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by Rocky Macy
Do any of our readers have knowledge of a Haven SINCLAIR who was a resident of Washington County, AR, in 1840? How about Haven St. CLAIR, an inhabitant of McDonald County, MO, in 1850? Were they the same individual?
Jean GRIGSBY (P.O. Box 339, Beeville, TX 71804) is an avid researcher of SINKLER, SINCLAIR, and ST. CLAIR lines throughout the United states. Not only does she publish a regular genealogical periodical on those names, but she has recently completed a book on the surnames as well. She would appreciate hearing from Rootbound readers with a knowledge of Haven. Please read on...
Haven SINCLAIR, a male aged twenty to thirty, was living in Washington County, AR, when the census was taken in 1840. Also at his residence were one female aged twenty to thirty and two young girls under the age of five.
Haven ST. CLAIR, a male aged thirty-three (born in NY), was a citizen of McDonald County during the 1850 census. Also in that household were his wife, Sarah (aged 29, born IN), and the following children: Mary J. (14, AR), Rebecca A. (11, AR), William (9,AR), Amanda (5, AR), Mariah (3, MO), and Elizabeth (4 months, MO). From those ages it would appear as though Haven ST. CLAIR and his family moved from Arkansas to Missouri circa _PHONE_.
The name ST. CLAIR is well rooted around Noel. Perhaps some of our readers in the Christmas City could help Jean with this branch of her clan.
Jean GRIGSBY (address above) also stated in her letter that she is the President of the South Texas Genealogical Society, and she has offered to help any of our readers that have trails into her part of the world. When you write to Jean (or anyone else) for information, always remember to enclose that very important self-addressed, stamped envelope!
Barbara F. RASMUSSEN (Rt. 1, Box 162-A, Atlantic Mine, MI 49905) is tracking ancestors through the Missouri counties of McDonald and Jasper. She would like to exchange information on the HERRING family of McDonald County. Henry Asa HERRING and his wife, Ida Alice, were residents of that county circa _PHONE_. His children included Amanda Edith, Rachel Katherine, Viola, and George Asa. Also of interest to Barbara are Alexander and Mary Ann Prather (WHITCOMB) REED, residents of McDonald County during that same period.
Ida Alice (mentioned above) was Ida Alice WHITCOMB SWEENEY who came to McDonald County around 1892 with her ten-year-old son, William SWEENEY. She married Henry Asa HERRING in 1892. She is listed as divorced on the 1910 census of Jasper County, MO, and living with her son, William. Are descendants of William SWEENEY still living in the Ozarks. Barbara RASMUSSEN wants to know!
Virginia Bee (FREEMAN) WILLIAMS (284 N. 4th Street, St. Helens, OR 97051) is seeking to learn more about her grandparents, Wesley Quigg FREEMAN (_PHONE_) and Callender Virginia Isabelle "Belle" (DENNIS) FREEMAN _PHONE_), former Hickory County, MO, residents who moved to Kansas around 1902. Children of the couple were Winnie, Naomi, Oral, Neva, Wesley, Dee, and Lafey Bee. Belle's brother, John Pierce DENNIS, married Helma Louise JOHNSON, and lived in Hickory County all of his life. Belle also had two sisters that married into the PITTS family. Can any of our readers give an assist to Virginia in her quest?
Edna SMITH (48 Collette's Place, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147) is trying to locate the family Bible of William Pinkston WILLIS. He and his wife, Mariah Jane BUCK, arrived in Arkadelphia, AR, from Tennessee, about 1865. Their family Bible (it probably belonged to his parents) was lost or misplaced somewhere in the state of Arkansas during World War II. Edna would love to get it back! Edna did relate that William and Mariah lived in several Arkansas counties and are buried on the family farm near Dayton in Sebastian County. If one of our readers knows the whereabouts of this family treasure, please contact Edna at her home in Pagosa Springs.
Until next week...happy trails!


First 5: 20 Years of Putting Kids First
In November 1998, California voters passed Proposition 10, the "Children and Families Act of 1998" initiative. The act levies a tax on tobacco products to provide funding for early childhood development programs. Revenues generated from the tobacco tax must be used to enhance the early growth experiences of children, enabling them to be more successful in school and ultimately to give them an equal opportunity to succeed in life. Revenues must be used for the following specific purposes:
 - To create a comprehensive and integrated delivery system of information and services to promote early childhood development;
 - To support parenting education, child health and wellness, early child care and education, and family support services; and
 - To educate Californians on the importance of early childhood development and smoking cessation.
Tobacco tax revenues are collected at the state level. Eighty percent of these funds are then allocated to the 58 counties according to annual birth rates. The remaining 20 percent of the money is allocated to First 5 California to support statewide programs, research, and media campaigns. Statewide First 5's are the largest investor in early childhood programs ($2 billion in 20 years) However due to smoking prevention efforts, this tobacco tax is a declining source of revenue and therefore the Prop 10 allocation diminishes each year.
In Sacramento County the annual birth rate is approximately 20,000 and First 5 Sacramento's Prop 10 annual allocation is approximately $11 million. This funding provides innovative preventative child development and programs and services. Since our inception First 5 Sacramento has invested $318 million into Sacramento County through our community partners.
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Pub. date: 2010 | Online Pub. Date: November 23, 2010 | DOI: 10.4135/9781412959193 | Print ISBN: 9781412959186 | Online ISBN: 9781412959193| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this encyclopedia
Abolitionism, according to Stanley Cohen, is a critical thinking movement about criminology, crime, punishment, and criminal law that has been developing in Western Europe since the early 1970s. John Muncie characterizes abolitionism as a knowledge-based movement that seeks to move beyond the essentialist ideas of crime, criminality, and criminal justice to facilitate new critical insights and alternative visions of justice.11 The impetus of the abolitionist movement was dissatisfaction with current crime and criminal justice policy. This discontent was not only with the basic assumptions of criminal justice policies but also with the concrete consequences of criminal justice functioning, according to Louk Hulsman. Abolitionism is based heavily on deconstructionist impulses in the form of the questioning of dominant criminal justice theories and practices. There is no concrete definition of abolitionism. To some, abolition requires doing away with the entire criminal justice system and to others abolition implies the end of penal...

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Engineering Science and Mechanics
An experimental study was made about an elastically mounted cylinder exposed to a periodic fluid flow field. The corresponding analysis placed emphasis on the prediction of fluid lift forces and cylinder responses normal to the deterministic, sinusoidal oscillating flow. A cylinder model was driven sinusoidally in still fluid in order to give a relative sinusoidal motion between the fluid and cylinder. This experimental arrangement was selected due to both a simple implementation of experimental apparatus and a strict control of the input variables such as cylinder driving amplitude and frequency. The corresponding fluid lift forces and the cylinder response amplitude were measured for two different size cylinder models (D = 1 inch, and D = 2 inch) for various cylinder driving frequencies and amplitudes;For a stationary cylinder in an oscillating fluid flow, it is well-known that the fluid lift force is a function of Reynolds number;(DIAGRAM, TABLE OR GRAPHIC OMITTED...PLEASE SEE DAI);and Keulegan-Carpenter number;(DIAGRAM, TABLE OR GRAPHIC OMITTED...PLEASE SEE DAI);where U(,m) is the maximum fluid oscillating velocity, D is the cylinder diameter, (nu) is the fluid kinematic viscosity and A is the fluid oscillating amplitude;On the other hand, for an elastically mounted cylinder, the vortices generated behind cylinder model can excite the cylinder model and, in turn, the vibrating cylinder can affect the vortex formation and the fluid lift forces. It is believed that the fluid force estimation based on stationary cylinder data must be in error compared to the actual situation. In this experiment, it was found that the fluid lift forces and the cylinder response amplitudes for an elastically mounted cylinder can be explained and predicted using frequency ratios such as f(,n)/f(,d), f(,r)/f(,d), and f(,v)/f(,d), where f(,n) is the cylinder natural frequency, f(,r) is the cylinder response frequency in the y-direction, f(,v) is the vortex shedding frequency, and f(,d) is the cylinder driving (fluid oscillating) frequency, rather than the Reynolds and the Keulegan-Carpenter numbers. When f(,r)/f(,d) = f(,v)/f(,d) = f(,n)/f(,d) = integer, there occurs a sharp increase of the cylinder response amplitudes and the fluid lift forces. The measured fluid lift forces at this integer relationship region were found to be far greater than those corresponding to a stationary cylinder exposed to an oscillating flow field. The locked-on phenomenon and the natural frequency variations due to the cylinder driving conditions were also closely examined.
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Park, Youn-sik, "The response and the lift force analysis of a cylinder oscillating in still water " (1981). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 6844.

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October 25, 2012
A joint news release from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Thomas Jefferson University
Contact: John Ascenzi, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, _PHONE_ or _EMAIL_
Contact: Rick Cushman, Thomas Jefferson University, _PHONE_ or _EMAIL_
Promising new research reveals a potentially highly effective treatment for heterotopic ossification (HO), a painful and often debilitating abnormal buildup of bone tissue. HO comes in two main forms—one that appears in children and is congenital, another that strikes wounded military personnel and surgery patients and is triggered by severe injuries and wounds.
An animal study by developmental biologists shows that a drug that interrupts a signaling-nuclear protein pathway can prevent HO. The study appeared online today in Nature Medicine.
"There are currently no effective treatments for this disease," said study leaders Masahiro Iwamoto, DDS, PhD, and Maurizio Pacifici, PhD, developmental biologists in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Surgeons can remove the abnormal bone masses, but surgery itself may trigger more of those growths."
Calling the work an "elegant study," Frederick Kaplan, MD, said that it "addresses a vast unmet need in clinical medicine." Kaplan, the Isaac & Rose Nassau Professor of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, who wrote a commentary on the research in the same issue of Nature Medicine, added that the study "provides great hope, insight and direction for the development of effective medications to prevent and treat catastrophic extraskeletal bone formation."
Iwamoto and Pacifici recently came to Children's Hospital from Thomas Jefferson University, where they performed the study. Pacifici holds the new Bong Lee Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he is director of Orthopaedic Research.
The exact mechanism by which HO occurs is not fully understood, but trauma, surgery or deep burns cause local inflammation, followed by the arrival of skeletal cells that develop into chondrocytes (cartilage cells), and are then replaced by intrusive bone. Thus, 10 to 13 percent of orthopedic patients may develop HO, mostly without major symptoms, after knee replacement or other invasive surgeries. The incidence of HO is far higher in wounded soldiers—nearly 65 percent—because modern weapons cause extreme, wide and deep tissue damage.
Although HO is not life-threatening, the bone growths can press against nerves and blood vessels, resulting in chronic pain, limited motion, problems fitting prosthetic limbs and other complications.
The congenital form of the disorder is called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) and becomes manifest in children by the age of 5 or 6. While very rare, affecting an estimated 700 U.S. children, it is progressive and often fatal in young adults. Surgery cannot be used in children with FOP because it would trigger explosive HO.
In the current study, Iwamoto and colleagues used retinoid agonists, a class of agents related to vitamin A, in mice that were genetically engineered to model HO. Specifically, they used nuclear retinoic acid receptor-γ (RAR-γ) agonists, which selectively target a regulatory pathway during cartilage formation—an essential step in the development of HO.
The RAR-γ agonists prevented HO from occurring in the mice, with minimal side effects. In contrast, control mice developed HO-like bone masses. Even more encouragingly, the protective effect appeared to be permanent, persisting even after drug treatment ended.
Furthermore, the same agent blocked HO from occurring in mice that had been genetically engineered to express a mutant protein analogous to the one found in children with FOP.
"These agents have the biological properties needed to interfere with the specific events that occur in HO," said Pacifici. "If these animal results are borne out in humans, we may have very potent and effective treatments for both forms of this disease—injury-induced HO and the congenital form."
The authors cautioned that more in-depth preclinical studies must be performed before retinoid agonists are tested in humans with HO. They pointed out, however, that one retinoid agonist is already being used in a current clinical trial for another disease, and it might be possible to gain access to this agent from the manufacturer for clinical trials.
The U.S. Department of the Army and the National Institutes of Health supported this study. Co-authors are from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University College of Medicine, as well as the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Io Therapeutics, Inc., Irvine, California.
"Potent inhibition of heterotopic ossification by nuclear retinoic acid receptor-γ agonists," Nature Medicine, published online April 3, 2011. doi:10.1038/nm.2334


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Marketing Nutrition
Soy, Functional Foods, Biotechnology, and Obesity
Brian Wansink
Publication Year: 2005
Although encouraging people to eat more nutritiously can promote better health, most efforts by companies, health professionals, and even parents are disappointingly ineffective. Brian Wansinks Marketing Nutrition focuses on why people eat the foods they do, and what can be done to improve their nutrition. Wansink argues that the true challenge in marketing nutrition lies in leveraging new tools of consumer psychology (which he specifically demonstrates) and by applying lessons from other products failures and successes. The key problem with marketing nutrition remains, after all, marketing.
Published by: University of Illinois Press
Series: The Food Series
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Many of the insights in this book emerged from research projects by farsighted funding groups such as the National Soybean Research Lab (NSRL) and the Soy Foods Center at the University of Illinois, the Council for Agricultural Research (C-FAR), the Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance (IMBA), the Illinois Attorney General, and the Illinois Soybean Program...
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Marketing is not simply a clever "Got Milk" advertising campaign, a fiftycent coupon on a soy burger, or a convenient combination pack of precut vegetables. In the context of nutrition, marketing is much broader. It focuses on all efforts to encourage and enable people to eat more nutritiously. Many people involved in marketing might call it education...
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1. Nutrition Knowledge That Matters
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Many people want to believe that nutritional knowledge is power. That is, they believe that if we can simply educate people so that they can pass a nutrition quiz, they will all eat better. Almost everyone knows that fruit is better for them than cookies, that a salad is better for them than french fries, and that broiled fish is better for them than a deep-fried pork chop. Despite this knowledge, cookie...
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2. Classified World War II Food Secrets
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How can we get people to eat better? Many programs and campaigns to change eating habits, such as the "Five-a-Day" fruit and vegetable campaign, have met with costly, disappointing short-term results. Most recently, the adoption of healthful or functional foods has been slow because consumers are wary to try unfamiliar, initially unappealing foods such as...
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3. If It Sounds Good, It Tatsts Good
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To what extent do labels influence our taste of a product? Can a label actually make us think a food tastes good or bad? Although this general issue of taste suggestibility is not often academically studied, it has a rich anecdotal history. Studies during World War II examined the feasibility of serving organ meats (such as brains, kidneys, tongue, and liver) as...
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4. Profiling the Perfect Consumer
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At least some part of the population will adopt an unfamiliar but nutritious food simply because it's more healthful, but a larger portion will do so only if the taste of this food is preferable to alternatives. To better understand the types of people who have adopted a healthful unfamiliar food, it could be beneficial to profile those who did so because they like...
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5. Mental Maps That Lead to Consumer Insights
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We know that people have different attitudes about food, but how are these attitudes influenced? Several factors, such as food preferences, beliefs, values, socioeconomic status, and knowledge of nutrition, influence the formation of food attitudes. Understanding why and how people choose the foods they do will help us develop a more targeted marketing communication...
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6. Targeting Nutritional Gatekeepers
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The biggest single driver of consumption is the availability of a particular food. In most households, what is eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks is determined by what the primary grocery shopper—the food gatekeeper—has purchased. If a teenager wants to eat Pop-Tarts but they are not in the house, he or she will probably not eat Pop-Tarts. The teenager...
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7. The De-marketing of Obesity
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People want a variety of high-value, tasty foods that they can have in large quantities whenever they want. Years of evolution and learned behavior have led people away from eating foods that are less palatable and less convenient to obtain. This is one reason overeating at McDonald's is so much easier to do than convincing children to eat broccoli....
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8. Why Five-a-Day Programs Often Fail
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"Eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day." Much research has been done on why some consumers follow this food guideline while others agree it is a good idea and then eat potato chips. Although much effort and money have been invested in programs such as the "Five-a-Day" program, there is no evidence that these programs are cost-effective, and many...
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9. Winning the Biotechnology Battle
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Functional foods and biotechnology often are wrongly perceived as interconnected in many consumers' minds. New foods, enhanced with added nutritional characteristics, can be intimidating. Some consumers are afraid to try functional foods such as soy, fermented dairy products, and yogurt because they have preconceived notions about the risks involved...
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10. Managing Consumer Reactions to Food Crises
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Marketing nutrition is a process of encouraging people to make healthful choices that improve their well-being. What happens when contamination, terrorism, or disease is thought to threaten a part of the food supply? Some crises have influenced the recall, redesign, and communication efforts of individual companies (such as Tylenol, Perrier, Ford, Goodyear, and Shell)....
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11. Leveraging Food and Drug Administration Health Claims
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"Reduce the risk of heart disease." "Prevent osteoporosis." Health claims such as these might influence our knowledge, but do they motivate us to change our behavior? When do health claims motivate us to eat better? Although effective food labeling and nutritional health claims can have an important impact on consumers, such efforts are not always successful....
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12. Health Claims: When Less Equals More
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Should we make health claims lengthy and complete or catchy and quick? A longer, more complete health claim is most accurate, but a shorter one can be more easily processed and more persuasive. The concerns over Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims being accurate but misunderstood are well founded. Although the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act was...
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13. Introducing Unfamiliar Foods to Unfamiliar Lands
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If we look at food consumption patterns, we see that they are greatly affected by cultural differences. How do we encourage people to alter their consumption patterns and consume an unfamiliar food that could meet a key nutritional need? When developing a marketing strategy around a functional food, it is important to consider the cultural context and perceptions...
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14. Global Best Practices
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Many programs and campaigns to change eating habits have met with costly, disappointing, short-lived results. Most recently, even the adoption of functional foods has been slow because consumers are hesitant to try unfamiliar, initially unappealing foods. The earlier chapters of this book have focused on the insights that have resulted from a stream of research...
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Conclusion: Looking Backward and Speeding Forward
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As the Introduction to this book emphasized, marketing nutrition is not simply a clever "Got Milk" ad, a fifty-cent coupon on a soy burger, or a convenient combination pack of precut carrots. In the context of nutrition, marketing is much broader because it focuses on all efforts to persuade, encourage, and enable people to eat more nutritiously. Call it education...
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James A. Powell
James S. Cangelosi
Ann Marie Harris
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322-3900
We discuss the use of in-class games to create realistic situations for mathematical modelling. Two games are presented which are appropriate for use in post-calculus settings. The first game reproduces predator-prey oscillations and the second game simulates disease propagation in a mixing population. When used creatively these games encourage students to model realistic data and apply mathematical concepts to understanding the data.
AMS Subject Classifications: 00A06, 00-01, 92-01
Keywords: interdisciplinary mathematics, pedagogy, modelling biological systems.


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Internet sock puppet
A sock puppet describes an additional account created by an existing member of an Internet community, sometimes to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument. Other reasons include a desire to support or vote on an issue coupled with a desire to have one's "main" account stay away from the issue. This behaviour is sometimes seen as being dishonest by online communities, and as a result these individuals are often labeled as trolls.
One type of sock puppet is sometimes referred to as a "straw man sock puppet". They are created by users with one point of view, but act as though they have an opposing point of view, in order to make that point of view look bad. They will often make poor arguments which their "opponents" can then easily refute. This can allow them to make straw man arguments. Such sock puppets thus become a personification of the straw man argument which their creators argue against. They often act as unintelligent or uninformed, and may behave in an overtly bigoted manner. The effect is often to obfuscate the debate and prevent a serious discussion of the arguments from each side. Suspicion of such sock puppets is often harder to verify though, as there are often people who naturally behave in such a manner with the same effects.
- Based on an article titled "Sock_puppet" at Wipipedia
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You can set up a Zap to automate your Metric values automatically.
- Within Zapier, click Make a Zap to get started.
- Next, select a Trigger app and define your Trigger criteria.
- Once your Trigger criteria is successfully added, move on to the Action component of your Zap.
- Select Hoopla as your Action app and choose one of the Metric update options - Increment Metric Value, Decrement Metric Value or Clear Metric Value. Clear Metric Value is useful if you have Metric value that needs to be reset at a specific time interval, such as, a Daily Calls or Monthly Accounts Metric. We recommend using the Zapier built-in app called "Schedule" to set your trigger.
- If you have not already done so, connect to your Hoopla Account by clicking on Connect to Account and Authorize your Hoopla account to integrate with Zapier.
- Configure the details of your Metric update. This includes Metric Name, which is the Hoopla Metric to apply the update to; Amount, which is the amount by which you want to increment/decrement an existing value (note: if there is no pre-existing value, the value entered here becomes the initial value; User Email, which is the email address of the user whose metric will be updated (note: this email address must match the User's email address within Hoopla).
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pressure sensors, or more likely pressure scanners, are fitted to the motorcycle and the "rider" to measure aerodynamic pressures on every surface. Pressure tappings are accurate holes in the surface and these are tubed to the scanners. Scanners would also be tubed to Kiel rake arrays or pitot probes, attached to the bike, to map external air pressure profiles and hence the aerodynamic signature mapped around the whole motorcycle and its immediate surroundings.
All of this pressure and temperature data is recorded via an Ethernet connection on every channel at up to 1000 readings per second, detailing how vortices, transients and eddies change during a run, with the data being analysed and used to construct new parts that are ever more sophisticated and provide more aerodynamic performance.
Additionally, advanced techniques such as Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDV) or Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) are used to capture velocity profile "slices", through the air, across the entire wind tunnel. Boundary layers, where air is considered to be stagnating on surfaces, are also assessed.
What about the iconic wool tufts, smoke wands and "flo-viz" (flow visualisation or pressure-sensitive) paint? They still have a place to play in outline visual estimates…and for great marketing images, but mostly data needs to be very high integrity, fast and accurate, as well as being able to be gathered as millions of data points and stored for post-processing and analysis.
Statue of Carlo Guzzi in Mandello Del Lario (Photo: I.Gordon
Statue of Carlo Guzzi in Mandello Del Lario (Photo: I.Gordon)
How does the future look for Motorcycle Aerodynamics?
Motorcycle manufacturers will accelerate their aerodynamic developments. Reductions in drag, noise, fuel consumption, emissions and regulations will drive this. Turbulence causes rider fatigue, higher wind noise and discomfort (try riding with your visor up or a scarf tugging at your neck!).
Ironically, at the expense of increasing drag, more downforce will improve braking and straight-line stability, cornering capability and anti-wheelie – which, with wheelspin, is often the limiting factor in race motorcycle acceleration. However, whilst downforce improves traction when upright, it will negatively affect cornering ability at extreme lean angles. As you may see, Aerodynamics is optimised in different ways for different applications, and there is always a compromise involved.
The "Active Aerodynamics" that are seen in cars, or often hidden, such as moveable aero sections, like wings and ducts, or changing ride heights, are becoming more common. Whilst radiators and coolers need maximum airflow at low speed, for example, they create drag at high speed, so isolating them, fully or partially, can be highly beneficial. Cool air helps engine and braking efficiency, but with a drag penalty. Changes in profile can use motorised or hydraulically actuated flaps, "lamella", or "aero-elastic" materials can conveniently flex under air pressure. Thus, aerodynamics plays a large part in meeting strict environmental, economy and emissions targets.
Helmets and clothing, as in the cycling world, will increasingly use Aerodynamic profiling to improve their performance and comfort. Aerodynamics in MotoGP become more sophisticated, often importing Formula 1 personnel and their innovations, especially with a drive for downforce to help get their huge power to the back tyre. As with Formula 1, rules are brought-in to limit the exponential growth of this technology advancement to keep costs in-check and the sport competitive and entertaining.
Marketing continues the drive to make road vehicles look more like their racing counterparts, so just as you see more vents, wings, diffusers and aero sections on "less exotic" road cars, you'll see more MotoGP derived aero designs reach road bikes to help the buyer aspire to look more like their racing hero.
As Electric motorcycles develop further, aerodynamic optimisation plays an important part in both cooling batteries/motors to ensure optimal discharge temperature, but also in extending battery range by drag reduction – a 10% reduction said to enhance operable range by over 5% – at highway speeds.
As for the Wind Tunnel? Increasingly sophisticated CFD use, plus more on-board measurements, such as EvoScann® pressure scanners, on test bikes may reduce the use of wind tunnels, but they will continue to play a major role in motorcycle aerodynamics for the foreseeable future. What was started by the wonderful, iconic Moto Guzzi wind tunnel and it's highly respected, innovative engineers, will continue to impact future generations.
If you have chance to visit the wonderful Mandello Del Lario factory and museum, I hope you pause in the corner of the site and spare a thought for Moto Guzzi's experimental engineers and I hope my article may help you understand a little more about their famous wind tunnel and why they built it.

About the Author: Iain Gordon has been passionate about Moto Guzzi since he was 15. He currently has Le Mans II and Daytona RS, as well as MV Agusta, motorcycles. His role in Export Sales of Wind Tunnel and On-vehicle Aerodynamic measurement instrumentation, such as Scanivalve & EvoScann pressure scanners and Vectoflow multi-hole flow/pressure probes, takes him to the major motorsport and road car and motorcycle facilities of the world – (secrecy and confidentiality agreements prevent him telling you anything much about them) – except when he's at home writing his first article on motorcycle aerodynamics.
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Lesbian Poetry Retrospective Part II
As our first poetry retrospective revealed, it is challenging to compile a comprehensive list of great lesbian and bisexual poets — and the reason is a good one: There are a wealth of choices from all around the world, and from different moments in history.
Certainly there are plenty more that deserve to be featured here, but these next 10 poets continue to show the diversity and brilliance that exists within the category of "lesbian and bisexual poetry."
Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) (1886–1961)
Bisexual poet Hilda Doolittle, known as H.D., is celebrated for her avant-garde style, which distinguished her from the more sentimental nature of the late Victorian era, and for her contributions to the imagist movement.
Leaving her Pennsylvania roots, H.D. traveled to Europe to develop her voice and to start her literary career. She was engaged to fellow poet Ezra Pound at one point, though the relationship was complicated when she became involved with a woman named Frances Josepha Gregg.
Throughout her life, H.D. continued to have affairs with both men and women, though her long-term partner was Annie Winifred Ellerman. The consequences of her relationship with Ellerman were significant, and the women referred to each other as "cousins" to prevent suspicion.
H.D. explored her relationships with women more in her novels (published posthumously) than in her poetry. Nonetheless, her sexuality was a significant source of inspiration for all of her work.
The following poem was published in Hymen in 1921.
"At Baia"
I should have thought
in a dream you would have brought
some lovely, perilous thing,
orchids piled in a great sheath,
as who would say (in a dream),
"I send you this,
who left the blue veins
of your throat unkissed."
Why was it that your hands
(that never took mine),
your hands that I could see
drift over the orchid-heads
so carefully,
your hands, so fragile, sure to lift
so gently, the fragile flower-stuff–
ah, ah, how was it
You never sent (in a dream)
the very form, the very scent,
not heavy, not sensuous,
but perilous—perilous—
of orchids, piled in a great sheath,
and folded underneath on a bright scroll,
some word:
"Flower sent to flower;
for white hands, the lesser white,
less lovely of flower-leaf,"
"Lover to lover, no kiss,
no touch, but forever and ever this."
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Cost of Power Interruptions to Electricity Consumers in the United States
Kristina Hamachi LaCommare and Joseph H. Eto
The massive electric power blackout in the northeastern U.S. and Canada on August 14-15, 2003 catalyzed discussions about modernizing the U.S. electricity grid. Industry sources suggested that investments of $50 to $100 billion would be needed. This work seeks to better understand an important piece of information that has been missing from these discussions: what do power interruptions and fluctuations in power quality (power-quality events) cost electricity consumers? The authors have developed a bottom-up approach for assessing the cost to U.S. electricity consumers of power interruptions and power-quality events (referred to collectively as "reliability events"). The approach can be used to help assess the potential benefits of investments in improving the reliability of the grid. They have also developed a new estimate based on publicly available information, and assessed how uncertainties in these data affect this estimate using sensitivity analysis.
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Technical paper


data.iloc[[row1_index, row2_index, row3_index]]
6. Access a subset of specific rows and columns
PYTHON
# by names
data.loc[["row1", "row2", "row3"], ["col1", "col2", "col3"]]
# by indices
data.iloc[[row1_index, row2_index, row3_index], [col1_index, col2_index, col3_index]]
# column names + row indices
data[["col1", "col2", "col3"]].iloc[[row1_index, row2_index, row3_index]]
# column indices + row names
data.iloc[:, [col1_index, col2_index, col3_index]].loc[["row1", "row2", "row3"]]
7. Access a subset of row and column ranges
PYTHON
# by name
data.loc["row1":"row2", "col1":"col2"]
# by index
data.iloc[row1_index:row2_index, col1_index:col2_index]
# column names + row indices
data.loc[:, "col1_name":"col2_name"].iloc[row1_index:row2_index]
# column indices + row names
data.iloc[:, col1_index:col2_index].loc["row1":"row2"]
Exploring available methods using the dir() function
Python includes a dir() function that can be used to display all of the available methods (functions) that are built into a data object. In Episode 4, we used some methods with a string. But we can see many more are available by using dir():
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my_string = 'Hello world!' # creation of a string object
dir(my_string)
This command returns:
PYTHON
['__add__',
...
'__subclasshook__',
'capitalize',
'casefold',
'center',
...
'upper',
'zfill']
You can use help() or Shift+Tab to get more information about what these methods do.
Assume Pandas has been imported and the Gapminder GDP data for Europe has been loaded as data. Then, use dir() to find the function that prints out the median per-capita GDP across all European countries for each year that information is available.
Among many choices, dir() lists the median() function as a possibility. Thus,
PYTHON
data.median()
Interpretation
Poland's borders have been stable since 1945, but changed several times in the years before then. How would you handle this if you were creating a table of GDP per capita for Poland for the entire twentieth century?
Key Points
 - Use DataFrame.iloc[..., ...] to select values by integer location.
 - Use : on its own to mean all columns or all rows.
 - Select multiple columns or rows using DataFrame.loc and a named slice.
 - Result of slicing can be used in further operations.
 - Use comparisons to select data based on value.
 - Select values or NaN using a Boolean mask.
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Overview
Questions
 - How can I plot my data?
 - How can I save my plot for publishing?
Objectives
 - Create a time series plot showing a single data set.
 - Create a scatter plot showing relationship between two data sets.
matplotlib is the most widely used scientific plotting library in Python.
 - Commonly use a sub-library called matplotlib.pyplot.
 - The Jupyter Notebook will render plots inline by default.
PYTHON
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 - Simple plots are then (fairly) simple to create.
PYTHON
time = [0, 1, 2, 3]
position = [0, 100, 200, 300]
plt.plot(time, position)
plt.xlabel('Time (hr)')
plt.ylabel('Position (km)')
A line chart showing time (hr) relative to position (km), using the values provided in the code block above. By default, the plotted line is blue against a white background, and the axes have been scaled automatically to fit the range of the input data.
Display All Open Figures
In our Jupyter Notebook example, running the cell should generate the figure directly below the code. The figure is also included in the Notebook document for future viewing. However, other Python environments like an interactive Python session started from a terminal or a Python script executed via the command line require an additional command to display the figure.
Instruct matplotlib to show a figure:
PYTHON
plt.show()
This command can also be used within a Notebook - for instance, to display multiple figures if several are created by a single cell.
Plot data directly from a Pandas dataframe.
 - We can also plot Pandas dataframes.
 - Before plotting, we convert the column headings from a string to integer data type, since they represent numerical values, using str.replace() to remove the gpdPercap_ prefix and then astype(int) to convert the series of string values (['1952', '1957', ..., '2007']) to a series of integers: [1925, 1957, ..., 2007].
PYTHON
import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv('data/gapminder_gdp_oceania.csv', index_col='country')
# Extract year from last 4 characters of each column name
# The current column names are structured as 'gdpPercap_(year)',
# so we want to keep the (year) part only for clarity when plotting GDP vs. years
# To do this we use replace(), which removes from the string the characters stated in the argument
# This method works on strings, so we use replace() from Pandas Series.str vectorized string functions
years = data.columns.str.replace('gdpPercap_', '')
# Convert year values to integers, saving results back to dataframe
data.columns = years.astype(int)
data.loc['Australia'].plot()
GDP plot for Australia
Select and transform data, then plot it.
 - By default, DataFrame.plot plots with the rows as the X axis.
 - We can transpose the data in order to plot multiple series.
PYTHON
data.T.plot()
plt.ylabel('GDP per capita')
GDP plot for Australia and New Zealand
Many styles of plot are available.
 - For example, do a bar plot using a fancier style.
PYTHON
plt.style.use('ggplot')
data.T.plot(kind='bar')
plt.ylabel('GDP per capita')
GDP barplot for Australia
Data can also be plotted by calling the matplotlib plot function directly.
 - The command is plt.plot(x, y)
 - The color and format of markers can also be specified as an additional optional argument e.g., b- is a blue line, g-- is a green dashed line.
Get Australia data from dataframe
PYTHON
years = data.columns
gdp_australia = data.loc['Australia']
plt.plot(years, gdp_australia, 'g--')
GDP formatted plot for Australia
Can plot many sets of data together.
PYTHON
# Select two countries' worth of data.
gdp_australia = data.loc['Australia']
gdp_nz = data.loc['New Zealand']
# Plot with differently-colored markers.
plt.plot(years, gdp_australia, 'b-', label='Australia')
plt.plot(years, gdp_nz, 'g-', label='New Zealand')
# Create legend.
plt.legend(loc='upper left')
plt.xlabel('Year')
plt.ylabel('GDP per capita ($)')
Adding a Legend
Often when plotting multiple datasets on the same figure it is desirable to have a legend describing the data.
This can be done in matplotlib in two stages:
 - Provide a label for each dataset in the figure:
PYTHON
plt.plot(years, gdp_australia, label='Australia')
plt.plot(years, gdp_nz, label='New Zealand')
 - Instruct matplotlib to create the legend.
PYTHON
plt.legend()
By default matplotlib will attempt to place the legend in a suitable position. If you would rather specify a position this can be done with the loc= argument, e.g to place the legend in the upper left corner of the plot, specify loc='upper left'
GDP formatted plot for Australia and New Zealand
 - Plot a scatter plot correlating the GDP of Australia and New Zealand
 - Use either plt.scatter or DataFrame.plot.scatter
PYTHON
plt.scatter


text: Performance of a prototype dual-energy digital chest radiography unit in detecting calcified and noncalcified simulated pulmonary nodules was compared with that of a highly optimized, conventional system. Nodules ranging in size (0.5, 1.0, and 1.6 cm), in number (five to 11), and in calcium content (0-25 mg) were superimposed over the lungs of a frozen, unembalmed, human chest phantom. For each technique, six observers examined 50 posteroanterior projections with different randomized nodule locations. Detection consisted of locating and assigning a level of confidence to each perceived nodular opacity. The resulting plots of the true-positive fraction versus the mean number of false-positive calls per projection indicate that for both calcified and noncalcified nodules, the digital unit performed significantly better (P less than.01).


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Ever since Visual Basic evolved into the VB.NET framework, shape controls in VB6 are no longer available. In VB2013, the programmer needs to write code to create various shapes and drawings.
Visual Basic 2013 offers various graphics capabilities that allow us to write code that can create all kinds of shapes and even fonts. In this lesson, you will learn how to write code to draw lines and shapes on the Visual Basic 2013 IDE.
Before you can draw anything on a form, you need to create the Graphics object in Visual Basic 2013. A graphics object is created using the CreateGraphics() method. You can create a graphics object that draws to the form itself or a control.
To draw graphics on the default form, you can use the following statement:
Dim myGraphics As Graphics =me.CreateGraphics
To draw in a picture box, you can use the following statement:
Dim myGraphics As Graphics = PictureBox1.CreateGraphics
You can also use the text box as a drawing surface, the statement is:
Dim myGraphics As Graphics = TextBox1.CreateGraphics
The Graphics object that is created does not draw anything on the screen until you call the methods of the Graphics object. In addition, you need to create the Pen object as the drawing tool. We shall examine the code that can create a pen in the following section.
A Pen can be created using the following code:
myPen = New Pen(Brushes.Color, LineWidth)
where myPen is a Pen variable. You can use any variable name instead of myPen. The first argument of the pen object defines the color of the drawing line and the second argument defines the width of the drawing line. For example, the following code created a pen that can draw a dark magenta line and the width of the line is 10 pixels:
myPen = New Pen(Brushes.DarkMagenta, 10)
You can also create a Pen using the following statement:
Dim myPen As Pen myPen = New Pen(Drawing.Color.Blue, 5)
Where the first argument define the color(here is blue, you can change that to red or whatever color you want) and the second argument is the width of the drawing line.
Having created the Graphics and the Pen objects, you are now ready to draw graphics on the screen which we will show you in the following section.
In this section, we will show you how to draw a straight line on the Form.
First of all, launch Visual basic 2013 Express. In the startup page, drag a button onto the form. Double-click on the button and key in the following code.
Private Sub BtnDraw_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnDraw.Click Dim myGraphics As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics Dim myPen As Pen myPen = New Pen(Brushes.DarkMagenta, 20) myGraphics.DrawLine(myPen, 60, 180, 220, 50) End Sub
The second line created the Graphics object and the third and fourth line create the Pen object. The fifth draw a line on the Form using the DrawLine method. The first argument uses the Pen object created by you, the second argument and the third arguments define the coordinate the starting point of the line, the fourth and the last arguments define the ending coordinate of the line. The syntax of the Drawline argument is
object.DrawLine(Pen, x1, y1, x2, y2)
For the above example, the starting coordinate is (60,80) and the ending coordinate is (220,50)
Figure 25.1 shows the line created by the program.


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Xyce is an open source, SPICE-compatible analog circuit simulator developed by Sandia National Laboratories. It supports large-scale parallel computing platforms. As a consequence Xyce is capable of solving extremely large circuits.
Xyce can generate output files in multiple formats. BeSpice Wave reads the default file format (*.prn), CSV files (*.csv) and CSD files (*.csd). However these files are text based. This makes them human-readable but reading them by software is relatively slow.
Therefore BeSpice Wave is a lot faster when reading binary raw files (*.raw). These files are generated by Xyce when the command-line option -r is added. BeSpice Wave accesses these files like a database. That means the curve list is read very quickly and the corresponding data is parsed only when it is required. All data is re-read from file when the file changes in an ongoing simulation.
The evaluation version that is available from our downloads page reads *.prn files, *.csv files and *.raw files generated by Xyce.


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Make specific that you deserve to specify, and usage in conmessage, the key terms below.chain reactivity initiation action propagation action radical substitution termination step
A radical substitution reaction is a reaction which occurs by a free radical system and results in the substitution of one or more of the atoms or teams existing in the substrate by various atoms or teams.
The initiation step in a radical chain reactivity is the action in which a cost-free radical is initially created. A termicountry step of a radical chain reactivity is one in which 2 radicals react together in some way so that the chain can no much longer be propagated.
While radical halogecountry of exceptionally basic alkanes deserve to be an efficient artificial strategy, it cannot be employed for bigger even more complex alkanes to yield particular alkyl halides, considering that the reenergetic nature of radicals always leads to mixtures of singleand also multiple-halogenated products.
The Three Phases of Radical Chain Reactions
Because of their high retask, free radicals have actually the potential to be both incredibly effective lutz-heilmann.infoical tools and also incredibly harmful contaminants. Much of the power of free radical species stems from the organic tendency of radical procedures to take place in a chain reaction fashion. Radical chain reactions have 3 distinct phases: initiation, propagation, and also termicountry.
The initiation phase describes the action that initially creates a radical species. In many situations, this is a homolytic cleavage occasion, and also takes place extremely seldom because of the high power obstacles connected. Often the influence of warmth, UV radiation, or a metal-containing catalyst is essential to get rid of the energy obstacle.
Molecular chlorine and also bromine will certainly both undergo homolytic cleavage to develop radicals when subjected to heat or light. Other functional groups which also tend to form radicals when exposed to warm or light are chlorofluorocarbons, peroxides, and the halogenated amide N-bromosuccinimide (NBS).
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The propagation phase describes the "chain" component of chain reactions. Once a reactive cost-free radical is created, it have the right to react through stable molecules to form brand-new complimentary radicals. These new cost-free radicals go on to generate yet even more totally free radicals, and also so on. Propagation steps frequently involve hydrogen abstractivity or addition of the radical to double bonds.


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Come Holy Spirit Renew the Creation
St. Gregorios Orthodox Church,
"The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon" –Psalms 29: 5
The cedars of Lebanon (Cedrus libani) are mentioned frequently throughout the Old Testament (see Ezekiel 31:3, Psalm 104:16, Amos 2:9). These coniferous trees are well known for their height (up to 130 feet) and massive trunk (up to 8 feet in diameter). In Biblical times, these trees were highly valuable due to their superior building quality----even King Solomon found it worthy enough to build his temple in Jerusalem with (1 Kings 5:6). The psalmist is well aware of its features when referring to the cedars to describe the power and strength of the Lord.
When considering the cedars of Lebanon, we can find that many of its characteristics are in line with how we should live our own lives:
UsefulNot only do these trees provide an excellent source of timber, they also provide shelter to birds and other living things. We should lead a life where we are of use to those around us. Consider: How useful have we been this week to others in our life?
RootedFor every ten feet that these cedars are above ground, the roots below go down 30 feet! Being deeply rooted is what allows these timbers to stand upright through many storms and other natural disasters. If we are to grow in Christ, we must first be rooted in Him. When we stand firm in God's love for us, we are better able to withstand the storms of grief, disappointment, and pain. Consider: Are we deeply rooted in Christ? Do the roots go beyond what others can see?
CooperativeWhen there are neighboring trees around, cedars will often intertwine and grow together as one. If one tree becomes weak, its limbs will be sustained by merging with the healthy tree. We are expected to carry the weak amongst us and also allow others to carry us when we are weary. Consider: Have we been able to bear the burden of those in need? Have we accepted help from others in times of struggle?
As we read the entirety of Psalms 29, it seems that the psalmist is in the middle of a thunderstorm while hearing the voice of the Lord. Just how powerful is His voice? Powerful enough to break the cedars of Lebanon. Let us grow to be like the cedars of Lebanon (Psalms 92:12), while keeping in mind the awesome power of God who sits as King forever.
Heavenly Father, thank You for being the God of judgment, strength, and power over all the earth. We pray that we can be more like the cedars of Lebanon. Help us to be useful to those around us, deeply rooted in You, and cooperative with others. We love You for all that You do for us. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
It's impossible even for the devil to cut down a tree that is so deeply rooted, so useful, and so cooperative.


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"Projects" also consist largely of the "*.pap" documents that make up your main text. In addition, a project can also have character and research databases as well as other documents you have assigned to the project.
Thus, Papyrus Author helps you keep track of the documents in your project by creating a folder with the name of your main text.
If you have started with only a main text and now would like to add research or a Character Database, you can change it to a project at any time. The main text, the character and research databases as well as any attached document will all be put into a folder with the name of your project. This keeps your documents well organized.
Papyrus Author databases consist of the main "*.pb" file; changes that you just made are stored in the "*.log" file. Together, these two files contain all the information in your database.
Your entry formulas can be found in the "*.pbf" files (Papyrus Base Formula). Other database files include the "*.idx" and the "*.set" files for the settings in the database.
"File" menu → "Open…" will open a file selector dialog ("Open Document"), in which you can choose the file you would like to open. This does not necessarily have to be a Papyrus Author Document ("*.PAP"), but can also be a Word, an RTF, an ASCII, or an HTML document.
Your operating system's file selector dialor allows you to open and save all your Papyrus Author documents, as well as other document types (e.g. documents in RTF, ASCII, DOC, docx or HTML formats you want to import or export).
The Title Line of the file selector dialog will show you which document operation (open, save, …) will be carried out.
The drop-down list "Document Type" allows you to determine which type of documents will be shown in the file selector dialog. Documents are labeled with an Extension, i.e. the last three letters in the document name assigning that document to a specific program.
The Papyrus Author standard extension is "*.PAP". You can also choose to open or save files in MS Word / Office Format ("*.DOC" / "docx"), PDF, and pap.pdf hybrid files, the e-book format "ePub," HTML, RTF, or ASCII.
You can choose which types of documents you will be offered in "Import/Export" ("Preferences" → "Import/Export").
You can make changes to the type of extension for HTML documents under "Preferences" → "Import/Export" → "HTML."
In the "Open Document" dialog you can use your mouse to select the hard drive partition (C:\, D:\, E:\, …), in which you would like to save your document, as well as for clicking between folders.


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National Physical Therapy Month comes every October, but this one is particularly meaningful to Helius Medical Technologies. This year, the company has trained a large and growing community of physical therapists to use its Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS) device to help improve the gait of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). And given the critical role physical therapists play in PoNS Therapy, Helius is making its free, online training available to even more of them nationwide.
This effort – which gives physical therapists the opportunity to sign up for training by visiting the Helius booth at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference in November and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting in February 2023 – has a single goal: to give more individuals with MS the opportunity to better live the promise of APTA's theme for NPTM's 30th anniversary: "Choose to Move."
The theme spotlights physical therapists' unique value as movement experts – a role that makes them vital to the success of PoNS Therapy. PoNS is an innovative device that helps individuals with MS improve their gait by stimulating the surface of the tongue to activate new pathways to the brain. During the first two weeks of therapy, trained physical therapists work in-person with users, guiding them through therapeutic exercises designed to maximize the effectiveness of the device; for the following 12 weeks users continue the therapy at home, under their PT's weekly guidance.
In a clinical trial, PoNS plus targeted physical therapy helped all the participants enrolled in the active treatment group achieve at least a 4-point improvement in their Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) scores.1 A second study suggests this combination can enhance motor performance and showed a statistically significant improvement in balance.2 Real-world treatment outcomes found that 58.3% of individuals with MS and gait deficit achieved at least a 4-point improvement in their functional gait assessment (FGA).3
"How well we can walk has a huge impact on how well we live our lives. And for people with MS, who often have to deal with so many other complications, it's particularly top-of-mind," said Antonella Favit-Van Pelt, M.D., Ph.D., Helius' Chief Medical Officer. "When talking to their doctor, about 85% of them name gait deficit as their primary concern. Within 15 years of an MS diagnosis up to 50% of them will require a walking aid, and 10% will be wheelchair-dependent."
The PoNS device is worn around the neck, with a mouthpiece that rests lightly on the front of the tongue. It works by delivering electrical impulses through nerve fibers on the tongue, stimulating the flow of millions of neural impulses to the brain structures that control gait. This creates a cascade of activity in the brain that, when combined with physical activity, provides a neuromodulatory effect, resulting in neuroplastic changes – essentially "rewiring" parts of the brain to improve gait. This video illustrates how PoNS works: _URL_
Physical therapists who complete Helius's training learn how to complement use of the PoNS device with physical activity in order to elicit gait improvement. And while a significant number of them across multiple states already have been trained, they're only the first wave. Additional physical therapists currently are going through training, and new ones are signing up. In doing so they're exemplifying the spirit of both National Physical Therapy Month and "Choose to Move."
[Source(s): Helius Medical Technologies Inc, GlobeNewswire]


Variance - Excel
In order to do this section, download this Excel file called Baseball.
To download Excel files, you must configure your browser (Netscape) to recognize these files. If your browser has not been set up for Excel files yet, click here to learn how.
Recall in the introduction of this lesson, the question of whether the perception in America that all baseball players are overpaid was raised. The Excel file you downloaded contains the salaries for two major league teams, the Chicago Cubs and the Montreal Expos in 1994. The salaries have been divided by a million in order to make the numbers easier to work with. For example, Ryne Sandberg (cell A5), has a salary listed as 5.975. This actually means $5,975,000.
We will use this data to help us explore the answer to the question above.
 1. One statistic used frequently is called the range. The range of a data set is the difference between the greatest and least values in the set.
 1. Who are the Cubs players that are paid the highest and lowest?
 2. What is the range of salaries for the Cubs?
 2. In Excel you can do often tedious calculations quickly and accurately.
 1. What is the total payroll for the Cubs salaries? (CELL A33)
 2. What is the mean salary for the Cubs? (CELL A34)
 3. What do you think Willie Banks (CELL A24) would say if you told him the answer you found for the mean salary?
 4. Is the Cubs mean salary above or below the mean for all the teams? (Remember, this was $1.2 million dollars.)
 3. In column C,
 1. Find the deviation (COLUMN C) of each players salary from the mean. (Recall, the deviation is the difference between the mean and the data point.)
 2. Without doing any calculation, what would the mean of this list be?
 3. In your own words, describe how Mark Grace's salary differs from the mean salary for the Cubs.
 4. Now, describe Rey Sanchez's salary.
 4. In column D,
 1. Find the absolute value of the deviations. (COLUMN D) (Hint: In Excel, the command for absolute value is ABS().)
 2. Find the sum and mean of this list. (CELLS D33 and D34)
 3. In your own words, explain what this number means.
 1. Calculate the square of each deviation. (COLUMN E)
 2. Find the sum and mean of the square of the deviations (or variance). (CELLS E33 and E34)
 5. A statistic that is commonly used is called the standard deviation. It is calculated by taking the square root of the variance. In a sense, it is an undoing of the squaring that we did to find the variance. The standard deviation therefore is really a sort of "average distance" of each point from the mean.
 1. Calculate the standard deviation for the Cubs player salaries.
 2. In your own words, explain what this number means in relation to the Cub salaries.
 6. Now, for the Montreal Expos player salaries, find
 1. The sum and mean of the salaries. (CELLS G33 and G34)
 2. Each salaries deviation from the mean. (COLUMN H)
 3. The absolute value of the deviations. (COLUMN I)
 4. The sum and mean of the absolute value of the deviations. (CELLS I33 and I34)
 5. The variance and standard deviation. (COLUMN J)
 Use the data that you calculated about the Cubs and Expos salaries to answer the following questions. All answers should be defended using your the data and your calculations.
 7. Which teams' players on average make more money?
 8. Which team has a greater spread in their salaries?
 9. Which teams' salaries are more centered around the mean of their salaries?
 10. For what percent of the variance do Expo players Larry Walker and Marquis Grissom account?
 11. An outlier is a point that is significantly different from the rest of the data set. For example, if a data set contained, {1,2,3,4,40}, 40 would be an outlier since it is significantly greater than the other points.
 Would you consider Larry Walker's salary to be an outlier? How about Marquis Grissom's?
 12. If the owner of the Cubs decided to give everyone on the team a $500,000 raise, what would happen to the mean? to the variance? to the standard deviation?
 13. After analyzing the data, do you think baseball players are overpaid?
 In the middle of the 1994 season, Ryne Sandberg retired. Since he retired he did not get to keep most of his salary. Answer the following questions by deleting Ryne Sandberg's salary from the Cubs' list.
 14. Calculate the mean, variance and standard deviation for list minus Ryne Sandberg.
 15. Compare your answers to the ones you found above and answer the following.
 1. How much lower was the mean without Ryne Sandberg than with him?
 2. How about the variance and standard deviation?
 3. If Glenallen Hill (who makes $1,000,000) decided to retire instead of Ryne Sandberg, what would happen to the mean? Would the difference be greater than or less than if Ryne Sandberg retired? Answer the same questions for the variance?
Return to Title Page.
Go to next section -> Covariance.


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Fewer Wolves Counted in Denali National Park
FAIRBANKS — The number of wolves in Denali National Park and Preserve is the lowest in 25 years, which has supporters howling to stop trapping and hunting of wolves on state land just outside the northeast boundary of the park.
Researchers counted just 57 wolves in nine packs during the October survey that was posted on the National Park Service's website on Tuesday. That's down from 72 wolves in eight packs last year, a 24 percent decrease, and represents a 63 percent decline from an all-time high population of 143 wolves in 2007.
Not surprisingly, groups and individuals who have been trying to protect wolves in the park seized on the survey to rekindle their efforts to reinstitute a protective buffer zone along the northeast boundary of the park near Healy. The buffer zone, which prohibited the hunting and trapping of wolves on state land adjacent to the park, was eliminated in 2010 by the Alaska Board of Game.
The survey results "confirm fears expressed earlier this year by wildlife conservation advocates and biologists regarding the continued take of park wolves when they cross the park's northeastern boundary onto state lands," Rick Steiner, an Anchorage marine biologist who has picked up the Denali Park wolf torch that was carried by independent biologist Gordon Haber for many years before he died in a plane crash four years ago.
Citing the survey numbers, Steiner sent an email to Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Cora Campbell on Tuesday asking her to use her authority to issue an emergency closure for trapping and hunting in what used to be the buffer zone. The Alaska Wildlife Alliance, another group that has advocated for the return of the buffer zone, did the same, according to president Tina Brown.
"When you see a dramatic decline like this it's common sense something should be done," Brown said. "This is one step the Board of Game or commissioner could take to address the decline of wolves in the park and in doing so would most likely increase viewing of wolves in the park."
Similar requests and petitions submitted to Campbell in May and the Alaska Board of Game in September and October, before the trapping season opened Nov. 1, were denied because neither Campbell or the game board deemed the situation an emergency.
Campbell couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday but Dale Rabe, deputy director for the Division of Wildlife Conservation in Juneau, said nothing has changed and the state isn't likely to take any action. The state doesn't manage wolves inside the park and wolf populations on state land outside the park appear to be healthy, Rabe said.
"The commissioner and department have looked at the viability of populations outside the park and inside the park relative to trapping and harvest records and concluded that there are no conservation or sustainability questions there," Rabe said. "Without that the commissioner is not inclined to use her emergency closure authority."


A Shattered Empire
Book 3: Sorcery Ascendant Sequence
In this gritty and breathtaking conclusion to the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence, the award-winning fantasy series, a young sorcerer must learn to wield his extraordinary powers to defeat two warring empires.
In a battle of armies and sorcerers, empires will fall.
After young Caldan's parents were slain, a group of monks raised the boy and initiated him into the arcane mysteries of sorcery. But when the Mahruse Empire was attacked, and the lives of his friends hung in the balance, he was forced to make a dangerous choice.
Now, as two mighty empires face off in a deadly game of supremacy, potent sorcery and creatures from legend have been unleashed. To turn the tide of war and prevent annihilation, Caldan must learn to harness his fearsome and forbidden magic. But as he grows into his powers, the young sorcerer realizes that not all the monsters are on the other side.
And though traps and pitfalls lie ahead, and countless lives are at stake, one thing is certain: to save his life, his friends, and his world, Caldan must risk all to defeat a sorcerer of immense power.
Failure will doom the world.
Success will doom Caldan.
Sorcery Ascendant Sequence


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The FunnelEnvy platform allows B2B marketers to easily create audiences based on data sources and deploy those audiences to their campaign platforms in real time. As the "marketing data layer" this allows you to move prospects through the customer journey faster through more relevant, cross-channel campaigns.
The core concepts in FunnelEnvy to understand are:
- Audiences - The customer segments & stages associated with the customer journey based based on sources of data (collections)
- Collections - A group of related data attributes. These can be Integrated, Custom or Premium collections.
- Integrated Collections - External sources of data (e.g. Demandbase, Marketo, Eloqua)
- Custom Collections - Custom collections can contain any relevant data to be used for classification that is specific to the business. Often used for behavioral actions - these could indicate the content that a user has visited on the site.
- Premium Collections - You may have premium collections as part of your subscription, such as the "Account" collection which has firmograpghic information.
- Attributes - The fields within a collection that can be used to classify a user into an audience.
- Audience Destinations - Once audiences are defined they can be sent to "destinations", which are generally the platforms where audiences are defined (e.g. Optimizely or AdRoll).


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Is IBM Winding Down Watson Health?
IBM reported that it will no longer market Watson for Drug Discovery, one of its forays into machine learning–driven precision medicine. A spokesman for the company told STAT that the artificial intelligence product is experiencing "lackluster financial performance" and demand for the service is low.
As IBM ceases developing the drug discovery capabilities, the company said it will divert those resources to clinical trial matching and other services. Existing users will continue to receive support.
Watson for Drug Discovery was designed to let users identify specific diseases, genes, or drugs for targeted research; the system uses natural language processing and other machine learning techniques to search publications and patents to find associations between them.
Although IBM highlighted examples of customers using the product to determine how pharmaceuticals function in people with unique genetic makeups, the lack of uptake in the pharmaceutical research community signals that people have been underwhelmed by the system's performance, and questions about the value of incorporating artificial intelligence into drug development and clinical practice linger.
Source STAT, April 18, 2019.


Wavelet transform
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An example of the 2D discrete wavelet transform that is used in JPEG2000.
In mathematics, a wavelet series is a representation of a square-integrable (realor complex-valued) function by a certain orthonormal series generated by a wavelet. Nowadays, wavelet transformation is one of the most popular candidates of the time-frequency-transformations. This article provides a formal, mathematical definition of an orthonormal wavelet and of the integral wavelet transform.
Formal definition[edit]
A function \psi\in L^2(\mathbb{R}) is called an orthonormal wavelet if it can be used to define a Hilbert basis, that is a complete orthonormal system, for the Hilbert space L^2(\mathbb{R}) of square integrable functions.
The Hilbert basis is constructed as the family of functions \{\psi_{jk}: j, k \in \Z\} by means of dyadic translations and dilations of \psi\,,
\psi_{jk}(x) = 2^\frac{j}{2} \psi(2^jx - k)\,
for integers j, k \in \mathbb{Z}.
This family is an orthonormal system if it is orthonormal under the standard inner product \langle f, g\rangle = \int_{-\infty}^\infty f(x)\overline{g(x)}dx on L^2(\mathbb{R}).
\langle\psi_{jk},\psi_{lm}\rangle = \delta_{jl}\delta_{km}
where \delta_{jl}\, is the Kronecker delta.
Completeness is satisfied if every function h \in L^2(\mathbb{R}) may be expanded in the basis as
h(x) = \sum_{j, k=-\infty}^\infty c_{jk} \psi_{jk}(x)
Wavelet transform[edit]
The integral wavelet transform is the integral transform defined as
\left[W_\psi f\right](a, b) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{|a|}} \int_{-\infty}^\infty \overline{\psi\left(\frac{x-b}{a}\right)}f(x)dx\,
The wavelet coefficients c_{jk} are then given by
c_{jk} = \left[W_\psi f\right]\left(2^{-j}, k2^{-j}\right)
Here, a = 2^{-j} is called the binary dilation or dyadic dilation, and b = k2^{-j} is the binary or dyadic position.
Basic idea[edit]
The fundamental idea of wavelet transforms is that the transformation should allow only changes in time extension, but not shape. This is effected by choosing suitable basis functions that allow for this.[how?] Changes in the time extension are expected to conform to the corresponding analysis frequency of the basis function. Based on the uncertainty principle of signal processing,
\Delta t \Delta \omega \geqq \frac{1}{2}
where t represents time and ω angular frequency (ω = 2πf, where f is temporal frequency).
The higher the required resolution in time, the lower the resolution in frequency has to be. The larger the extension of the analysis windows is chosen, the larger is the value of \Delta t[how?].
Basis function with compression factor.jpg
When Δt is large,
 1. Bad time resolution
 2. Good frequency resolution
 3. Low frequency, large scaling factor
When Δt is small
 1. Good time resolution
 2. Bad frequency resolution
 3. High frequency, small scaling factor
In other words, the basis function Ψ can be regarded as an impulse response of a system with which the function x(t) has been filtered. The transformed signal provides information about the time and the frequency. Therefore, wavelet-transformation contains information similar to the short-time-Fourier-transformation, but with additional special properties of the wavelets, which show up at the resolution in time at higher analysis frequencies of the basis function. The difference in time resolution at ascending frequencies for the Fourier transform and the wavelet transform is shown below.
STFT and WT.jpg
This shows that wavelet transformation is good in time resolution of high frequencies, while for slowly varying functions, the frequency resolution is remarkable.
Another example: The analysis of three superposed sinusoidal signals y(t) = \sin(2 \pi f_0 t) + \sin(4 \pi f_0 t) + \sin(8 \pi f_0 t) with STFT and wavelet-transformation.
Analysis of three superposed sinusoidal signals.jpg
Wavelet compression[edit]
Wavelet compression is a form of data compression well suited for image compression (sometimes also video compression and audio compression). Notable implementations are JPEG 2000, DjVu and ECW for still images, REDCODE, CineForm, the BBC's Dirac, and Ogg Tarkin for video. The goal is to store image data in as little space as possible in a file. Wavelet compression can be either lossless or lossy.[1]
Using a wavelet transform, the wavelet compression methods are adequate for representing transients, such as percussion sounds in audio, or high-frequency components in two-dimensional images, for example an image of stars on a night sky. This means that the transient elements of a data signal can be represented by a smaller amount of information than would be the case if some other transform, such as the more widespread discrete cosine transform, had been used.
See Diary Of An x264 Developer: The problems with wavelets (2010) for discussion of practical issues of current methods using wavelets for video compression.
First a wavelet transform is applied. This produces as many coefficients as there are pixels in the image (i.e., there is no compression yet since it is only a transform). These coefficients can then be compressed more easily because the information is statistically concentrated in just a few coefficients. This principle is called transform coding. After that, the coefficients are quantized and the quantized values are entropy encoded and/or run length encoded.
A few 1D and 2D applications of wavelet compression use a technique called "wavelet footprints".[2][3]
Comparison with wavelet transformation, Fourier transformation and time-frequency analysis[edit]
Transformation Representation Output
Fourier transform f(\xi) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(x)e^{-2 \pi ix \xi}\, dx ξ, frequency
Time-frequency analysis X(t, f) t, time; f, frequency
Wavelet transform X(a,b) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{a}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\overline{\Psi\left(\frac{t - b}{a}\right)} x(t)\, dt a, scaling; b, time
Other practical applications[edit]
The wavelet transform can provide us with the frequency of the signals and the time associated to those frequencies, making it very convenient for its application in numerous fields. For instance, signal processing of accelerations for gait analysis,[4] for fault detection,[5] for design of low power pacemakers and also in ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless communications.[6]
(1) Discretizing of the c-τ-axis
Applied the following discretization of frequency and time:
 c_n &= c_0^n \\
 \tau_m &= m \cdot T \cdot c_0^n
Leading to wavelets of the form, the discrete formula for the basis wavelet:
\Psi(k, n, m) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{c_0^n}}\cdot\Psi\left[\frac{k - m c_0^n}{c_0^n}T\right] = \frac{1}{\sqrt{c_0^n}}\cdot\Psi\left[\left(\frac{k}{c_0^n} - m\right)T\right]
Such discrete wavelets can be used for the transformation:
Y_{DW}(n, m) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{c_0^n}}\cdot\sum_{k=0}^{K - 1} y(k)\cdot\Psi\left[\left(\frac{k}{c_0^n} - m\right)T\right]
(2) Implementation via the FFT (fast Fourier transform)
As apparent from wavelet-transformation representation (shown below)
Y_W(c, \tau) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{c}}\cdot\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} y(k) \cdot \Psi\left(\frac{t - \tau}{c}\right)\, dt
where c is scaling factor, τ represents time shift factor
and as already mentioned in this context, the wavelet-transformation corresponds to a convolution of a function y(t) and a wavelet-function. A convolution can be implemented as a multiplication in the frequency domain. With this the following approach of implementation results into:
 - Fourier-transformation of signal y(k) with the FFT
 - Selection of a discrete scaling factor c_n
 - Scaling of the wavelet-basis-function by this factor c_n and subsequent FFT of this function
 - Multiplication with the transformed signal YFFT of the first step
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Four reasons why specifying recycled steel is not the silver bullet we think it is – Latest
By Penny Gowler
On the face of it, specifying recycled steel for a new build steel frame project would seem to be a 'no brainer' to reduce the embodied carbon in the structure and make a positive contribution towards addressing the climate emergency.
Primary steelmaking, with up to 25% recycled scrap steel, in a Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) generates 2.3tCO2 per ton of steel. Secondary steelmaking using 100% recycled scrap steel requires an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) that generates just 0.4tCO2 per ton of steel. Furthermore, with zero carbon electricity serving an EAF plant, nearly all emissions from steel making can be eliminated to 0.1tCO2 per ton of steel.
But there are four clear reasons why specifying recycled steel won't have the impact we think it might…
- Global steel demand outstrips the recycled steel feedstock by a long way – the quantity of recycled steel available today is only sufficient to supply around 30% of total steel demand (1). Therefore, globally we must produce virgin steel to satisfy demand.
- Manufacturing steel from 100% recycled feedstock requires EAF steel plants. Currently there are no EAF plants that produce structural steel sections in the UK (UB, UC & hollow sections). This means any recycled steel must come from Europe so embodied carbon due to transportation to a UK site must be accounted for (lifecycle stage A4). This may still mean the European steel is less carbon intensive but what about the socio-economic impact of not supporting the UK steel industry and UK jobs?
- Depending on which EAF plant the steel comes from can result in a big difference in carbon emissions. French EAF plants running on green nuclear energy will be significantly more carbon efficient than German EAF plants using dirty coal fired electricity networks.
- Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS) is the go-to cement replacement in the UK but it is a by-product of the primary steelmaking process and comes from BOF plants. Without GGBS we have very few options for reducing the carbon content of structural concrete. The two industries are co-dependent.
So, what should we structural engineers be doing if recycled steel isn't the 'silver bullet'?
Re-use of materials in their current state rather than specifying new e.g. existing steel sections, is the best way to minimise embodied carbon but this relies on an effective secondhand market for construction materials which doesn't exist yet. We know it doesn't exist because we're trying to make it happen on our Sunderland project. In the absence of a secondhand market, efficient design and minimising material use is the biggest impact structural engineers can have in reducing demand for steel and thereby reducing its carbon footprint.
Further to this we need to understand the global steel market and material supply chains better so we can specify steel from cleaner or more local sources to direct funds towards the cleanest and most proactive steel producers. ResponsibleSteel (2) is a not for profit organisation working towards improving the sustainability and responsible sourcing in the steel industry.
Demand for steel will not go away, it's the world's largest materials industry, four times bigger than the cement industry. There are several technology routes in development that could enable near zero carbon emissions in steel production such as hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron, carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS), energy efficiency gains and steel production using low carbon electricity. However, these are some way off being commercially viable and having a direct impact on the industry.
In the meantime, structural engineers must design efficiently, set ambitious utilisation targets, design for realistic loadings and avoid secondary steelwork, shelf angles and masonry support angles wherever possible – simple is best!
(1) Material Economics (2018): The circular economy, a powerful force for climate mitigation


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Can't cover your use case with the existing sensors, but you can solve it with a bash script? The Secure Shell (SSH) Sensor is just right for you.
- You can use the SSH sensor to run a script remotely on your Linux system. The script is stored in the ServerSentinel database and run via SSH on the target system, so you do not have to deploy the script to the target system.
- The sensor also supports parameterized scripts. Depending on the use case, you can use the same script for multiple sensors and set the specific parameters in the sensor. The usual notation for parameters is used in the scripts. To evaluate the script and to use the results in the conditions, you can extract information with regular expressions to pass them on.
The Secure Shell protocol is secure thanks to an encrypted connection. At the same time, monitoring your Linux-based systems via SSH sensor offers you more flexibility and efficiency. Keep an eye on the performance and availability of your servers.
The SSH Sensor is available in the Enterprise Edition only.
Finished choosing a sensor? Then take the next step!


using google-authenticator (2FA) on the CS machines
(Note: you can also use Duo if you already have that app – see below)
If you want to add two-factor authentication to your CS account, download the Google Autheticator app to your phone, and then run the google-authenticator command on one of the CS machines:
This will ask you a few questions (see below) and show a QR code, which you scan with the app. Once it's all set up, you'll be asked for a Verification Code when you try to log in to the CS machines with a password. Your password and the code (displayed by the app) are the two factors needed for logging in.
When you run the google-authenticator command above, you will be asked a few questions (shortened versions here):
Above are my answers. I'd keep the first two as "yes", but the others you can change if you want.
Here's an example of an ssh session using a password and verification code:
$ ssh username@fennel
Password:
Verification code: 123456
You will also be asked for the verification code if you log in on the graphical consoles (i.e., sitting in front of one of the lab machines).
Note: if you ever forget your phone, but still need to log in on the graphical console (i.e., in the lab), you can use Cntrl-Alt-F1 to switch to a terminal console. Now log in there (which won't ask for your verification code), and then temporarily move the ~/.google_authenticator file to another name. Logout from the terminal console and use Cntrl-Alt-F7 (or maybe F8) to switch back to the graphical login screen.
using Duo:
If you want to use Duo instead of downloading the google-auth app to your phone, you can! You still need to run google-authenticator as shown above. Once you get the QR code, do this:
 1. Open the Duo app
 2. Touch the "+" in the upper right-hand corner
 3. Scan the QR code presented by the google-authenticator command
 4. Confirm the account name and icon
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Goat's milk proteins
Biotechnological product of milk fermentation obtained by Lactobacillus Bulgaris bacteria. In other words, goat's milk proteins are bioferment. Bioferments can be probiotics and prebiotics. We use prebiotics in our formulas, so the goat's milk protein complex is a prebiotic. It is a mixture of proteins, organic acids, lipids, carbohydrates and vitamins A and D. The substance is called goat's milk complex because it contains high concentrations of caprylic and capric acid. It stimulates collagen and elastin synthesis by activating the skin renewal, increases skin elasticity, smooths wrinkles and delays ageing process. Protects against the harmful effects of free radicals. Nourishes and moisturises the skin perfectly. The glycoproteins transport key microelements to the deeper layers of stratum corneum and stimulate the effectiveness of skin enzymes - collagen and elastin, and stimulate cellular metabolism which results in the improvement of skin appearance and its revitalisation.


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Step #1: PrevNext
Get ready for a Halloween robot dance party from outer space!
Step #2: PrevNext
Gather your materials and set up a workspace with dropcloths.
Step #3: PrevNext
Size up the child who will be wearing the costume. Make sure that the boxes you have will fit their body and head. The box should be big enough so that their movements aren't hindered, but small enough to allow them to put their arms down at their sides.
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- Mark and cut the necessary holes in the boxes.
- For the robot's body, cut a hole for the child's head in the top of the box. Cut two arm holes the same circumference as the ducting in the sides of the box. For the legs, just cut the bottom out of the box entirely.
- Use a smaller box for the robot's head. Cut a hole in the bottom of the box, centered and wide enough so that it will slip over the child's head. Then cut a mouth into the front of the box, large enough for the child to have plenty of room to see.
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Tape the flaps down after you have cut out the holes.
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Prep for painting by throwing on some painting clothes. Don't forget to wear your respirator.
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- Rattle the paint can for 2 minutes to mix the Krylon Premium Metallic. It's a heavy paint, so mixing it well is important.
- Hold the can 10 to 12 inches from the box and press the nozzle down to spray. Use smooth swooping motions to cover the box evenly and without drips.
- Apply 2 coats of paint, allowing 5 minutes for the paint to dry in between. If your box is printed, you might need more layers for a perfect finish.
- Set the painted boxes aside to dry for 20 minutes.
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Cut the dryer ducting in half and tape one end of each piece into the arm holes. Just reach inside the box from the bottom and secure the inside of the ducting to the inside of the box with duct tape.
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Attach the faucet handle ears to either side of the head with the nuts and bolts.
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Cut slots in the front of the box and weave wires through them. Tape the ends down on the inside of the box to hold them in place.
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Attach the reflectors to the front of the box. The reflectors I used had adhesive backing, otherwise use glue or duct tape.
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Use the Krylon Short Cuts paint pen to draw the model number of your robot onto the front of the box. To get the paint flowing, press the tip of the pen down firmly. Once it's saturated with paint, use normal pressure to write and draw.
Step #13: PrevNext
- Poke two holes above the mouth for the LED eyes. Use the Krylon Short Cuts paint pen to draw large circles around the holes, then attach the LEDs.
- The LED eyes are really simple. Drop the leads into the eyeholes, and then slip the battery in between the leads. The long lead on the LED connects to the positive side of the batterythe short lead to the negative side. Tape them together with a bit of painter's tape. They will glow until the battery runs out, at least a couple of days.
Step #14: PrevNext
When it's time for trick-or-treating, the shiny paint can makes the perfect candy bucket.


Ongoing Case Management
When the intake assessment and investigations department assesses that a family would benefit from continued involvement with FCCS, the family's case may be transferred to one of our departments that manages ongoing cases.
A family's case will remain open as long as there is a safety threat and the family is in need of services and support. The primary goal of ongoing services is to provide support to a family in a way that addresses threats to the safety and well-being of the children and decreases the likelihood that future concerns will exist.
Ongoing caseworkers who are assigned to work with a family develop a case plan specific to the family's needs. Families are encouraged to be involved in the development of their plan. A caseworker will support the family as they complete the plan and monitor their progress.
Ongoing case management activities include:
 - Referrals to community service providers such as counseling, drug and alcohol abuse services, mental health services, material assistance providers, and others
 - Noting a parent's progress towards completing recommended or court-ordered programs
 - Monitoring each stage of a child's development so that interventions can be made if concerns are identified
Once a family has addressed the concerns and reduced significant risk to the well-being of the children, FCCS will prepare to end its formal involvement with the family.
There are times when special accommodations are needed to ensure that children can meet with their families in a safe environment. Agency staff or a designee facilitate visitation between these children and their families. The visits occur at an agency office, in the community or sometimes in the family's home.
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28/04/20-Criminal heroes
Aula Paparelli Placanica
Throughout the early modern age (roughly _PHONE_), the Kingdom of Naples was at the center of a dense network of relationships between northern and southern Europe, western and eastern Mediterranean, Africa, Asia and beyond. The presence of merchants, consuls, diplomats, spies, and slaves favored the spread of fake news, legends, and cultural stereotypes. This lecture focuses on handwritten records and printed accounts of three famous trials, which took place in the 1760s. These trials were based on the invention of fake identities and imagined political enemies, in a particular way from fall 1763 to summer 1764, when a great famine and a subsequent contagion gravely hit the population. They turned into a meeting field, where the feelings of ordinary people could interact with the ones of the social elite, stimulating exchanges of ideas, whispers, gossip, inventions, and dissimulations…


The Flea
There was a stick in a stream steeped in mud, immobile and old. There was an ordinary flea sitting on it.
The stream went under the flea on the stick slowly, and a light breeze made the leaves ruffle on a tree nearby.
There was a fish in the stream wagging its tail. The fish was by the stick in the mud and it wagged its tail slightly to counter-act the flow of the stream. The fine mud swirled at its tail.
There was a hovering bird in the sky. It moved its wings against the gentle breeze. It hovered above the stick and the flea and the fish.
This took a moment, and in a moment the bird had flown away, the fish had swum beyond the stick, and the flea was gone as if snatched away by an invisible hand.
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Chilled, from the farm to the factory
During milking the milk still has the same temperature as the cow. In many countries the milk is then chilled as quickly as possible and disappears directly into a milk cooling tank.
Some dairy farmers transport the warm milk to the milk cooling tank through pipes that lie against pipes filled with cold water. In this way, the milk already cools down en route and the water is warmed up. The warmed water is heated further and used to clean the milking equipment.
The milk cooling tank stirs the milk and keeps it chilled at about 4 °C.
In many countries working with milk cooling tanks is subject to regulations. All milk cooling tanks are fitted with monitoring equipment. If the cooling or cleaning system is not working properly, an alarm goes off.
Immediately after the milk truck has collected the milk from the dairy farmer, the inside of the milk cooling tank is thoroughly cleaned.
The tank of the milk truck is insulated, ensuring that the milk is still chilled when it reaches the dairy plant. There, the raw milk is processed further and its shelf life is extended, for instance by heating.
Read more about the shelf life of milk and dairy products