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Setting up a co-optation program in your company
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Co-optation program or co-option is on the rise in French companies. According to the Sourcing Cadres barometer carried out by APEC (2019), employee co-optation represented the 4ᵉ channel for hiring executives in 2018. It has to be said that this scheme does not lack advantages. Here are our recommendations for setting up a co-option program in your company.
Co-optation, definition
Let's start by defining the concept of co-optation. It is a recruitment method that allows employees of a company to recommend someone they know for a specific position. The person co-opted can be from the employee's personal or professional network.
Also called "participative recruitment", co-optation allows companies to obtain qualified people at a lower cost.
What is the difference between referral and co-optation?
There is a major difference between these two concepts.
allows a person to obtain a job thanks to the support of an acquaintance with a contact in the company. Co-optation, on the other hand, is more fair play. It involves studying a candidate's CV and then comparing their skills with other applicants.
In other words, before considering a co-opted candidate, the company always ensures that he/she has the skills required for the job. This recruitment by recommendation allows the HR function to identify qualified profiles more easily. Indeed, in the context of a co-optation, the co-opter guarantees the skills of the co-optee. This question of qualifications and skills is completely absent from the principle of referral, which is characterised by an important emotional dimension.
What are the advantages of a co-optation program?
Co-option is effective. At least, that is what many studies prove. According to the APEC Sourcing Cadres barometer cited above, "48% of companies that used employee co-optation to recruit an executive hired someone they knew or recommended.
This success can be explained by the multiple advantages of co-optation:
Co-optation makes it possible to get in touch with highly qualified profiles that may be difficult to reach. By using the network of its employees, the company saves a lot of time: it no longer has to approach attractive candidates. The sourcing work is then done by the employees.
Co-optation also allows access to the "grey zone", i.e. candidates who are not actively looking for a job, but who remain open to opportunities.
Co-optation saves recruiters time. It gives primacy to expert profiles recognised by their peers.
According to a Jobvite study (2012), recruitment by co-optation takes 29 days on average, compared to 39 days for job boards.
Speed also means efficiency. Again according to this study, 47% of co-opted people were still working in the company three years later – compared to 14% for candidates from a job board.
Co-optation helps to strengthen the feeling of belonging among employees and to value them. More than just employees, they become true ambassadors, ready to defend the company's projects, values and culture.
Setting up a co-optation program
As you can see, co-optation is good for your business. But how do you ensure that it is implemented correctly?
Provide a framework
This is a basic piece of advice that applies to any new scheme set up in a company. To avoid any deviation and to implement a rigorous co-optation program, you need to define a clear framework. Who can and cannot be recommended by your employees? Which positions are open for co-optation? Set rules, which reflect your company's values.
Define a clear and structured process
Also try to set up a clear and structured co-optation process. Your employees need to know who to talk to when they want to recommend someone, what tool to use to register the recommendation and to monitor the process.
Motivate and reward employees who coopt
Motivate your staff with incentives. Of course, the commitment of your employees and their goodwill might be enough to get them to adopt this scheme in the first place… But for co-optation to become a reflex for your employees, it is essential to motivate them – and thank them for their efforts, with a co-optation bonus for example, or even bonuses.
At Capgemini, for example, the co-optation bonus varies between 1,200 euros (for the co-optation of a junior profile) and 2,000 euros (for the co-option of a more experienced candidate).
Do not hesitate to be inventive, by proposing competitions or challenges, which would reward the employees who have made the most co-optations over a given period of time…
Valuing co-optation within the company
It is also important to make the most of the co-optation system within your organisation. Your teams must understand all the issues and benefits of this recruitment method. Because they are part of the company, employees are in the best position to recommend profiles. They know the company's commitment, mission and culture, and are therefore perfectly capable of assessing the relevance of a candidate for a given position.
Also remember to alert your troops when a strategic position opens up. Communicate transparently about the talent shortages you are experiencing. In short: rally your employees around your recruitment challenges. If your employees are engaged, they should care!
Equip yourself with software
Think about getting dedicated co-optation software. Today, many solutions such as Social Referral allow you to automate your cooptation process by integrating seamlessly with your ATS.
Co-optation program, points to watch out for
Co-optation can be beneficial in many ways, but it should not be used as a systematic means of recruitment. The reason is simple: diversity and co-optation are not very compatible. Indeed, how can you ensure an inclusive and equal opportunity recruitment system if you only use your employees' network to recruit?
The main limitation of co-optation is obvious. It is a system that gives primacy to the network of its employees. In other words, their former colleagues, classmates, relatives and acquaintances… Identical circles, in short, who share the same training, the same experiences… Beware, therefore, of the culture of the "entre-soi", which is radically opposed to the principle of diversity.
Finally, you must make it clear to your teams that there is a substantial difference between cooptation and referral. Also, make sure that you integrate the recommended candidate into the normal recruitment process. All applicants must be examined in the same way (otherwise, it is no longer a recommendation, but referral!)
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Node.h
#ifndef NODE_H_
#define NODE_H_
#include <set>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
class RNG;
class Graph;
class GraphMarks;
/**
 * @short Node in a directed acyclic graph representingn a Bayesian model
 *
 * Nodes are reference managed and will delete themselves when the
 * reference count reaches zero. Referencing and dereferencing
 * takes place automatically when a node is inserted into/removed
 * from a graph, but can also be done by calling the ref and
 * unref member functions.
 *
 * Nodes should be dynamically allocated, and should be inserted
 * into a Graph as soon as they are created.
 *
 * @see Graph
 */
00026 class Node {
 std::vector<Node const *> _parents;
 std::set<Node*> *_children;
 unsigned int _ref;
 bool _isobserved;
 bool _isdiscrete;
 /* Forbid copying of Node objects */
 Node(Node const &orig);
 Node &operator=(Node const &rhs);
protected:
 const std::vector<unsigned int> _dim;
 const unsigned int _length;
 const unsigned int _nchain;
 double *_data;

public:
 /**
 * Constucts a Node with no parents.
 * @param dim Dimension of new Node.
 * @param nchain Number of chains that the Node will contain data on.
 */
 Node(std::vector<unsigned int> const &dim, unsigned int nchain);
 /**
 * Constructs a node with parents. Each parent must contain data on
 * the same number of chains. Subclasses of Node may give specific
 * meaning to the ordering of the parents.
 *
 * @param dim Dimension of new Node.
 *
 * @param parents vector of parent nodes. A node may not be its own
 * parent.
 */
 Node(std::vector<unsigned int> const &dim,
 std::vector<Node const *> const &parents);
 /**
 * Destructor.
 */
 virtual ~Node();
 /**
 * Increments the reference count.
 */
 void ref();
 /**
 * Decrements reference count. The node deletes itself when the
 * reference count is zero.
 */
 void unref();
 /**
 * Shows the current reference count.
 */
 unsigned int refCount() const;
 /**
 * Number of chains.
 */
 unsigned int nchain() const;
 /**
 * Vector of parents.
 */
 std::vector<Node const *> const &parents() const;
 /**
 * Set of children.
 *
 * Note that if we have write access to a Node, then this function
 * gives write access to it's children. This is a necessity:
 * if we modify the value of the current Node, then we may need to
 * update it's children to keep consistency of the model. Conversely,
 * if we do not have write access to the Node (e.g. we have a constant
 * pointer or reference) then this function cannot be used to obtain
 * access to it's children.
 */
 std::set<Node*> const *children();
 /**
 * Draws a random sample from the node's prior distribution.
 * @param rng Pointer to random number generator
 * @param chain Number of chain from which to draw sample
 */
 virtual void randomSample(RNG *rng, unsigned int chain) = 0;
 /**
 * Calculates a value for the node based on its parents' values.
 * @param chain Number of chain from which to draw sample
 */
 virtual void deterministicSample(unsigned int chain) = 0;
 /**
 * Checks whether the parents of the Node have valid values.
 */
 virtual bool checkParentValues(unsigned int chain) const = 0;
 /**
 * Initializes the node for the given chain. The value array of a
 * newly constructed Node consists of missing values (denoted by
 * the special value JAGS_NA). This function sets the value of
 * the node by forward sampling from its parents. If the Node has
 * previously had its value set, the function will do nothing and
 * return the value true. Initialization will fail if any of the
 * parent nodes is uninitialized, and in this case the return
 * value is false.
 *
 * @param rng Random number generator
 *
 * @param chain Index number of chain to initialize.
 *
 * @returns a logical value indicating success
 */
 bool initialize(RNG *rng, unsigned int chain);
 /**
 * Initializes a node, in all chains, if it is not a random
 * variable and if all of its parents are observed. In this case,
 * the value of the node is also fixed. Otherwise the function
 * has no effect.
 *
 * @see initialize
 */
 void initializeData();
 /**
 * Returns the BUGS-language representation of the node, based on the
 * names of its parents
 *
 * @param parents Vector of names of parent nodes
 */
 virtual std::string deparse(std::vector<std::string> const &parents) const = 0;
 /**
 * Returns true if the node represents a random variable.
 */
 virtual bool isRandomVariable() const = 0;
 /**
 * Sets the value of the node, in all chains, and marks the node
 * as observed. This function can only be called once for a given
 * Node.
 *
 * @param value vector of values
 */
 void setObserved(std::vector<double> const &value);
 /**
 * Indicates whether the node is observed.
 */
 bool isObserved() const;
 /**
 * Sets the value of the node for a given chain
 * @param value Array of values to be assigned
 * @param length Length of the value array
 * @param chain number of chain (starting from zero) to modify
 *
 * @see SArray#setValue
 */
 void setValue(double const *value, unsigned int length, unsigned int chain);
 /**
 * Indicates whether a node is discrete-valued or not.
 * @see SArray#isDiscreteValued
 */
 bool isDiscreteValued() const;
 /**
 * Permanently sets the node to be discrete-valued for all chains.
 * @see SArray#isDiscreteValued
 */
 void setDiscreteValued();
 /**
 * Returns a pointer to the start of the array of values for
 * the given chain.
 */
 double const *value(unsigned int chain) const;
 /**
 * Returns the length of the value array
 */
 unsigned int length() const;
 /**
 * Returns the dimensions of the Node
 */
 std::vector<unsigned int> const &dim() const;
 /**
 * Tests whether the value of the node is a linear function of a
 * set of ancestor nodes X = (X1, ... Nn), i.e. whether the value
 * of the node can be expressed as A + B %*% X1 + B2 %*% X2 + ...
 * + Bn %*% Xn. Preservation of linearity is a criterion used by
 * some Samplers to determine if they can act on a set of
 * stochastic nodes.
 *
 * False negative responses are permitted: i.e. the value false may
 * be returned when the node is, in fact, a linear function, but
 * false positives are not allowed.
 *
 * The test for linearity takes place in a graph, which is implicitly
 * defined by the linear_marks parameter (and may be accessed directly
 * using the GraphMarks#graph member function on linear_marks). Only
 * paths that are contained entirely inside the graph are considered.
 * The graph is assumed to be acyclic. Since the Node#isLinear function
 * is designed to be called iteratively on a sequence of nodes, it
 * relies on a GraphMarks object for book-keeping.
 *
 * @param linear_marks A GraphMarks object in which all ancestors
 * of the current node that are also descendants of X have been
 * marked. The mark values are MARK_TRUE if the node is a
 * (possibly fixed) linear function of X, and MARK_FALSE
 * otherwise. Ancestors of the current node that are not
 * descendants of X should remain unmarked.
 *
 * @param fixed Logical flag. When true, the test is more
 * stringent and the isLinear function returns the value true only
 * if the current node is a fixed linear function of X, i.e. the
 * coefficients B1, ... Bn are constant (but not necessarily
 * A). In this case, the linear_marks parameter must also conform
 * to the more stringent conditions: ancestors of the current node
 * should be marked with MARK_TRUE only if they are fixed linear
 * functions of X. They should be marked with MARK_FALSE if they
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concurrent computation of a function
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Suppose I have two functions f1(x) and f2(x) that compute the same entity. Depending on the value of x one may be much faster than the other, or vice versa. It's apriori unknown which of the two functions will be faster for a given x.
So, I'd like like to run the two functions on the given x concurrently in parallel, and as soon as one produces an answer, I'd like to terminate the other function as well and return that answer. Please help me to design such a parallelized function concurrent_run(f1,f2,x) in Sage.
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answered 2021-10-27 00:42:15 +0200
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updated 2021-10-27 16:21:46 +0200
After some googling and reading documentation, I have found that this can be done via standard Python's module multiprocessing as explained below.
First, we need our functions to store their results in a given queue, which can be done via a wrapper:
def func_wrapper(queue, func, x):
 queue.put( func(x) )
Then the concurrent run of f1 and f2 on x can be implemented as follows:
def concurrent_run(f1,f2,x):
 q = multiprocessing.Queue()
 p1 = multiprocessing.Process(target=func_wrapper, args=(q,f1,x))
 p2 = multiprocessing.Process(target=func_wrapper, args=(q,f2,x))
 p1.start()
 p2.start()
 res = q.get()
 p1.terminate()
 p2.terminate()
 return res
PS. Perhaps, we can simply use return q.get() without explicitly calling .terminate() methods and letting the corresponding Process classes to take care of a clean-up. On the other hand, for unresponsive processes we can use .kill() instead of .terminate() to force their shutdown.
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answered 2021-10-27 14:09:21 +0200
A simple solution proposed here using the @parallel decorator. It can easily be extended to other cases.
def use_all(f, algorithms):
 @parallel(len(algorithms), verbose=False)
 def h(alg):
 return f(algorithm=alg)
 for input, output in h(algorithms):
 return output, input[0][0]
and then
sage: set_random_seed(0)
sage: g = graphs.RandomGNP(20, .5)
sage: %time use_all(g.chromatic_number, ['DLX', 'MILP', 'CP'])
CPU times: user 2.61 ms, sys: 15.3 ms, total: 17.9 ms
Wall time: 63.4 ms
(6, 'DLX')
sage: g = graphs.RandomGNP(50, .3)
sage: %time use_all(g.chromatic_number, ['DLX', 'MILP', 'CP'])
CPU times: user 2.03 ms, sys: 11.8 ms, total: 13.8 ms
Wall time: 124 ms
(6, 'MILP')
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What's happening with the running threads upon return from the caller (use_all)? I suspect they may still be running in background until their normal completion, which would be a waste of resources.
Max Alekseyev gravatar imageMax Alekseyev ( 2021-10-27 14:41:33 +0200 )edit
I've tested this approach and it seems to work fine (ie. terminates the running threads upon return from the caller).
Max Alekseyev gravatar imageMax Alekseyev ( 2021-10-27 16:04:33 +0200 )edit
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It might work due to garbage collection killing the other spawned processes. I think @parallel uses fork rather than threads to avoid problems with Python's GIL. For what it's worth, I actually wrote the @parallel decorator in the first place, but can barely remember how it works. I just remember trying to find a simple-to-use "notation" at a Sage Days that would make it easy to do things in parallel in Sage, and @parallel seemed easy to sell :-).
William Stein2 gravatar imageWilliam Stein2 ( 2021-10-28 09:38:31 +0200 )edit
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I do not see there how to implement what I need. E.g. how to interrupt all parallelism as soon as one thread produced a result?
Max Alekseyev gravatar imageMax Alekseyev ( 2021-10-26 12:57:26 +0200 )edit
Apparently, @david-coudert was able to derive a simple solution from the @parallel decorator that was pointed by this link (the other process get interrupted once the first returns a result). Did you ever try ?
tmonteil gravatar imagetmonteil ( 2021-10-28 19:03:48 +0200 )edit
Yes, and I've accepted his solution. I've also added my own solution (based on multiprocessing module) above. Your link alone was not sufficient as the tricky part (terminating processes) is not described there.
Max Alekseyev gravatar imageMax Alekseyev ( 2021-10-28 19:38:33 +0200 )edit
It is not described in @david-coudert either, @parallel just works.
tmonteil gravatar imagetmonteil ( 2021-10-28 21:45:54 +0200 )edit
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What is a .XP2 File And How To Open It – XPilot NG (Easy Steps)
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Introduction
Have you came across a file with the .xp2 extension and you don't know what it is? Perhaps you know what the file is, but you simply don't know how to open it. In this article we will explain what .xp2 file extension is, how to open it and how to work with it.
What is a .XP2 file?
The file extension .XP2 stands for XPilot NG. The developer of this file extension is XPilot NG. The format of this file is xml, and it is a game related file.
What to know
There is currently 1 software that can open the .xp2 file on 2 platforms.
How to open a .XP2 file?
In this part of the article we will show you how to open the .XP2 file on various operating systems.
How to open a .XP2 file on Windows (7, 8, 10)
We have written below an easy-to-understand guide on how to open the .xp2 file on Windows in 4 easy steps.
1. The first step is to download the XPilot NG software. This software will be used for opening the file. Other software that can be used in opening this file is: XPilot NG.
Step 2
Step 2: Locating your .XP2 file
2. The second step is locating the downloaded file. If you don't remember where you have downloaded your file to, you should check your /download/ folder as it usually gets automatically saved there.
Step 3
Step 3: Choose "Open with"
3. In the third step right click on your file and choose "Open with".
Step 4
Step 4: Choose the software and click ok
4. In the fourth step, after clicking "Open with", you should see the XPilot NG software that you have downloaded. Choose your software and click on "OK". Congratulations! You have opened your file on Windows.
How to open a .XP2 file on Linux
There are 4 simple steps to open the .xp2 file on Linux.
1. In the first step you need to download the XPilot NG software. This software will be used for opening the file. Other software that can be used in opening this file is: XPilot NG.
Step 2
Step 2: Locate the .XP2 file
2. In the second step you need to locate the downloaded file. If you don't remember where you have downloaded your file to, you should check your /download/ folder as it usually gets automatically saved there.
Step 3
Step 3: Hover over the "Open with" button
3. In the third step right click on your file and choose "Open with".
Step 4
Step 4: Open the file choosing the software
4. In the fourth step, after clicking "Open with", you should see the XPilot NG software that you have downloaded. Click on the software and click "OK". That's all, now you have opened your file on Linux.
Still cannot open the .XP2 file?
If you are still unable to open the .XP2 file, it might be because you are trying to open the wrong one. The .XP2 file extension is similar to other file extensions such as: .xp3 – KiriKiri, .xp4 – KiriKiri, .xpaddercontroller – Xpadder, .xpd – Sony, .xpd – Joshua Tauberer. You might be trying to open the wrong file, please recheck if you are trying to open the right file extension again.
Conclusion
In this article you have learned how to open the .XP2 file with the XPilot NG program on Windows and XPilot NG software on Linux.


print.summary.emg: Shows the content of an 'emg' summary on the console
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S3 generic to show the content of an 'emg' summary on the console.
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print(x, ...)
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additional arguments to be passed to the generic function.
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# Creates a random vector to simulate an EMG signal
x <- rnorm(10000, 0, 1)
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emg1 <- emg(x, samplingrate = 1000, units = "mV", data.name = "")
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summary(emg1)
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Radeon HD 7870 Overclock Guide
Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/05/2012 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Graphics card Noise Levels
When graphics cards produce a lot of heat, usually that heat needs to be transported away from the hot core as fast as possible. Often you'll see massive active fan solutions that can indeed get rid of the heat, yet all the fans these days make the PC a noisy son of a gun. Do remember that the test we do is extremely subjective. We bought a certified dBA meter and will start measuring how many dBA originate from the PC. Why is this subjective you ask? Well, there is always noise in the background, from the streets, from the HD, PSU fan etc etc, so this is by a mile or two an imprecise measurement. You could only achieve objective measurement in a sound test chamber.
The human hearing system has different sensitivities at different frequencies. This means that the perception of noise is not at all equal at every frequency. Noise with significant measured levels (in dB) at high or low frequencies will not be as annoying as it would be when its energy is concentrated in the middle frequencies. In other words, the measured noise levels in dB will not reflect the actual human perception of the loudness of the noise. That's why we measure the dBA level. A specific circuit is added to the sound level meter to correct its reading in regard to this concept. This reading is the noise level in dBA. The letter A is added to indicate the correction that was made in the measurement. Frequencies below 1kHz and above 6kHz are attenuated, whereas frequencies between 1kHz and 6kHz are amplified by the A weighting.
|TYPICAL SOUND LEVELS|
|Jet takeoff (200 feet)||120 dBA|
|Construction Site||110 dBA||Intolerable|
|Shout (5 feet)||100 dBA|
|Heavy truck (50 feet)||90 dBA||Very noisy|
|Urban street||80 dBA|
|Automobile interior||70 dBA||Noisy|
|Normal conversation (3 feet)||60 dBA|
|Office, classroom||50 dBA||Moderate|
|Living room||40 dBA|
|Bedroom at night||30 dBA||Quiet|
|Broadcast sstudio||20 dBA|
|Rustling leaves||10 dBA||Barely audible|
There's a lot of differences in measurements amongst websites. Some even place the dBA meter 10cm away from the card. Considering that's not where your ear is located, we do it our way.
For each dBA test we close the PC/chassis and move the dBA gun 75 cm away from the PC. Roughly the same proximity you'll have from a PC in a real-world situation. Above, the IDLE (desktop mode) results where the GPU hardly has to do anything.
Now the HIGH IDLE results with the voltage tweaked card is due to the fact that we forced fan RPM at 65% continuously. That value can be anything you wish of course. But we wanted optimal cooling.
For the card in a fully stressed status (in-game) with the overclock applied we measure 43 DBA almost touching 44 DBa, now that is quite audible. The reason for this is that we increased and forced fan RPM towards 40%. The plus is that temps are great, the downside.. added noise.
So my advise is, try to find an RPM level that is acceptable for you, and then see how far you can overclock based on that noise level.
We test and review the MSI Radeon HD 7790 OC edition, also known under SKU code R7790-1GD5-OC incl FCAT Frametimes. The new graphics card is intended to boost a little more performance into entry-level gaming.
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7790 2GB OC review
We test and review the Gigabyte Radeon HD 7790 2GB OC edition, also known under SKU code GV-R7790OC-2GD. We benchmark the product incl FCAT Frametimes. The new graphics card is intended to boost a little more performance into entry-level gaming. The Gigabyte HD7790 OC 2GB clocks in at 1075 MHz on the boost engine, packed with totally silent custom cooling.
Radeon HD 7990 review
We review the new AMD Radeon HD 7990 including FCAT frametime measurements. The dual GPU product that you guys learned to know under codename Malta finally is released. AMD it doing it in style, two fully equipped Tahiti XT2 GPUs versus good yet silent cooling. In this review we'll look at the product, the architecture, the benchmarks, including frametime based FCAT measurements. Head on over towards our AMD Radeon HD 7990.
Club3D Radeon HD 7870 Joker review
We test and review the Club3D Radeon HD 7870 Joker, this is the much discussed 7870 card that in fact has a 7900 series GPU, the Tahiti LE. For a fair amount of money this series 7800 product now offers 7900 series performance. Armed with 2GB of graphics memory it hits a sweet spot gaming performance wise and to date it one of the more popular products in the mainstream segment. Let's check out the Club3D Radeon HD 7870 Joker.

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The UWSP Campus Network is a valuable resource that we must all protect.
Security - we think about it in terms of our Nation, our Finances,
our Homes and our Children. Unfortunately we must also think about it
in the realm of the UWSP network. Each individual can play a part in
protecting this resource and their own identity.
Your network logon provides access to university on-line resources and
services. We need to guard that. Your network logon provides
access to your e-mail and your identity. We need to guard that. Your network
logon may provide access to sensitive and legally protected information. We need to guard that.
How Are UWSP passwords kept secure?
- They are changed regularly. All campus network users are required to
change their passwords twice a year. You are prompted to do so, via an email
reminder. Change itself increases security. Some systems require monthly
password changes, and many Universities require changes every 90 days, but
we are developing our systems around a more reasonable twice a year change.
- All passwords must be at
least 10 characters long and must include a combination of letters, numbers and/or special characters. Password examples are provided below under "Tips for Strong Passwords".
- Passwords cannot include your first and last name or any part of your UWSP logon name.
- You cannot reuse a recent password.
Security on the campus network is a shared concern and shared
responsibility of all campus network users. Here are some things you can do to help protect your UWSP password.
- Don't share your password with anyone.
- Don't reveal your password in an email message.
- Don't reveal your password on any forms hardcopy or online.
Tips for Creating Strong Passwords
To know what makes a password "good" or "safe," it is important to know what
makes a password "bad" or "unsafe."
A bad password is one that is easily guessed by a stranger, a friend, or a
computer program. Examples of bad passwords are
- Using your LogonID or your full account name
- License plate numbers
- Words found in any dictionary, including languages other than English,
slang, jargon, abbreviations, proper names, etc.
- Combinations of dictionary words
- Dictionary words spelled backwards
- Any personal information
What is left? With all of these restrictions, it is still possible to come up
with a password that is easy to remember, yet cryptic enough not to be
One of the most popular ways to select a good password that is easily
remembered is to use phrase or quote that is based on something you are familiar with and be creative to make the password complex. Here are a few examples:
- IluvW1sc0ns1n! - "I love Wisconsin"
- G$veMEaBre@k" - "Give me a Break"
- 4score+7ya - "Four score and seven years ago"
- 10+12equals22 (instead of 101222)
If you have questions about password security, please contact the


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Minnesota Title V MCH Needs Assessment Fact Sheets
Children with Special Health Needs
Services Are Ogranized for Easy Use
Size of the Problem
Approximately 65,000 families of children with special health needs in Minnesota (27%), find the system of services and supports difficult to use.
70% of families of children with special health needs involved in the MCSHN Treatment Program responding to an annual survey (n=1981) indicated a need for information on services available to their children; 50% indicated that more information on services is a high or very high need.
49% of families of children with special health needs indicate a need for assistance in accessing services for their children with special health needs; 20% indicated this as a high or very high need.
Poorly organized and poorly coordinated systems and services result in inefficient, sometimes duplicative and therefore more costly services. They are ineffective in that gaps in services that might enhance individual or family functioning are not identified in a timely manner, if at all.
The amount of time and energy spent by parents coordinating services for their children decreases the time and energy that could be spent with the child. This unnecessarily increases stress on families living already stressful lives.
Minnesota ranks 33 rd nationally in community-based services being organized so they can easily be used by families of children with special health needs.
Families of school-aged children receiving special education services are less likely to find organized, easy to use systems than the population of families of all school aged children (58%).
Families whose children have been involved in the coordinated interagency Part C system for their children with disabilities describe their transition from Part C to school entry as the "kindergarten cliff." At kindergarten, they lose access to a coordinated interagency system, process, team and plan. Their child may still be receiving services from multiple agencies but they have lost the coordinated interagency planning process and have separate processes, services, and plans. This results in duplications or gaps in such things as assessments, services, etc. and multiple meetings with sometimes competing or conflicting goals or outcomes. This puts the family in the position of planning and coordinating services across these multiple agencies.
At the request of families with children with disabilities, state legislation was passed to expand the coordinated interagency system from birth to three, up to age 21. The purpose of this legislation is to make a seamless coordinated interagency system for children and their families.
In 1998, Minnesota passed two statutes, 125A.023 and 125A.027, known as the Interagency Services for Children with Disabilities Act. This system is now formally referred to as The Minnesota System of Interagency Coordination (MnSIC). The purpose of this act is to develop and implement a coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency intervention service system for children ages birth to 21 with disabilities.
The Coordinated Interagency Services legislation requires that the governor appoint a state interagency committee to:
- Identify and assist in removing state and federal barriers to local coordination of services provided to children with disabilities.
- Identify adequate, equitable and flexible use of funding by local agencies for these services.
- Develop guidelines for implementing policies that ensure a comprehensive and coordinated system of all state and local agency services
- Develop, consistent with federal law, a standardized written plan
- Identify how current systems for dispute resolution can be coordinated and develop guidelines for that coordination.
- Develop an evaluation process to measure the success of state and local interagency efforts in improving the quality and coordination of services to children with disabilities.
In addition to the two first bullets above, local school boards and county boards (social services and public health) are to:
- Implement policies that ensure a comprehensive and coordinated system of all state and local agency services.
- Use a standardized written plan for providing services.
- Access the coordinated dispute resolution system and incorporate the guidelines for coordinating services at the local level.
- Use the state developed evaluation process to measure the success of the local interagency system.
- Develop a transitional plan for children receiving services from Part C.
- Coordinate services and facilitate payment for services from public and private institutions, agencies and health plan companies.
- Share needed information consistent with state and federal data practices requirements.
In addition to the legislation mandating interagency coordination local areas will benefit and have asked for training and technical assistance by the state to include: Team facilitation and mediation skills, Best Practices in Service Coordination, Funding Strategies, The design of a local system, governance, data practices, etc. The experience of Part C has demonstrated the need for and value of state leadership and assistance to local areas.
Minnesota local public health agencies have had a long standing relationship and experience with coordinated interagency systems through their participation with IDEA - Part C and the local IEIC's (Interagency Early Intervention Committees). Public health has played a significant role in the design of the Part C system that supports children, birth to three, as well as providing service coordination and child find activities. Some public health agencies are also involved in Children's Mental Health and/or Family Service Collaboratives and are already involved with the Interagency System for Children with Disabilities Birth to 21.
This history reinforces the importance of the role of public health in interagency systems. This interagency role has been a public health responsibility every since the advent of health care reform and the switch from providing direct health care services to core public health functions.
The roles/core public health functions in the coordinated interagency system include:
1. Infrastructure and capacity building
Public health provides leadership in infrastructure and capacity building of the community around health issues. These skills can be used to develop, support and maintain an interagency coordinated system for child/youth/their families/young adults with disabilities. Examples of this include:
- Assuming a leadership role in the development of governance agreement or joint powers agreements, and
- Development of policies and procedures to support the day to day activities of the system, which outlines what is to be done, by whom and under what circumstances.
- Enticing stakeholders to the decision table to assure interagency agreement and sharing of responsibilities and resources across the system.
- Garnering community support for coordinating activities.
Public health has the skills and knowledge to conduct an assessment of community needs and resources on behalf of the interagency coordinated system. The problem area to be assessed is the lack of access to interagency coordinated system/services for child/youth/their families/young adults with disabilities. Through a needs assessment process the problem areas for this population will be identified leading to the development of goals, strategies and a community response to address this problem. One of the questions to be assessed is: Are community-based service systems organized so families can use them easily [a]? The activities may include education of the community about the needs of this population and organizing the community to meet the needs of this population.
Under the assurance core public function, public health has a "safety net" responsibility to assure that every child/youth/their families/young adults are to connected to and has access to the services they need. On a system level, public health needs to assure that gaps in community services are addressed and solutions developed which are population based.
As part of the assurance function one important public health role is child find which includes: public awareness, outreach, screening and referral.Child find is a role for public health and an activity performed for and on the behalf of the interagency coordinated system for child/youth/their families/young adults with disabilities and their families to assure early identification and referral to appropriate services in a timely manner.
Public health has a broad responsibility: to improve the health status of the population through early identification and intervention. This includes activities to provide outreach to all children/youth/their families/young adults to assure that they are connected to the services they need. Other providers have a narrower child find activity which is to identify child/youth/their families/young adults who are eligible to receive only their services.
Even though the target population identified for the Coordinated System for Children With Disabilities is defined as those children who are first eligible for special education and receiving services from at least one other public agency, public health has a broader definition of and responsibility to all children including those with special needs/disabilities. When a system is designed to meet the needs of the disability population identified in the coordinated system, it will also have the potential of serving a broader population of child/youth/their families/young adults with disabilities with special needs and their families.
Public health public awareness activities and outreach fosters knowledge of an issue in the general public and what can be done about it. It also means locating populations of interest or at-risk and providing information about the concern, what can be done about it and how services can be obtained. Screening and referral identifies individuals with unrecognized health risks or asymptomatic diseases or conditions what can be done about it and how services are obtained. It also means assisting in the identification of and access to resources to prevent or resolve concerns with children/youth/their families/young adults, groups and organizations and communities.
Clearly, families of children with special health care needs value systems and services that are well organized and easy to use.
Minnesota has a history of interagency coordination of services for children birth to 3 and for youth 14-21 at both the state and local levels. However, there is much variability across the state. Prior to this legislation minimal coordination activity existed for children aged 3 to 13.
Some areas across the state have been successful in building on current collaborative relationships to establish a local interagency system birth to 21, others have not been as successful and continue to need support, training and technical assistance.
The US Maternal and Child Health Bureau has identified children with special health care needs that services will be organized in a way that families can use them easily as one of its six core outcomes.
a. Maternal and Child Health Bureau 10 Year Plan Goal


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Help us save Thymelaea hirsuta - known in Arabic as'mitnan'
'Mitnan' (Thymelaena hirsuta) is a perennial evergreen shrub that grows in the Mediterranean coastal plain, the Sinai and various other Saharo-Arabian deserts. It has been used for centuries for rope-making. You can help Kew safeguard this plant for our future by adopting a seed for yourself, or as a gift for £25.
In ideal conditions the roots of'mitnan' (Thymelaea hirsuta) can descend to a depth of about 3.5 m, while the plant may grow to 2 m with an average height of 120 cm. 'Mitnan' produces clusters of yellow flowers at the ends of young twigs from March through July. Its branches are used for making rope by braiding them into a kind of cable.
Conserving'mitnan' in Jordon
Most examples of'mitnan' that we found during our collecting trip to Jordon were growing in the vicinity of the international heritage site of Petra.
As'mitnan' is dioecious (male and female flowers are borne on separate plants), enough pollinators must be available to secure fruit set and seed formation. Both sexes of these plants produce clusters of yellow flowers at the end of young twigs from March to July.
One concern for the future of this species is that its habitat in Jordon is constantly disturbed by the large number of tourists visiting the site. This could hinder the growth of newly formed seedlings needed to replenish the population.
'Mitnan' is suitable for cultivation in rock gardens and alpine glasshouses. It requires full sun, well-drained soil and protection from winter rain. This species is not currently grown at Kew Gardens, but specimens of wood and string made from it are held in Kew's Economic Botany Collection, located behind-the-scenes.
Collecting'mitnan' in Jordan
When you walk out of Wadi Moussa, the village built at the entrance to Petra, there are some signs of the local marvels lying on the other side of the rocks. Walking down a rocky canyon, or Siq as it is called locally, there is the hint of what appears to be a head in the face of the cliffs. It is only when you reach the end of the Siq that you can make out the façade of a building hewn out of the rocks. It looks like a beautiful lady wearing a chador.
From this magnificent place you can turn right and walk past more façades including a theatre and tombs on the higher rocks. An easy climb takes you up the hill to the high place of sacrifice, with open views across the region. Going down into the valley, where it is impossible to hide from the sun, a sparse collection of desert vegetation offers another impressive aspect to the site. Many plant species that are adapted to the harsh conditions of the very hot sandy desert flourish in the loessial wadi beds.
Making rope and other useful things with'mitnan'
'Mitnan' (Thymelaea hirsuta) is primarily used for making rope, a craft that is practiced by local inhabitants, especially older people who still retain this skill. The most direct method is simply to braid branches into a kind of cable. This 'cable' may been used to anchor tents during sandstorms.
Finished'mitnan' rope is strong enough to haul a man out of a well, secure a tent, hobble an animal, saddle a donkey, yoke a camel and carry water buckets or jugs on a camel's back. The camel yoke represents an uncommon use of'mitnan' rope - row upon row of twisted and braided white inner bark is sewn onto a padded pillow. This rests on a'mitnan' support, made of an entire young shrub whose branches have been parted and bound into a wishbone shape by strips of rag.
'Mitnan' serves the Bedouins in a variety of other ways as well, such as making a partridge trap. The moist roots of the plant are used for parts of the trap that must be both flexible and strong. When sowing summer crops they also affix a branch of'mitnan' to the back of a plough where it sweeps sand over the furrow to shield freshly-sown seeds from the sun's direct rays. Women too, often use'mitnan' when watering their flocks, using fibres to make a bucket-rope with which they can draw water from the well.
Ibn-al Bitar (12th century C.E.) attributed medicinal properties to the leaves as an antidote to pinworms, as well as a 'powerful hydragogue, cathartic and expectorant'. Dried and powdered leaves were also used to treat inflammation of the skin and the bark for healing wounds. It was further reported that in order to remove flies from their tents, Arabs would dip'mitnan' (Thymelaea hirsuta) in sugared water and then hang it in the tent. The formation of the numerous, crowded small leaves and flowers on the branch provided a large landing area for flies attracted to the sweet sugar. At night, Bedouin people would cover the plant with a dress or cloak and remove both the'mitnan' and the flies from the tent.
'Mitnan' is still used for medicinal purposes. As a method for removing rotten teeth for instance, which doesn't seem to have been reported in much detail in the literature. To do this, the plant leaves are boiled in water and the resulting brew swished around the mouth and spat out along with the dead tooth. Other medicinal uses include an eye curative and a treatment for paralysis.
'Mitnan' is also used to prevent abortion in camels. The leaves of the plant are pounded and mixed with a little salt, made into a poultice,and then applied to the camel's cervix after impregnation in the hope that the cervix will contract, preventing the camel from aborting its foetus (Bailey and Danin 1981: 153; also cited by Schmidt and Stavisky 1983). Later, researchers managed to isolate stigmasterol from'mitnan'. Stigmasterol is a steroid used to synthesise progesterone, a hormone used in the treatment of recurrent abortion in humans (Schmidt and Stavisky 1983: 318).
You can adopt this seed for yourself, or as a gift for £25.
When you Adopt a Seed, you'll receive a personalised certificate, featuring your plant species, as a downloadable PDF document you can print off, and regular updates over the year from the Millennium Seed Bank.
For an additional £2, you can have an Adoption Pack posted (either to you, or direct to a gift recipient) featuring a certificate and a full colour picture of your species (UK only).
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Quick Answer: What Is Black Money?
How can I use black money?
You can ask your relative to gift you Rs.
10 lacs by way of cheque and you will in turn transfer your black money to him/her.
Here 56(2)(vii) is not attracted as gift is received from a relative.
People also give the black money to a person (say a family member or a friend) and take a cheque from them..
Can I deposit 50000 cash in bank?
The Bank Secrecy Act is officially called the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, started in 1970. It states that banks must report any deposits (and withdrawals, for that matter) that they receive over $10,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. For this, they'll fill out IRS Form 8300.
What are the effects of black money?
Black money is largely attributed to tax evasion. Its direct impact is the loss of the Government revenue. Since the Government fails to get sufficient tax revenue due to large-scale tax evasion, it is forced to resort to high taxation and deficit financing which again carry their ill-economic effects.
Why Swiss bank is famous for black money?
The secrecy in Swiss banks is so deep that the rich with undisclosed, untaxed slush funds still consider them to be safer than banks in other tax havens. Swiss banks pay little or nothing on deposits. They even charge a fee for holding the money. Their famed walls of secrecy have become porous.
Can I deposit 50 lakhs in my account?
Thus, as cash deposits and withdrawals of Rs 10 lakh or more in a bank account in a financial year are required to be reported to the tax authorities, you need to be careful if you are exceeding the prescribed threshold. This limit is Rs 50 lakh and more in case of current accounts.
How much black money does India have?
(ii) The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) – concluded that the total amount of illicit wealth or black money, accumulated outside India between the years 1980 and 2010 was in the range of $384 billion (approximately Rs. 27 lakh crore at the exchange rate) to $490 billion.
Can I deposit 100k cash in the bank?
The bank will accept your cash deposit. They will scan the notes to make sure that it isn't counterfeit notes. However, they are required by law to report all large sums of cash money deposited into accounts to the Feds. This is to ensure that it is legal money reported as income at IRS.
Can banks seize your money?
The law states that a U.S. bank may take its depositors' funds (i.e. your checking, savings, CD's, IRA & 401(k) accounts) and use those funds when necessary to keep itself, the bank, afloat.
How is black money converted to white money legally?
Go to known jeweler and give him all black money you want to convert. He will give you cheque for the same amount. He will also give you purchase bill showing you sold your personal Jewelry to him. By this way your Black money is converted to white and you need not to pay capital gain tax even.
How is black money created?
A large number of small shops around the country almost exclusively do business in cash without receipts. All of this could potentially be black money. Another major source of black money is income earned by companies that is routed through shell companies abroad, thereby evading tax authorities.
Can I deposit 20 lakhs in bank?
If you cash deposit or cash withdraw more than Rs. 50 lakhs to / from your current bank account – Bank will report to Income Tax authority. If you cash deposit more than Rs. 10 lakhs from your savings bank account – Bank will report to Income Tax authority.
Black money includes all funds earned through illegal activity and otherwise legal income that is not recorded for tax purposes. … On the other hand, black money can reduce the negative impact of oppressive laws. Black money can be illegally disguised as legitimate money through money laundering.
How can we avoid black money?
The government has come up with a Gold Amnesty scheme to prevent black money in this asset. This is similar to Voluntary Income Disclosure scheme to tap black money in income taxes. Again any cash transaction above Rs 2 lakh demands PAN number. So any large cash deal won't be able to generate black money.
Who are responsible for black money?
Thus the promoters of the public limited companies who hold rarely more than 10% of share capital, earn black money abroad at the cost of majority share holders and tax income to the Indian government.
How much black money is recovered after Demonetisation?
In total, Rs 69,350 core was recovered under Income Declaration Scheme and Black Money and Imposition of Tax Act, and another Rs 5,000 crore under PMGKY. In 2015, the Narendra Modi government enacted Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act.
What is black money and its causes?
The increase in prices of commodities like petrol, etc., in international market, increase in prices of commodities due to high increase in duties and taxes imposed by the government, conspicuous consumption indulged in by people with unaccounted money, diverting resources from production to speculation—all these cause …
Why is black money bad for the economy?
Loss of revenue to the government and running of parallel economy in the country– The increase and spread of black money has a serious impact on the economy as it results in the reduction if government revenues. … Black money has added to this corruption by the illegal transactions which are made to hide the black money.
How much money can be deposit in post office?
And now the limit has been hiked from ₹5,000 to ₹20,000 per customer. The move is aimed at increasing post office deposits over time. 2) No branch postmaster (BPM) shall accept cash deposit transaction for more than ₹50,000 in an account in a day.
Can I deposit 2 lakhs in my account?
Since there is a system of Annual Information Return being filed by banks, your cash deposit exceeding Rs. 10 Lakhs in a Savings account / exceeding Rs. … 2 lakhs is not allowed as per Section 269ST of the Income tax, which will land you in a penaly of Rs. 10 Lakhs.
How much money can I keep in my bank account?
Can I put 15000 cash in the bank?
It is perfectly legal to deposit cash in any amount into your bank account. If the money came from illegal activities the bank may ask snoopy questions and you might feel awkward. If the money can from legal sources, then no problem.


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Students, Teachers Begin Preparations for SAT-9
Posted: March 16, 2001
Students and teachers are beginning preparations for the Stanford Achievement Test - Ninth Edition (SAT-9), which will be administered April 2-6 in West Virginia.
The SAT-9 enables schools to measure academic performance and gives educators valuable data to help tailor instruction to meet the educational needs of all students.
"Our students are tested in the areas of reading, vocabulary, reading comprehension, mathematics problem solving, mathematics procedures, language, spelling, study skills, science, social studies and listening on the SAT-9," said State Superintendent Dr. David Stewart. "This assessment is used by teachers and school systems to measure academic progress of students and to determine areas needing improvement. The state's Instructional Goals and Objectives are aligned with this assessment."
Jan Barth, executive director, Office of Student Services and Assessment, said that "schools prepare students by teaching the West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives throughout the year; however, in the days preceding the SAT-9 administration, most schools review subject matter and prepare students for testing."
School systems will receive the assessment results at the county office within three weeks from the date the county test coordinator submits them to the West Virginia Department of Education.
In addition to school reports, each parent will receive a detailed report indicating his or her child's performance on the test. Dr. Karen Huffman, assistant director, Office of Student Services and Assessment, provides tips to help students prepare for the SAT-9.
Parents can help children prepare for the SAT-9 by:
- making sure that children have sufficient sleep so that they're alert,
- ensuring that children have a nutritious breakfast to start the day,
- encouraging children to relax by reassuring them that the test measures learning and will show strengths and accomplishments,
- discussing the importance of following directions, and
- encouraging children to do their best.


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ChBE Prof Asa-Awuku Battles Air Quality Issues in Maryland
Akua Asa-Awuku – an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) at the University of Maryland (UMD) – is an air quality expert currently working with the non-profit organization, Thriving Earth Exchange, to collect environmental pollution data in Brandywine, Maryland.
Brandywine – an unincorporated suburb of Prince George's County, located just southeast of Washington D.C. – is currently dealing with unhealthy levels of air pollution due to its proximity to power plants (three in the 13-square-mile community with a fourth scheduled to go online in 2019) and lack of governmental oversight. Nitrogen dioxide levels are through the roof, and are linked to cases of heart disease, asthma, and stroke in the area.
The bulk of Asa-Awuku's research focuses on climate change - specifically, on studying how particulate chemistry (e.g., aerosols) affects water condensation processes – making her a strong partner for the Brandywine TB Neighborhood Coalition (BTB Coalition) and their battle for air quality reform. Asa-Awuku has applied for grant-funding to further study the issue, but thus far, nothing has been awarded.
For more information on Dr. Asa-Awuku's research, please visit her research group's website: Environmental Aerosol Laboratory.
This Community is Advocating for Air Quality, With Science – WIRED magazine, 2 August 2018.
Published August 3, 2018

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When using the Table class method where() on indexed
columns, it will not return values even if they are
within the given condition.
Attached is code that demonstrates this problem. The
code does this by creating a table with two columns
with identical data, the only difference being that one
column is indexed, and the other is not. When using
where() with identical ranges on both the columns the
call on the non-indexed column will return values,
while the call on the indexed column will not.
I have tested this code with PyTables 0.9.1, and the
problem is not present in that version.


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As a disability support provider in Australia, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) aims to offer holistic services to all its participants, focusing on their unique needs and enhancing independence and a greater quality of life. Living with an impairment, physical or mental, can bring several challenges in an individual's life.
Therefore, disability service providers in Sydney can assist people with vulnerabilities in accessing the support they require to overcome these challenges and live healthier lives.
What is Disability Support?
It is a specialised program including a range of assistance for people with different impaired conditions while addressing their specific needs and providing desired support and resources. These services aim to enhance the overall quality of life, promote independence, and ensure equal opportunities for people with vulnerabilities.
Disability support services are diverse and can take various forms, including:
- Personal Support: This includes assisting with daily activities such as dressing, grooming, and preparing meals.
- Healthcare Support: Services that provide access to medical care, therapy, and support for managing health conditions.
- Community Participation: Programs that encourage social interaction, inclusion in community activities, and recreational opportunities.
- Allied Health Services: Support from professionals like physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists to improve physical and mental well-being.
- Education and Employment Assistance: Programs that help individuals with impairments access education and employment opportunities, including vocational training and job placement.
- Respite Care: Temporary relief and support for caregivers and families, allowing them to take breaks from their caregiving responsibilities.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) allows participants to access these supports through their plans. This initiative's primary goal is to enhance its participants' independence and help them lead a meaningful life.
Here are a few examples of how an NDIS provider in Sydney resonates with the goals and objectives of these disability support services:
NDIS service providers enable individuals with vulnerabilities to lead more self-reliant lives by providing necessary support.
Improve Quality of Life
They ensure impaired individuals have access to services and resources that enhance their well-being and happiness.
They encourage the active participation of individuals with vulnerabilities in their communities, reducing isolation and promoting social integration.
Facilitate Personal Growth
These services support personal development, skill-building, and education to empower NDIS participants to reach their full potential.
Provide Access to Healthcare
It supports individuals to receive appropriate medical care and therapy to manage their health effectively.
Support Families and Caregivers
NDIS service providers also offer assistance and respite care to families and caregivers who play a critical role in the lives of their participants.
These supports aim to create a more inclusive and accessible society where impaired individuals can unlock equal opportunities and thrive within their communities and beyond while living a fulfilling life.
Accessing Disability Support Services: A Comprehensive Guide
Accessing disability support services for an individual with a significant impairment is essential to a healthier and happier lifestyle. It involves a structured process to ensure that individuals receive the appropriate support.
The first step is the application process, which begins with individuals expressing interest in joining the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). An individual or their family member must submit an application outlining their personal circumstances, needs, and goals. This application is reviewed by NDIS officials who assess eligibility based on the person's disability and the impact it has on their daily life.
It is important to note that eligibility criteria may vary depending on the specific disability and individual circumstances. Once an applicant is considered eligible for this program, individuals collaborate with an NDIS provider in Sydney to develop a personalised plan tailored to their unique requirements. This plan outlines the types and levels of support required, the goals to be achieved, and how the NDIS funds will be utilised. The plan is regularly reviewed and adjusted to ensure that it continues to meet the evolving needs of the individual.
Accessing disability support services through NDIS is a proactive step that helps secure the necessary assistance to lead a more fulfilling and independent life for individuals with impairment across Australia.
Enhancing Healthcare Through Disability Support
If you are wondering how this support enhances healthcare for vulnerable people, keep reading. They play a pivotal role in transforming the healthcare landscape and bring significant benefits and improvements.
Here's a closer look at how these services significantly enhance healthcare.
Disability support services empower individuals with vulnerabilities to lead more independent lives. Through various forms of assistance, such as personal care and mobility aids, these services enable individuals to perform daily tasks independently they may have struggled with. By promoting self-sufficiency and autonomy, disability support fosters a sense of empowerment and self-esteem among those it serves.
Holistic Healthcare Support
These support services recognize that health is not just about physical well-being. They take a holistic approach, addressing medical needs and psychological, social, and emotional aspects of an individual's life. This comprehensive support acknowledges the interconnectedness of these factors and works to create a more balanced and fulfilling life for vulnerable individuals.
Disability support services are developed using a personalised approach. They are designed to cater to each individual's unique needs, preferences, and goals. This tailored approach ensures that individuals receive the support they require, optimising the services' effectiveness.
Social and Community Participation
Social inclusion and community engagement are fundamental components of disability support. These services actively promote participation in community activities, promoting social connections and reducing isolation. Being active in one's community contributes significantly to mental and emotional well-being.
Access to Education and Employment
As professional disability support providers in Sydney, we understand the importance of education and employment for every individual. Hence, we facilitate access to education and employment opportunities. It can provide funding for educational aids, vocational training, and job placement services, enabling individuals to build skills and pursue meaningful careers, thus promoting financial independence and overall well-being.
Allied Health Support
Allied health professionals, such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists, play a crucial role in disability support. They provide specialised care to improve physical and mental well-being, addressing specific health needs and contributing to an individual's overall health and happiness.
Respite care is an invaluable aspect of disability support, offering caregivers and families much-needed breaks. It allows them to recharge and maintain their well-being while ensuring that their loved ones with impairments continue to receive the care and attention they require. This support is essential for the sustainability of caregiving roles within families.
Are Support Services Important For Every Individual with Disability?
Yes, there is no doubt that support services are crucial for every individual with impairments as they address each individual's specific requirements. These services often make a substantial difference in the lives of those who utilise them.
These support services for impaired individuals promote overall well-being by providing them with the tools, assistance, and resources needed to overcome barriers and achieve their goals. These services promote independence, foster social connections, and ensure that individuals can actively participate in their communities, ultimately leading to a more fulfilling and enriched life.
Also, they focus on preventive and supportive measures that can help reduce hospital admissions. By addressing health concerns early, providing necessary medical care and therapy, and offering assistance with daily living activities, these services contribute to maintaining individuals' well-being, thereby reducing the need for hospitalisation due to preventable health complications.
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Business Assessment Profiling – overview
A key tool for the business analyst is the Business Assessment Profile. Ideally, it is the key reporting tool within an organisation. Using the Minitab statistical analysis software programme, the Business Assessment Profile presents senior decision-makers with relevant data in a format that enables them to make real business decisions. The Business Assessment Profile should be used to help ensure continued alignment of the organisation's products / services / processes with the needs of its customers and stakeholders.
This intensive four-day workshop is designed to help business analysts and others master the techniques required for producing a Business Assessment Profile, following a structured process built around:
- Understanding the needs of the customer
- Understanding the needs of the organisation
- Understanding the key statistical concepts
- Understanding how best to put it all into practice.
Full details below or download course outline.
By the end of the programme participants will have completed, or gone substantially towards completing, a Business Assessment Profile which will encompass:
- Key customers and their requirements
- A control plan to ensure that the performance will be measured
- Key objectives and their measures
- A Business Assessment Analysis
- Strategic business objectives
- Key measures relating to strategic business objectives
Additionally, participants will be able to:
- Develop a business-wide measurement deployment strategy
- Understand key statistical concepts to aid in the development of key measures
- Present data more effectively
All business analysts and any other staff engaged in the reporting and measurement of the business.
The programme includes extensive practical analysis exercises and all participants will need access in the classroom to a laptop / computer with Minitab installed.
Relevant case studies will be used throughout the programme and participants will be expected to bring examples of data collection and analysis from within the organisation.
Given the practical nature of this workshop-style programme, there is a maximum limit of twelve participants (minimum four).
This programme is very practical and is based on all participants having a laptop or PC in the training room with Minitab installed. Minitab is the leading statistical software package used for quality improvement worldwide. If the course participants do not already have experience of using Minitab then they should attend an Introduction to Minitab first.
Business Assessment Profiling – course outline
Understanding the customer
1 Identifying key customer requirements using Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
2 Understanding the relationship between in-house and external customers
3 Developing a requirements matrix
4 Establishing key customer measurements
Understanding the business objectives
1 Establishing current business measures
- What do we measure?
- And how?
2 Creating an objectives / measurement matrix
- Which measures are important to the business?
- Which measures are important to the customer?
3 Completing a gap analysis from the matrix
- Establishing which current measures are relevant
- Establishing which current measures need to be discarded
- Establishing new measures where needed
Understanding key statistical concepts
1 Understanding basic statistics
2 Types of data
- Continuous / count / attribute
3 Graphical presentation of data
Selecting the most appropriate chart
4 Location and spread / dispersion
5 Understanding analytical statistics
- Correlation and regression
- Hypothesis testing
- Capability analysis
- Multi-vari analysis
Developing the Business Assessment Profile
1 Establishing the key measures
2 Developing a reporting document
3 Developing a deployment programme
4 Creating the Business Assessment Profile


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In calanoid copepods it is poorly understood how enzymatic activities and patterns are affected by abiotic and biotic factors. Such knowledge, however, is crucial to assess metabolic functioning and performance of organisms in different habitats. Therefore, our study focuses on digestive enzyme activities in relation to temperature, pH and food in the Arctic species Calanus glacialis and in Centropages hamatus and Temora longicornis from the North Sea. Enzyme activities were measured over a range from 0 to 70 °C (lipases/esterases, proteinases) and pH 5 to 9 (proteinases). In all species, relative proteinases activity peaked at 40/50 °C and pH 6; relative lipases/esterases activity peaked at 30 °C. Between 0 and 20 °C, lipase activity of C. glacialis was higher (40-70% of maximum) than that of the boreal copepods (25-64%), which suggests thermal adaptation of the lipid metabolism in the polar species. Incubating C. glacialis with the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii showed (i) that enzyme activities increased especially in the alkaline range and (ii) that enzyme patterns, revealed by gel electrophoresis, differed from that of starving individuals, indicating that feeding induced enzyme expression. Such studies, linking abiotic and biotic conditions to enzyme functioning, can help elucidating the capacity of copepods to respond to environmental changes.
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TIL: A Collection from the Past Week
TIL for Korean.
The Grammar Extension at the back of the textbook is a treasure trove of information.
I was supposed to post this yesterday but I forgot, so I added in even more last minute stuff from my morning revision. I'll do a separate post later for the test.
19 July
 1. Looking at the conjuation tables on Wiktionary, I realised that for contrast, 지만 is formal non-polite.
 2. I have no idea what I was thinking about the casual vs informal distinction. There shouldn't be one (though I mused about it and in Lesson 36 actually decided that there must be a distinction). The textbook calls it informal, such as when it discusses -아요/어요. I realised that while looking at the Grammar Extension at the back of the textbook). Then, I also realised tht the conjugation tables on Wiktionary calls 해요체 informal polite... I was evidently blind to the Wiktionary table headers.
24 July
(You can tell how much I studied during the week lol - the answer is almost nothing. I only did additional Quizlet reviews and found that they have a combined sets feature.)
1. Informal polite past for 이다
Informal polite past for 이다 (이에요/예요) is 이었어요/였어요 from reading the Grammar Extension at the back of the book.
This is from Chapter 5 (!) but I was reading everything from the start.
So far we've seen:
 - Informal polite present: 이에요/예요
 - Informal polite past: 이었어요/였어요
 - Formal polite present (indicative): 입니다
 - Formal polite present (interrogative): 입니까
 - Formal polite past (indicative): 이었습니다/였습니다
 - Formal polite past (interrogative): 이었습니까/였습니까
 - Informal polite present (honorific): 이세요/세요
 - Informal polite past (honorific): 이셨어요/셨어요
2. Specific/General Rules
There's quite a few grammar rules that are taught first specifically, and then a more general rule is given later, without explicitly tying them together.
For example:
 1. N 주세요 (Chapter 2, #3) is actually a more specific one of the making request V–(으)세요 (Chapter 6, #1). The first rule covers only the verb 주다. I only made this connection because the Grammar Extension mentions in their respective sections that you can add 좀 to make the request more polite. Adding 좀 was not re-emphasised in Chapter 6.
 2. N(이)세요 (Chapter 9, #3) is a very specific one just for casual/informal honorific conjugation of the verb "to be" of the very next rule A/V–(으)시– (Chapter 9, #4). In fact this 4th grammar rule is so general that it technically covers the formal (하십시오체) form too, but we have not actually covered that.
The rules concerning 이다 in Chapter 1 can be said to be very specific conjugations for that verb alone. But I think a case can be made that 이다 ("to be") is special in that sense. It really depends on how you want to look at it.
In most languages the verb "to be" is highly irregular; 이다 for the conjugations we've seen is pretty much regular (except that it has 2 forms in some cases depending on whether the noun preceding it has batchim or not).
The other thing special about it is that "to be" is a verb that joins 2 "subjects" - more accurately, two "things" in the nominative. (It was first brought to my attention because of this thing known as Gleichsetzungsnominativ in German - basically, both of the things are in nominative.)
It's very different from other verbs where there is a subject and an object (that is being acted on). With "to be" the two things are "equal".
3. Why is it (으)세요 for A/V–(으)시–?
Remember in Lesson 36 I said I wasn't sure why it congjuated such that 시 becomes 세 and not 셔? I had noticed that on Wiktionary they do list the 셔 form there in the conjugation tables.
The textbook actually mentions this (again in the Grammar Extension): Basically, –(으)세요 is more commonly used than –(으)셔요.
4. There is a formal way to reply to (으)ㄹ까요? suggestions
It's –(으)ㅂ시다.
This is the hortative form for the formal polite (하십시오체) form.
With batchim:
 - 뭘 먹을까요?
 - 비빔밥을 먹읍시다.
Without batchim:
 - 어디에 갈까요?
 - 노래방에 갑시다.
It just so happens that for the informal polite (해요체) form, the indicative form is identical to the hortative form, which is why you simply reply the same way.
You make the distinction in speech with the intonation.
But you should never use this to superiors. The textbook doesn't explain why, but I'd guess it's because there is probably a more polite way to suggest things to your elders.
25 July
The Wongoji rule that I missed that earned that remark from the teacher was that I wrote the full stop on the next line. If it's the end of a sentence at the end of a line, the period should stay on the same line, basically sharing a box with the last character.
This page covers it.
In the case that a sentence mark should be stamped at the end of a line, it shouldn't be carried down to the next line, but rather placed inside the last box on that line. Starting a line with '.' or ',' should be carefully avoided.
The handout that I have doesn't mention that rule. In fact, it's pretty much what this other page on the same site says.
Interestingly, I cannot seem to find these rules mentioned on any other site apart from the one I've linked above.
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Database Module summary
This module discussed how to store data in data blocks for best access by setting the right number of freelists, and proper values for PCTFREE and PCTUSED. The main points of this module include:
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 3. Space is reserved on blocks by using the PCTFREE table parameter.
 4. Only one table or index type may inhabit a data block.
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- Turn off aquarium lights.
- Dim the lights in the room where the shipping box will be opened. Never open the box in bright light – severe stress or trauma may result from sudden exposure to bright light.
- Float the sealed bag in the aquarium for 15 minutes (Fig. A). Never open the shipping bag at this time. This step allows the water in the shipping bag to adjust slowly to the temperature in the aquarium, while maintaining a high level of dissolved oxygen.
- After floating the sealed shipping bag for 15 minutes, cut open the bag just under the metal clip (Fig. B) and roll the top edge of the bag down one inch to create an air pocket within the lip of the bag. This will enable the bag to float on the surface of the water (Fig. C). For heavy pieces of live coral that will submerge the shipping bag, place the bag containing the coral in a plastic bowl or specimen container.
- Add 1/2 cup of aquarium water to the shipping bag (Fig. D).
- Repeat step 5 every four minutes until the shipping bag is full.
- Lift the shipping bag from the aquarium and discard half the water from the bag (Fig. E).
- Float the shipping bag in the aquarium again and proceed to add 1/2 cup of aquarium water to the shipping bag every four minutes until the bag is full.
- Net aquatic life from the shipping bag and release into the aquarium (Fig. F).
- Remove the filled shipping bag from the aquarium and discard the water. Never release shipping water directly into the aquarium.
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Reflection: Developing a Conceptual Understanding Analyzing a Character's Traits: Is Katniss a Hero? - Section 2: Discussion: Is Katniss a Hero?
I think it was critical that we took time to define what a hero was prior to applying that to the book.
If we hadn't take the time, then the discussion and debate would have gotten bogged down with comments like, "That's not what a hero is" or "How is that heroic?"
If we didn't have that common framework, students who tried to get off task with outrageous comments and claims would have a valid point. With the framework, students (not me) were able to point to the qualities and point out the illogical comments.
If we didn't have the qualities, students would have been stumped. Is Katniss a hero? Sure, why not. With the framework, students were able to delve deeper into the text.
And finally, it's an exercise in critical thinking. What is a hero, really? Is it really a sports player? Is it someone who saves a bunch of people? Is it someone who is selfish, but is also an inspiration?
What is a hero, really?
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Re: "Hidden in Plain Sight" - Shinkage ryu menkyo
1.It was a "shinkage-ryu jujutsu menkyo" There is no evidence of Takeda studying any such system. And the extant systems of Shinkage-ryu jujutsu were not at all related to YSR - it was just such a "cool' name that a lot of people appropriated it. That's why I state my belief that it was simply a symbolic recognition of a special relationship (not unlike Takeda drawing up a new certificate called Daito-ryu menkyo kaiden for Hisa Takuma several decades later.
2. I establish pretty clearly that Ueshiba studied YSR from Gejo - and this was a fairly well-known fact (Tomiki Sensei said so, for example).
3. Gejo could have shown Takeda something of what he did. Why not? At that late stage of Takeda's life, however, and with him already having developed his unique style of kenjutsu, I very much doubt it would have made much of an impression on him, even if Gejo did show him some kata. To me, it would sort of been like some salon musician playing a tune for Mozart and the latter giving it more than a moment's thought.


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Then came an early example of town planning when a public square was designed with grand homes all around it. It became very popular, so much so that the people who lived in the grand homes decided to move to areas where there were fewer "undesirables".
The fruit and vegetable market started in a small way but expanded when the Great Fire destroyed many larger markets. By the mid-18th century it occupied most of the square.
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The buildings there today were erected during the 19th century but at first they didn't have the glass roof which came during the 1870s.
The Floral Hall is now officially the Paul Hamlyn Hall although it's still called the Floral Hall in the same way as the Royal Opera House is called Covent Garden. The Floral Hall was absorbed into the Opera House complex and is now its main public area.
By the 1960s, the congestion in London made it impossible to have a large scale fruit and vegetable market in Covent Garden. The wholesale market was moved to Nine Elms and the plan was to redevelop the whole area. Fortunately public outcry prevented the destruction of such a historical part of London and the it has been transformed into a shopping area with cafés and bars and some casual stalls.
Although the atmosphere is very different now, you can still sense how it must have seemed to Ruth and Tom Pinch in Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewitt:
Many and many a pleasant stroll they had in Covent Garden Market; snuffing up the perfume of the fruits and flowers, wondering at the magnificence of the pineapples and melons; catching glimpses down side avenues, of rows and rows of old women, seated on inverted baskets, shelling peas
....Many a pleasant stroll among the waggon-loads of fragrant hay, beneath which dogs and tired waggoners lay fast asleep, oblivious of the pieman and the public-house.