certain length) in space. This helps to understand the direction of a vector in space. To add this helper, use the following code:
 // 1. ArrowHelper
 var directionV3 = new THREE.Vector3(1, 0, 1);
 var originV3 = new THREE.Vector3(0, 200, 0);
 var arrowHelper = new THREE.ArrowHelper(directionV3, originV3, 100, 0xff0000, 20, 10); // 100 is length, 20 and 10 are head length and width
 this.scene.add(arrowHelper);
AxisHelper
It draws an axis object to visualize the the 3 axis in a simple way. The X axis is red. The Y axis is green. The Z axis is blue. This helps to understand the direction of all three axis in space. To add this helper, use the following code:
 // 2. AxisHelper
 var axisHelper = new THREE.AxisHelper(800); // 500 is size
 this.scene.add(axisHelper);
BoundingBoxHelper
It draws a line object to the boundingbox of any object (Object3D) to show the world-axis-aligned bounding box for this object. Remember what we combined the two spheres in the single group object? To add this helper, use the following code:
 // 3. BoundingBoxHelper
 bboxHelper = new THREE.BoundingBoxHelper(group, 0x999999);
 this.scene.add(bboxHelper);
CameraHelper
It draws a specific Object3D object (it looks like pyramid) with line geometry, that helps visualizing what a specified camera contains in its frustum. To add this helper, use the following code:
 // 4. CameraHelper
 var cameraParObj = new THREE.Object3D();
 cameraParObj.position.y = 200;
 cameraParObj.position.z = 700;
 this.scene.add(cameraParObj);
 perspectiveCamera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(90, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.01, 1500);
 cameraParObj.add(perspectiveCamera);
 var cameraHelper = new THREE.CameraHelper(perspectiveCamera);
 this.scene.add(cameraHelper);
DirectionalLightHelper
It draws a line object to show the direction of a directional light. We will gradually move our source of light for you to see clearly this helper. To add this helper, use the following code:
 // 5. DirectionalLightHelper
 dlightHelper = new THREE.DirectionalLightHelper(dLight, 50); // 50 is helper size
 this.scene.add(dlightHelper);
GridHelper
To see the rest of the helpers, we created the second demo. The next is GridHelper, this helper draws a two-dimensional grid of lines. To add this helper, use the following code:
 var gridHelper = new THREE.GridHelper(500, 40); // 500 is grid size, 20 is grid step
 gridHelper.position = new THREE.Vector3(0, 0, 0);
 gridHelper.rotation = new THREE.Euler(0, 0, 0);
 this.scene.add(gridHelper);
 var gridHelper2 = gridHelper.clone();
 gridHelper2.rotation = new THREE.Euler(Math.PI / 2, 0, 0);
 this.scene.add(gridHelper2);
 var gridHelper3 = gridHelper.clone();
 gridHelper3.rotation = new THREE.Euler(Math.PI / 2, 0, Math.PI / 2);
 this.scene.add(gridHelper3);
Please note, that we created three two-dimensional grid (for all three axis).
HemisphereLightHelper
The rest three helpers are for lights, the HemisphereLightHelper is for HemisphereLight object. We had to turn off our directional light and enable the hemisphere light. To add this helper, use the following code:
 // add hemisphere light
 var hemiLight = new THREE.HemisphereLight(0x0000ff, 0x00ff00, 0.4);
 hemiLight.color.setHSL(0.6, 1, 0.6);
 hemiLight.groundColor.setHSL(0.095, 1, 0.75);
 hemiLight.position.set(-200, 400, -200);
 this.scene.add(hemiLight);
 var hlightHelper = new THREE.HemisphereLightHelper(hemiLight, 50, 300); // 50 is sphere size, 300 is arrow length
 this.scene.add(hlightHelper);
PointLightHelper
Similar to the previous, the PointLightHelper is for PointLight object. To add this helper, use the following code:
 // add point light
 var pointLight = new THREE.PointLight(0xffff00, 1.0);
 pointLight.position.set(300,300,300);
 this.scene.add(pointLight);
 var pointLightHelper = new THREE.PointLightHelper(pointLight, 50); // 50 is sphere size
 this.scene.add(pointLightHelper);
SpotLightHelper
Lastly, we added the spot light: the SpotLightHelper is for SpotLight object. To add this helper, use the following code:
 // add spot light
 var spotLight = new THREE.SpotLight(0xffffff);
 spotLight.position.set(-300,400,300);
 spotLight.castShadow = true;
 spotLight.shadowCameraFov = 60;
 this.scene.add(spotLight);
 var spotLightHelper = new THREE.SpotLightHelper(spotLight, 50); // 50 is sphere size
 this.scene.add(spotLightHelper);
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Mission Farm of Nambikay
'Nambikay' is Tamil for hope. Through Farm of Nambikay we wish to contribute to a hopeful future of people in the war-torn area of Sri Lanka.
The mission of Farm of Nambikay is
to contribute to the restoration and wholeness of the war affected and poor people and society in Sri Lanka and to share Gods love
Objectives Farm of Nambikay
In the period 2014 – 2017 Farm of Nambikay aims the following operational objectives:
- Establish and manage a professional and innovative small-scale farm
- Creating workand learning experience places on the farm
- Inclusion of people with disability and/or impairment on the farm
- Bring 50% of the farm profit in a project fund.
- Use this fund to initiate and/or support small-scale projects in the area
- Investigate whether this can be done in collaboration with the Grace Community Churches
These operational objectives shape the strategic objectives of Farm of Nambikay:
- To contribute to social and economic development in Mannar province
- To be an example and inspiration for farmers and non-farmers in the area
- To practise Christian service in the communities
- To strengthen Grace Community Churches in their mission
Farm of Nambikay has a Christian identity, and is based on biblical values like hope, grace, love, faith, justice, compassion, positive well-being, uniqueness of each individual and serving others.


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|Biosphere Reserve Information|
CABO DE HORNOS
Cabo de Hornos Biosphere Reserve, the first nominated in Chile in more than 20 years, is located in the extreme south of the American continent, comprising marine areas, islands and forested coast. It includes an extensive and remote area of temperate forests, the sub-antarctic or sub-polar forests of Magellanic Chile, that recently have been identified as one of the 37 most pristine ecoregions in the world. This ecoregion corresponds to one of the unique areas where non-fragmented or altered temperate forests are conserved. The Archipelago of Cabo de Hornos is one of the few insular groups that remain free of human impact. The mosaic of terrestrial ecosystems includes evergreen broadleaf forests, deciduous forests, alpine habitats with formations of cushion plants and lichens, a complex of tundra formations ranging from Juncaceae wetlands to Sphagnum peat bogs, glaciers and snowdrifts, and a series of freshwater ecosystems. These ecosystems are located in an insular system, in the middle of an intricate system of fjords, channels, estuaries and bays. In this regional heterogeneity several types of intertidal systems are distinguished with extensive meadows and belts of brown seaweed (Macrocystis pyrifera). Recent analysis has shown that the sub-antarctic ecoregion of Magellanic Chile includes the greatest diversity of non-vascular floral species in Chile, and constitutes a hotspot of bryophyte diversity.
The region to the south of 50°S also represents a hotspot of invertebrate and marine mammal diversity, with cetaceans such as the Peale's dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) and black dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia), and occasional visits by killer whales (Orcinus orca) and antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). The presence of penguins are remarkable, principally the Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) and the rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes crestatus).
The core areas are constituted of the Cabo de Hornos and Agostini National Parks, which in spite of their proximity, are not interconnected. The biosphere reserve will contribute to initiate scientific education, research and conservation programs in both national parks and establish a biological corridor between them.
Cabo de Hornos represents the southernmost territory in the world with pre-Columbian populations, since the territory corresponds to the ancestral territory of the Yagán people. Some 2.200 people live in the transition area with a concentration in Puerto Williams. The resident civil population mainly includes the indigenous community of Yagán descending from the first colonists. The main economic activities are artisanal fishery, public services, diverse small-scale commercial activities and some cattle raising. The Yagán people constitute a nomad culture that has inhabited the southern end of the American continent at 56°S. They live in the coastal sectors, navigating the channels of Cabo de Hornos and the sub-antarctic archipelago region to the south of the Tierra del Fuego. Today it is the most threatened of the Chilean indigenous cultures. The Biosphere Reserve supports economic and human development through an 'alliance between science and tourism to promote sustainable development'. It also provides advice to stimulate the sustainable use of marine and silvoagricultural natural resources on which the extractive and productive activities are based that constitute the base of the local economy.
|Major ecosystem type||Temperate forest; Sub-polar evergreen rainforest; Coastal marine systems|
|Major habitats & land cover types||Intertidal and sub-marine forests with brown seaweed Macrocystis pyrifera and Lessonia vadosa, L. flavescens and L. trabeculata; Intertidal zones with macroalgae communities dominated by Lessonia nigrescens and Durvillaea antartica; Intertidal zones and rocky bottoms formed by great quarry stones with D. antartica and L. nigrescens in exposed intertidal zones and with M. pyrifera, L. vadosa and L. flavescens in more protected areas; Intertidal and sub-tidal zones formed by fine sediments (sands and muds) dominated by Enteromorpha sp. and Ulva sp.; Intertidal and steep rocky subtidal zones with algae species such as Adenocystis utricularis, Porphira sp. and Polysiphonia sp.; Pelagic - demersal habitat.|
55°15'S; 69°30'W (Central point)
54°09'S; 70°92'W (Northern limit)
54°67'S; 72°50'W (Western limit)
56°18'S; 67°28'W (Southern limit)
55°21'S; 66°06'W (Eastern limit)
|Buffer zone(s)||1,711,318.34 - terrestre: 399,831.14 (of which marine: 1,311,487.20)|
|Transition area(s) when given||1,848,921.86 - terrestre: 193,373.04 (of which marine: 1,655,548.82)|
|Altitude (metres above sea level)||about -500 to +2,234|
|Administrative authorities||Gobernación de la Provincia Antártica Chilena|
The zonation protects a vast complex of unique ecosystems in the extreme south-western end of the American continent. This complex of ecosystems includes the subantarctic rain forests of Magellanic Chile dominated by the evergreen species Drimys winteri and Nothofagus betuloides, the last one which is endemic to this type of ecosystem. The complex of ecosystems includes tundra formations that also have endemic species of flora and fauna. The zonation scheme integrates marine-terrestrial conservation, protecting species that use both types of environments. Among them, various endangered species such as the sea cat (Lontra felina) and southern river otter (L. provocax) are recorded. In the coastal area, the zonation scheme allows for the protection of extensive meadows of brown seaweed and subantarctic kelp forests composed by species of Lessonia, Druvillea and/or Macrocystis. In the marine zones, the scheme protects benthic and pelagic species of seaweed, invertebrates and vertebrates, among which several species of cetaceaes. Above all, the present zonation scheme is new for Chile in the sense that it is protecting an integrated system of marine and terrestrial habitats that contribute not only to the protection of species, but also of ecological and evolutionary processes of local, regional and global relevance. The core areas include the Cabo de Hornos and Agostini National Parks. The buffer zones include the high-priority sites for biodiversity conservation and the coastal strip around the terrestrial core areas. The disposition of the buffer zones also allows mitigating the impacts of the urban centres of Puerto Williams and Ushuaia (Argentina). Both the buffer zones and transition areas promote sustainable activities especially related to tourism and fishery, and only low impact activities are permitted in the buffer zones. The local population mainly lives in the transition area and works in tourism and artisanal fishery in the buffer zones and transition areas.
Long-term meteorological monitoring; Monitoring of water temperature in three rivers; Geomorphology and quantification of nutrients in rivers that have been affected by beavers, an introduced species; Studies on rodents (life cycles and ecology); permanent plots for the monitoring of the dynamics and changes in vegetation due to global climatic change; Studies on birds (DNA, diet, nesting, migration and behaviour); Expeditions for the collection of mosses and hepaticas that has resulted in the discovery of new species; Studies on aquatic ecology, terrestrial insects and invasive exotic species; Demographic and social studies; Poverty; Socio-economic factors; Publication on traditional knowledge; Studies on marine ecosystems: biological, geological and hydrological characterization of the coasts of Isla Navarion, Isla Hoste and Cabo de Hornos archipelago, Qualitative and quantitative studies on marine biodiversity, Qualitative studies of ficologia; Qualitative studies on faunal diversity in coastal areas; Quantitative studies on marine flora and fauna; Characterization of the algae Macrocystis pyrifera; Studies on the distribution and dynamics of exotic and invasive species in the coastal-marine area.
|Abiotic||Abiotic factors, climate, geology, geomorphology, global change, hydrology, meteorology, monitoring/methodologies, nutrients.|
|Biodiversity||Algae, alien/invasive/exotic/introduced species, biodiversity, biology, birds, coastal/marine, ecology, ethology, fauna, flora, freshwater/inland water, invertebrates/insects/spiders, island systems/islands, mammals, migrating populations/migration, monitoring/methodologies, species inventorying/inventory, vegetation studies/plant cover.|
|Socio-economic||Cultural aspects, demography, poverty, social/socio-economic aspects, traditional practices/ethnology/traditional knowledge.|
|Integrated monitoring||Impact and risk studies/Environmental impact.|
Av. Bulnes 0309, Punta
|Last updated: 3/8/2011|

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1.A word that describes a person that is doing undesirable activities on a back pack such as pooing (Agitating)
2. To get angry (Agitated)at another person for doing absolutely nothing
She Agitate In A toilet {Example 1}
Some one Agitated at me for doing nothing (online/verbal) {Example 2}
(Pass Tense Future Tense)
He Agitated She Agitated We Agitated We are Agitating He/She is Agitating We/She/He Agitated
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Par Value
The financial accounting term par value is used to describe the stated, or printed, value of a security. Par values can be assigned to bonds as well as common and preferred stocks.
Par values are commonly found on bonds, and represent the dollar value to be paid to the bondholder when the security matures. Most federal and corporate bonds are issued with par values equal to $1,000. The par value of a bond, along with the coupon rate, will determine the interest income due the bondholder.
Preferred shares of stock are also issued with significant par values. Like bonds, the par value of preferred shares is used to determine the dividends paid to each shareholder.
The par value of common stock represents the maximum responsibility that a company has to a stockholder in the event the company is dissolved. Par value then becomes the nominal value, or minimum value, at which a share of stock can be issued.
The par value of a stock has nothing to do with its market value. Today, many common stocks are issued with par values that are less than $1.00. The total par value of stock issued by a company can be found in the owner's equity section of the balance sheet.
Related Terms
balance sheet, owner's equity, additional paid-in capital, par value stock, no-par stock


How to Get Rid of Rust Stains on Cotton Fabric
Many clothes, towels and bed linens are made of cotton. These fabrics get rust stains when they come into contact with rusted objects. Rust mostly forms on metals so power tools, cast iron cookware and appliances can all get rusty. The rust then transfers to the clothes or the linen.
Getting rid of rust stains on cotton fabric is doable, but it does take time. The best course of action is to remove rust stains from around the home because they are transferred to cotton fabrics.
 1. Place a towel or paper towels on a flat surface like a table.
 2. Place the cotton fabric with the rust stains on the towel or paper towels.
 3. Pour bottled lemon juice on the rust stains. Completely saturate them. Lemon juice is a bleaching agent. Another option is to use white vinegar.
 4. Sprinkle a little table salt into the wet rust stains.
 5. Take the cotton fabric (with the underlying towel) outdoors. Place it directly in the sunlight. Keep the fabric in the sun until the lemon juice or white vinegar dries.
 6. Wash the cotton fabric as usual in the washing machine.
 7. Examine the fabric afterward to make certain all the rust is gone. If the cotton is still rusty and you place it in a hot dryer, the heat will set in the rust stains, making them harder to remove.
 8. Repeat Steps 3 to 7 if the rust remains on cotton fabric. Once the rust stains are gone, throw it is the dryer.


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Introduction of the company
Wichary TECHNIC Sp. j. started its business in 1992. The activity runs in its own industrial hall located on a 2-acre parcel located in industrial areas of Zabrze, in the rapidly developing region of Silesia. The company has implemented ISO 9001.
Context and stakes
Participation in the project gives the opportunity to diagnose weaknesses and strengths of existing solutions that have been implemented in the company and to improve these solutions in the context of increasing prices of energy carriers. It will also point to the weak points of current solutions so that they can be changed and improved.
Energy efficiency measures implemented in company
The company is preparing to implement the activities proposed in the energy audit developed under the project. It is planned to take actions related to reduction of heat losses in the electric furnace, use of excess heat from the paint chambers and heat recovery from process equipment. Activities related to leakages reduction of compressed-air system, modernization of transportation fleet and change of luminaire type (to LED) are also considered. The key element in implementing the above activities is to find financing sources for these investments. Nowadays the company has successfully installed 60 kW of PV panels (area of about 360 m2). In the audit 40 kW was planned and due to favorable circumstances the power was increased.
The results obtained
By installing PV panels, the consumption of conventional primary energy was reduced by approximately 167,576 kWh, which is approximately 17% of the total primary energy demand.
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Sobieskiego 105, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała


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Mental health disparities higher for older African American adults
A new, revealing literature review suggests that older African American adults are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and dementia than others. The study reviews the mental health issues among the rapidly growing African American older adult population. Given the existing disparities in mental health treatment and the projected growth of the African American older adult population, a dire need for further research to into assessment and treatment with a focus on cultural context is obvious, authors say.
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Create a Dashboard with Query Formula using Google Sheets.
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In this Guided Project, you will:
How to select the data from your data source to build your dashboard
Create drop down menus using data validation
Learn how to use the query formula and execute advanced statements
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By the end of this project, you will create a dashboard with a query formula using Google sheets. You will be able to summarize a large sheet of data and organize it in a visually appealing dashboard. Dashboards are an analytics tool used to visualize Big Data across all industries. These dashboards provide critical reporting and metrics information and are integral in Business Performance Management. Dashboards display real-time key metrics and performance indicators, guiding decisions and better navigating the surrounding landscape. Whether you need to create quarter reports or create reports which require a significant amount of upkeep and modification to meet differing and sometimes competing requirements this dashboard is for you. Throughout the project you will be able to acquire the basics of query formula to build your dashboard. You will be able to organize your data source using data validation and conditional formatting. Finally you will be able to form your dashboard with charts, spark lines and score cards. This dashboard will help you advance in your job and stand out in your company. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We're currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
Skills you will develop
ReportinganalysisGoogle SheetsQuery FormulaDashboard
Learn step-by-step
 1. Select your data from the data source to set up the dashboard.
 2. Create drop down menus using data validation.
 3. Format your dashboard using conditional formatting.
 4. Learn the basics of the query formula.
 5. Execute advanced statements in the query formula.
 6. Create charts and add a helper column.
 7. Build your dashboard using scorecards and spark lines
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8 Tips To Get Rid Heart Burn
There are lots of reasons why people experience heart burn. Some of the reasons for your valve malfunction are smoking, eating fatty foods, stress, and lack of sleep.
Here are 10 tips on how to get rid heart burn and prevent it to happen.
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Drinking Ginger Tea
The roots of ginger is best in soothing digestive problems. Simple grate ginger root and mix it in a cup of boiling water, drink it and you'll definitely experience its anti-inflammatory effects on your body. It also best in protecting your body against heart burn.


How to & Guides
How Many Watts is a 20 Amp Circuit?
The relationship between amps and watts depends on the voltage of the circuit.
Amps and Watts at Different Voltages
 - In a circuit with a voltage of 120 volts, 20 amps is equivalent to 2,400 watts.
 - In a circuit with a voltage of 240 volts, 20 amps is equivalent to 4,800 watts.
It's important to note that watts measure power (the rate at which energy is used or produced), while amps measure electric current (the amount of electric charge flowing through a circuit per unit of time). The voltage of the circuit determines the relationship between amps and watts.
How Does a 20 Amp Circuit Work?
A 20 amp circuit is designed to handle a maximum of 20 amps of current flow without overloading. It consists of a power source (such as a circuit breaker or fuse box), wiring, and electrical devices (such as outlets, switches, and light fixtures) connected to the circuit.
When a device is plugged into an outlet on a 20 amp circuit, it draws electrical current from the circuit. The amount of current the device draws depends on its power consumption, measured in watts.
If the device draws more than 20 amps of current, the circuit breaker or fuse will trip, cutting off the flow of electricity. This prevents the circuit from overheating and causing a fire. Therefore, it's essential to use electrical devices rated for the circuit's capacity and avoid overloading the circuit with too many devices simultaneously.
In addition to the circuit breaker or fuse, 20 amp circuits may include GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) protection. GFCI outlets or breakers monitor the current flowing through the circuit and trip if they detect a ground fault or other dangerous conditions.
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How Many Watts Can a 20-Amp Circuit Handle?
At 120 volts, a 20-amp circuit can handle a maximum of 2,400 watts. At 240 volts, a 20-amp circuit can handle a maximum of 4,800 watts. It's crucial to note that the total wattage of devices plugged into a circuit should not exceed the circuit's maximum capacity, which is determined by the circuit's amperage rating.
Exceeding the circuit's maximum capacity can cause the circuit breaker to trip or the wiring to overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Converting 20 Amps to Watts
To convert 20 amps to watts, you need to know the voltage of the circuit.
 - If the circuit voltage is 120 volts, then:
 - 20 amps x 120 volts = 2,400 watts
 - Therefore, 20 amps at 120 volts is equal to 2,400 watts.
 - If the circuit voltage is 240 volts, then:
 - 20 amps x 240 volts = 4,800 watts
 - Therefore, 20 amps at 240 volts is equal to 4,800 watts.
Remember that watts measure power, while amps measure current. The wattage of a device or circuit is calculated by multiplying the voltage by the current.
Can a 20 Amp Outlet be Used for Anything?
A 20 amp outlet should only be used for devices designed for a 20 amp circuit. Using a 20 amp outlet for devices not designed for 20 amps can be dangerous and may result in electrical shock, fire, or damage to the device or electrical system. Typically, devices that draw a lot of power, such as air conditioners, refrigerators, and high-powered tools, are designed to be used with 20-amp circuits. Devices with lower power requirements, such as lamps, radios, and small appliances, are usually designed for 15 amp circuits.
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It's essential to check the power requirements of each device and ensure they match the circuit and outlet's capacity. It's best to consult a licensed electrician to ensure correct wiring and installation that can handle the electrical load of connected devices.
Is a 20 Amp Circuit Sufficient for a Home?
Whether a 20 amp circuit is sufficient for a home depends on the home's electrical needs and the specific electrical code requirements in the area. Typically, 20 amp circuits are used for larger appliances or devices that draw a lot of power, like air conditioners, refrigerators, and power tools. For areas such as lighting and general-use outlets, 15 amp circuits are usually used. However, homes with high power demands may require larger circuits, such as 30 or 50-amp circuits, for specific applications.
The electrical needs of a home can vary based on factors such as the home's size, number of occupants, and types of appliances and devices used. It's crucial to have a licensed electrician evaluate the home's electrical needs and ensure the wiring and circuits are correctly sized and installed to meet those needs while complying with local electrical codes and safety standards.
Conclusion
In conclusion, a 20 amp circuit can handle a maximum of 2,400 watts at 120 volts or 4,800 watts at 240 volts. It's crucial to ensure that devices and appliances connected to a 20 amp circuit are designed to handle this level of current and that the total power draw of all devices and appliances on the circuit does not exceed the circuit's maximum capacity.
Whether a 20 amp circuit is sufficient for a home depends on the electrical needs of the home and the specific requirements of the electrical code in the area. For larger appliances and devices that draw a lot of power, a 20 amp circuit may be necessary, while smaller devices and lighting may require 15 amp circuits. It's essential to have a licensed electrician evaluate the home's electrical needs and ensure that the wiring and circuits are appropriately sized and installed to meet those needs while also complying with local electrical codes and safety standards.
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can be used to insert, delete, or modify peak parameters (e.g. assignments). As with other mouse modes, the mouse button functions are given in the top border of nmrDraw. Once a peak table is edited, it should be saved using the Save option.
In the peak editing mode, the [Left] mouse button inserts a peak, the [Middle] mouse button can be used to adjust (edit) the value of a peak variable, and the [Right] mouse button will delete the nearest peak.
When using the middle mouse button to edit a peak, the variable to be adjusted is the one selected for the label (see Labels above). For example, if the assignment value ASS is selected for the label, you can modify the recorded assignment. After clicking the middle mouse button over the peak to change, type in the new value followed by the key. The CLUSTID value which defines clusters of partially overlapping peaks can also be displayed and modified this way. Because of keyboard focus issues, you may have to move the mouse in and out of the graphics area before typing; using the "-focus" option of nmrDraw may help this.
Sets the number of dimensions for the peak detection. One can automatically peak detect the entire spectrum (up to 4D) or just peak pick a 1D trace or a 2D plane of a 3D or 4D spectrum etc.
Activate the Peak Detection Settings pop-up, for specification of detection parameters described below.
Select this button to detect peaks according to the current settings (Figure 4). This will be performed by creating and executing a new peak detection script pk.tcl in the current directory. Therefore, peak detection will only work if you have access permissions to create files in the current directory.
Use this button to dismiss the Peak Detection pop–up window.
PEAK DETECTION SETTINGS POP-UP
Filter Command: The name of a command to execute after peak detection; when executed, the command will be given the name of the current peak table as its last argument. The intent of this option is to allow special filtering of the peak table. For example, using the command pkFilter.tcl will generate a "simple" version of the peak table from the original one.
Noise: Enter an estimate of the standard deviation of the spectral noise here. The default value comes from an automated estimate. This parameter is used in the Chi-squared test to classify random noise peaks. It is also used to estimate errors in peak position due to random noise (parameters DX DY DZ and DA in the peak table).
Chi2 Threshold: This is a probability threshold for noise peak rejection by Chi-square test. The Chi-square test estimates the probability that the sum-of-squares intensity in the peak's neighborhood could be caused by random noise alone. To use this test, you must enter a reasonable Noise value above. Increasing the chi2 threshold increase the rejection of peaks near the noise level. If the value is set to one or zero, no peaks will be rejected.
Contour: Specify the minimum number of contour levels which define the High and Low peak detection thresholds.
High: The detection threshold for positive peaks. By default, it is set to the height of the first positive contour level in use when the Peak Detection pop-up window appears.
Low: The detection threshold for negative peaks. By default, it is set to the height of the first negative contour level in use when the Peak Detection pop-up window appears. If want to detect positive peaks only, set this parameter to a large negative number.
DDX: Size of the detection region in +/- points. A given point must be larger than all of the other points in this detection region in order to be detected as a peak.
IDX: Size of the parabolic interpolation region in +/- points.
IncX: Defines how much of the spectral data is read into memory for peak detection. Values of zero will cause the entire spectral region to be read at once. Since some spectral data may be too large for this, it is possible to perform peak detection automatically on overlapping regions. For example, if 3D peak detection is performed with a setting of IncX = 0, IncY = 0, IncZ = 16, the data will be read and analyzed in 16-plane slabs. This will not affect determination of peak positions, widths, and heights, however it can affect the volume (VOL) and bounding region values (X1/X3 etc).
Local Noise: By default, the Chi-square noise classification scheme uses a uniform noise estimate for all parts of the spectrum. Selecting one of the X Y Z or A checkboxes will allow for an adaptive noise estimate with respect to the selected dimension. This can help compensate for noise ridges!
Currently, these options select how noise peaks are identified and handled:
Sinc Detect: If this option is selected, the peak detection module will attempt to identify peaks which are due to truncation noise (sinc artifacts).
Reject Noise Peaks: If this option is selected, any peak classified as noise (either random noise or truncation noise) will be automatically eliminated from the peak table.
Sinc Detect Parameters: The peak detection module attempts to identify truncation artifacts based on the details of window function and zero filling which were applied to each dimension of the data. By taking this information into account, it is possible to estimate for a given peak how far truncation wiggles would extend in each dimension before falling below the detection threshold.
Xadj: In the artifact detection procedure, the height and extent of the truncation peaks are modeled as a profile which decreases as 1/X, where X is the distance from the peak center, and in order for a small peak to be classified as the truncation artifact of a larger peak, the smaller peak must fall below the profile. This value is used as a multiplying factor to increase or decrease the overall profile height.
Xtol: In order for a small peak to be classified as the truncation artifact of a larger peak, the two peaks must align along a given dimension. This value specifies the tolerance in points for deciding whether two peaks are aligned.
XLW: A rough estimate of the original linewidth in Hz in a given dimension before any window function was used.
Save Script: Selecting this command will save a new version of the peak detection script pk.tcl without executing it.
Done: Use this button to dismiss the Peak Detection Settings pop-up window.
PEAK TABLE VARIABLES
By selecting any of the peak table variables from the Variables pull-down menu (righ-click on Variables button in the Peak Detection pop-up window), their corresponding values will be shown in the main NMRDraw window, on top of each detected peak. A ">" or "<" sign indicates (in the case of a 3D or a 4D) that the peak maximum is below or above the current selected Z or A 2D slice (Figure 5).
INDEX: the unique peak ID number.
X_AXIS: the position of the peak in points, by parabolic interpolation.
DX: estimate of the error in peak position due to random noise, in points.
X_PPM: the position of the peak in PPM, by parabolic interpolation.
X_HZ: the position of the peak in Hz, by parabolic interpolation.
XW: the full width at half height in points, estimated by parabolic interpolation.
XW_HZ: the full width at half height in Hz, estimated by parabolic interpolation.
X1/X3: coordinates of the bounding region surrounding the peak or its cluster in points.
HEIGHT: the peak height, estimated by parabolic interpolation.
DHEIGHT: the error peak height due to random noise, estimated by parabolic interpolation.
VOL: the peak volume, estimated as the sum of intensities in the neighborhood of the peak maximum.
PCHI2: the Chi-square probability for the peak (i.e. probability that the peak could be due to random noise alone).
TYPE: An integer describing the peak classification; currently 1 = Peak, 2 = Random Noise, 3 = Truncation artifact.
ASS: Assignment labels.
CLUSTID: identifies the cluster of peaks that a given peak overlaps. Peaks with the same CLUSTID value are considered to be in one overlapped group.
MEMCNT: the total number of peaks which are in a given peak's cluster (i.e. peaks which have the same CLUSTID value).
CHAPTER 4. EDITING A PEAK TABLE FOR SPECTRAL QUANTIFICATION PURPOSES
The most common feature used in routine spectral analysis is making peak assignments. A manually assigned peak table can be used later on to automatically superimpose its existing assignments on other unassigned peak tables (as described in CHAPTER 5).
Following peak detection, a table containing all spectral information of detected peaks is generated in the current directory. If data is read (with File/Select) from a different directory than the current directory (from which nmrDraw was launched) the user can store the peak table in that data directory using the "CD" (Change Directory) button from the File/Select pop-up window (Figure 6). This directory becomes the "current directory" for all subsequent input or output commands (including save, plot etc.)
All random noise peaks and truncation artifacts classified as such by the picking program have specific values in the TYPE field (2 and 3 respectively) and can be easily inspected by displaying the TYPE value (Figure 7).
The noise peaks can be removed altogether from the table by selecting the Reject Noise Peaks option. Peaks can also be re-classified using different parameters for the automatic peak picking process (e.g. Xadj, Xtol, XLW for truncation filters or Chi2 Threshold for random noise as described above etc.) and the spectrum


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Quick Connect is a patent-pending technology that easily allows devices to connect without special network configuration requirements. Quick Connect communicates at the level 3 network layer. By establishing a direct connection at the IP level using a Quick Connect code, Quick Connect bypasses the requirement for networks to support mDNS and multicast in order to establish an AirPlay connection. Quick Connect codes are encoded connection information that allow two or more devices to begin exchanging information without additional discovery packet traffic. This means devices can connect across networks that may not support the requirements of AirPlay but are still capable of communicating with each other.
Depending on the configuration of your network, Quick Connect can even allow communications between VLANs, such as those used to separate student and teacher devices on a school network. Check with your network administrator to determine if layer 3 inter-VLAN traffic is enabled on your network.
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The Hash Match physical operator builds a hash table by computing a hash value for each row from its build input. A HASH:() predicate with a list of columns used to create a hash value appears in the Argument column. Then, for each probe row (as applicable), it computes a hash value (using the same hash function) and looks in the hash table for matches. If a residual predicate is present (identified by RESIDUAL:() in the Argument column), that predicate must also be satisfied for rows to be considered a match. Behavior is slightly different based on the logical operation being performed:
 - For any joins, use the first (top) input to build the hash table and the second (bottom) input to probe the hash table. Output matches (or nonmatches) as dictated by the join type. If multiple joins use the same join column, these operations are grouped into a hash team.
 - For the distinct or aggregate operators, use the input to build the hash table (removing duplicates and computing any aggregate expressions). When the hash table is built, scan the table and output all entries.
 - For the union operator, use the first input to build the hash table (removing duplicates). Use the second input (which must have no duplicates) to probe the hash table, returning all rows that have no matches, then scan the hash table and return all entries.
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By: Kathleen Gaines News and Education Editor, MSN, RN, BA, CBC
Rehabilitation nurses work with patients suffering from acute and chronic illnesses, injuries, and disabilities. A rehabilitation nurse's main objective is to help patients gain independence and/or help families care for their loved ones. In this guide, we'll explain what a Rehabilitation Nurse does, how to become one, how much they make, and more!
Part One What is a Rehabilitation Nurse?
Generally, a rehab nurse assists patients with chronic illnesses or disabilities. Rehabilitation nurses can also work with individuals after a trauma or acute illness.
According to the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, rehab nurses can work with patients suffering from illnesses and injuries such as,
 1. ALS
 2. Amputation
 3. Brain injury
 4. Burns
 5. Cancer
 6. Cardiovascular
 7. Cerebral palsy
 8. Guillain-Barre syndrome
 9. Parkinson's disease
 10. Major joint replacements
 11. Multiple sclerosis
 12. Organ transplant
 13. Pulmonary disease
 14. Spinal cord injury
 15. Stroke
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Part Two What Does a Rehabilitation Nurse Do?
Job responsibilities vary greatly amongst rehab nurses depending on the place of employment. More specifically, rehabilitation nurses perform a variety of specific tasks including,
 1. Assisting patients to achieve and maintain maximum function and independence
 2. Assisting patients to adapt to a new or changed lifestyle
 3. Providing a therapeutic environment for patients, their families, and caregivers
 4. Educating patients, families, and caregivers about their disease and treatment plan
 5. Recording patients' medical information and vital signs
 6. Preparing and updating nursing care plans
 7. Changing wound and/or surgical dressings
 8. Continually assessing the patient's level of independence, injury, or disability
 9. Administering medications as ordered
 10. Performing tracheostomy care
 11. Administering blood products and enteral feedings via a gastrostomy tube
 12. Coordinating care with other healthcare professionals
 13. Lifting and transferring patients
 14. Determining if a patient is able to perform ADLs independently or with assistance
Part Three Rehabilitation Nurse Salary
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median salary for a registered nurse in 2019 is $73,300 per year or $35.24 per hour, but conditions in your area may vary. The BLS does not differentiate between different specialties of nursing, but Glassdoor.com reports an annual average salary of $68,142 for Rehabilitation Nurses.
Payscale.com reports salaries for Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses. They found that the annual average salary was $83,694 or $33.13/hr
Specifically, Rehabilitation Nurses can earn a higher annual salary with increased years of experience.
 1. 1-4 years of experience earn an average hourly wage of $28.13
 2. 5-9 years of experience earns an average hourly wage of $30.49
 3. 10-19 years of experience earns an average hourly wage of 32.87
 4. 20 years and higher years of experience earns an average hourly wage of $34.00
Currently, the highest average paid states for Rehabilitation Nurses that have reported salaries, according to payscale.com are as follows:
 1. Dallas, Texas - $36.49/ hr
 2. Seattle, Washington - $35.61/ hr
 3. Phoenix, Arizona - $32.11/hr
 4. Houston, Texas - $31.99/hr
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Part Four How Do You Become a Rehabilitation Nurse?
To become a Rehabilitation Nurse, you'll need to complete the following steps:
 1. Attend Nursing School
 You'll need to earn either an ADN or a BSN from an accredited nursing program in order to take the first steps to become a registered nurse. ADN-prepared nurses can complete an additional step of completing their BSN degree if they wish.
 2. Pass the NCLEX-RN
 Become a Registered Nurse by passing the NCLEX examination.
 3. Earn Your Certification
 The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses offers the Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses Certification to eligible nurses. While not required, most nurses find this certification as a way to advance their careers.
Part Five Where Do Rehabilitation Nurses Work?
The vast majority of rehabilitation nurses work in either outpatient or inpatient rehab centers. Rehab nurses can work in a variety of locations including:
 1. Outpatient rehabilitation centers
 2. Sub-acute care units
 3. Inpatient rehabilitation centers
 4. Hospitals
 5. Long term care facilities
 6. Assisted living facilities
 7. Home care agencies
 8. PT/OT offices
 9. Fitness facilities
 10. Medical offices
 11. Insurance companies
 12. Community centers
 13. Academic settings
 14. Government agencies
Regardless of workplace setting, full-time and part-time nurses enjoy similar benefits. While actual benefits may vary depending on the institution most include the following:
 1. Health insurance
 2. Certification Reimbursement
 3. Retirement Options
 4. Holiday Pay
 5. Family Leave of Absence
 6. Maternity Leave
 7. Dental Insurance
 8. Dependent health insurance coverage
 9. Life Insurance
 10. Paid time off
 11. Relocation assistance
 12. Childcare
 13. Bereavement leave
 14. Vision Insurance
 15. Discounts on extracurricular activities
 16. Continuing Education Reimbursement
 17. Relocation packages
 18. Attendance at nursing conferences
Part Six What is the Career Outlook for a Rehabilitation Nurse?
According to the BLS, in 2018 there were 3,059,800 Registered Nurses in the United States. By 2028, there will be a need for additional 371,500 nurses, which is an expected growth of 12%.
Part Seven What are the Continuing Education Requirements for a Rehabilitation Nurse?
Generally, in order for an individual to renew their RN license, they will need to fill out an application, complete a specific number of CEU hours, and pay a nominal fee. Each state has specific requirements and it is important to check with the board of nursing prior to applying for license renewal.
If the RN license is part of a compact nursing license, the CEU requirement will be for the state of permanent residence. Some states require CEUs related to child abuse, narcotics, and/or pain management.
A detailed look at Continuing Nurse Education hours can be found here.
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Part Eight Resources for Rehabilitation Nurses
Check out these additional resources for more information on rehabilitation nursing!
 1. Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
 2. American Nurses Association (ANA)
 3. The National Rehabilitation Association
 4. International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
 5. The National Association of Rehabilitation Providers and Agencies
 6. American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
 7. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
 8. American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Part Nine Rehabilitation Nurse FAQs
 - What is the role of a rehabilitation nurse?
 - The role of the rehab nurse will vary depending on work location. Inpatient and outpatient rehab nurses will have some similar functions but inpatient nurses will also be responsible for general nursing duties. Rehab nurses work in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive rehab plans for their patients.
 - Is rehabilitation nursing hard?
 - Nursing, in general, is a difficult profession. Regardless of specialty, nursing is a demanding but rewarding profession. Rehab nursing can be more physically demanding than some nursing specialties because of the patient population and needs of the patients.
 - What certification does a rehabilitation nurse need?
 - The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses offers the Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses Certification to eligible individuals.
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Increasing tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney and increasing the proportion of homes in urban areas within 10 minutes' walk of quality green, open and public space are among the New South Wales premier's new priorities. Cities around Australia have similar goals. In our latest study, we asked if more of any green space will do? Or does the type of green space matter for our mental health? Our results suggest the type of green space does matter. Adults with 30% or more of their neighborhood covered in some form of tree canopy had 31% lower odds of developing psychological distress. The same amount of tree cover was linked to 33% lower odds of developing fair to poor general health. We also found poorer mental and general health among adults in areas with higher percentages of bare grass nearby, but there's likely more to that than meets the eye. How did we do the research? Our research involved tracking changes in health over an average of about six years, for around 46,000 adults aged 45 years or older, living in Sydney, Newcastle, or Wollongong. We examined health in relation to different types of green space available […]
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A fresh look at freshwaters: Researchers release a 50,000 lake database
A new "geography of lake water quality," known as LAGOS, allows scientists to understand entire populations of lakes to better inform water policy and management.
October 19, 2017
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Countless numbers of people across the country spent time this past summer enjoying lakes for swimming, fishing, boating and pleasure. However, the water quality of our nation's lakes is threatened by not only the things that people do in and around them but also by less obvious factors such as agriculture and climate change. In addition, because lakes differ from each other naturally, they may be affected by these factors and people's actions differently.
To better understand the complex factors that threaten lake water quality, scientists need data on many lakes in various types of environmental settings. Unfortunately, much of the lake and geographic data needed for such studies is not easily accessible because the datasets exist in multiple formats scattered across government, university, and private databases – sometimes only in file drawers. Until now.
A new "geography of lake water quality," known as LAGOS, allows scientists to understand entire populations of lakes to better inform water policy and management. LAGOS, which stands for LAke multi-scaled GeOSpatial and temporal database, includes information on 50,000 inland U.S. lakes in 17 northeastern and upper Midwestern states.
A team of researchers in ecological, computer, geographic, and information sciences built LAGOS, led by Patricia Soranno, professor of ecology at Michigan State University (MSU). The team's recent article published in the journal GigaScience makes this information available to researchers, policymakers and the public.
"We are at an exciting time in environmental science, when people are recognizing that the big problems we face require us to work together across disciplinary boundaries and to openly share data, methods, and tools," said Kendra Cheruvelil, co-author and professor of ecology at Michigan State University.
With funding from the US National Science Foundation's (NSF) Macrosystems Biology Program, the researchers collected water quality information from scientists, government and tribal environmental agency personnel, and citizens. In fact, this database is a result of over 70 individuals who took time to share water quality data with the team, thousands of individuals who originally collected and processed the water quality data from 1980 to 2012, and more than 15 researchers at several institutions who worked together for 6 years to combine the information.
"Access to clean drinking water and the services lakes provide, such as fishing and recreation, are among the greatest environmental challenges we face today," said Liz Blood, program director for NSF's MacroSystems Biology program. "Now a comprehensive database has been created that will provide easy access to information on water quality and the physical and ecological factors that affect it across scales from individual lakes to entire regions. It will be a valuable resource for researchers, managers, landowners and citizens to evaluate the many factors affecting lakes."
The LAGOS team also gathered information for all 50,000 lakes in the 17 states from digital maps, including land use, geology, and climate, and combined it with the water quality information. The result? A geography of lake water quality.
"We cannot sample every lake. This effort is a great example of how environmental research needs to leverage a wide range of different types of information such as the increasingly available map-based data like Google Earth, with lake water samples that water resource biologists and citizens collect," said Corinna Gries, co-author and information scientist at the University of Wisconsin.
The LAGOS-team has published many ecology and computer science articles to better understand why water quality differs across the 50,000 lakes in the 70,000 square mile region. However, the team also wanted the database to be used as a springboard for other researchers and research questions. For example, scientists are using LAGOS to understand how freshwaters affect mosquito-borne human disease, as well as how water quality influences people visiting lakes. The hope is that this valuable database encourages more research on lakes, which are an important part of so many people's lives.
"These examples show how efforts like LAGOS can build the capacity for broad-scale research of the environment. Our experience has also shown us the importance of changing the scientific culture to be open, to use big-data approaches, and to be collaborative so that our science can better inform policy and management to preserve water quality for future generations," said Patricia Soranno.


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The Organization as a Prototype
Keywords:prototypes, ways of working, emerging technologies, organizational design, generative prototyping
Some of the most valuable companies in the world accumulated their fortunes as a result of a business model innovation built upon matured technologies. Now the majority of them are investing and shifting their focus to the development of new technologies such as AI, blockchain and genetic editing. If an organization is to remain profitable, it needs to be able to quickly adjust its structure to the rapidly changing context. We contend that a way to do so is to build an organizational structure that is conductive to both generative and evaluative prototypes. We report on our action research with a leading European airline following the transformation of a team of four into a new department, through the lenses of continuous prototyping. We then propose an initial framework that conceptualises organizational prototypes and provides a rational and systematic way of approaching the devising of such. Finally, we outline several directions for further research.

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Endangered Species Get A Chilly (and Warm!) Reception In New York City
Samples from the American crocodile, the Channel Islands fox, and the Hawaiian gooseall endangered species studied within the U.S. National Parksare set to join neotropical butterflies, rare leeches, and snippets of sea stars in the American Museum of Natural History's frozen library, the Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection. Currently, this collection cryogenically-preserves the DNA of about 40,000 species in nitrogen-cooled vats and distributes to requests to geneticists free of charge.
On July 7, 2009, representatives of the Park Service came to New York to sign a formal agreement with the Museum. Material collected from the most important biological resources of the country, endangered species, will be routinely iced in the Museum's pristine, meticulous lab. This video, introduced by George Amato, Director of the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, documents the signing of the agreement by Bert Frost, Associate Director of Natural Resource Stewardship and Science at the National Park Service, and Darrel Frost, Associate Dean of Science for Collections at the Museum.
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What are hardy plants? There are so many different terminologies used in the word of gardening it can be hard to keep up. From learning the difference between perennial and biennial. Or deciduous and ericaceous, there is a lot to remember. So don't worry we'll make this as simple as possible...
What does 'hardy' mean?
In the world of gardening the word 'hardy' is used to describe a plant that can stand up to low temperatures and survive. According to the Hardy Plant Society, there are several levels of hardiness that depend on the temperature level: a hardy plant can survive a temperature of -15°C compared to a frost hardy plant that can survive a temperature of -5°C. On the other end of the spectrum we have half hardy plants that can only stand temperatures as low as 0°C and tender plants which will not survive temperatures below +5°C.
In the United Kingdom on average the winter temperature drops no lower than -11°C meaning that hardy plants do well here. However, there is no guarantee that your plants will survive. The changeability of the weather is something to make note of. One minute your plants will be covered in frost and then basking in sunlight.
What are some examples of hardy plants?
There isn't just one particular type of hardy plant, they come in all sorts of varieties. Here are some of our hardy plants:


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Siberian Tiger Profile
The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) or Amur tiger is a rare cat that inhabits the Russian Far East. The largest population occurs in the mountainous areas of Sikhote Alin. The cat was once widespread throughout northeastern China and Korea, but today there are fewer than 393 tigers living in the wild. Siberian tigers are also known as Manchurian tiger, Korean tiger and Assyrian tiger.
Features and Description
Adult Siberian tigers weigh up to 318 kg (701 lb) with a body length of up to 350 cm (140 in). Males are larger than females. Males average 180–306 kg (397–675 lb) while females average 100–167 kg (220–368 lb). The tiger has quite thick fur that protects the animal from the extreme cold of Siberia. Siberian cats have a long coat of 15–17 mm (0.59–0.67 in) on the back. Whiskers are 90–115 mm (3.5–4.5 in) long. Siberian cats are not only the largest cats but also the largest carnivorous land mammals. They are excellent swimmers and tigers are known to follow their prey in the water. They are adapted to live in extreme cold weather, unlike the Asian subspecies that live in warm habitats.
Diet
Amur tigers hunt a wide range of species such as Siberian roe deer, Manchurian wapiti, moose, Manchurian sika deer, long-tailed goral, wild boar, Siberian deer, salmon, hares, pikas and rabbits . They can also kill Asiatic black bears and Ussuri browns.
Mountain range and habitat
Siberian cats make homes at high altitudes reaching 500 to 800 meters (1,600 to 2,600 ft) above sea level. The Siberian tiger is believed to occur mainly in the Russian Far East and eastern Siberia. It also lives around Lake Baikal. They are likely to establish habitats in coniferous-deciduous forests, Korean alpine broad-leaved forests, and northern boreal assemblages.
Territorial and Social Behavior
Amur tigers will travel up to 1,000 kilometers. They have long home ranges, but Siberian cats actively defend territories. Siberian tigers are excellent swimmers. The tiger is likely to recognize its territory which is abundant in hollow trees, caves, as well as dense vegetation. They do this to protect themselves or possibly their young from other terrestrial predators.
Reproduction
Amur tigers do not appear to have a specific mating season as females remain receptive throughout the year. The gestation period is about 3 – 3.4 months after which 2 – 4 young are born. Litter size can be up to 6. Males will mature at 4 – 5 years of age. Siberian cats have an average lifespan of about 10 to 15 years.
Conservation and Population
Siberian cats are critically endangered cats with a global population of only 310 to 393 surviving in the wild. Amur tigers are at risk mainly due to massive deforestation and habitat destruction. Humans are primarily responsible for driving tigers out of their natural habitat. It really brings humans and tigers closer to each other. The close encounter of humans with tigers has made many tigers redundant in their own environment.
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TED fellow Salvatore Iaconesi: "My open source cure"
Two days ago, Salvatore Iaconesi went to pick up his medical records. From now on he'll have to be showing them to countless doctors; they are scans of his brain cancer.
A pioneering technological thinker and TED fellow, Iaconesi has pushed the idea of 'open source art', with recent work focusing on theories of virtual, extended and mixed realities, and on software as an artistic medium.
So naturally, he hacked into the encrypted medical files handed to him by his doctor, converted them to openly accessible files, and posted them online.
Grab the information about my disease, if you want, and give me a 'cure': create a video, an artwork, a map, a text, a poem, a game, or try to find a solution for my health problem," wrote Iaconesi yesterday. Everything in his files is available to download, including his CT scans, lab notes and diagnosis.
Though this is clearly an unfathomably difficult time for Iaconesi, he understands the power of new collaborative networks and the subjectivity they inevitably engender. "'Cure' in different cultures, means different things. There are cures for the body, for spirit, for communication… Artists, designers, hackers, scientists, doctors, photographers, videomakers, musicians, writers. Anyone can give me a 'cure.'"


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The art and science of aviation encompass a multitude of factors, and one of the most fascinating yet often misunderstood elements is ground effect. Ground effect plays a significant role in aircraft operations, especially during takeoff and landing. In this blog post, we will focus on its role during the landing phase and explore how it acts as a cushion of safety for aircraft during their descent.
Understanding Ground Effect
Ground effect is a phenomenon in aerodynamics that occurs when an aircraft is in close proximity to the ground. It is a zone in which the ground interferes with the airflow patterns underneath the aircraft. This interference results in a reduction of induced drag and an increase in lift, leading to changes in an aircraft's performance.
Key characteristics of ground effect include:
- Lift Augmentation: Ground effect provides an additional lift component, which reduces the aircraft's angle of attack and, consequently, the drag. This increase in lift allows the aircraft to maintain a lower descent rate while keeping the same airspeed.
- Reduced Drag: The reduction in induced drag is especially important in the context of landing. Pilots can maintain airspeed with minimal power, which enables a shallower approach and smoother landing.
- Altitude Range: Ground effect occurs within a height approximately equal to the aircraft's wingspan above the ground. For most aircraft, this translates to a range of about one-half wingspan above the runway surface.
The Landing Approach and Ground Effect
During the landing phase, aircraft experience the full effects of ground effect as they transition from the final approach to the flare and touchdown. Understanding how ground effect influences this phase is crucial for safe and efficient landings:
- Approach Angle: As the aircraft descends on the final approach, it enters the ground effect zone. The aircraft's approach angle, or descent angle, can become shallower due to the additional lift generated in ground effect. This allows for a smoother and more controlled descent.
- Reduced Descent Rate: Ground effect enables a reduction in the aircraft's descent rate while maintaining the same approach speed. Pilots can finesse their descent, avoiding hard landings and providing a cushion for a smooth touch down.
- Improved Control Authority: The reduced induced drag and the additional lift provided by ground effect enhance the aircraft's control authority during the landing approach. Pilots can make gentle adjustments to maintain the desired path and attitude.
- Distance to Touchdown: Ground effect can extend the distance an aircraft travels while in the flare phase. This allows the pilot to control the aircraft's descent and alignment with the runway more effectively.
Utilizing Ground Effect for Landing
Pilots must understand how to use ground effect to their advantage during the landing phase. Here are some key considerations:
- Maintain Approach Speed: To fully benefit from ground effect, pilots should maintain the recommended approach speed during the final approach. Reducing speed too early can cause the aircraft to exit ground effect prematurely.
- Flare Technique: As the aircraft enters the flare phase, the pilot should gently raise the nose to initiate the roundout while maintaining a slight descent rate. Ground effect provides the additional lift needed to cushion the landing.
- Avoid Ballooning: One common mistake is over-flaring, causing the aircraft to balloon and lose its sink rate. Maintaining proper flare technique and utilizing ground effect can prevent this.
- Visual Reference: Maintaining visual references during the landing phase is essential. Pilots use the runway's markings and other visual cues to judge their altitude and make the necessary adjustments while benefiting from ground effect.
Factors Affecting Ground Effect
Several factors can influence the strength and characteristics of ground effect during landing:
- Aircraft Type and Size: The size and wing configuration of the aircraft can impact the intensity of ground effect. Larger aircraft typically experience stronger ground effect due to their larger wingspan.
- Wingtip Devices: Aircraft equipped with wingtip devices, such as winglets or wing fences, may experience different ground effect characteristics. These devices can affect the flow of air around the wingtips.
- Aircraft Weight: The weight of the aircraft affects the strength of ground effect. Heavier aircraft generate more induced drag, and ground effect helps offset this drag more effectively.
- Altitude and Density: Ground effect is more pronounced at lower altitudes and in denser air. Pilots should be aware that ground effect may be weaker at higher elevations and in thinner air.
- Wind Conditions: Crosswinds and gusty winds can influence ground effect by disrupting the airflow patterns around the aircraft. Pilots must make adjustments to maintain control during these conditions.
While ground effect provides a cushion for landings, it also presents some challenges and safety considerations:
- Premature Flare: Pilots should avoid initiating the flare too early, as this can cause the aircraft to float excessively in ground effect, resulting in a long or late touchdown.
- Over-Reliance: Relying solely on ground effect to cushion landings can lead to complacency. Pilots must maintain proficiency in proper landing techniques and be prepared for unexpected conditions.
- Tailstrikes: Aircraft with low tail clearance may be at risk of tailstrikes when exiting ground effect. Pilots must maintain proper pitch control during the flare to prevent this.
- Wind Shear: Wind shear or sudden changes in wind direction and speed can disrupt the predictable effects of ground effect. Pilots should stay alert and be ready to adjust their technique accordingly.
Training and Proficiency
Effective use of ground effect during landing is a skill that pilots develop through training and experience. Here are some key aspects of training and proficiency:
- Flight Training: Ground effect is covered in pilot training programs, particularly during the landing phase. Simulators and flight training sessions provide opportunities for practicing landings with ground effect.
- Crosswind Landings: Crosswind landings require specific techniques and proficiency. Pilots should practice these procedures to safely handle crosswinds in ground effect.
- Recurrent Training: Regular recurrent training ensures that pilots remain proficient in using ground effect and other landing techniques.
- Aircraft Familiarity: Knowing the specific ground effect characteristics of the aircraft being flown is crucial for safe landings. Pilots should be well-acquainted with their aircraft's handling in ground effect.
- Adverse Conditions: Training should include scenarios with adverse conditions, such as gusty winds or wind shear, to prepare pilots for real-world challenges.


%0 Journal Article %T Compressive Sampling-Based Image Coding for Resource-Deficient Visual Communication %A Liu X. %A Zhai D. %A Zhou J. %A Zhang X. %A Zhao D. %A Gao W. %K Compressive Sensing %K Local Random Sampling %K Low Bit-rates Image Coding %K Multiple Description Coding %X
In this paper, a new compressive sampling-based image coding scheme is developed to achieve competitive coding efficiency at lower encoder computational complexity, while supporting error resilience. This technique is particularly suitable for visual communication with resource-deficient devices. At the encoder, compact image representation is produced, which is a polyphase down-sampled version of the input image; but the conventional low-pass filter prior to down-sampling is replaced by a local random binary convolution kernel. The pixels of the resulting down-sampled pre-filtered image are local random measurements and placed in the original spatial configuration. The advantages of the local random measurements are two folds: 1) preserve high-frequency image features that are otherwise discarded by low-pass filtering and 2) remain a conventional image and can therefore be coded by any standardized codec to remove the statistical redundancy of larger scales. Moreover, measurements generated by different kernels can be considered as the multiple descriptions of the original image and therefore the proposed scheme has the advantage of multiple description coding. At the decoder, a unified sparsity-based soft-decoding technique is developed to recover the original image from received measurements in a framework of compressive sensing. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme is competitive compared with existing methods, with a unique strength of recovering fine details and sharp edges at low bit-rates.
%8 2016-06-01 %D 2016 %J IEEE Transactions on Image Processing %P 2844-2855 %V 25 %@ _PHONE_ %U _URL_ %W UM


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Three Fundamental Components of Aerial Work Platforms
In the realm of construction, maintenance, and various industrial operations, aerial work platforms (AWPs) serve as indispensable tools. These versatile machines provide access to heights and locations that would otherwise be challenging or unsafe to reach. An AWP's functionality relies on a sophisticated interplay of several key components, each contributing to its overall performance and safety. This article aims to explore and dissect the three fundamental components that form the backbone of aerial work platforms, shedding light on their importance and functionality.
Introduction to Aerial Work Platforms
Before delving into the core components of AWPs, it's essential to understand their significance and applications. Aerial work platforms, commonly referred to as aerial lifts or elevated work platforms, encompass a wide array of machinery designed to elevate workers, tools, and materials to different heights. These platforms find extensive use in construction, maintenance tasks, firefighting, rescue operations, and various industrial applications.
AWPs come in diverse types, including scissor lifts, boom lifts, vertical mast lifts, and personnel lifts, among others. Each type caters to specific operational needs, providing distinct capabilities in terms of reach, height, mobility, and load-bearing capacity.
The Three Basic Components of Aerial Work Platforms
1. Platform Structure
The platform structure serves as the foundation of an aerial work platform, constituting the area where workers, equipment, and materials are placed during operations. This component is crafted to withstand dynamic loads while ensuring stability and safety for the occupants.
a. Base and Chassis
The base and chassis form the structural framework that supports the entire AWP. Constructed from sturdy materials such as steel or aluminum, these components provide stability and structural integrity. The base incorporates features like outriggers or stabilizers to enhance balance, especially when the platform is elevated.
b. Platform Deck
The platform deck is the elevated surface where operators stand or position equipment. It's typically equipped with guardrails, toe boards, and gates to prevent falls and ensure worker safety. Materials used for the platform deck are chosen for their durability and non-slip properties to offer a secure working environment.
c. Controls and Operator Compartment
Controls play a pivotal role in maneuvering the AWP. These include joysticks, buttons, or levers situated within the operator compartment, enabling precise movement and operation of the platform. The operator compartment is designed ergonomically to ensure comfort and ease of use for the personnel handling the machine.
2. Lifting Mechanism
The lifting mechanism forms the core operational aspect of an AWP, enabling vertical or horizontal movement of the platform. It facilitates the extension and retraction of the platform to reach varying heights and positions.
a. Hydraulic System
Most AWPs utilize hydraulic systems to power their lifting mechanisms. Hydraulic cylinders, pumps, and valves work in unison to control the extension and retraction of the platform. This system provides the necessary force to lift the platform while ensuring smooth and controlled movements.
b. Telescopic or Articulating Boom
Depending on the type of AWP, the lifting mechanism might consist of a telescopic boom or an articulating arm. Telescopic booms extend vertically or horizontally using hydraulic cylinders, allowing access to different heights and distances. Articulating arms comprise multiple sections that articulate or bend, providing enhanced maneuverability to reach challenging spots.
3. Propulsion and Mobility System
The mobility system enables the AWP to navigate across diverse terrains and maneuver into position efficiently. It comprises various components that power and control the machine's movement.
a. Power Source
AWPs commonly rely on electric, diesel, gasoline, or hybrid power sources. Electric-powered AWPs are favored for indoor applications due to their quieter operation and zero emissions. On the other hand, diesel or gasoline-powered units offer greater mobility and are suitable for outdoor use.
b. Drive and Steering Mechanism
The drive and steering mechanism allows the AWP to move forwards, backwards, or steer in different directions. Depending on the model, AWPs feature various drive systems such as wheels, tracks, or a combination of both. These systems enable precise maneuvering, essential for positioning the platform accurately.
c. Safety Features and Controls
Integrated safety features are critical in ensuring the secure operation of an AWP. These include emergency stop buttons, overload sensors, tilt alarms, and interlocks to prevent unauthorized use. Additionally, control systems manage the speed, direction, and operation of the AWP, enhancing overall safety and efficiency.
Conclusion
Aerial work platforms have revolutionized the way tasks at height are performed, providing safe and efficient access to elevated areas. Understanding the intricate components that constitute these machines is crucial for proper operation, maintenance, and ensuring the safety of personnel using them. The platform structure, lifting mechanism, and propulsion and mobility system collectively define the functionality and capabilities of an AWP, making them indispensable tools across various industries.
As technology continues to evolve, advancements in materials, design, and safety features will further enhance the efficiency and safety standards of aerial work platforms. Continual innovation in these fundamental components will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AWPs, making them more versatile, reliable, and safer for operators in diverse working environments.
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text: The objective of this thesis is to investigate the various types of energy end-uses to be expected in future high efficiency single family residences. For this purpose, this study has analyzed monitored data from 14 houses in the 2013 Solar Decathlon competition, and segregates the energy consumption patterns in various residential end-uses (such as lights, refrigerators, washing machines, ...). The analysis was not straight-forward since these homes were operated according to schedules previously determined by the contest rules. The analysis approach allowed the isolation of the comfort energy use by the Heating, Venting and Cooling (HVAC) systems. HVAC are the biggest contributors to energy consumption during operation of a building, and therefore are a prime concern for energy performance during the building design and the operation. Both steady state and dynamic models of comfort energy use which take into account variations in indoor and outdoor temperatures, solar radiation and thermal mass of the building were explicitly considered. Steady State Inverse Models are frequently used for thermal analysis to evaluate HVAC energy performance. These are fast, accurate, offer great flexibility for mathematical modifications and can be applied to a variety of buildings. The results are presented as a horizontal study that compares energy consumption across homes to arrive at a generic rather than unique model - to be used in future discussions in the context of ultra efficient homes. It is suggested that similar analyses of the energy-use data that compare the performance of variety of ultra efficient technologies be conducted to provide more accurate indications of the consumption by end use for future single family residences. These can be used alongside the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) and the Leading Indicator for Remodeling Activity (LIRA) indices to assist in planning and policy making related to residential energy sector.


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Demand Analysis: Utility
Demand Analysis: Utility
The term utility is used often in economics. Utility is a concept used to help explain the choices that consumers make. This helps to explain demand, especially the downward slope of the demand curve.
Utility refers to the amount of satisfaction, or happiness, that individuals receive from the choices that they make. Each person is unique. Different people receive satisfaction for different reasons. They will make different choices even if the circumstances are the same. Because of this, the concept of utility explains how making different choices can still be consistent with the basic assumption in economics that people behave rationally.
Utility (satisfaction) comes from more than just financial wealth and material possessions. Sure, people can derive satisfaction from wealth accumulation. But people also derive satisfaction in other ways. People may be satisfied knowing that they are helping others. Such charity takes many forms, and involves many choices as well. People may gain satisfaction from accumulating many friends, or maybe just having a few very close friends. Some people gain more satisfaction from leisure than others. Many people enjoy hobbies, and different people are willing to devote different amounts of their time and incomes to an unlimited number of potential hobbies. Some people prefer current consumption while others prefer future financial security.
All of these considerations, and more, contribute to different rational choices being made by different people.
Since utility comes from the choices that people make, a cost is always involved. If there were no costs, then people wouldn't have to make choices. But when someone decides what to do with a specific time frame or a specific sum of money, they have to give up using that time frame or that specific sum of money for a different activity.
The cost of a choice is more than just the amount of money or time which has to be spent on that choice. The cost of a choice is the amount of satisfaction (utility) that has to be given up because another choice was not made instead.
This means that the true cost of any choice is its opportunity cost. Since choices often involve more than two options, and only one of the options can be chosen, the opportunity cost is a measure of the utility of the best alternative to any given choice. It would not make sense to add up utilities for several options when only one of them can be chosen.
This concept of measuring opportunity cost brings up another concept in economics: the concept that utility can somehow be measured. It is true that people everywhere do not go around all the time computing a number in order to make the best choice every time that a choice is made. But people do make choices because of the way they envision the benefits and costs involved. Without even realizing that they are doing so, people are making measurements regarding utility. Whichever options are available, people choose the one in which the perceived benefits most outweigh the perceived costs.
Another concept in economics involving utility and choice is that choices do not occur in a vacuum. Every choice relates to choices that have been made previously. Suppose, for example, that you have a favorite song that you haven't heard in a long time. Now, suddenly, it has been made available to you so that you can listen to it as often as you like. Since you haven't heard it for a long time, you might make it a priority to listen to it immediately. All other options that you have for using this time frame will have to wait.
So you listen to it once, and it makes you very happy (you receive a high utility value from this). You want to hear it again. You listen to it a second time immediately after the first time, and the utility is still high. But not quite as high as the first time, because you had to wait so long to hear it the first time. In fact, every time that you listen to it consecutively, the utility is going to be less than the previous time.
This is the concept of diminishing marginal utility. Every time the same option is chosen within a specified time frame, the utility will be less than the previous time. Somewhere along the line, with diminishing marginal utility, the utility received from making the same choice over again will be less than the utility that could be received from something else, even if that'something else' initially had a lower utility value. You will'spend' your next choice on something else instead.
As the same choice continues to be made, with less utility received each time, eventually you could end up actually decreasing your total utility: the last choice gave you a negative amount of utility. Maybe you eat so much that you get sick. When marginal utility becomes negative, this is called disutility.
When making choices, the available options might be complicated somewhat because different choices might involve a different (explicit) cost outlay. One option might take up more of your time than another option. One option might require you to spend more of your income than another option.
For example, suppose you decide to go out to dinner with friends. You will enjoy going out, enjoying the company of your friends, so you will be happy (have positive utility) with whatever restaurant choice is made. You could go to a fast food restaurant and be happy. You would be even happier (have more total utility) going to a fancy restaurant, but it would cost more. If you spent more for dinner at a fancy restaurant, you would have less money left over for other things. So, which option would be better, fast food or fancy restaurant?
The answer is that you would choose whichever one gives you the most utility per unit of cost. The value you place on a fast food meal, divided by its cost, can be compared to the value you place on dining in a fancy restaurant, divided by its cost. You would choose the one that gives you the highest value (utility) per unit of cost.
This concept - maximizing marginal utility per unit of cost - applies as well to a series of choices. Each choice depends in part on previous choices. Each subsequent time that the same choice is made will provide less total utility than the previous time that particular choice was made (diminishing marginal utility). But presumably, the cost will be the same: lower benefit, same cost.
Therefore, the marginal utility per unit of cost will change over a series of choices.
In order to maximize total utility from a given budget, the budget will be spent over a series of choices, each one based on maximizing utility per cost, and each choice giving less utility per cost than the previous time that choice was made, until the income is spent with the marginal utility per cost for each option being equal.
This is called consumer equilibrium, or the equimarginal principle. Consumer equilibrium can be shown mathematically as:
MU(A)/P(A) = MU(B)/P(B) =...MU(X)/P(X)
where A = one option, B = another option, and X represents each additional option to be considered.
All of this talk about utility leads to the reasons behind a downward sloping demand curve. Each individual consumer will allocate income among the various consumer choices in such a way that the ratio MU/P for each consumer good will be equal.
If the price of one good increases relative to other goods, then the ratio MU/P will decrease, and the consumer will purchase this good in a smaller quantity. If the price of one good decreases relative to other goods, then the ration MU/P will increase, and the consumer will purchase this good in a higher quantity. For each individual consumer and each individual good, more will be purchased as the price decreases. This means that an individual's demand curve for each good is downward sloping. Notice that this involves price changes relative to the prices of other goods.
The market demand curve is simply the sum of all individual demand curves. With decreasing marginal utility and consumer equilibrium, the result is a downward sloping demand curve.


the object reference and gives us a little less code to write.
Let's now look at the logic. We use an if statement to limit our logic only to targets that have as their first word "album." We need to do this since every object on the page will generate the mouseEnter event. Next, we populate our tarNum variable with word 2 of the name (1, 2, etc.). We build our fieldId reference to the display field and then start on the cooler stuff. We set the richText property of the display field to the richText of the corresponding (hidden) field that holds the album information. We use richText instead of text since the former keeps all the formatting such as font size, bold, and italics. After that we set the normalGraphic property of our "albumImage" button to the corresponding bitmap resource. The "normal" comes from the different button states (invert, checked, etc.) that can each have a graphic associated with it. Notice how we use "dynamic object referencing" to move from the name of the object to the field or bitmap object itself. The next line sets the strokeColor (the color of the text) to blue. We then set the sysCursor property to one of its defined values, which corresponds to a graphic that looks like a pen. I like to change the cursor for a mouseEnter interaction as another visual clue to the user that something is happening.
We now use our lastFieldId global variable discussed above. We check to see if it is null (because it won't be defined yet the first time). If not, we set its strokeColor to a dark green. Either way, we set this global variable to the target (e.g., the current field the user is in). That way, we'll set this field to green during the next interaction.
Our last task is to check for completion. We previously defined the completedInteractionList global variable and explained our plan to use it as a comma-delimited list of the interactions the user has completed. One reason to choose this format is that OpenScript has excellent support for "stacks" like this. We first use the built-in
ASYM_ItemInList() method to check if the current tarNum is in our global variable. If not, we push it on the variable, which has the effect of adding both the value and the comma (once there are two or more entries). We then use another built-in method, itemCount, to see if the number of items in the list is greater than or equal to our numInteractions global variable. If so, we update our display field to show "COMPLETED: " at the front. In a real e-Learning application, I would typically change the look of the "Next Page" button or show an animation, but we already have enough complexity in this example! We end by forwarding the mouseEnter message so that higher-level scripts can handle the message if desired.
That script had most of the heavy lifting. The listing below has the "initialization" and "cleanup" scripts.
to handle enterPage
 system lastFieldId
 system dword numInteractions
 system stack completedInteractionList
 numInteractions = 5
 step num from 1 to numInteractions
 strokeColor of field ("album " & num) = 20,30,100 -- dark orange
 end step
 text of field "display field" = ""
 clear normalGraphic of button "albumImage"
 lastFieldId = null
 completedInteractionList = ""
end enterPage
to handle mouseLeave
 local string tarName
 tarName = name of target
 if word 1 of tarName = "album"
 sysCursor = default
 end if
end mouseLeave
The way to look at the enterPage handler is that we want to initialize the page to our desired state. We need to set our global variables so they are defined at the top of the script. We initialize numInteractions and then use our first step loop (a For loop in other programming languages) to set the strokeColor of each of our fields to a dark orange. In a step loop, the variable (num) goes from the initial condition (1) to the final value (numInteractions). The code within the loop runs each time. Notice how many lines of code we save plus get more flexibility to change the number of interactions without adding code by building the name of the field ("album " & num), letting OpenScript build a reference, and setting the color. From there, we clear our display field and "albumImage" button. Finally, we clear our lastFieldId and completedInteractionList variables. It is very important that we forward the enterPage message – lots of other things happen in ToolBook at higher levels in response to this message.
The mouseLeave handler is quite simple. We use the same logic as above to make sure we are only handling the event for our album name fields. If so, we set the sysCursor back to default.
We will cover this example for the ToolBook Actions Editor, Flash, JavaScript, and Silverlight/XAML in future blog posts.


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These animals are mentioned twice in the Bible (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21). Apes were brought from India by the fleets of Solomon and Hiram. The Hebrews called them "koph_," and the Greeks "_kepos," both words being just the Indian Tamil name of the monkey, kapi, i.e., swift, nimble, active. No species of ape has ever been found in Israel or the adjacent regions.