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Pitching Drills - Increase Hip Speed to Increase your Baseball Pitching Speed!
Increasing your Hip Rotation Speed leads to increased pitching speed. Learn how now!
PRLog (Press Release) - Dec. 11, 2013 - MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Fastball pitching speed is a combination of correct mechanics along with correct kinematic sequencing of your body.
Major league pitchers have very fast hip speeds which allows energy to transfer to the torso and arm.
While studying the fastest pitchers on the planet it is easy to see how they have advanced hip speed rotation, a big first step and store tons of power through elastic energy of the muscles while pitching.
The Hip Speed Trainer is a great training tool to help baseball pitchers increase their itching speed by training proper motor control of the lower body and increasing hip rotation speed.
Here is a video explaing the importance of hip speed and pitching.
The science behind why hips are so important has to do with transferring a load through the body and is known as Proximal to Distal Sequencing.
In all ground based rotational sports requiring throwing (football, baseball, discuss, shot-put) and striking (golf, baseball, hockey, punching etc...) we develop a load from the ground and transfer that energy / force through our bodies to the final lever (punch, bat, club, stick etc...).
In order to transfer as much energy as possible we need to use our bodies in an efficient manor sequencing the energy transfer in a proper order.
This is what is known as Proximal to Distal Sequencing.
The first potential rotational speed multiplier are the hips. Hip / Pelvic rotation begins with firing of the gluteus muscles and specifically the gluteus medius muscle as well as lower back lumbar rotator muscles.
The more motor control along with strength and speed of these muscles... the faster you can rotate the hips and increase over all performance.
You can purchase a Hip Speed Trainer for only $89 at _URL_ and start throwing faster pitches within a couple weeks!
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New Chameleon Species from the Aberdare Mountains, Kenya
A new species from the central highlands of Kenya is described but may be threatened by fires
Surveys of the highlands of East Africa continue to reveal undescribed chameleon species diversity. Researchers recently surveyed the inaccessible Kinangop Peak (4000m) at the southern end of the Aberdare range, central highlands of Kenya. They compared the external morphology of small chameleons they found with other described taxa in the bitaeniatus group, which revealed them to be morphologically distinct. Mitochondrial DNA was used to construct gene trees and showed that the proposed new taxon, Trioceros kinangopensis sp. nov., is unique evolutionary lineage that is closely related to T. nyirit and T. schubotzi. Trioceros kinangopensis sp. nov. is restricted to the afroalpine zone (>3500m) and the prevalence of fires in this type of habitat may threaten its long-term survival.
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Once an MOU is in place, the student enrollment process is as follows:
- Building-level liaison from school district submits an Online Enrollment Data Form to Schuylkill County Online Learning.
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- SIU schedules a student orientation to help students navigate through online courses, review policies and student responsibilities, and provide any necessary equipment.
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Science Skills Sorted!: Human and Animal Bodies
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Bodies are brilliant things to study scientifically. In Bodies you'll delve into the science behind these marvels of the natural world by conducting ten investigations or experiments using the ATOM method - Ask, Test, Observe and Measure - to ensure you're working just like a professional scientist. Work out how strong bird bones are, why being blind means bats rely on other senses and how the shape of a body determines the environment it thrives in! At the end of the book, scientific guidelines explain why scientists do things a certain way and the things they look out for or try to avoid. Science Skills Sorted are six topic books for children aged 8+ studying KS2 science. The ATOM method is designed to help readers work scientifically as they are taught to in the classroom, and each of the investigations is accompanied by explanatory text to uncover facts about the topic. A range of experiments in each book means that while some may need a little more equipment than others, there are plenty experiments that are cheap and accessible, using objects easily found in the classroom or at home. Hardback Book 32 pages Published: 2017 by Hachette Children's Group ISBN: 9781445151533 Dimensions: 232 x 272 x 10mm Author(s): Angela Royston Illustrator(s): Science Skills Sorted! : Human and Animal Bodies Hardback Book Edition by Angela Royston Part of The Popular Series: Science Skills Sorted! Suggested Age Group(s):.
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Increasingly, defendants enter into proposed plea agreements that require pre-plea cooperation with the authorities. In such a situation, the defendant acts in reliance on the proposed plea agreement. However, unlike civil contracts, there is no universally recognized principle by which the defendant can enforce the terms of a proposed agreement should the government withdraw the offer before the defendant enters a guilty plea in court. Because plea agreements are a unique hybrid of contract law and criminal procedure, it remains unclear which constitutional protections apply to them. This Note analyzes United States v. Coon, a leading federal case concerning detrimental reliance on a plea agreement. Coon defines the constitutional issues so narrowly as to define away detrimental reliance as a protection. This Note argues that Coon presents a flawed constitutional analysis and is inconsistent with the general trend by courts to recognize detrimental reliance in the area of plea agreements.
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Masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Impressionism and Modern Art
Chess was a lifelong passion for Marcel Duchamp, who once stated, "I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists."1 A competitive, award-winning player, Duchamp incorporated the game into his art throughout his career--literally, as in this early painting of his brothers, Jacques Villon and Raymond Duchamp-Villon, and in increasingly complex ways later on. This piece shows the artist's interest in Cubism, specifically what he called his "demultiplication" technique. Each head is made up of many overlapping successive planes, with chess pieces floating in the indefinite spaces that surround them. Portrait of Chess Players is rendered in a limited palette of earth tones, which Duchamp claims to have achieved through painting by gaslight. The artist made six preparatory drawings and an oil sketch for the composition that reflect his increasing interest in capturing the mental activity of chess rather than in creating recognizable portraits. This emphasis on the mental over the retinal reflects a tendency that grew stronger throughout Duchamp's remarkable career. Emily Hage, from Masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Impressionism and Modern Art (2007), p. 158.
1) Quoted in Andy Soltis, "Duchamp and the Art of Chess' Appeal," n.d., unidentified newspaper clipping, object file, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art.


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There are different type of fruits and vegetables available in various parts of the world. They may be same in shape with each other but their taste and nutritional affect is different from each other. Sometimes, these fruits and vegetables are mixed up with each other to prepare weird recipes. Pickles, Courgette, Gherkins, Cucumber and Zucchini are one of these special recipes. Let's have a look on difference between cougette, gherkin, zucchini and pickle.
In British English zucchini is also called courgette. It is a vegetable which is served in cooked form. In sweet dishes zucchini is used as an ingredient.
It is a fruit look like cucumber in shape. Gherkin and cucumber are from same species. There are no difference between both in form and nutrition. They are normally used in sweet dishes.
A zucchini is a summer squash. They are normally grown in a half meter length. Basically it is hybrid of another vegetable cucumber. It is cooked and served as vegetable.
A cucumber can be pickled with vinegar or brine. In Australia, Canada and United States, they are known as pickle and generally gherkins in UK.
Cucumber is a ground plant in cylindrical form. It is safe to eat fruit, but also used as vegetable. It is one of the mostly grown plants all over the world. The three major varieties of cucumber are pickling, slicing and purples.
Pickles vs Courgette vs Gherkins vs Cucumber vs Zucchini
The difference between zucchini and cougette is, in American English courgette is also known as zucchini. They are almost same in shape and taste. They both use in sweet dishes but they are different in length. Gherkin is like cucumber in taste and shape. The difference between gherkin and courgette is that, gherkin is a fruit while courgette is used as vegetable. Pickle is made from cucumber with vinegar and brine.
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How can AV systems support a new approach to collaboration between scientists and clinicians, which is the only one of its kind in the world?
The World's First!
Quadram Institute (QI) is an entirely new idea where researchers, scientists and clinicians collaborate under one roof, and in real-time (the first of its kind in the world). AV infrastructure was designed and integrated to support this vision.
The first endoscopic research, training and dedicated NHS endoscopy facility to be run entirely on AVoIP. The fibre infrastructure supports two-way audio and video interactions during live clinical procedures with uncompressed 4K video (SDVoE) over a 10GB Ethernet network.
This allows researchers and scientists to observe and interact with clinicians (live!) without crowding the endoscopy rooms where patients undergo investigative procedures.
The award-winning installation includes identical Endoscopic treatment rooms where clinicians perform investigative procedures on patients. Interconnected with the Divisible Seminar Room for live streaming, on or off campus. Uncompressed, zero latency video feeds from these suites can be relayed live over the fibre optic AVoIP infrastructure.
Two side-by-side rooms with a divisible wall can also be used as a single room for larger audiences. The seminar rooms are interconnected with the Endoscopy Suites and the AV system is designed to receive video feeds of live endoscopic procedures and enable two-way audio interaction.
Visual: Independent dual projection systems, makes it possible to display separate, or duplicate video content in each space.
Audio: user can select speakers to receive audio from the selected Endoscopy suite for two-way communication in interactive teaching sessions.
Capacity: up to 100 participants
Three side-by-side rooms with dual folding walls, which act as three standalone rooms, combined spaces, or one large lecture hall. Independent projection systems, makes it possible to display content in each space.
They follow a standardised equipment list and scaled according to room layout and size; each meeting room features:
The principle for user control interface in all meeting rooms and divisible spaces is based on a single wall mounted touch screen controller (Crestron), to carry out all necessary in-room AV, HVAC, access control and lighting control.
The GUI for control panels was designed, prototyped and programmed, in-house to the specifications and brand guidelines of the Quadram Institute. Interface layouts, colour schema, visual grammar, navigation was developed in collaboration with the consultant and stakeholders.
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The client brief specified there could be no compromise on uncompressed, real-time video without quality loss during a medical procedure – mission critical performance!
Leveraging ZeeVee's SDVoE ZyPer4K product line, Snelling Business Systems implemented near zero-latency (100 microseconds) and pixel-perfect uncompressed 4K 60 444 quality across the building.
Snelling Business Systems are the first certified AV over IP Specialist in the UK as part of ZeeVee's new Signal Partner Program, which gave them access to training and resources crucial to facilitate this milestone implementation in the UK medical arena".
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Self-controlled feedback is effective if it is based on the learnerâ€™s performance: a replication and extension of Chiviacowsky and Wulf (2005)
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The learning advantages of self-controlled feedback schedules compared to yoked schedules have been attributed to motivational influences and/or information processing activities with many researchers adopting the motivational perspective in recent years. Chiviacowsky and Wulf (2005) found that feedback decisions made before (Self-Before) or after a trial (Self-After) resulted in similar retention performance, but superior transfer performance resulted when the decision to receive feedback occurred after a trial. They suggested that the superior skill transfer of the Self-After group likely emerged from information processing activities such as error estimation. However, the lack of yoked groups and a measure of error estimation in their experimental design prevents conclusions being made regarding the underlying mechanisms of why self-controlled feedback schedules optimize learning. Here, we revisited Chiviacowsky and Wulf's (2005) design to investigate the learning benefits of self-controlled feedback schedules. We replicated their Self-Before and Self-After groups, but added a Self-Both group that was able to request feedback before a trial, but could then change or stay with their original choice after the trial. Importantly, yoked groups were included for the three self-controlled groups to address the previously stated methodological limitation and error estimations were included to examine whether self-controlling feedback facilitates a more accurate error detection and correction mechanism. The Self-After and Self-Before groups demonstrated similar accuracy in physical performance and error estimation scores in retention and transfer, and both groups were significantly more accurate than the Self-Before group and their respective Yoked groups (p's < 0.05). Further, the Self-Before group was not significantly different from their yoked counterparts (p's > 0.05). We suggest these findings further indicate that informational factors associated with the processing of feedback for the development of one's error detection and correction mechanism, rather than motivational processes are more critical for why self-controlled feedback schedules optimize motor learning.
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The origin of limes and lemons has been a source of conflicting taxonomic opinions. Biochemical studies, numerical taxonomy and recent molecular studies suggested that cultivated Citrus species result from interspecific hybridization between four basic taxa (C. reticulata, C. maxima, C. medica and C. micrantha). However, the origin of most lemons and limes remains controversial or unknown. The aim of this study was to perform extended analyses of the diversity, genetic structure and origin of limes and lemons.
Concepts: DNA, Taxonomy, Citrus, Orange, Citron, Rutaceae, Cultivated plant taxonomy, Numerical taxonomy
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We argue that the mathematization of science should be understood as a normative activity of advocating for a particular methodology with its own criteria for evaluating good research. As a case study, we examine the mathematization of taxonomic classification in systematic biology. We show how mathematization is a normative activity by contrasting its distinctive features in numerical taxonomy in the 1960s with an earlier reform advocated by Ernst Mayr starting in the 1940s. Both Mayr and the numerical taxonomists sought to formalize the work of classification, but Mayr introduced a qualitative formalism based on human judgment for determining the taxonomic rank of populations, while the numerical taxonomists introduced a quantitative formalism based on automated procedures for computing classifications. The key contrast between Mayr and the numerical taxonomists is how they conceptualized the temporal structure of the workflow of classification, specifically where they allowed meta-level discourse about difficulties in producing the classification.
Concepts: Scientific method, Taxonomy, Categorization, Taxonomic rank, Biological classification, Alpha taxonomy, Systematics, Numerical taxonomy


final firing) between 800–1,000 °C (1,470–1,830 °F), which falls into the cone 06 firing temperature range. The process is known for its unpredictability, particularly when reduction is forced, and pieces may crack or even explode due to thermal shock. Pots may be returned to the kiln to re-oxidize if firing results do not meet the potter's expectations, although each successive firing has a high chance of weakening the overall structural integrity of the pot. Pots that are exposed to thermal shock multiple times can break apart in the kiln, as they are removed from the kiln, or when they are in the reduction chamber.
The glaze firing times for raku ware are short: an hour or two as opposed to up to 16 hours for high-temperature cone 10 stoneware firings. This is due to several factors: raku glazes mature at a much lower temperature (under 980 °C or 1,800 °F, as opposed to almost 1,260 °C or 2,300 °F for high-fire stoneware); kiln temperatures can be raised rapidly; and the kiln is loaded and unloaded while hot and can be kept hot between firings.
Because temperature changes are rapid during the raku process, clay bodies used for raku ware must be able to cope with significant thermal stress. The usual way to add strength to the clay body and to reduce thermal expansion is to incorporate a high percentage of quartz, grog, or kyanite into the body before the pot is formed. At high additions, quartz can increase the risk of dunting or shivering. Therefore, kyanite is often the preferred material, as it contributes both mechanical strength and, in amounts up to 20%, significantly reduces thermal expansion. Although any clay body can be used, white stoneware clay bodies are unsuitable for the western raku process unless some material is added to deal with thermal shock. Porcelain,however is often used but it must be thinly thrown.
Aesthetic considerations include clay color and fired surface texture, as well as the clay's chemical interaction with raku glazes.
In a craft conference in Kyoto in 1979, a heated debate sprang up between Western raku artists Paul Soldner and Rick Hirsh and the youngest in the dynastic raku succession, Kichiemon, (of the fourteenth generation of the "Raku" family of potters) concerning the right to use the title "raku". The Japanese artists maintain that any work by other craftsman should hold their own name, (i.e., Soldner-ware, Hirsh-ware), as that was how "raku" was intended.[10]
Raku in the west has been abstracted and is now a more philosophical approach with the emphasis on the spontaneity of surface pattern creation rather than purely a firing technique. Consequently this has expanded its application from pots to sculptural ceramics.
Design Considerations[edit]
Raku is a unique form of pottery making; what makes it unique is the range of designs that can be created by simply altering certain variables. These variables—which include wax resist, glazes, temperature, and timing[11]—ultimately determine the outcome when firing a piece of clay. Wax resist, which is painted over the bare untainted clay, results in the suspension of wax in water [12] before the raku glaze goes on. This is done so that the glaze does not cover the area where the wax resist was applied, thus creating a design. When in the kiln, the wax melts off and the carbon, that results from oxygen reduction, replaces the wax.[11] This is the result of the combustion reaction. Raku glazes contain alumina, which has a very high melting point. Therefore, carbon will not replace the glaze as it does the melted wax. Raku glazes also contain metallic compounds such as copper, iron, and cobalt; which produce different colors. After the glaze has reached a certain temperature, the metal in the glaze reacts taking on a specific color.[12] For example, cobalt produces dark-blue, and copper produces green but can also produce a red when the oxygen in the glaze is completely gone.[11] Any unglazed areas turn black due to the carbon given off from the reduction of oxygen. Next, the clay is moved from the kiln to a container, usually a trashcan, which contains combustible organic materials such as leaves, sawdust, or paper. Once the lid of the container is closed, the reduction oxidation (redox) process begins.[12] The temperature change from the kiln to the container is where the magic of raku occurs. The change in temperature and in the redox sometimes cause cracking or crazing. Crazing is a consistent cracking in the glaze of a piece, as is seen on the white crackle glaze. This either enhances or detracts from the design. The timing of removal and placement in water directly affects the shades of each color.[11] Introducing the water to the raku at the right time is incredibly important; if the raku does not cool enough before placement in water, it can crack, break, or even explode.
See also[edit]
 - Ashton D: The delicate thread. Teshigahara's life in art. Kodansha Int. Tokyo 1997;150-163.
 - Pitelka, Morgan. Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, and Tea Practitioners in Japan. University of Hawaii Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8248-2970-0.
 - Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay. The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, Second Edition 1996. ISBN 0-87951-634-8.
 - Watkins, James C. Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques: Raku * Saggar * Pit * Barrel, Lark Ceramics Publications, 2007. ISBN 978-1-57990-455-5, ISBN 1-57990-455-6.
 - Branfman, Steven. "Raku FAQs." Ceramics Today. Ceramics Today, Sept. 2002. Web. 6 May 2010.
 - Herb, Bill. "What Is Raku." Dimensional Design. Bill Herb A.k.a Dimensional Design, Jan. 2000. Web. 6 May 2010.
 - Knapp, Brian J. Oxidation and Reduction. Port Melbourne, Vic.: Heinemann Library, 1998. Print.
 - Birks, Tony. The New Potter's Companion. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1982. Print.
 - Rhodes, Daniel. "Special Glazes and Surface Effects." Clay and Glazes for the Potter. Revised ed. Randor: Chilton Book Company, 1973. 318. Print.
 - Zamek, Jeff. "» Glazes: Materials, Mixing, Testing, Firing." » Ceramic Arts Daily – Featured Tip of the Day. Ceramic Publications Company, 5 Nov. 2009. Web. 26 May 2010. .
 - Andrews, Tim " Raku: a review of contemporary work". A.C.Black, London. 1994 ISBN 0-7136-3836-2
 - Andrews, Tim " Raku". A.C.Black, London. 2nd Ed.2005 ISBN 0-7136-6490-8
 - Aguirre, Amber (2012). Naked Fauxku. In Pottery Making Illustrated, Jan/Feb vol 15, p. 40-42.
 1. ^ Byers, Ian (1990). The Complete Potter: Raku. Series Ed. Emmanuel Cooper. B.T. Batsford Ltd 1990, pp. 16. ISBN 0-7134-6130-6
 2. ^ a b c source(Knapp, Brian J. Oxidation and Reduction. Port Melbourne, Vic.: Heinemann Library, 1998. Print.)
 3. ^ a b c d source(Birks, Tony. The New Potter's Companion. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1982. Print.)
 4. ^ Arbuckle. "Reduction Firing." Reduction Firing. Web. 6 May 2010. .
 5. ^ "Oxidation/Reduction Firing." Frog Pond Pottery. Web. 29 May 2010. .
 6. ^ Branfman, Steven (2001). Raku: A Practical Approach. United States: krause publications. p. 17.
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 8. ^ Warshaw, Josie. The Practical Potter: a Step-by-step Handbook : a Comprehensive Guide to Ceramics with Step-by-step Projects and Techniques. London: Hermes House, 2003. Print.
 9. ^ Reid, Kimberly. "What Is a Raku


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German Corps Students value their engagements in academic "Mensur" fencing, here an example in a forest near Tübingen by Gustav Adolf Closs, 1890
Emergence of Corps in Europe
Corps (or Korps; "das ~" (n), German pronunciation: [ˈkoːɐ] (sg.), [ˈkoːɐs] (pl.)) are the oldest still-existing kind of Studentenverbindung, Germany's traditional university corporations; their roots date back to the 15th century. The oldest corps still existing today was founded in 1789. Its members are referred to as corps students (Corpsstudenten). The corps belong to the tradition of student fraternities which wear couleur and practice academic fencing.
The corps are organized in two federations, the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV) and the Weinheimer Senioren-Convent (WSC). Together, they comprise 162 Corps throughout Germany, Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Switzerland and Lithuania.
The German Student Corps were traditionally recruited from the nobility, royalty and social elite, and are traditionally viewed as more aristocratic and elitist than other German student fraternities such as the Catholic Cartellverband and the Burschenschaften. They consider tolerance and individuality to be key tenets and are rooted in German idealism. By and large, they are generally conservative in political outlook, but less right-wing and less nationalist than the Burschenschaften. The corps are open to students of all nationalities and religions, unlike many other student fraternities. Although distinct, the corps are in some aspects similar to and serve many of the same purposes of college fraternities found in the United States.
Corps are built upon the principle of tolerance: No corps may endorse a certain political, scientific or religious viewpoint. In addition, all members are solely chosen by their personal character. Neither national, ethnic or social provenance play a role.
Corpsstudenten (corps students) wear couleur (colored stripes and caps) and practice Mensuren, academic fencing with razor-sharp blades that can result in bleeding face wounds, Schmisse. The corps usually bear names that reflect their former origin from certain German regions, such as Saxonia (Saxony) or Guestphalia (Westphalia). Formerly, when a distance of a few hundred kilometres between a student's home town and his university meant weeks of travel, students from the same part of Germany traveled together and formed some kind of "new family". The distance, plus the fact that they carried the money for a complete semester with them in a bag, might also explain why students began fencing, simply for self-defense, for students, military officers and aristocrats were the only people allowed to carry arms.
Like all Studentenverbindungen, corps consist of two bodies: The active part consists of all members, that still study and have duties for the fraternity, and the so-called Altherrenschaft (alumni organization), comprising all those who graduated and thus provide the bear share of the monetary stimulus for the fraternity. A fundamental idea is that older students should help their younger fellows, and this principle dominates the relationship between the two bodies. The former keeps the everyday business of the corps alive, organizes gatherings, keeps the Corpshaus (Corps House) in order. The Altherrenschaft, graduates with regular incomes, provide financial support. This usually means quite cheap housing for the younger members among other things. The Altherrenschaft has the power to intervene in the business of the active members, typically to ensure the principles and spirit of their corps.
The active body is headed by a panel of three Chargierte (charged persons), who are elected by all active, full members at the beginning of each semester (or at the end of the former one). Their functions are called Senior, Consenior and Drittchargierter (meaning third charged person, also named Subsenior in some corps).:
 - The Senior is responsible for all corps affairs in general, but leading and heading gatherings and events in special; he supplements his signature with a single cross (x) (in some corps with three crosses (xxx)) as an external sign of his duties.
 - The Consenior teaches fencing to all members of the inner corps and assures the execution of the Mensuren in coordination with the Conseniors of other corps; his signature is enhanced by two crosses (xx).
 - The Drittchargierter (also known as Sekretär, Secretary) has administrative tasks like paperwork and often the task of a treasurer; his sign is three crosses (xxx) (in some corps one cross (x)).
Being the oldest of their kind, the corps tend to treat all other forms of German Studentenverbindungen with contempt; corps despise all posturing and affectation (e.g. the overly use of Latinisms) that other kinds of Studentenverbindungen, esp. Catholic corporations and Burschenschaften show. This does not mean that they consider other corporations as natural-born enemies. This might happen occasionally, but also vice versa.
Even with the principle of tolerance being a central aspect in each corps' self-image, every corps student is urged to develop his own viewpoints, to stand for them and to strongly participate in society, whether in politics, economy or social affairs. This encouragement for ethical and self-confident behaviour on one side, and the absence of a limitation to certain views on the other, let Corps students often show up as the leading figures of the most diverse political directions. The emphasis on individuality brought many corps students in opposition to totalitarian regimes, such as the National Socialist dictatorship.
The Weinheimer Student Corps also maintain a confederation with Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, a college Fraternity with over 270 chapters in the United States and Canada.
The Corps sprang from the older Landsmannschaft. The name Corps came into use in 1810 at the University of Heidelberg and soon displaced the older name of Landsmannschaft at all the universities. The oldest still active Corps are the 1789 founded Guestphalia at the University of Halle, the 1798 founded Onoldia at the University of Erlangen who are both members of the KSCV and as a member of the WSC the Saxo-Montania founded also 1798 at the Bergakademie Freiberg today at the RWTH Aachen University. After the Carlsbad Decrees 1819 the Corps were exposed to harsh persecution by university and state officials just like their rivals as at the universities in Germany the Burschenschaften. After 1848, they were officially approved.[1]
A selection of famous Corps students[edit]
Economy and Engineering[edit]
Fine Arts and Culture[edit]
Further reading[edit]
 - Lees Knowles: A day with corps-students in Germany[2]
 - Martin Biastoch: Duell und Mensur im Kaiserreich (am Beispiel der Tübinger Corps Franconia, Rhenania, Suevia und Borussia zwischen 1871 und 1895). SH-Verlag, Vierow 1995, ISBN 3-89498-020-6
 - Martin Biastoch: Tübinger Studenten im Kaiserreich. Eine sozialgeschichtliche Untersuchung, Sigmaringen 1996 (Contubernium - Tübinger Beiträge zur Universitätsund Wissenschaftsgeschichte Bd. 44) ISBN 3-515-08022-8
 - Martin Biastoch: Die Corps im Kaiserreich – Idealbild einer Epoche?. In: „Wir wollen Männer, wir wollen Taten" – Deutsche Corpsstudenten 1848 bis heute, hrg. v. Rolf Joachim Baum, Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1998, S. 111–132.
 - R.G.S. Weber: The German Corps in the Third Reich Macmillan London
 - Stephen Klimczuk, Gerald Warner: Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries: Uncovering Mysterious Sights, Symbols, and Societies, Sterling Publishing Company, 2009, p. 224-232 (The German University Corps)
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text: Electrically charged cellular polymer films can exhibit very high piezoelectric activity and are therefore more and more often employed in advanced electromechanical and electro-acoustical transducers. In this paper, we report an optimized sequence of steps for preparing such ferroelectrets from commercial nonvoided poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PETP) films by means of foaming with CO2, biaxial mechanical stretching, controlled void inflation, and bipolar electric charging. The nonvoided PETP films were foamed with supercritical CO2 at a suitably high pressure and subsequently annealed for stabilization. The cellular foam structure was further optimized by means of well-controlled biaxial stretching in a commercial stretcher and sometimes subsequent inflation in a pressure chamber. Bipolar electric charging of the internal voids was achieved through the application of high electric fields in an SF6 atmosphere. The new optimized PETP ferroelectrets exhibit quite large piezoelectric coefficients up to almost 500 pC N–1, for which unusually low elastic stiffnesses of only around 0.3 MPa are essential. The PETP-foam ferroelectrets possess unclamped thickness-extension resonance frequencies between approximately 120 and 250 kHz, and are thus highly suitable for several established as well as novel ultrasonic-transducer applications.


text: This study investigated whether spirituality/religiosity (S/R) plays an important role in the lives of cancer patients and in the work of health professionals who provide care for these patients. The correlations between spiritual quality of life (QOL) and the other QOL domain scores of patients and health professionals were also assessed. Moreover, QOL domain scores were compared between patients and health professionals. In this cross-sectional study, 1050 participants (525 oncology patients and 525 health professionals) were interviewed. Quality of life was assessed with the World Health Organization quality of life spiritual, religious, and personal beliefs (WHOQOL-SRPB). To compare the groups with respect to the instruments' domains, a quantile regression and an analysis of covariance model were used. The WHOQOL-Bref and WHOQOL-SRPB domains were correlated by performing Pearson and partial correlation tests. It was demonstrated that 94.1% of patients considered it important that health professionals addressed their spiritual beliefs, and 99.2% of patients relied on S/R to face cancer. Approximately, 99.6% of the patients reported that S/R support is necessary during cancer treatment; 98.3% of health professionals agreed that spiritual and religious support was necessary for oncology patients. Positive correlations between spiritual QOL and the other QOL domains were observed. When compared among themselves, patients exhibited significantly higher levels of spiritual QOL. In conclusion, S/R was an important construct in the minds of cancer patients and health professionals. Both groups often use S/R resources in their daily lives, which seems to positively affect their perceptions of QOL. Further studies are needed to determine how health professionals effectively address S/R during oncology practice.


Study finds starfish shed arms to protect against overheating
May 31, 2013 by Bob Yirka report
A Starfish in Mauritius. Credit: Alain Feulvarch/Wikipedia
( —A team of marine biologists has found that some starfish lose a leg when faced with too-warm environmental conditions. In their paper published in The Journal of Experimental Biology, the researchers describe what they witnessed as they subjected 70 starfish to various heated environments and filmed the results with infrared cameras.
Starfish are considered to be a cold-blooded animal—they can't adjust their internal temperature as environmental temperatures change. Because of this, they are at the mercy of weather conditions. This can be a problem for them when tidewater recedes leaving them stranded on a beach exposed to the hot sun. Until now, most biologists have believed that starfish, like most other, have a uniform reflective of the temperature around them.
To find out how the starfish survived changes in heat, the research team captured 70 ochre starfish found living off the California shore and subjected them to heat related tests. Groups of the starfish were put into different tanks with different temperatures and were then filmed using an to see what was going on with heat distribution inside of their bodies. To their surprise, they found that the temperature in the legs of the starfish was different than that of their core—the disk at the center of their legs that holds their. They also found that starfish have a definite limit on core temperature—if it reaches 35 C they die. Most remarkably of all they discovered that if the starfish were subjected to for very long, they would engage in abscission (intentional shedding of a body part) of their legs.
More specifically, the team found that all of the starfish were able to keep their central disk 3 C to 5 C cooler than their arms, suggesting that the animals were using their legs as heat sinks. In extreme cases, the diversion of heat to arms would cause the arms to shrivel up and fall off—though that shouldn't be a problem for them as starfish are able to regenerate lost legs.
The findings by the team are the first time that arm loss in an animal has been seen to be attributable to thermal regulation. They also show that not all starfish leg loss is due to predators.
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More information: Survival and arm abscission are linked to regional heterothermy in an intertidal sea star, J Exp Biol 216, 2183-2191 doi: 10.1242/jeb.083881, June 15, 2013.
Body temperature is a more pertinent variable to physiological stress than ambient air temperature. Modeling and empirical studies on the impacts of climate change on ectotherms usually assume that body temperature within organisms is uniform. However, many ectotherms show significant within-body temperature heterogeneity. The relationship between regional heterothermy and the response of ectotherms to sublethal and lethal conditions remains underexplored. We quantified within-body thermal heterogeneity in an intertidal sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) during aerial exposure at low tide to examine the lethal and sublethal effects of temperatures of different body regions. In manipulative experiments, we measured the temperature of the arms and central disc, as well as survival and arm abscission under extreme aerial conditions. Survival was related strongly to central disc temperature. Arms were generally warmer than the central disc in individuals that survived aerial heating, but we found the reverse in those that died. When the central disc reached sublethal temperatures of 31–35°C, arms reached temperatures of 33–39°C, inducing arm abscission. The absolute temperature of individual arms was a poor predictor of arm abscission, but the arms lost were consistently the hottest at the within-individual scale. Therefore, the vital region of this sea star may remain below the lethal threshold under extreme conditions, possibly through water movement from the arms to the central disc and/or evaporative cooling, but at the cost of increased risk of arm abscission. Initiation of arm abscission seems to reflect a whole-organism response while death occurs as a result of stress acting directly on central disc tissues.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the continuing diplomatic crisis in the Gulf region could weaken the GCC's economic growth.
"A protracted rift could slow progress toward greater GCC integration, and cause a broader erosion of confidence, reducing investment and growth and increasing funding costs in Qatar and possibly the rest of the GCC," the IMF warned in its Regional Economic Outlook.
Jihad Azour, director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department, said the economic impact of the crisis remains weak on the GCC, adding that "there were no signs that the diplomatic row has affected economic growth in the region.
He explained that the Qatari economy continues to adapt to the effects of the diplomatic crisis, but noted that the crisis economic impact has been felt in Qatar by disrupting trade and financial flows.
According to the IMF report, almost a sixth of Doha's imports are produced in countries that imposed trade restrictions on it and a large portion of other imports pass through Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The report added that some commercial operations have been diverted through Kuwait and Oman, and alternative sources of food supplies have been found, easing fears of any possible shortfall.
According to the report, when the crisis started, the main concern was that disrupting the trade movement could affect the implementation of major infrastructure projects, but this concern has been reduced by the availability of building materials and alternative sources of imports and competitiveness.


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I'm trying to understand batching and I'm not sure to understand how to do that, can I have more informations please? Here is what I found for the moment:
Batching informations
There is many types of batching:
 - Sprite batching
 - Geometry batching
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Sprite batching
This method is useful to draw all sprites with only one draw call. To do that, a SpriteBatcher class need to get all the mesh with the same Material and the same Geometry (sprite = square geometry).
 1. Get Sprites with same Material
 2. Send all Sprite's matrix to a Sprite shader (_URL_
Geometry batching (With static geometry)
Merge meshes's geometry, so you we can draw all meshes in one draw call.
 1. Get all static meshes
 2. Merge meshes's geometry and calculate their position with there matrix (Compute a single VBO and IBO)
 3. Hide original mesh to avoid twice draw.
Am I right with that? Thanks!
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Batching is a way of grouping geometry together (they should be compatible, e.g. the same material, context states, etc. ) to use as few draw calls as possible. In this way, you could fully exploit GPU throughput, so as to improve performance.
One method to achieve this is to consolidate geometry by dynamic vertex/index buffer. The definition of a dynamic buffer is as below
A resource that is accessible by both the GPU (read only) and the CPU (write only). A dynamic resource is a good choice for a resource that will be updated by the CPU at least once per frame. To update a dynamic resource, use a Map method.
Some steps to improve performance by using this method,
 1. Do a benchmark on the GPU, to have a better understanding of the throughput.
 2. Create dynamic vertex/index buffer with a reasonable size according to the benchmark result.
 3. Feed the geometries with compatible appearance, rendering states, vertex formats and primitive type to the dynamic vertex and index buffer.
 4. Continue to feed geometries as talked above until the buffer is full or the coming geometries are not compatible, then call graphics draw method to flush the buffer.
 5. Usually, can have a few other than one dynamic vertex/index buffer set, so if geometry can't be feed into the current buffer, then can use another one instead. until all buffers are occupied, then flush.
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To begin with, I purchased this book when I was about halfway through my Ph.D. (which I have now completed, and presently doing a post-doc at NASA). My research is on the various issues involved in uncertainty quantification in the context of engineering systems. In today's world, nothing is certain - it is important to quantify the amount of uncertainty in each and everything. This book introduced me to an entirely new topic in the domain of uncertainty quantification - the topic of global sensitivity analysis. I knew what I wanted to learn before buying this book, and the book taught that precisely. I have even used what I learnt in my research and I probably have a couple of publications based on my learning.
Most people tend to think of "sensitivity analysis" as something related to mathematical derivatives. But, for non-linear functions, it is important to specify "the point" at which the derivative must be evaluated, because the derivative itself is a non-constant function if the original function is non-linear. Because the derivative is measured at a "particular point", the entire analysis becomes "local" in some sense. How is this connected to uncertainty quantification?
Lets say there are 5 independent quantities which are used to compute a dependent quantity using a mathematical model. For example, in a stringed instrument such as a violin or guitar, the frequency we hear is dependent on length of vibration "l", string mass "m", and tension "T" (technically, its simply tension and linear density, but never mind). If the three independent quantities have uncertainty, then there is some uncertainty in the frequency. We can compute the mean and standard deviation of the frequency using Taylor's series approximation of the formula for the frequency of a vibrating string; these are then called as the first-order mean and first-order standard deviation in the uncertainty quantification literature; but analysis is local. For a truly global analysis, we must consider multiple samples of "l", "m", and "T" and compute the entire probability distribution of frequency, using Monte Carlo simulation or something more advanced.
Now, what is "global sensitivity analysis"? It basically analyzes how much of the uncertainty in the dependent variable comes from each of the independent variables. Of course, we will be happy if somebody says that the string-tension contributes to 50% of the uncertainty in frequency, length 30%, and mass 20%. The book starts off with the aim of doing this, and goes on to explain why it is not possible to get such numbers (that sum to 100) because of the so-called interaction between the independent variables. There are so many researchers working in the topic of uncertainty quantification, but very few of them deal with sensitivity analysis. Whenever we propagate uncertainty from independent to dependent variables, the authors of the present book write that sensitivity analysis must be performed to complement uncertainty propagation. Sure, it is computationally demanding, but it provides a lot of information.
The book is simply superb. When I first read the original paper of Sobol (on whose work this book is based on, and in turn dedicated to him), I did not understand how exactly the so-called sensitivity indices can be computed in practice (I am an engineer and bothered about implementation as equally as the theory). But this book was an amazing teacher. The tutorial method of writing adopted by the authors is extremely helpful. The chapter organization, the questions-to-solve at the end of each chapter, etc. are all brilliantly done. This is the only book I purchased during my Ph.D. and it was some buy!! Now, I am using these global sensitivity methods for my post-doc research as well.


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The national comprehensive guarantee is valid only in Finland. It can be combined with guarantees involving import, special procedures (excluding transit) and temporary storage, and with guarantees involving excise duties, car taxes and shipping dues as provided for by national legislation. Companies belonging to a group may provide a joint guarantee if they wish.
The following guarantee types or their combinations, among others, can be accepted as guarantees:
- Bank guarantee/suretyship insurance
- bank account pledge.
The amount of guarantee can be changed in there is an essential change in the invoicing or liability amounts of a company, payment behaviour, financial situation or other circumstances notified at the time of application.
- Read more about the types of guarantees that Customs approves: Guarantee templates
The Union Customs Code provides that the guarantee must cover the amount of customs debt. In import, a guarantee of 100% is required for customs debt, and a guarantee of 0% is required for VAT debt.
An authorised economic operator (AEO) is entitled to a reduction of the guarantee required for customs debt. A guarantee of 30% is required for customs debt. The amount of guarantee required for VAT debt is 0%.
In the reference amount for a special procedure, the maximum amount of customs debt and VAT debt (customs duty and VAT liability) concerning goods simultaneously under the procedure is taken into account. However, a guarantee is required only for the customs liability. In order to make sure that the guarantee is sufficient, it is recommended that the import reference/guarantee amount covers at least the amount of the customer's highest customs debt for seven weeks.
The holder of a payment is entitled to a payment period of about five weeks for customs duties and taxes collected in connection with the import clearance of goods. The company will receive a periodic filing on customs duties and taxes to be levied on goods released during a single week. The due date for the payment of customs duties and taxes accordant with the periodic filing is the Friday of the fourth week following the week of release.
An amount corresponding to the customs debt is reserved as guarantee from the general import guarantee in connection with customs clearance. The reserved amount is released when the debt is paid (a delay of at least 1-2 days may occur from the time of payment). If there is not a sufficient amount of guarantee available for a new guarantee reservation, it is not possible to import goods using a credit number.
If a company wishes to make use of the payment period of about five weeks, the comprehensive guarantee must cover any pending payments during the credit period as concerns customs duties. Customs clearance decisions can also be paid for prior to their due date using the payment reference number in the decision. In such cases, guarantee reservations are released earlier, and a smaller guarantee can be lodged for import.
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Specific use (temporary admission and end-use) and processing (inward and outward processing) are special procedures involving import. In these procedures, a guarantee is required for the liability for customs duties, based on the customer's guarantee category.
The reference amount for temporary admission and processing is the maximum amount of customs debt as well as VAT and excise debt (liability for customs duty and liability for tax) possibly to be collected for goods simultaneously under the procedure. However, a guarantee is required only for the liability for customs duty. Guarantee is reserved in connection with the customs clearance from the comprehensive guarantee according to the customer's guarantee category, 0%–100% for the liability for customs duty, and the guarantee remains reserved until the liability has expired (e.g. an acceptable bill of discharge has been presented).
The reference amount for the end-use procedure is the maximum amount of unlevied import duties for goods simultaneously under the procedure. Unlevied import duties means the difference between the general customs duty (as well as possible anti-dumping duty) and the reduced rate of duty for end-use. Guarantee is reserved in connection with the customs clearance from the comprehensive guarantee according to the customer's guarantee category, 0%–100% for the liability for customs duty, and the guarantee remains reserved until the liability has expired (an acceptable bill of discharge has been presented). In the end-use procedure, the company must provide the maximum amounts of unlevied customs duties using this form:
The Union Customs Code provides that a company may be authorised to use a guarantee with a reduced amount for possible customs duties and other payments or to have a guarantee waiver, provided that certain requirements are met. The company must not have a record of any serious payment disruptions or credit malfunctions (e.g. bankruptcy, reorganisation or distraint). In addition, the company must meet the general requirements for the comprehensive guarantee authorisation, as well as the specific requirements based on guarantee category.
When the amount of liability guarantee is determined, companies are placed into guarantee categories based on their solidity and payment behaviour. Furthermore, companies must meet requirements specific to the different guarantee categories, for example relating to accounts and in-house control. In guarantee categories BD, BC and BB, companies must also have sufficient funds in relation to the reference amount.
The authorisation holder must keep track of the reference amount and contact the customs office of guarantee if the amount is not sufficient.
Guarantee reservation in different guarantee categories for specific use and processing:
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The warehouse operator must inform Customs of the maximum value of goods located simultaneously in the warehouse.
The warehouse reference amount, i.e. the amount of liability for customs duties and tax, is determined based on the maximum value of the warehouse. In the reference amount, the default liability for value added tax is 24 % and for customs duties it is 6 %. If the warehouse contains only one type of product or a few types of products, the reference amount can be determined according to actual tax and customs duty rates.
The reference amount will also include any possible excise duties. As concerns excise duties, 30 % of their maximum value will be taken into account in the reference amount.
When a guarantee for a customs warehouse or a temporary warehouse is determined, the reference amount for the warehouse is considered based on the guarantee category. The guarantee is reserved from the fixed guarantee component.
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Feed additives have become a major part of any farm in the world today. Because there are many benefits to them in a farm setting. And that is why there is a huge demand for them in the market as one of the essential things you need when it comes to farming. Also, there are many feed additives in the market that bring specific benefits. So in this post, we will introduce one of these feed additives that became highly influential in commercial farming. And this feed additive is glycocyamine which is a famous name in this industry. But not many farmers know what exactly it does and its benefits in animal husbandry. However, after reading this post you will know all about it in the simplest form possible.
So to start this discussion, let's find out more in detail about glycocyamine. And this will help you to understand more about this feed additive. As a result, you will have all the information you need before making your first purchase.
What is Glycocyamine
It is a feed additive that is popular in poultry farming right now due to the benefits it brings specific to chicken. But it does have other uses as well not just to commercial farming. Because it is a naturalcompound present in human body as well and when it interacts with the liver it becomes a creatine. And creatine helps the body to build muscle tissue in humans. This feature is common to animals as well when glycocyamine is provided as a feed additive to animals. Because a lot of the benefits that derives from this feed additive is related to growth in animals. To elaborate more on this fact, let's find out some of the major benefits of this feed additive. And it will help you realize how impotant they are to the growth of animals. So you will be surely convinced enough to buy them for your farms.
Benefits of Glycocyamine
1. Improve muscle growth
The main benefit that poultry farmers seek from this feed additive is this as they produce a lot poultry products. For example, you can easily increase the amount of meat produced in you factories if the size or body mass of the chicken increased simultaneously. But this effect does not harm the health of the animal at all since many people can assume this change as unatural. However, it is not the case and many farmers have put their trust on it to increase their production rate. Therefore you should the same when it comes to your farms since having a good production rate is sole goal of any type of animal farm.
2. Improve overall growth
Glycocyamine also have the ability to increase the overall growth in animals as well. So it is all-around feed additive that can increase the growth rate in poultry animals in multiple areas. And that is why you see a high demand for this feed additive in the poultry industry more than the others. Because if you were to speed up the gorwth rate in animals, then you will be able to yield the animal products much faster as well. So increasing the production rate will always bring you more profits in any field rehardless of what they do.
3. Improve product quality
Since it does not bring any harm related to health for the animal, the animal products comes from them are also healthy to consume. So the quality of the products also increase at your farms giving you the competetive advantage over other farms. Because many do look out for the quality of the animal products the consume. For example, if the meat you provide is not up to a good standard, then you will lose out a lot of money. Because if people aren't buying your products, then all of your investments will go to waste. And that is why we strongly recommend you to provide glycocyamine as feed additive for your farms as well.
4. Increase reproduction rate
This is a feed additive that increase the reproduction rate in your farms as well. And this can be a side-effect improve growth since many chicks will be able to grow into adults much faster than the normal rate. Since glycocyamine does not have any bad health effects on the animal even though they grow faster. This can be highlighted as the topmost benefit this feed additive brings since increase the overall production in a farm to a new level. Since there are no adverse effects on the animal, you can consider this feed additive as one of the best in the market that increase the production of a farm.
However, to enjoy all these benefits you need to find a good food additive supplier, since not every feed additive you can find have the same quality. So you need to do a lot of research when it comes to finding a trusted and reliable supplier. Because if you do not do this, you can lose a lot of money when it comes to your investments. But if you are here at this website, then you can skip all the research you need to do. Because you are already at one of the best places to buy all types of feed additives.
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text: Measurements were made of the wall pressure fluctuations in separated and reattaching flows over a backward-facing step. A new type of an array of pressure sensors, composed of PVDF (polyvinylidenefluoride), was employed to measure the spatio-temporal features of wall pressure field. Distributions of the root-mean-square (rms) pressure fluctuations as well as the pressure spectra and coherence of the surface pressure field were measured at various locations near the reattachment region. The experimental results showed that the level of fluctuating pressure rises rapidly in the downstream direction, reaching a maximum value near reattachment. As the reattached flow convects downstream, the low frequency content of the pressure spectrum decreases and the high frequency increases. A large-scale, convective spatial structure undergoes a relaxation process, evolving from its highly energized state at reattachment back toward an equilibrium.


Are the pearls in bubble tea carcinogenic?
Does the colorful and popular bubble tea contain carcinogenic substances?
Given the bright color creations, one can assume that the colorful bubble teas contain a lot of sugar and many artificial ingredients. Unhealthy and high in calories: definitely! Now, however, scientists have also found out that the globules of the popular trendy drink contain toxins, so that one must even fear that bubble tea is carcinogenic or increases the risk of developing cancer. They can also cause allergies. What is the truth of the new fears and should one absolutely avoid bubble tea?
Bubble tea carcinogenic due to styrene, acetophenone and brominated substances?
Scientists from the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen have found the poisonous substances styrene, acetophenone and brominated substances in the balls, the so-called toppings of the bubble tea. Since the samples were evaluated from a Mönchengladbach branch that was supplied by one of the largest topping manufacturers in Asia, which in turn supplies almost all of Germany with the pellets, it can be assumed that the harmful substances can be found in many bubble teas. The fact is: these substances actually have no place in food - it must now be examined in more detail whether the concentration contained in the bubble teas must already be classified as harmful to health or not.
No more bubble tea or excessive scaremongering?
Basically, of course, it is true that bubble tea is anything but healthy. A cup has so many calories that an adult has covered a quarter of the daily sugar requirement: a cup of 0.3 l bubble tea has an average of 400 to 600 calories... actually a whole meal. In addition, the bubble tea is not entirely safe for small children, as the slimy pearls are easily inhaled or the children can choke on them. The contained toxic substances naturally also promote the unhealthy image. However, you have to keep in mind that the bubble tea scandal is current and on everyone's lips: Dioxin-contaminated eggs, cancer-promoting ingredients in chips, cola and Co., cancer-causing diesel exhaust fumes, harmful chemical ingredients in cosmetics and many other foods and objects of our daily life are certainly no less unhealthy than the ingredients in bubble tea. Regardless of whether bubble tea is carcinogenic - due to the high number of calories, artificial flavors, colorings and the high sugar content, bubble tea should be avoided for the sake of health.
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The Silver Buffalo Award, created in 1925, is bestowed upon those who give truly noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth. This award, Scouting's highest commendation, recognizes the invaluable contributions that outstanding American men and women render to youth. The service must be national in character and can be directly connected with the BSA or independent of the movement.
The award consists of a silver buffalo suspended from a red and white ribbon worn around the neck. Recipients may wear the corresponding square knot, with a white strand over a red strand, on the BSA uniform.
The concept of the Silver Buffalo was based on the Silver Wolf award of the Boy Scout Association. The buffalo pendant was designed by A. Phimister Proctor. During the first presentation in 1926, twenty-two awards were presented in a particular order determined by Chief Scout Executive James E. West. Since then, the awards have been presented on an annual basis in alphabetical order. A red-white-red ribbon bar was introduced in 1934 for informal uniform wear. In 1946, ribbon bars were replaced by the current knot insignia.
The first Silver Buffalo Award was conferred upon Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement and Chief Scout of the World. The second went to the Unknown Scout who inspired William D. Boyce to form the BSA — the only non-adult recipient. This award is represented by a small buffalo statue in Gilwell Park.
Other award recipients have included aviator Charles A. Lindbergh; artist Norman Rockwell, well-known for his many Scouting paintings; General Colin L. Powell; Apollo 13 commander James A. Lovell Jr.; artist and film producer Walt Disney; baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron; entertainer Bob Hope; Marian Anderson, first African American singer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera; football coach Vince Lombardi; Carlos P. Romulo, Pulitzer Prize-winner and cofounder, Boy Scouts of the Philippines; Neil Armstrong, first man to set foot on the moon; Dr. Ralph Bunche, former U.N. mediator and Nobel Peace Prize winner; cartoonist Charles M. Schulz; Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund; and 13 presidents of the United States. See the List of recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award for others.
For fifty years the Silver Buffalo was awarded only to men until LaVern W. Parmley became the first woman to receive the honor in 1976. As of 2008, 674 people have been presented the award, including 13 presidents of the United States.
The Silver Buffalo Award award is not earned but awarded based upon nomination.
Distinguished Service Awards
The Boy Scouts of America recognizes the need to acknowledge the invaluable services that men and women render to youth. Of the millions of registered adult volunteers in Scouting, only a select few are presented distinguished service awards at these level:
- District Award of Merit for outstanding service at the district level
- Silver Beaver for service at the unit, district or council level
- Silver Antelope for service at the regional or area level
- Silver Buffalo for service at the national level
- Silver World for service to Scouting at an international level
- Distinguished Service Awards Fact Sheets. Boy Scouts of America.
- Illustrated History of BSA Square Knot Evolution and Private Issues - SageVenture.
- Silver Beaver Medals Mitch Reis. Boy Scout Memorabilia, Patches And Collectibles
- The Silver Fawn Medal - The Virtual Cub Leader's Handbook.
- List of recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award
- Silver Buffalo Time magazine article, May 10, 1926
- Scouter Awards for information on over 30 adult leader awards
- Awards for information on over 30 awards for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers.


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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Flight Dynamics of Explosively Driven Fragments
Dr. Peter Yeh
Sandia National Laboratories
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 12:00:00 PM
MRDC Building, Room 3403
Upon explosive detonation, fragments of all shapes and sizes are launched outward at very high speeds, typically in the supersonic range. Depending on its shape and initial conditions, a single fragment can travel great distances in an uncontrolled flight as well as turn and tumble. Understanding and characterizing the full six-degree-of-freedom (6DOF) dynamics, trajectory, and possible tumbling modes of even a single fragment remains challenging for both computational modelling and experiments. Current estimations of fragment trajectories usually employ a single drag coefficient to characterize the air resistance, but this cannot capture the rotation and tumbling of an uncontrolled fragment with high aspect ratio. This talk presents an overview of our current research progress in both simulation and experimental efforts to understand the dynamics of fragment flight. Using a combination of a compressible flow solver and rigid body dynamics integrator, a novel fragment trajectory simulation methodology using existing SNL tools is developed, and the physics of a representative fragment in flight is examined using these tools. Fragments are found to have mostly chaotic flight trajectories as expected, but exhibit some order as fragments tend to settle on rotation and precession about one of two stable inertial axes. Furthermore, a series of ballistics experiments were conducted to image a projectile in supersonic uncontrolled flight and measure their 6DOF trajectories as validation data for our simulations. Preliminary comparisons between experimental and simulation data support the validity of our simulation methodology as external flow structures over a fragment exhibit excellent agreement.
Peter Yeh is a staff scientist in the Computational Shock Physics department at Sandia National Laboratories. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2016 with a focus in fluid mechanics studying the performance of flexible flapping plate propulsors. His current research interests at Sandia include computational mechanics, computer vision, and data science techniques for technology development in national security applications.
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There are two types of Polariser, circular and linear. These names bear no relation to the physical shape of the filter itself but refer instead to the way the light waves are transmitted through the filter to achieve the polarising effect.
When light from the sun bounces off a flat non metallic surface, such as glass or water, it becomes polarised with all of the reflected light waves vibrating in the same plane. This reflected glare can be removed by the polarising filter.
The SW150 System features its own circular polarising filter. If used alone, the polariser can be placed into the filter holder and the holder rotated until the desired effect is achieved. If used with a grad filter, the grad should be positioned first, then the polariser added – you will have no rotation possible without turning the grad, but will have a choice of two axis of polarisation, achievable by turning the filter through 90 degrees.
SW150 Polariser: Circular Effect
Ideal polariser for autofocus SLR cameras. Slots into the Filter Holder which is then rotated. Reduces exposure 1⅔ stops when fully polarised.


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These resources provide additional information on the growing impact investing field.
ImpactBase is a project of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). The GIIN's mission is to accelerate the development of an effective impact investing industry. The GIIN builds critical infrastructure and develops activities, education, and research that can increase the scale and effectiveness of impact investing around the world.
The Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) provide a common language and framework for reporting the social and environmental performance of impact investments. IRIS reporting lowers transaction costs and improves transparency, credibility, and understanding of investments' social and environmental impacts.
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Yellowtail Flounder is a fast growing flatfish that produces many young and reaches a maximum size of 22 inches and 2 lbs. Yellowtail Flounder occur in the Northwest Atlantic from northern Newfoundland to the lower part of the Chesapeake Bay.
There are three New England management areas for Yellowtail Flounder, and all three populations are overfished with very low abundance. There are also three management areas in Canadian waters, with at least one population healthy in size.
Bottom trawls are the primary fishing gear Used to catch Yellowtail Flounder, which can substantially impact the seafloor and benthic community (the creatures that live on the seafloor.)
There is a moderate amount of bycatch caught in the various Yellowtail Flounder fisheries. One Yellowtail Flounder fishery on the Grand Banks has earned Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.


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ensure fast convergence of the conjugate gradient method. The preconditioned conjugate gradient method takes the following form:
- if rk+1 is sufficiently small then exit loop end if
- end repeat
- The result is xk+1
The above formulation is equivalent to applying the conjugate gradient method without preconditioning to the system
The preconditioner matrix M has to be symmetric positive-definite and fixed, i.e., cannot change from iteration to iteration. If any of these assumptions on the preconditioner is violated, the behavior of the preconditioned conjugate gradient method may become unpredictable.
The flexible preconditioned conjugate gradient method
In numerically challenging applications, sophisticated preconditioners are used, which may lead to variable preconditioning, changing between iterations. Even if the preconditioner is symmetric positive-definite on every iteration, the fact that it may change makes the arguments above invalid, and in practical tests leads to a significant slow down of the convergence of the algorithm presented above. Using the Polak–Ribière formula
instead of the Fletcher–Reeves formula
may dramatically improve the convergence in this case. This version of the preconditioned conjugate gradient method can be called flexible, as it allows for variable preconditioning. The implementation of the flexible version requires storing an extra vector. For a fixed preconditioner, so both formulas for βk are equivalent in exact arithmetic, i.e., without the round-off error.
The mathematical explanation of the better convergence behavior of the method with the Polak–Ribière formula is that the method is locally optimal in this case, in particular, it does not converge slower than the locally optimal steepest descent method.
Example code in MATLAB
function [x, k] = gcp(x0, A, C, b, mit, stol, bbA, bbC) % Synopsis: % x0: initial point % A: Matrix A of the system Ax=b % C: Preconditioning Matrix can be left or right % mit: Maximum number of iterations % stol: residue norm tolerance % bbA: Black Box that computes the matrix-vector product for A * u % bbC: Black Box that computes: % for left-side preconditioner : ha = C \ ra % for right-side preconditioner: ha = C * ra % x: Estimated solution point % k: Number of iterations done % % Example: % tic;[x, t] = cgp(x0, S, speye(1), b, 3000, 10^-8, @(Z, o) Z*o, @(Z, o) o);toc % Elapsed time is 0.550190 seconds. % % Reference: % Métodos iterativos tipo Krylov para sistema lineales % B. Molina y M. Raydan - ISBN 908-261-078-X if ( nargin < 8 ), error('Not enough input arguments. Try help.'); end; if ( isempty(A) ), error('Input matrix A must not be empty.'); end; if ( isempty(C) ), error('Input preconditioner matrix C must not be empty.'); end; x = x0; ha = 0; hp = 0; hpp = 0; ra = 0; rp = 0; rpp = 0; u = 0; k = 0; ra = b - bbA(A, x0); % <--- ra = b - A * x0; while ( norm(ra, inf) > stol ), ha = bbC(C, ra); % <--- ha = C \ ra; k = k + 1; if ( k == mit ), warning('GCP:MAXIT','mit reached, no conversion.'); return; end; hpp = hp; rpp = rp; hp = ha; rp = ra; t = rp'*hp; if ( k == 1 ), u = hp; else u = hp + ( t / (rpp'*hpp) ) * u; end; Au = bbA(A, u); % <--- Au = A * u; a = t / (u'*Au); x = x + a * u; ra = rp - a * Au; end;
The conjugate gradient method vs. the locally optimal steepest descent method
In both the original and the preconditioned conjugate gradient methods one only needs to set in order to make them locally optimal, using the line search, steepest descent methods. With this substitution, vectors p are always the same as vectors z, so there is no need to store vectors p. Thus, every iteration of these steepest descent methods is a bit cheaper compared to that for the conjugate gradient methods. However, the latter converge faster, unless a (highly) variable preconditioner is used, see above.
Derivation of the method
The conjugate gradient method can be derived from several different perspectives, including specialization of the conjugate direction method for optimization, and variation of the Arnoldi/Lanczos iteration for eigenvalue problems. Despite differences in their approaches, these derivations share a common topic—proving the orthogonality of the residuals and conjugacy of the search directions. These two properties are crucial to developing the well-known succinct formulation of the method.
Conjugate gradient on the normal equations
The conjugate gradient method can be applied to an arbitrary n-by-m matrix by applying it to normal equations ATA and right-hand side vector ATb, since ATA is a symmetric positive-semidefinite matrix for any A. The result is conjugate gradient on the normal equations (CGNR).
- ATAx = ATb
As an iterative method, it is not necessary to form ATA explicitly in memory but only to perform the matrix-vector and transpose matrix-vector multiplications. Therefore CGNR is particularly useful when A is a sparse matrix since these operations are usually extremely efficient. However the downside of forming the normal equations is that the condition number κ(ATA) is equal to κ2(A) and so the rate of convergence of CGNR may be slow and the quality of the approximate solution may be sensitive to roundoff errors. Finding a good preconditioner is often an important part of using the CGNR method.
Several algorithms have been proposed (e.g., CGLS, LSQR). The LSQR algorithm purportedly has the best numerical stability when A is ill-conditioned, i.e., A has a large condition number.
- Biconjugate gradient method (BiCG)
- Conjugate residual method
- Nonlinear conjugate gradient method
- Iterative method. Linear systems
- Gaussian belief propagation
- Krylov subspace
- Sparse matrix-vector multiplication
- Straeter, T. A. "On the Extension of the Davidon-Broyden Class of Rank One, Quasi-Newton Minimization Methods to an Infinite Dimensional Hilbert Space with Applications to Optimal Control Problems". NASA Technical Reports Server. NASA. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- Magnus Hestenes; Eduard Stiefel (1952). "Methods of Conjugate Gradients for Solving Linear Systems" (PDF). Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards 49 (6).
- Saad, Yousef (2003). Iterative methods for sparse linear systems (2nd ed. -- ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-89871-534-7.
- Golub, Gene H.; Ye, Qiang (1999). "Inexact Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Method with Inner-Outer Iteration". SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 21 (4): 1305. doi:10.1137/S1064827597323415.
- Notay, Yvan (2000). "Flexible Conjugate Gradients". SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 22 (4): 1444. doi:10.1137/S1064827599362314.
- Knyazev, Andrew V.; Lashuk, Ilya (2008). "Steepest Descent and Conjugate Gradient Methods with Variable Preconditioning". SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications 29 (4): 1267. doi:10.1137/060675290.
The conjugate gradient method was originally proposed in
- Hestenes, Magnus R.; Stiefel, Eduard (December 1952). "Methods of Conjugate Gradients for Solving Linear Systems" (PDF). Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards 49 (6).
Descriptions of the method can be found in the following text books:
- Atkinson, Kendell A. (1988). "Section 8.9". An introduction to numerical analysis (2nd ed.). John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-50023-2.
- Avriel, Mordecai (2003). Nonlinear Programming: Analysis and Methods. Dover Publishing. ISBN 0-486-43227-0.
- Golub, Gene H.; Van Loan, Charles F. "Chapter 10". Matrix computations (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5414-8.
- Saad, Yousef. "Chapter 6". Iterative methods for sparse linear systems (2nd ed.). SIAM. ISBN 978-0-89871-534-7.
- Hazewinkel, Michiel, ed. (2001), "Conjugate gradients, method of", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Springer, ISBN 978-1-55608-010-4
- An Introduction to the Conjugate Gradient Method Without the Agonizing Pain by Jonathan Richard Shewchuk


linsert
linsert(n) Tcl Built-In Commands linsert(n)
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NAME
 linsert - Insert elements into a list
SYNOPSIS
 linsert list index ?element element ...?
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DESCRIPTION
 This command produces a new list from list by inserting all of the
 element arguments just before the index'th element of list. Each element
 argument will become a separate element of the new list. If index is
 less than or equal to zero, then the new elements are inserted at the
 beginning of the list, and if index is greater or equal to the length of
 list, it is as if it was end. As with string index, the index value
 supports both simple index arithmetic and end-relative indexing.
 Subject to the restrictions that indices must refer to locations inside
 the list and that the elements will always be inserted in order,
 insertions are done so that when index is start-relative, the first
 element will be at that index in the resulting list, and when index is
 end-relative, the last element will be at that index in the resulting
 list.
EXAMPLE
 Putting some values into a list, first indexing from the start and then
 indexing from the end, and then chaining them together:
 set oldList {the fox jumps over the dog}
 set midList [linsert $oldList 1 quick]
 set newList [linsert $midList end-1 lazy]
 # The old lists still exist though...
 set newerList [linsert [linsert $oldList end-1 quick] 1 lazy]
SEE ALSO
 list(n), lappend(n), lindex(n), llength(n), lsearch(n), lset(n),
 lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n), string(n)
KEYWORDS
 element, insert, list
Tcl 8.2 linsert(n)


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a) All numbers greater than -1 and less than or equal to 39 then display the inequality on a number line.
b) The flowers in the garden are 6 inches or taller or shorter than 3 inches. Display the inequality on a number line.
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Hengist of Woodcroft was a medieval wizard, best known as the founder of the village of Hogsmeade in Scotland, the only all-wizarding village in Great Britain.
Early life
Hengist was born in the Middle Ages, no earlier than 982,[1] in Woodcroft, Gloucestershire. In his youth, Hengist attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was Sorted into Hufflepuff.[2]
Hengist of Woodcroft
Hengist of Woodcroft, as pictured in his Chocolate Frog Card.
Hengist is traditionally credited with the founding of the village of Hogsmeade after being driven from his home by Muggle prosecutors. According to popular lore, Hengist used the Three Broomsticks Inn as a home.[3]
Death and post-mortem
Hengist died at some point during the Middle Ages. Remembered for his founding of Hogsmeade, he was immortalised in a Chocolate Frog Card[3] There was also a bust of Hengist on the Fourth Floor Corridor of Hogwarts Castle.[4]
On 1 September, 1991, Prefect Gabriel Truman welcomed the Hufflepuff first years to Hufflepuff Basement with a short speech in which he mentioned Hengist of Woodcroft as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who were Sorted, like them, into Hufflepuff.[2]
Behind the scenes
Hengist of Woodcroft's Chocolate Frog Card was one of the very first collected by Harry Potter.[5]
Notes and references
 1. 1.0 1.1 Given Hogwarts was founded in around 993 A.D. and that Hengist attended it, he must have been eleven by or after the school's founding. So, the earliest date he could have possibly been born is 982.
 2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pottermore introduction for Hufflepuffs (transcription available here)
 5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 - (The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
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