Trait gtk::prelude::FlowBoxChildExt[][src]
pub trait FlowBoxChildExt: 'static {
 fn changed(&self);
fn index(&self) -> i32;
fn is_selected(&self) -> bool;
fn connect_activate<F: Fn(&Self) + 'static>(&self, f: F) -> SignalHandlerId;
fn emit_activate(&self); }
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Trait containing all FlowBoxChild methods.
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Marks self as changed, causing any state that depends on this to be updated. This affects sorting and filtering.
Note that calls to this method must be in sync with the data used for the sorting and filtering functions. For instance, if the list is mirroring some external data set, and two children changed in the external data set when you call changed() on the first child, the sort function must only read the new data for the first of the two changed children, otherwise the resorting of the children will be wrong.
This generally means that if you don't fully control the data model, you have to duplicate the data that affects the sorting and filtering functions into the widgets themselves. Another alternative is to call FlowBoxExt::invalidate_sort() on any model change, but that is more expensive.
Gets the current index of the self in its FlowBox container.
Returns
the index of the self, or -1 if the self is not in a flow box.
Returns whether the self is currently selected in its FlowBox container.
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true if self is selected
The ::activate signal is emitted when the user activates a child widget in a FlowBox, either by clicking or double-clicking, or by using the Space or Enter key.
While this signal is used as a [keybinding signal][GtkBindingSignal], it can be used by applications for their own purposes.
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Question about βmax
 1. Hi!
 I'm tinkering with a circuit for an amplifier and have a question about entities. What's is the difference between β (hFE) and βmax?
 2. jcsd
 3. Even if you just have full bucket of transistors of the same type (2N2222). Each of them will have a slightly different beta. So the BJT vendors in data sheet tell as that in our bucket we will find transistors with beta value between Hfe_min and Hfe_max. But most of our transistors will have a typical value of beta also given in the datasheet.
 And when we design the amplifier circuit we always pick Hfe_min form datasheet.
 4. Ok... How would I interpret these different betas?
 5. Do you understand what Beta IS? Min and max are just the highest and lowest expected values for a given type of transistor. If you don't know what the beta of a transistor is, then look it up.
 6. I don't understand your question?
 Transistor beta (Hfe) is not constant and datasheet for every transistor part number gives a range for Hfe, also every transistor has its own unique Hfe value. The Hfe is a range of numbers because they cannot make transistors accurately. Also the Hfe changes when the collector current is changed and the hfe changes when the temperature changes.
 7. Sry, I forgot to think before I posted the last one.
 8. is it true you can only use h-parameters for dc analysis? I know ebers-mole is their but I don't know calculus.
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 Here is a good place to learn Transistor Operation without needing calculus; just a little algebra instead.
 So you see, β gives you a ball-park current gain which can be helpful to obtain ball-part circuit design results.
 10. No, you cannot use a small signal h-parameters for DC analysis. You can use h-parameter only for small-signal analysis. For DC analysis all we need is to use both of Kirchhoff's law and Ohm's law.
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 You should always only use ball-park values to design transistor circuits. Any design that depends on an accurate value of any specific transistor parameter is a bad design.
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 :thumbs: That ain't no lie.
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This abandoned factory of OPEL auto makers in Bochum, Germany.
This abandoned factory of OPEL auto makers in Bochum, Germany, looks like a great place to explore.
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The Origins and Codes of Urban Exploration
Curiosity about abandoned places has fostered urban exploration (UE) for centuries. But many credit a counterculture group known as the Suicide Club, formed in San Francisco in the late 1970s, as the progenitors of modern urban exploration. This group undertook tours of utility tunnels and old hospitals around the city and threw dinner parties in strange places like the Golden Gate Bridge [source: San Francisco Chronicle]. The Suicide Club, in part, helped to point out that there are vast, forgotten areas of the urban landscape and suggested that perhaps there's some value in infiltrating these places. And thus, urban exploration was born.
Urban needn't mean "city." In regard to UE, it means investigating any man-made structure. While developed areas, like cities, have more sites to offer, some very interesting structures are off the beaten path. They take explorers to remote abandoned mines or missile silos in the middle of nowhere. Unusual or unique man-made structures like abandoned ships, amusement parks, derelict insane asylums and decommissioned military installations offer as much adventure as more mundane locales. Everyday places like vacated shopping malls, sewer systems and office complexes all beckon urban explorers. As long as the site is no longer in use, off-limits and man-made, an urban explorer will probably want to visit.
UE gained popularity during the 1990s, and codes of conduct have developed over time. Explorers follow ethics like not taking anything found in these places or leaving any trace of their presence. Graffiti is definitely frowned upon, as is any form of vandalism. Nothing should be taken or broken. As an explorer called TunnelBug succinctly put it, "If it's gone, then other people who come here won't be able to enjoy it" [source: San Francisco Chronicle].
Urban exploration purists advocate only trespassing -- not breaking and entering. This means that using wire cutters to create an opening in a fence, breaking windows or kicking in doors is against the code of ethics. This forces explorers to get creative when finding an entry point into a structure.
These explorers usually take photos of the places they visit. The Internet has boosted the profile of UE, and photos of excursions can be found on any number of Web sites, as can videos of exploration on sites like YouTube. It's also allowed groups to form in countries around the world. Books and documentary films of the culture have been produced. And there are legends in this impromptu community. One explorer is revered for infiltrating a tunnel beneath a cemetery that was filled with stalactites made of grave wax -- fatty deposits from decaying corpses.
It should be said that UE is an extremely dangerous and illegal pastime. By nature, old abandoned buildings are unsafe. They haven't been maintained or inspected, sometimes for decades. Rotting floorboards, collapsing roofs and unstable staircases can lead to injury or death. And accidents do happen from time to time. In January 2008, two Australians were killed while exploring a sewer system in Sydney. A burst of rainwater from a sudden storm swept them off their feet and carried them to a sewer grate, where they were pinned and drowned [source: The Age].
Incidents like this have attracted police forces' attention. In South Wales, police warned people to stay away from an abandoned local theater after explorers posted photos taken inside the structure [source: Swansea]. Increased police awareness of UE, as well as burgeoning public popularity and media attention, have caused many explorers to take their activity underground. They've begun tightening standards of group membership and hiding their Web sites.
So with all of the danger and possible run-ins with the law, why do people engage in urban exploration? Find out why on the next page.


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Fun Facts about Kunekunes
Kunekune pigs reach their full growth at about 5 years old. The females weigh 100-185 pounds and the males weigh 185-250 pounds. They are about 2 feet tall on average and have erect or semi-lop ears; they can have one wattle, two wattles, or no wattles at all under their chins. (The wattles are also called "tassles" or by their Maori name, piri piri.)
They eat grass pasture, grass hay, and pig pellets, and they love whole fresh fruits and vegetables. Kunekune pigs gain weight very easily so we are careful not to overfeed. They are very clean and dislike dirty straw, although they do naturally protect themselves from sunburn, bug bites, and hot weather by coating themselves in clay.
Kunekunes are native to New Zealand and were traditionally raised by the Maori people for meat. In the United States, they are often used for pets and companions, for leaning up weeds and fallen fruit in orchards and vineyards, and for meat. Their gestation period is 3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days.
For more photos, videos, and information about our Kunekunes, please visit Hakune Matata Pig Farm.
- Gilt. A young female pig who has not had a litter.
- Sow. An adult female pig who has given birth to piglets.
- Boar. An adult male pig.
- Stag. A castrated adult male pig.
- Barrow. A castrated male pig who has not yet reached adulthood.

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Six-year project could make internet 100 times faster
Ian Grant
The internet could be 100 times faster than it is today if a new £7.2m six-year research project, the Photonics HyperHighway, is successful.
University and science minister David Willetts said the investment will see scientists from the universities of Southampton and Essex working with industry partners BBC Research and Development, Fianium and Oclaro to develop new materials and devices for optical fibre networks. The project will look at the way fibre optics are used, and develop new materials and devices to increase internet bandwidth to ensure that the web can cope with rising demand.
The future internet would have to be based on optical fibre to meet an annual 80% growth in traffic driven by applications such as internet television and cloud computing, said project leader Southampton professor David Payne.
Willetts said the internet was "fundamental to our lives" and that Britain had to ensure that the web infrastructure could continue to meet demand for it.
Payne added, "Our ambition is nothing less than to rebuild the internet hardware to suit it to the needs of 21st-century Britain. This project proposes a radical transformation of the physical infrastructure that underpins these networks."
The UK internet industry was worth an estimated £100bn, so it was in the country's interest to make it even better for businesses and help boost economic growth, Willetts said.
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 The first would be the actual math of it, something which is probably covered in many places, like here.
 The second issue is applying that in Construct blocks or Javascript, in this case I'd suggest fiddling around with the engine, also looking at some basic tutorials so you get the grasp of the task.
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Bangabandhu: Constant as the North Star
Bappy Rahman
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Bangabandhu: Constant as the North Star
Bappy Rahman
I am as constant as the northern star" is a quote from William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar. It comes from Act III, Scene I, and is spoken by Caesar to his conspirators right before they assassinate him. The conspirators have come to Caesar in the Senate under the pretence of pleading for amnesty for Metellus's banished brother, Publius Cimber. Caesar replies that he will adhere to his word and not change his earlier decision. Comparing himself to the North Star, Caesar boasts of his constancy, his commitment to the law, and his refusal to waver under any persuasion. This comparison implies more than steadfastness.
Bangabandhu is similar to Julius Caesar's expression in our community life, our national life, and our state life "… constant as the northern star". Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation, is the architect of independent Bangladesh. Bangabandhu is not a mere individual. Basically, he is an institution. A movement. A revolution. An upsurge! Bangabandhu is the essence of epic poetry, and he is history, and this history goes back a thousand years. That's why contemporary history has recognised him as the 'greatest Bengali of all time'. Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro once compared Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the Himalayas. The former Cuban president made the remarks in 1973 when he met with Bangabandhu.
Bangabandhu chose his struggling life for and dedicated his life to bringing the freedom of the people. He earned independence for the countrymen, presented a state to them, and gave scope for their self-identity. Bangabandhu had wanted to provide a beautiful life to the people after bringing them freedom. It is our bad luck that he could not leave by building the country. Bangladesh would have been a developed and prosperous nation and stood as an example in the world had Bangabandhu got some time.
Bangabandhu envisioned equal rights for all. He took an economic policy immediately after the independence, envisioning equal rights for all. The new government, under the leadership of Bangabandhu, outlined the fiscal policy, prioritising relief and rehabilitation so the war affected people especially the rural poor get necessary support to start their life anew. Within just a short period of time from the independence Bangabandhu constituted a very strong and farsighted five-member Planning Commission. Considering the future development journey of a war-hit country, Bangabandhu had been able to award the country's first five-year plan before the nation alongside undertaking various reform initiatives in different sectors to reenergise the economy since the state coffer was almost zero after the War of Liberation. Bangabandhu had reenergised the country's agriculture sector through undertaking various initiatives. It was only Bangabandhu who had laid the foundation of the country's huge successes in agriculture. Bangabandhu always worked for poor. Even when he was a little child, he shared his father's crops with his poor neighbour.
Before election in 1970, Bangabandhu declared that farmers would not require paying tax for owning 25 bigha lands, but none would be allowed to own more than 100 bigha of land. Even the key issue of the six-point movement was to ensure economic rights since Pakistan government effectively detached the people of East Pakistan from all sorts of economic activities. During that tenure of only three and a half years of Bangabandhu had made hefty allocations in the agriculture sector, transformed a jute research laboratory into an institute side by side established and reformed the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Cotton Development Board.
In the early dawn of 15th August 1975 the founding father of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the members of his family were killed by a group of wayward army officials. Martial law was imposed in the country and an indemnity ordinance was passed on November 8, 1975 by the then parliament immunity from prosecution the self-confessed killers of Bangabandhu by incorporating the notorious said ordinance in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh which is a manipulation of the Constitution. No subsequent government repealed the said ordinance but played with the Constitution until the indemnity ordinance was repealed in 1996.
The nation's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed to destroy Bengali nation, culture, values and all institutions. Through the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman not only was he murdered but the country's progressive development was impaired. Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the nation by radio: 'the light has gone out of our lives, and there is darkness everywhere, and I do not quite know what to tell you or how to say it'. This statement is also applicable for Bangabandhu. Bangabandhu was a source of courage, and the height of leadership that he reached during the liberation war was unprecedented. His unchallenged leadership, and his charisma and courage, moved 75 million people to fight for a free country.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman does not belong to Bangladesh alone. He is the harbinger of freedom for all Bengalis. His Bengali nationalism is the new emergence of Bengali civilisation and culture. Mujib is the hero of the Bengalis, in the past and in the times that are. In fact, one can kill a man but one cannot kill a spirit. Bangabandhu instilled in the hearts of millions, the spirit of Bengali nationalism that inspired them to fight against all odds for freedom and emancipation. Bangabandhu might have been killed physically but his soul is immortal. He lives eternally. As long as this country exists, he will exist immortally. Without a doubt, Bangabandhu is the greatest Bangalee of our known history. He gave us a nation, a new country, a new identity. Even today, Bangabandhu Mujib is more powerful as dead than anyone of us alive. Bangabandhu is still alive in the minds and hearts of innumerable admirers and will continue to live there.


their length. Patient questions were divided into quartiles each containing 25% of the messages (Table 4). This confirmed that for most of the questions, the effect of question length on answer time was negligible. The answer time was 2.1 minutes (95% CI 1.9–2.3) for the shortest 25% of questions and 2.4 minutes (95% CI 2.2–2.7) for the longest 25%.
Time physicians spent answering patients' questions by question length
Patient question length Number of answers Physician answer time in minutes (95% CI)
Quartile Number of characters
1 0–308 278 2.1 (1.9–2.3)
2 309–398 280 2.3 (2.1–2.5)
3 399–594 277 2.2 (1.9–2.5)
4 595–3315 278 2.4 (2.2–2.7)
Hypothesis B states that the longest questions would consume an unreasonably large amount of physicians' time resources. These questions were defined as being the top 10% of questions (110 questions) with regard to length (>916 characters) (see Table 5).
Time physicians spent answering the longest 10% of patients' questions
Number of questions Patient question (mean number of characters) Physician answer time (minutes)
Shortest 90% of questions (≤916 characters) 1003 420 2.2
Longest 10% of questions (>916 characters) _PHONE_ 2.6
As shown in Table 5, the 10% longest patient questions were approximately 3 times the length of shorter questions (420 characters versus 1300 characters). However, the physicians spent on average 18% more time answering the 10% longest questions (2.6 minutes compared with 2.2 minutes). These results were not in favor of hypothesis B.
The results give mixed support to the hypotheses. As expected, the length of patients' questions predicted answer time, but the analysis also shows that the predictive value is negligible compared with the length of the physicians' answers. We did not find conclusive support for the hypothesis that very long patient messages should have a large effect on physician answer length and answering time. Instead, we observed a modest increase in physician answer length and only a marginal increase in answering time related to extremely long patient questions.
As noted, one of the main reasons physicians are skeptical about electronic communication is the potential for increased workload [12]; for instance, physicians might fear that patients would overuse it or that responding to questions would be time consuming. The results of the current study show, however, that these specific concerns might be unfounded. While it does take extra time to read long questions from the patient, this does not have large effects on the total time used by physicians to answer patient inquiries. In fact, a threefold (300%) increase in patient question length resulted in only an 18% increase in physician response time. Even though the average numbers may support the effectiveness of an electronic communication system, and other studies indicate that responses to email messages do not take more time than responses to nonelectronic patient messages [13], one may still question whether extreme cases will jeopardize these effects in a real-life office setting. Based on the current results these concerns appear unfounded. The average physician response time to a patient message was 2.3 minutes using the systems described in this study. Only 1.5% of questions took more than 10 minutes to answer. When compared against the average consultation time in Norwegian general practice (15–20 minutes) [14], even these unusual cases will have to be regarded as time saving, if the electronic messages substitute patients' office visits [6]. It is, however, unlikely that electronic messages can be a substitute for office visits in a one-to-one relationship. Other studies have shown that electronic messages can replace phone calls [7,8], and it is very likely that electronic messaging will find relevance as a supplement to personal encounters, for instance by recommendation of ethical guidelines [15].
Results from other investigations indicate that patients are willing to adapt to guidelines regarding the focus and content of messages [4], which should help to minimize the potential problem of lengthy patient questions. Obviously, the time-saving potential is highly dependent on electronic messages substituting for patient office visits [6].
This study included a considerable proportion of Norwegian physicians using electronic patient communication at the time the study was performed. It is not self-evident that the result would be valid for all physicians using similar services. An alternative approach would be to select a random sample of all physicians using electronic communication. At the time of the study, only a few Norwegian physicians were offering electronic communication services. A random sample could therefore be biased toward physicians being positive to electronic communication. In some countries, for instance Denmark [1], it has become mandatory for physicians to offer electronic communication services. In such contexts, a similar study based on random selection would be feasible.
The current study does not involve analysis of the content of the messages. The main challenge in doing this would be that it would require written consent from every patient. However, a prior study in similar populations has shown that only a small proportion of these messages are used for simple administrative purposes such as scheduling [11]. Instead, the majority of the patient messages are concerned with health-related questions, and requesting prescriptions, test results, and documentation for medical leave.
The average time spent answering messages might be influenced by factors such as workload and reimbursement policies. This limits the external validity of the current results. However, the investigated relationships between variables (eg, that the length of patients' messages had limited impact on the answer time), rather than their absolute values, are much more likely to also be valid in other cultural contexts.
Studies have demonstrated how email and electronic messaging systems can be used to promote balanced and patient-centered communication [16], in support of clinical decision making [17-19]. We believe the results reported here further extend the clinical usefulness of electronic communication between patients and health care providers by demonstrating the potential for saving time.
This study was supported by a grant from Helse Nord RHF. Thanks to Gro Berntsen, Trine S Bergmo, and Ellen Ersfjord for various contributions to this project.
None declared
Kummervold PE Chronaki CE Lausen B Prokosch HU Rasmussen J Santana S Staniszewski A Wangberg SC eHealth trends in Europe 2005-2007: a population-based survey J Med Internet Res 2008 10 4 e42 10.2196/jmir.1023 _PHONE_ v10i4e42 PMC2629359 Wallwiener M Wallwiener CW Kansy JK Seeger H Rajab TK Impact of electronic messaging on the patient-physician interaction J Telemed Telecare 2009 15 5 243 50 10.1258/jtt.2009.090111 _PHONE_ 15/5/243 Patt MR Houston TK Jenckes MW Sands DZ Ford DE Doctors who are using e-mail with their patients: a qualitative exploration J Med Internet Res 2003 5 2 e9 10.2196/jmir.5.2.e9 _PHONE_ PMC1550557 White CB Moyer CA Stern DT Katz SJ A content analysis of e-mail communication between patients and their providers: patients get the message J Am Med Inform Assoc 2004 11 4 260 7 10.1197/jamia.M1445 _PHONE_ M1445 PMC436072 Caffery L Smith AC Scuffham PA An economic analysis of email-based telemedicine: a cost minimisation study of two service models BMC Health Serv Res 2008 8 107 10.1186/_PHONE_-8-107 _PHONE_ _PHONE_-8-107 PMC2413229 Bergmo TS Kummervold PE Gammon D Dahl LB Electronic patient-provider communication: will it offset office visits and telephone consultations in primary care? Int J Med Inform 2005 09 74 9 705 10 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.06.002 _PHONE_ S1386-5056(05)00066-3 Liederman EM Lee JC Baquero VH Seites PG Patient-physician web messaging. The impact on message volume and satisfaction J Gen Intern Med 2005 01 20 1 52 7 10.1111/j._PHONE_.2005.40009.x _PHONE_ JGI40009 PMC1490042 Lin CT Wittevrongel L Moore L Beaty BL Ross SE An Internet-based patient-provider communication system: randomized controlled trial J Med Internet Res 2005 7 4 e47 10.2196/jmir.7.4.e47 _PHONE_ v7i4e47 PMC1550679 Visma Unique AS 2009 2011-08-25 Online Kontakt med Helsepersonell 61CuvtTe0 DIPS ASA, Profdoc Norge AS 2011 01 18 2011-08-25 minDoktor.no 61Cuxev47 Kummervold PE Trondsen M Andreassen H Gammon D Hjortdahl P [Patient-physician interaction over the internet] Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2004 10 21 124 20 2633 6 155346


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As of today, half of our programmers are off for vacation. Why? Because Thor3D software v1.3 is finished and available for download.
This version is not just bug fixes. It has a lot of great new features, functions and wonderful surprises for our experienced users.
Automatic removal of markers
In v1.2, we introduced the ability to scan with markers. Since then, many of our users have been asking for a way to automatically remove these markers from the mesh after scanning is done.
Automatic alignment by markers
Before removing markers from the surface of the model, use them to automatically align several scans into one. This feature will help those scanning objects with little geometry or texture (like a wall or a pipe). This feature is also commonly known as "Auto-Align".
Use Thor3D software to view and alter any support 3D file regardless of how this file was created (supported formats: OBJ, PLY, STL).
Improvement to key algorithms
Our brilliant mathematicians have made significant improvements to several key algorithms ("align", "hole filling", "coarse registration"), as well as optimized the way RAM is used during post-processing (this means working with large scans is easier).
The software is now available in 6 languages (English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese – Simplified, Portuguese, and Russian)

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Jiangsu Nantong Port Master Plan Approved
- Planning is of great significance to the construction of a modern comprehensive port
A few days ago, the Ministry of Transport and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province jointly approved the "Nantong Port Master Plan (2035)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). The approval of the "Planning" provides a strong guarantee for Nantong City to comprehensively promote excellent river expansion and river-sea linkage, in-depth implementation of the new sea port construction of Tongzhou Bay Yangtze River container transportation and the landing construction of a number of major port-related projects.
This round of "Planning" is guided by "together with large-scale protection, not large-scale development", embodies the concept of characteristic dislocation, transformation and improvement, intensive and efficient, green and low-carbon development, and proposes the development direction of Nantong Port "excellent river and sea, river and sea linkage". The overall planning pattern of "one port and four districts" of Nantong Port is clarified, which are three port areas along the river (such as Gao Port Area, Nantong Port Area, Tonghai Port Area) and one coastal port area (Tongzhou Bay Port Area).
The "Planning" was approved. For the coordinated development of Nantong Port and other ports in the Yangtze River Delta port group, we will continue to promote the adjustment, transformation and upgrading of the port structure, vigorously expand the port industry and modern logistics service functions, improve the level of tourist passenger services, and gradually develop into a layout It is of great significance to have a modern comprehensive port that is reasonable, capable, fully functional, safe and green, and coordinated with the port city. Editor / Xu Shengpeng
15 projects officially launched in Binzhou, Shandong


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An iterative finite difference beam propagation method based on the Crank-Nicholson scheme is presented to simulate continuous wave (CW) second-order nonlinear effects in optical waveguides with the depletion of the pump wave taken into account. This method is an extension of the linear finite-difference beam propagation method and preserves the same order of accuracy. Comparisons with the previously published explicit finite difference beam propagation method and the rectangular approximation method are presented. Quasi-phase matched difference frequency generation in AlGaAs and quasi-phase-matched second harmonic generation in LiNbO3 are considered in the evaluation, showing that one iteration for the IFD-BPM is sufficient for the simulation with good accuracy and without increasing much computation time.
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Copyright Trolling, An Empirical Study
44 Pages Posted: 6 Mar 2014 Last revised: 25 Aug 2014
Date Written: August 24, 2014
This detailed empirical and doctrinal study of copyright trolling presents new data showing the astonishing rate of growth of multi-defendant John Doe litigation in United States district courts over the past decade. It also presents new evidence of the association between this form of litigation and allegations of infringement concerning pornographic films. Multi-defendant John Doe lawsuits have become the most common form of copyright litigation in several U.S. districts, and in districts such as the Northern District of Illinois, copyright litigation involving pornography accounts for more than half of new cases filed.
This Article highlights a fundamental oversight in the extant literature on copyright trolls. Paralleling discussions in patent law, scholars addressing the troll issue in copyright have applied status-based definitions to determine who is, and is not, a troll. This Article argues that the definition should be conduct-based. Multi-defendant John Doe litigation should be counted as part of copyright trolling whenever these suits are motivated by a desire to turn litigation into an independent revenue stream. Such litigation, when initiated with the aim of turning a profit in the courthouse as opposed to seeking compensation or deterring illegal activity, reflects a kind of systematic opportunism that fits squarely within the concept of litigation trolling. This Article shows that existing status-based definitions of copyright trolls are inapt because they do not account for what is now the most widely practiced from of trolling.
In addition to these empirical and theoretical contributions, this Article explores the features of copyright doctrine that have facilitated the recent explosion in trolling litigation in the form of litigation against John Does. In particular, it shows how statutory damages and permissive joinder make multi-defendant John Doe litigation possible and why allegations of infringement concerning pornographic films are particularly well-suited to this model.
Keywords: Copyright trolls, Patent trolls, Copyright litigation, Empirical legal studies, Statutory damages, Joinder, Pornography
JEL Classification: K00
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Consider the average speeds of automobiles and submarines. Admittedly, the ordinary cruising speed for both is in the double digits even if ranges do differ somewhat. In autombiles drivers can see where they are going over 99% of the time, while in modern submarines the inverse probably applies (drivers may see where they are headed less than 1% of the time).
Now a new steel
is available to improve automotive safety. Weight matters in auto fuel economy, but safety has become a primary requirement of personal transportation. In submarines, mission completion is a primary requirement with weight and fuel economy hardly considerations at all.
Submarine accidents can have significant, negative impacts on both mission completion and availability for more missions. Can TWIP steel
be applied to improving submarine safety (i.e. reducing collision injury and damage)? Could bow sections be latticed with this material without impairing critical factors such as sonar performance and anechoic characteristics? One would hope, since air bags are not a viable option on subs.
The crude concept shown applied to USS Texas's (SSN-775) hull would cause potential fouling as well as sonar detection, so please chalk it up to my wish for all you guys who serve to have only fair winds.
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I have seen often that characters in One Piece have their weird (read: at times irritating) signatures. Is there any specific reason for them?
For example, in the picture below, Vito has rorero as his signature. These suffixes sometimes kill the entire feel of the scene, which is why I was wondering why were they so important to have in the first place.
In One Piece, many characters are known to laugh in unusual ways by either adding to the typical "haha" or using different syllables entirely. These laughter patterns are often unique to individuals and may be based on their personalities or appearances. Some of the especially weird laughs are different in translated versions; for example, Caesar's "shurororo" becomes "shuhohoho" in the English manga. It should be noted that laughing style of "Fufufufu" or "Ufufufufu" is a common Japanese laughing style used for mature women in anime and manga. In addition, the common phrase "Arara" is not a laugh, but rather the Japanese version of "Oh my, oh my, oh my".
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 - While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. - From Review – Happy Face Jan 25 '17 at 12:02
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One Piece does quite a bit across the long franchise to ensure that every plot character is remembered in a different way. In addition to being drawn differently having different suffixes or having a different laugh serves as a tool to help establish that character as a unique identity.
Caesar, Doflamingo,Gekko Moria and numerous others in the show, the manga and the movies all make use of this.
In addition to suffixes and laughs there is also gestures, like Brook asking to see your panties or chopper hiding the wrong way that are also unique to add differentiation to each character.
In summation, the above are all tropes commonly used in anime to add individuality to each character.
I could ask you a similar question. Why do so many characters in One Piece have weird laughter styles?
Well, that's because it's a characteristic of the series. Characters laugh in specific ways (gabababa, dereshishishi, horohorohoeo etc), as well as have certain catchphrases that they repeat, like the zipper-mouth guy of CP9 - Fukuro, as well as many other characters.
It's just how the universe of One Piece operates. You shouldn't question this if you want to keep your sanity intact.
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 - Yes it is. You clearly didn't read the answer you (most likely) downvoted. I advise checking the answer again. It explains the quirks of One Piece -- the catchprases that characters have as well as their laughter styles. It all ties in together. – a25bedc5-3d09-41b8-82fb-ea6c353d75ae Jan 19 '17 at 23:28
 - I didn't downvote – Bálint Jan 20 '17 at 6:23
 - You're speaking about laughter, the question asks about suffixes. They aren't the same. – Bálint Jan 20 '17 at 6:24
 - _USER_ but I mentioned both... I compared thee two (the catch-phrases and laughter styles), as these are both characteristics of the show... – a25bedc5-3d09-41b8-82fb-ea6c353d75ae Jan 20 '17 at 17:40
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Part 2
All functions that can be used for modelling are located in the so called function tree or function repository. The tree is expandable and organized to model a common data analysis workflow. Starting with data IO and exploration of the data, followed by preprocessing steps and analysis. Further, functions to create plots and graphs can be found in group 'Visualisation'.
Part 3
The middle of the screen shows open projects in different tabs. Each project runs in its own environment and thus, several projects can be used in parallel.
Part 4
The right side of the user interface shows project specific settings, configuration values for selected function cells and their results.
Having a closer look at the function tree, one can see that dotplot addresses a wide group of users. The first groups of the tree are ready made functions that can be used easily also by unexperienced users. We will see how easy these functions can be used in one of my next posts. The last group 'Packages' is especially made for R experienced users and provides visualisation for R packages. R functions can be used in exactly the same way as in R, but within a graphical modeller.
Getting started
To get started with dotplot designer, it is recommended to make the interactive tutorial that can be started directly from the welcome dialogue or from the help menu in the top toolbar.
But generally, using dotplot designer is pretty easy and straight forward. Functions can be add to the project canvas by either a double click or by drag and drop. For a first test of the application, I suggest using one of the datasets provided by dotplot. You will find them in the 'Data Management / Data Repository' group of the function tree:
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Functions typically have inputs and outputs to plunge in data, do some processing on it and providing the generated results as output nodes. To plot a histogram for example, we add the iris dataset and connect the output of the cell to the input of the histogram function. Some functions require specific parameters to be set in the function configurations in part 4 of the interface. The generated model could look like this:
Screen Shot 2014-01-01 at 21.10.19The resulting plot can be seen in the result window on the bottom right of the screen. Or by double clicking the Histogram's output node.
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And here you go, that's all you need to do. Drop a dataset and connect it to some statistic functions. Of course, there are much more functions and statistic or data analysis tasks that require a more complex model. But I hope that little introduction gave a good overview of how dotplot designer works and why its worth trying it. Have fun with it!
Howto Write a Thesis using LaTeX: Custom commands
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Howto Write a Thesis using LaTeX: Algorithms
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Algorithms can be referenced like an image, by calling:
at the position you want the list to appear.
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Howto Write a Thesis using LaTeX: Excel to LaTeX Table
1. Install Software
The generated code for the example table looks like:
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 Maria & 23 & 1 \\
 Thomas & 21 & 0.78 \\
 \textit{Alicia} & 19 & 0.27 \\
 Mark & 31 & 0.45 \\
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Note that you also might want to update the table caption:
Howto write a thesis using LaTeX, Part 3: Tips and Tricks
We've already seen in part 1 and part 2 of this tutorial, how to install and set up software components and howto organize folders and files. Also, we have created a basic structure of our thesis. In this final part 3, I will give you some tips and tricks that made my live easier while creating my PhD thesis.
To be easier found by search engines, I'm gonna create a separate post for each single tip, trick or hack, whatever name you prefer. But, in order to preserve the scope of this tutorial, we will see how to include the generated stuff into our test thesis.
So, here you go, a list of tips, tricks and hacks helping you with your thesis:
Assume you have generated an image like described in the link above, you can use the following code to include it to your thesis:
An example figure is shown in Figure??.
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And of course, we need to import the graphicx package in the preamble of the Thesis.tex file:
Source files generated within this tutorial can be download here:
Thesis Template
If you are a student of the faculty "Biologie und Vorklinische Medizin der Universität Regensburg" in Germany, you can also download the predefined title page:
Thesis Template with UR title page included
I hope you enjoyed reading this tutorial. Now you are all set, you are prepared to write a thesis so fancy that you supervisor is forced to give you the best mark available without reading even a single word of you've written. I'm just kidding, of course, content is most important, but at least, you do not have to figure out every problem with LaTeX on your own and you can invest your time on writing text.
If you like this tutorial, please recommend it and leave a command, if you don't like, tell me what you want me to improve or just don't tell anybody 😉


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Latest river, sea, groundwater and rainfall levels
There are around 3,500 measuring stations, and most are along main rivers and the coast. These levels can help you understand your flood risk now and over the next few days.


In the Bible, the word "persons" is not used in reference to God, nor are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit called "persons."
When, in early Christian writings and creeds, was the word "persons" (plural) first used in reference to God as part of the developing doctrine of a Trinity of Persons in God?
My hypothesis is that it doesn't occur before Tertullian in the early third century. Tertullian uses the Latin word personae ("persons") in his formulation of a Trinity in God. In the pre-Nicene Greek Fathers, the word to look for would be prosopon in a plural form, applied to God or to the Father, Son/Word, and Spirit/Holy Spirit collectively.
 - Here is a great source, which seems to be unbiased. I refrain from answering myself as I could not do better or would be copying such work. plato.stanford.edu/entries/trinity/trinity-history.html – Marc Apr 7 '15 at 11:49
 - _USER_ Thanks for the link. It's a good overview of the development of the doctrine of a Trinity of Persons in God. Though it doesn't explicitly address the question of when the word "persons" was first applied to God, it seems to generally support the theory that that usage originated with Tertullian. – Lee Woofenden Apr 7 '15 at 20:38
Tertullian: Earliest extant use of term
Tertullian (155 - 240) was, famously, the first Latin writer to use the word "trinity" in his anti-Sabellian treatise Against Praxeas. It also contains the earliest known uses (16 total) of the word "persons" in reference to the Godhead.
Valentinus: Alleged earlier use of term
Marcellus of Ancyra (d. 374) claimed in his own treatise On the Holy Church (paywall) that Valentinus the Gnostic (100 - 160) was the first to propose three persons in the Godhead:
There are significant reasons to doubt Marcellus' assertion:
 1. On the Three Natures has not survived in any manuscripts or fragments, and we have no way of knowing whether Valentinus used the words "hypostases" or "persons" or if one or both was an interpretive flourish by Marcellus.
 2. If it's specifically the word "hypostases" that Marcellus objects to, then it would seem to be an anachronistic reading of On the Three Natures, which was written centuries before the word was first used as a synonym of "persons."
 3. Marcellus wrote this specifically to discredit the orthodoxy of the term "persons" by linking it back to a despised heretic, which lends credence to the "interpretive flourish" hypothesis.
It is also exceedingly unlikely that Tertullian borrowed the terminology from Valentinus, since he himself was a fierce critic of Valentinianism, even dedicating a whole book to it, Against the Valentinians.
We have no surviving writings from anyone prior to Tertullian using the word "persons" in a trinitarian fashion.
Whether Tertullian was or wasn't the very first to use the term cannot be proved. He has a reputation as an innovative theologian, but whether he was innovative in service of defense of orthodoxy or in service of inventing new heresies is a matter left to the reader. Of course, even if the concept was orthodox, that doesn't automatically mean that his use of the word had any precedent. In the absence of other evidence, we have no cause to say that anyone else was the originator of the use of the word.
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Initial results of combining GPS occultations with ECMWF global analyses within a 1DVar framework
© The Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (SGEPSS); The Seismological Society of Japan; The Volcanological Society of Japan; The Geodetic Society of Japan; The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences. 2000
Received: 20 January 2000
Accepted: 28 August 2000
Published: 24 June 2014
We present results of combining occultation refractivity profiles from GPS/MET with ECMWF global analyses in a 1DVar framework in order to separate the wet and dry contributions to refractivity and assess their impact on the analyzed temperature, surface pressure and specific humidity fields. We find significant zonal mean temperature, surface pressure and humidity differences between the 1DVar solutions and the ECMWF analyses reflecting biases between the GPS refractivities and ECMWF analyses. Large profile-to-profile temperature discrepancies in the tropical lower stratosphere are due to waves not represented in the analyses. The 1DVar solution is generally drier than ECMWF particularly in the southern subtropics. Lack of moisture above 300 hPa in the present model caused the solution to make large adjustments in low latitude surface pressure and tropospheric temperatures to increase upper troposphere densities and compensate for the missing upper level moisture. The discrepancies between the solution and the background and observational data sets represent roughly a 2-sigma level of agreement rather than the 1-sigma level desired in a 1DVar solution. Given the simplicity of our error covariances, our results are promising as a first step. In the future, the error covariances need to be refined and, in particular, to vary with location.


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FAQs about NCDA and NCDA Members
Who are NCDA members? NCDA members provide professional career interventions and support in various settings. For example, a member may serve as:
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- a professor who teaches courses in career development or career counseling.
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- A school counselor helps elementary students learn about the world of work and workers; encourages middle school students become aware of career clusters and identify areas of personal strengths and interests; and assists high school students relate academic studies to potential career goals.
- A career specialist in a college career services center provides career counseling; helps students prepare resumes and practice for interviews; may arrange career fairs for students and employers; and advises students on obtaining the benefits of an internship or related experience.
- A career specialist in private practice may provide a wide variety of services from career counseling and planning, assistance with resume writing and interviewing, and career coaching.
- A Career Development Facilitator in a veterans or one-stop career center will help individuals access job listings, prepare a resume and plan for an interview, provide or arrange for counseling in personal or family issues that may affect employment, and offer followup assistance.
- A college professor may teach career-related coursework, conduct research in the area of career development, and counsel students in their pursuit of education and career goals.
How does NCDA help members provide professional service? NCDA provides extensive support to its members with a wide variety of services:
- Research, including the the academic and peer-reviewed research reported in the Career Development Quarterly (CDQ)as well as surveys conducted by the Gallup and Harris organizations and reported in the media;
- Publications and communications including a website _URL_, and the e-magazine Career Convergence, the practice-oriented magazine Career Developments, numerous books, CD/DVDs, and monographs on career topics and issues, and the previously mentioned Career Development Quarterly;
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History - Pig Piggy Banks
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The pig brings luck or fortune
For the association with luck or fortune there is historic proof:
 - On the year markets in the middle ages it was custom to honour the winner of games and to give a piglet to the loser. Causing joy and laughter with the bystanders, but it was good fortune for the loser.
 - In German speaking countries it was custom until the 19th century to give apprentices (youngsters who were sent out to become a craftsman) a piglet as reward for a full years learning and labour.
 - It is custom in German speaking countries to give each other a small marzipan pig or piggy bank (in the shape of a pig) for New Year as a token of luck.
 - There are various legends of Saint Anthony the Great (17th January) with pigs. His nick name is "Anthony with the pig".
 - In ancient Egypt on New Year's day an amulet in the shape of a sow (a symbol of fertility, prosperity and good luck) was presented to a woman.
 - In the northern counties of The Netherlands (Friesland, Groningen) it is still custom that someone from the closest family circle gives a new born baby a piggy bank, as a token for prosperity and good luck. Stuffed with money this is the base for the baby's "fortune". The institutional Saving Banks in the Western Society followed that custom (also for their own benefit): children were offered a piggy bank (any shape) for opening a savings account. This was popular between 1950 and 1980. Since the introduction of internet banking this tradition is (sadly) completely lost!
Basic shape and the oldest pig piggy bank
 - The basic shape of a penny bank was the mother's breast. In the ancient Greek culture this was a symbol of prosperity and fertility. This basic penny bank model was found in excavations all over Europe. Potters introduced this easy to produce shape in the Middle Ages (12-14th century).
 - From medieval times on a large wooden heavy sacrifice coffin stood in the church porch. With a slot in which the faithful were expected to put their sacrifice, a donation in coins. These coffins were often found empty because others could not stay away with their sticky fingers. They put a glue stick (used in other occasions to catch singing birds) through the slot and coins remained on the stick.
 - A similar method can also be applied to your piggy bank. Grab a large knife and insert it into the slot while you keep the piggy bank upside down. Shake a little and the coins will slide along the knife out of the pig. Don't ever put paper money in your piggy bank. If you are able to get it out, it will mostly be in pieces.
 - The oldest (13th century; amongst experts disputable!) European piggy bank was found in Billeben (Thüringen, Germany). Certain is that potters from the 17th century on produced clay money banks (also) in the shape of animals like a pig. Other craftsmen started to produce them in tin, metal, silver, etc. The industrial production of ceramic piggy banks, with moulds, started approximately in the middle of the 19th century.
 - In the early centuries people did indeed break their piggy banks and threw the fragments in the cess pool. To find out what form an early piggy bank has, research on fragments is helpful.
Where ever earthenware or porcelain industry is, or has been, one can find piggy banks. In the Netherlands there are well known places like Gouda, Delft, Makkum. In France Quimper (Brittany), Limoges, Lunéville. In the UK one has to search in Staffordshire. Or take a chance on antique markets, boot fairs, etc. In Germany one can try to find piggy banks in the Alsace or the former GDR. In Czechoslovakia I found many piggy banks about 20 years ago, nowadays they all are with stoppers! If you are visiting Thailand you can buy piggy banks in Chiang Mai for example. There are opportunities to find them in Mexico, Vietnam, Africa, South America and lots of them in the USA, etc.
Where ever you are, visit the local souvenir shop, crockery shop, toy shop, charity shop. Don't search for piggy banks in countries where it is not custom to eat pork. Where a pig is an unclean animal, in principle you will not find any pig piggy bank.
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Diseases & Treating Sick Freshwater Angelfish
Even the most experienced angelfish breeders have to deal with
angelfish diseases. Sometimes keeping the water at optimal conditions
and doing regular fish
tank maintenance isn't enough to prevent an angelfish from
getting sick. Regular maintenance is however a good way to reduce
the chance of any fish getting sick. Preventing diseases is
always better than trying to cure diseases. The common freshwater
angelfish diseases can be divided into 2 categories, bacterial
and parasitic diseases.
Common Bacterial Diseases:
Cotton Wool Disease - Usually caused by low temperature,
poor water quality or crowding. It can be seen as an expanding
translucent layer on the skin of the fish that eats away at
the skin. The edges often are bloody. The fish should be discarded
if the disease is in advanced stages. If the disease is in its
early stages it can be treated by using either 4 teaspoons marine
salt to a gallon of aquarium water and potassium chromate or
Dropsy, Popeye, Bleeding or Red Streaks on Skin - These
are signs of an internal bacterial infection related to Vibrios.
At the early stages of this infection the fish can be treated
with a few commercial medications like Maracyn-Two or Erythromycin.
Fish T.B. - This disease usually shows up as loss of
color and swelling of the body. The fish may also have blood
streaks and blood spots anywhere on the body. This infection
is usually a result of poor water quality which lowers the immune
system of the angelfish. There are no treatments for this infectious
bacterial disease and the infected fish should be removed at
first signs of it to prevent spreading to tank mates.
Common Parasitic Diseases:
Hexamita - Angelfish can pick up this infection when
under stress from poor water conditions, shipping or other diseases.
The infected fish will stop eating, hide and act listless. It
will also have whitish colored feces. The best treatments for
Hexamita are drugs with metronidazole.
Ich or White Spot Disease - Chilling and stress are
common causes of outbreaks of white spot disease or Ich. The
disease appears as tiny white spots on the skin of the host
fish. The angelfish may also rub against tank wall and decorations.
There are several commercial remedies available to treat Ich.
Look for ones that contain formalin, malachite green or copper
Velvet Disease - It can be hard to detect on the infected
fish but it appears as a dusty golden film on the skin and eyes
of the angelfish. The infected fish may also rub against the
walls and decorations in the tank. Copper sulfate or formalin
are both effective treatments for velvet disease.


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Clements and colleagues studied the implications of having aquariums present in a space, either live or on video.
Researchers used scents to enhance nurses' at-work experiences.
Influences on mental and physical health
Pfeifer and Wittmann investigated how humans think when a space is silent.
Chen, He, and Yu investigated the brain mechanics underlying attention restoration.
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Defensive Back Drills
Defensive Back Drills To Polish Your Skills
Defensive Backs are known for their explosive speed and lightning-fast reaction time. These two skills come in handy when you talk about stopping wide receivers in their tracks. These football drills are quite spot on when it comes to covering " Double Routes ", or the scenario when Wide Receivers try to double-cross you by attempting more than one trick in a single run of play. Defensive Backs are expected to be on their toes while disposing of their defensive duties so that they can react almost instantaneously.
These defensive back drills are meticulously crafted to make players practice in game-like situations so that they can make quick decisions when they actually are on the playing field.
It's talked over and over that speed is an indispensable element in a defensive back's game but one thing which is even more important is harnessing your speed to your advantage, using it at the right moment. This defensive back drill will improve your ability to make quick changes in direction and overspeeding.
These defensive back drills are made to provide you with an understanding of how to blanket the Wide receivers when they try to double-cross or fool you. Before moving onto the top drills for defensive backs let us try to figure out the major challenges a Defensive Back has to face while disposing of his defensive duties.
Major Challenges Faced by Defensive Backs on the playing field:
 - Contesting for balls in the air against receivers much bigger in size than you. In such cases, there is always a possibility that you'd lose hold of the ball. Moreover, you will be caught out of position because of the time you would take to regain your defensive position. So it's like a two-edged sword to contest for balls in the air.
 - Attempting rough physical challenges, whether they are head-on challenges or open space ones. This becomes even more challenging when you attempt to challenge oversized receivers who have greater chances of winning challenges given the momentum they carry with them.
 - Covering some of the fastest receivers in the opposition team, and at the same time being in a position to drive the game forward.
Best Defensive Back Drills to practice:
 - Comeback or Hitch Breaks:
In this defensive back drill, you will learn to cover or block the comeback route of a receiver. He will look to run hard towards you, catch you off balance, and then boom! He will make a stop all of a sudden, he will turn around and move in the direction where the ball is thrown.
What's there for you to learn is that when the receiver turns back, it's the time when the ball is thrown.
When something like this happens, you must look to be in front of him at all times. When the receiver tries to escape, you can drive your inside foot and move towards his break-side shoulder. At all times be prepared to discard his back off route or grab the ball.
To master this defensive back drill one has to backpedal for some good 5-10 yards then break back in a straight path. Keep changing the foot with which you break back because you never know which direction the receiver would take.
 - One-hip Comeback Drill:
Just in case the receiver succeeds to escape you and breaks your cushion because it's not possible that each time you will have an upper hand on the opponent. In situations when the receiver adopts a deeper comeback path and also manages to get past you. Then you must start running alongside him as soon as he is within 3 yards from you.
Now you have the option to choose whether to run facing the inside or the receiver.
You will have to firmly plant your back foot while driving with your front foot towards him. Since it's a deeper route, you will have a better chance of making it to the ball, if you have read the moving receiver timely and correctly.
 - 90 Degrees to Outbreak Drill:
Exactly what the name suggests, this defensive back drill is about making a sharp 90-degree break. This football drill comes into play when receivers are running onto out" or "in" routes. You should try and force them to undercut their direction while going for the pick. For this to happen, you should break at an angle slightly more than 90 degrees. For this drill, you have to backpedal for about 5-10 yards then plant your leg and break either left or right at an angle marginally over 90 degrees.
 - Post and Corner Breaks:
Both post and corners are the two of the deepest slants on the field. This defensive back drill comes into action when the receiver of the opposite teams tries to get the better of you to the corner of the field where they expect the ball to be thrown or while running to the post they will aim to get past you deep across the field.
They generally convey to their quarterbacks to put some extra bit of air beneath the ball so that they can be in a better position to win the ball. This makes it really crucial for you as a cornerback to stay right on top of the route to be in a position to make a play.
For this drill again you need to backpedal for about 7-12 yards, then with a jerk push your elbow inside, make an explosive move towards your outside foot, at the same time shifting the break-side leg upward and over, and running explosively for not less than 10 yards.
Repeat this football drill multiple times in quick succession for better efficiency.
 - Open-Hip Post Breaks:
Receivers are always looking to get the better of you or to catch you wrong-footed. This will allow them to burst into the post. This defensive back drill comes into play when the receiver has managed to breach your cushion. Once they have opened you up they will break from you towards the post as fast as they can.
You usually have the option to turn facing towards the receiver or show him your back while turning. In this defensive back drill you will turn facing towards the receiver, keeping a vigilant eye on him.
After backpedaling for 5-19 yards open up and run fast for about 5-7 yards. Then stir around and make 10 yards to either side of the post. Repeat this football drill 5 times.
 - Stop and go Drill:
This is an advanced level defensive back drill, and a crucial one keeping in mind game situations. The receiver will run hard towards you and break down with a jerk expecting you to fall for his break. The moment you would fall for his break and move towards him, he will increase his pace and will get past you down the field.
This football drill is very much similar to the Hitch Break drill, or you can say that it's a modified version of it. The only difference being you not driving all the way back but stopping halfway, and breaking down. Then accelerate in a 180-degree turn and run heavily for another ten yards.
Tips to Master this Drill
 - Try to read the receiver and not the quarterback because if you miss even a glimpse of the receiver's move because you were looking in the backfield, he will beat you.
 - Be ready to break towards the break side shoulder of the receiver, so that when he eventually tries to turn you can enforce a strong enough collision on him or turn and run faster than him.
 - Whip or Q-Route Breaks:
This football drill comes in handy when the receiver tries to lure you for his slant or arrow. He expects you to believe in his slant so that he can cut in the opposite direction. This defensive back drill requires a lot of agility and instant reaction ability from you as a receiver.
In this drill, you are always having a disadvantage because you never know what will be the next move of the receiver.
Tips to Ace this Drill
 - Keep looking at the hips of the receiver, as soon as he whips out of the slant, see the direction in which his hips are moving and make a move in that direction.
 - Always keep an eye on the receiver and not on what's happening in the backfield. Because they can anytime beat you on the slant and you might be wrong-footed to react.
For this drill backpedal for some 5-10 yards then break at 45 degrees and keep running until the next 5-yard line where you break again and continue running in the original direction.
 - Speed Turns:
This defensive back drill is effective when the receiver tries to make you move towards the post and at the same time, he himself moves to the center. This is a double route drill for covering post corner routes.
For acing this football drill run for 5 yards towards the post than with a sudden swing of your outside arm shift the momentum and turn towards the corner and again rush rapidly for 10 yards or more.
 - Slow turns:
Both Slow turns and Speed turns that we have just discussed are for covering post corner routes when the receiver is trying to beat you on the corner. But some coaches and veterans are of the opinion that Slow Turns are more effective than the counterpart. This is because they believe that While attempting Speed turns a player loses his vision on the game when he takes his eyes off the play.
Slow turns allow you those extra chunks of time to keep an eye on the play and thus are believed to be more effective.
But single Speed turns are faster and allow you to get on top of the route, they are too an equally important candidate. To attempt this defensive back drill you will try to cut on the inside towards the receiver instead of turning to the corner and trying to get on top of the route.
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Picture Placeholders are a great way to add images to presentations, while maintaining a consistent placement, size and style. Since the picture formatting is defined on a Slide Layout within the template, it's easy to insert new pictures without having to realign, resize or edit styles.
Did you know that Picture Placeholders can be easily transformed into any of the pre-defined shapes in PowerPoint?
In Slide Master View, select a Slide Layout with a Picture Placeholder (or Insert Layout and Insert Placeholder, Picture). Select the Picture Placeholder, click the Drawing Tools Format tab, Edit Shape, Change Shape and choose any shape from the gallery. Tip: drag the adjustment handle (yellow diamond) to refine the shape by making corners smaller, modifying an angle or arrowhead).
But what if you want a specific shape that doesn't exist in the gallery?
With PowerPoint 2010, you can edit Picture Placeholders to create very unique, custom shapes. There are a couple ways to accomplish this.
In Slide Master View, select a Picture Placeholder, click the Drawing Tools Format tab, Edit Shape, Change Shape and choose a shape from the gallery. Tip: a rectangle is a good choice to start, but you can select any shape that is closest to your desired final result.
Click Edit Shape again, then Edit Points. Right-click on any point or segment to begin adjusting the Placeholder. Note: this works in PowerPoint 2007, too!
With PowerPoint 2010, it's much faster to edit Picture Placeholders by using the Combine Shapes commands. These commands allow you to quickly create custom forms by merging shapes together, intersecting them, or by deleting a portion of one shape from another.
To access this command, you must add it to the Quick Access Toolbar, located above the File tab. To customize the Quick Access Toolbar, do the following:
1. Click the arrow next to the Quick Access Toolbar, and then under Customize Quick Access Toolbar click More Commands.
2. In the PowerPoint Options dialog box, in the Choose commands from list, select All Commands.
3. In the list of commands, click Combine Shapes, and then click Add.
Again, you must change the shape of the Picture Placeholder prior to editing. In Slide Master View, select a Picture Placeholder, click the Drawing Tools Format tab, Edit Shape, Change Shape and choose a shape from the gallery.
Next, draw shapes that you will add to, or subtract from, the Picture Placeholder shape. In the example, I've drawn circles on top of each corner.
Select the Picture Placeholder, then one of the new shapes and choose either the Shape Subtract or Shape Union command from the QAT. Repeat this step for all other shapes.


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L60 Ultrasound Speaker
980 kr excl VAT
The L60 is a small and inexpensive ultrasound loudspeaker that can be connected to a recording device capable of playing analog ultrasonic signals, such as the D1000X ultrasound detector or a computer with a high-speed sound card.
It can be used for various playback experiments and for teaching the use of bat detectors by listening to the sound from the loudspeaker. The L60 does not have a built-in amplifier and a separate amplifier should be used ïf a higher sound level is required.
- Additional information
10.5 x 6 x 4 cm


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The aim of this study was to determine whether impaired quality of life (QOL) persisted among patients who experienced resolved chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Eligible participants were patients who were relapse-free for 3 years after allo-HCT who were age ≥16 years at the time of transplantation and age ≥20 years without relapse at the time of the survey. The Medical Outcomes Study's 36-Item Short-Form Survey (SF-36), the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Bone Marrow Transplant (FACT-BMT), and a visual analog scale (VAS) were administered to assess QOL. Physicians evaluated the current status of chronic GVHD at survey using National Institutes of Health (NIH) criteria, and pretransplantation characteristics and history of GVHD were extracted from the national transplant registry database. Patients without currently active GVHD but with a history of chronic GVHD were categorized as having "resolved GVHD." Of 1250 patients informed of the study, 1216 provided consent and 1130 were included in the final analysis. A total of 745 patients (66%) had currently active chronic GVHD, 149 (13%) had resolved chronic GVHD, and 236 (21%) never had chronic GVHD after allo-HCT. Multivariable analyses showed that compared with patients with resolved or no chronic GVHD, those with active chronic GVHD reported significantly poorer QOL. The QOL scores were similar in patients with resolved chronic GVHD and those without chronic GVHD. Greater between-group differences were observed in SF-36 Physical component and VAS scores in patients age ≥50 years, but the differences were not statistically significant. Our data indicate that only currently active chronic GVHD has a significant impact on physical, mental, and social QOL in allo-HCT survivors, whereas previous chronic GVHD does not impair QOL if it has been resolved.
- Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
- Chronic graft-versus-host disease
- Long-term follow-up
- Quality of life
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In today's highly competitive business landscape, organizations are constantly seeking ways to enhance efficiency and profitability to stay ahead of the curve. As a trusted business consultancy firm, Agumentik Consultancy understands the challenges businesses face and the critical role that efficiency and profitability play in driving success. In this blog, we share five valuable tips that businesses can implement to boost their operational efficiency and overall profitability with the guidance of Agumentik Consultancy.
1. Streamline Processes and Workflows:
A key aspect of enhancing efficiency is streamlining processes and workflows. Agumentik Consultancy's business experts conduct thorough process assessments, identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement. By optimizing workflows and eliminating unnecessary steps, businesses can reduce operational inefficiencies and save valuable time and resources.
2. Implement Technology Solutions:
Embracing technology is essential for business growth in the digital age. Agumentik Consultancy guides businesses in identifying the right technology solutions that align with their specific needs. From cloud computing to automation, incorporating technology streamlines operations, improves accuracy, and enhances productivity.
3. Focus on Talent Development:
A skilled and motivated workforce is the backbone of any successful business. Agumentik Consultancy's HR consultancy services help businesses with talent development initiatives, such as training and upskilling programs. Nurturing employee growth leads to increased efficiency, higher job satisfaction, and reduced employee turnover.
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Effective resource allocation is crucial for maximizing profitability. Agumentik Consultancy assists businesses in analyzing their resource utilization, ensuring that time, budget, and manpower are allocated efficiently to revenue-generating activities.
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Data is a powerful tool in making informed decisions. Agumentik Consultancy's business consultants help organizations leverage data analytics to gain valuable insights into customer behavior, market trends, and performance metrics. By embracing data-driven decision-making, businesses can identify growth opportunities and optimize strategies for profitability.
Conclusion: Efficiency and profitability are the cornerstones of a successful business. Agumentik Consultancy's expertise in business consultancy provides organizations with invaluable guidance to enhance efficiency and drive profitability. From streamlining processes to leveraging technology and embracing data-driven insights, these five tips enable businesses to take significant steps towards growth and success. By partnering with Agumentik Consultancy, businesses can unlock their full potential, make informed decisions, and achieve sustainable profitability in today's dynamic business environment.


Grammatically forra is the third person in the conjugation of the verb torar. to cover is a transitive verb which means to cover something to protect or conserve it.
Colloquially forra is often used in aspects of money, for example, when someone gets rich. Example:
 - In that night job one prayed for money.
In Argentina forra is an unintelligent person, it can also be used to describe the treatment of certain people to others, such as with disdain, contempt or a person who does not inspire confidence, example:
 - Malena is an forra, she spoke ill of Maria behind her back.
Other contexts that the word forra can have are:
 - Person who is easily manipulated.
 - Selfish person, or who acts with bad intentions.
 - Sarcastic person.
Synonyms of Forra
 - Bootlicker
 - Boludo
 - Cover
 - Bad
 - Killjoy
In Chile forra is used to refer to the physical appearance of a woman.
Forra in Portuguese translated into Spanish is to cover, synonym of torar, verb from which the word forra in Spanish derives.
It should be noted that in grammar we are going to find that Forra is a feminine noun, which has its masculine counterpart that is lining and this will have very different concepts in different Spanish-speaking countries.


Calculating Copper Recovery Rate For Scrap Cables
Copper Recovery RateIf you have every come across a sweet scrapping score of a few dozen, hundreds, or thousands of pounds of scrap cable or wire, it's usually time for a small celebration. After your victory lap, it's time to put your math skills to work and start figuring out what kind of profits and prices you can expect for your scrap copper. When you have wide gauge wire and cables for scrap, you may not have the time or correct tools to strip it down for the bare bright copper inside. So when you are faced with that situation it is easy to figure out the recovery rate of copper from the cable you have with some simple math and a few minutes. Below the iScrap App Team provides you with the necessary tools and steps to calculating the copper recovery rate for your cables and wires.
Tools & Materials Needed:
 - Copper Cable or Wire Sample (2-3 inch in length)
 - Cable or Wire Cutter
 - Box Knife or Razor Blade
 - Small Scale with Gram Measurement
 - Paper & Pen
 - Calculator
Calculating Copper Cable Recovery Rate
Step-By-Step Directions
 1. Cut a 2-3 inch sample of your material with the insulation, plastic, and copper intact. This can be done with a sawzall or a cable cutter.
 2. Once you have done that, place the sample on the gram scale and record the overall weight of the sample (see above photo).
 3. After, take your razor blade or box knife to slice the cable open so that you can access every layer of the material inside and remove the different layers.
 4. Weigh the piece of insulation from the outside of the cable on the scale on it's own and record the weight.
 5. Then remove the next layer (if different from the previous), whether that is copper foil, plastic, or more insulation. Weigh that and record it down.Recording Copper Recovery Weight for Cables
 6. Repeat with any other materials that are different from the insulation, until you have gotten to the middle pieces of copper strands on the inside. Take a look and see if the copper in the middle is in fact bare bright copper or tin-coated copper.
 7. If it is difficult to get all of the pieces of copper on the scale together to weigh you can take a short cut of weighing all of the other materials and writing their weights down. From there you can subtract them from the overall weight of the sample of cable and the result is your overall copper wire weight.
 8. Once you have the weight of your copper wire on the inside of the cable, take that number and divide it by the overall weight of the sample and the result will be the percentage of copper recovery rate from your scrap cable or wire.Copper Percentage for Cable Scrap
 9. You can bring that number to your scrap yard, along with the sample you deconstructed. From there you will be able to discuss a fair price for your copper scrap and understand what kind of numbers your yard is looking for.
You can see an example of this procedure below, in a video that Tom, the creator of the iScrap App did:
If you have any questions regarding this step-by-step tutorial on copper recovery rate for your scrap cables, reach out to us via Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube.
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text: A microscope imaging system to open black boxes in brains is presented. The system is capable of simultaneously recording behaviors and neural activities of a freely moving organism with high temporal resolution. A high-speed camera is used to estimate the locations of the target and keep it inside visual field. A high-sensitivity camera records the response of the interested neuron in the brain. Optogenetics techniques are of special importance to analyze the functionality of the neuron, i.e., an element in the black box. The talk will present our trial to use robotics with optogenetics for estimating the structure of stimulus-behavior systems in organisms.


A framework to guide effective patient education
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A framework to guide effective patient education
Deryn Lee Thompson Lecturer, University of South Australia, Adelaide, eczema nurse, Women's and Children's Health Network, North Adelaide, South Australia
Nurses who understand the philosophical concept of knowledge are able to deliver patient education more effectively. A framework that combines nursing, education and cognitive psychology elements helps to enhance nurses' understanding of why this is needed for effective patient education. Patients need to gain and retain knowledge as they develop the practical skills and behaviour changes they need if they are to manage health conditions successfully. The framework discussed in this article was developed to assist specialist nurses providing education for children with eczema. However, it is also useful for nurses in other disciplines. After reading this article and completing the time out activities you should be able to:
Discuss the essential elements of patient education for effective, long-term management of health conditions.
Explain the distinction between declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge, and describe how knowledge is gained by the patient and his/her family.
Describe how nurses can enable the behaviour changes that patients require to manage health conditions in the long-term.
Outline the theoretical basis of successful patient education by nurses.
Primary Health Care. 27, 2, 35-42. doi: 10.7748/phc.2017.e1206
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Conflict of interest
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Received: 13 August 2016
Accepted: 18 October 2016


I can't figure out how to add an IN clause in my query, using placeholders.
I'd want it to be something like:
$nids = array(1, 2, 3);
$result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {node} WHERE nid IN :nids', array(':nids' => $nids));
Can't find any documentation on this simple task. What's the proper way to achieve this?
You are missing the braces.
Try this:
$nids = array(1, 2, 3);
$result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {node} WHERE nid IN (:nids)', array(':nids' => $nids));
For more information, see _URL_ especially the chapter on Placeholder arrays:
Placeholder arrays
Drupal's database layer includes an extra feature of placeholders. If the value passed in for a placeholder is an array, it will be automatically expanded into a comma separated list as will the corresponding placeholder. That means developers do not need to worry about counting how many placeholders they will need.
An example should make this behavior clearer:
// This code:
// Will get turned into this prepared statement equivalent automatically:
db_query("SELECT * FROM {node} WHERE nid IN (:nids_1, :nids_2, :nids_3)", array(
 ':nids_1' => 13,
 ':nids_2' => 42,
 ':nids_3' => 144,
// Which is equivalent to the following literal query:
db_query("SELECT * FROM {node} WHERE nid IN (13, 42, 144)");
 - I knew I was close ;) Thanks for the answer and the link! – Olof Johansson Jun 16 '11 at 15:20
 - what about the strings? node_types = array('node_type_1', 'node_type_2'); – Serjas Feb 8 '13 at 13:24
 - Same, doesn't matter. – Berdir Feb 8 '13 at 15:43
For Drupal 8
Entity query:
$query = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_type')->getQuery();
$query->condition('field/property', [1, 2, 3], 'IN');
$ids = $query->execute();
Sql Query (select), essentially the same for other query types.
$query = \Drupal::database()->select('table', 't');
$query->condition('column', [1, 2, 3], 'IN');
For Drupal 7
See Berdir's answer.
For Drupal 6
You can do it like this:
$nids = array(1, 2, 3);
$placeholders = db_placeholders($nids);
$result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {node} WHERE nid IN ($placeholders)", $nids);
db_placeholders is needed in Drupal 6 which will creating a string that holds the placeholders needed for the array of values given. Drupal 7 handles all this internally like Berdir describes.
Using the Database API in Drupal 7
Here's how you can use db_select() instead of db_query() for the same results.
$nids = array(1, 2, 3);
 ->condition('n.nid', $nids, 'IN')
$nodes = $query->fetchAll();
Drupal 6 If your array contains strings you need to tell db_placeholders()
$colours = array('red', 'yellow', 'blue');
$placeholders = db_placeholders($colours,'text');
$result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {bricks} WHERE colour IN ($placeholders)", $colours);
Drupal 8 update.
Also valid.
$nids = db_query("SELECT nid FROM node_field_data WHERE nid IN (:nids[]) AND status = 1", [
 ':nids[]' => $nids
 - db_query is deprecated and will be removed in Drupal 9. It shouldn't be recommended as a solution at this point. You also shouldn't use the database directly for querying data related to entities; there are APIs for that – Clive Nov 9 '19 at 7:03
 - The recommendation is strictly Drupal 8 update. The current accepted answer no longer works for Drupal 8, because it lacks square bracket. To reject this answer because it does not work for Drupal 9 another major version is disingenuous. It stops users getting an answer that just works. The sentiment is a clear example of, Perfect is the enemy of good enough. – Chris Calip Nov 12 '19 at 23:27
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At the foot of the Guadalupe Mountains within sight of the tallest mountain in Texas and between two cold, carbonate streams lie the archaeological ruins of the Pine Springs Camp, a key site to understanding both sides of the Apache Wars of the late 19th century. The term Apache Wars refers to a series of skirmishes carried on during the United States expansion into the traditional tribal lands of the Native American Apache tribes and their allies.
The interlaced record of these Apache and military activities has been the subject of archaeological research at Pine Springs Camp since the 1970s.
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Judith Ann Braun's Fantastic Finger Art Paintings
While finger-painting may seem childish to some, artist Judith Ann Braun uses her fingers to create incredible artwork and murals that are anything but. Braun, who has been quite the force in the art world for decades, ditches traditional brushes and other tools that put a distance between the artist and the art and uses only her fingers and charcoal dust to paint beautiful pieces that have been displayed in a number of reputable museums and galleries.
Judith Ann Braun
Source: WordPress
Judith Ann Braun Fingering
Source: Wild Woods Art Studio
Black And White Finger Paint
Source: Bazooko Circus
Judith Ann Braun began painting in the 1980s as a realistic figure painter. In the years to come, she explored paternalism, sexism, racial innuendos and other complex ideas through her art, often incorporating language and text into the pieces. Her art was experimental for its time, and prompted much criticism and disgust. Financial burdens eventually forced Braun to withdraw from making her controversial art, though she returned to the craft in 2003 after a Tarot reading. Braun drew the Lover's Card, which convinced her to begin creating once again.
Finger Print Fading
Source: Give Us Art
Finger Paint Gallery
Source: Fun Cage
Finger Tip Drawings
Source: The Daily Mail
According to Braun, the drawing rules for her ongoing project, "Symmetrical Procedures", are symmetry, abstraction and a carbon medium. To make each piece, she uses her hands to finger-paint with a carbon-based medium, usually charcoal, upon the surface. Aside from "Symmetrical Procedures," which is characterized by a number of symmetrical portals, orbitals, lanternals and texts, she creates "fingerings".
Finger Painting
Source: Bloody Loud
Up Close Fingerprint
Source: Blogspot
In February 2012, Braun used her fingers to create a 50-foot mural in Waitzer Community Gallery in front of a live audience. While she was a controversial figure in the art world for decades, Braun's symmetrical designs and illustrious "fingerings" have proven much more approachable and have thus captured the attention of the world. These unique, intricate images are a grown-up take on everybody's favorite childhood medium: finger-painting.
Judith Ann Braun Yellow
Source: Bazooko Circus
Judith Ann Braun Designs
Source: Cool Hunting
Judith Ann Braun Fingerpaint
Source: Chrysler