Small Businesses Can Bridge the Budget Gap with Travel Analytics
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Multinational companies outsource their travel procurement to specialized travel management companies. So how can small businesses and fledgling travel programs operate as efficiently as these global companies with hefty travel budgets and specialized affiliates?
The answer is to embrace new technology and implement a smart strategy based on accurate travel analytics.
In general, larger companies hold many advantages over smaller ones. Large companies possess more leverage to negotiate advantageous deals with hotels and airlines. In addition, larger companies tend to find it easier to automate tasks like expense reporting than smaller ones. However, new technologies driven by machine learning and A.I. now allow smaller companies to even the playing field. SMBs can compete with multinationals by harnessing the power of data. There are three important phases: (i) collecting data from multiple sources, (ii) analyzing the data to reveal patterns, and (iii) implementing that analysis into travel policies and buying decisions. Today's technology is opening up travel management to efficiency and cost-saving opportunities, including predictive analytics.
How Do Predictive Analytics Work?
By using internal trends in past spending as well as external factors like weather, travel managers can predict future outcomes and adjust their booking decisions accordingly. For example, travel managers can narrow in on an optimal travel budget to set for a particular trip based on aggregate spending data from all past trips across all employees. In addition, travel managers can know exactly when to book hotels based on running a predictive model that forecasts when a particular vendor's prices will be lowest over the course of the year, or how events like the Super Bowl will affect pricing for trips during that month. Travel managers can arm their business travelers with knowledge that impacts them both in the air and on the ground.
The Importance of Data Collection
Just as important as the substance of business meetings, the aggregated data of a company's business travel is extremely valuable to a company, especially when every dollar counts. First, it's important to harness technology to receive business travel data in its totality.
Just like the multinationals, smaller companies now share the same access to technology that embeds AI into their corporate travel programs to collect big data and make for smarter, more efficient travel and improved compliance. And while the larger companies may take a more lackadaisical approach and allow some meaty insights to slip through the cracks, that leaves opportunities for scrappy SMBs to make use of their ingenuity and creativity to operate a tighter ship, relatively. Using intelligence from combined data sources–from reservations to receipts–will help companies build up a more comprehensive picture of their travellers and booking.
How to Avoid the Unseen Iceberg: Audits
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One disastrous obstacle that travel managers might not anticipate until it happens is a company audit. Corporate travel expense is one of the most difficult areas to clear an audit because it's difficult to verify the expenses from varied locations. The best way to avoid the issue is to plan ahead and equip your travel program with today's all-encompassing data collection tools.
For example, Traxo offers a suite of data collection and analysis tools to create full visibility for booking data, regardless if it's done in-channel or independently. Traxo transforms booking info from flights, hotels and car rentals into actionable data that is consolidated all in one place.
To simplify expense reporting, Folio, created by Chrome River, analyzes emails, credit card data, etc. and automatically morphs it into structured expense reports. Chrome River's dynamic readout can be configured to analyze by expense type, the charge code or billable client requirements. Not only does Folio cut down on accounting busywork, it helps control travel policy compliance.
Claire is a big data enabled artificial intelligence assistant that is available 24/7 to assist business travelers with booking policy-compliant flights seamlessly via their mobile device. Business travelers send a text message to Claire, who then responds with trip options based on individual preferences and past booking history. Claire applies travel policy automatically and tracks and reports travel expense data in real-time through a travel manager dashboard
Recycle Travel Expense Data to Improve Future Trips
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If you run a corporate travel program for a small or mid-sized company, you're expected to make use of Travel Expense Data in order to increase R.O.I. Analyzing data is one of the most time-consuming tasks performed by a travel manager. Peter Levine of Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz notes that "More than 90 per cent of the data in the world today was created in the last two years alone." With the exponential rise of big data, technology analysts predict that most multinational companies will employ a chief data officer by the end of 2019. As an SMB, the way to compete with this trend is personalization.
You can add personalized value to analytics by asking specific questions pre and post booking. With this personalized approach, you can pinpoint common issues and understand why they happen. For example:
 - Why did a business traveler disregard policy?
 - Why was a booking placed at the last minute?
 - Why was an expensive itinerary change made?
 - Why did a traveler look up a flight but choose not to book it?
Post-trip reports deliver transparency of trip expenses and bookings, and any deviation from travel policy will enable you to further manage policy compliance or put in place stricter measures as required.
We've already provided a Travel Policy Template, and this valuable traveler data will help you amend your travel policy to mitigate instances of noncompliance.
Validating Vendor Loyalty
Are you loyal to your hotel vendor just for loyalty's sake, or do you have hard data to reaffirm your decision?
Applications that make use of machine-learning and artificial intelligence are transforming the manipulation of data so travel managers can truly analyze the value of vendor relationships.
New technology allows travel managers to build a total cost of trip view by traveler across multiple data sources to manage multiple travelers simultaneously like a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy gamer.
For example, once considered a discouraged off-platform booking, Airbnb has now established AirBnB for Work, a real-time booking program specifically designed for corporate travel managers that automatically routes AirBnb reservations into the company's travel management system. Travel managers can log into the AirBnB for Work dashboard to minimize travel costs by evaluating average daily rate, total spend and full booking details for all trips across all employees.
Holding on to the Human Element in Travel Planning
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Even though companies like Troovo are popping up that provide end-to-end automation of bookings and transactions, travel managers should not accept automation haphazardly.
Corporate travel management is largely a data-intensive practice, but it should not become exclusively about the numbers. One fear is that increased focus on automation will leave the business traveler experience out of the equation. There is still a need for human emotional intelligence within the decisionmaking chain to look out for the best interest of the business traveler.
As a corporate travel manager, your goal is to optimize travel expenses and increase savings. On the one hand, you serve the company by making economical decisions. But on the other hand, you represent the best interest for your employees out there on the road in terms of comfort, safety and well-being.
How to Accurately Report on Employee Satisfaction
Collecting receipts and monitoring per diem is one thing, but how can travel managers accurately collect data on their employee satisfaction? You can tally the number of times an employee uses the company credit card or orders an Uber, but how do you put a numerical value on employee satisfaction? The old-school way would be to pass out post-trip questionnaires to employees when they return to the office and rely on those answers. But is there a better way to pool data from a variety of sources to come to a more accurate conclusion? Stay tuned as we delve into which metrics matter in determining business traveler satisfaction.
Future Predictive Analytics Exploration
Big data and predictive analytics are a travel manager's secret weapons. Beyond simple cost-cutting, there is real potential in the ability to use big data to maximize efficiency within a corporate travel program by extracting insights from rich data sets. In the coming weeks, 30STF will be taking on an in-depth exploration of travel analytics and sharing ways that big data can be used more innovatively and strategically.
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Transnational Mexican-origin families : ways of knowing and implications for schooling
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Transnational Mexican-origin Families is a qualitative study of four working class, Mexican-origin families who resided in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. region and who also made return visits to Mexico at least every two years. Through critical ethnographic case studies, the researcher worked with the families for over two years in multi-sited ethnography, with locations in the U.S. and Mexico. The dissertation examines the following question: What are the ways of knowing of Mexican-origin transnational students and their families in the Washington, D.C. area, and how do these transnational families experience their ways of knowing regarding education in formal schooling contexts? Using transnational theory and Gloria Anzaldúa's theory of conocimiento, or knowing, this study shows how transnational families' ways of knowing are situated in three mutually-constituted domains. They are: 1) chained knowing, including the ways participants are chained to the Mexican-U.S. border and to their communities in Mexico and the U.S., 2) sobrevivencia or survivalist knowing, in terms of how the families both survive and thrive, highlighting what I call their "underdog mentality" as well as the matters of life and death on both sides of the border, and 3) Nepantlera knowing, or an in-between knowing, which allows for attempts at bridge buildings and creation of Third Spaces. In regards to schooling, the transnational aspects of these families' lives remained hidden, despite the students' eagerness to share about their transnationalism. Schools tended to respond to their transnational families along the "continuum of the comfortable," or a line where schools increased their outreach to these families only moderately and only along their terms. The intention of this research is to disrupt assimilationist discourses about immigrants, particularly in light of the need to be able to navigate an increasingly globalized world. Preliminary findings suggest the need to begin to reframe immigrants as transnational, value their language heritages, disrupt the comfort of educators in their outreach to transnational families, and for educators, in particular, to learn to do the work of border crossing in their outreach to transnational families.

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Does A Statement Need To Be Signed?
What is a statement of truth?
A statement of truth states that a party believes the facts stated in a document to be true and accurate.
It should be signed either by the party or, in the case of a witness statement, by the maker of the statement..
What evidence is needed for a conviction?
beyond a reasonable doubt." – Not only must the prosecution introduce evidence of guilt, it must prove the defendant's guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt." If the prosecution presents some evidence, but not enough to clearly prove that the defendant committed the crime, the jury should find the defendant not guilty.
How do you write a signed statement?
Tips in Writing an Official Statement LetterBe direct. … Write succinctly, meaning you should be brief.Provide necessary data and supporting details to make it clearer.Use easy to understand words. … Be accurate and factual.Provide a call-to-action, should it be necessary.Proofread and edit.
Is an unsigned witness statement valid?
Overall for most of the Tribunals there is nothing in the rules to say that a witness statement must be signed, therefore judicial discretion is applied if a unsigned witness statement is accepted. … Rule 16(1) empowers the Tribunal to order or require one.
Who can sign the statement of truth?
What happens if I recant my statement?
a prosecutor can still file criminal charges against a defendant, and. if a person recants a statement because it was false or a lie, that person could face criminal consequences.
What does a statement of truth look like?
1. The Statement of Truth will state "I believe the facts stated in this document [for example a statement] are true". Therefore, a person signing it must believe the content of the document is true. … The person signing the Statement of Truth must sign their usual signature and print their full name.
What happens if you lie on a statement of truth?
CPR 32.14 sets out the consequences of submitting a false statement of truth – notably that a party can make an application for proceedings for contempt of court against an individual who makes, or causes to be made, a false statement in a document that has been verified by a statement of truth without possessing an …
Does a police statement have to be signed?
Giving a written statement Once the statement has been written, the police officer will ask you to read it to check it's accurate. You can ask the police officer to read your statement to you. You will be asked to sign the statement to say that it is an accurate account of what you think happened.
Can a statement of truth be signed electronically?
An electronic signature could, for example, be in the form of the following being included next to a statement of truth: a tick box, a printed name, an image of a signature or a digital signature generated by commercial software.
How do you sign off a statement?
How do you write a statement for something that happened at work?
How to Write a Statement on Coworkers ArguingAssess the Situation. Jot down notes about everything that is relevant to the specific incident. … Begin Your Formal Letter. … Address Your Letter. … Write the Body of Your Letter. … Write the Conclusion of Your Letter. … Sign Your Letter. … Include Any Relevant Materials.
How do you convince a prosecutor to drop charges?
Though challenging, you can persuade a prosecutor to dismiss criminal charges for several reasons. The primary reasons are weak evidence, illegally obtained evidence, and procedural and administrative errors. Know, however, that a prosecutor may dismiss or drop a case and then refile it.
What evidence Cannot be used in court?
Can you take back a statement made to police?
If you withdraw your statement, the case might still go to court if the police think they have enough evidence to prosecute the suspect. If you want to withdraw your statement because you're worried about giving evidence, you should tell the police how you feel.
Is a witness statement confidential?
Are witness statements confidential? Not quite. Once your witness statement is served, it may only be used for the legal proceedings for which it is produced. the witness statement has been put into evidence at a hearing to be held in public, ie in open court.
What should be included in a witness statement?
It should contain all of the evidence that you want the court to have about the case and the reasons why you want the judge to make certain orders or directions. A witness statement should be factual and state what was seen, heard or felt by the person writing the statement.
How do you begin a statement?
Start with why you chose it, then try and summarise this in one or two sentences. Be original and refer to personal experiences as a way to draw attention. Avoid overused opening sentences, quotes and clichés like 'when I was young…' They want to know about you now, not your childhood or Shakespeare!
Can I withdraw my victim statement?
If you're a victim or prosecution witness, you can ask the Crown Prosecution Service ( CPS ) to see your statement again before you go to court to refresh your memory. You can add things to your statement if you remember them later on, but you cannot withdraw it.
Can a written statement be used as evidence?
Usually a written statement has to be notarized in order to be used in court. However, if there is a trial then the person would have to be present to testify and be cross-examined by the other side.
Is a witness statement enough to convict?
Witnesses are evidence. Their evidence is eyewitness testimony. The rule says that one witness is enough to convict, if the jury believes that witness. … People have been convicted of crimes on the testimony of a single witness without any physical evidence.


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New Lanark is an eighteenth century restored cotton mill village on the banks of the River Clyde, close to the Falls of Clyde in Southern Scotland. New Lanark was created as a cotton-spinning village in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century and was transformed under the management of Robert Owen. Owen greatly improved the conditions, facilities and services for the workers and their families and this led to many social improvements including progressive education, factory reform, more humane working practices and garden cities.
By 1799 New Lanark was the biggest cotton mill in Scotland and formed one of the largest industrial groups in the world. Over 2,000 people lived or worked in the village. The mill continued manufacturing cotton for nearly 200 years, until 1968. This helps explain why the buildings in the village are so little changed.
Inscription and Significance
New Lanark was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
The Outstanding Universal Value of New Lanark is based on its remarkable degree of survival as a late eighteenth, early nineteenth century planned mill village. The benevolent paternalism of mill owner Robert Owen is physically expressed at New Lanark through its planned layout. His concern for the well being of workers is demonstrated by the provision of the education institute, school and spacious workers' housing. Owen's social philosophy had a profound influence on the development of social developments throughout the nineteenth century and beyond.
The full Statement of Outstanding Universal Significance can be read here
New Lanark is located in southern, central Scotland, adjacent to the market town of Lanark.
Managing the Site
New Lanark is a living community in the care of the New Lanark Trust
, whose aim is to preserve the area as a sustainable community with a resident population. The Trust manages the Site in partnership with South Lanarkshire Council
and Historic Scotland. The Site Management Plan guides sustainable management to maintain the Outstanding Universal Value. The current Plan 2013 - 18 and supporting documents can be found here. New Lanark Management Plan [pdf, 2mb} New Lanark Action Plan [pdf, 400kb}
Visiting the Site
The New Lanark Trust offers a range of attractions and educational experiences for visitors, including the mill, museum, village store, school classroom, and Robert Owen's house. For more information see the New Lanark Trust website.
Further images of New Lanark can be seen at the Scottish Ten website.
For further information contact
The New Lanark World Heritage Site Co-ordinator
Edinburgh EH9 1SH

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Traveling Luck for Hlíðarfjall, (IC34), Iceland
Where is Hlidarfjall?What's around Hlidarfjall?
Wikipedia near Hlidarfjall
Where to stay near Hlíðarfjall
The timezone in Hlidarfjall is Atlantic/Reykjavik
Sunrise at 09:54 and Sunset at 17:46. It's Dark
Latitude. 65.6500°, Longitude. -23.8500°
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Geographic features & Photographs around Hlíðarfjall, in (IC34), Iceland
- a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture.
- Hóll (2.1km)
- Rimi (3.2km)
- Hvammseyri (3.9km)
- Stekkjabakki (3.9km)
- Lambeyri (4.2km)
- Gileyri (4.5km)
- Eysteinseyri (5km)
- Vinðeimar (5.2km)
- Kvígindisfell (5.9km)
- Höfðadalur (6.3km)
- Bakki (6.7km)
- Hólar (6.7km)
- Sæból (7.4km)
- Grandi (7.8km)
- Fremri Hvesta (8.2km)
- Tannanes (8.2km)
- Neðri Hvesta (8.6km)
- Sellátrar (8.9km)
- Hringsdalur (9.5km)
- Bakki (9.7km)
- a narrow, straight or curved continuation of a beach into a waterbody.
- Þúneyri (9.5km)
- rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.
- Lambeyrarháls (7km)
- tracts of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture.
- Hvesta (8.6km)
- a long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arm of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts.
- Tálknafjörður (5.6km)
- a surface with a relatively uniform slope angle.
- Hálfdan (6.7km)
- a bluff or prominent hill overlooking or projecting into a lowland.
- Rimamúli (2.4km)
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Botnsá (7km)
- a break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap].
- Krókalaut (9.5km)
Airports close to Hlíðarfjall
Patreksfjordur(PFJ), Patreksfjordur, Iceland (12.2km)
Isafjordur(IFJ), Isafjordur, Iceland (58.2km)
Reykjavik(RKV), Reykjavik, Iceland (200.4km)


Joint Surface Reconstruction from Monocular Vision and LiDAR
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"Joint Surface Reconstruction from Monocular Vision and LiDAR" by Z. Li. Masters thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, Aug. 2019. CMU-RI-TR-19-57.
Abstract
In recent years, dense reconstruction gains popularity because of its broad applications in inspection, mapping and planning. Cameras or LiDARs are generally deployed for 3D dense reconstruction. However, current reconstruction pipelines based on cameras or LiDARs have significant limitations in achieving an accurate and complete scene reconstruction in certain environments due to the properties of LiDARs and cameras. In this thesis, we propose a new surface reconstruction pipeline that combines monocular camera images and LiDAR measurements from a moving sensor rig to reconstruct dense 3D mesh models of different scenes accurately, especially of scenes that are challenging for visual-only or LiDAR-only reconstruction. In particular, we exploit the advantages of the multi-view stereo algorithm in the reconstruction and integrate with the LiDAR measurements to further improve the robustness and accuracy. Current approaches employing cameras and LiDARs mainly focus on texture mapping with the color information from the camera images or improving camera depth estimation with the LiDAR. However, such methods only exploit the geometric information from single sensor measurements instead of fusing the geometric information from both sensors. In contrast, the proposed pipeline uses a two-stage approach to fuse the structural measurements from LiDAR with the camera images to generate a surface mesh. In the first stage, LiDAR measurements are integrated into a multi-view stereo pipeline to help with the visual point cloud densification. After combining the dense visual point cloud with LiDAR point cloud, a graph-cut algorithm is applied to extract a watertight surface mesh. To validate the proposed pipeline, we collect data from different kinds of scenes and compare results from our method with state-of-the-art reconstruction methods. The experimental results show that our method outperforms both the camera-only and LiDAR-only reconstruction pipelines in terms of accuracy and completeness.
Download: PDF.
BibTeX entry:
@mastersthesis{Li19thesis_ms,
 author = {Z. Li},
 title = {Joint Surface Reconstruction from Monocular Vision and {LiDAR}},
 school = {Carnegie Mellon University},
 month = aug,
 year = {2019},
 note = {CMU-RI-TR-19-57}
}
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Art has the power to captivate and inspire. Meanwhile, as an artist or art lover, do you want to present your creations compellingly? If so, a professional canvas stretching service offers a solution that elevates your artwork to new heights, providing an exceptional visual experience. And this article will guide you through the process of professional canvas mounting and help you understand the advantages it brings.
What Is Professional Canvas Mounting?
This technique stretches and mounts a canvas print onto a sturdy wooden frame. It ensures the artwork remains taut, smooth, and wrinkle-free, creating a visually stunning display. Unlike traditional framing, canvas mounting extends the artwork to the edges, providing a contemporary and frameless presentation.
Advantages of Professional Canvas Mounting
Preservation and Protection
When you invest time and effort into creating a piece of art, preserving it becomes essential. It offers excellent preservation and protection for your artwork. Securely stretching the canvas and mounting it on a rigid frame reduces the risk of damage caused by moisture, dust, and UV rays. It ensures your artwork remains vibrant and intact for years to come.
Enhanced Visual Appeal
One of the significant advantages of professional canvas mounting is the enhanced visual appeal it brings to your artwork. The absence of a traditional frame allows the viewer to focus solely on the art without any distractions. The seamless edges and tight stretching create a clean and modern look that complements various artistic styles.
Choosing the Right Professional Canvas Mounting Service
Selecting the right service provider is crucial when opting for professional canvas mounting. As such, consider the following factors to ensure a high-quality result:
Experience and Expertise
Look for a canvas mounting service with a proven track record and years of experience in the industry. Skilled professionals will have the knowledge and expertise to handle your artwork with care and precision.
Quality of Materials
Inquire about the materials used for the service. High-quality materials, such as archival-grade canvas and solid wood frames, enhance your artwork's longevity and visual appeal.
Check if the service provider offers customisation options to suit your preferences. It includes choices for frame thickness, canvas texture, and additional features like floater frames or gallery wraps.
Step-by-Step Guide to Professional Canvas Mounting
Opt for the high-quality, acid-free canvas specifically designed for fine art printing. It ensures longevity and prevents any chemical reactions that might deteriorate the artwork.
Trim any excess canvas and ensure the surface is clean and free from dust or debris. Apply a suitable primer to enhance the canvas's archival properties and create a smooth surface for the artwork.
Using stretcher bars, carefully stretch it over the frame. Start from the centre and work outwards, gradually pulling the canvas taut. Use staples or tacks to secure it regularly, ensuring an even and tight stretch.
Place the stretched canvas onto a wooden panel or sturdy backing board, ensuring it aligns perfectly. Use adhesive or staples to secure it to the board, creating a solid bond between the canvas and the frame.
Trim any excess canvas around the edges for a clean presentation. You can also apply a protective varnish or UV coating to safeguard the artwork from environmental factors and enhance its longevity.
Professional canvas stretching service is a game-changer when displaying your artistic creations. It offers preservation, enhanced visual appeal, and durability for your artwork. By following the step-by-step guide and choosing a reliable canvas mounting service, you can showcase your art in a way that genuinely captivates viewers. With this, embrace and elevate your artistic display to new heights.

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The Glare sensor detects and distinguishes glare on even surfaces. It also provides maximum reliability and saves costs. Previously, gloss on object surfaces was a disruptive factor that regularly had engineers breaking into a sweat.
Now, gloss properties are a distinguishing criterion for process control – regardless of color, transparency or pattern. And it will be engineers' eyes that shine, not their brows. Equipped with intelligent Delta-S-Technology, Glare is a further milestone in customer-oriented sensor development. Once again, SICK is confirming its leading position in opto-electronic sensors for the detection of a range of objects.
- Object detection and differentiation on the basis of surface gloss level
- Configurable in many different operating modes to meet the requirements of any application
- Integrated alignment aid
- Integrated automation functions
- Two digital push-pull outputs and one configurable input
- Sensitivity adjusts to object properties
- IO-Link provides easy data access from the PLC
- Quick and easy configuration


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31st March 2016, New Delhi
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) visited ICAR- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi today. In his address, he opined Bureau should redesign the exploration activities based on geo-referencing and gap analyses and stressed on the need for evaluation to identify trait-specific germplasm. Plant Quarantine may be given new dimensions to work on diagnostics for identification of new pest intercepts, to monitor dynamics of pest variants in plant populations and management of exotic pests, he added. Dr. Mohapatra stressed on the need to follow established, scientifically and legally valid practices in DNA fingerprinting and cultivar identification.
Dr. Mohapatra also released a publication "Utilization of ex situ collections and climate analogues for enhancing adaptive capacity to climate change", which was the outcome of a CCAFS funded project which geo-referenced more than 60, 000 accessions belonging to ten crop species.
Dr. KC Bansal, Director, ICAR-NBPGR made a brief presentation on the Institute's activities and achievements.
(Source: ICAR- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi)


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As part of the Practical Life activities in Montessori education, Dr. Montessori developed a set of Dressing Frames which are used in the classroom to teach dressing skills (such as buttoning, zipping, lacing...)
Although we have a set of frames in our Montessori room, I put this together in hopes that it might encourage a little more practice with buttoning. These are made from felt and were very quick to make.
After the child finds the matching color, the square with the button hole is placed directly over the button.
One side of the button is pushed into the button hole and then pulled out with the other hand.
The felt works nicely because there is no bulk from stitching around the button hole.


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The moon in your night sky may not fizz and bubble like this fizzy paint moon craft, but it's still a fun way to dig into astronomy, chemistry, and art all at the same time! Let's get into a cool STEAM project with our favorite chemical reaction, baking soda, and vinegar.
FIZZY PAINT MOON CRAFT!
WHAT IS STEAM?
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics, and is an education approach to learning for kids. STEAM encourages problem solving, inquiry, collaboration with others, and critical thinking, and with a focus on the Arts!
LEARN ABOUT THE MOON WITH STEAM
Get ready to add this simple moon art activity and craft to your space theme lesson plans this season. If you want to learn about the phases of the moon and explore STEAM with fizzy paint, let's get started! While you're at it, make sure to check out these other fun space activities.
Our science activities and experiments are designed with you, the parent or teacher, in mind! Easy to set up, quick to do, most activities will take only 15 to 30 minutes to complete and are heaps of fun! Plus, our supplies lists usually contain only free or cheap materials you can source from home!
FIZZY PAINT MOON CRAFT
Let's whip up a batch of fizzing baking soda paint and use the opportunity to learn about the different phases of the moon and what causes us to see only part of the moon! This fun moon craft lets kids get creative and learn some simple astronomy in the process.
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YOU WILL NEED:
- Black card stock or heavyweight paper
- Baking Soda
- Spray bottle or pipette
- Craft Paint
- Cups and mixing utensils
While you have the baking soda out, make these fizzing moon rocks for moon theme science and STEM!
HOW TO MAKE BAKING SODA PAINT
1: Fill up a small spray bottle with vinegar and set aside.
2: In a few separate cups, mix a 1/2 tablespoon of paint with a tablespoon of baking soda.
3: Draw a circle on a piece of black card stock.
4: Use the paint brushes to paint the Moon with different shades of blue (the paint should be thick). Let your Moon dry and draw a few stars around it with a white crayon or marker.
5: Once the moon painting is completely dry, use the spray bottle to squirt vinegar onto it and watch it fizz.
Go ahead and make a whole solar system of fizzy Moons, planets, stars, and sun!
FIZZY PAINT TIPS
As I mentioned above, you want to make sure the paint is on the thicker side when you mix the ingredients together. Generally a 1:1 ratio is good.
Also, make sure to spread the paint on in a thick layer for best fizzy results. Additionally, you want to make sure your masterpiece moon is dry before working with the vinegar.
Extend this Moon theme STEAM activity by cutting out the different shapes for the phases of the Moon and painting them with the baking soda paint as well. You can read a full description here… phases of the moon.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Oreo Moon Phases
THE SCIENCE OF BAKING SODA PAINT
The science behind this fizzy paint moon craft is the chemical reaction that occurs between the baking soda and the vinegar!
Baking soda is a base, and vinegar is an acid. When the two combine, they make a gas called carbon dioxide. You can hear the fizz, see the bubbles, and even feel the fizz if you hold your hand close to the surface of the paper.
Combine the simple science of this chemical reaction with a cool art project for STEAM. Science + Art = STEAM!
MORE FUN MOON ACTIVITIES
FIZZING MOON ART FOR SPACE THEME STEAM!
Discover more fun and easy science & STEM activities right here. Click on the link or on the image below.
Looking for easy to print activities, and inexpensive science experiments?
We have you covered…
Click below to get your quick and easy science activities.


Designer Profile
Arno Votteler
Arno Votteler (_PHONE_) was one of the most influential German product and interior designers of the 20th century.
Votteler's work is characterized by his persistence in perfecting forms, and an instinct for the possible. In 1955, he graduated from the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart where he was taught by student of the Bauhaus Herbert Hirche, and interior designer Herta-Maria Witzemann. He later returned as a professor, and in 1980 he founded the State Academy of Art and Design, now known as the Weissenhof Institute. Votteler had already opened his own design studio by the end of the 1960s. Visiting professorships in Brazil, the US, India, and China followed.
In the 1950s, Arno Votteler was employed as a designer by Walter Knoll and was responsible for the 368 armchair, later named the "Votteler Chair". Designed in 1956, the chair is a midcentury modern classic, emblematic of the timeless aesthetic of the period.


text: The RBPH is an under ground power house stationed on the right bank of the river located about 165 meters downstream of the dam. It has six number of Francis type reversible turbine generators each of 200 MW installed capacity. The T.G. Sets are supplied by M/S Sumitomo Corporation, Japan and M/S BHEL. These units can operate at minimum reservoir water level of 110.64 meters. These six units have been commissioned in a phase manner during Feb-05 to June-06. The generation of energy depends upon inflow of water from upstream projects and need of water for irrigation in Gujarat.


The Dole of the King's Daughter
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The Irish playwright, novelist, essayist an d poet, Oscar Wilde, is considered a spokesman for the late 19th century Aesthetic movement in England. His best known work, The Picture of Dorian Gray [+]
Seven stars in the still water,
And seven in the sky;
Seven sins on the King's daughter,
Deep in her soul to lie.
Red roses at her feet,
(Roses are red in her red-gold hair)
And O where her bosom and girdle meet
Red roses are hidden there.
Fair is the knight who lieth slain
Amid the rush and reed,
See the lean fishes that are fain
Upon dead men to feed.
Sweet is the page that lieth there,
(Cloth of gold is goodly prey,)
See the black ravens in the air,
Black, O black as the night are they.
What do they there so stark and dead?
(There is blood upon her hand)
Why are the lilies flecked with red?
(There is blood on the river sand.)
There are two that ride from the south to the east,
And two from the north and west,
For the black raven a goodly feast,
For the King's daughter to rest.
There is one man who loves her true,
He hath duggen a grave by the darksome yew,
(One grave will do for four.)
No moon in the still heaven,
In the black water none,
The sins on her soul are seven,
The sin upon his is one.


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US History B
 - Summarize US actions taken to influence Central American and Caribbean affairs
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 - Summarize Reagan's economic programs
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text: This resource contains two title pages and 20 vocal exploration cards. There are 10 different animal slides with vocal explorations and 10 animal slides with create your own vocal explorations. Your students will practice making their voices match the melodic direction of the farm animal sounds. Pair this activity with your favorite farm songs and you have a great lesson. My favorite song to pair this with is I Had a Rooster by Pete Seeger. I hope you enjoy this Made For Music Teachers resource.


Tolkien Gateway
Fragrant Trees
The Fragrant Trees were those species of trees which grew in Nísimaldar, a western region in the Island of Númenor. The name derived from the sweet scent which came from their leaves, their flowers and even their bark. They were brought from Eressëa by the Elves who navigated towards Númenor. Later, they were planted in other regions of the island, though they did not grow in such high numbers.[1]
The Fragrant Trees were : Oiolairë, Lairelossë, Nessamelda, Vardarianna, Taniquelassë, Yavannamírë and Malinornë.
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Prominence Ion Chromatograph
Anion Suppressor Ion Chromatograph
In ion chromatography, suppressors are widely used in order to reduce background and noise levels during detection. Suppression of the background yields analyte peak response with greatly enhanced signal to noise –hence higher sensitivity by as much as three orders of magnitude. The newly developed ICDS-40A electrodialytic suppressor for anion analysis features (1) a dialytic membrane suppressor with folded-flow path architecture that minimizes internal volume and peak dispersion (2) continuous, online regeneration and (3) a simple system configuration. Cumbersome and hazardous off-line regeneration is avoided.
The Prominence Ion Chromatograph equipped with the ICDS-40A suppressor features a slim oven and reduces the benchtop footprint by 40 % for the effective use of laboratory space. This Technical Report bulletin describes the operating principles and features of the ICDS-40A suppressor and the Prominence Ion Chromatograph.
Many countries and municipalities specify standard values for inorganic anions such as fluoride, chloride, nitrate, nitrite, and sulfate ions in order to minimize the potential health effects of environmental water and drinking water. Suppressed IC is generally used in the quantitation of these inorganic anions. In the United States, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Methods 300.0 and 300.1 specify the analysis of inorganic anions in water by ion chromatography (IC). In this article, an EPA 300-compliant quantitative analysis of 7 general inorganic anions in various types of water samples was conducted using the new Prominence Ion Chromatograph.
Ion chromatography is used widely in the analysis of environmental, industrial, pharmaceuticals, and foods samples. For tap water analysis, the ion chromatograph is used with multiple drinking water quality standards, specified in "Method Determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on the Basis of the Ordinance Provisions Relating to Water Quality Standards" (Notification No. 261 issued by the MHLW in 2003, sequential revision). This article introduces an example of anion analysis of tap water based on the above-mentioned Ministerial Notification using a Shimadzu ICDS-40A suppressor unit.
Suppressed conductivity ion chromatography (IC) is commonly used to determine the concentration of inorganic ions, particularly for environmental waters and drinking waters. U.S. National Primary Drinking Water and National Secondary Drinking Water regulations specify the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for a number of common inorganic anions, including fluoride, chloride, nitrate, nitrite and sulfate, to minimize potential health effects from environmental waters and drinking waters. U.S. EPA Methods 300.0 and 300.1 provide details for the determination of inorganic anions in waters by ion chromatography.
Ion chromatography (IC) continues to be the most commonly used chromatographic technique to determine the concentration of inorganic ions in waters. A considerable number of regulatory IC methods exist around the world. EPA Methods 300.0 and 300.1 [1, 2] are two of them. They are validated for the determination of inorganic anions in reagent water, surface water, ground water and finished drinking water. This application note provides two high-resolution IC methods to quantify 10 anions listed in EPA Method 300.1 simultaneously using a Shimadzu modular IC system coupled with a new Shimadzu electrolytically regenerated suppressor, a continuation of work from a previous application note: HPLC-021, The Determination of EPA 300 Anions using Shimadzu Ion Chromatography. The previous application note uses a method optimized for the analysis of the seven common anions (EPA 300 Part A). Provided herein are methods suitable to extend the analysis to include the DBPs.
For environmental water analysis
The example below shows an analysis of river water according to the standard method EPA300.0 (Part A) prescribed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental water anion analysis.


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Felix Tijerina, restaurateur, civic leader, and philanthropist, was born in Sugar Land, Texas, in 1905, one of four children of Rafael and Dionicia Tijerina, who were migrant farmworkers. Rafael Tijerina died when his son was eight, and Felix spent the next five years working in the South Texas cottonfields to support his mother and three sisters. At age thirteen he moved to Houston, where he found a job as a busboy at the Original Mexican Restaurant for nine dollars a week. He remained there for the next several years, learned the trade, and worked in various capacities. In 1928 he opened his first restaurant, the Mexican Inn, on Main Street, which he operated with Antonio Reynaga. In 1933 Tijerina married Juanita (Janie) González, and the couple shared their home with his mother and three sisters. The restaurant went out of business in 1935. For the next two years the Tijerinas earned their income in sales work; in 1937 they opened Felix's Mexican Restaurant, on Westheimer. By the early 1950s they owned and operated four restaurants in Houston and the surrounding area. Tijerina was one of the founders of the Latin American Club of Harris County, which registered Mexican-American voters and tried to educate their community on political rights and responsibilities. In 1935 LAC merged with the local chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens to form LULAC Council 60, one of the largest and most active LULAC chapters in the state. Tijerina served as both vice president and president of the Houston chapter and later as regional governor. He was also elected president of the national organization for four terms, from 1956 to 1960.
Under his leadership LULAC sponsored the Little Schools of the 400, a preschool instruction program that later became the model for the federal Head Start program. Concerned about the high failure and dropout rates among Spanish-speaking children in elementary schools, Tijerina studied the problem and concluded that the lack of English skills prevented the children from passing and ultimately forced them to drop out of school. If they were taught English before they entered the first grade, however, their chances for succeeding would improve. Tijerina met with state leaders, including Governor Price Daniel, to discuss the problem. A pilot educational program was proposed but not funded. LULAC also failed to come up with the money, and Tijerina provided it. The pilot educational program was established during the summer of 1957 in Ganado, Texas. A local seventeen-year-old student, Isabel Verver, volunteered to teach the children, and Tijerina paid her twenty-five dollars a week. Elizabeth Burrus, a teacher from Baytown, designed the curriculum. Classes were held for a few hours every day for three months. The children were taught 400 simple, basic English words. They were also introduced to the cultural traditions of schools, which later helped them adjust to their new environment. All the children in the pilot program successfully passed the first grade; before this, up to eighty percent of Spanish-speaking children failed their first year. The next summer the program was expanded to nine cities, and by this date LULAC had assumed responsibility for coordinating the program through the LULAC Educational Fund. Impressed by the program's success, Governor Daniel appointed Tijerina to the twenty-four-member Hale-Aiken Committee, which made recommendations on revising the state's education laws. The committee recommended the adoption of the Little Schools project, and in May 1959 the legislature passed a bill that established a state-financed preschool instruction program for Hispanic children. State funding was to be used solely for education, not promotion, so LULAC assumed responsibility for publicizing the program. With some corporate funding, the organization published posters and leaflets to circulate around the state, and advertised in newspapers and on radio and television. They enlisted the aid of the Boy Scouts in distributing informational material. LULAC also hired supervisors throughout the state to estimate the number of eligible children in a district and to work with school superintendents to set up programs and apply for state funds. By June 1, 1960, 614 schools were teaching 15,805 Spanish-speaking children. The program continued to grow in importance until the mid-1960s, when federal programs superseded it.
In 1954 Tijerina traveled to Mexico to persuade Mexican film star Cantinflas to appear at a Houston benefit; on his return immigration authorities arrested him for not having the proper documentation. The arrest came at a time when he was being considered to serve on the Houston Grand Jury. Tijerina filed a lawsuit for declaratory judgment that he was a native-born citizen of the United States, and in 1956 United States district judge Joe Ingraham ruled in his favor. Tijerina served as a mess sergeant at Ellington Air Force Base (seeELLINGTON FIELD) during World War II. He was an officer and director of Security Savings Association and a director of the Central National Bank. He served as president of the Club Cultural Recreativo México Bello, and was a member of the Houston Rotary, Optimist, and Variety clubs. For seven years he served as chairman of the Latin-American citizens' committee to study juvenile delinquency. In 1962 the Mexican government awarded him a gold medal for his Little Schools program. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Houston Housing Authority. Tijerina died at his home in Houston on September 4, 1965, of heart disease. He was survived by his wife and their two adopted children. He owned seven restaurants in Houston, Pasadena, and Beaumont. When asked for advice on how to succeed in the United States, his usual response was: "Work hard, help yourself, help others, be a good citizen, take an active part in community affairs, and attend a church of your choice regularly." A Tijerina Foundation Scholarship was established in his memory.
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Club Cultural Recreativo México Bello Collection, Houston Metropolitan Research Collection, Houston Public Library. Houston Post, September 5, 1965. The League of United Latin American Citizens: Golden Years, 1929–1979 (n.p.: LULAC, n.d). Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., "Let All of Them Take Heed": Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1987). Felix Tijerina Collection, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library. Vertical Files, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
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Sometimes you simply can't help it, and you break into uncontrollable laughter at the least appropriate time possible. It makes sense, when you think about it, since laughter often comes as a reflexive response to discomfort and absurdity.
Even so, it's hard to explain that it's reflexive and not personal when you start losing your breath laughing at a funeral, or at someone else's unfortunate story.
In a popular Reddit thread, people shared stories of the worst time they lost it laughing, and it will make you feel infinitely better about your own memories of insensitive giggling.
This was at a ballet school performance. It was for kids ranging from 5 to 16 year olds.
For one of the younger age groups they did this thing where one kid pranced from one corner of the stage to the other, and then another kid would do the opposite, in a big X pattern. And they would have these gigantic sh*t-eating grins on their faces. Just horribly precious.


How Do We Know If A Dinosaur Skeleton Is From A Child Dinosaur Or An Adult Dinosaur?
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There are a couple of ways we can try to tell how old a dinosaur was when it died.
If you cut open a fossil dinosaur bone, you can see lines, just like if you were looking at rings in a tree. Trees rings happen when a tree grows slowly in a tough season like an icy cold winter. You can count the rings to see how many winters that tree has lived through. And because there is only one winter each year, then you know how many years old the tree is. Easy!
Animals, like dinosaurs, formed similar lines in their bones whenever they slowed down their growing. But there's a catch: this might not happen once each year like in a tree.
Why would a dinosaur slow down its growing? A dinosaur might not grow very fast if there is not enough food to eat. This might happen if there hasn't been much rain and so there are not as many plants around to eat. Or there might be loads of food around, but the dinosaur is using all its energy to fight other dinosaurs, rather than using it to grow.
There might be lots of times each year when the dinosaur stopped growing, and each time would make a growth line in its bones. So if you find a fossil with lots of growth lines, you might not be looking at the bones of a really old dinosaur, but a very busy, stressed-out dinosaur! So this is quite a complicated way to try and guess its age.
Use your head
Another way to try to guess the age of a dinosaur is to look at how its skull bones connect to each other. Lots of baby animals don't have a solid skull. Instead, their skull is made up of different bits that gradually stick together into one piece as it grows.
We're not sure whether baby dinosaurs had skulls that grew like this. Some scientists have tried to find out by looking at skulls from baby emus and alligators, both of which are a bit similar to dinosaurs. They discovered that emu chicks have skull bones that stick together as they grow, but baby alligators don't! So that doesn't really give us a clear answer either.
Sometimes it's really easy to tell how old a dinosaur was. If you find a dinosaur egg, you can use something called X-rays to look inside it and see if there is a baby dinosaur fossil inside. If there is, you know that dinosaur was 0 years old!
Then, if you find a bigger fossil from the same kind of dinosaur nearby, there is a chance that dinosaur was the baby dinosaur's grown-up parent.
If you find a baby and a grown-up together, you can learn lots more things by looking at the differences between the two. It might tell you how the dinosaur changes size and shape as it gets older.
You might find a dinosaur that looks like a mixture between the two. That might be a "big kid" dinosaur that is well on its way to becoming a grown-up.
It's still hard to tell exactly how old each dinosaur was. But scientists are like detectives, and they have lots of clever ideas that are helping them get better at it all the time.
The Conversation
Caitlin Syme, PhD in Vertebrate Palaeontology, The University of Queensland
This article has been updated since its original publication.


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Predict Shambhavi (200)
Description
It is the time of Cognition and Shambhavi has participated in N events numbered from 1 to N. Each of these events have a particular waiting time ( in minutes ), W(i) ( 1 <= i <= N ) for which Shambhavi has to wait for her turn in that event. However, Shambhavi doesn't like to wait at a particular place. So she keeps moving from one event location to another, until her turn arrives.
Shambhavi starts visiting the events from the 1st event.
If Shambhavi is at the location of the ith ( 1 <= i <= N-1 ) event AND W(i) > 0, She will leave instantly and move to the next ( (i+1)th ) event location.
In case if i=N, she will move back to the 1st event location.
In case if Shambhavi is at the ith event location and W(i) = 0 , she will take her turn in that event. ( Here, W(i) = 0 indicates that the waiting time is over ).
The time taken by Shambhavi to move from any event location to another is exactly 1 minute.
Predict the first event in which Shambhavi will enter.
Input
The first line of the input consists of a single integer T, denoting the number of Test Cases.
The description of T test cases follow :
The first line of each test case consists of a single integer N.
The second line of each test cases consists of N space-separated integers W(i).
Output
For each test case, output a single line consisting of a single integer, the number of the first event in which Shambhavi will enter.
Constraints
1 <= T <= 100
1 <= N <= 10^5
0 <= W(i) <= 10^9
Example
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Input:
2
4
4 2 1 3
6
7 5 3 4 5 7
Output:
3
2
Explanation
Test Case 1 :
Initial timings -> 4 2 1 3
After Shambhavi moves from 1 to 2 -> 3 1 0 2
After Shambhavi moves from 2 to 3 -> 2 0 0 1
Here as W(i) = 0, Shambhavi enters the 3rd event first.
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ETHNONYMS: Mopane, Mopanero, Mopán Maya
The 10,000 Mopan Indians live in approximately equal numbers in Guatemala and Belize. This Yucatec Maya people lived in Mexico at the time of contact. During the large-scale political unrest and violence of the late 1840s and early 1850s, the Mopan left Mexico to live in west-central Guatemala and the Cayo District of Belize. The political repression in Guatemala since the mid-twentieth century has caused many to leave Guatemala and move to Belize. The Mopan live close to the Q'eqchi' Indians, and many now speak Q'eqchi' as well as Mopan.
Gregory, James R. (1984). The Mopan: Culture and Ethnicity in a Changing Belizean Community. Columbia: University of Missouri—Columbia, Museum of Anthropology.
Howard, Michael C. (1975). Ethnicity in Southern Belize: The Kekchi and the Mopan. Columbia: University of Missouri—Columbia, Museum of Anthropology.
Wilk, Richard R. (1990). Ethnic Minorities in Belize: Mopan, Kekchi, and Garifuna. Belize City: SPEAR.


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A HYBRID GIS AND KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCES POTENTIAL ZONATION
Keywords:Groundwater potential mapping, Geospatial analysis, Multicriteria decision making, Spatial prediction
Assessing the potential zone of groundwater is extremely important in areas that are prone to climate-related hazards and have limited access to potable water supply such as Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia. The application of GIS and remote sensing allows for faster, cheaper, and more efficient groundwater management and exploration. In this work GIS and Knowledge-Driven approach are combined in an attempt to identify groundwater potential zones in Kuala Krai. The various thematic maps prepared for delineating groundwater potential zones are lineament, lithology, soil, land use, rainfall, slope, drainage density, and elevation. The knowledge-driven technique is used to assign weights for each factor and Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) approach is used to investigate several choice possibilities and evaluate suitability according to the associated weight of each factor. The results revealed that 31.64% and 15.10% of the area in Kuala Krai were categorized as high and very high groundwater potential zones which are mostly located in the central, western, and southern parts of Kuala Krai where interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and shale were the major geological unit. Furthermore, rainfall was also highly influential in determining groundwater potentiality. In terms of land use, forest, rubber, and oil palm were found to be suitable for high potential zones of groundwater. Moreover, the area located nearby the Kelantan River also exhibited high groundwater potentiality. The map can be used to develop and further expand groundwater utilization in Malaysia.


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Indian Head Nickel 385 Trial Proof by Andy Warhol
Title: Indian Head Nickel 385 Trial Proof
Medium: Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board.
Size: 36″ x 36″
Andy Warhol created Indian Head Nickel 385 in 1986 for his Cowboys and Indians portfolio. Warhol was fascinated by celebrity myths and the ways in which stories are represented by the media. This allure led Warhol to create his Cowboys and Indians portfolio as a commentary about the myth of the American West. He used recognizable images like this one of Indian Head Nickel that are representative the popular yet ahistorical version of Native American culture. Warhol removed this native imagery from its original context and interspersed it with images of romanticized American heroes. Indian Head Nickel is an example of Warhol's fascination with the way media and society interpret histories and misrepresent the history of the American west. This particular print is a unique color combination.


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Music theory lessons can be very tricky for some people. Children with a basic understanding of musical concepts take on the task of transposing music and identifying scale sets. This would be a good topic to address prior to discussing circle of fifths. The lesson includes sheet music and two worksheets.
In this probability and statistics worksheet, students examine and interpret scatter plots and box-and-whisker plots. They write algebraic equations and solve them. Students match inequalities to their graph. This eleven-page worksheet contains 39 problems. Answers are provided on page eleven.
In this integrated algebra worksheet, learners solve problems covering topics studied during the year. Problems include topics such as slope-intercept, Venn Diagrams, finding the solution to multi-step algebra problems, writing equations parallel and perpendicular to a line, and solving word problems. This 28-page worksheet contains 39 problems.
In this math worksheet, students put numbers into a three circle Venn Diagram. Students are given the numbers that are in each set. The repeated numbers are to be put in the intersections of the circles. Students identify the intersections and unions of sets. The final two problems ask students to draw new Venn diagrams.


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Rural Transport Network
The need: Thousands of people in Kenya live in remote rural areas, miles from the nearest health clinic. Malaria, HIV/AIDS, respiratory tract diseases, diarrhea, and water-borne diseases are common. But a way to get to the clinic is not. This means distance and availability of transport can dictate whether you live or die.


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Alpaca disease mhaemolamae
One known alpaca disease mhaemolamae you may not have heard of, but should be aware of it and what it does to your alpaca. It has been detected since the 1990's and was called Eperythrozoonosis or EPE. Recently the name has changed, but it's still the same disease.
Alpaca health is very important to an alpaca business. Educating yourself about this disease will help protect your investment.
If you have an animal that is lethargic with chronic weight loss, you should consider M. Haemolamae as a possible cause.
M. Haemolamae is a bacteria that attaches itself to the red blood cells of an alpaca. The immune system recognizes this as a problem and destroys the red blood cells. Your alpaca then becomes anemic.
In the majority of alpacas infected with this bacteria, there are no signs of the disease. If your animal becomes immunocompromised through another disease or is stressed from a move or through other environmental changes, the alpaca disease mhaemolamae can rear its ugly head.
The disease can manifest as an acute problem. Your alpaca may suddenly be unable to stand and be extremely weak. Or it may be a chronic problem. As mentioned before, your alpaca may have chronic weight loss and lethargy.
If you suspect infection with M. haemolamae, have your vet do a PCR (polymer chain reaction) test. This test amplifies the DNA so low levels of the bacteria can be detected on the red blood cells.
This is one of the disease thought to be spread by blood. Blood sucking insects such as lice, fleas, and ticks should be kept to a minimum on your farm. Only use a clean unused needle on each individual alpaca when giving injections. Needles are cheap. There is no reason to reuse a needle on another alpaca and risk the chance of transmitting a disease (besides, you dull the needle after the first use and it hurts more).
The alpaca disease mhaemolamae is treated with tetracyline. Check with a vet for doses. Unfortunately, it appears that tetracycline does not completely rid the infected animal of this bacteria, but only lowers it to undetectable levels.
Once infected, an alpaca becomes a carrier. They will not have problems with the disease unless they become immunocompromised. This is an opportunistic bacteria.
The problem with having a carrier in your herd is that a flea could bite the carrier and then bite another animal passing on the bacterium.
If you suspect M Haemolamae in an alpaca, you should probably test your whole herd and treat any animal with positive PCR results. Otherwise, you could have a reinfection of the disease.
Treated animals usually go on to live a long healthy life. Even though they have not gotten rid of the disease, they can live with it.
It's important to evaluate alpacas when sheared or learn
so you can spot a thin alpaca before purchasing. You should, also, require a PCR test before purchasing. The M Haemolamae carrier may look fine, but you bring them home and they infect your herd causing problems.
Here's a couple of interesting facts about camelid red blood cells:
- They have a lifespan of 235 days vs 100 days for human red blood cells
- Camelids have oval red blood cells instead of round like other mammals. This gives them a larger surface area so there is better oxygen exchange which helps them survive at higher, thinner air altitudes in their native South America.
The unusual shape of an alpacas red blood cell makes understanding alpaca diseases a challenge to veterinarians.
M. Haemolamae is thought to be in 25% of camelids (alpacas and llamas) in the United States.
Until something better is found for the alpaca disease mhaemolamae, keep the insect population down on your farm and test and treat to keep it in check if present.
Return from alpaca disease mhaemolamae to raising alpacas.
Return to owning-alpaca home page.


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Part Number: DS200DCVAG1A
Manufacturer: General Electric
Series: Mark V
Function: Power and Instrument Board
Operating Temperature: 0 to 45 degrees celsius
Redundancy Modes: TMR, Simplex, and Dual
Thermocouple Types: 10 ohm Copper, 200 ohm Platinum, 100 ohm Nickel, and 120ohm Nickel
Product Type: PCB
Availability: In Stock
Country of Manufacturer: United States (USA)
DS200DCVAG1A is a Power and Instrument Board developed by GE under Mark V system. The board is a part of programmable turbine control system. Its functionalities can significantly enhance the overall efficiency, safety, and reliability of the control system. It is equipped with built-in diagnostics, which play a role in monitoring performance of the board itself and the connected components. These diagnostics help detect any anomalies or potential issues, allowing for proactive maintenance and swift resolution of problems, minimizing downtime and preventing critical failures.
- Direct Sensor Interface: With its direct sensor interface, the board can seamlessly communicate with various sensors used in the turbine, such as speed and vibration sensors. This direct connection ensures accurate and real-time data acquisition, providing the control system with precise information about the turbine's operational conditions. It enables the system to make informed decisions and respond promptly to changes in the turbine's behavior.
- Triple Modular Redundant Architecture: Features a state-of-the-art Triple Modular Redundant (TMR) architecture, which enhances its reliability and fault tolerance. In a TMR system, three identical modules work simultaneously, and the output is based on a voting mechanism that selects the most common result from the modules. This design significantly reduces the likelihood of errors and ensures that the control system remains operational even if one of the modules experiences a fault or failure.
- Software-Implemented Fault Tolerance: Enables the board to identify and mitigate faults within its internal processes using software algorithms. By handling faults through software, the board can often recover from errors without disrupting the overall operation of the control system. This capability adds an extra layer of reliability and robustness to the turbine control system.
- Versatile Input Options: Offers flexibility in terms of input configurations. It can accommodate both current and voltage inputs, depending on the jumper setting. This adaptability allows the control system to work with various types of sensors and transducers, making it compatible with different turbine models or configurations. It simplifies the installation process and ensures that the control system can be tailored to meet specific turbine requirements.
- DC Power Board: A DC power board, also known as a power distribution board or power supply board, is responsible for managing the distribution of direct current (DC) power within a system. It typically consists of various components such as:
- Input Connector: This is where the external power source is connected to the board. It could be a DC power supply, battery, or another power generation device.
- Power Regulation: The board may include voltage regulation circuits to ensure a stable output voltage. These circuits may involve voltage regulators, voltage references, and filtering components.
- Power Switching: Some power boards may have switches or relays to control the power supply to different components or subsystems.
- Output Connectors: These connectors provide power outputs to other boards or devices within the system. They are usually designed to match the specific requirements of the system.
- Protection Circuitry: To safeguard the system from overvoltage, overcurrent, and short circuits, protection mechanisms like fuses, circuit breakers, or current-limiting devices may be integrated into the power board.
- The design and complexity of a DC power board can vary depending on the application, ranging from simple power distribution for small electronic devices to more elaborate setups for larger systems like industrial control panels or power distribution units (PDUs) in data centers.
- Instrument Board:
- An instrument board, also known as an instrument panel or control panel, is a component used to monitor and control various parameters or functions within a system. It typically contains a combination of instruments, displays, switches, buttons, and indicators relevant to the specific application.
- Instruments and Displays: These include analog or digital meters, gauges, indicators, or graphical displays that provide visual feedback on different system parameters such as voltage, current, temperature, pressure, flow rate, or any other measurable quantity.
- Control Elements: Switches, buttons, knobs, or touch interfaces are used to control the system operation or adjust specific settings. These elements allow the user to interact with the system and initiate desired actions.
- Signal Conditioning: In some cases, an instrument board may incorporate signal conditioning circuitry to process or amplify sensor signals before they are displayed or used by other parts of the system.
- Communication Interfaces: Depending on the system requirements, instrument boards can also include communication interfaces like Ethernet, USB, serial ports, or wireless connectivity options, enabling data exchange with external devices or networks.
World of Controls' experts are always available to help you with your GE Mark V requirements. Contact us for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is DS200DCVAG1A?
It is a Power and Instrument Board under the GE Mark V system.
Can the board be customized for different turbine models or configurations?
Yes, it offers versatile input options, accommodating both current and voltage inputs based on the jumper setting. This flexibility allows the control system to work with various types of sensors and transducers, making it compatible with different turbine models or configurations.
How does the board's triple modular redundant architecture (TMR) enhance reliability?
The TMR architecture enhances reliability through redundancy. Three identical modules work simultaneously, and their outputs are compared using a voting mechanism. The system selects the most common result among the modules and uses it as the valid output.
How does the board handle faults through software?
The module employs software-implemented fault tolerance, which means that it uses software algorithms to identify and mitigate faults within its internal processes. When a fault is detected, the board's software takes corrective actions to address the issue without disrupting the overall operation of the control system. This capability adds an extra layer of reliability and robustness to the turbine control system, allowing it to recover from errors and maintain stable performance.
How does the direct sensor interface benefit the control system?
The direct sensor interface enables the board to communicate directly with various sensors used in the turbine, such as speed and vibration sensors. This direct connection ensures accurate and real-time data acquisition, providing the control system with precise information about the turbine's operational conditions.


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Religion and science have often been at odds. In particular, Christianity and psychology have not always gotten along. Some Christians are still suspicious of psychological findings. But researcher Everett argues that Christians can know people better—and even know God better—through psychological science.
Everett suggests that the relationship between psychological science and Christianity is less like a war or mere dialogue and more like an emerging marriage. In this relational model of psychology and Christianity, there may be marital spats at times but also great potential for an intimate, mutually fulfilling relationship.
Everett demonstrates how the tools of experimental psychology shed light on human nature and the nature of God. Because people bear the image of God, the findings of psychological science help us understand both people and God more clearly. Psychological science provides new perspectives on theology and can help us address theological controversies and hot topics. Everett gives recent examples of illuminating psychological findings, examines the distortions of the image of God through the effects of sin, and points to ways that psychology assists Christians in living more virtuously.
Psychology can contribute to the Christian life because all of us, psychologists and non-psychologists alike, are human and can benefit from better understanding our fellow humankind. Beyond integrating Christian and psychological truths, this book uncovers new relationships between science and religion, demonstrates psychology's benefits to theology, and helps Christians live a redeemed life that is pleasing to God.


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- Crude safflower oil
- Crude safflower oil – non break
- Refined safflower oil
Sunflower oil is the non-volatile oil pressed from the seeds of sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Sunflower oil is commonly used in food as a frying oil, and in cosmetic formulations as an emollient. It is a mixture mainly of the polyunsaturated fat, linoleic acid (59% of total), and the monounsaturated fat, oleic acid (30% of total).
Derived from: Sunflower seed (Helianthus annuus)
Main growing areas: Russia, Ukraine, EU, Argentina


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In my last addition to my weekend fun series I presented a orange, slightly translucent little "rock". It was correctly recognised and described by EffJot as amber! Due to weathering effects the surface of the amber is covered with cracks and fractures and developed a surface incrustraction that has likely been abraded by transport and subsequent re-sedimentation. The specimen you see here is of Eocene age and was found by a friend of mine in a small gravel pit in northern Germany close to the Baltic Sea. I am sorry Silver Fox but what you interpret as breccia texture is likely nothing more than the weathering cracks and surface features of the hardening resin. There are no visible inclusions in this specimen except some tiny air bubbles (I wonder if it's worth examining those). The origin of amber is, to make it short, fossilised tree resin that hardened under exposure to air and was then deposited in sediment and re-sedimented. The German name for amber "Bernstein" is likely derived from the lower German word "börnen" which means something like "to burn". This is closely linked to the fact that amber can easily be burned.
There is only one major and active amber mine to my knowledge. It is located in the area of the former Königsberg, now part of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The open pit is called Primorskoye in Jantarni and the amber is part of the so called "Blue Earth" that holds a considerable content of Glauconite that is respondsible for its color and name. They are also of Eocene age. Of course amber can be found in many parts of the world. A lot of you likely remember if from Jurassic Park!
A good source that gives a great overview to Baltic amber is: Baltischer Bernstein by Ulf Erichson and Dr. Wolfgang Weitschat published by the Deutsches Bernsteinmuseum Ribnitz-Damgarten. That little book is also my source here.


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About this event
Hosts for this office hour:
- Wade Shen, Director of National AI Initiative Office at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
- Michael Littman, Division Director (CISE/IIS)
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) will be holding a briefing for the artificial intelligence research community to provide an overview of the Biden administration's newly release executive order (EO) on AI and its potential to support and accelerate AI research while ensuring the safety and trustworthiness of AI systems. In addition to a short summary of the EO's actions, there will be time set aside for interactive question and answer with the research community.
These Office Hours are for researchers interested in learning about programs and policies in the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE) at NSF. Office Hours are designed to give current and potential investigators a window into IIS and other partners. Attendance at office hours is voluntary and designed to help investigators gain information that can help them strengthen their proposals. Sessions will be closed-captioned. This session will be recorded.
Please note that the office hours are designed to answer questions for a broad range of researchers and not inquiries about specific proposals. If you would like to talk to about a specific proposal you are considering submitting or which was already reviewed, please email the relevant program. This will connect you with program officers with whom you can ask questions.
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Homeopet Skin and Itch Relief Natural Remedy for Cats and Dogs (15ml)
Homeopet Skin and Itch Relief provides your pet with natural relief from allergies and pollutants that cause skin irritation and scratching. Typical symptoms are: Constant chewing, itching and scratching, licking and gnawing, Seborrhea, dry flaky skin or oily, greasy coat, or a build-up of ear wax.
Suitable for all animals, with no known side effects.
Homeopathic remedies, in tablet or liquid form can help with a range of problems, such as:
- hormonal problems,
- acute and chronic conditions,
- anxieties and behaviour problems,
- puppy development.
In addition, many dog, cat and horse owners use homeopathic remedies to protect their animals from acute infectious diseases such as kennel cough, cat flu or equine flu and tetanus.


Teachers are named to restrict certain behaviors of students. The teacher's reputation in the dream represented a warning.
Dreaming of the teacher calling:
Dreaming of the teacher's name indicates that relatives and friends in different places will have difficulties and need their own help.
Dreaming about the teacher's own name indicates that there will be a lack of technology and experience in the career, failing to keep up with the pace, and cause career losses.
I dreamed that my friend called himself to school, and the teacher named him, indicating that he would develop new business and increase the source of income.
Dream teacher name, he called the students in the classroom and school, indicating their careers will improve relationships because there is a good improvement.
Dreaming of teachers in other classrooms being named, foreshadows that they will be conspired by villains, resulting in loss of money.
Record dreams


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|Oracle Workflow Guide
Part Number A95265-03
Oracle Workflow manages business processes according to rules that you define. The rules, which we call a workflow process definition, include the activities that occur in the process and the relationship between those activities. An activity in a process definition can be an automated function defined by a PL/SQL stored procedure or an external function, a notification to a user or role that may optionally request a response, a business event, or a subflow that itself is made up of a more granular set of activities.
A workflow process is initiated when an application calls a set of Oracle Workflow Engine APIs. The Workflow Engine takes over by driving the relevant work item defined by the application, through a specific workflow process definition. According to the workflow process definition, the Workflow Engine performs automated steps and invokes appropriate agents when external processing is required.
The following diagram depicts a simplified workflow process definition that routes a requisition to a manager or set of managers for approval.
We refer to the whole drawing as a process or process diagram. The icons represent activities, and the arrows represent the transitions between the activities. In the above example, new items are created for the process when a user creates and submits a requisition in the appropriate application.
This process contains several workflow activities implemented as PL/SQL stored procedures, including:


Overview of "Elephant's time and mouse's time"
Overview of "Elephant's time and mouse's time"
I will introduce about the Japanese book "Elephant's time and mouse's time (Zou no zikan nezumi no zikan)" It is written in Japanese only. If you can read Japanese book, so you should read this book. I wrote an overview for those who read with using dictionary.
Introduction "Elephant's time and mouse's time"
Is time feeling of elephant and mouse different?
Elephant is much bigger than mouse. So, the recognition of the same thing differs between both animals. A flat road for an elephant can be a bumpy road for a mouse. Furthermore, the author says that if they experience same time, but the time span they feel is can be different. There are two reasons.
1. The more weight of a mammal, the slower their beat of the heart and the lower the breathing frequency. So the larger the animal, the less dull the activity itself.
2. In mammals, all animals beat their heart about 2 billion times in their life time.
Although their lifespan is different, each mammals' feeling lifetime might be same.
Is there a limit on the number of heartbeat?
This book doesn't say there is a limit of heart beating times. It only says that mammals die on about 2 billion times heart beating. The cause of death includes predation or disease etc. 2 billion times when the heart beats, human beings are about 50 years old. (Calculated heart beating frequency: 80/min) The average lifetime of modern Japanese people exceeds 80 years old.
I think we should carefully live added life time span (30 years) that human beings grabbed themselves due to the development of medicine, improvement of hygiene environment, change of diet and so on.
The book I introduced this time is a good book that we can understand without science knowledge. This book is written about not only mammals but also insects and etc.


IFD Principles
 1. Facilitate dermatological education and training at all health care levels in disadvantaged communities.
 2. Continue to support the RDTC in Moshi, Tanzania, and develop other means of achieving this mission.
 3. Improve the quality of care in dermatology and venereology in resource poor countries.
 4. Develop a cadre of experienced dermato-venereologists and health workers willing to serve on a short or long-term basis as visiting teachers, lecturers, advisers, or practitioners of dermatology; and to provide mentorship for those wishing to develop such a role.
 5. Document the needs of patients with dermatological disease in such areas and the current status and future requirements for trained manpower and resources.
 6. Develop rational treatment protocols and procedures which can be used widely in the developing world.
 7. Promulgate collaborative programmes between institutions from developing and developed countries of the world, non-governmental organisations and industry.
 8. Encourage and carry out appropriate research designed to improve the care of patients with dermatological disease.
 9. Promote dermato-venereological education and communication needs in developing countries at national and international meetings.
 10. Contribute to other programmes whose aim is to help patients with dermatovenereological diseases in resource poor settings.


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Welcome to one of the popular day tour packages in Nepal. Namo buddha Day Tour is a short tour to Namo buddha Monastery that is located mere one and half hours of drive far from Kathmandu. This Monastery was built in the memory of Prince Mahasattva who had sacrificed himself to feed the hungry and dying tigress.
Prince Mahasattva who was the youngest son of King Maharatha is
believed to be the incarnation of Shakyamuni Buddha who taught humans
about great compassion (Maha Karuna). It is said that the brothers of
Mahasattva arrived in this place in search of him and when they found
what sacrifice Mahasattva had made, they erected this stupa so that the
world may know of the noble deed that Mahasattva had done.
Namo buddha is a site of great historical and religious significance. We will head east and cover 35km journey to the village of Panauti which is believed to be laid on the single stone. From Panauti, we will take a short hike to Namobuddha. Panauti is the culturally rich village of mixed ethnic people which is famous for its orange production. Starting from Dhulikhel, Namo buddha can be accessed with 3 hours of hike.
The major stupa located atop the hill is the highlight of Namo buddha Day Tour while there also exist many more columns of monasteries in the area where we can witness meditating Sannyasis and hear the preaching of Lamas. Along with the visit to the monastery, Namo buddha Tour is also popular for its views of Gaurishanker Mountain, Ganesh Mountain, Langtang Lirung Mountain and other mountains.
We have many alternatives of Family holiday Tour in Nepal. If you prefer different one then alternatives are;
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Britain's Prince Charles has hiked through this route in 1980 to make it "Royal Tr...
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text: Seating at the Academy of Music is located on four levels, with each level further divided into separate designations or sections. The Parquet is the ground floor level of the building, and is divided into four designations: Orchestra Pit, Parquet, Parquet Boxes, and Parquet Circle. The Orchestra Pit is located immediately in front of the stage, and can have up to four rows of seating (AAA-DDD). Behind this is the Parquet section, with four rows of double letters (AA-EE) and eighteen rows of single letters (A-S, excluding I). Each row is divided into three sections. The left section is numbered using odd numbers staring with 1 on the center-left aisle, and ascending. The right section is numbered using even numbers starting with 2 on the center-right aisle, and ascending. The center section is numbered beginning with 101 on the center-right aisle and ascending consecutively to the center-left aisle. Parquet Boxes surround the Parquet section in a horseshoe shape, and are numbered clockwise from 5-30. Some boxes have four seats, some six, with each seat numbered individually within the box. Immediately behind the Parquet Boxes, and also in a horseshoe shape, is the Parquet Circle. This is divided by entry ways into nine sections, labeled clockwise from A-I. Seating in the center section, E, is numbed beginning with 101 on its right aisle and ascending consecutively to 114 on its left aisle. Sections A-D are numbered using even numbers starting with 2 on the left aisle of D, and ascending as they approach the stage. Sections F-I are numbered using odd numbers starting with 1 on the right aisle of F, and ascending as they approach the stage. The Balcony, located on the second level of the house and above the Parquet Circle, is divided into three sections. The front of the balcony in sections C-G consists of box seats, numbered clockwise from 31-42. Some boxes have four seats, some six, with each seat numbered individually within the box. The front in sections A-B, H-I is called the balcony loge, and is labeled with two rows of double letters (AA-BB). Immediately behind these is the regular balcony section, labeled in the same fashion as the Parquet Circle. The second and third balconies are known as the Family Circle and Amphitheater respectively. They both follow the same numbering scheme as the Parquet Circle.


ORC – Operational Readiness Clearance
Each time an approved test beam experiment sets up in the beamline it must obtain an Operational Readiness Clearance (ORC) before the apparatus can be operated with beam. This consists of an inspection of the equipment (in the beam enclosure) by the Particle Physics Division Safety Committee and an inspection of the enclosures by the Accelerator Division Radiation Safety Officer. The controlling document is PPD_ESH_006.
To request an ORC:
 1. Go to your approved TSW
 2. Click "Generate ORC"
 3. Inform FTBF Coordinator who will help guide you through the rest of the process
This should be completed at least a week before your test beam run. That gives the committee time to review and plan. If you have time to stage the equipment outside the enclosure for a preliminary inspection, you should do so. It will help make your final inspection that much easier.
Here are some tips on passing an ORC:
 1. If you have any foam, please provide information on it's flammability. Or else cover it up with a flame retardant material
 2. Provide electrical diagrams in advance, following the information found in this document: ORCreview_DocDiagram_example
 3. Neatly tie up cables and make sure there is enough travel if on a motion table.

Requesting an ORC Inspection
In the case of a relatively small apparatus that has neither cryogenics nor pressure vessels, the spokesperson can initiate the ORC process by sending an email to the ORC chairperson, the Facility coordinator, and the RSO. Include the following information:
 1. Your name and contact information as the representative who will be on hand for your experiment.
 2. The experiment number, and a link to your TSW.
 3. Attach relevant Electrical, Flammable, Pressure/Vacuum, Cryo, or Mechanical Documents, as stated below.
 4. The location of the apparatus to be reviewed.
 - MT6.1A
 - MT6.1B
 - MT6.2A
 - MT6.2B
 - MT6.2C
 - MT6.2D
 - MC7
 - M03 (HRT)
 5. Date and time when the entire apparatus will be ready for inspection. The reviewers really do need to look at the apparatus in situ.
 6. Note: the inspection and approval process often takes about 6 hours. It is best to be ready as early in the morning as possible. Experiments who do not follow the guidelines will take longer. If all the signatures can't be obtained by 4 pm, the approval process will continue the next day.
 7. Name any parts of the apparatus that may have been reviewed earlier and at what date and where.
 8. What type of hazards might exist. Summarize the Hazard ID Checklist on the last page of your TSW.
The apparatus needs to be fully installed for the walk-through, so in the scheduling process, the experimenter should not only consider when they are available, but also when the experiment itself will be ready. By 'Ready' we mean everything is set-up, in place, but out of the beam, and plugged in but not powered. The status of any software not used for safety purposes is not relevant. If the apparatus is not reading out, it does not affect the inspection. The experiment does not have to work to be inspected, but all equipment should be present.
Pressure vessels, cryogenics, and mechanical structures
Larger experiments, or apparatus containing pressure vessels or cryogenics are handled in different ways according to what issues there might be. With these hazards, and with other mechanical structures that merit engineering notes, the ORC committee will verify that they have been appropriately reviewed prior to the walk through and sign-off.