As the pandemic continues to unfold, animal shelters are operating with new and looming obstacles. With most of them deemed as essential businesses, they are seeing a surge in adoption and fostering requests which is great news! However, this means more attention is needed to the administrative duties, protection of staff and keeping revenues afloat. Here are 3 unexpected ways you can help.
1. Your skills and interests can come in handy right from home!
Have accounting experience, or fancy picking up writing as a hobby? Operating a shelter is similar to running a business and there are a wide variety of tasks volunteers help with to ensure animals end up in the right homes. Ask your local shelter if they have a need for services like pet-profile writing, bookkeeping, legal help or simply mention you would like to assist in any way you can!
2. Raising monetary donations for pandemic-specific needs.
Covid-19's impact on animal shelters go beyond the obstacles of social distancing. In the short-term, they're thinking of ways to operate safely and will need a budget for personal protective equipment (PPE). As they think further to the future, some may be expecting a major drop in revenue due to suspended services like spaying and neutering. The additional funds will also be useful for any fosters or adoptions that are returned to the shelter for any economic reasons.
3. Follow your favorite shelters on social and share your own rescue story.
To stay up-to-date on your favorite pet shelter's needs, follow them on social and be sure to reshare their posts if you know someone who can help. Social media is one of the few ways to stay connected with what your animal shelter needs during the quarantine. Animal rescues rely heavily on word of mouth marketing and your voice can make a difference. Additionally, sharing your rescue pet's story can inspire others to consider fostering or adopting.
 And of course, food donations always help. In April, we donated 15,000 meals to shelters across the U.S. and Canada. We are also working closely with Roadogs to provide pet food for families in need. If you are in the LA area, and would like to apply for the program, fill out this application.
 Want to make your own food donation to a local shelter? Try our Dry Dog Food or Puppy Food.


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Math::NumSeq::PowerFlip -- prime exponent flip
 use Math::NumSeq::PowerFlip;
 my $seq = Math::NumSeq::PowerFlip->new;
This sequence is i with primes and exponents flipped in the prime factorization.
 i = p^e * q^f *...
 value = e^p * f^q *...
which gives
 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 9, 8, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 16, 1, 8, 1, 4,...
 starting i=1
For example i=1000=2^3*5^3 becomes value=3^2*3^5=3^7=2187.
Any i=prime has value=1 since i=p^1 becomes value=1^p=1. Value=1 occurs precisely when i=p*q*r*etc with no repeated prime factor, ie. when i is square-free.
The possible values which occur in the sequence are related to square factors. Since value=e^p has prime p>=2, every e,f,g etc powered up in the value is a square or higher power. So sequence values are a product of squares and higher.
$seq = Math::NumSeq::PowerFlip->new ()
Create and return a new sequence object.
Random Access
$value = $seq->ith($i)
Return $i with the prime powers and exponents flipped.
$bool = $seq->pred($value)
Return true if $value occurs in the sequence. As noted above this means an integer $value with at least one squared prime factor.
Math::NumSeq, Math::NumSeq::PrimeFactorCount
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Let's say you have some data about your company and want to create a database and tables to store and analyse this data.
Th employees salary information are in the Salary table and employees information in employees table.
id is the primary key for the Salary table and employee_id is the primary key for the employees table. And employee_id in the Salary table is a foreign key for the employee table.
Creating a Database in PostgreSQL –
What is a database?
A database is an organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system. A database is usually controlled by a database management system (DBMS). Together, the data and the DBMS, along with the applications that are associated with them, are referred to as a database system, often shortened to just database. – Oracle
Let's create a database
Life with data (lwd) to store both employee and salary table.
To create a database in SQL, we use the CREATE DATABASE statement. Open the pgAdmin tool that we installed previously. You can find the instruction for installing PostgreSQL and pgAdmin from here –
How to use pgAdmin from here – pgAdmin
Open the pgAdmin > PostgreSQL 14 > Databases > postgres > right click on postgres > Query Tool
Then write –
CREATE DATABASE lwd;
This statement creates a database on your server named lwd using default postgres settings.
Once you execute the query, right click and refresh the Databases on the left navigation, you will see that lwd database is created.
Connect to the lwd database –
Now that we have successfully created the lwd database but before we create any table we have to make sure that we are connected to this database and not the default postgres database.
- Close the query tool by click x on top right, no need to save the previous query.
- In the object browser right click on lwd and select Query Tool.
- In the top right you will see lwd/postgres@PostgreSQL 14.
- Now, any code you execute will be applied to the lwd database.
Create Tables in PostgreSQL –
What is a Table?
A table is a grid of rows and columns that stores data. Each rows holds a collection of columns, and each column contains data of a specified type: most commonly, numbers, characters, and dates. When you create a table, you assign a name to each column (sometimes referred to as a field or attribute) and assign it a data type. The Data type of a column determine what kind of data can be stored in that column. If you enter a text data into a date column then you will get an error.
CREATE TABLE Statement –
To create a table in a database we use the CREATE TABLE statement followed by the table name.
CREATE TABLE table_name ( col1 datatype, col2 datatype, col3 datatype,.... );
Let's create both the salary table.
Salary Table –
CREATE TABLE Salary ( id bigserial, employee_id int, amount int, pay_date date );
The id column in this table is bigserial data type. It is a special integer data type that auto-increments every time you add a new row to the table. the first row gets the value of 1, second row 2, and so on.
The employee_id and amount is of int type, sort for integer. And the pay_date is a date (year, month, day) type.
To insert text in a column we can use char(n) for fixed length string and varchar(n) for variable length string where n is the length of the string.
Later we will talk more about various data types and constraints in a table. But for now, we will keep it simple. Make sure to follow our blog for the latest updates.
Once you execute the above code and right click refresh on lwd database, salary table will be inside the lwd > schemas > public > Tables > salary.
INSERT statement –
often when we work with large number of rows, the easiest method is to import data from a csv file or from other databases directly into table, which I will explain in the upcoming posts. But for now we will learn how to do it manually.
To insert data into a table we use the INSERT Statement.
INSERT INTO table_name (col1, col2, col3,...) VALUES (value1, value2, value3,...);
Let's insert data into the salary table.
INSERT INTO salary (employee_id, amount, pay_date) VALUES (1, 9000, '2017/03/31'), (2, 6000, '2017/03/31'), (3, 10000, '2017/03/31'), (1, 7000, '2017/02/28'), (2, 6000, '2017/02/28'), (3, 8000, '2017/02/28');
If you run the above query, the salary table will be created. After the INSERT INTO we write the table name in which we want to insert the data followed by column names inside the parenthesis. In the next row we use the VALUES keyword followed by the data to insert into each column in each row. We did not inserted the values for the id column as it is bigserial type and the values gets automatically inserted for each rows as we discussed before.
To confirm that everything worked correctly, you can run the following sql query to see the data.
SELECT * FROM salary
We have successfully created the database and the salary table. Now go ahead and create the employee table yourself.
Related Posts –
- How to install PostgreSQL and pgAdmin on Windows.
- How to install PostgreSQL and pgAdmin on Mac.
- How to use pgAdmin for PostgreSQL.
- INSERT INTO – Add new record in a table.
- Copy Table columns without rows in SQL.
- Copy Rows from One Table into Another.

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A collaboration between The University of Manchester, Edinburgh University, Essex University, Lancaster University and Leeds University with Fellowships based at Cardiff University, Queens University Belfast and The University of Salford
The Uses and Abuses of Community for Sustainable Development
Communities are complex, contested and conflict-ridden objects. And in order to involve them in sustainable development, we need to take a more realistic and critical approach to governing and understanding them.
SPRG researchers Fraser Stewart and Lucie Middlemiss organised a workshop that brought together 30 scholars from around the UK to the University of Leeds (21-23 March) to discuss and critically analyse recent governance strategies in the UK that position 'community' in contrasting ways. Despite the proliferation in recent years of community action and governance strategies aimed at achieving sustainable development there has been little critical attention directed to this issue. Framing the workshop were three key themes:
1. Developing a practice-oriented approach to community and sustainable development
2. Critically theorising the connections between community and sustainable development
3. Understanding the role of public scholarship in sustainable communities work
Together the papers questioned how, why and to whose ends community emerges as a vehicle for achieving sustainable development. They argue for a nuanced and context-specific interpretation of community in sustainable development work that is able to capture the diversity of those involved.
The workshop consisted of eleven oral papers and six poster presentations from within and beyond the SPRG and its sister project the SLRG. Papers were circulated to those attending beforehand to ensure insightful discussion amongst participants.
Key Issues & Reflections
A number of crosscutting issues and questions emerged from the papers and the resulting discussions:
- What is the imaginary of community in sustainable action and policy?
- How is community practiced for sustainable development?
- What does community mean at different scales?
- Is there is a tension between community as neo-liberalism or radicalism?
- What is the role of social difference?
- How do different definitions of community shape what is possible to achieve?
- Who legitimately speaks for or acts on behalf of the community?
- What is the role of social science in doing research 'on' or 'with' communities?
- How and in what ways should researchers/communities be attempting to influence policy?
A key theme that emerged from the workshop was the divide between understandings of community as a social process involving, among many other things, shared learning; and technical or instrumental applications in which people are passive recipients of policy directives devised and delivered by others.
Whilst theories of practice was not the organising theme of the workshop papers reflected practice theoretical traditions in their contributions There were a number of useful contributions from SPRG members that reflects the diversity of SPRG's programme of research. Isabelle Darmon and Alan Ward from the Changing Eating Habits project discussed the provision of sustainable food in poor communities. Gordon Walker from the Zero Carbon Homes project discussed communities, codification and zero carbon homes. Alex Franklin (SPRG Fellowship on 'Sustainable Communities, Social Enterprise and Local Food') offered a critical review of the Welsh Government Pathfinder Programme. And SPRG Fellow Lucie Middlemiss discussed the implications of individualization for sustainable development and her co-authored paper on doing sustainability in low-income communities.
To take just two examples from a very stimulating set of posters and papers:
Paul Chatterton described his involvement in LILAC, a radical new community, in Leeds attempting to change the social and environmental nature of living space was fascinating from a public scholarship and sustainability point of view. And Richard Hauxwell-Baldwin provided a fascinating and critical insight into how policy is modified to fit national government's goals, through looking at the transformation in the Low Carbon Community Challenge from Labour to Coalition governments.
Community and public policy
When it comes to achieving sustainable development, public policy tends to privilege rational choice or individualized approaches. However, does this mean that we, as enlightened social scientists, should offer an alternative? Some participants in the workshop thought that we should perhaps be making (normative) recommendations to policy. However, given the undercurrent of disaffection with all things neo-liberal, what sort of policy recommendations could be made other than changing the paradigm? Perhaps a critical approach to studying the uses and abuses of community can remain just that, presenting a challenge to policy without having to directly engage in trying to change it.
The range and depth of work being done at the community level offer significant 'windows of opportunity' for achieving more sustainable ways of living, however with that opportunity also comes risks. The state funding of communities can be a mixed blessing that opens up a whole plethora of tensions relating to community, including issues of power. Indeed, there were plenty of examples provided at the workshop of communities being worse off after funding or interventions being implemented at the community scale. This begs the question about whose vision of sustainable development is being privileged? This is important because 'sustainable development' is just as contested a term as 'community'.
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Rowallan Dam upgrade – flood forecasting
Client: Hydro Tasmania
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Date: 2014 – 2015
Forecasting lake levels and floods to enable safe construction works and mitigate flood risks during a major dam upgrade.
Rowallan Dam is a 43m-high earth and rockfill dam on the Mersey River in Tasmania's north, constructed in 1968. Major work was undertaken in 2015 to bring the dam up to modern engineering standards and better manage dam safety risks.
To do the work safely, the level of Lake Rowallan had to be lowered significantly, and a forecast of lake levels was needed to guide the valve openings necessary to keep the lake at the target level. Flood forecasting was required to indicate when emergency backfill of the dam crest may be required to prevent inundation or breaching of the works with serious consequences for the storages and population at risk downstream.
The solution was to use a hydrological model to forecast lake levels and the time to reach critical levels that could jeopardise the dam, always ensuring sufficient time for emergency backfilling.
The flood forecasting model for Rowallan Dam was revised to include the latest rainfall forecasts, indications of uncertainty in forecasts, and valve operation. A plan was put in place to ensure that critical rainfall and level gauges were operational. All input data was automatically checked for major errors or inconsistencies. Redundancies in the modelling and a stand-alone back-up system at the dam site ensured robustness.
Plots were developed showing the best-estimate forecast of inflow and lake level, high and low uncertainty bounds on these estimates, forecast valve opening required, and rainfall over the catchment. The entire modelling process ran automatically and provided an updated forecast every 2 hours of the construction period, with SMS and SCADA alerts set to trigger if the high forecast exceeded the trigger level. If a flood alert was issued, the Dam Safety Emergency Plan would be enacted.
The Rowallan flood forecasting system allowed operators to confidently manage the flood risk during construction works. Operators and construction managers used the plots to guide valve operation to keep the lake levels low and to ensure emergency preparedness. Our collaborative approach with the dam owner enabled risks to be quickly evaluated and appropriate actions taken, ensuring safe construction and mitigating the risks of dam failure.

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Transfer Matrix Reflectivity Calculation
transfer matrix diagram
This section describes the derivation of the transfer matrix used in the calculation for the reflectivity spectrum. First we consider the transmission and reflection off a single layer in a multiple layer system. The Electrical and Magnetic components of the wave in the upper interface of the material must be related to the Electrical and Magnetic components in the lower interface by some transformation Mi.
i is simply a dummy variable and u and l subscripts refer to either upper or lower interfaces.
where
Obtain expressions for ail and bil
In matrix form:
or
where
The effect of absorption can by adding a term at the beginning of the analysis but it amounts to simply by adding the term in the argument of the cos and sin functions in each element of matrix Mi.
Next we shall use transfer matrices to calculate the reflectivity of a multilayer stack of semiconductor or dielectric materials such as might be found in a distributed Bragg reflector or the entire arrangement of layers in a VCSEL structure.
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Search API Connector Documentation
Import Coinbase Data to Google Sheets
In this guide, we'll walk through how to pull cryptocurrency market data from the Coinbase Digital Currency API directly into Google Sheets, using the API Connector add-on for Sheets.
Coinbase doesn't provide that much data via these endpoints (other crypto APIs are generally better in that respect), but it is easy to use and useful for getting a comprehensive list of exchange rates in one go.
This article also includes a template to access private account data.
- Before You Begin
- Part 1: Create your API Request URL
- Part 2: Pull Coinbase API Data into Sheets
- Part 3: More Example Coinbase API URLs
- Part 4: Get Private Coinbase Account Data
- Part 5: API Documentation
Before You Begin
Click here to install the API Connector add-on from the Google Marketplace.
Part 1: Create Your Coinbase API Request URL
We'll first access the latest exchange rate data for Bitcoin.
- API root: _URL_
- Endpoint: /v2/exchange-rates
- Query String:?symbol=BTC
Putting it together, we get the full API Request URL:
Part 2: Pull Coinbase API Data into Sheets
Now let's get that data into Sheets.
- Open up Google Sheets and click Extensions > API Connector > Open.
- In the Create tab, enter the API URL we just created.
- Leave the OAuth and Headers sections empty. The market data part of the Coinbase API is public, so we don't need any headers or other authentication.
- Create a new tab, and click Set current to use that tab as your data destination.
- Name your request, and click Run. A moment later you'll see the latest exchange rate data for Bitcoin appear in your Google Sheet:
- If you'd like to see the data in columns instead of rows, create a second sheet and include the Sheets function
- If you only need some of those exchange rates, hit Edit Fields before running your request, and select just the fields you want to see in your sheet.
Part 3: More Example API URLs
Experiment with endpoints and query strings as described in the documentation to see other types of currency and crypto data from the API. For example, you can try the following URLs, one at a time (substitute in other currency symbols or dates, if you like).
- list of all currencies and corresponding symbols
- current spot price of any currency pair (the spot price is usually between the buy and sell price)
- historical price snapshot of currency pair at a specified date
Part 4: Get Private Coinbase Account Data
The above endpoints deal with public market data from the Coinbase API.
If you are instead a Coinbase customer looking to get API data from your own account, they require a more complex authentication process that includes generating a "signature".
To access your private account data, please copy this sheet and follow the instructions within.
Part 5: API Documentation
Official API documentation: _URL_


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GB 8410: Flammability of automotive interior materials
GB 8410 is a kind of Chinese standard specifies the technical requirements and test methods for the horizontal flammability of automotive interior materials. It applies to the assessment of automotive interior materials.
As automotive interior parts (positions, layout and application conditions of the parts, ignition sources, etc.) differ considerably from the test conditions specified in this GB 8410, this Standard does not apply to the assessment of all the actual flammability of automotive interior materials.
2) Test Condition
3) Test Requirement
The flammability of interior materials must meet the following technical requirement:
The burning rate is ≤ 100 mm/min.
15 seconds later, determine whether the flame on the sample goes out or at what time it goes out, the burnt distance of the sample, and the time used in burning this distance.
FMVSS 302：Flammability of materials used in the occupant compartments of motor vehicles
FMVSS 302 is a kind of American standard, which specifies burn resistance requirements for materials used in the occupant compartment of motor vehicle.
FMVSS 302 applies to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles，trucks，and buses.
The purpose of this standard is to reduce the deaths and injuries to motor vehicle occupants caused by vehicle fires，especially those originating in the interior of the vehicle from sources such as matches or cigarette.
The test is conducted in a metal cabinet for protecting the test specimens from drafts. The interior of the cabinet is 381mm long，203mm deep，and 356mm high. It has a glass observation window in the front，a closable opening to permit insertion of specimen holder，and a hole to accommodate tubing for a gas burner.
2) Test Condition
3) Test requirement
1.Materials shall not burn, nor transmit a flam front across its surface，at a rate of more than 102mm/min
2.If a material stops burning before it has burned for 60 seconds from the start of timing，and has not burned more than 51mm from the point where timing was started, it shall be considered to meet the burn-rate requirement of the standard.
4) Sample Required
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1. How the releaser gets rights for release deed to mention it very clearly. Wording and sentence of this should be very precise and clear.
2. The Proper description of the property on which property rights get a release from releaser. For example, releaser going to release the property then describe the land four boundaries of land, Area, Local name, Survey number, pothissa number, Tehsil, District everything in detail.
3. Reasons behind this release deed should be neat, clear and do not have any ambiguity.
4. The release deed language should be easy to understand and meaning of this should be very clear and honest so that afterwards there is no chance of any dispute.
5. Release deed must register in the presence of witnesses with there sign. If the release deed from a woman then its always better the witness is her husband or her son, Her daughter etc.
6. Write the proper name, address, age, sign and thumb of release and releaser.
7. Write the witness with their name, address and sign.
Instead of this releaser must be eligible to release and he/she not in pressure to do it. The said person should not be minor or mad.


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[postgis-users] Aggregate Functions
pramsey at refractions.net
Thu Feb 20 09:48:30 PST 2003
What is an aggregate function? A function which works on a result set
and returns a summary. For example,
select max(salary) from employees
select mean(age) from patients
Both queries return a *single* value, the aggregate result.
What is a spatial aggregate? Same thing, only with goemetries. I really
look forward to being able to do this to create a single drainage
polygon for a river system:
select union(geom) from watersheds where ws_code > '_PHONE_'
Things might get confusing, because the opengis spatial operators will
have the same name but different arguments.
select union(a.geom,b.geom) from a,b where a.id = b.id
The standard union() function is a pairwise union.
I hope that confuses things substantially. :/
| Paul Ramsey
| Refractions Research
| Email: pramsey at refractions.net
| Phone: _PHONE_
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During a recent archaeological site on Guernsey in English Channel scientists made a very unexpected discovery. One From the excavated ancient graves, scientists found the remains of a dolphin.
Philip de Jersey and his colleagues discovered a burial ground in which the bodies of medieval monks were buried. However, among of them, to everyone's surprise, turned out to be the corpse of a marine mammal. The excavation manager reports:
It is very strange. We do not know what to think. What for Someone needed to dig a dolphin here many centuries ago? His grave was dug very carefully and made so that it It looked like a burial place of a person. Apparently, the one who he did, attached great importance to this animal. we wonder why? Dolphins were caught for meat and fat, however, for the first time I see that the animal is buried in a full the grave as a person.
Some researchers have suggested that dolphins could bury here to eat later. They say monks don't I wanted to dig a special hole, so they put their prey to a grave intended for someone. In favor of this hypotheses say traces of salt (a known preservative) found in the earth and the remains of an animal. It is possible that the buried carcass the dolphin was simply forgotten, and other people took it for a grave with by the human body inside.
However, this theory is no less fantastic than all the others, oh which scientists are trying especially not to spread. Nonetheless, as a hypothesis that does not contradict any orthodox dogma science is quite acceptable. But the true reason for this we offer our readers to think about their own graves …


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Do you need to convert a bundle of file from HTM to PDF and set PDF producer? Are you looking for a good document converter, which can help you convert multiple HTM to PDF in a quick and accurate way? Do you want to save your precious time? If so, you should click VeryPDF HTML Converter Command Line to download and install VeryPDF HTML Converter Command Line right away. Because with the help of VeryPDF HTML Converter Command Line, you can only take three steps to batch convert HTM to PDF and batch set PDF producer. The following will show you how to solve your problem via command.
1. Run the command prompt window
2. Type a
Usually, when you only have one file to convert from HTM to PDF and to set PDF producer, theshould include the following four essential items in order: the directory of the executable file, the command which can be used to set PDF producer, the directory of the input file and the directory of the output file. However, if you have a lot of documents to convert from HTM to PDF and to set PDF producer, you may need to use the wildcard * to replace the file name in the command line. Speaking of the command, -producer , which can be used to set PDF producer. The angle brackets are used to enclose essential contents. string refers to character string. And the character string must be enclosed by quotation marks "" in the command line. Taking the following command line as an example, it can be used to set PDF producer as "hello" and convert HTM to PDF in batch
D:\htmltools\htmltools.exe -producer "hello" D:\in\*.htm D:\*.pdf
- D:\htmltools\htmltools.exe ----The directory of the executable file. It shows that the executable file in placed in the folder called htmltools on disk D.
- -producer "hello" ---- the command which set "hello" (without quotation marks) as the new created PDF's producer.
- D:\in\*.htm ---- the directory of the input files. It means that all the HTM files in the folder in on disk D should be the input files.
- D:\*.pdf ---- the directory of the output files. It leads the computer to store all the result files converted from HTM to PDF on disk D.
3. Press "Enter"
Once you press "Enter" on the keyboard, the computer will begin to batch set PDF producer and batch convert HTM to PDF without delay. When you see "result =OK" displayed in the command prompt window, it means that one file has been converted from HTM to PDF. Then you can open the PDF Properties dialog box to view the result.


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Human Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conflict Resolution and the Role of Civil Society
Africa cannot be described as a peaceful continent. Conflicts rage in many regions across the African continent. The apparent insolubility of several of these conflicts compromises hopes that Africans have of a Renaissance on their continent. The conflicts undermine economic development, and result in the further marginalization of Africa within the global political economy. These conflicts result in tragic loss of life, the devastation of communities, and the displacement of millions of people. In the process, human security is severely compromised. According to the Bonn Declaration of 1991 human insecurity refers to a threat to human life, lifestyle or culture. Caroline Thomas further unpacks human security as follows: 'At one level, it is about the fulfilment of basic material needs, and at another it is about the achievement of human dignity, which incorporates personal autonomy, control over one's life, and unhindered participation in the life of the community' (Thomas 1997: 3, in Parleviet 2001).
KeywordsCivil Society Conflict Resolution Early Warning System Armed Conflict African Continent
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TigerSharks are species of humanoid fish-like creatures. These aquatic creatures have have human-like face and body structure but they also have fins and stripes on their bodies like tiger sharks.
The true origins of these beings remain a mystery. Many hundreds of years ago, the TigerSharks were one of the many animal species that were enslaved by Mumm-Ra, the Ever-Living, an evil undead sorcerer who desired universal control. Mumm-Ra had imprisoned all these animal species aboard his massive spaceship and used them for one purpose only - to search for the Power Stones that would endow him with unlimited power.
Each animal specie was assigned a different area to scour on the various planets. Terrestrial animals like Dogs and Lizards would search the lands, while the Birds would explore the skies. Due to their aquatic nature and agility underwater, the TigerSharks were entrusted with the task of searching the various water bodies for the stones.
After Mumm-Ra's two most trusted commanders, Leo and Panthera overthrew their evil master, their spaceship crashed on Third Earth. The TigerSharks were not seen after the crash, but it is likely that like all the other animals, they too settled on the planet. While there is no direct evidence for this, it is possible that the Fishmen might be descendants of the TigerSharks.
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Access AddToFavorites Method Example
AddToFavorites Method – the Add To Favorites method adds the name of the current database to the Favorites folder. When applied to a Control object, the AddToFavorites method adds the hyperlink address contained in a control to the Favorites folder.
The Add To Favorites method has the same effect as clicking AddToFavorites on the Favorites menu on the Web toolbar when view a page on the internet.
Here is an example of adding to favorites the hyperlink contained in a control field on a form:
We add our Blue Claw Database Design url to the field called Field1 on the form. This happens when the form loads in the Form Load event. You could also allow the user to type in the hyperlink address or select it from a list.
Private Sub Form_Load()
Me!Field1.HyperlinkAddress = "_URL_
End Sub
Next, we add the link to our favorites list when the user clicks the Field1 hyperlink.
Private Sub Field1_Click()
Me!Field1.Hyperlink.AddToFavorites
End Sub
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The number of people dying while trying to cross high-speed freeways has skyrocketed 60% in the last 10 years, according to a 2020 report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. To help save lives, the Dallas District of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) turned to an innovative version of an old familiar product.
Over the course of three years, TxDOT saw seven deaths of pedestrians attempting to cross I-30 in Dallas to reach a shopping center. Even though there was a bridge within a quarter mile of either side of where the fatalities occurred, people continued to try to cross eight lanes of interstate highway traffic. TxDOT allocated funds to build a pedestrian bridge, but the department decided to pursue a stopgap measure before bridge construction even began.
"We first considered a chain link fence, but a fence becomes a maintenance issue over time and catches debris," said Martin Gonzalez, an engineer for TxDOT who is now director of maintenance for the Beaumont District. Then he remembered a glare screen product he viewed at the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) Traffic Expo.
Selecting a Solution
The Plasticade glare screen system is a vertical blade and rail system that attaches to the median barrier wall to protect construction workers and drivers on the other side of the highway from the headlight glares of opposing traffic, hence the name. For decades, it has also been used to curtail gawking in work zones. When Gonzalez decided to go with the glare screen, TxDOT became the first known entity to use a glare screen as a pedestrian deterrent.
Glare screen blades are typically 14.5 in. apart, according to Thomas Safford, National Safety Manager for Plasticade, a manufacturer of traffic safety products that designed the innovative glare screen for TxDOT. For this application to deter pedestrians from crossing high-traffic freeways, Plasticade spaced the blades 7.25 in. apart, which makes the glare screen look more like a solid wall. Pedestrians would have to break the blades to get across, which they do not.
TxDOT saw deaths drop from seven to one. "We've found glare screens as a pedestrian deterrent is a low-cost solution with a high success rate," said Gonzalez.
Ease of Installation and Results
Not only is the Plasticade glare screen effective as a pedestrian deterrent, it is also easier to work with. Over 3 miles of glare screen can fit on one semitruck, compared to 1 mile of older versions of the product. Because it stacks, it takes up to one-fifth of the space as a traditional glare screen.
The new and improved glare screen is comprised of durable and long-lasting polymer plastic, which eliminates the possibility of fiberglass splinters or rust. Since it is made from PVC, rather than fiberglass, it does not require workers to wear protective equipment to handle it either.
Following the pilot project, TxDOT expanded with a second project that included more than 125,000 linear ft of installed product on four highways in the Dallas District. The 5 miles of glare screen installation was estimated to take 12 to 14 months to complete. Lite & Barricade of Dallas (L&B) was able to complete the bulk of installation work in under 100 working nights.
According to L&B supervisor Alex Saenz, who led the project as a subcontractor under general contractor Select Maintenance, the installation was surprisingly simple and easy to learn. Installation was completed much sooner than anticipated due to the efficient transport of the product and the ability to quickly assemble the product directly on the barrier, which has minimal parts. Once the crew created a system (one worker places bases, one worker drills holes, one worker installs bolts, and one worker pops in blades), they averaged 1500 linear ft per night.
The Dallas District of TxDOT has greatly expanded the use of glare screens to additional area highways since the initial project several years ago on a short section of I-30.
"If TxDOT decides to remove the product in the future, the system can be easily disassembled and stored compactly," Saenz said. "The future of the product is limitless. Municipalities, counties, toll authorities, and state agencies should all consider the product."
Editor's Note: Scranton Gillette Communications and the SGC Infrastructure Group are not liable for the accuracy, efficacy and validity of the claims made in this piece. The views expressed in this content do not reflect the position of the Roads & Bridges' Editorial Team.


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LONDON - Britain's children are being poisoned by a "junk culture" of processed food, computer games and over-competitive education, an influential group of authors and experts warned on Tuesday.
In an open letter to the Daily Telegraph, 110 teachers, psychologists and children's authors -- including the internationally acclaimed Philip Pullman and Penelope Leach, a leading childcare expert -- called on the government to act now to prevent childhood being killed off altogether.
Forced "to act and dress like mini-adults", children are becoming increasingly depressed and experiencing growing levels of behavioral and developmental problems, they said.
Schoolchildren in a cafeteria. Britain's children are being poisoned by a "junk culture" of processed food, computer games and over-competitive education, an influential group of authors and experts warned on Tuesday. REUTERS/File
"Since children's brains are still developing, they cannot adjust as full-grown adults can, to the effects of ever more rapid technological and cultural change," the letter said.
"They need what developing human beings have always needed, including real food (as opposed to processed "junk"), real play (as opposed to sedentary, screen-based entertainment), first hand experience of the world they live in and regular interaction with the real-life significant adults in their lives."
The letter was circulated by Sue Palmer, an ex-head teacher and author of a book entitled "Toxic Childhood", and Dr Richard House, a senior lecturer at the Research Center for Therapeutic Education at Roehampton University in London.
"Children's development is being drastically affected by the kind of world they are brought up in," Palmer told the Daily Telegraph. "It is shocking."
"A child's physical and psychological growth cannot be accelerated. It changes in biological time, not at electrical speed. Childhood is not a race."
The experts condemned Britain's increasingly "target-driven" education system and urged the government to recognize children's need for more time and space to develop, demanding an urgent public debate on child-rearing in the 21st century.
Award-winning children's author Michael Morpurgo, who also signed the letter, said there was a "drip, drip, drip effect" of academic pressure and marketing which was killing childhood.
"It's gradually soaking like a poison into the culture," he told BBC radio. "There is less room for reading, for dreaming, for music, for drama, for art, and simply for playing."
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correction technique on pixel-wise pharmacokinetic analysis of free-breathing pulmonary dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging}, journal = {J Magn Reson Imaging}, volume = {33}, number = {4}, year = {2011}, month = {2011 Apr}, pages = {968-73}, abstract = {PURPOSE: To investigates the impact of nonrigid motion correction on pixel-wise pharmacokinetic analysis of free-breathing DCE-MRI in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). Misalignment of focal lesions due to respiratory motion in free-breathing dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) precludes obtaining reliable time-intensity curves, which are crucial for pharmacokinetic analysis for tissue characterization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Single-slice 2D DCE-MRI was obtained in 15 patients. Misalignments of SPNs were corrected using nonrigid B-spline image registration. Pixel-wise pharmacokinetic parameters K(trans) , v(e) , and k(ep) were estimated from both original and motion-corrected DCE-MRI by fitting the two-compartment pharmacokinetic model to the time-intensity curve obtained in each pixel. The "goodness-of-fit" was tested with χ(2) -test in pixel-by-pixel basis to evaluate the reliability of the parameters. The percentages of reliable pixels within the SPNs were compared between the original and motion-corrected DCE-MRI. In addition, the parameters obtained from benign and malignant SPNs were compared. RESULTS: The percentage of reliable pixels in the motion-corrected DCE-MRI was significantly larger than the original DCE-MRI (P = 4 {\texttimes} 10(-7) ). Both K(trans) and k(ep) derived from the motion-corrected DCE-MRI showed significant differences between benign and malignant SPNs (P = 0.024, 0.015). CONCLUSION: The study demonstrated the impact of nonrigid motion correction technique on pixel-wise pharmacokinetic analysis of free-breathing DCE-MRI in SPNs.}, keywords = {Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Computer graphics, Contrast Media, Diagnostic Imaging, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Kinetics, Lung, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Motion, Reproducibility of Results, Respiration, User-Computer Interface}, issn = {_PHONE_}, doi = {10.1002/jmri.22490}, author = {Tokuda, Junichi and Mamata, Hatsuho and Gill, Ritu R and Hata, Nobuhiko and Kikinis, Ron and Padera, Robert F and Lenkinski, Robert E and Sugarbaker, David J and Hatabu, Hiroto} } @article {967691, title = {Interactive diffusion tensor tractography visualization for neurosurgical planning}, journal = {Neurosurgery}, volume = {68}, number = {2}, year = {2011}, month = {2011 Feb}, pages = {496-505}, abstract = {BACKGROUND: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) infers the trajectory and location of large white matter tracts by measuring the anisotropic diffusion of water. DTI data may then be analyzed and presented as tractography for visualization of the tracts in 3 dimensions. Despite the important information contained in tractography images, usefulness for neurosurgical planning has been limited by the inability to define which are critical structures within the mass of demonstrated fibers and to clarify their relationship to the tumor. OBJECTIVE: To develop a method to allow the interactive querying of tractography data sets for surgical planning and to provide a working software package for the research community. METHODS: The tool was implemented within an open source software project. Echo-planar DTI at 3 T was performed on 5 patients, followed by tensor calculation. Software was developed that allowed the placement of a dynamic seed point for local selection of fibers and for fiber display around a segmented structure, both with tunable parameters. A neurosurgeon was trained in the use of software in < 1 hour and used it to review cases. RESULTS: Tracts near tumor and critical structures were interactively visualized in 3 dimensions to determine spatial relationships to lesion. Tracts were selected using 3 methods: anatomical and functional magnetic resonance imaging-defined regions of interest, distance from the segmented tumor volume, and dynamic seed-point spheres. CONCLUSION: Interactive tractography successfully enabled inspection of white matter structures that were in proximity to lesions, critical structures, and functional cortical areas, allowing the surgeon to explore the relationships between them.}, keywords = {Adult, Brain Neoplasms, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Female, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Male, Middle Aged, Neurosurgery, Software, Young Adult}, issn = {_PHONE_}, doi = {10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182061ebb}, author = {Golby, Alexandra J and Kindlmann, Gordon and Norton, Isaiah and Yarmarkovich, Alexander and Pieper, Steven and Kikinis, Ron} } @article {967516, title = {Joint segmentation and deformable registration of brain scans guided by a tumor growth model}, journal = {Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv}, volume = {14}, number = {Pt 2}, year = {2011}, month = {2011}, pages = {532-40}, abstract = {This paper presents an approach for joint segmentation and deformable registration of brain scans of glioma patients to a normal atlas. The proposed method is based on the Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm that incorporates a glioma growth model for atlas seeding, a process which modifies the normal atlas into one with a tumor and edema. The modified atlas is registered into the patient space and utilized for the posterior probability estimation of various tissue labels. EM iteratively refines the estimates of the registration parameters, the posterior probabilities of tissue labels and the tumor growth model parameters. We have applied this approach to 10 glioma scans acquired with four Magnetic Resonance (MR) modalities (T1, T1-CE, T2 and FLAIR) and validated the result by comparing them to manual segmentations by clinical experts. The resulting segmentations look promising and quantitatively match well with the expert provided ground truth.}, keywords = {Algorithms, Brain, Brain Mapping, Brain Neoplasms, Glioma, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Models, Statistical, Neoplasms, Pattern Recognition, Automated, Probability}, author = {Gooya, Ali and Pohl, Kilian M and Bilello, Michel and Biros, George and Davatzikos, Christos} } @article {967556, title = {Mapping human cortical areas in vivo based on myelin content as revealed by T1- and T2-weighted MRI}, journal = {J Neurosci}, volume = {31}, number = {32}, year = {2011}, month = {2011 Aug 10}, pages = {11597-616}, abstract = {Noninvasively mapping the layout of cortical areas in humans is a continuing challenge for neuroscience. We present a new method of mapping cortical areas based on myelin content as revealed by T1-weighted (T1w) and T2-weighted (T2w) MRI. The method is generalizable across different 3T scanners and pulse sequences. We use the ratio of T1w/T2w image intensities to eliminate the MR-related image intensity bias and enhance the contrast to noise ratio for myelin. Data from each subject were mapped to the cortical surface and aligned across individuals using surface-based registration. The spatial gradient of the group average myelin map provides an observer-independent measure of sharp transitions in myelin content across the surface--i.e., putative cortical areal borders. We found excellent agreement between the gradients of the myelin maps and the gradients of published probabilistic cytoarchitectonically defined cortical areas that were registered to the same surface-based atlas. For other cortical regions, we used published anatomical and functional information to make putative identifications of dozens of cortical areas or candidate areas. In general, primary and early unimodal association cortices are heavily myelinated and higher, multimodal, association cortices are more lightly myelinated, but there are notable exceptions in the literature that are confirmed by our results. The overall pattern in the myelin maps also has important correlations with the developmental onset of subcortical white matter myelination, evolutionary cortical areal expansion in humans compared with macaques, postnatal cortical expansion in humans, and maps of neuronal density in non-human primates.}, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Myelin Sheath, Nerve Fibers, Myelinated, Young Adult}, issn = {_PHONE_},


.81 m/s 2 (12.13 m + 0.2331 m )
2
(
5.84.
)
THINK: Since the bricks travel at a low, constant speed, use the information given in the problem to find
the tension force that the crane exerts to raise the bricks. The power can be computed by finding the scalar
product of the force vector and the velocity vector.
SKETCH: A free body diagram of the bricks as they are raised to the top of the platform is helpful. The
only forces are tension from the crane and gravity.
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RESEARCH: The average power is the scalar product of the force exerted by the crane on the bricks and
 
the velocity of the bricks: P = F v , where the force is the tension from the crane. (The speed of the bricks
is low, so air resistance is negligible in this case.) The bricks are moving at a constant velocity, so the sum



of the forces is zero and T =
−Fg =
−mg . The velocity is constant and can be computed as the distance

 ∆d
divided by the time v =
.
∆t
SIMPLIFY: Instead of using vector equations, note that the tension force and the velocity are in the same
 
direction. The equation for the power then becomes=
P F=
v Fv cos α , where α is the angle between the
mgd
d
velocity and force. Since T = mg and v = , the power is given by the equation P =
cos α .
t
t
CALCULATE: The mass, distance, and time are given in the problem. The velocity of the bricks is in the
same direction as the tension force, so α = 0.
mgd
P=
cos α
t
75.0 kg ⋅ 9.81 m/s 2 ⋅ 45.0 m
=
cos0°
52.0 s
= _PHONE_ W
ROUND: The mass of the bricks, height to which they are raised, and time are all given to three significant
figures, and the answer should have four significant figures. The average power of the crane is 637 W.
DOUBLE-CHECK: To check, note that the average power is the work done divided by the elapsed time:
W
. Combine this with the equation for the work done by the constant tension force
P=
∆t
 
 F ∆r cos α
 
. Plug in the values for the
W
= F ∆r cos α to find an equation for the average power: P =
∆t



tension force T =
−Fg =
−mg and distance ∆r =45.0 m upward to find:
mgd
cos α
t
75.0 kg ⋅ 9.81 m/s 2 ⋅ 45.0 m
=
cos0°
52.0 s
= _PHONE_ W
When this is rounded to three decimal places, it confirms the calculations.
P=
5.85. =
t
mgd
=
P
=
d
Pt
=
mg
5.86.
( 75.0 kg ) ( 9.81 m/s2 ) ( 45.0 m )
725 W
( 815 W )( 52.0 s )
=
( 75.0 kg ) ( 9.81 m/s2 )
= 45.7 s.
57.6 m.
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Chapter 6: Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
Concept Checks
6.1. b 6.2. a 6.3. c 6.4. e 6.5. e 6.6. d 6.7. b
Multiple-Choice Questions
6.1. a 6.2. c 6.3. e 6.4. e 6.5. d 6.6. e 6.7. d 6.8. e 6.9. a 6.10. d 6.11. c 6.12. c 6.13. b
Conceptual Questions
6.14.
The kinetic energy, K, of an object is proportional to the mass, m, of the object and the square of its speed,
v. The formula is K = mv 2 / 2. The mass is always positive, and the square of the velocity is non-negative.
Since the product of non-negative numbers is non-negative, the kinetic energy of an object cannot be
negative. However, the potential energy of an object can be negative because it is a relative value. An
example of negative potential energy is gravitational potential energy, given by the formula U = mgh,
where m is the mass of the object, g is the acceleration due to gravity, and h is the vertical distance above
the ground. Consider a person standing at the base of a bridge as in the figure below.
(
)
In this coordinate system, the person has potential energy due to =
gravity of U m 9.81 m/s 2 ( −10 m )
relative to the reference point of the bridge. Since a mass is always positive, the potential energy of the
person standing on the ground relative to the bridge above has a negative value.
6.15.
(a) If a person jumps off a table onto the floor, mechanical energy is not conserved. Mechanical energy is
conserved while you are falling towards the floor (assuming energy lost to air resistance is ignored)
because gravitational potential energy is being converted to kinetic energy. However, once you land on the
floor all of the kinetic energy is absorbed by your body on impact. The energy is lost to non-conservative
forces such as friction within your body and heat expelled by your muscles.
(b) The car's mechanical energy is not conserved. Assume a car is on a level plane so it has no gravitational
potential energy. The car is in motion so its energy is in the form of kinetic energy. The energy is lost to
non-conservative forces such as friction on the tires, thermal energy on the car's brakes and energy
dissipated as the car's body is bent by the tree.
6.16.
Work is defined as the dot product of force and displacement. This is indicated in the formula
   


W = F ⋅ ∆r = F ∆r cosθ , where F is the applied force, r is the displacement of the object, and θ is the


angle between the vectors F and r . When you are standing still, the bag of groceries does not travel any

distance, i.e. r = 0 , so there is no work done. Assuming that you do not lift or lower the bag of groceries

when you carry the bag a displacement r across the parking lot, then you do not do any work. This is


because the applied force F is perpendicular to the displacement r . Using θ= 90° in the formula gives
 
 
W= F ∆r cos90=
° F ∆r ⋅ =
0 0 J.
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6.17.
The energy in the system, E, is the sum of the energy stored in the bow by flexing it, Eb , the kinetic energy
of the arrow, K, and the gravitational potential energy of the arrow, U. Let the arrow have mass m and the
bow have spring constant k. Five separate positions of the arrow and bow system will be considered.
Position 1 is where the arrow is put in the bow. Position 2 is where the arrow is pulled back in the bow.
Position 3 is where the bow has returned to its relaxed position and the arrow is leaving the bowstring.
Position 4 is where the arrow has reached its maximum height h. Position 5 is where the arrow has stuck in
the ground.
At position 1 the arrow has gravitational potential energy
=
U mg ( y + d ) (refer to diagram) relative to the
ground. The total energy in the system at this position is=
E1 mg ( y + d ). At position 2, the arrow now
has gravitational potential energy U = mgy and the elastic energy stored in the bow is Eb = kd 2 / 2 due to
(
)
the downward displacement d. The total energy in the system at this position is =
E2 mgy + kd 2 / 2 . The
work done by the bowstring during this displacement is Etot = 2.0 J At position 3, the bow's tension is
released and the arrow is launched with a velocity, v. The total energy is given by
E=
3
( mv
2
)
/ 2 + mg ( y + d ) . The work done on the arrow by the bow is W3 = kd 2 / 2. At position 4, the
arrow has reached its maximum height, h. At this position, the velocity of the arrow is zero, so the kinetic
energy is zero. The total energy is given by E4 = mgh. The work done on the arrow by gravity is equal to
the change in kinetic energy, W4 =
∆K =−
0 mv 2 / 2. At position 5, the arrow has hit the ground and stuck
in. The total energy is E5 = 0. When the arrow hits the ground the energy of the system is dissipated by
friction between the arrow and the ground. The work done on the arrow by gravity during its fall is given
(
)
by W5 =
∆K =mv 2 / 2 − 0. This is equal to the kinetic energy of the arrow just before it strikes the
ground.
6.18.
(a) Assuming both billiard balls have the same mass, m, the initial energies, E Ai and EBi are given by
EAi = mgh and EBi = mgh. The final energy is all due to kinetic energy, so the final energies are
(
)
(
)
EAf = mv A 2 / 2 and EBf = mv B2 / 2. By conservation of energy (assuming no loss due to friction),
(
)
Ei = Ef . For each


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These principles are intended to underpin all decisions made within Transition Leicester, to act as guidelines to help us evaluate our activities and to underpin our aims. They are all important and many are connected. They are ordered from principles focussed on why we do what we do, towards principles of how we work.
1. Recognising our current challenges
2. Planning for a positive future
3. Social justice
4. Inner transition
5. Being the change
6. Valuing diversity
7. A local focus
8. Working with others
9. A grassroots movement
10. Sensitive and effective awareness raising
11. Consensus and subsidiarity
12. An enriching experience
13. A learning process
- The issues of Climate Change and Peak Oil need urgent action.
- It is impossible for economic growth to be sustained forever, and pursuing this goal encourages unsustainable patterns of consumption.
- Life with less energy appears inevitable, and this creates the need to plan for this change in our community.
- We believe that a world using less energy and resources could, if properly planned for and designed, be more resilient, abundant and pleasurable than it is now. We therefore see our current situation as a positive opportunity, not just a threat.
- We think it is important to engage people in creating positive visions of future life in our area and in acting to make these visions reality.
- We recognise that the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and our future are important, and we value work to find or create stories which fit with the reality of a low carbon future.
- Our focus is on engaging people to act through the emotions of hope, optimism and the desire to live more satisfying lives, rather than by engendering guilt or fear. One important motivating idea is to see Transition Leicester's work as the start of what could be a truly historic process.
- We recognise that the UK (like other industrialised countries) has contributed disproportionately to Climate Change, making us responsible to the communities affected by it across the world.
- The actions we take need to be just, both locally and internationally.
- A transition to a sustainable and resilient society will not be possible without changes in our values, world view and patterns of thinking.
- Our work will therefore try to move beyond the surface to a deeper relationship with ourselves, other people, and the world. It will act on many levels including practical and physical, emotional, psychological, relational, community, spiritual and intellectual.
- Humans and nature are inextricably linked. We need to recognise the links in our thinking and support values which put more focus on the wellbeing of other people and other living things.
- We will try to cultivate an alternative to 'us and them' thinking styles (such as scapegoating, blaming, encouraging guilt, and being 'against' organisations or people).
- We recognise that nobody is perfect and that everyone is at a different stage in this process of change, so our events and activities will offer a supportive and non-judgemental environment.
- We recognise that what we do will shape the future we end up with, and are therefore committed to taking action through our groups, projects and activities to put our goals into practice.
- Our main focus is on positive solutions, so we are cautious about protesting or campaigning against things.
- To respond the challenges that our community faces, we believe that everyone is needed.
- Everybody has valuable things to bring to Transition Leicester. By including people from different cultural backgrounds and with diverse opinions and ways of working, Transition Leicester will be stronger, more effective and more resilient. The events and projects we organise therefore offer opportunities for everyone to contribute.
- People in our community who have had experience of life without cheap oil have particularly valuable knowledge and skills to share.
- In the future we will increasingly have to meet our needs using local resources, so our work focuses on action in our local area.
- This means thinking on the level of Leicester as a whole, but also crucially on the level of neighbourhoods and individual streets.
- We see one of our main roles as being to act as a catalyst, inspiring and supporting action taken by others that addresses the aims of Transition Leicester.
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- We will strive to communicate effectively by making our language appropriate and accessible for our audience and making our interactions engaging and enjoyable.
- We will not give out emotionally disturbing information without offering people opportunities to meaningfully act in response ("no urgency without agency") and a chance to emotionally process the information.
- We believe that everyone with a stake in decisions about Transition Leicester should be able to have an input into those decisions. We believe that the best decisions are those that take the views of everyone concerned into account and that everyone feels able to live with.
- Within meetings, this means that decisions will be made wherever possible by the explicit consensus of any group which makes them.
- The principle of "subsidiarity" means that decisions are made at the most appropriate, practical and empowering level. This implies a preference for taking decisions at a lower level wherever possible (for example, decisions relating to projects/subgroups are made at that level, rather than by the steering group).
- We believe that involvement with Transition Leicester should offer people a chance to do things they enjoy, to gain new skills and self-confidence and to take on positions of responsibility.
- We will therefore work through our activities to empower, support and train others (especially in skills which support the work of Transition Leicester).
- We believe that involvement with Transition Leicester should be a sustainable activity, so we commit to recognise and accept our limits, and to ask for support as and when we need it.
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- We will try to base our actions on the best available information and research on the issues we address and on how to meet our aims effectively.
- We are committed to being transparent. This means that our meetings will be open, we will keep accounts recording our income and expenditure, document our activities, and make these documents available.


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Charnel -house statues – part of the unique cultural identity of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) ethnic groups, are likely to disappear, experts warn.
It is said that the statues were used at the grave-leaving ceremony – the last farewell of the living before seeing off the dead to the other world. Usually, at each grave-leaving ceremony, tens or even hundreds of statues were carved.
Cemeteries of a huge number of wooden statues are usually located in forest, so it is imaginable that visitors think they are lost in between the worlds of reality and spirits.
Doctor Ngo Van Doanh, an expert in Tay Nguyen culture, visited the cemeteries in the Tay Nguyen region, a labyrinth of wooden statues with different figures.
"Usually there is a couple of male and female statues by the door of each charnelhouse, the statue of a pregnant woman by the side, and seated statues of new-born babies in the house's corners," Doanh said.
"These statues spell out the cycle of birth: conception, pregnancy, then deliverance. The statues do not present specific people, they are universal."
However, they are dwindling.
Many cemeteries in Dak Lak province, for example, that were once a complex of statues have now decreased in size due to thieves.
Noticeably, tens of statues at a cemetery in Buon Don district disappeared in one night recently.
"Previously, hundreds of people in the area could carve charnel house statues. Unfortunately, only a handful of people in my village and ones nearby can, and they all are quite old now," said patriarch Ma H'trinh of Buon Don district's Yang Lanh village.
"Of course, a number of young people in the area can whittle statues of this kind. Yet their statues are carved so carefully but without a soul," he said.
Doanh agreed, saying that charnelhouse statues used to be carved with primitive tools such as axes and knives, thus revealing the character's miens. Nowadays, craftsmen make the statues look like real people, but the original and artistic value of the statues is lost.
Truong Bi, deputy head of Dak Lak's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and expert in Tay Nguyen culture, lamented: "The philosophy of human life and the cycle of birth is also lost".
"New statues do not appear to be 'deep in thought' and plainly-carved like the traditional ones; they resemble servants of death," Bi said.
The other reason behind the gradual vanishing of charnel house statues was the decreased number of carvers and the increased scarcity of carving tools, he added.
"The number of people able to carve traditional statues is getting smaller and smaller because the younger generation shows no interest in the craft."
Furthermore, cemented and concrete graves were replacing more traditional charnel houses, Bi said. /.
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- Cervical stabilization for extrication and rehabilitation
- Large tracheal opening allows for optimal visualization
- Helps reduce lateral movement
- Foldable and moldable before and after application
- X-ray translucent.
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Introducing a moldable emergency neck brace, comprised of a soft aluminum and coated with high density PU foam. These specific design characteristics allow the brace to be folded or rolled for compact storage. This allows for convenient transport in backpacks, kits and narrow pockets. A series of moldable small wings are positioned under the chin in order to conform to each patient's unique features. Once applied to a patient, it becomes rigid and the neck is tightly immobilized. Once in place, the device features an elliptical hole on the backside and a large oval shaped hole on the front side which allows for a tracheotomy. Necklite is X-ray translucent, it allows therefore to submit the patient to X-ray while he wears on the device. CE approved.
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I am confused about using the word only. I often hear it being used in many contexts that sound wrong to me - but I'm not sure if it's me or them.
Let me give some examples:
A: Where were you yesterday evening?
B: I was at the coffee house.
A: Hey, I was there only; how come we didn't meet?
I guess the correct usage here would be I was also there or I was there too, right?
How about this:
A: Did you complete that task?
B: No, but I am doing that only
The word only is used here to stress on the fact that he is doing that (and not something else). I guess this usage stems from an equivalent usage in Hindi and other Indian languages. What's the correct way to express this? I feel I am still working on that is not the same - it sounds more like I haven't figured out how to do it, as opposed to this is a difficult task, it'll take some time
Another one:
A: How many questions have you asked in this forum?
B: I have asked only one question.
C: I have asked one question only.
Who is correct - B or C?
I'm with B on this one, but I don't know if C is correct too.
PS: In case you haven't guessed it already, I'm not a native English speaker :)
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Example 1 seems to be legitimate Indian English, see
Something which Indian English has that is not found in other varieties of English is the use of only and itself to emphasize time and place. It comes from the Hindi word hi and produces sentences like "I was in Toledo only" and "Can we meet tomorrow itself?"
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More discussion on 'only' in Indian English here Dustin Freeman
Example 2 is probably Indian English too. You could say you are concentrating on that task, if you wanted to be better understood by a foreign audience.
Example 3: either is correct, I would think the 2nd is more colloquial
I don't think you be misunderstood with any of these colloquialisms. To me they are colourful additions to the language
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Thanks for the info on Indian English. Example 1 sounds more like a case where an English word was appropriated to translate a Hindi word that has no direct English equivalent. Or as Wikipedia puts it: "Several idiomatic forms, derived from Indian literary and vernacular language, also have made their way into Indian English." And later: "The use of colloquial phrases in schools, universities and formal situations will be considered incorrect and the speaker is advised to use formal British English." No reference for that last assertion is given, though. – Doug Oct 1 '10 at 19:02
#1 is considered as correct usage by most people around here, but they (or should I say we) don't stop there. I hear things like "Can we meet tomorrow only?" on a daily basis. That said, I can't find anything wrong with "Can we meet tomorrow itself?" - what would be the correct usage here? – Amarghosh Oct 4 '10 at 5:01
Only is an interesting word in that it can change the meaning of sentence depending on its placement. Take, for example, the sentence I love her. Putting only in all the different places in the sentence changes the meaning completely:
Only I love her: I am the only person that loves her.
I only love her: Love is the only feeling I have for her, nothing else.
I love only her: She is the only person I love.
I love her only: Same as the previous.
Back to the question at hand, I agree with both other posters that #1 is wrong, #2 is correct but awkward, and #3 is correct either way.
I would correct #2 by saying, "I am only doing that" or "I am only working on that." In conversation, I would probably stress it with, "I am only working on that—nothing else."
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Fair enough, Cindi. You're right, I was looking at it from a purely American perspective. – michaelkoss Oct 1 '10 at 19:21
Your observation about only is correct, but it is not exclusive to only. Generally, adverbs change their scope depending on their position. Replace only with even, for example, and you get the same thing happening. – Kosmonaut Oct 2 '10 at 13:54
For what it's worth, in Indian English, the first three have the same meaning while "I love her only" means "She is precisely the person I love" (or, say, "Hey, that's the person I love!") — it puts emphasis on "her". – ShreevatsaR Sep 10 '11 at 5:33
I agree with Midhat that #1 is completely wrong and #3 is fine either way. (For #3, answer C is less common and sounds very slightly stilted or overly formal, but still grammatically unobjectionable.)
For #2, I would say, "I am working on that exclusively." Meaning: I am not finished with that task, but I have made it my highest (and only) priority and will work on nothing else until it is finished.
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Agreed. An alternative for 2 would also be: "I am only working on that." It's all about word positioning. – Noldorin Oct 1 '10 at 14:23
Thanks _USER_. I guess I should say that outside of Indian English, #1 would be considered incorrect. – Doug Oct 1 '10 at 19:03
The first instance looks plain wrong. Maybe the speaker wanted to Say I was there only yesterday, which can imply I was also there yesterday
#2 seems correct
#3 seems correct either way
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#2 really isn't correct. See Doug's answer. – Noldorin Oct 1 '10 at 14:24
Thanks. Unfortunately, the first usage is the most common one I see around here :| – Amarghosh Oct 1 '10 at 14:24
Change the punctuation on #1 and it becomes
Hey, I was there; only how come we didn't meet?
The speaker is saying, I was there, too, but since I didn't see you, either there are special circumstances (you were wearing a disguise and hiding in a dark corner, or you popped in and out for only a minute), or you weren't really there and I've blown your alibi.
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This paper proposes the method to separate polyphonic music signal into signals of each musical instrument by NMF: Non-negative Matrix Factorization based on preservation of spectrum envelope. Our method bases on a common feature of harmonic signal: spectrum envelopes of musical signal in close pitches played by the harmonic music instrument would be similar. We estimate power spectrums of each instrument by NMF with restriction to synchronize spectrum envelope of bases which are allocated to all possible center frequencies of each instrument. This manipulation means separation of components which refers to tones of each instrument and realizes both of separation without pre-training and separation of signal including harmonic and non-harmonic sound. We had an experiment to decompose mixture sound signal of MIDI instruments into each instrument and evaluated the result by SNR of single MIDI instrument sound signals and separated signals. As a result, SNR of lead guitar and drums approximately marked 3.6 and 6.0 dB and showed significance of our method.
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Postcode ML1 5DG is the address of 8 Hillside Crescent, Newarthill, Motherwell which is in region of Scotland. 8 Hillside Crescent, Newarthill, Motherwell is within Motherwell North ward It falls under constituency Airdrie and Shotts. The nearest station is Carfin which is 0.62km away from the postcode. The postcode ML1 5DG is under the Scotland police force and Scottish Water is the main water supplier in the area
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Step 1: Gather the Supplies
Gather Supplies into your workspace, and keep everything spread out far enough so you have room to work.
Step 2: Prepare the Bottle
Take off the wrapper and mark lines on where to cut the bottle with the box cutter. Mark around where the neck of the bottle and the rest of the bottle flattens out, then mark at the bottom. Then one line going down the side. Next make two sets of lines on each side for a rubber band so it can go around your head. This will allow you to feed the rubber band in through one slit and back out of the second slit so you can tie the rubber band into a knot.
Step 3: Cut the Bottle
Cut the 2 liter bottle where you drew your lines. I recommend to cut at first using the box cutter until you have room to use the scissors to finish the cutting.
Step 4: Flatten the Plastic
In this step you will need to use a hair dryer to help flatten the plastic from the bottle that you cut out. You will need to have two heavy objects just to weigh down each side of the plastic so you can use the hair dryer. Then turn the hair dryer on high and put it close to the plastic so it will soften and form to the new position of being flat instead of curved.
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You will need some rubber bands for this step, you can use one big one or more than one by tying them together. When you have the desirable length of the band, then you would tie it through the holes that you cut out in the last step.
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A survey of more than 900 Tennessee adults, conducted from March 26, 2021, to April 9, 2021, found that people living in rural Tennessee experience greater healthcare affordability burdens than people living in non-rural areas of the state. Almost 7 in 10 (67%) of rural adults experienced one or more of the following healthcare affordability burdens in the prior 12 months, compared to almost 6 in 10 non-rural residents:
1) Being Uninsured Due to High Premium Costs1
2) Delaying or Forgoing Healthcare Due to Cost
Six in ten rural Tennessee adults (60%) encountered one or more of the following cost-related barriers to getting healthcare during the prior 12 months, compared to 49% of non-rural Tennessee adults.
Moreover, cost was by far the most frequently cited reason for not getting needed medical care for both non-rural and rural residents, exceeding a host of other barriers like transportation, difficulty getting an appointment and lack of childcare.
3) Struggling to Pay Medical Bills
Other times, Tennessee adults got the care they needed but struggled to pay the resulting bill. Almost half (42%) of rural Tennessee adults experienced one or more of the following struggles to pay their medical bills in the prior 12 months, compared to 31% of non-rural Tennessee adults:
Large shares of both rural and non-rural Tennessee residents reported high levels of worry about affording healthcare in the future. However, rural residents experience slightly higher levels of worry—eight in ten rural respondents (80%) reported being "worried" or "very worried" about one of more of the following topics, compared to 76% of non-rural residents:
In light of these healthcare affordability concerns, it is not surprising that both non-rural and rural Tennessee residents were extremely dissatisfied with the health system. More than 7 in 10 rural residents (71%) and 6 in 10 non-rural residents (65%) agreed or strongly agreed that "the system needs to change," compared to 36% of both non-rural and rural residents who agreed or strongly agreed that "we have a great healthcare system in the U.S."
Tennessee adults do see a role for themselves in addressing healthcare affordability problems. Both non-rural and rural residents reported actions they have already taken, like researching the cost of a drug beforehand (56% of non-rural residents/60% of rural residents), as well as actions they should be taking. Sixty-eight percent of rural adults and 69% of non-rural adults believed that taking better care of their personal health is one of the top things they can do personally to address affordability. In addition, 77% said they would switch from a brand to an equivalent generic drug if given a chance (75% of rural residents/79% of non-rural residents).
But, in far greater numbers, Tennessee adults see government as the key stakeholder that needs to act to address health system problems. Examples of strategies that received support across party lines included:
The high burden of healthcare affordability, along with high levels of support for change, suggest that elected leaders and other stakeholders need to make addressing healthcare costs a top priority. Moreover, the current COVID crisis is leading state residents to take a hard look at how well health and public health systems are working for them, with strong support for a wide variety of actions. Annual surveys can help assess whether or not progress is being made.
1. We received too few responses at the regional level to provide a reliable estimate for this statistic, however these respondents are represented in the overall "burdened" population.
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Why not to use -dev versions of Drupal-modules.
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Let us assume that a release is some form of agreement between the developers and her users. Usually a release indicates that:
 - The releasable version is considered in a certain state. A state that can be communicated with the users (stable, beta, alpha, security-fix etceteras).
 - The release indicates an immutable point in time and development. Even twenty years from now, you can rewind to release XYZ and find it in the exact same state.
 - A release is typically kept forever. Unless, off course, the entire project is removed, that release will exist, with the exactly predictable (and often documented) bugs, shortcomings and other incompatibility. In most complex software projects (and your Drupal-core + 30 contribs is such a project) you will always choose predictability over newness.
 - A release often runs trough test-cycles. This will be stated in the projects documentation. Most often trough simple "we are beta, please install and report back", but sometimes trough entire Continuous Integration cycles.
 - Documentation, Readme's, third-party dependencies are most often developed parallel. A release is a point where they are all brought together and synchronised. This can, indeed, easily mean that a -dev version has less bugs then a release. In most situations that is very logical: you make a release. It contains 6 bugs, 3 are solved, not enough for a new release. Now the -dev release contains 3 bugs and the released version 6. To many people this is an indication that the -dev release is "better" then the released version.
Dev versions may (and often are) be end of line versions. I have, for example, worked on a fully OOP, for users entirely backwards compatible, replacement for Tagadelic. (It is on hold, mostly due to my lessening Drupal involvement). If it is released, there will be an upgrade path from the various releases to the new version. But not from each and every nightly-build -dev. This is part of that "agreement". Dev versions might stop working from one day to another. Often large refactorings mean that features have to pulled out for a few commits, or that entire subsets stop working. A rewrite will break compatibility with other modules for a while, at least. So even if it works now, you simply never know if it will tomorrow. Dev versions are aimed at developers. So all the nice tools to lower the barrier for the larger public, such as installers, integration, end-users documentation and so on, are often neglected during this period. "It does not work -what does not work? -it shows nothing on the installer? -what does the debug-log show you? -the what, I don't know how to look at the log". Such tickets and emails are all too common and are utter time-wasters. If you don't know how to read and debug code, then a -dev version, being for developers, is not for you. You may try it, but certainly should not expect a smooth ride. And definitely not consume precious developers-time by filing already known- or duplicate bugs :).
A few more practical reasons not to use -dev versions are:
 - You have not pinned a point in time and development: there is nothing more time-consuming and infuriating then attempting to find the exact time and date for some arbitrary -dev module in some arbitrary three year old Drupalsite that is handed to you.
 - You cannot be certain of proper database updates. They are (or should be) guaranteed between releases, but not between -dev versions. chances are that some untested database change between -dev versions spoils your entire database. And if it can happen, it will happen.
 - The state is uncertain: whereas a release has known issues and bugs, a -dev version is in a state of brokenness (or else it could be a release, now, shouldn't it?) which is entirely unknown. Installing a -dev version is a little like trial-and-error debugging and coding: it might get you a working environment. But if you have no idea why it works, you are probably worse off then when you had a none-working environment but knew exactly why it did not work.
 - The userbase is small and spread out very thin. There is only one Latest Release, making it the most used version. But there are new -dev version rolled out every night, making the amount of users who run the exact same version as you, very small. This fact, is actually the whole concept behind the "agreement-thing".
TL;DR You know exactly what you get when you pick a released version. You never know what you get or where it may take you, when you pick a -dev.
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Called the WestJet Flight Light, the airplane-shaped gadget (when viewed from above) is linked by Bluetooth to a nearby smartphone running a dedicated app.
When the travelling parent is about to leave on their flight home, they enter their flight number into that same app, thus indicating that they're on their way. The internet-connected application then tracks their flight in real time, relaying the data to the Flight Light. That device in turn projects a continuously-updated flight map onto the child's bedroom ceiling.
Parents can also use the app to send text messages to their kids while en route, with those messages appearing on the ceiling alongside the map. Once the flight reaches its destination, the plane on the map pulses accordingly.
When neither parent is travelling, the Flight Light doubles as a plain ol' night light. Additionally, its central cylindrical section can be removed and used like a flashlight that projects an airplane symbol onto walls, pets, or whatever it's pointed at.