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Two Villanova University College of Engineering initiatives were among seven projects at four Pennsylvania universities to be awarded $174,603 in new funding through the Manufacturing PA Innovation Program COVID-19 Challenge to address the commonwealth's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Moeness Amin, director of the Center for Advanced Communications, received $24,802 for "COVID-19 Risk Monitoring by Wearable Sensor with Machine Learning Processing on Mobile Device." A second $24,815 grant was awarded for "Design and Development of NovaVent," a low-cost, rapidly manufacturable ventilator under the leadership of Dr. C. Nataraj, director of Villanova's Center for Analytics of Dynamic Systems.
COVID-19 Risk Monitoring by Wearable Sensor
In Pennsylvania, a large percentage of the COVID-19-related deaths have occurred in residents in nursing or personal care homes. In many cases, by the time an individual becomes aware of and recognizes any single or multiple COVID-19 symptoms, they are already in danger of permanent health damage or death. In this respect, an accurate, easy-to-use capability to monitor at-risk individuals for early signs of COVID-19 infection is urgently needed.
In partnership with RTM Vital Signs, LLC, this project under the leadership of Dr. Amin aims at developing a full monitoring system that consists of an integrated sensor and smartphone application, which will work as follows:
- The sensor accurately measures the individual's temperature, heart rate, oxygen saturation and tracheal sound.
- The mobile device receives these data wirelessly, and through an app, executes effective signal processing algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract the respiratory rate and classify the individual's breathing conditions and disorders.
- The app computes a risk-index-score that produces a series of alerts/alarms (visual, auditory, and vibratory) that warn the patient and/or medical professional of worsening pulmonary function.
Dr. Amin notes that the sensor itself was recently developed by RTM for opioid overdose detection using an acoustic sensing modality and has since been modified and extended to include temperature and oxygen saturation markers that underlie the COVID-19 infection. RTM's CEO and co-founder is Dr. Nance Dicciani '69, a Villanova Chemical Engineering graduate and former member of the Villanova University Board of Trustees.
Design and Development of NovaVent
Mechanical ventilation is a critical element in treating many patients who are affected by the COVID-19 virus. With an interdisciplinary team of engineering and medical specialists, Villanovans designed and fabricated a functional, first generation prototype of NovaVent, a low-cost (<$1K), open source ventilator that operates in a mode of continuous mandatory ventilation (CMV) intended for patients who are incapable of breathing on their own.
With funding through the COVID-19 Challenge grant, the team intends to build on its preliminary design and pursue research to design NovaVent 2.0. This second iteration will be capable of more sophisticated modes of ventilation and will integrate additional control mechanisms and features more commonly found in expensive high-end ventilators. The Villanova team will then work with Pennsylvania manufacturers to produce near commercial grade components for NovaVent and engage Geisinger Health System for medical input. Testing will be conducted on the breathing simulator at CHOP and validated at Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI), both of which agreed to offer their services at no-cost to this project. Dr. Nataraj adds, "We will also explore opportunities to distribute NovaVent to international locations through our network of service organizations."
In a press release issued by the Department of Community and Economic Development, PA Governor Tom Wolf said: "We are fortunate to have some of the brightest minds in our higher education system, and they rose to the challenge in supporting our commonwealth during this unprecedented time. My administration remains committed to identifying new resources that can support our state's businesses and communities as we continue to navigate this pandemic and the recovery steps ahead."


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The National Institute of Advanced Studies recently evaluated its experience with a programme driven approach to its research and other activities. The Committee set up for the purpose felt that the programme approach had yielded positive results based on the topicality of the research, clear statement of objectives, time-bound nature of activities, and deliverables. It was however also felt that there was inadequate tapping of potential synergies between programmes. This was largely believed to be the result of a weak link between programmes and schools. It was therefore decided to reorganize the schools in a way that generated the required synergies and enabled the programmes to function more effectively.
In keeping with this approach the schools were reorganized. The four schools that now function in NIAS are: School of Social Sciences, School of Humanities, School of Life Sciences and Engineering, and the School of Conflict and Security Studies. The schools consist of a group of programmes in a domain. The Schools are expected to be 'Programme driven' and have a research agenda aiding the programmes in them, as well as promoting trans-disciplinary research within and outside the school. The new organization of schools is expected to build synergy within and across disciplines and promote such interaction more vigorously. The schools are also expected to carry out activities related to the NIAS Courses and outreach activities. PhD scholars are expected to be affiliated to a programme within a school.

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*Lucy Shneyer, Schering Plough Research Institute
Often regions across the world may vary in their opinion on what the primary endpoint should be for a given disease. For example in studies of asthma, the FDA prefers a primary efficacy endpoint of FEV1 while EMEA prefers PEFR. In drug development programs, sponsors seek to conduct multinational Phase 2 and 3 studies to suit worldwide filings. If only a few studies are to be conducted, can these be designed in such a way as to satisfy all regulatory agencies? Can differing primary endpoints be handled through statistical analysis plans written to suit individual region preferences? On what basis then does the sponsor claim a study to be a success or failure? How does the statistician handle issues such as multiplicity in these situations? These and other questions can be discussed at this roundtable.


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Communication à un séminaire :
(Cornell University), « The Returns to English-Language Skills in India »
, Development Economics Seminar
, TSE, Toulouse, 2 décembre 2010, 11:00-12:30, salle MF 323.
India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has expanded due to globalization in recent decades. It is widely believed that there are sizable economic returns to English-language skills in India, but the extent of these returns is unknown due to lack of a microdata set containing measures of both earnings and English ability. In this paper, we use a newly available data set the India Human Development Survey, 2005 to quantify the effects of English-speaking ability on wages. We find that being fluent in English (compared to not speaking any English) increases hourly wages of men by 34%, which is as much as the return to completing secondary school and half as much as the return to completing a Bachelor's degree. Being able to speak a little English significantly increases male hourly wages 13%. There is considerable heterogeneity in returns to English. More experienced and more educated workers receive higher returns to English. The complementarity between English skills and education appears to have strengthened over time. Only the more educated among young workers earn a premium for English skill, whereas older workers across all education groups do.
J24 : Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity (Formal Training Programs; On-the-Job Training)
J31 : Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc.
O15 : Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration
Economie du développement


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February is recognized as Black History month across the country -- and yesterday in Williston, that history in this part of the country was discussed.
Assistant History professor Richard Stenberg hosted a forum yesterday on the campus where he presented his research on the role African Americans played in the fur trade at Ft. Union.
He says little is known...but they have discovered there were some key players in the trade.
It is also interesting, that slavery was outlawed here during that time...but that doesn't mean in didn't exist.
(Richard Stenberg - WSC Professor) "Interestingly the Missouri Compromise of 1820 said there would be no slaves in the former territories of the Louisiana Purchase, there were still slaves operating on the Missouri River for example, the steamboats passing right by here en route to places like Fort Union and several of the early managers had slaves that they had on site."

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Kinetics of pathogen destruction during storage of dewatered biosolids
The kinetics of pathogen destruction were determined during storage of digested and dewatered wastewater treatment biosolids to obtain relationships between temperature and duration of biosolids storage. Biosolids, seeded with Salmonella typhimurium, Yersinia enterocolitica, Campylobacter jejuni, bacteriophage f2, poliovirus, and Ascaris suum eggs were incubated at 5°, 22°, 38°, and 49.5°C, under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions for up to 62 days. Destruction of pathogens in stored biosolids occurred at all temperatures examined; however, rates increased with increasing temperature. There was no significant difference between the destruction of pathogens under aerobic or anaerobic conditions at all temperatures studied. At 50°C, the decay rate of S. typhimurium, Y. enterocolitica, bacteriophage f2, poliovirus, and A. suum eggs was estimated to be 1.13, 1.10, 1.54, 0.81, and 0.21 log10 reductions per day, respectively.


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How does cabbage plants make seed?
Can you tell me how cabbage plants make seeds? Ken C.
Answer: Cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kale and kohlrabi are all of the same species, Brassica oleracea, and have the same seeding and pollination habit. These plants produce a flower stalk that needs to be cross-pollinated (meaning a plant will not accept its own pollen) by insects.
The cabbage plant sends this flower/seed stalk directly out of the cabbage core. Home growers, unless they live in a very long growing zone, in the fall will need to select at least three firm ready-to-eat heads and remove the plants, roots and all, and store in a root cellar, refrigerator or cold basement. Keep the roots damp and cold during the winter.
In the early spring you would replant the plants, leaving two to three feet in between them. They will produce the seed stalk directly from the center of the plant. Since cabbage seeds ripen slowly and fall off immediately when they are ripe, you might want to either harvest the whole plant as the pods turn yellow or pick the dry pods when they turn brown.
When planted in the open garden – and if you are growing any other members of the Brassica family – you might be surprised what your seeds develop into since the plants can be cross-pollinated with broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc. But they might be interesting in flavor.
Good luck if you give this a try.


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In 1927, the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (later merged with the Denver & Rio Grande Western) completed the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado. The six-mile bore eliminated the treacherous main line over Rollins Pass, providing a shorter route from the Midwest to the Salt Lake basin.
In the nineteenth century, Denver had been bypassed by the Union Pacific, the first transcontinental railroad. While it grew to become the great city of the Rocky Mountain West, it had only roundabout lines westward across the mountains.
After lengthy court battles and bruising political fights, David Moffat was able to begin construction of the tunnel that bears his name. For three years, miners labored far beneath the blazing summer sun and frigid winter storms to carve a mainline railroad tunnel, through mostly solid rock, at an elevation of more than 9,200 feet above sea level. When the miners broke through in February of 1927, they had managed to drive two working faces 32,800 feet through the Continental Divide-and meet dead-on in the middle of the mountain.
Denver feted the men, holding a great parade and entertaining them at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. This was a symbolic triumph, for the 38-mile Dotsero Cutoff linking the line west of the tunnel with the railroad to Salt Lake City would not be finished until 1934. But it opened the way for a far easier crossing of the Rockies. The Moffat Tunnel today carries both Amtrak and freight trains.
Read more about the history of railroads with these articles:


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Abstract: Previous research has shown that intelligent control of hydraulic structures can strongly reduce flood consequences, in ideal circumstances. However, uncertainties can significantly impact the performance of real-time flood control strategies. For the Herk river case study in Belgium, this research aims to quantify the influence of the hydraulic model uncertainty. The flood control is for this case conducted by a combination of a Reduced Genetic Algorithm (RGA) and Model Predictive Control (MPC) as optimization method. First, the influence of the initial river model conditions and the length of the prediction horizon on the model accuracy are investigated. Next, the performance of the MPC-RGA technique with and without real-time model updating by means of data assimilation is evaluated. Preliminary results show that even a basic data assimilation technique can compensate for some performance loss due to model uncertainty.

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The Entrance
Free Module 2: Shapes & Form Feng Shui
Chapter 17: The Entrance
The House:-
Avoid the following bad influences on a house:-
1. A 'T' or 'Y' shaped road in front of the house.
2. A house at the dead-end of a road.
3. An inverted 'U' shaped which acts like a knife' slicing the house.
4. A river in front of the house.
5. House must not face or next to a:-
- cemetery.
- funeral parlor.
- any religious prayer sites.
- brothel.
- police station.
- buildings in the shape of a fire element e.g. sharp pointed roofs.
5. A big tree or a single lamb post facing the house.
6. Look out for the corner of a neighbour's roof pointing to the front of the house.
7. A canal or river at the back of the house.
8. House must not face a bridge or an overpass.
9. An expressway 'cutting/slicing' into the house.
10. Avoid a house built on a former cemetery site or an area where massacre happened.
For those living next to a cemetery or places with concentration of YIN, one remedy is to brightly lit that side of the house or paint that side of the wall red or pink to activate the 'YANG' element.
11. Avoid having an opening (open air courtyard) or windows in the centre ceiling of the house.
12. Avoid having the toilet in the center of the house.
13. The house should be higher than the road.
14. Avoid a 'U' shaped house.
15. A house should not be 'sandwiched' between two tall buildings.
16. Do not place the water tank on the roof in the centre of the house.
17. Public sewerage pipes must not pass under the house.
18. Do not have the fire place in the centre of the house.
19. Avoid having a pond in the centre of the house.
1. Avoid having fencing with varying heights.
2. The fence or brick wall should not be too close to the house.
3. Fence or brick wall should not be higher than the house else it acts like a 'prison' environment.
4. For the garage, do not have the master bedroom above the garage.
5. The driveway should not directly face the main house's door.
6. Do not install barbed wires over the top of the main gate. (For goodness sake your house is not an army camp or a gangster's hideout!)
For exterior of the Main Door:-
1. It should not face a tree or a lamp post.
2. It should not face any corner, chimney, or water storage tank.
3. It should not face a neighbour's gate, main door or driveway.
For interior of the Main Door:-
1. It should not face the staircase or a 'sharp' corner pointing towards the door.
2. It should not be immediately blocked by a wall.
3. It should not face the back door.
4. It should not face a wash basin, sink or water pipe.
5. It should not face any bedroom, toilet or kitchen or fireplace.
6. The backdoor must be smaller than the main door.
7. The size of the main door should be proportional to the size of the house.
8. If the main door is made of two panels, both panels must be of equal size.
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We all know those type of people around us calling themselves a go-getter. I have realized that the true success dwells in giving, not getting. I know it sounds corny, but it is true.
Being ambitious and going after your dreams is an important thing but to help others get what they want is more important. It doesn't help only them, but it moves us forward as well.
Here are seven reasons why being a go-giver will create a better quality of your life and attract what you desire:
1. You will grow
You will grow emotionally, spiritually, mentally. You will understand the real meaning of life, which resides in giving. And you will enjoy it. It will change your perspective on life and success itself. If you want more abundance in your life, the number one rule is to give without expecting getting anything back.
Don't help others only because you expect them to help you right after. Be real with people and don't make them feel like they owe you something. You are helping others to grow and live the positive life, not to benefit from them.
2. You will help others
Do you remember the time in the past when you were starting something and someone helped you? How did it make you feel? Can you imagine that you make someone else feel the same way? Your support can change someone's life forever or give them the right start.
We all have been there. We all were trying to accomplish something and struggled at first. Don't forget how it feels and the next time, be there for others and show your support.
3. You will attract positive things into your life
Everything good you have ever done will come back to you. There are no exceptions. You will attract more wealth into your life, better people and circumstances. On one hand you will be getting more because you are giving (let's call it karma).
On another hand, you will be getting more because you feel fulfilled and satisfied with yourself. Positivity will come to you from outside as well as inside.
4. You will create compelling relationships
By helping others, you will be changing their lives and become unforgettable to them. Remember that sometimes you are the only hope the person may have. You'll have the opportunity to create healthy relationships with people who you have helped, or even people who helped you.
Don't forget that these favorable connections will be useful to you one day, and they can change your life in return. Many people appreciate the help, and they keep you in mind. Creating honest relationships will make your life easier. People will know you as the thoughtful person, and they will always be there for you as well.
5. You will attract success
Have you ever heard that the most successful people are the ones who first give and then get? There is a reason behind it. They become successful because of using their inner potential. They are getting more from life because at first, they decided to give. Becoming a go-giver will bring into your life people and events that can change the course of your destiny.
The universe works in a miraculous way. By giving, you will attract the things you desire. Maybe you need the right business partner, or the money, or the right connection. Everything will fall into place once you understand the meaning of being a go-giver.
6.You will create a change
It will change you. It will change others and also your community. Making a change in people's lives is an incredible privilege. You cannot make a difference in the world within one day, but you can change yourself and others around you to live and fulfill life with higher meaning.
7. You will help yourself
Whether you like it or not there is always going to be a benefit to you. Even when you genuinely help others and don't expect anything back, you will feel satisfied and happier. And this is what makes you grow, what attracts better things into your life, what creates the real change around you. This quiet little voice saying, "You just did the right thing, keep doing it, be the change."
Commit yourself to do something for others at least once a week. Give others your hand and be there if they need you. Become a go-giver instead of a go-getter. By doing this, you will motivate your surroundings to do the same.
You can create a better environment for yourself and for those who you love. Most of the time, giving doesn't cost you anything. You have kindness inside, share it with the world.
How will you transform your life? Please leave your thoughts in the comment section below!


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A joint or limb a division a member a part formed by growth and articulated to or symmetrical with other parts
- 3d pers sing pres of Lie to recline for lieth
- Combining forms fr Gr liqos a stone used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks
- 3d pers. sing. pres. of Lie, to recline, for lieth.
- A joint or limb; a division; an associate; part formed by development, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts.
"combined, limb," Old English li
3d pers. sing. pres. of Lie, to recline, for lieth.
- (n.) A joint or limb; a division; a part; a component formed by development, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts.
Of the b and a classes from the earliest period to the 9th century inclusive are numbered 1 to 49; those of the 10th century 50 to 99; for the later centuries numbers of three figures are used, and the choice is made so that the figure in the hundreds' place indicates the century, 1 meaning lith century, meaning 12th century, and so on; to all these numbers the appropriate letter, if it be 5 or a, must be always prefixed, but if it be only when there is any chance of ambiguity.


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Academic Journal of Computing & Information Science, 2021, 4(1); doi: 10.25236/AJCIS.2021.040102.
Department of Information Engineering ,Shanghai Maritime University,China
The existing identity authentication schemes based on the devices of Internet of Underwater Things (IouT) are all executed at the network layer and higher layers, which require high computing costs and are not suitable for devices with limited computing resources. By applying PUF to key binding, a physical layer-based identity authentication scheme is proposed. The authentication process is realized by the joint typicality coding and decoding technology based on the packing lemma and the covering lemma. The Achievability and Converse propositions prove the feasibility of the scheme, and the confidential capacity domain is delimited from the perspective of information theory. The false authentication analysis theoretically limits the probability of successful deception by the adversary, and reduces it to the lowest limit.
physically uncloneable function, authentication, false acceptance, encoding, mutual information
Jie Zhou. Secure identity authentication scheme based on PUF for IoUT. Academic Journal of Computing & Information Science (2021), Vol. 4, Issue 1: 7-14. _URL_
 Wei Zhiqiang. Research on the security of underwater sensor networks [J]. Chinese Journal of Computers, 2012, 35 (8): _PHONE_.
 Zeng Ling, Wang Wei. Research on the Security and Secrecy System of Underwater Sensor Networks [J]. Communication Technology, 2019, 52 (1): 202-206.
 David Galindo, Rodrigo Roman, Javier Lopez.A Killer Application for Pairings: Authenticated Key Establishment in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks [C] //International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security, NJ: CANS, 2008: 120-132.
 Chi Yuan, Wenping Chen, Yuqing Zhu,Deying Li, Jie Tan. A Low Computational Complexity Authentication Scheme in Underwater Wireless Sensor Network [C] //11thInternational Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, NJ: IEEE, 2010: 116-123.
 Chae-Won Yun, Jae-Hoon Lee, Okyeon Yi, Soo-Hyun Park. Ticket-based Authentication Protocol for Underwater Wireless Sensor Network [C] //Eighth International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks, NJ: IEEE, 2016: 215-217.
 Roee Diamant,Paolo Casari,Stefano Tomasin.Cooperative Authentication in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks [J]. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2019, 18 (2): 954-968.
 Liang Xiao, Xiaoyue Wan, Wei Su. Learning-Based PHY-Layer Authentication for Underwater Sensor Networks [J]. IEEE Communications Letters, 2019, 23 (1): 60-63.
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Vercue Extensions with C# – Part 1
In this post, we'll see how to implement a Vercue Extension using Visual Studio and C#.
Topics covered by this post:
 - What are Vercue Extensions
 - Implementing a button that runs an action on the selected Source
 - Implementing a button that runs an action on all available Sources
 - Run an async action
 - Run an action based on user-properties
Vercue Extensions
Vercue can be extended to add UI elements and/or automation actions and macros.
For example, new command menu items can be added to the Sources and Log-Entries panels. New custom Actions can be implemented and used in automated Rules, and more.
Implementing such extensions is easy and fast, using Visual Studio and a .NET programming language, such as C#.
In this post, we will implement some custom menu-commands for a Source.
Extending the Source Menu
Sample 1: Run a command based on the Source's built-in properties
First, we'll see how to implement a command that executes an action on the Source's built-in properties, such as its path (in case it is a Working-Copy).
A useful action we can implement will be a button that commits changes of a selected source with a predefined message. A one-click commit button. For example, committing a conflict-less reintegration-merge.
Step 1: Create the extension class library in Visual Studio
Create a new Visual Studio C# class library project, give it a meaningful name ("VercueExtension", for example) and make sure the target framework is 3.5, to match Vercue's framework version:
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Add a reference to the Vercue.Library.dll file, which should be located under Vercue's installation folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Vercue\Vercue.Library.dll)
Step 2: Create the extension class
Add a new class and implement the Vercue.Extensibility.IExtension interface:
public class MyExtension : IExtension
{
 public void Extend(IExtensible extensible)
 {
 }
}

Step 3: Create the One-Click Commit method:
private void Commit(object sender, ExtensionEventArgs<SvnSource> args)
{
 // Get the first selected Source
 //
 var selectedSource = args.SelectedItems.FirstOrDefault();
 // If there is no selected Source – do nothing
 //
 if (selectedSource == null)
 {
 return;
 }
 // Svn is declared in the Vercue.Extensibility.Utils namespace
 //
 Svn.Commit(selectedSource.Path, "The Log Message");
 // Check the Source for updates to hide the blue arrow
 //
 selectedSource.CheckUpdates();
}
Step 4: Introduce the command to the UI:
private void AddCommitCommand(IExtensible extensible)
{
 extensible.SourceCommands.AddCommand(
 new UICommandExtensionInfo<SvnSource>(
 "Commit", // The command text
 Commit) // The click handler
 {
 // In-addition to the context menu,
 // the command will be available from the main toolbar and
 // the tray context menu
 //
 AddToMainToolbarAndMenu = true,
 AddToTrayContextMenu = true,
 // The command is initialy disabled, until the Enabler
 // predicate is called
 //
 InitialEnabled = false,
 // The Enabler predicate enables/disables the command based
 // on the selected items.
 // In this case, the command is enabled only for
 // Working-Copy Sources
 //
 Enabler = sources => sources.All(src => src.IsWorkingCopy),
 });
}
Step 5: Build and Install
Build the project. Locate the output dll file and copy it to %appdata%\Vercue\Extensions.
Restart the application. Your new extension should be loaded and available from the Source's context menu.
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Notice that the command is available from the context-menu, the main menu, the Sources pane's toolbar, the main toolbar and the tray-menu.
Sample 2: Run a command on all the available items
How about a button that runs svn-cleanup on all the Working-Copies?
Easy:
private void Cleanup(object sender, ExtensionEventArgs<SvnSource> args)
{
 // Target all Working-Copies Sources
 //
 var sources = args.AllItems.Where(src => src.IsWorkingCopy);
 foreach (var source in sources)
 {
 Svn.CleanUp(source.Path);
 }
}
The command runs on all the available Working-Copy sources, so it has to be always enabled.
The Enabler property of the command has to be an always-true predicate:
private void AddCleanupCommand(IExtensible extensible)
{
 extensible.SourceCommands.AddCommand(
 new UICommandExtensionInfo<SvnSource>(
 "Cleanup",
 Cleanup)
 {
 AddToMainToolbarAndMenu = true,
 AddToTrayContextMenu = true,
 InitialEnabled = true,
 // This command is always enabled
 //
 Enabler = sources => true,
 });
}
Build, copy, restart the application and you can start using your new cleanup action!
Notice that the svn-cleanup command is time-consuming. If you have many Sources – it can take minutes to complete. Let's change the command to run on a background-thread so it doesn't block the user-interface. In-addition, while the application keeps executing svn commands on the Sources (checking for updates), the Cleanup command might fail. Let's also add some error-handling to the command:
private void Cleanup(object sender, ExtensionEventArgs<SvnSource> args)
{
 // Take all the available Sources which are Working-Copies
 //
 var sources = args.AllItems.Where(src => src.IsWorkingCopy);
 // Run the cleanup in a background-thread
 //
 ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(obj => Cleanup(sources));
}
private void Cleanup(IEnumerable<SvnSource> sources)
{
 foreach (var source in sources)
 {
 try
 {
 Svn.CleanUp(source.Path);
 }
 catch
 {
 // The Source might be currently in use by
 // the main application.
 // Lets just ignore it for now.
 }
 }
}
Notice that this is only a sample. Error handling, user-notifications and command-availability are up to you to implement. For example – disabled the command until the cleanup is complete to prevent multiple clicks.
User-Properties and Values
Vercue allows the end-users to add custom properties and values to Sources. These custom values can be used in Rules conditions and Actions (Next post will discuss this feature).
Another use for such values is in UI commands.
Sample 3: Run a command based on user-values
Let's see an example of a command that uses Source's user-specific values.
A useful example can be a button that opens a Source's project file. Referring to a .NET project, the file will probably be a .sln file (A Visual Studio solution), but the command may suit any type of file, as long as Windows knows how to open it.
The only important difference between this implementation and the previous one is the fact that we now use a user-property instead of a built-in one.
public void OpenProject(
 object sender,
 ExtensionEventArgs<SvnSource> args)
{
 // Get the first selected Source
 //
 var selectedSource = args.SelectedItems.FirstOrDefault();
 // If there is no selected Source – do nothing
 //
 if (selectedSource == null)
 {
 return;
 }
 object project = null;
 // Try to get the "project" user-property
 //
 if (selectedSource.UserProperties.
 TryGetValue("project", out project))
 {
 // Combine it with the Source's path
 //
 var projectFullPath =
 Path.Combine(selectedSource.Path, (string)project);
 // Run it
 //
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}
We want the command to be enabled only for Sources that have the "project" user-property.
Here's the Enabler predicate for such condition:
Enabler = sources => sources.All(
 src => src.UserProperties.ContainsKey("project")),
Built and copy the dll to its destination folder.
Adding User-Properties to a Source
Double-click a Source, click the "User Properties" button.
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In the Source User Properties dialog, add a key named "project" and set its value to the name of the project/solution file within the folder:
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Click OK on all the dialogs and you can now test your command.
Debugging
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Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Director of Education
Nominated and written by an Anonymous Intern
Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin, also known as the style consultant for NCSY, can be recognized as the Education Director for NCSY. I had the opportunity to meet Dovid as his intern for the past two summers. It's strange to think how lucky I was to be able to intern for someone so invested in the personal development and growth of teenagers around the world. Dovid spends most of his day learning Torah and deciphering the best way to convey it to teenagers so they develop a love of Torah and a desire to strive to know more Torah.
The coolest part about interning for the education department was the opportunity it granted me to develop my Torah learning and to grow my skills and breadth of knowledge. From the first day in the office, Dovid invested his time in educating me how to properly educate others, and ensuring my personal growth. He consistently sent me material, and pushed me to expand my Torah learning. I vividly remember a day in the office he sent me a few articles in Hebrew written by Rav Hutner and asked me to read, understand, and write a piece on them so others could learn it on their own. I had never learned in such a way, and I did not think I would be able to do it, but with Dovid's push, help, and belief in me, I spent several hours and finally cracked the meaning of the text. When I presented my work to Dovid, he imbued in me such a feeling of accomplishment and confidence that could not be matched by any other accomplishment. In short, he allowed me to push my potential to the fullest and accomplish.
Dovid's guidance was not confined to the four walls of his office or the six weeks of the summer. He kept in contact with me, constantly invested in my growth and professional development. When going through a personal struggle, he guided and advised me.
Dovid has inspired me to never shortchange myself in my Torah learning and Jewish education. He has helped me believe in myself and showed me what being a mentor for someone really means. Combined with his unbeatable knowledge of music, Dovid is one that I know will continue to push the limits in inspiring and educating the Jewish future.


Students at Layton Junior High get their game on
After-school club • Teacher Stephen Olson loves sharing his passion for board games.
Layton • Growing up, Stephen Olson loved board games — all kinds of board games.
He played them with his family and friends. When he went to college at the University of Utah, he started a board game club with fellow students.
Eventually Olson's friends gave up board games for girlfriends, wives, children and other activities, and the club died out. But Olson's love for games never diminished.
Fast forward to 2012, and Olson is a math teacher at North Layton Junior High. It's his first year on the job, and he discovered there is no math club, so he volunteered to supervise one. He then discovers there is no chess club. It's one of the few board games he doesn't love, so he asked his administration if he could have a combination chess and board game club.
They consented.
On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, the board game club meets after school from three to five. Olsen is a happy teacher—he gets the chance to play board games and share his knowledge and love of the game with students.
Olsen visited his parents' home and retrieved an assortment of his favorite games from youth including Ingenious, Small World and Tsuro. Other students play trading card games and still others play chess.
"I can't resist playing games," Olson said. "I play while I'm correcting papers."
The games help students with reassigning skills and logic. Small World teaches them about combination and how things can synergize or work against one another. Olson said the students also have to learn to put on their poker faces when playing.
While the majority of game playing is friendly, tension can break out.
"Small World gets a little heated," Olson said.
Seventh-grader Alex Chipman loves the structure of board games.
"I have Asperger's so this is one of the few times I can open up and enjoy myself," said Alex, who flits around the room checking out all the games. "I don't like it when people don't follow the rules. Here I don't have to worry about people going against the rules because if they don't follow them, the game won't work."
Alex's father, David Chipman, is a resource teacher at North Layton Junior High. He enjoys having Alex participate in the club. "It keeps him occupied and forces him to interact socially," he said. "I think it gives the kids a way of expressing their own personality without having to be afraid of what anybody else thinks about it because they all have a shared interest in the games. If you are passive or aggressive in your play it's OK, it's a game, and no one gets hurt."
Eighth-grader Miriam Wilson has always loved board games, and she has not missed a single day of club. At home she played Monopoly and Sorry. The club has introduced her to new games.
"I like playing with other people," Miriam said. "After I've played with them for a while, I know what they are thinking and what their next move is going to be."
At another table sit the trading-card gamers. Two brothers, Braden and Cameron Putnam, are in the club. They enjoy playing games with each other and their brother, but they joined the game club to play against new people.
"When you play with the same people all the time, you know exactly what they are going to do," Braden said.
Being able to pursue an individual interest also attracts students.
"It's a time to get away from my siblings, my family and have fun," said eighth-grader Devin Smith.
Math teacher Olson, like the kids, has his own reason for enjoying the club.
"It's a great stress reliever," he said.
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Mona Passage Earthquake – Puerto Rico – October 11, 1918
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It was wartime. World War I was still being fought. The death toll was 116 and damage costs four million dollars.
On the morning of October 11, 1918, Puerto Rico was visited by one of the most severe earthquakes it had ever experienced in modern times. It was later identified as having a magnitude of 7.5. The earthquake was followed, almost immediately, by a tsunami that broke upon the shore, drowning 116 people and destroying native huts. Property loss amounted to $4 million. In the northwestern part of the island, where the damage was greatest, a number of people left their dwellings and went to the hills, partly because of the unusual strength of the earthquake and partly because of the aftershocks that were almost continuous for two days.
The governor of Puerto Rico requested the secretary of war to investigate conditions throughout the island, to assess the damage and to assure everybody that the danger was over. An intensive one-month search of the territory was carried out, including the islands of Vieques and Saint Thomas. The epicenter was finally located deep in the northeast part of the sea passage between the island of Mona and the international border between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, a stretch of water known as Mona Passage. Everything that could throw light on the earthquake was carefully examined. The experiences and observations of a large number of persons were collected. Some of them had felt the shock in Santo Domingo and some had experienced the shaking on the Island of Vieques. The meteorologist in charge of the weather bureau at San Juan collected information for the investigating group through his many observers. Information was also gained through correspondence with persons where the shock was felt.
The earthquake occurred in daytime. Puerto Rico is accustomed to shocks of mild to moderate intensity and this may explain the close agreement that was discovered in descriptions of the shock. Most observers say that the earthquake began as a pronounced vertical vibration, which was followed by horizontal oscillations. In regard to the directions of movements, they were mainly east to west. The earthquake began suddenly without warning. There were no preliminary vibrations of any kind. Furthermore, no evidence of earthquakes of any kind had been felt over the previous eight months. The first shock was felt in San Juan shortly after ten in the morning. It lasted for a full two minutes, first as a series of vertical motions, accompanied by creaking of the timbers in wooden building, then latterly as horizontal shakings sufficient to cause nausea and evident in the swinging to and fro of electrical fixtures. A second shock followed about five minutes after the first one and a third one after a further five minutes. Both of these were of short duration, less than a minute each.
In some of the churches, as at Arecibo and Mayaguez, places that are one hundred miles apart, columns supporting arches between the nave and the aisles were crushed as though they had been subjected to strong vertical compression. At a house near Mayaguez, wooden columns supporting a porch roof jumped up and down, and after the earthquake a shoe was found between the base of the column and the floor of the porch. The tower of the Arecibo church was badly cracked and tilted toward the east. Nearby, a steel smokestack was bent in an easterly direction. The cracks in the brick roof of the municipal building ran chiefly in a north-south direction and, at a place four miles south of Arecibo, books in a concrete vault were thrown from the shelves on the northwest wall but not from the other shelves. At the southwest corner of Puerto Rico the surface of the ground moved in waves as if it had been part of the ocean.
A great wave from the sea, now understood as a tsunami, following the earthquake of October 11, was highest near the northwestern part of Puerto Rico. It was seen almost immediately after the earthquake. Wherever the wave appeared on Puerto Rico or on its neighboring islands, observers reported that the ocean first withdrew from the land, in places exposing reefs and stretches of sea bottom never before visible during low tides, and then the water returned, reaching heights that were high above normal. At some places the main wave was followed by one or more smaller ones and, especially in shattered bays, the water continued to ebb and flow for some time. At the Boqueron Lighthouse the keeper, who was up in the tower when the earthquake began, immediately started down the stairs, and as he went down he noticed that the water along the shore had already begun to recede.
It returned quickly and his measurements show that the height reached by the water, not counting the wash of the wave, was about fourteen feet above sea level. Southwest of the lighthouse, where the land is lower, the water was reported to have reached inland for a distance of three hundred feet into a grove of coconut palms. The lighthouse keeper had the impression that the wave came from the northwest. Near Point Agujereada the limestone cliffs are about 330–400 feet in height, and their base is a narrow strip of beach. Several hundred palms were uprooted by the wave, and the beach was turned into a sandy waste. In this vicinity a few small houses were destroyed and eight people reported to be drowned. People visiting this district soon after the earthquake estimated the height of the wave at eighteen feet.
As the seat of the disturbance was under the ocean it was impossible, in 1918, to determine its exact location, but it was estimated as being near latitude 18° 30′ north and longitude 67° 20′ west, or roughly ten miles west of Boqueron Lighthouse. The sea wave was highest along the northwest coat of Puerto Rico and decreased progressively in all directions. Submarine cables were broken at several places within the area bounded by parallels 18° 25′ and 18° 35′ north and meridians 67° 15′ and 67° 30′ west. The seismographic records of the earthquake do not fix the position of the origin with a high degree of accuracy.
This is not to be wondered at when we remember that an error of one second in the record time of arrival of vibrations at the various stations in eastern North America would correspond to a difference of six miles in the distance from the point of origin. The errors seem to have balanced because together they identified the location as being in the northeastern part of the Mona Passage. As has already been mentioned the limitations of the technology in use in 1918 are reflected in the reports that were given by observers. The interpretation of the cause of the earthquake is one example of these limitations: severe earthquakes are the result of the sudden relief of stress that slowly accumulated in the rocks on the sea floor.
The tsunami that accompanied the earthquake had a different origin. Research conducted on the ocean floor around the island of Mona many years after 1918 revealed underwater landslides that dated back to 1918. The small portion of the earth's crust beneath Puerto Rico, in contact with the much bigger North American Tectonic Plate, was seen to have tilted at the point of contact, presumably due to interactions between the two. Gigantic slabs of limestone were released by these interactions, some of them as big as fifty miles wide, and the result of the displacement of water they caused gave rise to the tsunami. The damage it caused was greatest on the low-lying coastal areas and, as has so often been seen in the actions of tsunamis, the retreating wave because it carries so much debris and rocks is often more deadly than the first incoming wave. The Columbus Memorial stood on the western beach. It was demolished and a 2,500-pound limestone block from the wreckage was carried inland for more than three hundred feet. The island of Mona experienced the tsunami in the form of a twelve-foot wave that washed away a pier.
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text: A novel form of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) coated copper(I) oxide nanoparticle (Cu2O-NP) was prepared and used to catalyze azide-alkyne click reactions in water under aerobic conditions. The nanoparticles were well dispersed in aqueous solutions and have a size of 20±10 nm, as determined by transmission electron microscope (TEM). Inductively coupled plasma (ICP), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses demonstrated that the main content of Cu2O-NP is copper(I). The cytotoxicity of it was evaluated by an in vitro 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and its catalytic efficiency for azide-alkyne click reactions was studied in water and organic solvents at physiological temperatures. Our results indicate that Cu2O-NP is more efficient in catalytic reactions in water for both aliphatic and aromatic azides and alkynes and less toxic than the commonly used CuSO4/reductant catalyst systems.


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Merriam Webster defines curb weight as:
the weight of an automobile with standard equipment and fuel, oil, and coolant
Why is this weight called a vehicle's curb weight?
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This is given in the sense of "parked at the curb" (i.e., with no passengers or luggage, etc.). See curb weight. – Robusto Jan 9 '13 at 16:07
It's a bit like the street value of drugs :) – coleopterist Jan 9 '13 at 16:09
I agree with Robusto. Dry weight, unladen weight and tare weight are used too. – user32480 Jan 9 '13 at 17:05
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Definition and etymology
Curb weight (US) or kerb weight (UK) is the weight of a car parked at the kerb with standard equipment, oil, water, coolant, petrol but without passengers or goods. Some definitions say a full tank of petrol, but some just say some petrol. It comes from the idea of a car parked by the kerb and ready to go, but waiting for passengers and extra luggage.
The earliest example in the OED is of the UK spelling in 1958, but Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (2004) dates the US spelling to 1949 but I found examples in the early 1930s (and possibly in the late 1920s).
This is a snippet of Society of Automotive Engineers Transactions (1929), so the date could be wrong (but it looks ok). It contrasts "Curb weight, sedan" with a heavier "Weight, with driver and observer":
Curb weight, sedan 3300 lb.
Ignoring snippets, the first verifiable examples are from almost identical adverts in the April 1933 editions of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics:
The Pontiac Economy Straight Eight has a wheelbase of 1 1 5 inches; the curb weight (4-door Sedan) is 3265 pounds.Pontiac's 115' wheelbase and 4-door Sedan curb weight of 3265 pounds assure real big car riding comfort.
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It's the weight of the vehicle, parked at the side of the road (at the curb), ready to go, but without any passengers or cargo.
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I'm curious how the car got to the curb without fuel, oil, and coolant. :) – Luke Jan 9 '13 at 16:55
Curb weight includes those things. Compare "dry weight". – Alex Feinman Jan 9 '13 at 16:56
_USER_ Hah! You're right - I read the definition wrong. Then this does make sense. – Luke Jan 9 '13 at 16:57
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Who to select:
The most important aspect of a MJTA workshop is team selection. In addition to the technical competence required, participants should have:
- The ability and willingness to clearly and accurately describe their experience and knowledge.
- The skill of listening respectfully to the views of others and participating effectively in group discussions without dominating or being dominated.
- The disposition toward not overreacting to criticism or having their contributions analyzed/reorganized.
- The disposition toward being a team player an wants to participate in the process.
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"Why don't you eat an apple?"
Translation:Γιατί δεν τρως ένα μήλο;
What are you asking? Please use the REport option:
If your sentence was not accepted this is how to Report.
We moderators cannot see your sentence therefore before you posted your comment here you should have made a REPORT.
Here's how to report.
Go to the bottom of the exercise page where you'll see REPORT Click on that:
Then choose what you want to REPORT: (You'll see these to choose from.)
-The audio does not sound correct.
-The dictionary hints on hover are wrong or missing.
-The Greek sentence is unnatural or has an error.
-The "Correct solution" is unnatural or has an error.
-My answer should be accepted. This is the one you should click on if your translation was not accepted.
After choosing the REPORT you want to make you should post on the comment page.
Oh, I see. You'd be amazed at how many comments are without punctuation so a missing question mark doesn't always mean it wasn't a question.
The word "τρως" doesn't take an accent because it's a one-syllable word but I don't see any reference to that in DebUlma's comment.


Below are the 10 primary benefits of using the Magic Link handwriting programme in both primary and secondary schools:
 1. School curriculum
The Magic Link Handwriting Programme can be used in both primary and secondary schools. This programme can be integrated into the school curriculum so the whole school can learn neat, cursive, joined-up handwriting. The non joined-up (pre-cursive) programme is for 5-year-olds, in year 1 and the cursive (joined-up) programme is for 6-18 years.
2. Whole class or groups
The programme can be used with a whole class as it can be incorporated as part of a classroom activity. Alternatively, it can be used with small groups of children, or individually with pupils who are finding particular difficulty with the letter and word formation. It is perfect for pupils of all ages including those in primary schools as well as secondary schools.
2. Colour-coded worksheets
The bright, worksheets use clear colour -coding and each vowel has its own colour. This is a motivator, which also improves reading and spelling. No further teaching resource is required.
colour coded worksheets
3. Handwriting intervention
The programme can be used with small handwriting intervention groups within the classroom or as specific tutorial lessons.
4. No teacher training
No teacher training is required; teachers, special educational needs coordinator (SENcos) or teaching assistants are simply required to supervise the children to ensure that the pupils are following the steps correctly. This makes the programme very easy to use as there is little scope for error.
5. Simple font
The Magic Link font makes learning how to write correctly a simple and achievable task. There are no confusing lead-in (entry) strokes. This font has been designed to promote speed and result in smooth, flowing joined up handwriting.
The simple magic link font
6. Multi-sensory
The Magic Link Programme incorporates a multi-sensory approach. The lively music, auditory instructions and visual tips are clearly presented and makes learning fun and interesting.
 7. Incremental Progression of Handwriting Strokes
The act of forming letters requires many steps. The steps in the Magic Link programme follow motoric incremental movements of handwriting, which are required to complete an action resulting in higher levels of motor planning. At the end of every steps, the learnt words are incorporated into 'silly sentences' to reinforce the motor movement and make handwriting practise fun.
Letters with arrows
 8. Perfect for all pupils
The Magic Link Handwriting Programme is perfect for all pupils including children with SEN i.e dyslexia, dyspraxia, have Asperger's syndrome, hypermobile and left and right handers. All pupils follow the pre-recorded video lessons to learn the correct formation of letters, words and sentences.
 9. Highly structured
This highly structured programme starts at the basic level and progresses through vowels and vowel combinations. All pupils are fully aware from the start, that at the end of 30 steps they will achieve neat, cursive writing.
10. Certificate of Achievement
For primary school children, a "Certificate of Achievement" provides an extra motivator. This can be given at the end of the programme or awarded in assembly and reward their new skill to make them feel proud and confident.
Benefits of using the Magic Link Handwriting Programme in school


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The Kingdom of Coreathea is a historical re-enactment group dedicated to family, friends, and all aspects of historical renaissance life during the years from _PHONE_. The Kingdom of Coreathea is committed to education of speech, weapons, garb creation, and period dance. We are equally excited about heraldry, daily Renaissance life, food, games, music and art for both adults and children of all ages. Mingling and playing, our members enjoy spending time with visitors from other lands in both their daily travels and at our Masquerade Ball. Our group welcomes new members that are interested in immersing themselves in history and making new friends while exploring the past.
The Kingdom of Coreathea participates in many forms of fine arts such as live theatre and renaissance style dancing which is all performed at the Age of Chivalry Las Vegas Faire.
The Kingdom of Coreathea participates in many forms of combat from swordplay to archery. All ages can participate in our various weaponry styles, and advance along the path of knighthood and chivalry.


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Everything You Need to Know about Terrace Waterproofing Paint
Terrace Waterproofing Paint is an important aspect of ensuring that your terrace stays dry and protected from water damage. This type of paint is specifically designed to resist the penetration of water and prevent it from seeping into the walls or the surface of the terrace.
One of the main benefits of using terrace waterproofing paint is that it protects against the harmful effects of moisture. Over time, moisture can cause severe damage to the structure of your home, leading to expensive repairs. Therefore, waterproofing your terrace is crucial for the longevity of your house.
When it comes to choosing the right terrace waterproofing paint, you need to consider factors such as the quality of the paint, durability, and weather resistance. Some of the popular brands of terrace waterproofing paints include Asian Paints, AWC Waterproofing, Berger Paints, and Dulux.
Before applying terrace waterproofing paint, the surface must be cleaned and prepped to ensure proper adhesion. Any cracks or holes in the surface should be repaired, and the surface must be dry before applying the paint.
It is important to note that waterproofing paint should not be applied on surfaces that are already damp or wet, as this will prevent proper adhesion and may cause the paint to peel off. Therefore, it is best to wait for a dry day to apply the paint.
In summary, terrace waterproofing paint is essential for ensuring that your terrace remains protected from water damage and moisture. By choosing the right brand and following the correct application process, you can ensure a long-lasting and resilient finish that will keep your home safe and secure.
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MIT Graduate Julie Legault has created Amino, a bioengineering kit for the home. Having struggled with science throughout school, Legault wanted to devise a kit to make biology accessible. Science is generally restricted in a lab environment but with Hackspaces and DIYBio labs becoming more commonplace – science is becoming democratised.
The kit comes in a self-contained box with all the required components to start to grow your own cells. You can create scents and pigments and even build a living nightlight inspired by the firefly DNA. But it doesn't end there, Legault hopes to develop future add ons to the kit that will allow you to potentially grow your own medicine, materials and cosmetics.


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Helping people with computers... one answer at a time.
If you have speech recognition always enabled it can cause your computer to "go nuts" because of the different sounds it interprets as actual words.
My computer behaves erroneously frequently. It suddenly closes all IE browser windows, opens start menu and repeats this process. OS: Windows XP. In the task manager I saw "sapisvr.exe" during this process sometimes, not all the time.
It's a really weird thing to watch - it's almost like your computer has suddenly become possessed. But the question holds a clue: sapisvr.exe.
Chances are, though, the computer is really only doing what you're telling it.
Sapisvr.exe is Microsoft's Speech Recognition engine. When enabled, it listens to what's coming in on the microphone and attempts to interpret what it hears as words, then enters keystrokes to "type in" those words it heard.
That's nice, in principle, but if it's always enabled it can cause exactly the odd behavior you describe. You make a noise (just about any noise can cause it to think it's heard a word), and keystrokes get entered. Or ambient noise is enough to cause it to try to recognize speech.
Normally this feature should be disabled, but apparently some PC manufacturers or others enable it by default.
Go to Control Panel
Click on Regional and Language Options
Click on the Languages tab
Click on the Details button
Click on Speech Recognition
Click the Remove button
And if you're wondering why this could be happening if you don't have a microphone, look again. Many laptops in particular have built-in microphones, and I'm lead to believe that some other computers may as well.


Getting Started with the Actions SDK
This document guides you through deploying a simple Conversation Action that uses SSML. The action asks you to say a number and it speaks it back to you as an ordinal (for example, if you say "1", the action says "first").
Setup your environment
This tutorial assumes you're using Google Cloud Functions, but you can use any web hosting platform to deploy your Conversation Action fulfillment logic.
 1. Download and install Node.js
 2. Download, install, and initialize the Google Cloud SDK.
 3. Download gactions and save it to a directory we'll refer to as <sdk-dir>
 4. Go to the Google Cloud Console projects page. Select a project if you already have one you want to use or create a new project to host your fulfillment logic. Make a note of the project ID, because it is used for configuration and deployment.
 5. Enable billing for your project. See the console's help center for more information.
 6. Create a Storage Bucket for your Google Developer Project. Make a note of the storage bucket name.
Get the sample and client library
To get the the sample and client library, run the following commands:
git clone _URL_
cd actionssdk-say-number-nodejs
npm install
Deploy fulfillment and preview the action package
Previewing the action package lets you make it available in a staging area that's only available to the account that is logged in to the gactions tool. To do this, you need to deploy fulfillment to a web server and then preview the action package with the gactions CLI.
 1. Deploy the Node.js Cloud Function for fulfillment with the following commands:
 cd actionssdk-say-number-nodejs
 gcloud beta functions deploy sayNumber --trigger-http --stage-bucket <storage_bucket_name>

 You can read server logs with
 gcloud beta functions logs read

 2. Modify the action.json file in the following places:
 - agentInfo.projectId - Specify your Google developer project ID
 - httpExecution.url - Specify fulfillment URL of the deployed Node.js Cloud Function from step 1
 3. Run the following commands from the actionssdk-say-number-nodejs directory:
 <sdk-dir>/gactions preview -action_package=action.json -invocation_name="my action"

 You should receive a message to authorize gactions to access your account and Google developer project. Follow the onscreen instructions to do so.
 4. Preview the action package by running the following command:
 <sdk-dir>/gactions simulate

 5. Enter talk to my action to invoke the action.
Sample Explanation
The following directory structure describes the important files for this sample:
<sdk-dir>
|- gactions
|- <sample-dir>
 |- actions-on-google.js - Node.js client library
 |- action.json - The action package that defines your actions
 |- index.js - The fulfillment logic for Google Cloud Functions
 |- package.json - Node.js metadata
The two most important files are index.js and action.json, the two main parts of this Conversation Action.
 - action.json - This action package defines one action with an initialTrigger that declares a "assistant.intent.action.MAIN" intent (required for every action package). This intent is triggered when you say "talk to my action".
 When the main intent is triggered, the Google Assistant hands off the user experience to the Conversation Action, and the action welcomes the user.
 - index.js - There are two main functions in the fulfillment logic. mainIntent() handles the StandardIntents.MAIN intent being triggered and welcomes the user. The other function, rawInput(), processes the StandardIntents.TEXT intent. If a user says a number, the action speaks it back as an ordinal (for example, if a user says "one", the action speaks back "first"). If the user says "bye", the action quits.


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Phaius montanus Schltr. 1912 is a large sized, terrestrial orchid species, native to the island of New Guinea, located in the South-West Pacific Ocean, which belongs to the states Indonesia
and Papua New Guinea.
Phaius montanus orchids can reach hights of more than 1,50 meter and are not just well-liked for their stunning, red flowers, but also for their attractive foliage. As most terrestrial orchids from the Phaius genus, Phaius montanus requires a shady and humid habitat and warm to hot temperatures. The long-lasting flowers get a width of about 10 cm. Flowering period: Spring – Summer. The terrestrial orchid Phaius montanus is protected by CITES Appendix II (trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival).
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National survey on AI in health and social care
Posted: 29th May 2018
Individuals and organisations working across health and social care are being asked to take part in a national survey to determine how AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be harnessed within the NHS and in preventative health settings.
The Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) Network Initiative on Artificial Intelligence is bringing together leaders with diverse perspectives on AI from clinical, technological, legal and ethical areas, as well as practical on-the-ground experience from innovators in the NHS and in preventative health
Members are drawn from a wide field, including academia, industry, the public sector and the third sector, including citizen groups.
The project's aim is to drive innovation and adoption of AI technology throughout the NHS and social careimproving care at less cost and promoting healthier lifestyles.
Guy Boersma, Managing Director of Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN), is heading the initiative. He urged anyone involved or interested in AI within health and social care as well as preventative health to take part in the initial mapping survey:
"AI can offer huge potential to improve care and cut costs within the NHS. This exciting new initiative will shape how AI is used. As our starting point we're keen to develop an understanding of how AI is being used today, and where any gaps are.
With an initial focus on the use of AI in diagnostics, the project's aim is to create a user-led ecosystem of experts and innovators in data and artificial intelligence who will drive innovation and adoption of AI technology throughout the NHS and social care, and eventually in preventative health.
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Kings Cross Station (London)
Kings Cross is one of the major railway termini of London.
It is situated in Euston Road, which was constructed in the 19th century and known as the New Road. The early lines entering London from the North stopped short of the City, and termini were constructed along this road, including Euston Station and the nearby St. Pancras Station.
The station, with its famous functional facade, was opened in 1852, and the architect was Lewis Cubitt. The clock on the tower was exhibited at the Great Exhibition.
The adjoining Great Northern Hotel was opened in 1854.
Kings Cross Station is built in an area previously known as Battle Bridge, and Boudicca, whose rebellion flattened the Roman cities at Colchester, St. Albans and London, is believed to be buried beneath one of the platforms.
The name "Kings Cross" comes from a memorial to George IV which stood for several years at the Northern end of Grays Inn Road.
The station became famous for the romance of leaving London in the evening on the "Flying Scotsman" and arriving in Edinburgh the next morning.
In recent years, devotees of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling know that the "Hogwarts Express" leaves from a platform which most of us cannot see or find.
In 1987, 31 people were killed in an underground fire which started on an escalator.
Relatively suburban trains go from Kings Cross to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford.
Kings Cross St. Pancras Underground station, shared with the neighbouring terminus, has a bewildering number of lines. It is used by the Circle Line, Hammersmith and City Line, Metropolitan Line, Northern Line, Piccadilly Line and Victoria Line.


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How to Dry a Tremella Fruit
Tremella, also known as white fungus, snow fungus, white fungus, and other names, is a fungus that belongs to the Tremella family. Tremella fruit bodies are pure white to milky white in color, with a diameter of 5-10 cm, are soft and white, translucent, and elastic. Tremella is non-toxic, sweet, light, and neutral in nature. It not only nourishes the spleen and tastes good, but it also benefits the qi and intestines, as well as nourishing the yin and moistening the lungs. It can improve not just human immunity, but also tumor patients' tolerance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Tremella is high in natural plant colloid and has a yin-nourishing effect, making it a wonderful moisturizing food to consume over time.
Tremella's traditional drying processes include sun drying and drying in a coal-fired boiler. Sun-drying is cost-effective, however it is only ideal for small batches and is not long-lasting. The boiler drying chamber may be used on both sunny and rainy days, but it has a high energy consumption, produces medium-quality dried white fungus, and has a low drying efficiency. Batch drying, energy savings, environmental protection, economic savings, and good output quality are all advantages of using a heat pump to dry tremella. We can learn about the drying process by following a customer from Airtek heat pump dryer to dry Tremella. Call us now and well help you operate your machine.
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1) Preheat the drying room to 40-45℃, and send the refurbished and cleaned Tremella into the drying room.
2) The initial temperature is 40°C. After the water content of the ear pieces drops to about 30%, the temperature is gradually increased to 50-60° C. After baking for 6-10 hours, when the ear pieces are nearly dry (the ear base is not completely dry), Then reduce the temperature to 30-40 ℃ until drying (water content is 10%-13%).
3) If the harvest is sunny, it can be dried to half dry before baking. The white fungus dried by drying and drying has good color and strong fragrance. Immediately after processing, it is graded and sealed, and stored in a low temperature, dry and ventilated place. Pay attention to inspection at any time to prevent moisture regain, mildew or moth-eaten.
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We explore the theme of Symbols in Melbourne's CBD through the medium of street art, cultural typography and iconic architecture focusing on lines of inquiry, key concepts and questions. We also provide an activity for students where they also create their own piece of street, art, signage or symbolism in the lanes.
People use symbols to be expressive and communicate.
Lines of Inquiry:
– why people use symbolism.
– how specific groups use symbolism.
– What is a symbol?
– How are symbols created?
– Why do groups use symbols?
– How can we use symbolism to express ideas?
Our Primary school kids had a wonderful time despite the wet weather and also gained an understanding of how important places can become symbolic over time. They also loved the art work and and lanes and symbols and many are keen to follow up with further work…
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This phrase results in a significant extension of the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 641 in that it applies to property in which the United States holds neither title nor a custodial interest. See United States v. Anderson, 45 F. Supp. 943, 949 (S.D.Cal. 1942). This extension of jurisdiction is rarely used because in most cases a theft from a government contractor will be a matter of concern primarily to local law enforcement officials. However, situations arise in which the federal interest will predominate and for which prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 641 should be considered; for example, the theft of property being used in a high priority federal program, the theft of property from an ordinary contractor but on such a large scale that completion of the contract is impaired, or the theft of military weapons, explosives or ammunition.
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The heat-driven pulse pump has been invented in an effort to satisfy a need for pumps that can circulate heat-transfer fluids at low flow rates with high reliability over long operational lifetimes. The heat-driven pulse pump (HDPP) is so named because it generates pumping action by exploiting periodic (pulsed) heating and vaporization alternating with cooling and condensation of the fluid to be pumped. To be amenable to pumping by an HDPP, a fluid must, therefore, be one that can be vaporized and condensed within a convenient range of pressure and temperature. Anhydrous ammonia is one example of such a fluid that could be useful in many applications.
A basic HDPP includes a grooved cylinder, a wick, inlet and outlet check valves, strip heaters, and a cooling block (see figure). The cylinder and other parts are sized to suit the specific application. The two check valves are the only moving parts.
Initially, the cylinder is filled with the liquid phase of the fluid to be pumped. At the beginning of the pumping cycle, power is supplied to the strip heaters for a specified interval of time (pulse). During this interval, some of the liquid in the cylinder vaporizes. The resulting expansion causes the pressure in the cylinder to rise and the outlet check valve to open. Once the pressure rises to the point where it overcomes the pressure drop in the fluid circuit, the pressure forces some of the liquid through the wick and the outlet check valve; meanwhile, the liquid in the grooves is wicked toward the heater strips and sustains vaporization until the heating power is turned off.
When the heating power is turned off, the vaporization stops. The cooling block is used, if needed, to ensure that during this part of the pumping cycle, the temperature in the cylinder falls to somewhat below the saturation temperature of the fluid-circulation loop. This decrease in temperature causes some or all of the vapor in the cylinder tocondense, and the concomitant contraction and decrease in pressure cause the outlet check valve to close and the inlet check valve to open. The vapor is further condensed by the cold liquid that enters through the inlet check valve, so that the wick, grooves, and interior space of the cylinder become refilled with liquid. The system is then ready for the heat pulse that marks the beginning of the next pumping cycle.
A fluid-circulation system can be made to include a pumping subsystem that comprises three HDPPs connected in parallel. To obtain continuous flow in the portion of the fluid-circulation loop external to the pumping subsystem, the three HDPPs are operated in sequence, with two pumps in the recovery (condensation) part of the pumping cycle while the remaining pump is in the pulse (vaporization) part of the cycle.
A prototype system of three HDPPs with anhydrous ammonia as the pumped fluid was tested in experiments. The pressure drop in the fluid-circulation loop was 0.5 psi (3 kPa). A variety of power settings, fluid pressures, timing sequences, and cooling-block temperatures were investigated. The best combination of settings determined in these experiments was a cooling-block temperature of 15 °C, saturation pressure of 28 psia (193 kPa absolute), and heater power of 50 W applied to each pump during 30-second pulses. With these settings, the temperature in each pump varied sinusoidally between 29 and 35 °C, and the flow rate was 14 grams per minute, which would provide 300 W of continuous heat dissipation. This combination of settings did not allow any pump to become fully flooded before heating power was resupplied, so that liquid was pushed out quickly when the heat was turned on. This concept would also be applicable to a microgravity environment.
This work was done by Steve Matthew Benner of Goddard Space Flight Center and Mario Santos Martins of Jackson & Tull.
This invention is owned by NASA, and a patent application has been filed. Inquiries concerning nonexclusive or exclusive license for its commercial development should be addressed to
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Witch Trials 1692 Sites Tour
Copp's Hill Burying Ground|
(located at the intersection of Hull and Snowhill Streets).
tomb: beneath a simple table stone (Plate 5) are buried three ministers
of the powerful Mather family: Increase, Cotton, and Samuel--father, son,
and grandson, respectively. The original inscription on the stone reads:
THE REVEREND DOCTORS INCREASE, COTTON, & SAMUEL MATHER were intered in this Vault. 'Tis the Tomb of our Father's MATHER -- CROCKER'S I DIED Augt 27th 1723 AE 84 C DIED FEB 13th 1727 AE 65 S DIED June 27th 1785 AE 79a. Increase Mather: born in 1639, he was named Increase, his son later wrote, "because of the never-to-be-forgotten Increase, of every sort, wherewith GOD favoured the Country, about the time of his Nativity." Increase graduated from Harvard College in 1656 and went to England shortly afterward, but was compelled to return to Massachusetts in 1661 at the restoration of Charles II. He became minister of the North Church in Boston, and in 1685 was appointed to the presidency of Harvard, a position which he held until i701. Between 1688 and 1692, Increase lived in England and renegotiated the new Massachusetts charter. He returned to Massachusetts in May 1692 with the charter and the new royal governor, Sir William Phips, only to find the colony besieged by witches. Although critical of the witchcraft proceedings, Increase was present at George Burroughs's trial and felt him justly condemned. In October 1692, his address to a convocation of ministers, later published under the title Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits Personating Men, helped turn the tide against spectral evidence. When Robert Calef's reappraisal of the Salem witchcraft, More Wonders of the Invisible World, was published in 1700, Increase was so incensed by its treatment of him and his son Cotton that he had the book publicly burned in the college yard.
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The Nature Conservancy's successful island restoration and innovative conservation practices have inspired countless scientists and conservationists around the world. And now, Santa Cruz Island has motivated novelists as well. Best-selling author T.C. Boyle—author of such works as The Women, The Tortilla Curtain, and A Friend of the Earth—has written a new novel principally set on Santa Cruz Island and inspired by The Conservancy's and the National Park Service's scientists work. The story of Santa Cruz Island—and its incredible return from the brink of ecological collapse—is nothing short of remarkable. The Conservancy is announcing a contest to win a trip to this iconic place.
Come meet the scientists who are saving Santa Cruz Island and learn more about our work firsthand. You and a guest could win a trip to see animals like the Island fox that exist nowhere else on Earth and stay overnight at a historic ranch. To enter the contest to win an island adventure got to _URL_ or text "TNC" to 5055.
At 96 square miles, Santa Cruz Island is the largest and most biodiverse of California's eight Channel Islands. It is graced with a nearly unimaginable 77-mile stretch of California coastline surrounding two mountain ranges which flank a central valley. Often referred to as the "Galapagos of North America," Santa Cruz Island is home to animals and plants found nowhere else on Earth, including the island fox and island scrub-jay.
Author T.C. Boyle was inspired by his own trip to Santa Cruz Island with The Conservancy. View his interview at _URL_
Boyle's new book, When the Killing's Done, tells the fictionalized tale of the island's restoration. What isn't fictional is the conscious struggle scientists universally face as we attempt to exert control over the natural world for the good of the whole. This has been a real challenge for The Conservancy's scientists both personally and professionally on Santa Cruz Island.
"It's our job to preserve nature, but sometimes that requires making hard choices. There is nothing pleasant about having to kill an animal," said The Nature Conservancy Santa Cruz Island Director Lotus Vermeer. "My love of nature is what brought me to this job in the first place. But what is very clear to me is that when native plants and animals like the Santa Cruz Island fox are at risk, and natural systems are threatened, we are morally obligated to take responsibility for undoing the damage that we have caused."
The Nature Conservancy is proud to be featured in this book, which highlights our collaborative work with our partner the National Park Service on Santa Cruz Island. Since 1978, The Nature Conservancy has achieved extraordinary restoration success on Santa Cruz Island, including the re-establishment of bald eagles, removal of all feral sheep and pigs, vaccinating island scrub-jays against West Nile Virus and bringing the native Santa Cruz Island fox back from the brink of extinction.
- To enter the contest visit _URL_ or text "TNC" to 5055
- Official contest rules—_URL_
- To learn more about the Conservancy's Santa Cruz Island work—_URL_
The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The Conservancy and its more than 1 million members have protected nearly 120 million acres worldwide. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web at _URL_.


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Integrated Management System (IMS)
International standards use a high-level structure that has introduced new common requirements for context of the organization, planning to achieve objectives and actions to address risks and opportunities. There are also common requirements, for example, documented information, resources, competence and awareness.
BlackStill specialise in helping clients build integrated management systems similar to the framework below for the integration of ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 20000 and ISO/IEC 27001. We can also integrate other standards on request.
Key benefits of an integrated implementation include:
- To demonstrate to internal and external customers that you are delivering effective and secure services;
- The lower cost of an integrated system in terms of common processes, internal & external audits and management reviews;
- The elimination of unnecessary duplication;
- A greater understanding by business, service management and information security personnel of each other's viewpoints.
We work with clients to build Integrated Management Systems which are designed to meet the following criteria:
- End-to-End standardised process integration aligned to best practice;
- Metrics based, manageable and tangible;
- Business aligned and customer focused;
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Experimental Medicine and Morphology
Histological Structure of the Regenerate of Long Tube Bones of the Skeleton under the Influence of Chronic Hyperglycemia
Dudchenko Y. S., Tkach G. F., Muravskyi D. V., Maksymova O. S., Danilenko M. I.
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The problem of bone tissue regeneration after damage is one of the central issues in biomedical science. Despite the numerous studies, the issue is still unresolved and continues to be relevant. The numerous situations in the clinic necessitate the reconstruction of bone defects are caused by trauma on the background of endocrine disorders. They require a deep understanding and study of the bone tissue regeneration process. The purpose of our research was to study the histological and histomorphometric features of reparative osteogenesis in the rats with chronic hyperglycemia of the body. Material and methods. The study was conducted on 50 white laboratory rats: a control group (20 rats), a group of animals with chronic hyperglycemia of the body (20 rats), and a control group of hyperglycemia (10 rats). Results and discussion. The chronic hyperglycemia was simulated by single intraperitoneal administration of streptozotocin (40 mg/kg) and nicotinic acid (1 mg/kg). After the administration of streptozotocin, the animals had the usual dietary intake for 60 days. On the 60th day after the model reproduction in animals of the control group and the group with chronic hyperglycemia of the body, the hole was formed using a portable dental sterile boron in the middle third of the tibia diaphysis. The studies were performed on the 3rd and 7th day after trauma. The sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin. The light microscopy was performed using an Olympus BH-2 microscope (Japan). The morphometric analysis was performed using the morphometric program "Digimizer". The following parameters were measured: area of inflammatory infiltrate (mm2), area of granulation tissue (mm2), area of connective tissue (mm2), area of fibrous bone tissue (mm2), area of cartilaginous tissue (mm2). The statistical processing was performed using the SPSS-17 software package. On the 7th day of reparative osteogenesis in rats with the simulated chronic hyperglycemia of the body, the area of connective tissue in the regenerate was 38,27% less (p < 0,001), and the area of inflammatory infiltrate and granulation tissue was 30,51% more (p < 0,001) and 7,76% (p < 0,001), respectively, than that of the control group. Conclusion. Thus, the early stages of reparative osteogenesis in rats with chronic hyperglycemia of the body were characterized by weakening of the reorganization processes of necrotic bone detritus and inflammatory infiltrate, and the development delay in granulation tissue.
Keywords: reparative osteogenesis, chronic body hyperglycemia, morphometry
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Work on the restoration of Upper Fort St Elmo in nearing completion, reversing years of neglect. The fort is set to be opened to the public and will host the Malta Military Museum in the coming months.
President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca toured the fort this morning and was shown around by Stefan Zrinzo, chairman of the Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation, which handled the work.
The project, which is being carried out in collaboration with Heritage Malta, cost €15.5 million and incorporated the fort itself as well as Carafa Enceinte (the outer parts of the fort).
The National War Museum has been dismantled and will be incorporated into the new military museum, which will take viewers back to prehistory.
The process of rehabilitation uncovered previously unknown tunnels, underground rooms, remains of the original fort and the foundations of a windmill which dates to the pre-British period.
The future is still uncertain about Lower Fort St Elmo (which overlooks Marsamxett).
Valletta local council is reportedly considering using the former War Museum hall to house a museum about Valletta, but no decision yet has been taken on the use of the rest of the area once it is restored.
The area is extensive and includes the yard used as a 'Turkish prison' in the film Midnight Express,
There are barracks going back to the time of the Knights and the British, as well as a huge reservoir for millions of litres of water.
Dr Zrinzo Azzopardi said the crucial issue was sourcing funds for the restoration. The area is in a worse state than Upper Fort Ekmo had been and will therefore require more funds.
Dr Zrinzo Azzopardi said it was important to decide on a use of the building before or while restoration was under way so that it could be brought to life again and adequately maintained. Suggestions made so far ranged from tourist accommodation, an educational facility, or an artisans market.
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Achieving digital readiness in your nonprofit organization
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Digital platforms help spur innovation and unlock the true potential of organizations, but you must understand available platforms and how they can help overcome potential risks.
Join us for this informative, two-part webcast series, as we discuss the important and necessary steps to achieving digital readiness in your organization
After completing this session, attendees will be able to answer five key questions:
- Where is our money coming from?
- How much does it cost to raise a dollar?
- How are we spending our money?
- What are the outcomes we are achieving?
- What are the risks and rewards of potential media coverage?
Within each question, we will address:
- Why is it important to your organization?
- Considerations for digital readiness
- Where is the data housed?


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Is there a way of finding the absolute position of an element, i.e. relative to the start of the window, using jQuery?
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.offset() will return the offset position of an element as a simple object, eg:
var position = $(element).offset(); // position = { left: 42, top: 567 }
You can use this return value to position other elements at the same spot:
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I always forget this one, and find your post again when I google :p – Aren Jun 30 '11 at 23:14
This does not always seem to return the absolute position due to differences in borders etc. – Tom Jul 5 '11 at 12:07
I'm using chrome and the offset() does not return the proper top coordinate. It returns about 300 pixels more than the top coordinate of the element in the document instead. Why?? – SoLoGHoST Apr 23 '12 at 5:49
chrome, FF and IE are giving different results :( – Rizwan Mumtaz Apr 10 '13 at 7:02
_USER_ this problem appears in the android webview as well :/ – A Person Apr 13 '13 at 13:38
Note that $(element).offset() tells you the position of an element relative to the document. This works great in most circumstances, but in the case of position:fixed you can get unexpected results.
If your document is longer than the viewport and you have scrolled vertically toward the bottom of the document, then your position:fixed element's offset() value will be greater than the expected value by the amount you have scrolled.
If you are looking for a value relative to the viewport (window), rather than the document on a position:fixed element, you can subtract the document's scrollTop() value from the fixed element's offset().top value. Example: $("_TAG_").offset().top - $(document).scrollTop()
If the position:fixed element's offset parent is the document, you want to read parseInt($.css('top')) instead.
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I was looking exactly for this! For the noob like me: the value to be subtracted is $(document).scrollTop() – Dr. Gianluigi Zane Zanettini Aug 20 '14 at 14:56
Awesome! This should be the top answer! – Shivanshu Goyal Dec 20 '14 at 1:44
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EIXO Program - Audiences with specific needs
EIXO (axis) is the foundation when building a house. This program is, in essence, the column of the Educational Service of the Carlos Machado Museum, a museum that values inclusiveness, of all and for all.
Diversity means different experiences of the world around us. In a Museum, this reality is notorious, since in its physical space, some people might have difficulties, either for physical or mental and cognitive reasons, to enjoy what the Museum has to offer in its fullness.
This project arises to make the museum the most inclusive possible through the Educational Service.
These actions take shape through visits guided by a member of the Educational Service to the various exhibitions that the museum presents, using mediation techniques and objects that meet the needs of the public; workshops that explore the Museum's collections; conversation sessions, debates, encouraging new perspectives on the museum's collections.
Within the scope of the EIXO program, we develop activities according to the needs of our audiences. Therefore, we ask interested entities to contact the Educational Service in order to prepare an appropriate visit to the specificities of each group.