Holothuria sanctori
 Subgénero Roweothuria
 Holothuria arguinensis
 Holothuria poli
 Holothuria vemae
 Subgénero Selenkothuria
 Holothuria bacilla
 Holothuria carere
 Holothuria erinacea
 Holothuria glaberrima
 Holothuria lubrica
 Holothuria mactanensis
 Holothuria moebii
 Holothuria parva
 Holothuria parvispinea
 Holothuria portovallartensis
 Holothuria sinica
 Holothuria theeli
 Holothuria vittalonga
 Subgénero Semperothuria
 Holothuria cinerascens
 Holothuria flavomaculata
 Holothuria granosa
 Holothuria imitans
 Holothuria languens
 Holothuria roseomaculata
 Holothuria surinamensis
 Subgénero Stauropora
 Holothuria aemula
 Holothuria annulifera
 Holothuria bo
 Holothuria discrepans
 Holothuria dofleinii
 Holothuria fuscocinerea
 Holothuria hawaiiensis
 Holothuria mitis
 Holothuria modesta
 Holothuria olivacea
 Holothuria pervicax
 Holothuria pluricuriosa
 Subgénero Stichothuria
 Holothuria coronopertusa
 Subgénero Theelothuria
 Holothuria asperita
 Holothuria cadelli
 Holothuria duoturriforma
 Holothuria foresti
 Holothuria hamata
 Holothuria imperator
 Holothuria klunzingeri
 Holothuria kurti
 Holothuria longicosta
 Holothuria maculosa
 Holothuria michaelseni
 Holothuria notabilis
 Holothuria paraprinceps
 Holothuria princeps
 Holothuria pseudonotabilis
 Holothuria spinifera
 Holothuria squamifera
 Holothuria turriscelsa
 Subgénero Thymiosycia
 Holothuria altaturricula
 Holothuria arenicola
 Holothuria conusalba
 Holothuria gracilis
 Holothuria impatiens
 Holothuria macroperona
 Holothuria marginata
 Holothuria milloti
 Holothuria minax
 Holothuria remollescens
 Holothuria strigosa
 Holothuria thomasi
 Holothuria truncata
 Holothuria unicolor
 Holothuria zihuatanensis
 Subgénero Vaneyothuria
 Holothuria integra
 Holothuria lentiginosa
 Holothuria sinefibula
 Holothuria suspecta
 Holothuria unica
 Holothuria zacae
 Subgénero incertae sedis (catalogación incierta)
 Holothuria platei
 Holothuria pyxoides

Referencias

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The comprehensive technology concept of MailStore Server helps companies to meet a growing number of compliance requirements and can also assist with eDiscovery scenarios.
MailStore Server enables you to completely archive all emails within a company. For example, email can be archived before being forwarded to employees' mailboxes.
An archived email is identical to the original email in every respect and can, if necessary, be restored from the archive without losing any information.
MailStore generates SHA hash values from email content and uses internal AES-256 encryption. This helps to protect the archived data from tampering.
MailStore Server does not restrict businesses to a proprietary file format. All archived email can be exported in a single step at any time.
A cryptographic signature can be added to exported emails. This helps to protect the exported emails from tampering, even outside of the archive.
Administrators can define sophisticated retention policies, enabling them to maintain complete control of the periods for which various types of email are archived. They can define whether emails are automatically deleted from the archive, and when, thereby complying with the different retention periods that are possibly mandated by regulatory requirements. These policies can help customers meet their obligations under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
If the Legal Hold function has been enabled, no emails can be deleted from the archive, regardless of all other possible configurations of user privileges and retention periods.
MailStore Server uses an integrated auditing function to consistently log changes and events, which can be defined by the administrator.
A special auditor user type allows external auditors to access the archive. All actions performed by this user type are always logged.
The archive search can also be performed on a company level to assist with eDiscovery. This makes it possible to search through a company's entire email portfolio in a single step.


Must confess the idea of a British led space mission excites and amuses in equal measures. In an age where Dan Dare has been eclipsed by Wallace and Grommit, British Space Expoloration seems to hark back to a golden age of Eagle comics and kick-start motor bikes.
That said, there's one planned for 2014, well there might be if it seems a good idea and we can afford it, explains CNET. The idea itself is to give the Moon its very own moon so our lunar chaps can have a chat on their mobiles: "I can't hear you I'm on the Moon…" comes to mind.
To book your 1st Class ticket, don't delay: call Baron Drayson for full details and the best seats via the BNSC website.


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White sand beaches, crystal clear waters, endless sea breezes and its consistently gorgeous weather make Punta Cana an ideal spot for a holiday. However, it is far more than a great place with excellent beaches. It is a wonderfully cultured spot where you can walk through a UNESCO Heritage Site marking the first European settlement in the Western Hemisphere, or where you can stroll through an artist's village that is modeled on a design of the 1500s. You can book a safari and go "zip lining" through the jungle canopies, or you might even glimpse endangered whales on a private boat tour.
Clients of Isle Blue can plan an unforgettable visit to Punta Cana, working with their concierge to book many different adventures and activities, but also spa services in their villa, chef-prepared meals, and days of basking in the glorious Dominican Republic sun.
Sitting at the eastern end of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana enjoys consistent weather that only destinations near the equator can provide. Arriving in the area is easy, and many US carriers make daily flights into Punta Cana International Airport. This is a very busy spot, but you can arrange for a pickup that delivers you to your villa and avoid the hustle and bustle of arrivals.
There is no need to suggest that you make plenty of time for the beaches of Punta Cana, but keep in mind that there is more than sunbathing and swimming in the shallow and perfect waters.
There are spots like Indigenous Eyes Ecological Park that consistently earns praise from travelers interested in really exploring the natural landscape of the region, as well as Hoyo Azul. There are some truly remarkable golf courses that include Punta Espada and Corales. The former is designed by Jack Nicklaus and was completed within the last decade. The latter is even newer, and opened in 2010 after being designed by Tom Fazio.
You will also want to stroll through Santo Domingo's old town and be sure you see the Palace of Diego as well as Alcazar de Colon (the first cathedral built in the New World). The Altos de Chavon is a wonderful artist's village and also an archeological site where you can spend a full day shopping for artisan goods, sampling amazing food, and enjoying historic sites.
Book some diving lessons or a boat tour, do some snorkeling or just enjoy the sea breezes.
Naturally, as a seaside spot, you'll need to make a point of enjoying the fresh fish and seafood available. If you are not a fan of seafood, there are many four and five star establishments serving amazing dishes favoring local ingredients. From smaller local cafes to the upscale spots in the different resorts, you are sure to find some new favorites. Some of the top sports include Simon Mansion which does Asian-themed seafood, Pranama which focuses on Indian cuisine, the Grill, which is a Caribbean spot, and the wonderful Little John directly on the waterfront.
Guests can also book time with a chef who is able to prepare meals in the villa, where they can be enjoyed in the beauty and privacy of your tropical home.
Punta Cana is a place that is all about history, relaxation, scenery and the sea, and with your Isle Blue villa, your holiday is going to be an unforgettable one.


I was told about this recipe from my sister-in-law. Then when I went to the Pinterest link, it says that she found the recipe... from her sister-in-law. It's apparently a sister-in-law thing.
Brown the sausage until no longer pink. Drain the grease.
Add the Rotel and cream cheese. Cook over medium heat until the cream cheese is melted.
RP Servings: I don't have any kind of idea. I made it, and then my husband and I shamelessly ate it all as dinner. If you're eating it as an actual dip, then... I still don't know how much normal people eat for dips.
Stars: 5. Delicious. Never change, cream cheese Rotel dip. Never change.


Designing window openings (in buildings) has always been challenging for architects. Meticulous techniques have been used for constructing Sash windows in the past. Analysis and assessing these methods can provide better cognition of these windows. As a result, new solutions are provided for contemporary architecture. Investigations on Sash windows only have been dealt with aesthetic and climate aspects, and the construction techniques and their details have never been investigated. This research has studied and classified different types of this particular window by introducing the structural features, for the very first time. The data in this article have been gathered by library studies and field observations of case studies in Iran. In this research, different types of Sash windows are introduced and classified; moreover, construction techniques of each type by providing details are presented. By analysing these windows, their importance will be revealed in the past. Furthermore, by analysing the applied details, new solutions could be obtained for further designs.


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Enhancing UV protection systems
Jacques Sebag of Re-Source! discusses some key initiatives in improving the depth and breadth of UV protection systems on show at in-cosmetics this year
It is widely recognised that registering a new UV filter is almost as long and complex a process as registering a new drug. But in 2009/10 new product launches in the solar segment increased by 31% year on year (GNPD Mintel, 2011). So let's take a look at where some of the leading suppliers of UV filters are now focusing their attention when it comes to innovation.
To offer broad spectrum protection while making the work of formulators easier, Croda launched Solaveil SpeXtra in 2010. Containing a novel titanium dioxide, the Solaveil SpeXtra dispersions were specifically designed to deliver an optimal balance of UVA and UVB attenuation to meet the European UVA guidelines as a single active ingredient. This year at in-cosmetics, Croda will launch a simple solution for its customers in the US to meet the new FDA rules for broad spectrum claims.
Rather than developing a new UV filter, many laboratories are exploring better ways to use them and assess their performance. This is something DSM achieved when it first launched Parsol SLX. The product surprised many as it revealed a much better performance in vivo than in vitro, which could only be explained by a better distribution of the sunscreen on human skin.
DSM has recently published studies showing how synergies between UV filters formulated in the right medium can maximise protection and skin feel at the same time. Combining Parsol HS, a water soluble UVB filter, with Parsol SLX allowed DSM to reach a ratio of 2.7 (the average is 1.3) with an excellent skin feel, evaluated by an independent sensory expert panel on close to 20 skin feel criteria.
BASF has also done a lot of work in how filters behave. At the Sun Protection Conference in London last year, the company presented its study showing that both organic and inorganic particulate UV filters act mainly via absorption with scattering and reflection being only minor effects in terms of protection. Moreover, the study showed that the efficiency of particulate UV filters increases with decreasing particle size.
Which of course brings us on to the nano issue. Croda firmly believes in the value of ultra fine inorganic sunscreens and that nanoparticle sunscreens are safe and effective.
"We are focused on supporting our customers during this time of uncertainty, providing them with the vital information they need about the properties of our products, whether that be the particle size, safety profiles or ingredients," says R&D manager Ian Tooley.
Looking beyond protection
Filters are really the first line of defence in protecting the skin against the damages induced by UV rays. However, in order to provide a more complete protection against UV induced damages, it is essential to supplement sun care products with active ingredients capable of assisting the defence systems of the skin, and actually evaluate these actives in direct relation to UV exposure. The 2011 launch of SymHelios 1031 by Symrise, was a step in this direction. The active targets the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, a protein that binds with UV induced toxins and is thought to cause collagen and elastin destruction, oxidative stress and activation of growth factors.
Companies such as Symrise are capable of offering comprehensive insights into the design of solar beauty products. This means that they can not only assist their customers in the selection of the most appropriate UV filters, but they are also able to assist them in creating multisensory experiences which take into account the cultural dimensions of the markets as well as the positioning of their customers.
The sensory parameter in UV protection is becoming critical to the point that medium to high UV protection is now being incorporated into products beyond the sun care industry. The fashion for all-inclusive products such as BB creams is a perfect illustration of a new generation of formulas which provide the benefits of skin care, UV protection and make-up in a single application.
Innovating in solar beauty is like innovating in any other personal care segment but with all the cursors set to extreme. And what we are witnessing here is that looking ahead to the next new ingredient will no longer do the job. The future of innovation now lies in the ability to stimulate cross-fertilisation and establish closer partnerships with suppliers.
To meet the experts face to face and benefit from their expertise, follow the Solar Trail at in-cosmetics. This new feature, which is part of the in-focus programme, will guide you throughout the exhibition to easily locate the world's most innovative suppliers in solar beauty.
in-focus will take place at in-cosmetics 17-19 April 2012 at Barcelona's Gran Via Exhibition Centre.
www.in-cosmetics.com
Symrise (more information, website)
DSM Group
Sun care ingredients that won't cost the planet
Beauty branded one of most eco-conscious sectors in 2020
Croda invests in fragrance & flavour with Iberchem acquisition
Keeping a cool head: Say hello to the new breed of holistic scalp care ingredients
The greatest no-show on earth: How beauty suppliers overcame a trade event-free year
From skin food to preservation: What ingredients are microbiome-friendly?
Lasting volume: How does this unique volumising polymer work on all hair types?
Blue gold: Symrise launches 3-year lavender farming biodiversity research project
2020's hottest sun protection solutions
The potential legislative pitfalls gracing the polymer sector
Most sustainable beauty companies revealed in CDP ranking
Symrise simplifies the development and manufacture of sunscreen products with Neo Heliopan Fla
Symrise ranks among the top ten most sustainable companies in the world
Stay ahead with DSM's best in class UV filters
Symrise expands scent and care activities through new acquisition


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Where are the hats?
Asked 1 year, 1 month ago
Are we getting hats this year, and if so, where and when will they be announced?
I am told that my first draft (the sentence above) did not meet ELU's quality standards. Funny, I thought brevity was the soul of wit. Well, to pad things so that my question completely describes my problem: Are we getting hats this year, and if so, where and when will they be announced?
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Well, I can see some users are wearing hats, so I guess they have already been announced. – user067531 Dec 12 '18 at 19:48
meta.stackexchange.com/questions/319838/… There's also a knitting competition if you're in vein meta.stackexchange.com/questions/319846/… – Mari-Lou A Dec 12 '18 at 19:58
@Hugo In the spirit of Christmas, I changed Q to question. Please tell me why you object to Q -- it seems an innocent time-saver to me. – ab2 MonicaNotForgotten Dec 17 '18 at 19:12
Thank you! It's an attempt to earn a hat! winterbash2018.stackexchange.com/itsa-me – Hugo Dec 17 '18 at 23:03
The hats are already on this year! It's running from December 12th through January 1st this year. You can find a list of hats and how to get them here on MSE. Alternatively, you can go directly to the Winter Bash site here.
(Anyways, knitting is where it's at this year.)
Make sure that you don't hate hats by clicking on the snowflake in the top right. If you see something like the following you need to click on the "I Love Hats" button and then there will be HATS:
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But if, as I have been told, the standarising of sites was primarily made to save running costs, shouldn't season's hats, on the same premise, have been abolished too? – user067531 Dec 12 '18 at 20:05
@user240918 Hats are something that's done the same way across all the sites (except for the sites that hate fun and don't have hats). It's a way for Stack Exchange to get people excited to come to the site during the time when traffic drops for the holidays. Plus they're also using it to advertise for Stack Overflow for Teams. – Laurel Dec 12 '18 at 20:09
@user240918 Unification of themes isn't about saving running costs. It's about making the network easier to maintain when you have 170+ sites and giving the 100+ of those sites with no custom elements at all the chance for it. We can't create new features for the network without simplifying the code because every new feature breaks a good chunk of the sites, which we then spend more time fixing than making the new features... and people don't like it when their sites don't work, either. ;) This actually makes hats easier to implement. – Catija♦ Dec 13 '18 at 7:23
@Catija - thanks for clarifying, but doesn't "It's about making the network easier to maintain when you have 170+ sites and giving the 100+ of those sites with no custom elements at all the chance for it." actually translates into lower operating and maintenance costs? – user067531 Dec 13 '18 at 8:45
@user240918 It may be a matter of how you look at things. Yes, it's lower cost for us because we're not hiring dozens more people to be able to do both at the same time (1. maintain an absurdly complicated codebase that breaks constantly 2. continue to release new features for the site).... but that's only if you assume we're able to hire those people. We need to be able to work with what we have, which is limited, so we're investing in the future by taking a haphazardly-created system and restructuring it with intention and simplicity with room to iterate in the future. – Catija♦ Dec 14 '18 at 5:13
Hats are here again!
https://winterbash2018.stackexchange.com
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New Music Monday: Ilya Portnov, LOONY, Sonny Lewis & More
by Matt Micucci
Looking for some Monday motivation? We've got you covered. From exciting new music from a star-on-the-rise vocalist to a sax legend's new archival release, here are five new songs that you can listen to right now to start your week the right way.
Leon Ware, "For the Rainbow"
"For the Rainbow" is an unreleased track featured on the new and final album of Leon Ware, the legendary Motown singer/songwriter who passed away in 2017. The album, titled Rainbow Deux, was released on September 13 and features unreleased track, studio sessions plus rare live audio from 2013. It also features special guest appearances from such artists as Kamasi Washington and Thundercat, among others. Rainbow Deux comes with original artwork watercolor painting on the cover made by Ware himself.
Amendola Vs. Blades, "Hambela"
Funky California-based duo Amendola Vs. Blades is made up of drummer Scott Amendola and Hammond organ/clavinet virtuoso Wil Blades. "Hambela" is the new single from the album Everybody Wins, and it is driven by a boogaloo groove that recalls Lou Donaldson's Blue Note LPs from the late '60s. The song (partly inspired by Blades' love of coffee) is taken from their upcoming new album, Everybody Wins, which features them leading a group of like-minded collaborators, including guitarist Jeff Parker, saxophonist Skerik, percussionist Cyro Baptista and keyboardist Bob Burger. The album is due out October 11 via RPF on vinyl, CD and digital formats.
LOONY, "Dare You"
24-year-old Toronto-born star-on-the-rise, vocalist LOONY, shared the new video for her new single – the soulful, slow and sultry "Dare You," featuring emerging Baton Rouge Rapper, Quadry. The song shows a different side to LOONY. "I actually started writing it for someone else to sing, and then it somehow took on a life of its own," she explains via a press release. "The production started getting eerier, my vocal ideas got weirder, then my lyrics got darker, and all of a sudden it was like 'yup okay, this is for me now.'"
Ilya Portnov, "Crawfish Stomp"
JAZZIZ presents the premiere of "Crawfish Stomp," a track from Russian-born harmonicist Ilya Portnov's forthcoming release, 3, on which he aims to present an immigrant's vision of American music. The song draws on Portnov's admiration of New Orleans jazz and the music of Booker T. "The first part of the tune sounds to me like someone or something is walking unevenly and awkwardly," he explains. "Crawfish is one of the staples of the New Orleans cuisine and 'stomp' is a type of tunes in jazz, so I thought if you put them together, you get something that would look pretty awkward." 3 will be released on October 11.
Sonny Lewis Quartet, "In Your Own Sweet Way"
This version of "In Your Own Sweet Way," performed by the Sonny Lewis quartet, is featured on in Fillmore Street Live, a new release featuring live recordings recovered from lost tapes found in the saxophonist's archive. The audio documents a major 1988 San Francisco street fair performance by Lewis and his quartet, made up of keyboardist Percy Scott, bassist Harley White Sr. and drummer Paul Smith. Fillmore Street Live is available now on CD (which comes with extensive liner notes by Scott Yanow) and on digital streaming or download via Sonoma Coast Records.
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New Music Monday: Sumitra, Wynton Marsalis & More
Matt Micucci August 26, 2019
Looking for some Monday motivation? We've got you covered. From exciting new music from a star-on-the-rise vocalist to a sax legend's new archival release, here are five new songs that you can listen to right now to start your week the right way. Leon Ware, "For the Rainbow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhQFXt9sp8Q "For the Rainbow" is an unreleased track featured on the new and final album of Leon Ware, the legendary Motown singer/songwriter who passed away in 2017. The album, titled Rainbow Deux, was released on September 13 and features unreleased track, studio sessions plus rare live audio from 2013. It also features special guest appearances from such artists as Kamasi Washington and Thundercat, among others. Rainbow Deux comes with original artwork watercolor painting on the cover made by Ware himself. Amendola Vs. Blades, "Hambela" https://soundcloud.com/the-royal-potato-family/amendola-vs-blades-hambela Funky California-based duo Amendola Vs. Blades is made up of drummer Scott Amendola and Hammond organ/clavinet virtuoso Wil Blades. "Hambela" is the new single from the album Everybody Wins, and it is driven by a boogaloo groove that recalls Lou Donaldson's Blue Note LPs from the late '60s. The song (partly inspired by Blades' love of coffee) is taken from their upcoming new album, Everybody Wins, which features them leading a group of like-minded collaborators, including guitarist Jeff Parker, saxophonist Skerik, percussionist Cyro Baptista and keyboardist Bob Burger. The album is due out October 11 via RPF on vinyl, CD and digital formats. LOONY, "Dare You" https://youtu.be/NXVpwNPYVws 24-year-old Toronto-born star-on-the-rise, vocalist LOONY, shared the new video for her new single - the soulful, slow and sultry "Dare You," featuring emerging Baton Rouge Rapper, Quadry. The song shows a different side to LOONY. "I actually started writing it for someone else to sing, and then it somehow took on a life of its own," she explains via a press release. "The production started getting eerier, my vocal ideas got weirder, then my lyrics got darker, and all of a sudden it was like 'yup okay, this is for me now.'" Ilya Portnov, "Crawfish Stomp" JAZZIZ presents the premiere of "Crawfish Stomp," a track from Russian-born harmonicist Ilya Portnov's forthcoming release, 3, on which he aims to present an immigrant's vision of American music. The song draws on Portnov's admiration of New Orleans jazz and the music of Booker T. "The first part of the tune sounds to me like someone or something is walking unevenly and awkwardly," he explains. "Crawfish is one of the staples of the New Orleans cuisine and 'stomp' is a type of tunes in jazz, so I thought if you put them together, you get something that would look pretty awkward." 3 will be released on October 11. Sonny Lewis Quartet, "In Your Own Sweet Way" https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=3GvB6LCjjvs This version of "In Your Own Sweet Way," performed by the Sonny Lewis quartet, is featured on in Fillmore Street Live, a new release featuring live recordings recovered from lost tapes found in the saxophonist's archive. The audio documents a major 1988 San Francisco street fair performance by Lewis and his quartet, made up of keyboardist Percy Scott, bassist Harley White Sr. and drummer Paul Smith. Fillmore Street Live is available now on CD (which comes with extensive liner notes by Scott Yanow) and on digital streaming or download via Sonoma Coast Records. Like this article? Get more when you subscribe.


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TRANSOM™
A More Informative Group Percentile Rank
By Brian Bontempo, Ph.D., Daniel Wilson, Philip Dickison, Ph.D., RN, & Ada Woo, Ph.D.
Paper to be presented at the 9th Conference of the International Test Commission in San Sebastian, Spain. July 2014.
The purpose of this study was to explore a group performance reporting metric (aka group score) that usefully combines the concepts of ranking, scaling, and norming. This metric, called Group Percentile Ranks (GPR), is obtained by calculating a measure of central tendency for each group and determining the percentile rank for the group by comparing each group's measure to the distribution of individual performance rather than the distribution of each group's measure. The shape of the distribution of group percentiles is approximately normal. This technique is currently used by the US nursing licensure examination to provide feedback to nursing schools on the performance of their graduates.
The GPR method was evaluated from an empirical and theoretical perspective. Three years of data from the US nursing licensure exam were used to calculate traditional percentile ranks and group percentile ranks. The distributions were compared along the following criteria: ability to convey normative ordinal information, ability to convey normative interval information, impact of small program performance on other programs, quality of information at the extremes, and stability over time.
Given rounding, the traditional method provided more ordinal differentiation amongst moderately performing programs while GPR provided more at the extremes. Although neither method was able to successfully convey equal interval information, the GPR method conveyed distance information better than the traditional method. The traditional method was negatively impacted by the performance of small groups while GPR method was not. The GPR method was more stable than the traditional method, a result attributable to the number of individuals being far larger than the number of groups.
In conclusion, the GPR method provides a single metric which includes ranking, scaling, and norming information about a group's performance. As with the traditional method, caution should be exercised when making inferences for small groups.
©2013 Mountain Measurement, Inc.


Are tired of that filth and grimes in every nook and corner of your house? Well, don't worry. We are here to help you. We will show you a few of our proven ways for getting rid of dirty stuff, from permanent markers, stains, clogged drains, scratches, and more!
A gum gets brittle whenever it freezes. When it is frozen, it can be broken apart easily. Thus, if you've got a piece of gum stuck in your carpet, you can easily freeze it. How? Well, you can simply place an ice cube-filled sandwich bag on top of the gum and let it stay there for 30 minutes. Once the gum is frozen, you can easily break it apart and pull it out of your carpet. No traces will be left behind.
If you are wearing eyeglasses, you know how irritating it is to have scratched glasses. It makes it hard for you to see. Don't worry. We have a solution if your glasses do not have a scratch coating or antiglare on them. Put a drop of Brasso on a 100% cotton cloth. It is best if the cloth is super soft. Apply Brasso to the lenses and wait for it to completely dry. Then, you can polish the scratches out of your glasses.
If you have kids, chances are they love drawing stuff on your walls using crayons. You do not have to lose your cool if your walls have been redesigned by your children. All you need is a rag and baking soda. Simply dip the rag into some baking soda. Then, scrub gently the crayon marks. With a minimal amount of effort, the marks will come off. This will give your young artist a new wall to redecorate.
Have you accidentally burnt something while cooking? It is impossible to clean the burnt remnants, right? This is especially true for pans. Well, we have a solution for you. All you have to do is to fill the pan with hot water. Next, add a couple of dryer sheets and a bit of dish soap. Let it stay for 1 hour. Lastly, using a scrubbing pad, wipe clean your pan.
To clean old sneakers, all you need is a bit of toothpaste and an old toothbrush. Keep in mind that you need to use non-gel white toothpaste because colored ones might stain your sneakers. Put some toothpaste to an old toothbrush and then scrub it into the dirty spots. Let it sit for around 10 minutes. Then, wipe the toothpaste off using a damp towel. If necessary, you can repeat the process.
The toothpaste's ingredients might vary from one brand to another. Thus, before completely applying it, be sure that you try this technique on a tiny spot on your sneakers.
If you have written using a permanent marker on a whiteboard, all you have to do is just write over the permanent marker using a dry erase marker. Next, wipe away the marks using a dry cloth or eraser.
The best cleaner to use in removing stains from a coffee thermos is denture cleaner. For every 2 cups of hot water, dissolve 1 tablet of denture cleaner. Pour it in the thermos and let it stay for a few hours. Next, scrub off the stains using a brush.
First, using a hairdryer, you need to warm up the adhesive for around half a minute. Then, to cut gently through the adhesive strip, you can utilize a fishing line or dental floss.
Apply a few drops of denatured alcohol in the affected area. Then, scrub the paint away. Keep in mind that you should use a rag with the same color as your carpet.
To easily clean those hard-to-reach areas, you can use an old toothbrush.
If you want to get rid of sticker residue, you can use cooking oil. Using a paper towel, you can dab any kind of cooking oil. Next, lay that towel over the sticker residue and let it stay for several minutes. Lastly, rub the sticker residue away using a clean towel.
To prevent a sticky drawer, you can rub a block of Gulf Wax along the slides of the wooden drawer. It will lubricate the moving parts, making it run much more smoothly.
With a zip tie, cut a few amounts of notches on its end. This will hook the hair clog, enabling you to pull the clog out.
You can use a can of cooking spray to get rid of hard-to-remove bug splatters. Spray it onto the bug and let it sit for several seconds. Next, to wipe the area clean, you can use a microfiber cloth. Lastly, wash the area using water and soap.
Attach a tiny magnet on the end of a string. You can also use a flexible rod. Lower the magnet and pull it back up slowly to retrieve the item.
As fast as possible, soak the glue spot using warm soapy water. This will soften the glue. Using a nail polish remover that is acetone-based, rub the glue. This will turn the glue white and can be peeled off easily.
Do not use a chisel to remove squeezed-out glue on your woodworking project. Simply use a drinking straw. It would conform to the corner's shape and the leftover glue will be accumulated inside the straw.
You can use the tennis ball's rubbery interior to grip hard-to-open jar lids and twist-off bottle caps. Cut a tennis ball in half using a utility knife.
Placing an oven-safe bowl or pot filled with water is a more natural and simple method for cleaning your oven. To loosen the grease and dirt, set your oven to 450 degrees for 1 hour. Wait for your oven to cool down and wipe the condensation off.
Rubbing a walnut over a wood scratch can help in sealing the scratches. After scrubbing the area with walnut several times, use a soft cloth to buff the area.
Using a damp washcloth, you can remove dents out of wood. Simply put the washcloth on the dented area. Next, place a hot iron on top of the washcloth. Make small circular movements until the washcloth is dry. This will help the wood absorb the water. Thus, expanding back and removing dents.
It is ideal not to utilize soap to clean a skillet to avoid rust. Rather, after a meal, you can utilize 1 tbsp. of course salt to scrub the skillet. After scrubbing, wash the skillet using hot water. Don't forget to throw away the dirty salt.
Another way to remove hair clogs in your drain is to use a wire coat hanger.
A natural way to eliminate hard-water buildup is to cut a fresh lemon in half. Use your thumbs to open up gently the center of the lemon. Next, press it onto the faucet's end. Wrap the lemon using a tiny plastic bag and secure it using a rubber band. Let it stay for several hours. You might need to utilize a gentle scrubbing pad to wash off the hard-water buildup.
Sprinkle a few amounts of ordinary baking soda onto the upholstery and wait for around 30 minutes. This will help to get rid of the odors. After 30 minutes, use a handheld vacuum to remove the baking soda.
Apply a few amounts of wood glue over the splinter area. Wait for it to dry. Next, gently pull off the dried glue in the opposite direction of the splinter. This will also remove the splinter from your skin.


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