Freight Brokers
It has often been asked here at this site, what exactly are freight brokers and what role they play in the industry as a whole.
Freight brokers are basically the go betweens acting for the persons requiring goods to be transported and the freight forwarders and transportation companies themselves. A freight brokerage could also be known as that which is legally termed a Property Broker. It is this term that has been established in the US by the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration). The FMCSA is a division of the Department of Transportation in the US.
A freight broker or property broker is therefore a term which is used to describe a licensed individual, or a corporation acting to assist in facilitating the successful transportation of goods undertaken by a freight shipper or authorized motor carrier and the customer.
Brokers are not, by law required to carry cargo or liability insurance. However, these entities are required to hold several legal documents which include:
 - A Broker's Authority
 - Surety Bond or Trust Fund
 - Processing Agent
A Broker's Authority is obtained for a $300 fee (currently) through the FMCSA upon filing out the form OP-1 and filing for authority.
A Surety Bond or Trust Fund is obtained from either a bank or a bonding company. The form that is required to be filed with this is known as the BMC-84 or BMC-85. Each brokerage company or individual entity is required to prove they are able to pay the various truck lines, airlines, railroads, or any other entity being used by the broker. Before a bond is issued, the individual's credit and/or financial capacity is thoroughly investigated. This is because for some reason if the brokerage fails to pay the freight forwarder or transport company, the bonding company must instead pay.For this reason the bonding company is extremely cautious about who they decide to insure.
The Processing Agent is obtained by filling out form BOC-3 and costs $50.
This type of entity does not require a lawyer or other professional entity in order to file for a motor carrier or property broker authority. As for certification, there is actually only one level of brokerage, which is the Property Broker, or more commonly called the Freight Broker. The FMCSA does not recognize any other title.
That concludes this article, which we trust you found informative and useful.
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The main purpose of project boxes is organisational.
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BEST GUIDE: How to Block Emails on Gmail
Even though text messaging and instant messaging have become all the rage nowadays, email is still a completely viable form of communication, which is why it is still a significant part of the average person's day to day communication endeavors. Additionally, any person who wants to get the most out of everything that the internet has to offer needs to have an email account. However, when you give out your email address to websites left and right, you often become the victim of a bombardment of spam messages and get enlisted into many websites' mailing lists. This can lead to your inbox becoming full of unwanted emails.
Even though most email platforms such as Outlook and Gmail have a variety of different filters, utilities and algorithms in place to strain all of the unwanted emails out of your inbox, your inbox still ends up with quite a bit of spam in it – spam that you need to weed out on your own. However, wouldn't it be better for you to simply be able to stop receiving emails from the senders of spam messages and other people who you simply don't want in your inbox? Thankfully, most big email platforms – including Gmail – provide users with the ability to block senders who they simply don't want to have any contact with via email. Blocking emails on Gmail is pretty simple – all you need to do is:
From a Computer
Open Gmail. Open an email from the sender whom you want to block. Click on the Arrow button next to the Reply
Click on Block "name of sender".
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Open Gmail.
Open an email from the sender whom you want to block.
Tap on the gray Menu button and the top right of the message (depicted by three vertical dots).
Tap on Block "name of sender".
If you unintentionally block someone, you can immediately undo your mistake by going through the same steps listed above, but instead tapping on Unblock "name of sender" in the last step.
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Open Gmail on a computer. Click on the Gear button at the top. Click on Settings.
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- About Hunger
- U.S. Hunger
- Global Hunger
- The Bible and Hunger
- Hunger and the U.S. Budget
- Solutions to U.S. Poverty
- Foreign Assistance
- Maternal and Child Nutrition
- Trade and Agriculture
- Climate Change
What is Foreign Assistance?
Foreign assistance or foreign aid refers to funding the United States provides to other countries.
Sometimes foreign assistance is given directly to a country's government either in cash or "in-kind," meaning physical items such as tents, food, or weapons. But U.S. development assistance is mainly delivered by nongovernmental organizations directly to local communities to address their needs and support their development efforts.
Poverty-focused development refers to foreign assistance that directly affects the lives of hungry and poor people.
In 2007, just over 40 percent of total U.S. foreign assistance went to programs that work in poor communities to immunize children, train teachers, build water wells, schools, and rural roads, and provide agricultural training to help farmers increase their productivity.
These poverty-focused development programs respond directly to the needs of poor people and are usually delivered by trusted providers such as Church World Service, Catholic Relief Services, or World Vision.
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Apt Test in Newborn: Maternal vs Neonatal Blood
Last modified: Wednesday, April 19, 2017
We had few cases of suspected GI bleeding, admitted or referred to our NICU. One was case of Hematochezia and other was case of fresh blood in vomitus. Both babies were born to mother with Antepartum hemorrhage. The general condition of the babies were fine, and the vitals. There was no other reason for GI bleed at such early period in these neonates.
Generally, in absence of Apt test, we would get Sepsis workup, PT, aPTT, platelets done and baby would also be given IV antibiotics, Vitamin K and possibly FFP. But a Simple test can prevent unnecessary interventions when history is clear and baby is well.
Vomiting of blood mixed content on first day or two in newborn is a commonly encountered problem. In Neonates, swallowed maternal blood is the most common cause in case of suspected GI bleeding. Blood can be either swallowed during delivery or swallowed from cracked maternal nipples during breast feeding. 1. As gastric transit is quick, newborn even present mimicking hematochezia or malena. A simple bedside test can rule out lot of confusion and prevent unnecessary intervention, specially when amount is significant and requires evaluation. Apt test is useful for differentiating between newborn swallowing mother's blood and fetal gastrointestinal bleeding. One is a benign condition and other is a worrisome one.
How is Apt Test done?
Non-quantitative method based on resistance of hemoglobin F to alkali denaturation. This test is useful ONLY on frankly bloody (red) stool or gastric specimens, not tarry (black) specimens. Concept is- Fetal Hb is resistant to alkali denaturation.
Color change in Positive and Negative test. Alkali Denaturation Test
Limitations:
1. False-positive result as oxyhemoglobin has been converted to hematin.
2. Visual judgement of color produced by test procedure may lead to error if only a small amount of blood is present.
3. Bilirubin containing meconium and possibly other substances may cause stool color interference.2
Other Diagnsotic consideration should be:
1. NEC
2. Midgut volvulus
3. Sepsis - DIC
4. Early onset hemorrhagic disease of Newborn
5. Stress gastic ulcer
6. Traumatic bleed - NG or CPAP induced nasal or gastric mucosal bleed.
In a sick newborn, just relying on Apt test does not seem logical and detail work up is needed.
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- Is silk stronger than Kevlar?
- Can Spider Silk hold a human?
- Can Silk stop a knife?
- What is the most strongest spider in the world?
- Is silk stronger than steel?
- What animal skin is bulletproof?
- What is spider silk worth?
- What is the strongest type of spider silk?
- Do spiders ever run out of silk?
- Is Spider silk used for anything?
- What is the disadvantage of silk?
- Do spiders poop?
- What is the strength of silk?
- Can Spider Silk stop a bullet?
- Is silk stronger than cotton?
- Does silk break easily?
- Can a human get stuck in a spider web?
- Is Spider silk flammable?
Is silk stronger than Kevlar?
Dragline silk is around 1.1 GPa.
Depending on the specific alloy, this can be stronger than steel, which lies in the same range.
But it is still beaten by Kevlar, which has a tensile strength of 3.0 – 3.6 GPa.
Spider silk fibers are not as strong a Kevlar carbon fiber but they are tougher..
Can Spider Silk hold a human?
SYDNEY, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) — European scientists have made spiders produce webs strong enough to hold a human, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Thursday. … The composite material is five times stronger than spider silk.
Can Silk stop a knife?
Silk is the longest natural fiber. Silk's length brings with it great strength. If thick enough and the blade not to strongly slashed, Silk armor could divert the sword from doing any damage. Nylon, has been called artificial silk, for Nylon is made up of even longer threads.
What is the most strongest spider in the world?
The newly-discovered species of Madagascan spider known as Darwin's bark spider (Caerostris darwini) weaves the strongest known spider silk with a tensile strength of up to 520 MJ/m3 (megajoules per cubic metre) – twice as tough as any previously described silk.
Is silk stronger than steel?
Spider silk is five times stronger than steel—now, scientists know why. … To find out how most spider silk is five times stronger than steel, scientists analyzed the silk that venomous brown recluse spiders use to create their ground webs and hold their eggs, using an atomic force microscope.
What animal skin is bulletproof?
Despite reports of bullets ricocheting off armadillos, these creatures aren't bulletproof. Their shells are made of bony plates called osteoderms that grow in the skin.
What is spider silk worth?
There are very few applications for spider silk which can support a $37,000 per kilogram price. Based on the publicly available data, it is our opinion that Kraig Labs has a huge cost advantage.
What is the strongest type of spider silk?
Darwin's bark spiderHowever, researchers have now revealed the Darwin's bark spider (Caerostris darwini) has the toughest silk ever seen — more than twice as tough as any previously described silk, and more than 10 times stronger than Kevlar.
Do spiders ever run out of silk?
So, to get to your question, yes, it seems like Miss Spider could have been "running out of silk" if she hadn't been able to replenish her stores! Answer 2: Spiders make their own silk. Spiders take the protein from the insects that they eat, break them down, and build them up into web protiens.
Is Spider silk used for anything?
Spider silk is a protein fibre spun by spiders. Spiders use their silk to make webs or other structures, which function as sticky nets to catch other animals, or as nests or cocoons to protect their offspring, or to wrap up prey.
What is the disadvantage of silk?
Expensive – As already mentioned, silk is one of the most expensive fibres on the market adding to its elegance and luxurious appeal. Sun & Water Damage – While it is a strong absorbent fibre, it can easily be damaged by sun and water exposure. The sun may result in fading and weakness while water may result in stains.
Do spiders poop?
Spiders don't produce urine like we do, but produce uric acid, which doesn't dissolve in water and is a near-solid. … In this sense, spiders don't deposit separate feces and urine, but rather a combined waste product that exits from the same opening (anus).
What is the strength of silk?
Typical commercial silkworm silk from Bombyx mori cocoons has a tensile strength of about 0.5 gigapascals (GPa), a breaking elongation of 15%, and a breaking energy (toughness) of 6 × 104 J kg−1 (ref. 5).
Can Spider Silk stop a bullet?
Spider silk is highly flexible, extremely stretchable, surpasses steel in strength, and most importantly, can be formed into a mesh that would stop a bullet.
Is silk stronger than cotton?
Which is stronger silk or cotton? … Silk is a natural, strong fibre as it has great tensile strength, which allows it to withstand a great deal of pressure. Cotton is also a strong fibre but the strength is largely affected by moisture, as its wet strength is 20% (much higher than dry strength).
Does silk break easily?
How is spider silk so easy to break when it's stronger than steel? – George, aged ten, Hethersett, UK. Thanks for the question, George – the simple answer is that spider silk breaks easily because it's really, really, really thin. … Steel is a material called an alloy, which means it is a mixture of metals.
Can a human get stuck in a spider web?
One strand of spider silk has the unique effect of causing a full grown human to wriggle around like a crazy person for seemingly no reason. … A spider would only need to be about the size of a fist to create this trapping web, so it's likely that a group of spiders could create a web dense enough to trap a human.
Is Spider silk flammable?
The strands of a web spell are flammable. A flaming weapon can slash them away as easily as a hand brushes away cobwebs. Any fire can set the webs alight and burn away one 5-foot square in 1 round.

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(2 DAY WEBINAR) Brain Injury Association of Pa presents: Opioid Addiction and Brain Injury
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The training course will assist substance treatment providers to better understand how cognitive impairments associated with brain injury interact with treatment for opioid misuse. This high-level course is geared towards Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors and Addictions Counselors. Course topics include: Brain Basics and the Toxic Brain; Understanding the Effects of Pathology; Cognitive, Emotional and Behavioral Techniques for Treating Persons with Co-Occurring Opioid Use Disorder and Brain Injury; and he Integration of Client Needs, Resources and Funding.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the types and epidemiology of brain injury
2. Describe screening tools to identify traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury
3. Describe how memory and executive functioning impairments impact substance misuse treatment
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Create new alerts to monitor your environment with the Orion Platform
Navigate to the Alert Manager in the Orion Platform to create a completely new alert definition, or duplicate an alert that is similar to the alert you want to create.
 1. Enter the alert properties, which includes who can view the alert, severity, and how frequently the alert conditions are evaluated.
 2. Define the conditions must exist to trigger the alert.
 3. Define what event occurs to reset the alert.
 4. Schedule when you want the alert to monitor your environment.
 5. Define what happens when an alert is triggered.
 6. Define what happens when the alert is reset.
 7. Review your alert, including the number of alerts that will be triggered based on the conditions you defined.
You can skip to different steps if you clicked Duplicate & Edit or if you are editing a saved alert.
Once you have created an alert, it is added to the list of available alerts in the Alert Manager. When the alert is enabled, it immediately monitors your environment for the conditions necessary to trigger it.


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Physiological activity in an attribute learning task.
J.H. de Swart, E.A. Das-Smaal
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The relationship between the amount of information processing in an Attribute Learning task and autonomic activity, measured by skin conductance response (SCR), was investigated. The amount of information processing was manipulated by type of concept and feedback. Furthermore, the influence of practice and verbalization was studied. Three types of concepts were used: conjunction, exclusion and joint denial. The stimulus population consisted of four three-valued dimensions. The results showed that (1) SCR did not differ among concepts; (2) SCR varied with type of feedback, it being smallest at blanks and largest at infirming feedback; (3) SC'R was related to the number of confirmations preceding infirmation; (4) subjects mainly used the strategy'reject hypothesis only after information'; (5) subjects usually selected not-yet-tested hypotheses; (6) practice influenced performance; (7) verbalization did not result in more efficient use of information; however, the appropriateness of the experimental set-up to study this factor was questioned; (8) conjunction was easier to learn than the other concepts. The results were discussed in terms of uncertainty reduction, resulting from testing hypotheses in a concept learning task.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57-69
JournalActa Psychologica
Publication statusPublished - 1979
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Non-linear junction detectors
The non-linear junction detector, or an NLJD, is a device that illuminates a small region of space with high-frequency RF energy. Any "non linear junction" in the vicinity—for example, and particularly, the p-n junction—will receive this energy, and because of the asymmetric response of the junction to an electric field, it will rectify it, re-emitting some of it on multiples of the illumination frequency.
The detector has a sensitive receiver tuned to these harmonics, as well as appropriate processing and displays to make their presence known to the user of the device. Because the basis of almost all semiconductor electronics is the p-n junction, an NLJD is correspondingly capable of detecting almost any unshielded electronic device containing semiconductors, whether the electronics are actively powered or not.

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Background: Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) remains the gold standard for detecting rejection episodes in orthotopic heart transplant (OTH) patients. Follow-up protocols vary widely between transplant centers. At our center, we have implemented a conservative strategy protocol and here we report our outcomes. Methods: Patients from 2 cohorts were used for comparison analysis. OHT recipients from 1990 to 1995 comprised the standard strategy group, and those from 2004 to 2009 comprised the conservative strategy group. Survival outcomes and rejection episodes were compared between groups. Results: Mean age at OHT was 56 ± 10 years in the standard strategy group and 53 ± 10 years in the conservative strategy group. Both groups were predominantly composed of white men. The etiology of congestive heart failure was ischemic cardiomyopathy in more than 50% of the patients in both groups. From 6 to 12 months after OHT, we found that the number of episodes of rejection/total number of EMBs was 4.9% (8/163) in the standard group vs 2.0% (1/50) in the conservative group. From 12 to 24 months after transplant, the rate was 2.5% (8/320) in the standard group vs 11.9% (5/42) in the conservative group (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Surveillance EMB after 6 months post-OHT in patients receiving contemporary immunosuppression is associated with a low yield of EMB-confirmed rejection in the absence of a clinical indication or echocardiographic findings that support clinical rejection. Most episodes of cellular rejection are mild and do not warrant treatment or a change in immunosuppression. The frequency of EMBs did not correlate with an increased risk of cardiac allograft vasculopathy or death.
- endomyocardial biopsy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine


Tawny crazy ant
harms crops
harms people
harms wildlife
lives on ground
day active
Scientific name: Nylanderia fulva, formerly Paratrechina fulva, often mistakenly identified as Nylanderia pubens in the literature
Other common names: Rasberry crazy ant (named for the exterminator who first identified the invasion, Tom Rasberry)
Size: 3.2 mm
Colour: light to medium reddish brown.
Tawny crazy ant worker (© Mike Quinn, TexasEnto.net, Creative Commons License)
Tawny crazy ants swarming on a passionvine fruit (© Mike Quinn, TexasEnto.net, Creative Commons License
General description: this ant appears rather dull due to the dense coat of fine hairs covering it. Compared to other crazy ants it has relatively short legs and appears squat, but like them it is characterized by frantic, erratic movement.
Habitat and nesting: the biology of the tawny crazy ant is not well known. Nests have been found under rocks, timber and in piles of debris.
Rate of spread: 200 m/year in Texas.
Distribution: see our invasive ant distributions page for the worldwide distribution of the tawny crazy ant.
Reproduction: no information found.
For detailed descriptions and identification of tawny crazy ants:
Myrmecos: Nylanderia fulva
AntWeb: Nylanderia fulva
Social, agricultural and environmental impacts of the tawny crazy ant
The tawny crazy ant is a relatively new pest and is having a significant negative impact on people's lives where it occurs. A supercolony of this ant can reach numbers in the millions and often nests in and around homes. Here they cause misery by constantly running all over people and pets and getting into food and electronics. They appear to be attracted to electronic items and are notorious for shorting out things like televisions, circuit breakers, computers, air conditioners and vehicles. There have been reports of the tawny crazy ant killing chickens by blocking their nasal cavities and smothering them. It would be a disaster if this ant became established in the Pacific.
Information sources
AntWiki, Tawny crazy ant
Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) (mistakenly referred to as Nylanderia pubens)
Live Science, Tawny crazy ant, Nylanderia fulva
New York Times Magazine, Tawny crazy ant, Nylanderia fulva
Texas A & M University webpage, Tawny crazy ant, Nylanderia fulva
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Outlook Web App Light > Calendar
The Calendar lets you create and track appointments. You can also organize and schedule meetings with other people, and then update or modify the information (time, location, or attendees) as needed. When you use the Calendar to keep track of your meetings and appointments, anyone in the global address list can check your availability for their own scheduling purposes.
You can set any appointments or meetings to be repeating. This means they occur more than one time and on a regular basis. For example, you can schedule a repeating project status meeting that occurs every Wednesday at 2:00 P.M.
To open your calendar, click Calendar in the Getting Started > Navigation Pane.
How do I view my schedule?
The calendar displays your appointments and meetings for the current day.
 1. In the navigation pane, click Calendar.
 2. To view a different day, select a date from the month view that's next to your schedule.
 3. To view the details of an item or to change it, click the item.
 If you edit a repeating item, such as a weekly meeting, you'll be prompted to change either that one occurrence or all occurrences of the meeting.
How do I work with meetings?
A meeting is an appointment you share with another person. When you request a meeting, in addition to setting a time and subject, you'll add a list of attendees to invite. You can also add resources, such as a conference room or projector. If the recipients are in the shared address book, you can see their free/busy time. Most recipients can respond to the meeting request by accepting, tentatively accepting, or declining your invitation. Like appointments, meeting requests can be for a single meeting or scheduled as repeating meetings.
For information about how to work with meetings, see:
How do I work with repeating items?
Many meetings, appointments, and events occur regularly over a period of time. Instead of creating new calendar items for each occurrence, you can set the item as repeating.
For information about how to work with repeating items, see:
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|1.||(in England before 1926) the reversion of property to the Crown in the absence of legal heirs|
|2.||(in feudal times) the reversion of property to the feudal lord in the absence of legal heirs or upon outlawry of the tenant|
|3.||the property so reverting|
|4.||to take (land) by escheat or (of land) to revert by escheat|
|[C14: from Old French eschete, from escheoir to fall to the lot of, from Late Latin excadere (unattested), from Latin cadere to fall]|
|to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.|
|to bark; yelp.|
in feudal English land law, the return or forfeiture to the lord of land held by his tenant. There were generally two conditions by which land would escheat: the death of the tenant without heirs or the conviction of the tenant for a felony. In case of felony, the land would lose its inheritability and escheat to the lord, who would then hold the land subject to the crown's right to exploit the felon's lands for a year and a day. In time, this exploitation right of the crown was commuted in return for a money payment or service rendered to the crown by the lord. In the case of a tenant convicted of high treason, however, his land escheated directly to the crown, and the lord forfeited all rights he had in that tenant's lands completely. The escheat of lands for felony was abolished by statute in England in 1870; and by a statute enacted in 1925, no longer does land escheat to its former owner solely for failure of heirs. In the United States, laws passed in all states provide that land will escheat to the state (county or city) if an owner dies without a valid will and if no heirs can be found. See also attainder.
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Is a Raspberry Pi a good choice as a NAS server? How to build a Raspberry Pi NAS server? If you are trying to find the answer, this article by MiniTool Partition Wizard would tell you everything about the Raspberry Pi NAS server.
About Raspberry Pi NAS Server
Network Attached Storage (NAS) allows you to save files from computers and mobile devices to external hard drives over your home or office wireless network. With the Raspberry Pi, you can connect existing storage devices such as external portable hard drives and USB flash drives to create a safe backup of all your important files, accessible from anywhere in the world.
Is a Raspberry Pi a good choice as a NAS Server? There are many good reasons to set up a Raspberry Pi NAS server: Your own small computer-based server is less expensive than buying a full NAS system. Energy costs in particular are much lower due to the low requirements of the Raspberry. It is also compact and portable. Raspberry Pi NAS systems run off standard battery packs if no other power source is available.
What's the Raspberry Pi 5 release date? Is it better than Raspberry Pi 4? Now, this post will analyze all information about Raspberry Pi 5.
What Need to Create a Raspberry Pi NAS Server
To create a Raspberry Pi NAS, you first need to obtain the necessary equipment.
- Raspberry Pi
- USB-C power supply unit (PSU)
- micro SD card
- powered USB hub
- ethernet cable
- external storage
If you're using a Raspberry Pi 4 or Raspberry Pi 400, you'll need a USB-C power supply and a micro HDMI to standard HDMI cable for Raspberry Pi 4 NAS server. Older models will require a micro USB power supply and a standard HDMI to HDMI cable.
This post tells you which Raspberry Pi models are worth upgrading to SSD and shows you how to make Raspberry Pi boot from USB SSDs.
Install the Rasalia Pi Operation System Related Edition
We will use Raspberry Pi Image to install Raspberry Pi OS Lite on your MicroSD card. Raspberry Pi Image can be used for free Windows, macOS, Ubuntu X86, and Raspberry Pi OS, which can be downloaded here.
1. Open the Image application and connect the MicroSD card to the computer
Use the SD card accessories to connect the MicroSD card to the computer. We recommend that the minimum storage size is 16GB.
2. Install the Raspberry Pi OS to your MicroSD card
In Raspberry Pi Image, you can do the following operation:
- Choose OS: you can find Raspberry Pi OS under Raspberry Pi OS (Other). We use smaller Raspberry Pi OS Lite.
- Open the Advanced Menu: Press Ctrl + Shift + X to mix the Raspberry Pi Image advanced menu, or click the Advanced Menu button.
- Enable SSH: Check the Enable SSH box and set the username and password. You need these details to access your Raspberry Pi and network storage. Then select Save the advanced menu.
- Choose Storage: Select your MicroSD card. Finally, select Write.
After completion, you can remove the MicroSD card from the computer and insert it into Raspberry Pi.
3. Storage option
In this tutorial, we will use a portable USB hard disk drive and a built-in hard disk drive with a SATA adapter. You can also use a USB flash drive. We recommend that you remove the data in the driver, because you may need to format it in the process later.
To maintain a stable power supply for your external hard disk drive, it is best to connect your storage device to your Raspberry PI with the active USB hub.
Note that if you use the SD card you have used, you may need to back up the SD card. Because you need to format it in the process later, formatting will definitely cause data loss. A disk cloning software is recommended here - Minitool Partition Wizard. As a dedicated clone tool, it provides you with convenience, and can easily transmit data from one disk to another.
In addition, it is the best SD card formatter. The most important thing is that the SD card between 32GB and 2TB can be formatted into the FAT32 file system, which breaks the restrictions of Windows.
How to Set up Raspberry Pi as NAS Server
Here we divide the Raspberry Pi NAS Server setup process into several steps.
Step 1: Download and Install OpenMediaVault
As with Raspbian or other Raspberry Pi distributions, you'll need an external computer to download and install OpenMediaVault.
Before starting the automatic installation process, you should configure your network router to assign the minicomputer the same IP address every boot, otherwise it will change every reboot.
To install OpenMediaVault, run:
sudo wget -O – _URL_ | sudo bash
Step 2: Set up OpenMediaVault
1. Open an internet browser on your regular computer and enter your Raspberry Pi's IP address in the address bar.
2. Log in to OpenMediaVault with the following credentials:
3. Select the gear icon in the upper right corner to open settings and change your OpenMediaVault administrator password.
Step 3: Set up Network Access
- Select Storage, then select Disk
- Navigate to Storage and File Systems. You probably won't see anything here, so choose to Create. Here you can choose your storage device. We recommend choosing the EXT4 drive format. Choose OK and Close.
- Select the file system to mount and apply the changes.
- Now we need to create a shared folder.
- Navigate to the Storage and Sharing Folder and choose to Create. Here you can name the folder, choose the drive it should live on, and grant permissions to the user.
- Finally, we need to make sure that computers on your network can find the folder. Navigate to Services and select SMB/CIFS.
- Under Settings, check the Enabled box and save. Under Shares, choose to Create, add your shared folder, and save. Your NAS system should now be ready for use.
Step 4: Access Your NAS from macOS, Windows
Access Your NAS from macOS
- On your desktop, press Command + K. Enter smb://XXX.XXX.X.XXX (replace with the IP address of your NAS Raspberry Pi).
- Enter your username and password. Your username and password will be the ones you created in Raspberry Pi Imager.
- Your shared folder will now appear in a finder window.
Access Your NAS from Windows
Open Windows Explorer. In the Path field, write \XXX.XXX.X.XXX (using your Raspberry Pi NAS's IP address).
Create a new entry under Network in the left nav and display its contents. Double-click the share you want, and when prompted, enter the username and password you created in Raspberry Pi Imager.
Many users wonder how much Raspberry Pi storage is and how to increase Raspberry Pi storage. If you are one of them, you can find out answers in this post.
Bonus: Free Partition Managers for Windows 10/11
Are you looking for a professional partition manager for your Windows computer? If so, you can try Minitool Partition Wizard.
MiniTool Partition Wizard is a powerful and reliable partition manager. It can do what disk management does, such as creating/deleting/formatting/adjusting partition size. In addition, its Surface Test function can help you check your disk health.
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A time-slice from preliminary migrated results of a field trial survey demonstrating high signal to noise levels and the ability of the proposed novel acquisition method to resolve fault boundaries in great detail aided by the significant increase in spatial source sampling.(c) PGS
eSeismic – with less noise
eSeismic developed by PGS is one of 9 candidates for this year's Exploration Innovation Prize that will be awarded at NCS Exploration in May.
eSeismic was developed by PGS in cooperation with Equinor and the Norwegian Research Council.
The technology has now been selected as one of nine candidates for the Exploration Innovation Prize that will be awarded at this year's NCS Exploration conference: Recent Advances in Exploration Tehcnology.
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More musings from my fevered brain!
I remembered a discussion on Hyperlipid about FIRKO mice.
Note: FIRKO stands for Fat Insulin Receptor Knock Out and it results in White Adipose Tissue (WAT) having vastly reduced uptake of nutrients, thus inhibiting gain of WAT. Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) has up-regulated uncoupling proteins i.e. BAT produces more heat.
What was also interesting was that, in a study where mice's VMH (VentroMedial Hypothalamus) was also deliberately damaged, mice ate more food but didn't gain any weight. What? The Energy Balance Equation doesn't apply?
Mice weigh very little (~30g), so they can't burn off significant amounts of energy through exercise the way that humans can. So, how on Earth can mice eat more without gaining any weight?
Peter Dobromylskyj gave me the answer. As a veterinary surgeon, he works on rodents so he knows about this. Rodents under anaesthesia easily get hypothermia. The penny dropped! Mice have a very high surface area:mass ratio (see the above graph) compared to adult humans. As heat is lost through the skin, small animals like mice are at a disadvantage when it comes to heat conservation. They have behaviours for conserving heat e.g. covering themselves in bedding (which reduces heat loss) or huddling together in groups (which reduces surface area:mass ratio). Anaesthesia prevents these behaviours.
Any excess energy intake that cannot be stored due to FIRKOisation is disposed of by increased heat production in BAT and increased heat loss by reduced heat conservation behaviour. Simples!
Most adult humans have little BAT, so are unable to perform the same trick. You could try sitting in a bath of cold water. ;-p That would make me really cold and hungry (and wet!), so I would eat ravenously afterwards. But that's me. Your Mileage May Vary.


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What French name of a certain small pasty cake was inspired by on the one hand a famous fairy tale, and on the other hand a little "general" performing at Amsterdam in an American circus touring Europe?
#96967. Asked by Flem-ish. (Jun 25 08 2:05 PM)
Tompoes or Tompouce.|
Named after Tom Thumb- a traditional hero in English folklore who is no bigger than his father's thumb. Tiny thumb-sized heroes are a common theme in world folklore. The most famous examples are Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina and the Brothers Grimm's Thumbling and its sequel Thumbling as Journeyman (or Thumbling's Travels).
These later stories may be an earlier version of Tom Thumb as they contain many similar situations (minus the Arthurian elements).
General Tom Thumb was the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton (January 4, 1838 – July 15, 1883), a little person who achieved great fame under circus pioneer P.T. Barnum.
This the connection you were referencing?
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NGO's Efficiency and Transparency Policy: The Colombian Case
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In recent years the influence of Colombian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in diverse social sectors of the country has increased. However, the legitimacy of this sector has been undermined by corruption. This distrust has questioned the efficiency of NGOs as social tools. Transparency as a mechanism against corruption and one of the tools that improves the functioning of an organization is considered. There is no doubt that Internet is an essential element in disseminating information to the different stakeholders of the organization.This paper sets out three main objectives: i) the analysis of information disclosure through the Internet of Colombian NGOs, ii) the analysis of the efficiency of these entities in reaching their social goals and, iii) the analysis of the online transparency effect in a greater efficiency of the Colombian NGOs.


Boss (video gaming)
In video gaming, a boss is an enemy-based challenge (and a computer-controlled opponent in such a challenge). A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight. Boss battles are generally seen at the climax of a particular section of the game, usually at the end of a stage or level, or guarding a specific objective, and the boss enemy is generally far stronger than the opponents the player has faced up to that point.


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_TAG_: systemic defense mechanisms
_TAG_: how do u know that a system got rigid? When it starts2see criticism as a threat instead as a hint! _TAG_
when systems get complacent and hence are not able to renew themselves by reacting to impulses reality is constantly pointing out they start getting defensive,too.
criticism in its essence is meant to be a hint to get consious, to become aware of new perspectives. critisism in its systemic function is an essential issue to keep systems and individuals awake and present. its meant to be supportive to go deeper into understanding the world/life/systemic context.
the main problem with systems as well as individuals is that at a certain point they start to identify with a certain kind of interpretation of themselves and their environment. they get attached and hence stuck in belief!
from this point on every impuls that seems to be incoherent with systemic interests is seen as threat and is met with rejection. righteousness comes into play. the spiral of self-destruction starts its game.
the moment you are on a path of defense you enter the path of war because you are creating a dense energy(attachment,extremist views/beliefs) that wants to keep alive a simplistic view of itself and the world that is in contradiction to a more subtle realty in emergence.
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text: This study determined the bone formation in porous calcium carbonate (CC) and porous hydroxyapatite (HA) in ectopic sites. The bone formation stimulus was derived from bone marrow cells. CC and HA in the shape of disks were implanted with or without rat marrow cells into subcutaneous sites of syngeneic rats. The CC and HA had identical microstructure: pore size was 190–;230 μm, porosity was 50–60% and they were fully interconnected. Bone did not form in any implants without marrow cells (disks themselves), whereas bone consistently formed in the pores of all implants with marrow cells after 4 weeks. The bone formation of both CC and HA occurred initially on surface of the pore regions and progressed toward the center of the pore. Scanning electron microscopy and electronprobe microanalysis revealed a continuum of calcium at the interfaces of both bone/CC and bone/HA implants. These results indicate that the bone formation in calcium carbonate derived from marine corals is comparable to the bioactive hydroxyapatite.


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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A common European crow (Corvus corone) having glossy black plumage.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The common crow of Europe, Corvus corone: so called because it often feeds on carrion. See cut under crow.
- n. The urubu or black vulture of America, Catharista atrata, a common bird of the southern United States, resembling the turkey-buzzard, and feeding entirely upon carrion.
- n. The common crow of America, Corvus americanus.
- n. A name of the European rook, Corvus frugilegus.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
- n. See under Carrion.
- n. American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
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Notes for SAM45 spectrometer data on NEWSTAR
The maximum number of frequency channels handled by NEWSTAR is 2048 by default, but SAM45 spectrometer outputs 4096 channels.
In order to process the new data, we have added new functions to the existing NEWSTAR.
Last update : 22April 2011
- Basis: The data will be reduced to 2048 channels either by
(a) a 2-channel binning or
(b) by selecting half of the spectral output.
Both of these options are available in Newstar.
- On "File Services" and "File List" (FLAG(FLAG3) and LINTG(LING2)), you can identify the SAM45 raw data from the "*" tagged at the end of each line.
- When you select the raw data from SAM45 (i.e. files that have "*"), the binning toggle and the channel clipping sliders become available (Figure 1).
- When you select "Binning=2", the data will be averaged every two channels.
- When you select "Binning=1", you have to select the center channel (and the corresponding channel range is shown in the bottom) where you want the data to be clipped.
- On FLAG, the clipping or binning effects only for spectra to display.
- You can select arrays by toggles named "A" on the panel (where it says "AC/SAM" in the "Array" section).
Note : The RMS calculation is performed using the specified RMS range, but multiplied by a factor of two for SAM45 data.
This is because AC45 has 1024 channels, whereas SAM45 has twice as many channels as default.
Figure 1 : File-List window
Nobeyama Radio Observatory


@article { author = {Ranjan, R}, title = {Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Bending of Straight Beams Using hp-Spectral Approximations}, journal = {Journal of Solid Mechanics}, volume = {3}, number = {1}, pages = {96-113}, year = {2011}, publisher = {Islamic Azad University - Arak Branch}, issn = {2008-3505}, eissn = {2008-7683}, doi = {}, abstract = {Displacement finite element models of various beam theories have been developed using traditional finite element interpolations (i.e., Hermite cubic or equi-spaced Lagrange functions). Various finite element models of beams differ from each other in the choice of the interpolation functions used for the transverse deflection w, total rotation φ and/or shear strain γxz, or in the integral form used (e.g., weak form or least-squares) to develop the finite element model. The present study is concerned with the development of alternative beam finite elements using hp-spectral nodal expansions to eliminate shear and membrane locking. Both linear and non-linear analysis are carried out using both displacement and mixed finite element models of the beam theories studied. Results obtained are compared with both analytical (series) solutions and non-linear finite element solutions from literature, and excellent agreement is found for all cases.}, keywords = {spectral/hp method,Timoshenko Beam Theory,Euler-Bernoulli beam theory,Nodal expansions,Displacement and mixed finite element models}, url = {_URL_ eprint = {_URL_ }


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- Can buyers see reserve price eBay?
- Is the reserve price the same as buy it now?
- Do you have to pay reserve fee if item doesn't sell?
- What happens when a reserve is not met?
- How are reserve prices set?
- Can you end a listing on eBay?
- How much does eBay charge for a reserve price?
- Can I sell to highest bidder if reserve not met?
- Why are eBay's fees so high?
- Do you have to pay eBay if your item doesn't sell?
- Should I tell bidders what my reserve is?
- Can I remove a listing from eBay?
- What happens if reserve price isn't met on eBay?
- What happens if someone bids over the Buy It Now price?
- Why is there a minimum reserve price on eBay?
- How do I find out the reserve price on eBay?
- Should I set a reserve price on eBay?
- How do you know if eBay item has reserve?
- What happens if you are the only bidder on eBay?
- How do you find the reserve price at an auction?
Can buyers see reserve price eBay?
A reserve price is the lowest price you're willing to sell an item for.
Bidders can't see the reserve price, but they'll see whether it has been met..
Is the reserve price the same as buy it now?
On eBay, a reserve price is the minimum price the seller will take for an item, while a Buy It Now price is a set price you can buy an item for. A listing with a Buy It Now option does not mean that the bidding has a reserve price, though the two features can be used together in one listing.
Do you have to pay reserve fee if item doesn't sell?
When you place a reserve on your item, you're charged an insertion fee based on the amount of the reserve plus the reserve price charge. Fixed-price listing fees are pretty clear-cut. … If your item doesn't sell, don't think you can get your insertion fees back. They are nonrefundable.
What happens when a reserve is not met?
A reserve price is a minimum price that a seller would be willing to accept from a buyer. In an auction, the seller is not typically required to disclose the reserve price to potential buyers. If the reserve price is not met, the seller is not required to sell the item, even to the highest bidder.
How are reserve prices set?
Setting a reserve price correctly involves finding the perfect line between ensuring the reserve is high enough to guarantee you a comfortable amount if reached and low enough that it will not be prohibitive to encouraging bidding on the day. There is a common fear of setting the reserve price too low.
Can you end a listing on eBay?
Yes, you may end the listing by cancelling all bids. You may be charged a final value fee based on the amount of the highest bid, or you may sell the item to the highest bidder. … You can only end auction listings with bids one at a time by selecting a valid reason.
How much does eBay charge for a reserve price?
Auction-style listing example 2Insertion fee$0.00Final value fee (10.2% of $7,830, max. fee $750)$750.00Gallery Plus fee$0.70International site visibility fee$0.40Reserve price fee (7.5% of $400)$30.002 more rows
Can I sell to highest bidder if reserve not met?
If the listing ends without any bids that meet the reserve price, you aren't required to sell the item. … The highest bidder will win the item. If the bidding does not reach $150 (the reserve price), the item won't sell, and the seller isn't required to honor any bids below the reserve.
Why are eBay's fees so high?
The eBay Community : Shipping costs are so high because Sellers have to buy tracking and signature required now for every package because it's very easy for buyers to make claims and get free items. Postage is not the only cost in shipping. … The seller pays fees on both the selling price and the shipping price.
Do you have to pay eBay if your item doesn't sell?
If your item does not sell, then you are not charged any final value fee. However, listing fees are charged to your account at the time the listing goes live and are generally nonrefundable.
Should I tell bidders what my reserve is?
It costs the buyer nothing to bid, so just tell them to bid. … Sensible bidders will avoid any seller that won't reveal the reserve.
Can I remove a listing from eBay?
You can delete an eBay listing you've posted if you no longer want to sell the item, though certain restrictions apply. Deleting your eBay listing will cancel all active bids and remove it from users' watchlists.
What happens if reserve price isn't met on eBay?
If the reserve price isn't met, the item won't be sold. Sellers can choose to add a reserve price when listing an item in an eBay auction. … This means that even if you're the highest bidder at the end of the auction, you won't win the item.
What happens if someone bids over the Buy It Now price?
In most categories, the Buy It Now price must be at least 30% higher than the auction price. When someone bids, the Buy It Now option usually disappears; however, in the case of reserve price listings, the Buy It Now option remains until the reserve price is met.
Why is there a minimum reserve price on eBay?
A reserve price is the lowest price you're willing to sell an item for. By using a reserve price you can set a low starting price for your auction – and boost interest in your item – but without the risk of having to sell your item for less than you think it's worth.
How do I find out the reserve price on eBay?
No, the buyer cannot see the reserve price. If a member places a bid that meets or exceeds the reserve price, then the high bid showing will immediately jump up to the Reserve.
Should I set a reserve price on eBay?
A reserve price can be useful for a rare, unique or antique item, that hasn't much selling history on eBay. It can prevent a seller from losing money on those items. To help you figure out what price you can start one of your items at, with a good chance of selling them, do an Advanced Search.
How do you know if eBay item has reserve?
You have to click through to the Listing Page for the particular listing to find out if there is an unmet reserve (will say "Reserve not met" under the "current bid" amount) and from there to the Bid History Page (click on the # of bids on the Listing Page) to find out if there is a reserve that has been met (will say …
What happens if you are the only bidder on eBay?
I called eBay and they said if you are only bidder you will pay your highest bid because no one else bid on your price! So, if the starting bid is $0.99 and you bid $100, you should pay $100!
How do you find the reserve price at an auction?
Disclosing the Reserve PriceThe Reserve Price is disclosed in certain instances. … When the Reserve Price is disclosed, you can find it on the property details page under the number of beds/baths or under the Current Bid or Starting Bid.


Class StrictBorders
 - All Implemented Interfaces:
 PointTranslator
 public class StrictBorders
 extends AbstractPointTranslator
 Strict border implementation. Any translate or transform outside of the space's dimensions will throw a SpatialException.
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 $Revision$ $Date$
 Author:
 Nick Collier
 - Constructor Detail
 - StrictBorders
 public StrictBorders()
 - Method Detail
 - isPeriodic
 public boolean isPeriodic()
 True if this translator is periodic (in the sense that moving off one border makes you appear on the other one), otherwise false.
 Returns:
 true if this translator is periodic, otherwise false.
 - translate
 public void translate(double[] location,
 double... displacement)
 Translate the specified location by the specified displacement. The new location will stored in the location array. For example, if the location is (3, 4) and the displacement is (1, -2), the new location will be (4, 2). If the translated location is outside of the grid dimensions, then a SpatialException is thrown.
 Parameters:
 location - the current location
 displacement - the amount to translate
 - translate
 public void translate(NdPoint location,
 double[] newLocation,
 double... displacement)
 Translate the specified location by the specified displacement.For example, if the location is (3, 4) and the displacement is (1, -2), the new location will be (4, 2). The new location will be copied into the newLocation array. If the translated location is outside of the grid dimensions, then a SpatialException is thrown.
 Parameters:
 location - the current location
 newLocation - this will hold the newLocation after the method has completed
 displacement - the amount to translate


Newbie Guides
Weapons and Items
Q1. When I click "Ready"or "Start" button, why does the message "Cannot start without equipping weapons" appear?
The message appears when your weapon is not equipped or already expired. Please click your backpack to equip or renew weapons.
Q2. What's the difference between T weapons (i.e. T Lightning ) and ordinary weapons(i.e. Lightning)?
The differences are:
1).T weapons can only be bought with coins while ordinary weapons can be bought with gold coins.
2). Compare with ordinary weapons, the basic attributes of T weapons are enhanced to some degree.
3).T weapons will not vanish when fortification fails, but only be one level down. Ordinary weapons will vanish when fortification fails.
4).The syn attribute of a T weapon involved in a fortification will be emptied when it fails,while all syn attributes of an ordinary weapon will be emptied if fortification fails.
Q3. What are E weapons(i.e. T Lightning)? How can I get them?
E weapons are very rare, they are not sold in shops. You can collect them by hitting a chest in battle,picking cards after battle or open a Glory Packet.
Q4. What are the differences between E weapons and T weapons?
The basic attributes of E weapons have considerable improvement than T Weapon.
Q5.Are E weapons binding?
E weapons are not binding regardless of forms. If the Syn Stone is binding during weapon equipment, fortification or synthesis, then this equipment is binding.
Q6. If I have a permanent weapon and want to transfer this weapon's attributes to a non-permanent weapon. Will the weapon be permanent after transference?
No. Only synthesis and fortification attributes are transferred.
Q7. Besides buying items from shop, how can I get other items such as Invisible?
There are two ways to get them:
1). Randomly distributed by chest in battle.
2). Click item's icon and buy with gold coins at the waiting room.
Q8. I have 10% gain items,but I cannot find them from item shortcut key. What shall I do?
You can set items at your backpack's "Shortcut Key Setting".
Q9. How can I gain "Legendary Coin"?
The ways to get Legendary Coins are:
1). Completing dailies.There are 2 dailies and are repeated every 2 days. So you can gain 1 coin everyday in
2). Nobility Certificate.It is an item send by system after a failed proposal and can be used in exchange for Legendary Coin.
3). Completing league quests.League member can finish League Upgrading task with each level up. Legendary Coin is included in the quest reward.
Q10. How to make the attributes of weapon, equipment and accessories higher?
You can enhance your equipment's attributes by using Energy Stone and Syn Stone.The maximum level for weapons and equipments is +9; and +5 for accessories(bracelets and rings only).


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This set of Building Construction Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on "Door Frames – 1".
1. The size of a door frame is determined after allowing a margin of __________ all-round.
a) 1 mm
b) 3 mm
c) 5 mm
d) 7 mm
Explanation: A door frame consists of horizontal and vertical members forming an enclosure. The size of a door frame is determined after allowing a margin of 5 mm to both the sides and the top of the door opening. This is one of the recommendations laid down by the Indian Standard.
2. Which of the following frames are used only for those residential buildings where more funds are available?
a) Timber frames
b) Aluminium frames
c) Steel frames
d) Stone frames
Explanation: Aluminium frames are used only for those residential buildings where more funds are available because of their large costs. Timber frames can be easily attacked by termites. Stone frames are used in villages where the stone of good quality in required size is available.
3. The cross-sectional area of the head and the post of a door frame is generally kept the same.
Explanation: The cross-sectional area of the head and the post of a door frame is generally kept the same. The top horizontal member of the door frame is known as the head while the vertical members are known as posts.
4. Which of the following statements about concrete frames is false?
a) They are replacing timber frames in urban areas
b) They cost less than timber frames
c) They cost more than timber frames
d) They are cheaper than iron frames
Explanation: Concrete frames are nowadays replacing timber frames in urban areas due to large costs of timber frames. Also, timber frames decay very readily. Concrete frames are cheaper than timber frames as well as than iron frames.
5. The thickness of a timber frame may vary between _______
a) 20-35 mm
b) 60-75 mm
c) 20-35 cm
d) 60-75 cm
Explanation: Depending upon the size of the door opening and the type of timber used, the thickness of a timber frame may vary between 60-75 mm. The same thickness is used for the horizontal and vertical members of the door frame.
6. The width of a timber door frame is _______ if the shutter is provided only to one side of the door.
a) 10 mm
b) 50 mm
c) 100 mm
d) 200 mm
Explanation: The width of a timber door frame is 100 mm if the shutter is provided only to one side of the door. This is the general case of a timber frame. However, if the shutter is provided to both the sides of the frame, then the width is taken 125-140 mm.
7. The width of rebating of the timber frame at its outer edge varies between ________
a) 12.5-15 mm
b) 2.5-13 mm
c) 8.1-9.2 mm
d) 18.5-20.5 mm
Explanation: The width of rebating of the timber frame at its outer edge varies between 12.5-15 mm. In this case, the depth is equal to the thickness of the shutter. However, the depth of rebating of the timber frame at its inner edge is equal to 10 mm.
8. Which of the following is not a type of joint between the head and the post of the timber frame?
a) Closed mortised and tenoned joint
b) Open and pin joint
c) Pin and tenoned joint
d) Dovetailed joint
Explanation: The various types of joints between the head and the post of the timber frame are – closed mortised and tenoned joint, pin and tenoned joint, and dovetailed joint. However, Indian Standard recommends a dovetail joint out of these three types.
9. Which of the following is an anti-termite solution?
Explanation: Aldrex is an anti-termite solution. It is added to coal tar which is then rubbed on all the parts of the timber frame which are in contact with the masonry. This prevents the timber from the attack of termites. Acetone is a volatile solution and hence is soaked by the wood which makes it ineffective against the attack of termites.
Explanation: The above figure represents a door frame. In this figure, A represents the head, B represents post, C represents rebate and D represents holdfast. The post is the vertical member of a door frame. It is also known as the jamb.
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MPH Maternal and Child Health Track
Grant Status: Active
Training Category: Maternal and Child Health Public Health Catalyst Program
Keneshia Bryant-Moore, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: _PHONE_
Goals and Objectives:
The overall goal of the project is to develop a Maternal and Child Health track for the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in an effort to address the health needs of women and children. The project will not only lead to the development of the training program, but provide student scholarships, the initiation of a student-led Maternal and Child Health group, an annual Maternal and Child Health Summit, and increase and strengthening of collaborations with community organizations.
There is an urgent need to prepare more public health workers in Maternal and Child Health to address the disproportionate burden of suffering and disease experienced by Arkansans particularly those from underrepresented minority and ethnic groups and those residing in rural underserved communities. Residents of these communities experience compromised health because of low income, poor education, limited health care, and lack of resources to empower individuals to make significant life changes. All the variables impact the health and well-being of women and children. In 2015, 293 babies died in Arkansas before their first birthdays. The infant mortality rate for that year was 7.5 deaths per 1,000 live births. In comparison, the U.S. infant mortality rate was 5.9 in 2015. Additionally, in 2019, the national average for maternal mortality was 29.6 deaths per 100,000 live births. Arkansas' maternal death rate is the fifth highest in the nation with 44.5 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births annually. These startling statistics provide a significant rationale for the development of a program to train the next generation of public health workers in Maternal and Child Health.
The MPH in Maternal and Child Health program will develop and strengthen linkages between the College of Public Health and organizations and programs addressing the health needs of women and children throughout Arkansas. Additionally, the program will increase the pipeline for recruitment and retention of underrepresented and disadvantaged MPH students. Other linkages will be developed or bolstered with community partners who address the health needs of women and children, through students' service-learning projects. The program will provide students the support and skills needed to improve health outcomes in their communities using evidence-based approaches. Multiple strategies will be used to ensure success of the students, including scholarships, professional growth, and the development of leadership skills. Additionally, partnering agencies will benefit through student practicum experiences, the annual Maternal and Child Health summit and other collaborative initiatives.


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General FAQs - Kelewan
 1. How much input did Janny Wurts have in sculpting the every day life of the Tsurani?
 2. How did the general storyline and character developments come about in the Empire Trilogy?
 3. I thought the Minwanabi were obliterated?
 4. Whatever happened to the house of Lujan?
 5. When you thought of the Tsurani armour did you have an idea which parts were which colours?
 6. Please write more about the Empire and Kelewan i like the complexity and intrigue
 7. How many years between the Golden Bridge and the Empire?
 8. Is only one internationally spoken language on Kelewan?
 9. How big was the Stadium where the games Pug attended were held?
 10. Why was a Great One on the Ship that ran aground near Crydee at the begining of Magician?
 11. Will there ever be any further developments in the lives of those upon Kelewan?
 12. What does a Tsurani's face look like?
 13. How big is a Kelewanese Contemplation glade?
 14. Is there a releationship between Valheru colours and Families of the Empire?
 15. What makes the Cho-ja magician different from the the Black Ones?
 16. Why was Kevin brought back?
 17. What happens whan a Midkemian on Kelewan Prays to one of his gods or vice versa?
 18. Who were the original inhabitants of Kelewan that used up most of the metals in the planet?
 19. On Kelewan are there any other lands than Tsubar, Thuril, and Tsuranuanni?
 20. Is there a door to The Hall of Worlds on Kelwan?
 21. Where did the name Tsuranuanni originate?
 22. Where did the name Tsurani come from?
 23. Isn't there a group of dwarves on Kelewan called the Seven Tribes of Tsubar?
 24. What is the ancient Tsurani translation for "One who stands between worlds"
 25. How would a gong on Kelewan be made if not from metal?
 26. What colour Green is Acoma Green?
 27. I see the Black Robes as similar to the Catholic Church
 28. What ever happened to the Cho-ja magicians?
 29. What Midkemia/Kelewan background material has been created, but not published?
 30. Is Tsurani culture based on Japanese culture?
 31. Who is Janny Wurts? And what is her relation to R.E.F.?
 32. How did R.E.F. and Janny Wurts get together to start writing?
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Translation of angora in Spanish:
- (before noun) (sweater/scarf)Angora cat/goat/rabbit
de angoragato (masculine) /cabra (feminine) /conejo (masculine) de angoraExample sentences
- Fabrics that are derived from animal hair (including angora, cashmere and basic wool blends) are most susceptible to insect damage.
- I do not have experience dyeing wool, cashmere, angora, or other similar hair fibers, so I cannot speak directly.
- Mohair, angora, wool, cashmere, camel, alpaca, etc. are all your allies against the wind and cold.
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YQ.Wang YQ.Wang - 1 year ago 67
R Question
combine plots with different variable relations
The
df
has three normal variables:
a
,
b
,
c
and one group variable:
d
.
df<-data.frame(c(5,1,1,2,3,7,5,4,2,1),c(1:10),c(1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,2),c(rep('o',5),rep('m',5)))
colnames(df)<-c('a','b','c','d')
Considering these two plots:
 1. a-b plot grouped by d:
 qplot(a,b,data=df,geom = 'point')+facet_wrap(~d,nrow = 2)
 2. b-c plot grouped by d:
 qplot(b,c,data=df,geom = 'point')+facet_wrap(~d,nrow = 2)
Is it possible to combine these two plots into one plot using R?
Answer Source
Do you want somethign like the following?
library(grid)
library(gridExtra)
grid.arrange(qplot(a,b,data=df,geom = 'point')+facet_wrap(~d,nrow = 2),
 qplot(b,c,data=df,geom = 'point')+facet_wrap(~d,nrow = 2),
 ncol=2)
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- Map: Indigenous Nations, ca. 1675
- Anonymous (Chesapeake Algonquian), Map of Iroquoia. Proceedings of the Governor and Council (1678–1683). Collections of the Maryland State Archives.
- Map: English Colonies, ca. 1675
- Augustine Herrman, Virginia and Maryland As it is Planted and Inhabited this present year 1670 (London, 1673). Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.
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Protected forest strips buffering rivers and streams of the Amazon rainforest should be significantly wider than the current legal requirement, according to pioneering new research by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Published in the journal Conservation Biology on March 21, this is the first wildlife study in remnant riparian tropical forest corridors.
Brazilian forestry legislation currently requires that all forest strips alongside rivers and streams on private land be maintained as permanent reserves and it sets a minimum legal width of 60m.
But after investigating the effects of corridor width on the number of bird and mammal species, Alexander Lees and Dr Carlos Peres of UEA's School of Environmental Sciences say a minimum critical width of 400m is necessary.
The findings come as the existing legislation protecting remnant forest corridors is being actively debated in the Brazilian Congress.
"There are proposals on the table to actually weaken the minimum legal requirements, when they need to be strengthened," said Dr Peres.
"This is a huge wildlife conservation issue locally - with global implications in terms of biodiversity and climate change - and we would urge policy-makers to act on this important new research before it is too late."
The 7 million km2 Amazon rainforest contains around a quarter of the world's terrestrial species, yet is being cleared at a rate of 25,000 km2 per year. Eighty per cent of this deforestation has been in Brazil and 70 per cent of that can be directly attributed to cattle ranching.
Wildlife corridors are often proposed as solutions to the problems of habitat fragmentation – the process of isolation of communities of animals and plants in increasingly smaller remaining habitat patches.
These forest corridors act as strips of habitat connecting wildlife populations that are otherwise widely separated by hostile cattle pastures and permit an exchange of individuals between populations. This helps to prevent inbreeding within populations and facilitates re-establishment of populations that may have already become locally extinct.
The UEA research team surveyed 37 remnant and intact riparian forest sites in the State of Mato Grosso, southern Brazilian Amazon, around the town of Alta Floresta, a 30-year-old deforestation frontier.
The wider and better-preserved the corridors were, the greater the number of species found using them.
Along with proposing a new minimum width threshold, the study also recommends fencing off large areas to allow regeneration following heavy browsing by livestock.
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Nov 1, 2017 by Rua Lupa
Its that time of year when Death is displayed in all its G(l)ory, and so is also a time when many families have to start the conversation on what Death is and how to come to terms with that.
Oct 14, 2016 by Rua Lupa
"Today schools are promoting and continually working on being environmental educators on how to be responsible members of our ecosystem. I've enjoyed seeing the promotion and use of gardening, composting, and water conservation, but seem to have a blind spot"
Oct 16, 2015 by Rua Lupa
…without death there would be no soil or nutrients in the water, and no soil or aquatic nutrient means no plants, and no plants means nothing for creatures to eat – its the dead that nourish the living.


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Gallery 1010 held the opening reception of the exhibition "Mythical Genitalia" as a part of First Friday, Aug. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m.
The exhibition featured 28 different media, including paintings, kinetics, photographs and videos. Three third-year graduate students in the art program curated the event: Justin Clay in transmedia design, April Bachtel in painting and drawing and Victoria Buck in ceramics.
"I think it's been a surprising mix of responses," Buck said during the opening reception. "Some people were expecting more anatomical representations, like literal, and so it's been a really nice way to see a metaphorical way of approaching physicality and humanness."
The idea of the show was first conceived when the three friends were discussing mating habits and genitals of different animals and creatures, Clay told The Daily Beacon a few weeks prior to the show. The exhibition's website (_URL_) states that the purpose of the show is "first and foremost to create an open dialogue about sexuality in a state where sex is often spoken about in whispers."
"Our quest is to provoke in the viewer a sense of awe at both our own reproductive organs and those of other creatures, questioning the difference between what is mythical and what is real," the website states. "Mythical Genitalia is a chance for artists to create their own myths, toy with preexisting myths, and play with the very line between fact and fiction."
Gallery 1010, although small, held all 28 pieces of the exhibition as well as a cooler filled with chilled juice drinks and hot popcorn and candy for visitors.
Curious attendees at the opening reception could also help themselves to free artwork created by the three curators.
Incoming junior Megan Gerlach participated in First Friday with her mother and said she appreciated how "Mythical Genitalia" stood out as different among the other galleries.
"I think it's entertaining probably because my mother is here and she's looking at things and not getting it, I think that's why I'm having such a good time," Gerlach said. "She's like 'what is that' and I'm like 'oh god, mom,' so I think it's entertaining and it's a different perspective on art that can be presented during First Friday. I haven't
seen genitalia at First Friday before so it's different and I like it."
Buck said the set up for the show required dilligent work from the trio.
"It took two solid days of talking to each other and seeing what pieces looked good next to each other, how things fit because we do have a lot of work in there," Buck said. "A lot of it had to do with relationships through either color or texture or sound or how things feel, or the approach that the artist had to the work.
"We tried to make it either contrasting or complimentary. We tried to make it more of a balance, a pleasing room."
The pieces in the exhibition ranged in size and form, and were accepted locally and nationally. The curators, via their website, encouraged artists to "step out of their comfort zones through the lens of humor and make work about all lifestyles, reproductive biology, procreation, and any mythical creation that one's imagination can conjure."
"It's really refreshing to see the different materials that have been used and the different loads of approach to how people have thought about mythical genitalia," Buck said. "It's good to see the different flavors of what people are making across the nation and their interpretations and their viewpoints and seeing how, also, as an artists, to see
how other people approach material. I hope that people get new ideas, see new aesthetics."
Clay said that he and the two other curators used humor as a way to connect with people who may not be openly comfortable to discuss subjects like the genitals of mythical creatures.
"I think what also makes this show different is that it is about sex, gender and genitals ... straight up parts!" Bachtel said in an email interview prior to the exhibition. "Hopefully, the show will challenge the way (visitors) think and open them up to something new. At the very least I hope for laughter because we sure have been laughing a lot."
Gerlach, who had not heard of "Mythical Genitalia" before but walked in when she saw the sign on the Gallery door, said she enjoyed how the exhibition's opening reception was on First Friday.
"You get to see different artwork from different age groups, you can see different types of people to come see it, and there are always free snacks, which is enjoyable because everyone likes free snacks," Gerlach said. "That brings us together to enjoy the art."
"Mythical Genitalia" is held at Gallery 1010 and will be on display until Aug. 10. Gallery 1010 is open Thursday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. and is located at 113 S. Gay St. in Downtown Knoxville.
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An Edge Social Night
Edge Night Outline
Goal of this Night
The middle school youth will grow in community and get to know other youth in the group. Socials are typically a good way to gain interest from new youth or to break down cliques and encourage teens to meet new people. It is a great way to break up some of the teaching nights or to gain momentum for the beginning of a new semester or youth ministry year.
About this night
This is a fun Edge night that has great potential to really wow the teens. It will take the traditional game of mini golf and transform it into indoor glow in the dark putt-putt golf. From the moment youth walk through the door, they should be able to see the transformation of the room with this really cool environment. This is a perfect Edge night to take a break from the curriculum and have a fun-filled night with youth and Core Team! The night will begin with prayer, followed by game rules and team assignments. Then the teens will have an opportunity to play some mini golf and the night will end with fun awards, prizes, and prayer.
Before The night
Tell all middle school youth to come dressed in comfortable and light color clothing so that their clothes will glow with the black lights. Also, it might be funny if the Core Members come dressed in plaid golf polo's and visors, for added effect.
Create an indoor mini golf course:
1. Plan the course to fit the available space.
- Create a basic drawing of the space you plan to use on notebook or graph paper.
- It does not need to be exact in size but should represent the overall shape of the room.
- Plan out the course for mini golf – how many holes, where each one goes, and the general layout of each one.
- When you design the layout, remember to end each hole at the beginning of the next so that players can simply step forward to the next green.
2. Use 2×4 wood or something comparable to build a frame for each hole.
- You can build angles and corners into the course by planning holes to fit together like puzzle pieces; this will make the course more challenging and enjoyable.
3. Design the holes so that a hole-in-one is not impossible.
- Build holes where you can bank the ball off of a hazard into the cup.
- Make them challenging and try not to have any of the holes the same.
4. Use old sections of carpeting for the greens.
- You can use any type of carpeting except shag because the fibers are too long. Concrete flooring is too smooth to control the ball.
- If you don't have old carpeting around try calling a near by hardware store and see if they have any old carpet they could donate.
5. Cut the carpet sections so that the carpeting meets the outside edge of the frame you have made for each hole.
- Turn the carpeting face down then lay it over the frame.
- Nail the carpeting to the underside of the frame.
- Turn the frame over so that the carpet becomes the base, or green, of the hole.
6. You can now place your obstacles along the green if you haven't already built them into the frame.
- Build your obstacles out of wood blocks, coffee cans with the ends cut out, or plastic containers with weights in them as bumpers.
- The wood blocks can be nailed together as a "T" and placed at various angles to form corners or ramps (placed on its side).
- The cans can be made into tubes.
- Each obstacle can be moved or arranged to create a different course each time.
7. The "hole" for each course can be a cup on its side secured to the carpet.
8. Create a flag with the respective hole number to put on each putting green.
9. Once the course is completely set up with all the various obstacles put on the glow in the dark paint.
Swap all of the lights in the room with black lights to create the glow in the dark effect of the room.
Give each Core Member five stickers (each Core Member should have different stickers). One sticker is for them and then they will put the remaining four stickers on four youths' hands as they come in the door (try to do two girls and two guys if possible). This will designate the teams for putt-putt golfing — adjust as needed for the size of the Edge group.
Environment is key to this night and will really be exciting for the Edge youth if it is done well. Make sure to do all the necessary prep work; it will take some time to collect all the supplies, especially if some of it is being donated. Make sure to leave enough time to make the course well; it is going to take a team effort to pull it off so be sure to rely on your Core Team for help!
- Golf putters
- Golf balls (enough for your group, always good to have extra!)
- Carpet squares
- Wood (to make frames for the putt-putt course)
- Background music
- Score cards
- Prizes for the winning team
- Material to create waterfalls
- Material to make caves
- Rockwork or rocks
- Black Lights
- Glow in the dark necklaces
- Glow in the Dark Paint
Suggestions for Supplies
(2 months prior)
Put a memo in your parish bulletin asking for these supplies.
Make phone calls to local mini golf businesses and ask if they have anything old and laying around that you can use.
Call local hardware stores and see if they have any old carpet or wood they could donate
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