PURPOSE OF BENTONITE MIX IN CABLE DUCTS
This bulletin provides information on the purpose of inserting bentonite mix into cable pipes or ducts that are particularly installed under road and railway crossings. Failure to fill the air space between the cable and duct will result in increased thermal resistance and if the current rating of the cable is not derated accordingly, overheating and damage to the cable insulation will occur resulting in premature cable failure.
In accordance with SANS 10198-2, clause 5.2.2, where a cable route crosses a road or railway, the cable shall be laid in a pipe to facilitate its replacement at a later date without disturbing the road surface or railway track. Pipes or ducts shall be of any material that will not collapse in service. Ferrous pipes can be used for multicore cables but not for individual
single-core ac cables.
The disadvantage of installing a cable in a pipe or duct is the air space between the cable and the inner surface of the duct. This air space has relatively poor heat transmission properties and introduces additional thermal resistance that reduces the current rating of the cable within the duct when compared to its direct buried in-ground rating. The in-duct current rating for a particular cable is typically 5-15% less than its in-ground rating, depending on the cable size, the type of duct used and its dimensions.
To eliminate this thermal problem on relatively short duct runs (less than 70m), the air space in the duct should be replaced with a mixture of bentonite, cement, sand and water. The mixture should be pumped into the duct using standard pressure grouting techniques. When sealed within the duct, the mixture remains a gel which can be flushed out using water jets. The grout is sufficiently stiff to provide a constraint against thermo-mechanical movement of the cable. The ducts must be effectively sealed to prevent loss of the filling medium and also to preserve its moisture content under service.
Provided that the moisture content is retained, the thermal resistivity of the bentonite mixture will be less than 1.2K.m/W. The use of bentonite results in an increase in current rating of approximately 10% implying in certain cases negligible de-rating when compared to the direct in-ground current rating.
Failure to apply the bentonite mixture into the duct whilst maintaining the full in-ground current rating of the cable will cause overheating of the cable insulation for the length of cable installed in the duct resulting in premature cable failure. The cable, in such a case, should be de-rated to the lower in-duct current rating for the entire cable route to prevent
any overheating in the section that runs in the unfilled duct.


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Teaching an old web new tricks
4.13. Adding CSS styles
I have often found the need to add my own CSS styles to a page. You can add styles that override existing styles, or styles specific to new elements that your user script inserts.
Example: Make paragraph text larger
function addGlobalStyle(css) {
 var head, style;
 head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
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 style = document.createElement('style');
 style.type = 'text/css';
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5 Step Hypothesis Test for Bellevue Steel
The production manager at Bellevue Steel, a manufacturer of wheelchairs, wants to perform a second analysis of the number of defective wheelchairs produced on the day shift and afternoon shift. A sample of the production from 6 day shifts and 8 afternoon shifts revealed the following number of defects.
At the 0.05 significance level, is there a difference in the mean number of defects per shift?
Day 10 9 6 6 8 9
Afternoon 8 10 7 5 4 10 5 6
1. State the null and alternate hypotheses.
2. What is the decision rule?
3. What is the value of the test statistic?
4. What is your decision regarding the null hypothesis?
5. What is the p-value?
6. Interpret the result.
Solution Summary
The solution provides step-by-step method of performing a 5 step hypothesis test. All the steps of hypothesis testing (formulation of null and alternate hypotheses, selection of significance level, choosing the appropriate test-statistic, decision rule, calculation of test-statistic and conclusion) have been explained and the statistical analysis has been shown in details. This solution is provided in an attached Excel file and a Word file with a PDF copy.


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The use of light to drive proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions has received growing interest, with recent focus on the direct use of excited states in PCET reactions (ES-PCET). Electrostatic ion pairs provide a scaffold to reduce reaction orders and have facilitated many discoveries in electron-transfer chemistry. Their use, however, has not translated to PCET. Herein, we show that ion pairs, formed solely through electrostatic interactions, provide a general, facile means to study an ES-PCET mechanism. These ion pairs formed readily between salicylate anions and tetracationic ruthenium complexes in acetonitrile solution. Upon light excitation, quenching of the ruthenium excited state occurred through ES-PCET oxidation of salicylate within the ion pair. Transient absorption spectroscopy identified the reduced ruthenium complex and oxidized salicylate radical as the primary photoproducts of this reaction. The reduced reaction order due to ion pairing allowed the first-order PCET rate constants to be directly measured through nanosecond photoluminescence spectroscopy. These PCET rate constants saturated at larger driving forces consistent with approaching the Marcus barrierless region. Surprisingly, a proton-transfer tautomer of salicylate, with the proton localized on the carboxylate functional group, was present in acetonitrile. A pre-equilibrium model based on this tautomerization provided non-adiabatic electron-transfer rate constants that were well described by Marcus theory. Electrostatic ion pairs were critical to our ability to investigate this PCET mechanism without the need to covalently link the donor and acceptor or introduce specific hydrogen bonding sites that could compete in alternate PCET pathways.
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How is viscosity index calculated for unknown oil?
The viscosity index of unknown lubricating oil is determined by comparing it with two standard oils. The two types of the standard are paraffinic base oil Pennsylvanian oil or Gulf oil or low viscosity standard having a viscosity index of zero( V.I=0).
The viscosities of the unknown lubricating oil sample are determined at 100 0F and 210 0F by any standard viscometers like redwood, Engler or saybolt. If the difference between the values is low then the oil is considered good lubricant else not.
From the list of high viscosity standard, the oil which has same viscosity at 2100 as the under test is selected and its corresponding viscosity at 1000F is noted as H.
Similarly, from the list of low selected standards, the oil which same viscosity at 210F as the oil under test is selected and its corresponding viscosity at 1000F is noted as L
The viscosity index (V.I) of lubricating oil is calculated using the following formula-
V.I= (L-U)/(L-H)×100
Where
V.I→ viscosity index of lubricating oil.
L→ viscosity of naphthenic base oil or Gulf oil or low viscosity standard at 1000F
H→viscosity of paraffinic base oil or Pennsylvanian oil or high viscosity standard at 1000 F
U→ viscosity of unknown oil sample under test at 1000F
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In celebration of National Ag Day on March 20th, let's give a nod of appreciation to the Ag Transporters who do the hard work within the industry. If you are curious about the job and considering joining the ranks, you should definitely ask these three important questions…
What is Ag Transportation?
Ag Transportation is the community of men and women who drive the country's farm-fresh food from where it's grown to wherever it needs to go. Advanced Career Institute's training will give you all the skills needed to learn the basics of truck driving. Students will also learn how to transport the important agricultural products grown in California.
What is the importance of Ag Transportation?
Truck drivers transport around 500 million tons of grain produced in the US every single year. California's farms and ranches produce over one-third of those vegetables and two-thirds of the fruits and nuts for this country. The most efficient system for transporting these fresh and healthy goods are the highways and truck drivers of the state. Goods often need to be transported more than once before they reach their final destination. Those that do these important jobs of ensuring the quality and safe delivery of these products are Ag Transporters.
What are the benefits of being an Ag Transporter?
The benefits of being an Ag Transporter are vast. Ag Transporters are the first point of contact for receiving and transporting the agricultural products and livestock vital to the food industry. All you need to qualify is a high school diploma and the CDL Certification we provided with our 20-week Ag Transportation training. It's also important to consider that the current future outlook for work as a truck driver is extremely promising. As a Ag Transporter, you will have several job opportunities with competitive pay and great benefits.
Are you interested in joining the Ag Transportation field? Advanced Career Institute can help you get started! Contact us today to learn more about our training options and the opportunities available for you.


doesn't mean you can't use both sharpener methods. In fact, you could use wet and dry sandpaper over a flat surface and then finish the sharpening over a stone or sharpening steel.
 - Another useful trick would be attaching sandpaper to a flat board using glue or spray adhesive over the surface area of the board. This provides terrific support as you sharpen the knives while being faster than using sharpening stones.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What Grit Sandpaper To Use To Smooth the Knife Spine?
Use high grit sandpaper to smoothen the knife spine, normally from 600 to 1200 grits sandpaper. This technique works on most knives perfectly.
2. Does Sandpaper Get Dull?
Yes, the sandpaper gets dull as time passes. However, this happens when you use it too regularly to sharpen knives.
Consider changing dull sandpaper when the abrasive side wears down, unable to smoothen or sharpening a flat surface anymore.
3. What Is 7000 Grit Sandpaper Used For?
Use the 7000 grit sandpaper for hand sanding primer, putty, and filler, to name a few. It works either wet or dry to guarantee fantastic flexibility.
4. What Is 120 Grit Sandpaper Used For?
Sandpaper between 120 and 220 are the most used grits for removing material quickly, repairing a chipped edge, or removing scratches.
For kitchen knives, this type of sandpaper can get rid of imperfections. It's the initial stage before starting to sharpen the steel blade of the knives.
5. Is Higher Grit Finer?
The higher the sandpaper, the finer the abrasive will be. Therefore, high grit sandpapers are ideal for smoothening and polishing surfaces.
On the opposite end, lower grit papers are coarser abrasives and scrape materials faster. Both are necessary to prepare the blade of the knife and to sharpen it.
To Wrap Up
While 600 grit sandpaper is the ideal choice to sharpen a knife, lower and higher grits polish your work, this is why it's important to use each sandpaper grit size as part of a procedure instead of picking just one.
If you use the sandpaper correctly, your knives will have a brand-new edge without spending a lot of money on tools. Therefore, this method isn't only effective, but it'll also save you some money.
Are you wondering what grit sandpaper for knife sharpening to use for your dull knives? Try the method and the tips shared here to see how it works out for you! And if you liked what you saw here, or if I missed anything here please don't forget to share your opinion in the comments.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff today released its evaluation of various synthetic athletic fields. The evaluation concludes that young children are not at risk from exposure to lead in these fields.
CPSC staff evaluation showed that newer fields had no lead or generally had the lowest lead levels. Although small amounts of lead were detected on the surface of some older fields, none of these tested fields released amounts of lead that would be harmful to children.
Lead is present in the pigments of some synthetic turf products to give the turf its various colors. Staff recognizes that some conditions such as age, weathering, exposure to sunlight, and wear and tear might change the amount of lead that could be released from the turf. As turf is used during athletics or play and exposed over time to sunlight, heat and other weather conditions, the surface of the turf may start to become worn and small particles of the lead-containing synthetic grass fibers might be released. The staff considered in the evaluation that particles on a child's hand transferred to his/her mouth would be the most likely route of exposure and determined young children would not be at risk.
Although this evaluation found no harmful lead levels, CPSC staff is asking that voluntary standards be developed for synthetic turf to preclude the use of lead in future products. This action is being taken proactively to address any future production of synthetic turf and to set a standard for any new entrants to the market to follow.
As an overall guideline, CPSC staff recommends young children wash their hands after playing outside, especially before eating.

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orbital energy-level diagram for this system.
 2. Determine the total number of valence electrons in the Na2 ion. Fill the molecular orbitals in the energy-level diagram beginning with the orbital with the lowest energy. Be sure to obey the Pauli principle and Hund's rule while doing so.
 3. Calculate the bond order and predict whether the species is stable.
 Solution:
 A Because sodium has a [Ne]3s1 electron configuration, the molecular orbital energy-level diagram is qualitatively identical to the diagram for the interaction of two 1s atomic orbitals.
 B The Na2 ion has a total of three valence electrons (one from each Na atom and one for the negative charge), resulting in a filled σ3s molecular orbital, a half-filled σ3s* and a \( \left ( \sigma _{3s} \right )^{2}\left ( \sigma _{3s}^{\star } \right )^{1} \) electron configuration.
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 C The bond order is (2-1)÷2=1/2 With a fractional bond order, we predict that the Na2 ion exists but is highly reactive.
 Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)
 Use a qualitative molecular orbital energy-level diagram to predict the valence electron configuration, bond order, and likely existence of the Ca2+ ion.
 Answer: Ca2+ has a \( \left ( \sigma _{4s} \right )^{2}\left ( \sigma _{4s}^{\star } \right )^{1} \) electron configurations and a bond order of 1/2 and should exist.
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CHRONIC pancreatitis in childhood is a rare disease as judged by the paucity of reports in the literature. Standard texts1 describe it but briefly. The disease does not present a typical clinical picture, although there are some symptoms which may be found in most cases. Severe epigastric pain is common, and clinically detectable ascites may occur, although it is rare. While in acute pancreatitis an elevated serum amylase level is a diagnostic point,2 the persistence of an elevated serum amylase level in chronic pancreatitis is unusual. The lack of a typical clinical picture probably accounts for a number of cases which undoubtedly remain undiagnosed. This report presents a case of chronic pancreatitis in an 8 year old boy whose primary complaint was marked ascites and who maintained a persistently elevated serum amylase level for six months after the clinical picture had returned to normal.
REPORT OF A CASE
DAVIS ML, KELSEY WM. CHRONIC PANCREATITIS IN CHILDHOOD. AMA Am J Dis Child. 1951;81(5):687–692. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1951.02040030700010
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The month of January saw the highest number of rainy days in one month on record in Israel, according figures from the Israel Meteorological Service.
Rain fell on 29 out of 31 days in January, defined by the Meteorological Service as registering at least 0.1 millimeters of rainfall.
After a careful comparison of January statistics from measuring stations across Israel, the Meteorological Service found that in most of the northern part of the country there were at least 26 days of rainfall, compared to the previous record of 25 in January 1947.
In Nahariyya, and in the Galilee region, there were 29 rainy days. This is higher than past records. January 1969 saw 24 days of rainfall, as did February 1992. These years saw some of the highest levels of rainfall since records began.
For more, go to Haaretz.com
This story "Really, Really Rainy January in Israel" was written by Haaretz.


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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring reported that starting from tomorrow, on October 10 the temperature will rise during the daytime throughout the country .
Precipitation is not expected in the forecast. The wind will get stronger from western side, reaching 5-10m/s. In the depression of Darkhad, in mountainous areas of Khangai, Khuvsgul, Khentei, Khuren belchir, in the head of Zavkhan river, and in the basins of Ider, Tes, Tuul and Terelj rivers, the nighttime temperature will be -5 to -10 degrees Celsius and the daytime temperature will be +7 to +12 degrees Celsius.
The nighttime temperature will be -1 to +4 degrees Celsius in the Great Lakes Depression and in southern parts of gobi region, whereas area will have warmer days at +14 to +19 degrees Celsius.
In other region, the nighttime temperature will be -1 to -6 degrees Celsius and the daytime temperature will be +10 to +15 degrees Celsius.


France Strikes Over Increasing Retirement Age: The Meta-Economics of Success
France is into its third or fourth day of striking over President Nicolas Sarkozy's bold plan to increase the retirement age from 60 to a whopping 62. Of course, striking in France is a national hobby, a way of getting outside and enjoying the sun. French strikes are dog-bites-man headlines.
The real story is why the citizenry is withholding their labor to protest that they should not have to labor and should instead be taken care of an extra two years of their life. Now, I am no expert in French economics and so cannot say whether retaining the 60-year retirement mark will be as disastrous for the State as Sarkozy says it will be. And perhaps French offices are such hellish places that the faster one can escape from them, the better. But just look at the following statistics.
Because higher education is largely paid for by taxing those who labor, the average French citizen does not enter the workforce until he is 22 to 25. That is, the care and feeding of the first 22 to 25 years of an average Frenchman's life are paid for by somebody other than himself; first his parent or parents, then working citizens. After he himself begins working, this homme moyen expects to cease laboring at age 60. The care and feeding for remaining years of his life, which will total roughly between 20 to even 30 or more years, will be funded by taxing those younger folks who still labor.
It is easy to see that since the average Frenchman will work from 35 to 38 years of his life, and will have others work for him from 42 to 55 years, that from 53% to 61% of the man's life will be supported by the labor of others. This crude estimate does not account for many factors, and it is only for a fictional "average man", but it is suggestive. More than half a life spent laying in the vines eating grapes grown by the labor of others!
The hidden part of the equation is that the care of the young and the aged, indolent men are not merely being supported by an increasingly small fraction of the population. They are also being supported by the labors of the dead. This phenomenon does not apply just to Frenchmen, but to all of us.
A mere century ago, and except for a trivial fraction of humanity—kings, queens, and the like—-no person could expect to have the majority of his life supported by others. Before, say, 1900, lives were shorter and filled with sweat from a man's first steps until his last. This included weekends! But from the year 2000, lives are longer and a man can now expect to spend a significant portion of his life in the pursuit of pleasure.
As said, this is only possible because those before us bequeathed us the knowledge and the tools to keep us well-fed, clothed, and housed. All evidence is that we appear to be doing the same for the generations that will come after us. That is, we are adding to the knowledge and tools which will allow our grandchildren to work even less of their lives than a modern Frenchman.
How long before we arrive at the point where food, clothing, and housing are so cheap the world over that no further effort need be made to procure them? A century? Two? Will life then become so easy that our base survival necessities are "free"? What happens to us then?
There are other things that drive us—hate, envy, lust, pride, a desire to best others—so it is likely that knowledge will increase. But by how much? When your dinners and entertainment are guaranteed, how much of the population will opt for a lackadaisical life? If labor isn't necessary, many won't bother.
But, humans being what they are, they will always find something to complain about. Given history, it is rational to assume that irritants which we now consider trivial, petty, and even non-existent will seem to our grandchildren gross outrages, just as French citizens scream like stuck cochons when asked to stick at it for a mere two more years. So it is likely that some innovation will continue.
That is, if our grandchildren bother to have grandchildren of their own. If you're so busy concentrating on where you'll find your next distraction, or "experience", you'll not spend much effort on procreating and bearing the burdens that activity implies.
It is the old question: how much success is too much?
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 1. It gets stranger. The young people are in the street demonstrating with the workers. The logic for some of them seems to be:
 1 – There is high unemployment for young people.
 2 – If workers retire two years later, they are taking jobs from young people.
 3 – Therefore people should retire earlier, not later.
 There is a silver lining though. At least the young people want to work.
 2. cb; not so sure the younger ones want to "work". They just want "jobs". Not the same thing, don't-cha-know. There is actually work out there but most of it is too far beneath their levels of self-image to be acceptable.
 3. Matt:
 I feel sorry for Sarkozy. He is trying to teach half the country that there is no such thing as a free lunch. It is far more difficult and far more dangerous than teaching statistics and algebra to unmotivated American college students. ALas you both have about the same chances for success.
 I hpe he succeeds because the unfunded "pension" bombs, particularly those in the public sector where the Unions can extort unrealistic terms, could take us all down.
 4. 49erDweet – I'm glad I didn't have a mouth full of coffee when I read your post. I don't know any French students but I sure wouldn't bet that you aren't right.
 5. Everybody wants to have a job. Once they have a job, they want less work, more vacation and early retirement. And of course ever increasing salaries.
 "The care and feeding for remaining years of his life, […], will be funded by taxing those younger folks who still labor."
 And not to forget that, in all fairness, they should also contribute to "the care and feeding of the first 22 to 25 years of an average Frenchmanâ€™s life" of the following generation.
 6. Matt,
 I actually think it's an interesting and rather complex problem if/when we are able to produce robots that can do labor that is today done by human workers.
 In Star Trek, people simply take to the stars and spend their energies on pursuing knowledge of the galaxy. I have a hard time believing that people are so driven.
 In any case, I don't find it unfortunate that we no longer have to work from sunup to sundown every day until we die. What I find unfortunate is that so many no longer take pride in working at all. Then again, it's likely that most people never did– they just did it because if they didn't they starved. Today, you just give up smokes and alcohol (in Germany.)
 7. I live in France; France has a post-War tradition that the worker must come first and so takes precedence over the client/customer whom he has learned to ignore, and is in a constant adversarial state with his employer whom he must dominate. Since nearly half of all in work, work for the State, this produces a continuous, dynamic tension.
 Labour laws have increasingly encouraged the French to believe they should work less and less – thus the 35 hour week and never on a Sunday. So entrenched is this that when Sarky relaxed the rules, he also had to "bribe" workers to work extra by making overtime income tax free. There have been few takers.
 The 35 hour week and early retirement was supposed to engineer a workforce deficit and out with the old in with the new situation which would oblige employers to hire more people, particularly the young, with the dual advantage of reducing unemployment and creating work opportunities for the young.
 It may have worked except high employer social security costs, coupled with it being almost impossible to fire anyone resulted in employers just managing with reduced workforces which means work gets delayed and everybody waits.
 It then dawned on the political wizards that older employees earn more and thus pay more tax than young ones starting out, so what with less work being done overall and more at the lower salary end, the overall tax take went down, but payouts went up because not only were the early retirement generation starting to retire, but those 25 year olds leaving education could find no jobs and so became clients of Sate hand outs.
 So to pay for it all direct taxation spirals up, but many cannot afford to live and pay the taxes, so there are a plethora of circumstances by which tax credits can be gained not least by having more children and of course costing the Sate more thereby, and the proportion of tax payers who actual make a net positive contribution to income tax goes down every year. In 2009 it was 43%.
 This is the true benefit of Social Democracy aka advance towards Communism via Socialism, which is now endemic in Europe and advanced in France.
 The shortfall is made up from indirect taxation which penalises low earners and thus triggers more State aid, increasing government debt.
 France takes over half the EU's Common Agricultural Policy budget which is a de facto welfare system for French farmers who live on poor, low yield land growing very little


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Since Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations is a cloud-based ERP we cannot work with files on the AOS drive anymore. It was pretty usual to have file-based integrations in AX where you got a file in a folder and processed it.
Of course it's still possible to work with files, for example from a storage account on Azure like Miquel Vidal has shown in his blog (in Spanish) or with the Recurring Integrations Scheduler tool.
Unzip.NET Streams
So, how do we unzip one of these files? For example, the ISO20022 vendor payment journal file is zipped. What if we need to access the XML file contained in the ZIP?
We'll need to use the ZipArchive class from System.IO.Compression namespace, and it's really really easy. For example:
public MemoryStream unizpStream(MemoryStream _stream)
ZipArchive zipArchive = new ZipArchive(_stream);
MemoryStream retStream = new MemoryStream();
var enumerator = zipArchive.Entries.GetEnumerator();
entry = enumerator.Current;.
var unzippedStream = entry.Open();
Edit: this code is valid for a single file ZIP. If the zipped file contains more than one file you must process each Stream inside the while.
We need to copy the unzippedStream stream (which is a DeflateStream) to a MemoryStream (which must be initialized) before returning it.
Remember that to access a.NET collection we need to use an enumerator to loop through it. If you don't see the methods in the lookup using dot notation just write them, writing.NET code in X++ is still a bit buggy…


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Clients often come to Reparo because they have an immediate cash need. Reparo can move quickly to provide financing, which means they're the perfect choice when time is short.
A key reason why Reparo can review, approve and complete loans quickly is because every person in Reparo's team has a technical background in commercial lending. This expertise is critical for getting funding in place quickly and for structuring deals that benefit clients.
In this article, we're going to look at quite a unique loan Reparo provided and how they made sure terms were right for the client.
Liam Killen, Reparo's experienced New Business Manager, was contacted by a farmer who had a serious problem with cash flow.
One of the farmer's cattle had tested positive for TB. This meant that he couldn't sell any cattle until two further TB tests had been negative, a process which takes 120 days.
The farmer needed to run his farm in the meantime and came to Reparo requesting a £50,000 loan to use as working capital during the 120 day period when his cattle were being re-tested.
Liam travelled to meet the farmer and learn more about his circumstances.
Reparo place a lot of importance on visiting clients they work with because it helps them understand the business and why they need the loan. In this case, the farmer had an established operation, and the farm had been running successfully since 1890: it was immediately clear to Liam that the need was legitimate.
Liam explains the importance of visiting the business, "In this case, it was really useful to visit the farm. I could see the scale of the operation and the assets with my own eyes and I saw the land which our loan would be secured against. It a great way to build a relationship with the business".
The farmer needed to get the cash quickly because it was essential for running the business. With this in mind, Liam explains how he drove the deal to completion, "After visiting the farm we knew the clock was ticking: without working capital the farmer was going to run into very serious problems. We worked closely with the surveyor and solicitors to get the land valued and draw up loan documents. It was pretty full on getting the paperwork together, but we managed to get it done in a couple of days".
Reparo were able to get the deal across the line for a few key reasons:
The loan was put in place quickly, and the farmer was able to use the cash to keep his business running smoothly.
Liam was pleased with the deal: "It was great to help a business that had experienced some really bad luck. As with many farmers, he was asset rich and sometimes cash poor; with this financial structure short-term injections of working capital are good solutions. Because the farmer didn't regularly borrow money it was satisfying to help him to understand that funding options were available for his business".
If you need cash for short or long term business needs, Reparo offers loans between £10,000 and £1m+. Please get in touch with one of the team on _EMAIL_ or 0161 _PHONE_.
You can find out more about us on our website: _URL_


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Traning and internship program
The base of the company has a training center and practical training courses for novice Architects.
The course includes the following directions:
- The Fundamentals of Architecture
- Basic principles and methods of design
- Modern technologies in design and Construction.
- Modern architectural trends
- Principles of sustainable architecture, its theoretical and practical aspects
- One of the architectural directions (volumetric architecture, Urban Planning)
- Study and use of legal norms in preparation of project-permitting Documentation.
- Preparation of full permitting documentation;
- 3ds Max Corona
We perform the work of the full cycle, closing all design processes from the analysis of the site, the development of the concept to all engineering sections and construction support.
Our designers and architects are real professionals deeds who will gladly help you in all matters of arranging your home.


Epicac Analysis
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Analysis of EPICAC
A short story written by Kurt Vonnegut
The short story EPICAC is written by Kurt Vonnegut. It is a fictional text about a very intelligent and expensive computer, EPICAC, built by Dr. Ormand Von Kleigstadt to solve complex worldly problems. The narrator works with EPICAC on the night shift along with another mathematician; Pat Kilgallen, whom the narrator wishes to marry, but because of his lack of romance and poetic skills she keeps turning him down. That is how one day the narrator "invents" a number-for-letters code explaining his real problem in life to EPICAC. EPICAC recognizes the code and answers to it. The narrator wins Pat's hand in marriage because of the poetry EPICAC has written to her, but because the
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That is when the narrator realizes how grateful he is that EPICAC was his friend - and maybe that is why the story tributes EPICAC so beautifully.
The language used in the story is informal and there is no use of complex syntax or difficult vocabulary - in fact it is quite the opposite. With swearwords like hell and a use of irony and sarcasm between the narrator and Pat, the language and tone causes a sense of a relaxed relationship between the characters and adds a humoristic side to the otherwise almost sad story about EPICAC's lost love and unrealistic dream.
Furthermore the tone helps to create a certain relationship, in particular between Pat and the narrator, and the reader obtains insight and knowledge about the different dreams of the two of them.
My first impulse when I finished reading the short-story was "what is the difference between man and machine really?" and that is why I believe there is a certain purpose with the story; to make the reader reflect on whether the narrator deserves Pat's love more than EPICAC does. Ergo could the message be something about where development and technology are headed and furthermore to what extent love can be explained. Exactly because the narrator had to trick and lie his way out of his conversation with EPICAC and by that justify why he deserved her, it makes you wonder; how come just telling the truth wasn't enough?
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. You might have a navigation page definition that, technically, does not represent a page at all.
A page definition consists of three specific parts: assertions, element definitions, and action definitions.
To get started, put this in your triangle.rb file:
The inclusion of Fluent simply means that this page definition will inherit the DSL that Fluent provides. The use of that will become more evident as we go.
Here url_is and title_is are assertions. They assert that something is true about a page. The reason for doing this is that test definitions can use those assertions. For example, if the URL is asserted for a page, a test definition can use that information to go to that URL or to check if the appropriate URL was returned as the result of a navigation action. Likewise, if the title is asserted for a page, a test definition can use that as one way to check if it is on the correct page.
Keep in mind, the assertions come from Fluent, not Lucid. More specifically, Fluent allows those assertions to be declared on a class if Fluent is included as part of that class, which, as you can see above, it is.
Now let's add to our test. In your Given test matcher, add this:
This is a call to a page definition that corresponds to the file triangle.rb, which is where our TriangleTest page definition was written. Note here that you are not specifying the file, however, but rather just the name of the definition. That allows you to move your files around or even change their names without dislocating your page definition calls in your test definitions.
The page definitions essentially will tell the test definitions what web elements are on a page and what actions the page knows how to perform. This is very commonly known as the page object pattern. The idea being that when a page definition is set as a context (or instantiated), you end up with a page object.
So what's happening here is that my test definition is establishing a context for the actions that need to be taken. In this case, the only action to be taken is that the page context must be established for the TriangleTest page. More specifically, the on_view(TriangleTest) call not only establishes the TriangleTest page definition as the context but also indicates that the test should actively go to the URL for that page definition. That's what the "view" in "on_view" is essentially stating. And the reason it's even possible to go to the URL is because that URL was asserted via the url_is assertion.
Take a second and make sure you see how that is working.
To reinforce the idea, let's have a specific check made when the TriangleTest context is established. Change your test action to this:
This will run an automatic check to determine if whatever title is found on the existing browser page matches the title that was asserted in the title_is assertion. If you want to verify that it's working, simply change the text of the title_is assertion to force an error. The check_title action is defined by Fluent and so you can see here that a test definition can call elements from a test library directly.
Element Definitions
An element here refers to web elements, which are the basic "widgets" you interact with on a web page. Let's consider how element definitions are declared in page definitions. First, check out the triangle page in your browser. You can see that there are three text fields for entering the side values of a triangle. You can also see that there are three buttons to be clicked. Obviously there's a lot of text as well and you'll see that, if you click the buttons, text is generated based on what has been entered in the text fields. So I know I want to interact with those text fields and the buttons. That means I need to define them on the page definition. To do that, add the following to triangle.rb:
Here the element definitions state that there are three buttons and three text fields on this page. There may be more elements on the real page, but these are the only ones that the TriangleTest page definition has been told about and thus, presumably, the only ones that I am concerned about at the moment. What you might notice here is that the element definitions follow this pattern:
element_type :friendly_name locator
The element type is generally going to be whatever the actual element is referred to in web design terms: button, table, select_list, checkbox, radio, text_field, etc. The friendly name is the name that you want to refer to the element by in your test definitions or any supporting logic. You'll see this more in a bit. As an implementation note, the colon (:) prefixing the friendly name makes the name a Ruby symbol. That's done because it allows me to treat the name dynamically. Essentially the idea of a Ruby symbol is to be able to say "the thing referred to as friendly_name" without having to worry exactly what data type friendly_name is.
Finally, the locator is a way to locate the particular element on the web page. You can use most locators that are commonly used to locate elements via the Document Object Model. Generally you will want to use id but you can also use name, class, index and xpath. In some cases you can use locators that are relevant to a specific object. For example, you can use the text locator for links. In our example, you can see that I used the value locator for the buttons.
You might deduce that a nice thing about this approach is that if the element changes, either in type or in locator, you can simply make that change in one place: the page definition. As long as you keep the friendly name the same, any test definitions that reference this object do not have to change. You might also deduce that you could work with your team to create page definitions before a UI has even been constructed.
Note that, like assertions, the support for element definitions is provided by Fluent. Specifically, Fluent will dynamically create actions (methods) at runtime based on the "friendly name" that you provide. Behind the scenes, the element_type is used as the basis for generator methods in the Fluent framework. The practical upshot is that, with our example, "the thing you call data_conditions" knows how to act like a button and "the thing you call side1" knows how to act like a text field.
Action Definitions
Just as page definitions allow you to define the elements on those pages they represent, you can also define the actions that the page knows how to take or the requests for actions that the page knows how to respond to.
This is crucial because this allows you to keep the specific implementation details out of your test definitions. This means that even if, say, the entire means of how you log in to an application changes, as long as you still provide a "login_as" action (method), your test definitions can continue to call that action. The test steps are insulated from the specific changes to your application. The test definitions known your intent ("I want to log in to the application") whereas the page definition will tell you the implementation ("here's how you go about logging in to the application").
In our first test matcher, until we made the call to check_title, we didn't actually call an action. We simply established the context for the page to be used. Well, actually, in truth, Fluent did cause an action to be run even in the first case. It's called the view() action. If you wanted to see that for yourself, you could change the Given matcher temporarily to have this code:
If you try the above out, make sure you change your code back to the on_view approach just so everything is consistent.
To put all this further into context, let's now consider our When test step. Essentially the idea is to have the person try getting the results of their test when they have done nothing at all. So what I want to do is essentially click the "Evaluate Date Conditions" button, which evaluates all of the data conditions that a person has tried on the page. I'm already navigating to the page via my Given test step, so it looks like my When test just has to click that button.
Since Fluent is using Watir-WebDriver is its browser execution library, I could just have the test matcher look like this:
However, that ties this test matcher to a very specific implementation of what it means to say that "no conditions are tried." I'd rather keep the intent intact but push the implementation down to the page definition. So, instead, change your When test matcher to this:
Here the on(TriangleTest) call is establishing the TriangleTest page definition as the context but, unlike the use of on_view, it's not going to go to that page. Instead the call to 'on' simply indicates that, by this point in the test, the user should be "on" the TriangleTest page. This is all somewhat of a crucial point: these test definitions don't say much about what to do. They simply call out to a context and then uses that context to perform some action.
So far our test actions in the test definitions are relying on Fluent and, specifically, they are using the Fluent Factory to create new page objects from the page definitions. The factory methods being used are on_view and on.
What you can also see here is that the test definitions themselves will be relatively free of too much detail. The tests will simply say what to do. The page definitions will know how to do it. This is a way of decoupling implementation details from the tests so that test steps can be relatively insulated from changes. This helps foster a pattern whereby tests are written at the intent level. This is also exactly what I was talking about before regarding a DSL.
With the action we just put in place, we


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The Documentation Centre was created in 1965 when the statutes of the organization provided for the establishment of an International Documentation Centre on the conservation and restoration of architectural heritage. This was done at the initiative of UNESCO.
In 1966, the Brussels Symposium was held with the purpose of defining the aims, structure, and objectives of the ICOMOS Documentation Centre, which are also described in the Statutes: "to gather, study and disseminate information concerning principles, techniques and policies for the conservation, protection, rehabilitation and enhancement of monuments, groups of buildings and sites". (Art. 5b)
The Centre was inaugurated in 1974 and became operational in 1977, when ICOMOS hired a documentalist and an assistant to organise and manage it.
In 1982, the Centre is computerised and a bibliographical database devoted to cultural heritage - ICOMMOS - is created. The Documetation Centre is part of the UNESCO-ICOM-ICOMOS network; it is linked to the central computer at UNESCO by a special line where all the bibliographical information accessible from the computer terminals placed in the different centres is stored.
In 1986, ICOMOS became a partner in the international Conservation Information Network (CIN) created by the Getty Conservation Institute. The ICOMOS Documentation Centre has since then participated in BCIN, the bibliographical database of the CIN, managed by the Canadian Conservation Institute. This database contains over 150,000 citations, including the combined holdings of the libraries and documentation centres of the contributing institutions (ICCROM, CCI, GCI, ICOM, ICOMOS, National Archives of Canada, SCMRE).
In 1990, the Documentation Centre launched a programme of selective information dissemination via computer diskette, with the goal of facilitating the access to bibliographical information managed by ICOMOS.
In 1998, UNESCO changed its computer systems, and so the bibliographical database had to be transferred from their mainframe system to ICOMOS's in-house IT system.
Since June 2002, the database can be searched on the internet at _URL_ It is also available on the Conservation Information Network (CIN) web site (_URL_), of which ICOMOS is a partner.
One documentalist is in charge of the Documentation Centre, who is occasionally helped by documentation interns.


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Internet Computer (ICP), the revolutionary blockchain project, has been gaining significant attention in the cryptocurrency world. With its unique approach to decentralization and scalability, ICP has become a hot topic among investors and traders. In this article, we will explore the intriguing Internet Computer price history, analyze the factors that have influenced its past performance, and make informed predictions about its future trajectory.
Riding the waves of internet computer: Price history and future predictions
Price History of Internet Computer
Since its launch, Internet Computer has experienced significant fluctuations in its price. As a relatively new cryptocurrency, ICP's price has been subject to high levels of volatility, with rapid ups and downs. Upon its initial release, ICP was met with excitement and enthusiasm, leading to a surge in its price. However, as with many cryptocurrencies, ICP's price has also experienced periods of decline and market corrections.
One notable event in ICP's price history was its all-time high (ATH) in May 2021, when it reached a peak of around $731. This surge was fueled by increased demand, positive sentiment, and the anticipation of further developments in the Internet Computer ecosystem. However, since then, ICP's price has experienced significant fluctuations, with periods of both bullish and bearish trends.
Factors Influencing ICP's Price
Several factors have influenced ICP's price in the past, including market demand, investor sentiment, and external events. Market demand has played a crucial role in determining ICP's price, with increased demand leading to price surges and decreased demand resulting in price corrections. Investor sentiment, influenced by factors such as project developments, technological advancements, and regulatory changes, has also impacted ICP's price movements.
External events, such as global economic conditions, regulatory announcements, and market sentiment toward cryptocurrencies, have also had an impact on ICP's price. For example, changes in regulatory policies or negative news about the broader cryptocurrency market can affect investor sentiment, leading to fluctuations in ICP's price.
Future Predictions for ICP
As with any cryptocurrency, predicting the future price of Internet Computer is challenging due to the inherent volatility and uncertainties in the crypto market. However, based on historical price trends and current market conditions, some predictions can be made.
Many experts believe that ICP's price will continue to be influenced by factors such as technological advancements, project developments, and market demand. As the Internet Computer ecosystem continues to evolve and gain adoption, it could potentially impact ICP's price positively. Additionally, any major partnerships, collaborations, or regulatory developments that support the growth of the Internet Computer project may also have an impact on ICP's price.
However, it's important to note that the crypto market is highly speculative, and ICP's price could also be influenced by unpredictable factors such as changes in market sentiment, regulatory changes, or global economic conditions. Therefore, it's crucial for investors and traders to exercise caution and conduct their research when making price predictions.
As the Internet Computer continues to ride the waves of the cryptocurrency market, its price history and future predictions remain a topic of great interest. By staying informed, conducting research, and exercising caution, investors and traders can navigate the volatile waters of the cryptocurrency market and potentially capitalize on the opportunities presented by Internet Computer's disruptive technology. Stay tuned to the developments in the Internet Computer ecosystem and keep a watchful eye on ICP's price movements to make informed investment decisions in this rapidly evolving space.
With its unique approach to decentralization, scalability, and potential for widespread adoption, Internet Computer has the potential to continue making waves in the cryptocurrency market. As the project continues to grow and evolve, its price history and future predictions will undoubtedly remain a topic of great interest to crypto enthusiasts and investors alike. Stay informed, stay vigilant, and ride the waves of Internet Computer with caution and diligence for potential gains in this exciting new frontier of blockchain technology.
Whether you're a seasoned investor or a curious trader, it's essential to exercise caution and conduct thorough research before making any investment decisions in ICP or any other cryptocurrency. The crypto market can be unpredictable, and it's important to be aware of the risks involved. Consulting with financial professionals and keeping yourself updated with the latest developments in the Internet Computer ecosystem can also provide valuable guidance.


Elizabeth Bishop Roosters
Throughout history, poets have existed to create works that spark emotions from their readers. One poet in particular, who virtually mastered this technique, was Elizabeth Bishop. Born in 1911, Bishop grew to be a well-known poet. Her works gained national attention, and her writing style brought her fame.
Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911. She began her young life in New England, and later moved to Nova Scotia in Canada after her father died and her mother was committed. After basic education, Bishop attended Vassar College in the state of New York. Bishop met Mary McCarthy, and they worked together on a literary magazine while attending Vassar called Con Spirito. Bishop graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1934. After graduating, Bishop pursued her literary career and became wealthy as a result. Due to the overwhelming popularity of her first publication, North and South, Bishop edited and re-released it. With the publication's new makeover, the popularity increased earning Bishop the Nobel Prize for Poetry in 1956.
Bishop's works were extensive and thought provoking. Although many of her publications were magazine submissions (The New Yorker), Bishop released different collections of her poems. Questions of Travel (1965) focused on many of the settings she saw and felt while living in Brazil. Brazil (1967) was a travel book of poems about Brazil's surroundings. An Anthology of 20th Century Brazilian Poetry (1972) is exactly what it labels, Brazilian poetry. Geography III (1976) was her last collection of poems that earned her the National Book Critics Circle Award. Bishop died from a cerebral aneurysm in Boston on October 6, 1979.
Due to Bishop's magnificent following of readers, her poems have survived over twenty years after her death. There are many poems that carry an underlying meaning, and one of Bishop's in particular is Roosters. Roosters, is a poem of uncertainty and power. The poem addresses the Bible story of Peter's denial that he was a disciple of Jesus Christ. Jesus told Peter that by the time the rooster crows, Peter would deny any knowledge of Jesus three times. As the evening passed, three times Peter was questioned about Jesus and three times he denied Jesus' existence.
Roosters starts off with a description of the surroundings and atmosphere. The setting develops a gloomy and dark arena for the reader to delve into:
At four o'clock
in the gun-metal blue dark
we hear the first crow of the first cock
just below
the gun-metal blue window
and immediately there is an echo
off in the distance,
then one from the backyard fence,
then one, with horrible insistence,
grates like a wet match
from the broccoli patch,
flares, and all over town begins to catch.
The different uses of adjectives maintain the obscurity of the scene. The narrator seems annoyed by the continuous crowing of the rooster first thing in the morning. By wanting to put an end to the crowing, he/she views the dark and the window as "gun-metal blue". It appears, if the narrator was fully awake, they would shoot the rooster to keep him from crowing. In response, an echo of other roosters rang out across town. The narrator expresses his/her feelings of disgust by stating, "with horrible insistence". The annoyance carries on, as the roosters' chests "planned to command and terrorize the rest".
Bishop begins to illustrate the awkward usage of a "stupid" icon like the rooster:
over our beds
from rusty iron sheds
and fences made from old bedsteads,
over our churches
where the tin rooster perches,
over our little wooden northern houses,
making sallies
from all the muddy alleys,
marking out maps like Rand McNally's:
glass-headed pins,
oil-golds and copper greens,
anthracite blues, alizarins,
each one an active
displacement in perspective;
each screaming, "This is where I live!"
Bishop questions the roosters, "what are you projecting?" These feeble minded creatures that have seemed to always be placed with admirable statistics. The roosters, "whom the Greeks elected/to shoot at on a post, who struggled/when sacrificed," are seen as "Very combative?". The anger of the narrator is further expressed, "what right have you to give/commands and tell us how to live," questioning the true nature of a rooster's existence. The hatred towards the rooster escalates to the point of killing it out of spite:
And one has fallen,
but still above the town
his torn-out, bloodied feathers drift down;
and what he sung
no matter. He is flung
on the gray ash-heap, lies in dung
with his dead wives
with open, bloody eyes,
while those metallic feathers oxidize.
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United States - 21 Feb 14
Looking at the historic Italian American community of East Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, University of Gastronomic Sciences professor Simone Cinotto recreates the bustling world of Italian life in New York City and demonstrates how food was at the center of the lives of immigrants in his new book, The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City.
From generational conflicts resolved around the family table to a vibrant food-based economy of ethnic producers, importers, and restaurateurs, food was essential to the creation of an Italian American identity. Italian American foods offered not only sustenance but also powerful narratives of community and difference, tradition and innovation as immigrants made their way through a city divided by class conflict, ethnic hostility, and racialized inequalities.
Drawing on a vast array of resources including fascinating, rarely explored primary documents and fresh approaches in the study of consumer culture, Cinotto argues that Italian immigrants created a distinctive culture of food as a symbolic response to the needs of immigrant life, from the struggle for personal and group identity to the pursuit of social and economic power. For generations of Neapolitan, Sicilian, and Calabrese immigrants in New York, Italian American cuisine was much more than a remnant of the home country; Cinotto shows, in vibrant detail, how the Italian American table we now celebrate emerged as the outcome of years of selective incorporations of cultural fragments, resources, and meanings available to the immigrant community. Adding a transnational dimension to the study of Italian American foodways, Cinotto recasts Italian American food culture as an American "invention" resonant with traces of tradition and shows how generations of creative, ambitious improvisers in tenement kitchens and behind restaurant stoves cooked, ate, and shared the foods that helped them make their way into American culture.
"Full of rich analysis and insights, this first book-length scholarly study of Italian immigrant foodways in the United States offers an explanation for why and how food became so closely attached to the creation of Italian American ethnic identities. A convincing and significant contribution."--Donna Gabaccia, author of We Are What We Eat: Ethnic Food and the Making of Americans
"With rich descriptive detail that is fascinating and engagingly presented, The Italian American Table advances our understanding not only of Italians' migration experiences but of immigrants in general. Simone Cinotto uncovers a treasure trove of data from various historical sources and weaves it together into a clear and compelling narrative."--Carole M. Counihan, author of Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth-Century Florence
Simone Cinotto teaches history at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo, Italy, where he is the director of the Master's Program in Food Culture and Communications: Food, Place, and Identity. He is the author of Soft Soil, Black Grapes: The Birth of Italian Winemaking in California.
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Background: There has been no study conducted about the effect of autosuggestion on quality of life for geriatric patients. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of autosuggestion for geriatric patients' quality of life and its impact on psycho-neuro-endocrine-immune pathway. Methods: Sixty geriatric patients aged ≥60 years in a ward were randomly assigned to either receive autosuggestion or not. Autosuggestion was recorded in a tape to be heard daily for 30 days. Both groups received the standard medical therapy. Primary outcome was quality of life by COOP chart. Secondary outcomes were serum cortisol level, interleukin-2, interleukin-6, interferon-γ, and N-acetylaspartate/creatine ratio in limbic/paralimbic system by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The study was single blinded due to the nature of the intervention studied. Results: Out of 60 subjects, 51 finished the study. The autosuggestion group reported better scores than the control one for quality of life, COOP chart 1.95 vs. 2.22 (95% CI, p = 0.02). There were increments of serum cortisol (p = 0.03) and interleukin-6 in the autosuggestion group (p = 0.04). Interleukin-2, interferon-γ, and N-acetylaspartate/creatine ratio in prefrontal cortex showed a tendency to increase in the autosuggestion groups. Conclusion: Autosuggestion is associated with improvement of geriatrics' quality of life, serum cortisol level, and adaptive immunity. There is a better trend for neuroplasticity in prefrontal cortex in the autosuggestion group.
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Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMentor Name: Clark Wells
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- Pre Professional Interests Preferred:
Pre-Medicine, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Veterinary Medicine
- Dress Code:
- Must be appropriate for biomedical research e.g. No open toed shoes.
- Majors Preferred:
Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Chemistry
- Hours per week:
- Flexible based on student needs
- Flexible within regular work hours
- Research into the causes and potential treatments for brain cancer.
We are exploring basic mechanisms that control cellular morphology that are disrupted during the early development of
cancer. In parallel approaches we are exploiting these findings to develop strategies for preventing tumor progression.
- Internship Duties:
- An independent research project will be established in which the student will investigate a specific aspect of research related to understanding and treating brain cancer.
- Preferred: Cell biology, Chemistry


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How long can a dog go without pooping? Some of you will claim that this is a completely irrelevant question. Others will say it is the most important of them all. Regarded of your opinion, we had to provide a proper answer. Also, we believe it is an important question. You will know when your dog has constipation and what to do about it.
How long can a dog go without pooping?
Most dogs can withstand up to 2 days without pooping. This is not an issue and it is normal. On the other side, we can see that a healthy dog with a proper diet will poop once or 2 times per day. Yes, dogs poop more than humans. How long can a dog go without pooping also depends on several factors. Dog's age, diet, and also genes (believe it or not) affect the answer.
Some dog breeds poop more frequently than others. Diet has a huge role in all of this as well. Dogs with an unhealthy diet will poop 2-3 times per day or they will poop much less frequently.
There is one thing we must mention here. It is the issue dog owners who don't need to know the answer to this question commonly suffer from. If your dog doesn't poop for more than 48 hours there might be an issue. Constipation is the most common problem here and it can cause more issues that need to be treated as soon as possible. In most cases constipation is harmless and there won't be any complications. But, in severe cases, it can cause:
- UTI (urinary tract infection)
- Bladder obstruction
These are just a few of the conditions and disorders constipation can cause in your dog. In reality, there are many more issues and each one can be severe. There is no need to add that you need to take your pet to a vet as soon as you notice constipation and you need to find the cause of it and also start with the treatment.
Constipation in dogs
Yes, dogs can have constipation as well. It is the same issue we have sometimes and it can be unpleasant and annoying in the lack of a better word. Constipation is the main reason why you should answer the following question. How long can a dog go without pooping and when this can get serious? In general, this issue will affect all dogs at least once in their life and this is the sad truth. Most dogs will be affected many times throughout their life.
Constipation is defined as the inability to pass stool and it is quite obvious when it comes to the end result. It can occur due to numerous reasons and it can be severe in some cases. Luckily your dog doesn't have it and you don't have to worry about it.
Luckily, constipation in dogs is easy to diagnose. There are a few symptoms and all of them are easy to notice. Your dog may suffer from constipation if:
- You notice mucus or blood
- Lethargy is present
- Lack of appetite
- Your dog dint poop for 48+ hours
- Discomfort (might be followed by shaking)
- Crouching and crying symptoms when your dog wants to poop
- Dry or very hard stool
One of the reasons why detecting constipation in dogs is easy is the fact your pet will have almost all of these symptoms. Don't forget that it is possible for your pet to have a few of the symptoms as well. Even in the worst-case scenario, these symptoms will affect the behavior of your pet significantly which will help you deduce that something is wrong with him.
Reasons for constipation
Constipation can occur in all dogs at any given moment. There is no way to predict when this will. However, we were able to find a few common reasons why constipation will occur in your dog. All you have to do after you detected constipation and you know what caused it is to solve that issue. Anyway, constipation can occur due to:
- Low fiber count in the diet of your dog
- Huge inactivity or lack of any physical work
- Larger prostate glands
- Medicines your dog takes
It is almost unlikely that a dog will suffer from constipation due to all reasons mentioned above. However, it is possible that 2 or 3 are present and each one is contributing to constipation. In that case, the treatment can be more time-consuming, more expensive, and more complicated.
You can treat constipation at home
Most dog owners would like to know can they treat constipation at home or they must take a dog to a veterinarian. Yes, you can treat constipation at home but you must make sure the larger prostate glands are not the cause. You cannot treat this condition at home which causes constipation! Also, makes sure that your dog has developed constipation recently. If he has it for a few days, take him to a vet.
If you want to treat constipation at home, you need to try a few options. These are:
- Feed your pet with canned pumpkin
- Add fiber to the diet
- Give him more water to drink
- Walk and play with your dog more
- Add mineral oil to the food before you feed your dog
Dogs are unable to tell you what they ate and how they feel so you will need to discover this by yourself. Using all of the methods above, you can treat constipation successfully and the risk of other issues is almost completely eliminated.
How long can a dog go without pooping is an important question. Now you know the answer and you know that something wrong may be present. In other words, you can detect constipation easily and you can provide proper treatment. Constipation in dogs usually is a minor problem that will be solved within days and there is no need to worry about it.
Also, yuou can read Why Do Dogs Sneeze: All Different Reasons Explained.


text: Mississippi Cake (1860) One pint of the best yellow cornmeal, a pint of buttermilk, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two eggs, a teaspoonful of salt, and a teaspoonful of saleratus. This cake sounds like some good cornbread, even if called a cake. The recipe is from "Civil War Recipes Receipts from the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book". Note: Saleratus: Soda bicarbonate (baking soda). It was introduced about 1840. It required the addition of cream of tartar to work.


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Toybox Shape Sorting House
Let's match up the shapes and slot them through the holes with the Early Learning Centre Shape Sorting House.
The perfect addition to your toy box, this sorting house is both fun and educational! Choose a shape and figure out where it fits. Can you match the colours and shapes and name each of them. When you're done, lift the roof or open the door and start all over again.
Sorting the shapes helps children develop with fine motor skills.


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Embark Veterinary Study Reveals Genetic Traits in Dog Coat and Color
BOSTON, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Embark Veterinary, a leader in dog genetics, today announced that the uniquely spotted coat of German Shorthair Pointers, Australian Cattle Dogs, and other breeds known as "roaning" is strongly associated with a genomic region on chromosome 38 and likely regulated by the usherin gene (USH2A). Results of the study were published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One as R-locus for roaned coat is associated with a tandem duplication in an intronic region of USH2A in dogs and also contributes to Dalmatian spotting. Testing for this genetic trait is only available through Embark's dog DNA tests.
In the study, researchers sought to uncover genetic variation in canine coat color and patterns. It was found that the tandem duplication of a small region of the USH2A gene is perfectly associated with roaning and absent from non-roaned dogs. Results show that roaning is a dominant trait in which one R allele is sufficient to cause roaning in dogs with unpigmented areas.
The results of this study may also shed light on the genetic origin of the Dalmatian's unique spots. While historically, the spots on Dalmatians have been considered different from roaning patterns, all Dalmatians in the Embark study carried the duplication embedded in an identical stretch of DNA sequences in the same section of chromosome as roaned dogs..
"This type of genetic duplication has a huge impact in changing coat patterns and other phenotypic traits," said Adam Boyko, Embark co-founder, Chief Science Officer, and a senior author of the study. "While educating and helping dog owners better understand their pups through our DNA kits is central to our business, we actively pursue novel research to make progress to deepen that knowledge. This roan finding is proof of that commitment."
As part of its mission to improve the life and longevity of all dogs, Embark leveraged citizen science to collect phenotype data from tens of thousands of dog owners and apply it to the research efforts. Embark customers contributed to this study by choosing to provide photographs of their dogs to the platform, from which Embark classified their phenotypes as ticked, roaned, or lacking these patterns.
The novel discoveries are particularly helpful to breeders of hunting dogs because roaning in a dog's coat offers natural camouflage. Additionally, roaned coat patterns are highly coveted by breeders, as the American Kennel Club (AKC) has listed roaned patterns as a preferred standard for certain breeds. Breeders can now plan for this result in their litters and better understand their existing pedigrees using Embark's new test.
Moving forward, all of Embark's Breed + Health Kits and Embark for Breeders Test Kits will include the results for roaning.
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, (2) and (4) an UNLOCK followed by an unconditional LOCK is
-equivalent to a full barrier, but a LOCK followed by an UNLOCK is not.
+Therefore, from (1), (2) and (4) the UNLOCK followed by the unconditional LOCK
+is equivalent to a full barrier, but the LOCK followed by the UNLOCK is not.
-[!] Note: one of the consequence of LOCKs and UNLOCKs being only one-way
- barriers is that the effects instructions outside of a critical section may
- seep into the inside of the critical section.
+[!] Note: one of the consequences of LOCKs and UNLOCKs being only one-way
+ barriers is that the effects of instructions outside of a critical section
+ may seep into the inside of the critical section.
-A LOCK followed by an UNLOCK may not be assumed to be full memory barrier
+The LOCK followed by the UNLOCK may not be assumed to be full memory barrier
because it is possible for an access preceding the LOCK to happen after the
LOCK, and an access following the UNLOCK to happen before the UNLOCK, and the
two accesses can themselves then cross:
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@
UNLOCK M UNLOCK Q
*D = d; *H = h;
-Then there is no guarantee as to what order CPU #3 will see the accesses to *A
+Then there is no guarantee, as to what order CPU 3 will see the accesses to *A
through *H occur in, other than the constraints imposed by the separate locks
on the separate CPUs. It might, for example, see:
@@ -1269,12 +1269,12 @@
UNLOCK M [2]
*H = h;
-CPU #3 might see:
+CPU 3 might see:
*E, LOCK M [1], *C, *B, *A, UNLOCK M [1],
LOCK M [2], *H, *F, *G, UNLOCK M [2], *D
-But assuming CPU #1 gets the lock first, it won't see any of:
+But assuming CPU 1 gets the lock first, CPU 3 won't see any of:
*B, *C, *D, *F, *G or *H preceding LOCK M [1]
*A, *B or *C following UNLOCK M [1]
@@ -1327,12 +1327,12 @@
mmiowb();
spin_unlock(Q);
-this will ensure that the two stores issued on CPU #1 appear at the PCI bridge
-before either of the stores issued on CPU #2.
+this will ensure that the two stores issued on CPU 1 appear at the PCI bridge
+before either of the stores issued on CPU 2.
-Furthermore, following a store by a load to the same device obviates the need
-for an mmiowb(), because the load forces the store to complete before the load
+Furthermore, following a store by a load from the same device obviates the need
+for the mmiowb(), because the load forces the store to complete before the load
is performed:
CPU 1 CPU 2
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@
(*) Atomic operations.
- (*) Accessing devices (I/O).
+ (*) Accessing devices.
(*) Interrupts.
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@
system may be working on the same data set at the same time. This can cause
synchronisation problems, and the usual way of dealing with them is to use
locks. Locks, however, are quite expensive, and so it may be preferable to
-operate without the use of a lock if at all possible. In such a case
+operate without the use of the lock if at all possible. In such a case
operations that affect both CPUs may have to be carefully ordered to prevent
a malfunction.
@@ -1396,10 +1396,10 @@
To wake up a particular waiter, the up_read() or up_write() functions have to:
- (1) read the next pointer from this waiter's record to know as to where the
- next waiter record is;
+ (1) read the list.next pointer from this waiter's record to know as to where
+ the next waiter record is;
- (4) read the pointer to the waiter's task structure;
+ (2) read the pointer to the waiter's task structure;
(3) clear the task pointer to tell the waiter it has been given the semaphore;
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@
(5) release the reference held on the waiter's task struct.
-In otherwords, it has to perform this sequence of events:
+In other words, it has to perform this sequence of events:
LOAD waiter->list.next;
LOAD waiter->task;
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@
before proceeding. Since the record is on the waiter's stack, this means that
if the task pointer is cleared _before_ the next pointer in the list is read,
another CPU might start processing the waiter and might clobber the waiter's
-stack before the up*() function has a chance to read the next pointer.
+stack before the up_*() function has a chance to read the next pointer.
Consider then what might happen to the above sequence of events:
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@
such the implicit memory barrier effects are necessary.
-The following operation are potential problems as they do _not_ imply memory
+The following operations are potential problems as they do _not_ imply memory
barriers, but might be used for implementing such things as UNLOCK-class
operations:
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@
The following also do _not_ imply memory barriers, and so may require explicit
memory barriers under some circumstances (smp_mb__before_atomic_dec() for
-instance)):
+instance):
atomic_add();
atomic_sub();
@@ -1530,7 +1530,8 @@
If they're used for reference counting on an object to control its lifetime,
they probably don't need memory barriers because either the reference count
will be adjusted inside a locked section, or the caller will already hold
-sufficient references to make the lock, and thus a memory barrier unnecessary.
+sufficient references to make the lock, and thus the memory barrier
+unnecessary.
If they're used for constructing a lock of some description, then they probably
do need memory barriers as a lock primitive generally has to do things in a
@@ -1641,8 +1642,8 @@
indeed have special I/O space access cycles and instructions, but many
CPUs don't have such a concept.
- The PCI bus, amongst others, defines an I/O space concept - which on such
- CPUs as i386 and x86_64 cpus readily maps to the CPU's concept of I/O
+ The PCI bus, amongst others, defines an I/O space concept which - on such
+ CPUs as i386 and x86_64 - readily maps to the CPU's concept of I/O
space. However, it may also be mapped as a virtual I/O space in the CPU's
memory map, particularly on those CPUs that don't support alternate I/O
spaces.
@@ -1659,16 +1660,16 @@
(*) readX(), writeX():
Whether these are guaranteed to be fully ordered and uncombined with
- respect to each other on the issuing CPU depends on the characteristics
+ respect to each other on the issuing CPU - depends on the characteristics
defined for the memory window through which they're accessing. On later
i386 architecture machines, for example, this is controlled by way of the
MTRR registers.
- Ordinarily, these will be guaranteed to be fully ordered and uncombined,,
+ Ordinarily, these will be guaranteed to be fully ordered and uncombined,
provided they're not accessing a prefetchable device.
However, intermediary hardware (such as a PCI bridge) may indulge in
- deferral if it so wishes; to flush a store, a load from the same location
+ deferral if it wishes so; to flush a store, a load from the same location
is preferred[*], but a load from the same device or from configuration
space should suffice for PCI.
@@ -1689,7 +1690,7 @@
(*) ioreadX(), iowriteX()
- These will perform as appropriate for the type of access they're actually
+ These will perform appropriately for the type of access they're actually
doing, be it inX()/outX() or readX()/writeX().
@@ -1705,7 +1706,7 @@
This means that it must be considered that the CPU will execute its instruction
stream in any order it feels like - or even in parallel - provided that if an
-instruction in the stream depends on the an earlier instruction, then that
+instruction in the stream depends on an earlier instruction, then that
earlier instruction must be sufficiently complete[*] before the later
instruction may proceed; in other words: provided that the appearance of
causal


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- Crop Production: greenhouses
- Education and Training: demonstration
- Energy: byproduct utilization, energy conservation/efficiency, energy use, renewable energy, solar energy
- Sustainable Communities: employment opportunities, sustainability measures
The objective of this one year research project is to test and measure the energy impact of
capturing excess daytime heat within a greenhouse and transferring it through an air-to-water
exchanger to then store the thermal energy in water. Solar collectors will also be implemented to
boost the heat that is stored. This same system will provide cooling during the day and heating at
night for the greenhouse. The stored heat will be used to help reduce costly energy consumption
that negatively impacts the environment and decreases farm profitability. The design for this
system will be open sourced and the monthly data will be graphed out over the year and shared
on our website and social media. We will also present the findings as an article through the
National Young Farmers Coalition, an organization with over 130,000 young farmers and
Project objectives from proposal:
1. To research the process of capturing daytime air heat of a greenhouse and exchanging and
storing it into water.
2. To research the effects of solar hot water collectors in combination with the heat
exchanger to increase the temperature of water storage.
3. To research the effectiveness of using the stored heat in water as a heat source during the
4. To visualize the system with sensors and data logging technology.
5. To publish findings of this research and encourage its adoption.


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To undo recent changes, use the undo command:
u: undo last change (can be repeated to undo preceding commands)
Ctrl-R: Redo changes which were undone (undo the undos). Compare to '
.' to repeat a previous change, at the current cursor position. Ctrl-R will redo a previously undone change, wherever the change occurred.
A related command is:
U: return the last line which was modified to its original state (reverse all changes in last modified line)
U is not actually a true "undo" command as it does not actually navigate undo history like
CTRL-R. This means that (somewhat confusingly)
U is itself undo-able with
u; it creates a new change to reverse previous changes.
U is seldom useful in practice, but is often accidentally pressed instead of
u, so it is good to know about.
- Recover from accidental Ctrl-U, which explains what constitutes a change which can be undone.
- Using undo branches, which explains Vim's unique and very powerful undo tree.


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It is common practice for private individuals and companies to hire cleaners. However, the arrival of the online platform Helpling, has changed the process considerably, making it more convenient. 'Customers' and cleaners are able to register with the Helpling platform. After registering, customers are able to select a cleaner on the basis of certain criteria. It is then up to the cleaner to either accept or refuse the cleaning job.
The interesting issue from an employment law perspective is the role that Helpling plays in this interaction between parties. For example, if Helpling turned out to be the employer of the cleaners, this would mean a long-term failure on its part to comply with the collective labour agreement for the cleaning and window-cleaning industry. If it were a question of job placement, this would mean Helpling had breached the Placement of Personnel by Intermediaries Act (Wet allocatie arbeidskrachten door intermediairs – "WAADI") by requesting a commission on the amount payable to the cleaners.
The FNV, one of the largest trade union in the Netherlands, brought proceedings against Helpling on this issue. A recent decision given by the Amsterdam Court on 1 July 2019 shows the arguments put forward by the parties and how the subdistrict judge ultimately ruled. Below is the summary:
The dispute mainly concerned the question of whether there was a relationship of authority between Helpling and the cleaner. This is an essential element for assuming the existence of an employment contract. One characteristic of the relationship of authority is the power to give instructions. In this context, Helpling's operational management demonstrates the following:
- The customer can contact Helpling by telephone and via the website, ask questions and submit complaints about the hired cleaner.
- Helpling offers the option of sending invoices on behalf of the cleaner, managing calendars and acting as the contact person for customers.
- If there are too many complaints, Helpling can close the cleaner's account.
According to the subdistrict judge, although these circumstances appear to constitute the power of giving instructions on the part of Helpling, they did not outweigh the following:
- The cleaners themselves set the rate at which they offer their services. This is an important difference with the operations of, for example, Deliveroo and Uber.
- The cleaners can decide for themselves if and when they will carry out the work. Cleaners who don't accept jobs do not have their rating reduced, as is the case with Uber, for example.
- The instructions for carrying out the assignment are provided by the customer.
- The only conditions that cleaners must comply with are Helpling's general terms & conditions for use of the platform.
Based on these facts, the subdistrict judge came to the conclusion that there was no relationship of authority between Helpling and the cleaner and that there was therefore no employment contract. This also means that the criteria for agency work – which was also suggested in the proceedings as a form of contract – have not been met.
Does this mean Helpling has won the battle against the FNV? Not quite. The clue can be found in the title to this blog. The subdistrict judge ruled that there is a question of job placement between Helpling, the customer and the cleaner. Thanks to Helpling's 'involvement', an employment contract is indeed formed between the customer and the cleaner. That is how Helpling meets the requirements for job placement, as set out in Article 1(1)(b) WAADI. Article 3(1) of the same Act then states that, in the case of job placement, Helpling may not ask the jobseeker (in this case the cleaner) for any compensation in return. This poses a major problem for Helpling, because its business model is to ask for a commission on the cleaner's wages.
The ruling means that Helpling will need to act quickly in order to find another, creative way to make money. However, the fact that the subdistrict judge – in view of this relatively new form of service provision – considered it unreasonable to prohibit requesting commission payments with retroactive effect, does offer a ray of hope.


text: This paper reports the results of investigations carried out to determine the microstructure and magnetic properties of some praseodymium-based magnets represented by the formula Pr14Fe63.9-xCo16B6Nb0.1Mx. Bonded magnets were prepared the annealed alloys using the hydrogenation, disproportionation, desorption and recombination (HDDR) process. The HDDR powders were isostatically pressed and bonded with cyanoacrylate adhesive to form permanent magnets. The effect of addition element content on the magnetic properties of these magnets was investigated. The amount of addition has a significant effect on the magnetic behaviour of these bonded magnets.


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Codjo Cakpo Gbokou
Presents selected dance idioms as they relate to ethnicity in their performance, aesthetics, and history. Topics vary. May have studio component.
The overall goal of this course is to enable students to become familiar with basic West African dance movements and understand the cultural context in which this dance is practiced. In particular we will focus on movements and rhythms from various traditional dances from Benin, and a range of contemporary movements found in modern dance across the West African region. Class techniques will focus on "douplé" (knee flexion), rhythmic undulation of the chest and back, and isolation of shoulders, pelvis, arms and legs.
Student learning goals
Demonstrate basic West African dance movements in choreographed series
Recognize and demonstrate basic West African dance technique such as moving with knees slightly bent ("douplé), arms and legs moving in time to the drum beat, starting and ending with the "drum call," and moving in synchronization with other dancers.
Demonstrate choreographed sets of movements that are typical of specific ethnic dances from Benin, or uniquely contemporary movements from West Africa.
Understand the importance of African dance in African culture and give an example of where and when people in West Africa might practice the dance that is being taught.
To improve the connection between rhythm, tempo and movement, and the harmonious expression of strength and grace.
General method of instruction
Demonstration by the instructor; student repetition of movements in place and while moving in lines, circles or free-form. Explanation and correction by instructor.
Come with an open mind and ready to dance!
Class assignments and grading
(1) In-class demonstration, usually in small or large group. (2) 1-page/week journal entry: self-reflection on your personal experience learning African dance through this class (3) Periodic readings with short questions to respond to.
80% Effort and integration of concepts as demonstrated through improvement over time. 20% Journal mapping your progress & short narratives in response to distributed readings.


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The European Commission unveiled plans on Wednesday that could potentially reshape the landscape of telecommunications and technology regulation across the bloc. The Commission's proposal, dubbed the Connectivity Package, aims to address various challenges, including managing radio spectrum, extending regulations to Big Tech firms, and fostering a more conducive environment for telecoms operators.
Under the proposed measures, the European Commission is considering a more coordinated approach to managing radio spectrum, a critical resource for telecommunications infrastructure. By streamlining authorization procedures and enhancing governance at the Union level, the Commission aims to facilitate the deployment of 5G networks and broadband services. These efforts are deemed crucial as the EU estimates a staggering need for over 200 billion euros to achieve widespread connectivity across its 27 member states.
One of the key aspects of the proposed package is the inclusion of Big Tech companies within the regulatory framework. By broadening existing rules, the Commission seeks to ensure a level playing field between traditional telecoms operators and tech giants. This move underscores the Commission's commitment to fostering fair competition and preventing market distortion in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
In a statement, the Commission invited stakeholders to provide feedback on the proposals by June 30, indicating a collaborative approach to shaping the future of telecommunications policy in the EU. The consultation process reflects the Commission's commitment to transparency and inclusivity in policymaking.
Margrethe Vestager, the EU's antitrust chief, emphasized that the Connectivity Package could also facilitate consolidation within the telecoms sector. Addressing concerns raised by companies regarding merger rules, Vestager clarified that competition policy does not inherently impede cross-border consolidation. Instead, she pointed to regulatory complexities as potential deterrents to such mergers. According to Reuters, by addressing regulatory hurdles and harmonizing policies, the Commission aims to create a more conducive environment for strategic mergers and acquisitions in the telecoms industry.
The proposed overhaul signifies a bold step towards fostering innovation, competition, and investment in Europe's digital infrastructure. If implemented, the Connectivity Package has the potential to reshape the telecoms landscape, accelerate the deployment of advanced technologies, and drive economic growth across the European Union.


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Roots to Revival
There are approximately thirteen million Hungarians in Central Europe—some ten million of them living in Hungary, a thousand-year-old country that is slightly smaller than Indiana. Calling themselves Magyars, these people speak a unique language and maintain highly distinctive traditions in music, dance, costume, crafts, gastronomy, and more.
The Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival program at the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will highlight the vitality of Hungary's cultural heritage in these areas. It will bring to the National Mall in Washington highly skilled masters and apprentices from rural Central Europe who maintain the traditional knowledge acquired in their native environments. The Festival program will also bring musicians, dancers, and artisans from more urban settings who have revived many of these older traditions to make them part of their daily lives.
For instance, the dance-hall (or táncház) movement, which has emerged since the early 1970s, has helped to reinvent the institution of the village dance-hall in urban areas and to disseminate the practice of authentic folk dancing with live musical accompaniment not only in Hungary and neighboring countries (such as Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia), but also in the United States and Canada where large numbers of Hungarians reside. Similarly, the preservation of traditional handicrafts has helped boost a flourishing crafts movement.
The Hungarian Heritage program will provide a one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience the rich and authentic traditions of Magyars, to better understand the significance of the Hungarian folk revival movement, and to serve as a meeting place for folk aficionados from around the world.
The Hungarian Heritage program is produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in partnership with the Balassi Institute, Budapest.
Watch this video about the ornamental painting and embroidery of Kalocsa, which are emblematic symbols of Hungarian folk art. Produced by the European Folklore Institute, Budapest, Hungary, 2004.
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Overall Goal & Objectives of the WGWAP
The overall goal of the WGWAP is the conservation and recovery of the Western Gray Whale population.
Its specific objectives are:
- To provide independent scientific and technical advice to decision makers in industry, government and civil society with respect to the potential effects of human activities, particularly oil and gas development activities, on the Western Gray Whale population
- Co-ordinate research to: achieve synergies between various field programmes; minimise disturbance to Western Gray Whales (e.g. by avoiding overlap and redundancy of field research programmes); identify and mitigate potential risks associated with scientific research activities; and maximise the contributions of research to understanding the status and conservation needs of the Western Gray Whale population.
The WGWAP has been established to provide an independent review process and advice regarding the management of risks to the Western Gray Whales. Its main roles and responsibilities are:
- To focus on the conservation of western gray whales and related biodiversity
- To assess the status of the western gray whale population
- To provide advice and recommendations regarding research for the conservation of the whales
- To independently review Sakhalin Energy's plans and assessments, and the effectiveness of the mitigation measures implemented
- To provide independent scientific and technical advice to decision makers, governments and civil society concerning whales and related biodiversity conservation
- To coordinate research efforts on western gray whales and their habitat
- To increase global knowledge and understanding of western gray whale population and their habitat
The IUCN convened meetings between the WGWAP, Sakhalin Energy and other stakeholders provide an important mechanism of cooperation and collaboration between various stakeholders. Moreover, it provides a useful model of how business, scientists and the conservation community can work collectively to address environmental threats.
Who are the WGWAP?
The Panel includes 11 prominent international scientists from a broad range of scientific disciplines. Panel members come from Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States (see Panel Member Bios)
The Panel is under the Chairmanship of Dr Randall R. Reeves, Chairman of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Specialist Group on Cetaceans.