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Local component of transboundary Community Conservancy Sustainable Wildlife Management project launched
The project signing ceremony to kick off the implementation of the Namibia component of the transboundary Community Conservancy Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) project was launched in Windhoek this week, between the government, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and French Development Agency (AFD).
The activities in Namibia will form part of a EURO 3.5 million project financed by AFD to improve sustainable wildlife management and food security in Namibia and Botswana.
Under the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme, the new project will partner with the governments of Namibia and Botswana to address threats from unsustainable levels of wildlife hunting, closure of habitats, and fragmentation, which prevent animals from reaching the resources they need to survive, as well as poaching of animals as a result of human-wildlife conflicts.
The project also aims to increase the resilience of the communities faced with erratic rainfall and frequent droughts.
"The focus of the project is to benefit both the wildlife and ecosystems in the Transfrontier Conservation Area and the resilience of local communities that rely on them, at least in part, for food and income," said Farayi Zimudzi, FAO Representative in Namibia.
The project will focus on supporting the development of a network of community conservancies and community-based organizations that help manage community-owned land to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources for the benefit of local livelihoods. Namibia already has a network of 86 community conservancies, which collectively cover 20 percent of the country and are home to nearly 230,000 people.
Gilles Kleitz, Director of the AFD Ecological Transition and Natural Resources Department said this project aims to establish an effective network of community conservancies since they have proven to be a powerful means to combat rural poverty.
"In Namibia, for instance, conservancies contributed to more than USD 10 million in benefits such as income, employment remuneration, and payments in kind, for example meat, to conservancy members in 2018. The overall economic contributions from these benefits amounted to more than USD 62 million, including the creation of over 5,300 jobs from conservancy related operations and enterprises," Gilles added.
In Namibia, the project will be implemented with the support of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Namibia. The project sites include 12 community conservancies in the Khaudum-Ngamiland and Kwandu wildlife dispersal areas, as well as the Kyaramacan Association in Bwabwata National Park. Together, these sites will foster ecological connectivity throughout the KAZA landscape. The project will also contribute to create policies aimed at fostering the development of community conservancies, sustainable hunting, wildlife conservation and enhanced institutional and legal frameworks needed to implement these policies.
The Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme is already promoting a similar approach in Zambia and Zimbabwe.


Remnants of a Frozen Sahara
Navajo Standstone
Remnants of a Frozen Sahara The pale rock you see here is Navajo sandstone. This rock caps the top of the Vermilion Cliffs for more than 80 miles. Navajo sandstone also forms the high canyon walls at Zion National Park.
Imagine an enormous Sahara-like desert, full of wind-blown sand dunes, stretching from today's Wyoming to southern California. Geologists theorize that such a desert became the Navajo sandstone. When covered by a vast inland sea, that desert solidified in place. Minerals like calcium and iron cemented the ancient dunes together.
Along the Vermilion Cliffs and in Zion National Park the Navajo sandstone formation can be more than 2,000 feet thick.
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Issue with the PriorityArray and multiple BACnet objects of the same type
I have recently discovered that if you were to create two objects of the same type which have a priority array (e.g. BV), if you set the Priority at index 3 in BV1, it will also set it in BV2. This happens because in ObjectProperties.java, the static add() function creates a new PriorityArray instance which is then passed into all objects of the same type when they are created. This means the same PriorityArray object is used and passed into all BV instances when they are created.
The solution to this is to after creating your BACnet object (AO, AV, BO, BV etc), call the setProperty() function, and create a new PriorityArray instance;
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# netstat -at
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 localhost:30037 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:ipp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 localhost:ipp [::]:* LISTEN
What does the asterisk * in *:smtp mean?
Why is there no IP address shown?
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It is a wildcard meaning "any".
For example, in the third line:
tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN
The first *, in *:smtp, means the process is listening on all of the IP addresses the machine has. The second *, in *:*, means connections can come from any IP address. The third *, in *:*, means the connection can originate from any port on the remote machine.
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Thank you, that helped. Is it right to say, the first * means 'listen on all network interfaces the system has'? – John Threepwood Aug 10 '12 at 22:14
Yes, in the "Local Address" column. (It has different meaning in the "Foreign Address" column) – dsh Aug 10 '12 at 22:16
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Previous interest in light hydrocarbons from geothermal systems has focused principally on the origin of the methane1 and the estimation of subsurface temperatures from the carbon isotopic content of coexisting methane and carbon dioxide1-3. Higher molecular weight hydrocarbons were first reported in gases from Yellowstone National Park4, and have since been found to occur commonly in geothermal emanations in the western United States5. Isotopic measurements of individual geothermal hydrocarbons are now reported which help to explain the origin of these hydrocarbons. The thermal decomposition of sedimentary or groundwater organic matter is a principal source of hydrocarbons in four geothermal areas in western North America.?? 1981 Nature Publishing Group.
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The most common way to create new files is by using a program. For example, you can create a text document in a word processing program or a movie file in a video editing program.
Some programs create a file when you open them. When you open WordPad, for example, it starts with a blank page. This represents an empty (and unsaved) file. Start typing, and when you are ready to save your work, click File in the menu bar and then click Save As. In the dialog box that appears, type a file name that will help you find the file again in the future, and then click Save.
By default, most programs save files in common folders like Documents, Pictures, and Music, which makes it easy to find the files again next time. For more information on creating new files, see Save a file.
When you no longer need a file, you can remove it from your computer's hard disk to save space and keep your computer from getting cluttered with unwanted files. To delete a file, open the folder that contains the file and then select the file. Press DELETE and then, in the Delete File dialog box, click Yes.
When you delete a file, it's temporarily stored in the Recycle Bin. Think of the Recycle Bin as a safety folder that allows you to recover files or folders that you deleted accidentally. Occasionally, you should empty the Recycle Bin to reclaim all of the hard disk space being used by your unwanted files. To learn how to empty the Recycle Bin, see Permanently delete files from the Recycle Bin.

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Allotment Garden in Kupittaa
The Kupittaa allotment garden is the oldest in Turku - founded in 1934. It is a green oasis and a socially vibrant and active part of the city of Turku. Visitors are welcome to explore and enjoy the area through out the year.
The allotment garden has retained its character over 85 years and is a very significant urban environment as a whole, enriching biodiversity in the Kupittaa area. The area includes 57 plots with very small cottages. Three of the cottages are in their original appearance, as the others show a spectrum of variations that has developed over the decades, with minor changes. Originally the allotment garden was established to ensure the food supply of the families as well as to offer recreation and promote the well-being of the city's working population. Although the primary function of the plots is no longer to feed the gardeners, there are still about 300 apple trees in the area, some of them decades old. In addition to them, the plots grow a large number of old ornamental and useful plants.
In Kupittaa, all cultivation is carried out without pesticides and the Kupittaa allotment garden, with its vegetation and other organisms, is a "hotspot" of the city's biodiversity. The University of Turku and the Natural Resources Institute Finland have documented the valuable vegetation of the garden and some of them have been deposited in the Natural Resources Institute's crop genetic resources collections. The Federation of Finnish Allotment Gardens has listed Kupittaa as one of five allotment gardens worth a visit in Finland.
The Kupittaa allotment garden is maintain and developed by society called Kupittaa ryhmäpuutarhayhdistys. If you want to support the work of this society or you are interested in buying a cottage in the allotment garden, please contact _EMAIL_.
As part of urban planning, the city of Turku is considering to transform the Kupittaa allotment garden to housing area. Realising these plans would mean the end of the Kupittaa allotment garden and loss of its biodiversity. If you wish to help to preserve this unique pearl in the heart of Turku you can sign a petition for it.

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Two Duluth Area Lakes Added To Troubled Water List After Finding Forever Chemicals
Two popular Duluth area lakes have been added to the growing list of troubled waters in Minnesota. These lakes a long with a handful of others are the first to appear on the list outside of the Twin Cities Metropolitan area.
Lakes are tested every two years under the Clean Water Act. If the lakes don't meet water quality standards, they are added to the list of troubled waters. A plan then must be created to clean up the bodies of water. The 2022 list has 305 additional bodies of water added that don't meet water quality standards. The cumulative list has grown now to 2,904 bodies of water.
Locally, Fish Lake Flowage and Wild Rice Lake have been added to the list after PFAS were found. These are considered "forever chemicals" that don't break down in the environment. The chemicals are used in industrial applications and also in consumer products such as non stick cookware, some fabrics, and packaging.
According to an MPR article, there are many ways that the chemicals get into lakes. In the Duluth Area, it could be from firefighting foam used for training at the Duluth International Airport. The airport is near both of the lakes added to the list. In fact, you can see the airport from Rice Lake.
There could be limits on fish consumption recommended for lakes that don't meet water quality standards. PFAS chemicals can lead to health problems, and could lead to lower birth weights in infants if mothers consume fish from these lakes. Currently there are no recommendations for limiting fish consumption on Fish Lake Flowage or Wild Rice Lake.
There is some hope though. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is recommending 100 bodies of water to be removed from the list. These lakes have successfully been cleaned up to meet water quality standards. So if a plan is in place, there is proof that we can reverse some of the pollution and damage.


Universal Network Objects (UNO)
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OpenOffice.org provides a programming interface in the form of the Universal Network Objects (UNO). This is an object-oriented programming interface which OpenOffice.org sub-divides into various objects which for their part ensure program-controlled access to the Office package.
Since OpenOffice.org Basic is a procedural programming language, several linguistic constructs have had to be added to it which enable the use of UNO.
To use a Universal Network Object in OpenOffice.org Basic, you will need a variable declaration for the associated object. The declaration is made using the Dim instruction (see The Language of OpenOffice.org Basic). The Object type designation should be used to declare an object variable:
Dim Obj As Object
The call declares an object variable named Obj.
The object variable created must then be initialized so that it can be used. This can be done using the createUnoService function:
Obj = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")
This call assigns to the Obj variable a reference to the newly created object. com.sun.star.frame.Desktop resembles an object type; however in UNO terminology it is called a service rather than a type. In accordance with UNO philosophy, an Obj is described as a reference to an object which supports the com.sun.star.frame.Desktop service. The service term used in OpenOffice.org Basic therefore corresponds to the type and class terms used in other programming languages.
There is, however, one main difference: a Universal Network Object may support several services at the same time. Some UNO services in turn support other services so that, through one object, you are provided with a whole range of services. For example, that the aforementioned object, which is based on the com.sun.star.frame.Desktop service, can also include other services for loading documents and for ending the program.
Documentation note.png VBA : Whereas the structure of an object in VBA is defined by the class to which it belongs, in OpenOffice.org Basic the structure is defined through the services which it supports. A VBA object is always assigned to precisely one single class. A OpenOffice.org Basic object can, however, support several services.
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Department of Computational Linguistics at the LREC
All our submissions to the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference 2010 (LREC) have been accepted. We have four papers on a wide range of exciting topics:
- Matthias will present results of his experiments on adjective classification.
- Nils will give an outlook of an ongoing research project on developing a ritual ontology, as well as his first results on automatic term extraction in the domain of ritual research.
- Asif will present his work on a genetic algorithm based ensemble technique for NER.
- Samuel, one of our Masters students, is currently working with Simone on extending BART for languages other than English: they will present a demonstration of an open-source coreference resolution toolkit for German.


application service provider
(business, networking) (ASP) A service (usually a business) that provides remote access to an application program across a network protocol, typically HTTP. A common example is a website that other websites use for accepting payment by credit card as part of their online ordering systems.
As this term is complex-sounding but vague, it is widely used by marketroids who want to avoid being specific and clear at all costs.
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The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature, Paperback
Reveals the use of direct perception in understanding Nature, medicinal plants, and the healing of human disease - Explores the techniques used by indigenous and Western peoples to learn directly from the plants themselves, including those of Henry D...
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Reveals the use of direct perception in understanding Nature, medicinal plants, and the healing of human disease - Explores the techniques used by indigenous and Western peoples to learn directly from the plants themselves, including those of Henry David Thoreau, Goethe, and Masanobu Fukuoka, author of The One Straw Revolution - Contains leading-edge information on the heart as an organ of perception All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. Less well known is that many Western peoples made this same assertion. There are, in fact, two modes of cognition available to all human beings--the brain-based linear and the heart-based holistic. The heart-centered mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate and detailed in its information gathering capacities if, as indigenous and ancient peoples asserted, the heart's ability as an organ of perception is developed. Author Stephen Harrod Buhner explores this second mode of perception in great detail through the work of numerous remarkable people, from Luther Burbank, who cultivated the majority of food plants we now take for granted, to the great German poet and scientist Goethe and his studies of the metamorphosis of plants. Buhner explores the commonalities among these individuals in their approach to learning from the plant world and outlines the specific steps involved. Readers will gain the tools necessary to gather information directly from the heart of Nature, to directly learn the medicinal uses of plants, to engage in diagnosis of disease, and to understand the soul-making process that such deep connection with the world engenders.
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Design and Analysis of Engine Lubrication Systems 970637
Methods for the design and analysis of engine lubrication systems have been developed and illustrated in a case study - a four cylinder high speed direct injection (HSDI) diesel engine for passenger car applications. The paper gives design methods and strategies for pump sizing and flow balance, including allowance for the worn engine applicable to a variety of engine classes. In addition the paper gives mathematical models for oil flows through piston cooling jets and plain journal bearings - fully grooved, partially grooved and plain bearings with a single oil hole feed. Methods presented can be used to design lubrication systems for optimum and practical specification of oil pump size, pressure relief valves, by-pass filtration, gallery sizes, oil flow through bearings in the cylinder head and cylinder block and piston cooling jets as well as calculating parasitic losses in the engine due to hydrodynamic pumping.


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|Normal Max/ High Temperature
|Min/ Low Temperature
|Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day)
|Average Sunlight per day
|Average Daylight per day
|Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
|Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day.
- The average temperature in Bergen in September is quite mild at 12.5 °C (54.5 °F).
- Afternoons can be mild with average high temperatures reaching 15 °C (59 °F).
- Overnight temperatures are generally quite mild with an average low of 10 °C (50 °F).
- The range/ variation of daily mean temperatures in September is 5 °C (9 °F).
- The weather in September is quite sopping with rain more often than not. A sizable 228mm (9in) of fluid is discharged across an average of 21 days.
- The skies in Bergen are dull with an average of merely 3:19 of magnificent sunshine per day.
- The shortest day is 11:31 long and the longest day is 14:15 long with an average length of 12:53.
- There are approximately 9:11 per day when bright sunshine is absent due to cloud, haze or the sun being too low on the horizon to register.
- It is sunny approximately 26.6% of daylight hours and cloudy 73.4% of daylight hours.
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Navigate to September Weather in Locations Surrounding Bergen:
- Orland, Norway - 429.4 kms (266.8 miles) NNE
- Trondheim, Norway - 429.6 kms (266.9 miles) NE
- Kristiansund, Vestlandet, Norway - 328 kms (203.8 miles) NNE
- Vagamo, Oppland, Norway - 260.4 kms (161.8 miles) NE
- Fannaråki/ Fanaråken, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway - 186.7 kms (116 miles) NE
- Lillehammer, Norway - 290.8 kms (180.7 miles) ENE
- Lærdal, Western Norway, Norway - 140.7 kms (87.4 miles) ENE
- Geilo, Norway - 159.6 kms (99.2 miles) E
- Bergen - Florida, Norway - 2.1 kms (1.3 miles) SSE
- Gardermoen, Norway - 318.1 kms (197.7 miles) E
- Oslo, Norway - 303.1 kms (188.3 miles) E
- Dalen, Telemark, Norway - 183.1 kms (113.8 miles) SE
- Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway - 169.5 kms (105.3 miles) S
- Kristiansand, Norway - 290.8 kms (180.7 miles) SSE


IoT-Enabled Industrial Plant Leak Detection | IoT For All
Industrial plant leak detection uses IoT-enabled sensors to detect leaks in manufacturing facilities to manage, and prevent dangerous pollution.
Industrial Plant Leak Detection
Industrial plant leak detection uses IoT-enabled sensors to detect leaks in manufacturing facilities to manage, and prevent dangerous pollution.
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What is IoT-Enabled Industrial Plant Leak Detection?
Industrial plant leak detection uses IoT-enabled sensors to detect leaks in manufacturing facilities' systems to identify, manage, and prevent environmental pollution, as well as to ensure worker safety and to reduce the costs associated with leaks, like loss of product or system damage.
Value Proposition
Industrial plant leaks are responsible for some of the greatest industrial disasters in history, including the Bhopal disaster, a toxic leak that resulted in the deaths of more than 7,000 within the first three days, and has been responsible for the health problems of more than 500,000 more.
Preventing and identifying leaks like these can be an extremely labor-intensive and costly process, requiring regular rotations of employees to manually inspect and monitor system performance and environment. IoT-enabled industrial plant leak detection systems automate that process by constantly monitoring for leaks and sending immediate alerts in cases of unexpected readings.
Leak detection systems allow companies to identify leaks before they become dangerous, managing their cleanup and preventing environmental pollution and life-threatening conditions. Ari Goldfarb, CEO of leak detection system Kando, claimed that the use of Kando reduced the cost of treating pollution by 40 percent for its users in its first year of use.
How it Works
Through the use of infrared lasers, chemical leak detection systems can detect invisible chemical gas leakages in real-time and use machine learning techniques to develop insights on pollutant spread.
Key Benefits of IoT-Enabled Industrial Plant Leak Detection
 - Immediately detect leaks of dangerous, invisible chemicals like methane or CO2, before they become dangerous and receive alerts as soon as a leak is detected.
 - Predict the spread of pollutants to better manage cleanups.
 - Automatically notify nearby workers if a dangerous leak occurs to prevent on-site injury or danger to staff.
 - Eliminate the cost of manual, labor-intensive monitoring for potential leaks.
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Returns a list of WiFi networks detectable by the imp
Device (from impOS™ 27)
Optional single-parameter callback to be executed when the scan is complete (from impOS™ 36)
Array — a list of nearby WiFi networks, each detailed in a table
This method causes the imp to determine all the WiFi networks that are nearby and return the results of the scan as an array of tables, one for each nearby network, with the following keys:
|ssid||string||SSID (network name)|
|bssid||string||BSSID (access point's MAC address), in 0123456789ab format|
|channel||integer||Channel number: 1-13 (2.4GHz), 36-165 (5GHz)|
|rssi||integer||RSSI (signal strength), ranging from about -95 for a network on the limit, to -11 for a super-strong one|
|open||bool||Whether the network is open (password-free)|
If no networks are available, an empty array is returned.
Note If the imp is attempting to connect to a router using WPS when imp.scanwifinetworks() is called, this method will immediately return an empty array (ie. indicate there are no nearby WiFi networks).
The impC001 does not currently implement imp.scanwifinetworks().
From 36, imp.scanwifinetworks() can operate asynchronously: pass a callback into the method and it will be executed when the scan is complete. The callback must have one parameter into which the array of network records is passed. If no networks have been detected, the array is an empty one.
If you initiate a second scan while the first is being run, Squirrel will issue the following error:
"scan already running in imp.scanwifinetworks(callback)".
If WiFi is turned off mid-scan, then the scan is aborted and any networks that have been found thus are returned via the callback function or return value as appropriate.
If the imp is attempting to connect to a router using WPS when imp.scanwifinetworks() is called asynchronously, the callback will be executed immediately and be passed an empty array (ie. indicate there are no nearby WiFi networks).
From release 34, calling imp.scanwifinetworks() while on Ethernet (imp005) will cause the WiFi to be turned on for the duration of the scan. WiFi will automatically turned off when the scan is complete, unless other circumstances cause the it to stay on: for example, the Ethernet link is lost.
From release 28, if WiFi is turned off by Squirrel, for example by calling server.disconnect(), then imp.scanwifinetworks() causes WiFi to be briefly brought back up, the radio environment to be scanned and WiFi to be disabled once more. If there are any nearby networks, their details are returned.
This code uses imp.scanwifinetworks() synchronously to log details of all the wireless networks in the imp's vicinity.
This code snippet shows imp.scanwifinetworks() used in asynchronous mode (impOS 36 and up).


VIBRATION OF LAMINATED COMPOSITE DECKS BEAMSصورة كتاب
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VIBRATION OF LAMINATED COMPOSITE DECKS BEAMS
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ركن الهندسة الميكانيكية - Mechanical Engineering
عن الكتاب
In this study, the effects of both lamination
scheme and boundary conditions on the natural
frequencies of free vibration of laminated composite decks
beams were investigated. The problem is analyzed and
solved using the energy approach which is formulated by a
finite element model. Lamination schemes for symmetric
and non-symmetric laminated beams were studied. Six
boundary conditions are considered; clamped-free (CF),
hinged-hinged (HH), clamped-clamped (CC), hingedclamped
(HC), hinged-free (HF), free-free (FF). Each
beam has either movable ends or immovable ends. It is
found that both symmetrically and anti-symmetrically
laminated beams of similar size and end conditions have
equal natural frequencies which, generally, decrease as the
angle of orientation increases. Also, It is found that the
more constrained beams have the higher values of natural
frequencies of transverse vibration. However, the free-free
and hinged-free beams are found to have the highest
frequencies of transverse vibration amongst all beams
although they look less constrained. This behavior is due to
the fact that the first mode of the two beams is equal zero
(rigid body motion), and replaced by the second mode to
be the fundamental mode. The values of the natural
frequencies of longitudinal modes are found to be the same
for all beams with movable ends since they are generated
by longitudinal movements only. But for immovable ends,
the clamped-free and hinged-free beams have equal
frequencies in longitudinal vibration, and those of the
other beams are also the same.
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Category: Toxicology
Title: Occupational poisoning in the US
Keywords: occupational poisoning (PubMed Search)
Posted: 3/18/2021 by Hong Kim, MD (Updated: 9/19/2024)
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There are different occupational hazards depending on the nature of one's trade/skill/employment. Although healthcare providers may not always inquire about patient's occupation, knowledge of a patient's occupation may provide insightful information when caring for patients with acute poisoning.
From a recent retrospective study of National Poison Data System, the top 10 occupational toxicants were:
 1. Caustics (acids & alkalis)
 2. Chlorines/hypochlorites
 3. Carbon monoxide
 4. Hydrocarbons
 5. Cleansers/detergents
 6. Ammonia
 7. Cement
 8. Hydrofluoric acid
 9. Disinfectants
 10. Hydrogen sulfide

Top 10 occupational toxicants associated with fatalities were:
 1. Hydrogen sulfide
 2. Ammonia
 3. Carbon Monoxide
 4. Simple asphyxiants
 5. Chlorine/hypochlorites
 6. Alkalis
 7. Pyrethrins/pyrethroids
 8. Toluene/xylene
 9. Methane
 10. Methylene chloride
References
Downs JW et al. Descriptive epidemiology of clincally signifcant occupational poisonings, United States, 2008-2018. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021. PMID: 33703981


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Joke Telling Social Story and Speech Tool on How to Tell Jokes
This app includes a social story about how and why people tell jokes, and a simple visual/audio support for telling knock knock jokes. The story focuses on why it's important to tell people jokes, why a joke is funny, and how you tell a joke.
The app opens up to a menu that lets the user choose to either read the story or go to the "jokes" page. The social story describes why someone tells a joke, how to tell a joke and what makes a joke funny. The "jokes" page opens up with a door. The user "knocks" or taps on the door twice to start the joke. There are 9 fun and funny jokes to tell with great illustrations.
Telling jokes is an important developmental skill that allows children to improve communication while connecting socially with others. Humor is especially important for children with autism because studies have shown they often exhibit delays in relating to their peers, in standard cultural conventions and in understanding the emotional states and intentions of others.
Humor is a huge part of cognitive and social development, and children with autism tell significantly fewer jokes than their typical peers. The skills necessary for joke telling, such as language skills and the ability to connect with others are often found to be lacking in people with autism.
Typical children usually develop an understanding of humor and joke telling without direct instruction from adults. This makes it is easy to forget that this may not be the case for everyone. Certain individuals, particularly those with social or communication delays, like someone diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, may need more direct instruction in this important skill.
Not being able to understand humor, or inspire laughter in others can negatively affect the development of relationships, and of cultural participation. With children with autism, this could lead to a further deterioration of social skills and interpersonal relationships
Studies have found that interventions aimed toward children diagnosed with autism that use jokes or teach humor and laughter can improve social skills and relationships with peers. The jokes that are learned in this app can be used to inspire laughter and friendship in any social situation.
Teaching social skills such as joke telling and humor to any child may be easier and less stressful when visual supports, like social stories are used.
Social stories are an important type of visual support often used with children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome or other special need. This social story uses simple text and descriptive pictures to describe why and how you tell a joke.
Social stories were first defined by Carol Gray in 1991 and are commonly used to break down a task or social situation into small and easy to understand steps, often accompanied by descriptive pictures. Social stories are easy to implement and are used by many professionals for a wide range of behaviors and skills.
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EmoPRAMAD
Participants : Claudine Combe, Dominique Vaufreydaz [correspondant] .
Affective computing,
Within the Pramad project, we want to offer a full affective loop between the companion robot and the elderly people at home. This affective loop is necessary within the context of everyday interaction of elderly and the companion robot. A part of this loop is to make the robot express emotions in response to the emotional state of the user. To do that, we need to test our working hypothesis about the visual representation of emotions with the 3D face of robot. EmoPRAMAD is an evaluation tool designed to conduct comparative studies between human faces and the 3D faces expressing a defined set of emotions.
Figure 3. EmoPRAMAD interfaces with a human face and a 3D face from our virtual agent.
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The evaluation conducted though EmoPRAMAD concerns both unimodal (facial only) and bimodal conditions (facial/sound). The emotions set is composed of 4 basic emotions (joy, fear, anger, sadness) and a neutral state. While experimenting, the software collects several parameters in order to evaluate more than correctness of the answers: time to respond, length of mouse moves, etc. Experimentation is still in progress at Inria in Grenoble, University Pierre and Marie Currie and Broca Hospital in Paris. A set of 235 participants from 14 to 88 years old was already recorded.


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External Functions and Variables in XQuery
XQuery implementations are often embedded in an environment such as a Java or C# program or a relational database. The environment can provide external functions and variables to XQuery. To access these, a query must declare them in the prolog:
Listing 1.20 Module Declaration for a Library Module
define function outtie($v as xs:integer) as xs:integer external
define variable $v as xs:integer external
XQuery does not specify how such functions and variables are made available by the external environment, or how function parameters and arguments are converted between the external environment and XQuery.


AHK: How to Code a KML to Excel Exporter
I accidentally opened up a KML file in Notepad once. There are no words in the English language to describe that specific form of horror. It's generally brought on by questions like: "Did I just delete every other file in my C drive?" or "How the shit did I disable my keyboard? That script wasn't even sending keystrokes???"
Or when the IT guy at work remote accesses your computer, fixes the problem, then says, "Oh, hey, I can see you" and then HANGS UP.
I have no webcam on my work computer, guys. NO WEBCAM.
It appears my ADD has hijacked this post. Attempting to refocus.
My point is that I panicked for no reason.Well, not no reason. I mean, look at this:
But when I stopped to really look at it, I realized the innards of a KML are surprisingly readable. It's literally latitude and longitude with some headers in tags. That's it.
So today, in keeping with my recent VBA post, I am forgoing the lovely graphics once again and plowing my way through a script that is, in reality, only useful to me.
You're welcome.
Step 1: Understanding the Problem
See all these points in Google Earth? Plotted them at random. Here's a breakdown of what I want from the KML file:
Step 2: Prepping the File
Let's start off by prompting the user for the KML file in question.
A quick review of AHK functions will get you to FileSelectFile, alls you gotta do is change the output variable to something memorable and filter for KMLs.
I talked about FileRead in a Web Scraper post a while back. Basically, this is how we get the computer to push text into a single variable that we can chop up.
After a long shouting match with my laptop, I discovered FileRead won't read a KML. So before we continue, we have to turn the.kml into a.txt using FileCopy.
Step 3: Trimming the Variable
InStr() is really helpful here. Since we know the latitude and longitude will immediately follow the word "coordinate," we can have the script search for that and then plug the Occurance value into a variable that jumps up by two with each loop–one for and one for .
Setting the return value of InStr to a variable allows you to plug that into StringTrimRight and StringTrimLeft easily enough.
Step 4: Save It Into A CSV
Using FileAppend, you can throw each set of coordinates into a.csv. The only frustrating thing here is remembering to escape any commas or n's for new lines with the ' key.
The Code
In the interest of not staying up all night writing a GUI while binge watching ridiculously old episodes of Unsolved Mysteries, I'm posting the code as is.
Minus the GUI, the copied.txt and destination. csv files have to be manually inserted (they're on the Desktop below), as well as the loop count for the number of points.
FileSelectFile, TheFile,,, KML to Convert, (*.kml)
FileCopy, %TheFile%, c:\Users\Desktop\KML.txt
FileRead, FileContent, c:\Users\Desktop\KML.txt
Occ := 1
loop, #
FoundPos := InStr(FileContent, "coordinates", false, 1, Occ)
StringTrimLeft, TrimContent, FileContent, FoundPos
FoundPos := InStr(TrimContent, "coordinates", false, 1, 1)
StringTrimRight, AllTrimContent, TrimContent, StrLen(TrimContent) - FoundPos + 3
FileAppend, %AllTrimContent%','n, c:\Users\Desktop\KMLTest.csv
Msgbox, Done
That's all. Roll credits. I'm thinking I'll post a One Lovely Blog Post at some point this week, and if not, Processing next weekend.
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 1. Noooooo. When you say things like that, you make me think it's easy even for me, but what's actually going to happen is I'll spend the next 14 hours beating my computer senseless instead of sleeping… I'll try it this weekend and let you know how it goes 🙂
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 1. You know, I've had others suggest that I clean up the language. But programming makes my brain think in expletives. And since GifGuide is more of a progress journal (I write as I break down problems–my posts expand and contract a lot as I plow through), it's just always seemed natural to not filter. That being said, I COMPLETELY understand the awkwardness of referencing a blog filled with rage rants, and I absolutely would not recommend it for children. Sidenote: I really did like your nominees–always looking for more tech oddballs on WordPress. Until next time ECG 🙂
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 2. Oh, the "others" were all in real life–you're definitely the first WordPresser. What's funny is that it's pretty evenly split among brick-and-mortar people I've shown. The main argument against profanity is that if I ever tried to set the blog up on its own to sell a few ads (to at least cover my coffee expenses), who on EARTH is going to back a foul-mouthed amateur. The main argument in favor is who on EARTH is going to back an amateur at all. My main argument is that I have to take out my frustration SOMEWHERE. Better on the interwebs than smashing my computer with a mallet. Hey ECG, is there any chance that you go by the name Panda?
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 1. HOLD IT, you just gave me an AMAZING idea for profanity web scraper to figure out if there's a correlation between the amount of swearing in the post and the programming language and/or functions I'm using in a particular script. Or if the TYPE of swearing switches. To use as a sort of rage gauge, you know? Then I can track my progress over time by looking at whether it's increasing or decreasing–I mean I have a year's worth of posts. To be honest, I sort of thought they all had some cursing, but I've never actually gone through to see. It just occurred to me that this is going to be quite disheartening if the numbers indicate that my anger levels aren't on a downward trend. Surely, you'd think the more exposure to programming, the less frustrated I'd be? Huh. Imma look into this and get back to you.
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Affiliation: Humboldt Fellow, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Germany Dep.of C.S and Engineering, Jadavpur Univ. India
Clustering, a popular exploratory data analysis tool, attempts to partition a given data set into a number of cohesive groups such that patterns that belong to the same cluster are much more similar to each other than patterns that do not. In many situations, it is difficult to assign a point to just a single cluster. Hence in fuzzy clustering, each point is provided a membership value, indicating its belongingness, to multiple clusters.
Often, the clustering problem is mapped to one of searching for an appropriate number of suitable partitions such that some goodness measure is optimized. Consequently several researchers have been actively investigating the effectiveness of genetic algorithms for clustering, since it involves appropriate parameter selection and efficient search in complex and large spaces in order to obtain robust and close approximate solutions. Evidently, it is difficult to define a single measure of cluster goodness. Hence in recent times, the clustering problem has been posed as one of multiobjective optimization, where multiple, often conflicting, objectives are simultaneously optimized. In this talk we will deal with the problem of multiobjective fuzzy clustering using some recently proposed multiobjective optimization techniques. Since such methods provide a set of Pareto-optimal solutions, a novel way of integrating these with support vector machines will be described in order to arrive at a consensus solution.
Some real life applications of the said multiobjective fuzzy clustering method to gene expression data as well as remote sensing images will be demonstrated.


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Import duplicate company data to use for testing [AX 2012]
Updated: February 1, 2013
In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, the duplicate company feature was used extensively to copy data from one company to another. The feature was also used to build development or test environments, and deployment scenarios that moved data from one environment to another. However, this feature became obsolete in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
We recommend that you use the Microsoft Dynamics AX data export and import feature to support scenarios that previously required the duplicate company feature.
Company, or DataArea, can no longer be used as a data security boundary. Because of changes that were made to the organization model in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, data is no longer related to a company or legal entity in a simple relationship that is defined by setting the SaveDataPerCompany metadata property of a table to Yes. Because data relationships are now defined through the Relations metadata property, it is not easy to duplicate all data that is related to a legal entity. Therefore, it may not make business sense to duplicate the data that is related to a legal entity. For example, we created organizational hierarchies in which legal entities and business units have a complex relationship. There is no parent/child relationship between business units and legal entities. Therefore, the duplication of business units based on legal entities in the system is erroneous.
Follow these steps to use an existing legal entity as a template for other legal entities.
 1. Create a legal entity to use as a template.
 For more information, see Create or modify a legal entity.
 2. Set all configuration data for the legal entity.
 3. Use the Microsoft Dynamics AX data export and import feature to export the legal entity to a.dat file, such as TMP.dat.
 1. Before you export data, you must create a definition group.
 For more information, see Create definition groups for import and export.
 2. To export configuration data, include the following table groups: Reference, Parameter, Group, Framework, and Miscellaneous.
 To export master data, you must also include the tables that are in the Main table group.
 Do not include the tables that are in the Transaction, Transaction header, Transaction line, Worksheet, Worksheet header, and Worksheet line table groups. These tables include transaction data.
 For a detailed list of all the tables in a table group, see Table group reference.
 4. In the new environment, create new legal entities, and then import the.dat file that you created into each entity individually.
 Shared and per-company data is imported. When other legal entities are subsequently imported into the new legal entities, the shared data is merged.
 For more information, see Import data from another instance of Microsoft Dynamics AX.
You can use the Microsoft Dynamics AX data import and export feature to import and modify transaction data. However, it can be difficult to create a duplicate environment for transaction data if the SaveDataPerCompany property of tables is set to No. Instead, we recommend that you use the backup and restore functionality in Microsoft SQL Server to build demo environments in which minor configuration changes can be made to illustrate specific Microsoft Dynamics AX features.
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documents. Accordingly the term sheet should cover off terms which might otherwise be 'deal-breakers', so what remains should be relatively standardised or non-contentious.
It can be a delicate balance to satisfy the above objective, while not getting too bogged down in the detail or costly and time-consuming negotiations.
How much time should be spent negotiating the term sheet and is it necessary to sign it?
Parties can often get bogged down on the terms in the term sheet even though they are in broad agreement on most of the key deal terms. Sometimes a party will want to set out additional detail for certain terms before agreeing to them or seek legal advice regarding the full implications of certain provisions and, before the parties know it, they are more or less negotiating the detail of the definitive documents. In other cases, one or both parties may need to go through time-consuming approval processes to sign the term sheet, but the parties wish to progress the transaction in the meantime.
Such circumstances may call for a measure of pragmatism, particularly if the parties have reached agreement on most of the material terms and are confident that the remaining terms will ultimately be agreed. One option (usually the preferred option) is to modify the term sheet so that it records everything that has been agreed, along with any agreed processes to resolve the remaining contentious items. In other cases the term sheet may have served its purpose (ie it has identified the key commercial terms which are agreed and those which will require further negotiation) and the parties may be sufficiently comfortable with and confident of the ultimate outcome to move on to the next stage without actually signing the term sheet. Whether this is tenable will depend on the importance placed by either party on the binding provisions.
The term sheet plays an important role early in the negotiation process of a transaction, by identifying (cost-effectively and before the lawyers get too involved) whether the parties are in agreement on the key terms of the proposed transaction, such that they can be confident of agreeing the more detailed definitive terms. This is a useful step to undertake before the parties incur significant additional transaction costs.
The trick and balancing act with a term sheet is where to draw the line in satisfying the above objective, as far as is practical, without getting into detailed and time-consuming negotiations and legal processes regarding the detail.
Some sample term sheets can be found here:
This article discusses some key terms an investor should consider when negotiating an equity investment.
It's not just about price
Price, while obviously fundamental, is only one of the investment terms open for negotiation. The opportunity exists to negotiate other terms which will significantly reduce an investor's risk and increase the upside if the investment is successful.
Some of those terms offer downside value protection in case the investor finds it has overpaid due to information which surfaces, or events which occur, after the investment is made (in particular if the next investment round is at a lower price or the value realised on liquidation or exit is insufficient to return the amount invested). In some cases they may even enable the investor to pay a higher price and achieve a "win win" with the existing shareholders and investee company, where the investor is better protected if the investment does not perform while the existing shareholders do better (alongside the investor) if the investment is successful.
Some key terms to consider
Set out below are some of the key terms (other than price) which an investor might consider on a deal by deal basis. Some are more applicable to minority investments while others are generic to any investment. Some reflect terms typically sought by venture capital and other early stage investors (who are usually the most adept at optimising their minority positions), but which are worth considering in any investment deal (perhaps there is an element of venture capital risk for most deals done in the current environment).
 - Tranching: Consider structuring the investment into a number of tranches instead of investing all the capital in one lump sum. The tranches can be matched against the investee company's cash requirements and the investor's obligation to invest subsequent tranches will be contingent on commercial milestones being achieved. This will give the investor discretion whether to invest the balance of the investment if the investee company is not progressing in accordance with pre-agreed financial or other targets, so the investor can either cut its losses or seek to renegotiate investment terms as a condition of making the balance of the capital available.
 - Start with Convertible: Risk can be reduced further by providing convertible finance rather than equity at the outset. Convertibles provide all of the upside of equity while preserving a priority position for the investor over existing shareholders in the event the investee company fails or can't return all invested capital to the shareholders. Sometimes the first tranche of an intended investment is structured as a convertible until key milestones are achieved and the investor is sufficiently comfortable with the company and management to proceed with a larger equity investment.
 - Preferential Equity: Preferential equity terms are particularly common for venture capital investments. Like convertibles they give the investor priority over other shareholders, but an equity priority rather than debt. The most typical preference right is for the investor to receive its capital back (or in some cases a multiple of that amount) in priority to other shareholders on exit/liquidation. Usually the preference only applies if a pro rata distribution based on the total number of shares (ordinary and preference) would not return the amount invested by the preference shareholders, but sometimes preference shares are participating preference shares, meaning that they get a preferential return as well as fully participating in the return to ordinary shareholders. In those cases, the preference goes beyond downside protection.
Preferential dividend rights may also apply, where the preference dividends accumulate until a distribution can be made and are added to the exit preference if that occurs first.
Preference rights can be used to bridge the valuation gap which typically exists between investor and founder expectations, where the investor might pay a higher price than it would otherwise be comfortable paying because of the value protection embodied in the preference rights.
 - Anti-dilution: Anti-dilutionrights provide a more limited form of equity preference, providing the investor with basic downside price protection in relation to future investment rounds if shares are issued at a lower price than the original investor's price. Usually this entails the issue of additional shares to the investor (at nil cost) to reduce its effective average purchase price per share to either the new issue price (full ratchet) or a weighted average price, which might be either narrow based (just averaging the price per share paid by the protected shareholders and the investors who invest at a lower price) or broad based (averaging the price paid, or deemed to be paid, for all shares issued by the company). In all cases the protection is at the expense of the other existing shareholders who do not have the protection and for whom the dilutive effect of the down-round is magnified.
The investee company will sometimes seek a requirement for the investor to participate in the new investment round in order to avail itself of the anti-dilution protection (pay to play).
 - Further Investment Rights: One way toleverage further upside over and above the committed investment amount is for the investor to acquire options to subscribe for further shares, or a first right to finance the investee company's future capital requirements, at a pre-agreed price (often the same price as for the original investment) reflecting the importance of that investment in achieving any value uplift. Unlike tranching (which is more about staging the assumption of risk), the further investment will be entirely at the investor's option.
 - Drag and Forced Sale Rights: For a privateequity/venture capital fund investor (or other investor who has a fixed investment timeframe), the success of an investment is usually dependant on a successful exit being achieved within a specified timeframe.
Drag along rights will invariably apply whereby a specified majority of shareholders can force the sale of the company as a whole. A typical drag along provision will set that majority at somewhere between 50.1% and 75% (75% being the least contentious where 75% is the default majority for a major transaction under the Companies Act, so is the applicable majority which can force an asset sale), but then require that such majority also includes a majority of the investor shares.
In some cases a majority of the investor shares can drag all other shareholders in a sale or otherwise force a company sale if an exit is not achieved within a specified timeframe (eg. 5 years), even though the investor shares are a minority.
 - Tag and Pre-emptive Rights: Unless shares are widely heldthere is usually a mutual expectation that pre-emptive rights and tag along rights will apply to proposed share transfers (other than related party transfers).
Pre-emptive rights for a growth company with financial investors should operate as simple rights of first refusal in favour of other shareholders. Any ability of other shareholders to challenge the sale price sought by the selling shareholder where they consider it exceeds fair value (as is quite common for certain types of closely held companies) is not appropriate.
The percentage sale threshold which triggers tag rights is typically anywhere between 20% and a controlling stake. Some believe that the applicable thresholds for drag along and tag along should match, but this ignores the very different nature of such rights. Best practice for growth companies which attract minority investors is to set the tag along threshold quite low (closer to 20% than a controlling stake) or otherwise provide that co-sale rights will apply if other investors or the company founders exit. Financial investors do not look kindly on founders or other investors being able to exit without that opportunity being extended to all investors (so they can be left behind


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Dance your way into learning about Earth Day with the book "Earth Dance"
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Title – Earth Day Celebration: Earth Dance!
By – Jodi Hough-Garlie
Primary Subject – Language Arts
Secondary Subjects –
Grade Level – First thru Third
Name/Title: Earth Day Celebration: "Earth Dance"
Academic Content: Language Arts with physical movement incorporated.
Purpose of Event: To imitate action sentences from the book, "Earth Dance", with the game
1. Explain what is Earth Day and why we celebrate it?
2. The class needs to have the book "Earth Dance", by Joanne Ryder, read to them by the classroom teacher.
Grade Level: 2 to 3
Resources needed: "Earth Dance", by Joanne Ryder
Large area in room or if nice go outside.
Physical Activity: Rhythmic and locomotor movements with Move/Freeze Game.
- Cognitive: SWBAT understand and know the meaning of Earth Day and why we
- Affective: SWBAT follow directions and rules to the Move/Freeze Game. SWBAT be
socially conscious of Earth Day.
- Psychomotor: SWBAT move in rhythmic and locomotor movements while playing the
Motivation: The teacher will walk to the front of the class with a stick with a poker on the end, in one hand, and a garbage bag in the other while singing, "I'm going to wash that pollution right out of this earth". (To the tune of, "I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair")
1. Motivation – as stated above.
2. Prerequisite – Read book and explain "What is Earth Day and why we celebrate it".
3. Explain the Move/Freeze Game rules and directions. The rules are as follows:
- No talking/mouth sounds
- No running
- No climbing under or over anything
- Hands to yourself
Directions: The teacher will say move in such a way (i.e. a happy second grader). The students will move as stated and after a few seconds the teacher will say freeze. The students should stop moving when the teachers says freeze. The students should freeze in the position that they stopped in. If the students are still moving in anyway (moving head, feet, or hands) the students that were moving will have to go to the designated "refrigerator" chill out spot for a few turns.
4. Demonstrate the Move/Freeze Game. Such as; the teacher will move around the area acting like a queen. The teacher will say freeze and stop moving and freeze in that position.
5. Do three trial runs with the students. Pick three movements that the students are familiar with. Such as; walk like you are walking through snow or act like a baby. Have students move for a few seconds then say freeze. Call the names of any students that are still moving(even wiggling hands or head turning to look at teacher). If playing the game for real these students would have to go to the "refrigerator" to chill out for a couple turns but during the trial runs they can stay. Once the three trial runs are complete then play the real thing.
6. Once they get good at different movements, start incorporating the book, "Earth Dance". Explain to them that they will listen to a sentence of the book and once the teacher is done reading the sentence the students can move to create the sentence. Such as; "Move as if you are the earth, your arms are stretched out wide and you are slowly spinning". Let the students move for a few seconds and say freeze.
7. Continue through the book and play the Move/Freeze Game. Every time they hear the teacher say "move" in the sentence that is their cue to get ready to play.
8. Ask students how they feel or felt as they were pretending to be the earth.
9. Conduct cognitive assessment (as follows in assessment outline.) For the affective and psychomotor the teacher will be observing throughout the game and letting other students be the reader of the "Earth Dance". (Or caller).
- Cognitive: Students will know the meaning of Earth Day. Each student will write a three sentence statement of what they can do to help protect the earth from pollution.
- Affective: Students will follow rules and directions while playing the Move/Freeze Game. Students will take turns watching the class to be sure everyone is following the rules and directions. If not, students will be sent to the "refrigerator" to chill out for one to two turns. Students will actively participate in cleaning the school grounds. (Socially conscious).
- Psychomotor: Students will play the Move/Freeze Game and move when the teacher states a movement and create the movement with their bodies. The students will freeze or stop when the teacher states freeze.
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#2696 closed Defect (fixed)
Investigate halo1 - halo2 differences with ICB
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Context
SETTE tests with ORCA2_ICE_PISCES give different results with nn_hls=1 and nn_hls=2 if icebergs are active. This ticket is to record investigations and potential solutions.
Analysis
This is a tricky one to pin down because differences in run.stat outputs don't show for many timesteps (84 on my test system), the initial differences are very small and much of the calculation in icb routines is done through function calls that are difficult to instrument. First observations are:
 - Running with icebergs on but ln_passive_mode =.true. will give identical results. This isn't surprising since the icebergs do not affect the ocean in this mode. It does, however, provide an option for running with icebergs on for the purposes of assessing computational performance with nn_hls=2 vs nn_hls=1.
 - With ddefault settings, the earliest detectable diffferences can be found after 6 or 7 timesteps in the values returned from icb_accel (icbdyn.F90). These are caused by 14th or 15th decimal place differences in the interpolation weights returned by icb_utl_pos which is called from icb_utl_interp which is called by icb_accel. These differences occur despite the iceberg positions appearing to be 'identical' in the two cases. iceberg positions are given as a continuous local gridcell value so they are offset by one between the two cases but appear otherwise identical to 15 decimal places. Nevertheless the interpolation weights in the two cases have small differences which eventually lead to significant differences. The onset of differences can be delayed by ensuring the calculation of weights is identical in both cases by removing the additional offset in the nn_hls=2 case. For example:
 - icbutl.F90
 svn diff icbutl.F90

 279365 ! note that here there is no +0.5 added
 280366 ! since we're looking for four T points containing quadrant we're in of
 281367 ! current T cell
 282 kii = MAX(0, INT( pi ))
 283 kij = MAX(0, INT( pj )) ! T-point
 284 zwi = pi - REAL(kii,wp)
 285 zwj = pj - REAL(kij,wp)
 368 kii = MAX(0, INT( pi-(nn_hls-1) ))
 369 kij = MAX(0, INT( pj-(nn_hls-1) )) ! T-point
 370 zwi = pi-(nn_hls-1) - REAL(kii,wp)
 371 zwj = pj-(nn_hls-1) - REAL(kij,wp)
 286372 CASE ( 'U' )
 287 kii = MAX(0, INT( pi-0.5_wp ))
 288 kij = MAX(0, INT( pj )) ! U-point
 289 zwi = pi - 0.5_wp - REAL(kii,wp)
 290 zwj = pj - REAL(kij,wp)
 373 kii = MAX(0, INT( pi-(nn_hls-1)-0.5_wp ))
 374 kij = MAX(0, INT( pj-(nn_hls-1) )) ! U-point
 375 zwi = pi-(nn_hls-1) - 0.5_wp - REAL(kii,wp)
 376 zwj = pj-(nn_hls-1) - REAL(kij,wp)
 291377 CASE ( 'V' )
 292 kii = MAX(0, INT( pi ))
 293 kij = MAX(0, INT( pj-0.5_wp )) ! V-point
 294 zwi = pi - REAL(kii,wp)
 295 zwj = pj - 0.5_wp - REAL(kij,wp)
 378 kii = MAX(0, INT( pi-(nn_hls-1) ))
 379 kij = MAX(0, INT( pj-(nn_hls-1)-0.5_wp )) ! V-point
 380 zwi = pi-(nn_hls-1) - REAL(kii,wp)
 381 zwj = pj-(nn_hls-1) - 0.5_wp - REAL(kij,wp)
 296382 CASE ( 'F' )
 297 kii = MAX(0, INT( pi-0.5_wp ))
 298 kij = MAX(0, INT( pj-0.5_wp )) ! F-point
 299 zwi = pi - 0.5_wp - REAL(kii,wp)
 300 zwj = pj - 0.5_wp - REAL(kij,wp)
 383 kii = MAX(0, INT( pi-(nn_hls-1)-0.5_wp ))
 384 kij = MAX(0, INT( pj-(nn_hls-1)-0.5_wp )) ! F-point
 385 zwi = pi-(nn_hls-1) - 0.5_wp - REAL(kii,wp)
 386 zwj = pj-(nn_hls-1) - 0.5_wp - REAL(kij,wp)
 301387 END SELECT
 388 kii = kii + (nn_hls-1)
 389 kij = kij + (nn_hls-1)
 302390 !
 303391 ! compute weight
 304392 pw(1) = (1._wp-zwi) * (1._wp-zwj)
There is further complication in that icb_utl_interp also estimates the local ssh gradient using:
 CALL icb_utl_pos( pi+0.1_wp, pj, 'T', iiTp, ijTp, zwTp, zmskTp )
 CALL icb_utl_pos( pi-0.1_wp, pj, 'T', iiTm, ijTm, zwTm, zmskTm )
 !
 IF ( .NOT. PRESENT(pe1) ) pe1 = icb_utl_bilin_e( e1t, e1u, e1v, e1f, pi, pj )
 pssh_i = ( icb_utl_bilin_h( ssh_e, iiTp, ijTp, zwTp*zmskTp, .false. ) - &
 & icb_utl_bilin_h( ssh_e, iiTm, ijTm, zwTm*zmskTm, .false. ) ) / ( 0.2_wp * pe1 )
To make these calculations identical, the (nn_hls-1) factor has to be subtracted before the offset is applied. An alternative version of icb_utl_pos can be created for this purpose.
These changes further delay the onset of differences but do not eliminate them.
 - A test has been carried out where the least signifcant decimal places of the iceberg positions and speeds are set to zero. I.e.:
 - icbdyn.F90
 svn diff icbdyn.F90

 9696 ! position using di/dt & djdt ! V2 in m/s
 9797 zxi2 = zxi1 + zdt_2 * zu1 ; zuvel2 = zuvel1 + zdt_2 * zax1
 9898 zyj2 = zyj1 + zdt_2 * zv1 ; zvvel2 = zvvel1 + zdt_2 * zay1
 99 zuvel2 = int(zuvel2 * 1.e10_wp,KIND=8)*1.e-10_wp
 100 zvvel2 = int(zvvel2 * 1.e10_wp,KIND=8)*1.e-10_wp
 101 zxi2 = int(zxi2 * 1.e10_wp,KIND=8)*1.e-10_wp
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Primrose (Primula) & Polyanthus Plants
Primrose (Primula) and Polyanthus plants can be relied upon to give colour for months on end. These are spring flowering bedding plants that are planted in autumn (so they are often referred to as Autumn bedding plants) and some of the earliest can be in flower for Christmas.
Primroses and Polyanthus are hardy plants that shrug off winter cold, and they'll just keep on flowering. In a range of colours from traditional creamy-yellow to bright blues and magentas they'll brighten up beds, borders and containers for months.
Leave them in the ground once they've finished flowering, they'll sit quietly throughout the summer and flower every spring.


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Women and Retirement : Challenges of a New Life Stage
148 p. 25 cm
This is the first book of its kind to examine women's retirement within a lifespan perspective. Besed on the authors' extensive research study with 1000 retired Australian women, the book presents models of various retirement trajectories and compares women's experiences with the more widely researched retirement experiences of men.
In the last century, changes to the nature and patterns of women's working lives have been vast. Notably, the huge increase in women's participation in the paid workforce means that today women are retiring in unprecedented numbers. How do they cope with this lifestyle transition? What major difficulties do they face? How do they process the problems associated with managing this transition in fulfilling ways while juggling family, financial, friendship, ageing and health issues? To date, most retirement studies have focused on men, and therefore gender-specific issues relating to post-work life, such as the pay gap, the double shift, women's longer lifespans and their traditional roles as carers and social nurturers, have been afforded far less attention. Women and Retirement: Challenges of a New Life Stage is the first book of its kind to examine women's retirement using a lifespan perspective. Based on the authors' extensive study of over 1,000 retired Australian women as well as current research, the book presents models of various retirement trajectories and compares women's experiences with the more widely researched retirement experiences of men. Moore and Rosenthal consider the nature of the transition from full-time work to retirement and the many different pathways and factors influencing this journey: women's financial status in the retirement years; their health changes; and the varied activity patterns they adopt. Women and Retirement is a comprehensive, up-to-date and evidence-based review of the female retirement experience. It will be invaluable for courses on ageing and health within psychology, women's studies, social work and sociology, and for use by practitioners in these fields.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. RETIREMENT THEN AND NOW 2. WOMEN AT WORK 3. FINANCIAL SECURITY IN RETIREMENT 4. PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING 5. THE PSYCHOSOCIAL JOURNEY: FROM WORKER TO RETIREE 6. RETIREMENT AND HEALTH 7. WHAT NEXT? 8. ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE References Index


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The Problem
There are a number of different places jar files originate during execution of a transformation in the AEL engine:
 1. The set of jars in data-integration/lib
 2. Jars from spark-install/jars
 3. Jars from the hadoop classpath
 4. AEL jars in Karaf
 5. Jars from kettle plugins (OSGi and otherwise)
Library versions contained in these different locations can and will conflict in some cases. This can cause general problems where spark libraries conflict with hadoop libraries [1]. It also has the potential to create AEL specific problems [2].
Several bugs have arisen because of library conflicts, both within AEL code and from Spark generally:
OSGi is valuable specifically because it deals with these sorts of problems, and luckily most of AEL execution happens within Karaf. The places where we're vulnerable, however, are:
 1. Execution which occurs outside of the engine, not leveraging karaf (like SparkWebSocketMain).
 2. The set of packages specified by org.osgi.framework.system.packages.extra (from karaf/etc/custom.properties). That is, the set of packages exposed from the framework classloader.
As of Pentaho 8.0, running AEL with Spark 2.1.0, the set of jars in conflict between spark-install/jars and data-integration/lib are the following 24 libraries:
PDI 8.0
SPARK 2.1.0
activation-1.1.jar
activation-1.1.1.jar
antlr-complete-3.5.2.jar
antlr-2.7.7.jar
commons-beanutils-1.9.3.jar
commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar
commons-configuration-1.9.jar
commons-configuration-1.6.jar
commons-io-2.2.jar
commons-io-2.4.jar
commons-lang3-3.0.jar
commons-lang3-3.5.jar
commons-net-1.4.1.jar
commons-net-2.2.jar
commons-pool-1.5.7.jar
commons-pool-1.5.4.jar
derby-10.2.1.6.jar
derby-10.12.1.1.jar
eigenbase-properties-1.1.2.jar
eigenbase-properties-1.1.5.jar
httpclient-4.5.3.jar
httpclient-4.5.2.jar
httpcore-4.4.6.jar
httpcore-4.4.4.jar
jackson-annotations-2.3.3.jar
jackson-annotations-2.6.5.jar
jackson-core-2.3.3.jar
jackson-core-2.6.5.jar
jackson-core-asl-1.9.2.jar
jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar
jackson-databind-2.3.3.jar
jackson-databind-2.6.5.jar
jackson-jaxrs-1.9.2.jar
jackson-jaxrs-1.9.13.jar
jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.2.jar
jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar
jackson-xc-1.9.3.jar
jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
janino-2.5.16.jar
janino-3.0.0.jar
jersey-client-1.19.1.jar
jersey-client-2.22.2.jar
jersey-server-1.19.1.jar
jersey-server-2.22.2.jar
jetty-util-8.1.15.v20140411.jar
jetty-util-6.1.26.jar
joda-time-1.6.jar
joda-time-2.9.3.jar
slf4j-api-1.7.7.jar
slf4j-api-1.7.16.jar
slf4j-log4j12-1.7.7.jar
slf4j-log4j12-1.7.16.jar
snappy-java-1.1.0.jar
snappy-java-1.1.2.6.jar
validation-api-1.0.0.GA.jar
validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar
Of these, the set of packages exposed from the framework classloader boil down to these packages:
Code Block
com.sun.jersey.api.client
org.apache.commons.configuration
org.apache.commons.pool
org.apache.commons.pool.impl
org.apache.http
org.apache.http.client.utils
org.slf4j
Since these packages are provided via the framework classloader, and are loaded from indeterminate lib versions, there's inherent risk that undesired and unpredictable behavior could result.
Risk Mitigation
 1. Test specific Spark and Hadoop versions and recommend sticking to that set.
 2. Minimize usage of classes within the above packages. Update the list of potentially conflicting packages as new releases come out.
 3. Wherever possible, leverage classes injected via blueprint within AEL.
 4. Avoid usage of libraries that overlap with hadoop / spark libraries for any packages retrieved via the framework classloader.
References
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For Parents: Books
||Living With the Active Alert Child: Groundbreaking Strategies for Parents
||Author and psychologist Linda Budd offers hope for parents by spelling out the characteristics of "active alerts" and teaches how to help these children thrive in school and family.
The appearance of any information in the Davidson Institute's Database does not imply an endorsement by, or any affiliation with, the Davidson Institute. All information presented is for informational purposes only and is solely the opinion of and the responsibility of the author. Although reasonable effort is made to present accurate information, the Davidson Institute makes no guarantees of any kind, including as to accuracy or completeness. Use of such information is at the sole risk of the reader.


Silkworm Diseases
The mulberry silkworm is susceptible to various diseases and is attacked by parasites and pests. Various types of silkworm diseases of larvae are caused by virus, bacteria, fungus and protozoa. These diseases of larvae cause great trouble and loss to the silkworms. So each and every of the silkworm diseases are to be treated seriously, otherwise can create epidemic. There are four major diseases that are caused by parasites and these diseases are :
(i) Pebrine
(ii) Flacherie
(iii) Grasserieand
(iv) Muscardine.
It is a dangerous disease to the silkworms and the causative organism is the Nosemabombyc is belonging to the phylum protozoa. During the year 1865-70, this disease is first diagnosed by the great Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur. This silkworm disease is transmitted through the egg of the mother silkworm and also through ingestion of contaminated food.
Symptoms of Pebrine:
Pebrine disease
Pebrine disease
(i) Infected eggs are lacking adhesive gum and so they are easily detached from the card board.
(ii) The larvae become sluggish and dull.
(iii) They have poor appetite and stop feeding.
(iv) The larvae in a rearing tray are of various sizes due to unequal growth.
(v) Infected larvae are lacking lusture.
(vi) In the advanced stage of the disease, there are irregular black spots as pepper grains on the body of the larvae. So the disease is named as pebrine.
Prevention and Control of Pebrine :
(i) After laying of eggs the female moth is crushed and the fluid of the moth is examined under the microscope ; if the spores of the Nosernabombysisare ovserved in the fluid then all the eggs are to be destroyed to control these silkworm diseases.
(ii) Disease free eggs are dipped in a 2% formalin solution for few minutes and then washed in running water for rearing.
(iv) Disinfection of rearing room, frequent inspection of larvae in the rearing tray and destruction of diseased larvae are the general preventive measures.
This disease generally occurs in the mature larvae and caused mainly by bacteria like streptococcus and Staphylococcus.
Symptoms of Flacheria :
Flacherie infected silkworm
Flacherie infected silkworm
(i) In this case there is loss of appetite in the larvae.
(ii) The larvae become sluggish and grow slowly.
(iii) The skin of larvae becomes inelastic and softening of body take place.
(iv) In the advance stage of the disease, the larvae vomit liquid material and evacuate loose bowel.
(v) The larvae become motionless, discolored and flaccid.
(vi) The body becomes black and then death occurs.
Prevention and Control of Flacheria:
(i) The diseased silkworms should be isolated from the rearing tray and then destroyed.
(ii) Maintain normal temperature, humidity and ventilation of the rearing room, supply healthy and good leaf as food, avoid overfeeding, avoid overcrowding in the rearing room etc. are necessary to prevent such silkworm diseases.
This disease is caused by a virus.
Symptoms of Grasserie:
(i) In such case of infection the larvae lose its appetite and become yellow.
(ii) The body becomes swollen and shiny.
(iii) The blood of the larvae becomes turbid like pus and when the skin is broken, milky pus flows out which is known as jaundice of the silkworm.
Prevention and Control of Grasserie:
(i) The diseased larvae should isolated from the rearing tray and subsequently the larvae
(ii) Suitable leaves, proper ventilation and spacing are selected for the rearing of silkworm.
These silkworm diseases are caused by a fungus known as Beuveriabassiana.
Symptoms of Muscardine:
Mascardine infection
Mascardine infection
(i) In such infection the diseased larva loses appetite and as a result it becomes sluggish.
(ii) The body of the larvae becomes stiff.
(iii) The body is covered with white powder like material.
(iv) The larva ultimately becomes dead and appears like a chalky white stick.
Prevention and Control of Muscardine:
(i) The infected larvae are removed and destroyed.
(ii) Good ventilation and normal humidity are to be maintained in the rearing room.
Except such silkworm diseases there have also some enemied of silkworm such as rats, ants, house lizards etc., whenever they got opportunity, they utilize the silkworm as their food material. But these enemies are of minor importance in comparison to pests. The most dangerous enemy of silkworm is the parasitic fly which is commonly known as 'Uzi' fly (Tricholygabombycis). If this fly enters inside the rearing room, the female fly lays eggs on the silkworm larva and after hatching the young maggots of the fly feed on the silkworm larvae. Thus the parasite kills its host and causing heavy damage.
Prevention is to use fine wire-net is to be fitted in the windows and door of the rearingroom, so that the fly cannot enter inside the room. This is only preventive measure against such fly.


Date of Award
Summer 8-12-2014
Degree Type
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
First Advisor
Andrew Altman
Second Advisor
Andrew Jason Cohen
Third Advisor
Christie Hartley
In his liberal theory of justice, John Rawls stipulates that the principles of justice selected will be generally complied with. This assumption of full compliance is characteristic of what Rawls calls "ideal theory," i.e., a theory that seeks to formulate and justify ideal principles of justice. David Schmidtz contends that the full compliance assumption undermines the practical relevance of ideal theory. I argue that Schmidtz's criticisms of full compliance do not succeed. Understanding why his arguments fail requires an examination of both Schmidtz's and Rawls's views of the nature of justice and the function of political philosophy. I explain why full compliance can plausibly be assumed in Rawls's ideal theory given the conception of justice he employs, and articulate the problem Schmidtz's argument faces if it relies on his view of the role of political philosophy.


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According to the Canadian Dermatology Association, acne affects over 20% of adults between the ages of 20 and 40. When you're searching for natural skincare products to help clear up acne, there is no one magic solution that will forever clear up your acne, but we are confident that using glacial oceanic clay as part of your skincare routine can help.
Why are we so certain? At NENA, we are experts in glacial oceanic clay. We are dedicated to creating skincare that works to address your concerns, so we've taken the time to invest in research and studies to prove the natural benefits of glacial oceanic clay.
For example, we've had our glacial oceanic clay tested by a third-party lab in Canada, to verify the quality of our clay and these are the proven findings:
- Our clay produced a significant average reduction of 95% in skin surface sebum after application of Glacial Oceanic Clay on face.
Glacial Oceanic Clay has an immediate effect in reducing the appearance of pores, particularly dilated pores.
Research studies also show that:
- Glacial clay contains soothing and anti-inflammatory properties.
- It increases collagen production by 70%. It has anti-aging benefits.
"I genuinely noticed a difference in my skin's texture and pore size after the first application. I followed up the mask with their moisturizing cream which was lightweight, absorbed quickly, and left my skin feeling smooth and hydrated." - @LauralHartman (via Instagram)
If that's not reason enough for you to try us out, what about reading these reviews from real customers who can testify that NENA Skincare is a tried, tested, and true solution for acne? With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we've compiled some of the most heartfelt reviews from our customers on how our natural NENA products have cleared up their acne and changed their skin.
Here's what our customers had to say after trying NENA Glacial Skincare for their acne concerns:
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Hammond High Magnet School Senior Project
The mission of the Hammond High Magnet School Senior Project is to challenge and engage all seniors in a rigorous inquiry-based process, which provides students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and expertise as creative problem solvers, effective communicators, responsible citizens, and lifelong learners. The Hammond High Magnet School Senior Project aims to allow students to take control of, and have a voice in, their own education and development as individuals and learners.
Senior Project Goals
Major Components of HHMS Senior Project
- Seniors will complete a project that demonstrates integrated skills and independent learning.
- The senior project will provide depth and rigor to the senior level english curriculum.
- Provide students with the opportunity to showcase their knowledge and talents to the community through interaction with a mentor.
- Research-based paper
The Senior Project Handbook is in the process of being modified at the moment. As soon as the modifications are complete, the handbook will be able to be accessed here. If you have any questions regarding the senior project, please feel free to email _EMAIL_.


Games – Pass the Clap
By Randall | Games for Workshop
25 Dec 2011
Everyone stands in a circle. One person starts by making eye contact with the person next to them, and then both of them clap at the same time. The second person then turns to the next person, and they clap together. The "clap" is passed in this way around the circle until a pair does not clap in sync. The direction of the clap can also reverse, if the receiver does not turn and claps with the sender again. The receiver is in control of whether the clap will continue in its current direction, or switch, and they should use their body to indicate this to both of their neighbors.
Naturally, a rhythm develops, and the group will tend to clap with the rhythm, which is good, but you should never forsake your partner for the sake of the rhythm. If you see in their eyes or hands that they are not ready, slow down so you can clap together. However, once the group breaks the rhythm, they should all try to refocus and get back to it.
Variation 1: Pass the bear/chicken
Played on top of Pass the Clap. Instead of clapping, take a bear stance (with arms outstretched above your head into ferocious claws) and roar with your partner. Or fold your arms and flap them like a chicken while clucking like one. Once the clap is moving at a good, steady pace, someone can initiate the bear, and then the chicken. Since both of these movements are more involved than clapping, the bear and the chicken will move around the circle more slowly. That's ok! The result will be: receive bear, pass bear, receive chicken, pass chicken, receive clap, pass clap, catch breath for a second and prepare to receive bear again. It will feel very harried as you are constantly doing something, which is good training for the mental gymnastics your brain has to do if you are really working and paying attention in an improv scene. Do not try to switch direction, or a bear will end up eating a chicken.
Variation 2: Pass the RAP
Played the same way as Pass the Clap, but in addition to clapping at the same time, each pair of people also chooses a "rap" word (like "YAY-ah", "Bitches","Money","Gat","Bling", etc.). The first time around the circle, have the initiator clap and say the word, then have both people in the pairing clap and say the word together. Definitely include some direction switches; repetition makes this game even more fun than it already is.
Purpose: This games helps us communicate very quickly and watch for non-verbal clues, while also reinforcing group focus. The variations give us an opportunity to do stop worrying about looking stupid and just have fun with the group.
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How do you ask a girl for pictures?
Here's how to politely and respectfully ask to see more photos of her:
- 1) Begin by starting a conversation! It's better to ask for more photos once you've been talking back and forth a bit, first.
- 2) Wait a couple of solid message exchanges. Get the conversation going first.
- 3) Ask politely to see more pics!
What to say to a girl when she sends you a picture?
- "You have the prettiest eyes."
- "You have the best cheekbones."
- "You Are Gorgeous"
- "You Have Such a Positive Charisma"
- "I Like Your Style"
- "You Hair Looks Amazing"
- "There's Something About You"
- "You are Different than the Other Girls"
Should I ask a girl for pics?
In my experience, the best practices for asking a girl for sending pictures of herself are as following: Don't ask unless you've already gotten to know her a bit and are already somewhat close to her. Don't even think about asking her for more pictures unless she is expressing interest in continuing to talk to you.
How do you ask someone to take a picture?
- Put your camera on the Auto mode. Make it as easy as you can for your potential photographer.
- Look around for someone to take your picture. Some people to look for are:
- Make eye contact and smile. Don't just walk up to your camera and hand it to them.
- Ask them.
- Relax and trust your instincts.
- Thank the person.
What do I ask a girl?
12 Best Questions to Ask a Girl You Like
- What's something you thought you'd grow out of but haven't?
- What age do you feel right now and why?
- As the only human left on Earth, what would you do?
- How different was your life one year ago?
- What is your best childhood memory?
- What's something you've always wanted to try?
What does it mean when a girl asks for a selfie?
What does it mean when a girl asks you to send her a picture of yourself that you took with your camera or phone? It means the girl would like a picture of you, one that looks like you took it with your camera or phone.
What does? mean from a girl?
? Meaning – Two Hearts
This emoji is widely used to express warm feelings, love and romance. This emoji is present in many romantic texts, and can mean everything that is related to it: from "love is in the air" to the deeper and mature emotions. Sometimes used by girls simply to decorate warm friendly letters.
What does? mean from a girl?
Mwah! The winky-kissy face throwing a kiss emoji, or kissing face, is mostly used to express romantic affection or appreciation for someone or something.
What does ☺ mean from a girl?
☺ Smiling Face
Conveys a wide range of warm, positive feelings, including love, happiness, and gratitude. Similar to? Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes, which has a broader smile, no eyebrows, and smiling eyes. This smiley predates Unicode emoji support.
What is a dirty picture?
The Dirty Picture is a 2011 Indian biographical musical drama film inspired by the life of Silk Smitha, a South Indian actress noted for her erotic roles. The filmmakers have clarified that the story is not officially or literally based on Smitha alone, but on many of her southern contemporaries such as Disco Shanti.
How do you get a girl to send you?
How Do I Get a Girl to SEND NUDES? –
How do you talk to girls?
Here are 4 simple things to talk about with a girl to keep the conversation going:
- Talk About Your Day. One easy trick to keep the conversation flowing is to talk about your day.
- Talk About Yourself. Another go-to topic is yourself.
- Talk About Her. Finally, just encourage her to talk about herself!
- Ask The Right Questions.


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Evacuations invariably involve companion animals, wildlife and livestock so emergency relief agencies will likely require provisions for:
Council is working with the Department of Environment and Primary Industries to develop a Animal Welfare Plan.
Department of Environment and Primary Industries and Victorian Farmers Federation are responsible for gathering and distributing emergency fodder supplies. Provision of fodder for animals after an emergency is an essential emergency relief function, as existing sources may have been destroyed in the incident.
Supplies of water may also be required for livestock after an emergency; The Department of Environment and Primary Industries will be able to provide advice to municipal councils about urgent needs for emergency water supplies.
6.28 Evaluation of Recovery Activities
6.30 Emergency Accommodation


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Those familiar with weather folklore know the legend: If it rains on July 15, rain will continue over the next 40 days. If it is fair on Swithun's Day, that pattern too will prevail for 40 days.
Swithun was a 9th-century Bishop of Winchester and, according to a much later story, showed his displeasure when his body was moved inside the cathedral by bringing torrential rain on July 15.
Other northern countries have similar weather lore centered around dates in that time of year. The changing pattern of the wind currents may account for this.


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Background: The health effects and safety of non-nutritive sweeteners were investigated through various studies, with different study designs. ROBINS-I is proposed as a tool for quality assessment of non-randomised studies (non-RCTs).
Objectives: To assess the quality of non-RCTs with ROBINS-I, as part of a systematic review about health effects of non-nutritive sweeteners.
Methods: We used standard systematic review methodology as proposed by the Cochrane Handbook for the systematic review. Quality assessment of non-RCTs was conducted using ROBINS-I following the published guidance. A common understanding on how to assess each ROBINS-I domain was sought for in repeated discussions prior to assessment. Pairs of researchers independently assessed risk of bias in all domains and noted their results and comments in an Excel sheet. A harmonised understanding of the domains and the judgement was supported by discussing disagreements after initial assessment.
Results: We identified and included 60 studies in the systematic review. Of these, 32 were non-RCTs, including 9 non-RCTS or quasi-RCTs, 6 cohort studies, 16 case-control studies, and 1 cross-sectional study. Most non-RCTs had a serious risk of bias according to ROBINS-I assessment. A common understanding of the domains and judgement procedure during assessment had to be established by using the ROBINS-I guidance and during various group discussions.
Conclusions: The initial understanding of and the judgement with the ROBINS-I assessment tool varied slightly across researchers, but a common understanding could be established by using the guidance and group discussions. Comments and notes about common methodological procedures in nutritional research supported the judgement of the study quality. Guidance for the quality assessment of different study designs with ROBINS-I would be helpful in our perspective.


TY - JOUR T1 - Association between food insecurity and gestational diabetes mellitus: A casecontrol study TT - ارتباط ناامنی غذایی با دیابت بارداری: مطالعه ی مورد_ شاهدی JF - sjsph JO - sjsph VL - 13 IS - 3 UR - _URL_ Y1 - 2015 SP - 73 EP - 84 KW - Food insecurity KW - Gestational diabetes mellitus KW - Pregnant women N2 - Background and Aim: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common medical problems in pregnant women. Nutrition plays an important role in the prevention and control of this disease. Some studies have found a relationship between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and food insecurity. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between food insecurity and GDM. Material and Methods: : This case-control study included 274 pregnant women (137 GDM cases and 137 healthy controls) selected by convenience sampling. Data on the subjects' food insecurity, demographic features and physical activity (MET) were collected by interviewing and their heights and weights measured. For the analysis of the data, the Chi-square test, independent sample t-test and multivariate and univariate logistic regression tests were used, the statistical software being SPSS 16.0. Results: On the whole, 18.2% and 21.9% of the women in the case and control groups suffered from food insecurity, respectively. There were statistically significant differences between the case and control groups with regard to a previous history of pregnancy, a family history of diabetes in the first and second degree relatives, and a history of giving birth to a baby weighing over 4 kgs. Further analysis of the data showed a family history of diabetes mellitus and a low socio-economic status to be independent risk factors for GDB. Conclusion: No statistically significant difference was observed between food insecurity of the women and gestational diabetes mellitus in this study. Despite this finding, considering that there are associations between food insecurity and other types of diabetes mellitus, we recommend further studies on this subject to be able to either accept or reject the hypothesis on the association between food insecurity and gestational diabetes mellitus. M3 ER -