Escape And Evade Danger Like A Special Forces Veteran
If you run scared, you're going to die. This is the rule of thumb when it comes to evasion, and...
Escape And Evade Danger Like A Special Forces Veteran
If you run scared, you're going to die.
This is the rule of thumb when it comes to evasion, and there's a reason for it. If you're confronted with a threat you can't overcome, you should escape it. That makes complete sense, but there's a difference between running scared and evading.
Successfully evading someone or something comes down to planning, making a deliberate decision, and maintaining your situational awareness, says Mike Glover, an Army Special Forces veteran. Glover is also the chief executive officer and co-founder of FieldCraft LLC, a company that teaches civilians how to survive natural disasters and extreme situations.
Glover walked Task & Purpose through the different types of evasion techniques, their basic principles, and what you can do in everyday life to avoid losing your shit and running wildly into danger during a catastrophe.
Related: A survival expert lays out what you need in your bug-out bag »
"When you think about evading, you're obviously evading something that's dangerous," explains Glover. "The way we look at it, is number one, everything we do, if your point is to avoid a potential danger that you know about, we always pre-plan for those potential dangers."
Pre-planning is the number one priority and you can use it to evade everything from a stalker, to a bad neighborhood, to a war zone, according to Glover, who adds that "the principles kind of remain the same."
Pulling off a successful evasion requires you do three things.
 1. Develop a plan to facilitate your evasion.
 2. Get as far away from the epicenter, or disaster area, as quickly as possible.
 3. Establish a safe house, or safe haven, where you can start planning your next move.
Additionally, there are things you can do to avoid having to evade a threat, says Glover.
For example, if you're you're trying to dodge a stalker boyfriend or girlfriend, don't follow the same routes to and from work, school, or the store. Switch it up.
"Evading in military or civilian life is basically avoiding detection," explains Glover.
But once you've been found out, it's time to escape. For that, there's a whole other set of steps to follow, and they vary based on the situation and how much time you have to react.
There are two types of evasion: pre-planned and hasty.
Pre-planned, or deliberate evasion, involves logistical or pre-placed elements that aid in your escape, for example, pre-planting supplies at a series of places along your escape route.
"The number one priority is develop a plan to facilitate your evasion," says Glover, adding that this means making a safe route with pre-planned destinations.
If you work and live in the city, that might mean making a call to grandma saying "Hey, if something happens, you're going to be the first person I call, expect me to show up on your doorstep," says Glover, who notes that yes, grandma's house can be a safe house.
That might be the halfway point to a friend or family member's home out in the country, where you've placed some food or water in case of emergency. You can even go old school and give a grid coordinate like, "by the white mailbox near the old windmill."
But, it's essential that you fully plan your evasion, you can't half ass it. For example, if you plan on bugging out to someone's house, you need to let that person know that you'll be heading there.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, we have a hasty evasion, which is an escape plan that's developed on the fly in response to an unexpected or unforeseen danger. A hasty evasion may not have a fully laid-out plan, but you still need to think it through, says Glover, adding that in this case it might be a few steps at a time, literally.
This can be as simple as immediately assessing the situation. Maybe you're stuck on a crowded street during a catastrophe. Find the quickest way to a safe place, whether that's home, work, or a friend's place, and see if you can get there on side streets.
Ultimately, pulling off a successful evasion hinges on being decisive.
Whatever you do, don't panic.
"At least have the wits about you to make a hasty plan of evasion, as opposed to doing what 80% of people do in survival situations, which is freeze, and about half of those people die," says Glover.
Don't be that guy. Just think a few steps in advanced and whatever you do, don't freak out.


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Virtual people to get ID checks
The faces and behaviour of online avatars could help identify the people controlling them, scientists believe.
Using both characteristics, researchers hope to develop techniques for checking whether the digital characters are who they claim to be.
Such information could be used in situations where login details are not visible or for law enforcement.
Impersonation of avatars is expected to become a growing problem as real life and cyberspace increasingly merge.Signature moves
Avatars are typically used to represent players in online games such as World of Warcraft and in virtual communities like Second Life.
As their numbers grow, it will become important to find ways to identify those we meet regularly, according to Dr Roman Yampolskiy from the University of Louisville.
Working out if their controller is male or female has an obvious commercial benefit, he said. But discovering that the same person controlled different avatars in separate spaces would be even more useful.
"It's useful for profiling of avatars for marketing purposes by businesses in virtual worlds," explained Dr Yampolskiy.
"It also has some applications in forensic tracking of avatars across multiple virtual communities."
The technology may also have implications for security if a game account is hacked and stolen.
Behavioural analysis could help prove whether an avatar is under the control of its usual owner by watching to see if it acts out of character.
The research looked at monitoring for signature gestures, movements and other distinguishing characteristics.Limited expressions
Researchers discovered that the lack of possible variations on a avatar's digital face, when compared to a real human, made identification tricky.
However, those limited options are relatively simple to measure, because of the straightforward geometries involved in computer-generated images.
Dr Yampolskiy's team generated large data sets made up of many possible faces in Second Life and Entropia Universe and then studied them to spot key characteristics.
"It's very preliminary work as we are still collecting data," he said. "So far we have been very successful."
Dr Yampolskiy pointed out that another factor driving the need for avatar identification was the increasing use of telepresence and augmented reality.
Especially for businesses, it will be important to ensure that on-screen facsimiles represent the people they purport to.
Further work by the group will extend the identifying work and behaviour monitoring to robots.
As more and more machines start to work alongside people access to controlled areas would rely on being able to tell one from another.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


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To do this task you need administrator privilege. So, why don't you activate the administrator account and use it.
How to hide a drive:
1. Click right mouse on the computer and select Manage. Select the disk management under storage from the left pane. Or, you can also get the Disk management typing diskmgmt.msc in the run and pressing enter.
2. From there click right-mouse on which drive you want to hide and select Change Drive Letters and Paths.
|Change Drive Letter or Path|
3. Now select remove. Don't worry! This action just removes the drive letter.
4. Pressing on the Remove a warning message will be shown and accept it by clicking on yes. It's just telling you that all programs installed on that drive won't work or this drive is opened by another program.
It's done! Your selected drive is hidden now.
The hidden drive won't be appearing to the administrator of the OS unless it is unbidden.
How to unhide the drive:
1. Open the Disk Management as shown above.
2. Right mouse click on the drive which is hidden/removed. Tips: the hidden drive doesn't contain any drive letter.
3. Choose the Change Drive Letters and Paths and select Add to add drive letter or path to the hidden drive.
|Add hidden drive|
|Assign drive letter|
That's it! No data is lost or damage. Even the installed files are working again without any errors. From now you shouldn't need any extra software to hide or unhide your PC's drives. And if it helps you, why don't you share or rate this?
People who read this, they also read:
- Easily Lock a Folder in Windows 7/Vista/XP
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Make an effort on one's own behalf. Shakespeare used this expression in 2 Henry IV (3:2): "She is old, and cannot help herself," and it also appears in the old proverb, God (or heaven) helps those who help themselves.
[ First half of 1500s
Serve oneself, as in The food's in the kitchen; just help yourself. When it takes an object this phrase is put as
help oneself to, as in I helped myself to more meat. It also is used as a euphemism for stealing, as in She simply helped herself to the hotel towels and left. The first usage dates from the late 1600s; the second, a colloquialism, from the mid-1800s.


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Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre
Although Erskine Caldwell wrote more than sixty books, twenty-five novels among them,
Tobacco Road, published by Charles Scribner and Sons in 1932, was Caldwell's third novel. It was inspired by the terrible poverty he witnessed as a young man growing up in the small east Georgia town of Wrens. His father, Ira Sylvester Caldwell, who was pastor of the local Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, was also an amateur sociologist and often took his son with him to observe some of the more destitute members of the rural community. Erskine Caldwell's sympathy for these people and his outrage at the conditions in which they lived were real, and his novel was meant to be a work of social protest. But he also refused to sentimentalize their poverty or to cast his characters as inherently noble in their sufferings, as so many other protest works did.
The novel's Lester family, headed by the shiftless patriarch Jeeter, both appall and intrigue readers with their gross sexuality, casual violence, selfishness, and overall lack of decency. Living as squatters on barren land that had once belonged to their more prosperous ancestors, the Lesters have come to represent in the American public's mind the degradation inherent in extreme poverty. That Caldwell also portrays them as often-comic figures further complicates the reader's response. Tobacco Road is a call to action, but it offers no easy answers and thus has generated intense debate both in and out of the South. Many southerners denounced the novel as exaggerated and needlessly cruel and even pornographic, an affront to the gentility of the region. Northern critics, however, tended to read the book as a serious indictment of a failed economic system in need of correction. Caldwell later explained that the book was not meant to represent the entire South, but for many this work confirmed demeaning southern stereotypes.
The stage version of Tobacco Road was written by Jack Kirkland and opened on December 4, 1933, at the Masque Theatre in New York City. Caldwell had little to do with the play version and initially felt it would fail. First reviews were mixed, and after a month of sporadic attendance, the play moved to the 48th Street Theater, where it slowly became a word-of-mouth success. With Henry Hull as the first of five actors who would play Jeeter Lester, Tobacco Road ran for more than seven years, through 3,182 performances. When it closed on May 31, 1941, it had become the longest-running play in the history of the Broadway stage up to that time.
Road shows took the play to cities throughout the nation and later into foreign countries. In 1934 Chicago mayor Edward F. Kelly declared the play obscene and closed it down. The producers sued, and in a major court case, the play was allowed to continue. This was the first of numerous attempts to censor the show, which was often taken to court or banned during its many runs. Caldwell tirelessly defended the play and the book and, in the process, became a leading advocate for artistic freedom and First Amendment rights.
In 1940 Darryl F. Zanuck and Twentieth Century Fox, which had just produced John Ford's classic film version of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, bought the screen rights to Tobacco Road. Ford and screenwriter Nunnally Johnson (a Georgia native) attempted to preserve the caustic comedy and social protest of the book and play, but the studio overruled them on central issues, specifically the tragic ending. The result was a sentimental burlesque that Caldwell himself disavowed. Starring Charley Grapewin, repeating his stage role as Jeeter Lester, the film was released in 1941. It enjoyed initial success but is now considered one of Ford's lesser movies, a poor relative of his great work in The Grapes of Wrath.
God's Little Acre
God's Little Acre was published by Viking Press in 1933, one year after the publication of Tobacco Road. In it, Caldwell shifts his sights to the industrialized South. Influenced in part by the textile mill strikes in Gastonia, North Carolina, he considered this work to be a "proletarian" novel dealing with the plight of workers deprived of union protection. It was intended to support these mill hands, or "lintheads," as they were sometimes called. Will Thompson, who leads the strike, represents both the inherent power and the frustration of the working class. When Thompson is killed by guards as he attempts to reopen the mill shut down by its ruthless owners, his death becomes a rallying cry; and his corpse is borne through the streets, but the mills remain closed.
The book also examines the misuse of the land and other natural resources. Ty Ty Walden, who (unlike Jeeter Lester) still owns his farm, spends his time digging for gold instead of farming the rich soil. His delusion and the tragedy it brings to his family again illustrate the waste Caldwell saw in southern attitudes toward the land.
Like Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre contains scenes of explicit sexuality. In April 1933 the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice took Caldwell and Viking Press to court for dissemination of pornography. More than sixty authors, editors, and literary critics rallied in support of the book, and Judge Benjamin Greenspan of the New York Magistrates Court ruled in its favor. The court case is still considered a major decision in the establishment of artists' First Amendment rights in freedom of expression. The book became a worldwide best-seller and remains today one of the most popular novels ever published.
In 1958 director Anthony Mann and screenwriter Phillip Yordan, in collaboration with Caldwell, made the film version of God's Little Acre, starring Robert Ryan as Ty Ty Walden and Aldo Ray as Will Thompson. The film, like the book, was considered scandalous and became one of the top-grossing movies for that year. Truer to its source than John Ford's Tobacco Road had been, God's Little Acre remains the best representation of Caldwell on film.
Edwin T. Arnold, ed., Conversations with Erskine Caldwell (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1988).
Sylvia Jenkins Cook, Erskine Caldwell and the Fiction of Poverty: The Flesh and the Spirit (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1991).
Robert L. McDonald, ed., The Critical Response to Erskine Caldwell (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997).
Dan B. Miller, Erskine Caldwell: The Journey from Tobacco Road. A Biography (New York: Knopf, 1995).
Wayne Mixon, The People's Writer: Erskine Caldwell and the South (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995).
Edwin T. Arnold, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
A project of the Georgia Humanities Council, in partnership with the University of Georgia Press, the University System of Georgia/GALILEO, and the Office of the Governor.


can write: $$\frac{df(x;dx)}{dx} = f'(x).$$
All of this, however, should come with a few remarks.
It is clear that these notations above do not constitute a definition of the derivative of $f$. Indeed, we needed to know what the derivative $f'$ meant before defining the function $df$. So in some sense, it's just a clever choice of notation.
But if it's just a trick of notation, why do I mention it at all? The reason is that in higher dimensions, the function $df(x;dx)$ actually becomes the focus of study, in part because it contains information about all the partial derivatives.
To be more concrete, for multivariable functions $f\colon R^n \to R$, we can define a function $df(x;dx)$ of two n-dimensional variables $x, dx \in R^n$ via $$df(x;dx) = df(x_1,\ldots,x_n; dx_1, \ldots, dx_n) = \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_1}dx_1 + \ldots + \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_n}dx_n.$$
Notice that this map $df$ is linear in the variable $dx$. That is, we can write: $$df(x;dx) = (\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_1}, \ldots, \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_n}) \begin{pmatrix} dx_1 \\ \vdots \\ dx_n \\ \end{pmatrix} = A(dx),$$ where $A$ is the $1\times n$ row matrix of partial derivatives.
In other words, the function $df(x;dx)$ can be thought of as a linear function of $dx$, whose matrix has variable coefficients (depending on $x$).
So for the $1$-dimensional case, what is really going on is a trick of dimension. That is, we have the variable $1\times1$ matrix ($f'(x)$) acting on the vector $dx \in R^1$ -- and it just so happens that vectors in $R^1$ can be identified with scalars, and so can be divided.
Finally, I should mention that, as long as we are thinking of $dx$ as a real number, mathematicians multiply and divide by $dx$ all the time -- it's just that they'll usually use another notation. The letter "$h$" is often used in this context, so we usually write $$f'(x) = \lim_{h \to 0} \frac{f(x+h) - f(x)}{h},$$ rather than, say, $$f'(x) = \lim_{dx \to 0} \frac{f(x+dx) - f(x)}{dx}.$$ My guess is that the main aversion to writing $dx$ is that it conflicts with our notation for differential $1$-forms.
EDIT: Just to be even more technical, and at the risk of being confusing to some, we really shouldn't even be regarding $dx$ as an element of $R^n$, but rather as an element of the tangent space $T_xR^n$. Again, it just so happens that we have a canonical identification between $T_xR^n$ and $R^n$ which makes all of the above okay, but I like distinction between tangent space and euclidean space because it highlights the different roles played by $x \in R^n$ and $dx \in T_xR^n$.
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Cotangent space. Also, in case of multiple variables if you fix $dx^2,\ldots,dx^n = 0$ you can still divide by $dx^1$ and get the derivative. And nothing stops you from defining differential first and then defining derivatives as its coefficients. – Alexei Averchenko Feb 11 '11 at 2:30
Well, canonically differentials are members of contangent bundle, and $dx$ is in this case its basis. – Alexei Averchenko Feb 11 '11 at 5:54
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I never made any reference to differentials in my post. My point is that $df(x;dx)$ can be likened to the pushforward map $f_*$. Of course one can also make an analogy with the actual differential 1-form $df$, but that's something separate. – Jesse Madnick Feb 11 '11 at 6:18
Sure the input is a vector, that's why these linearizations are called covectors, which are members of cotangent space. I can't see why you are bringing up pushforwards when there is a better description right there. – Alexei Averchenko Feb 11 '11 at 9:12
I just don't think pushforward is the best way to view differential of a function with codomain $\mathbb{R}$ (although it is perfectly correct), it's just a too complex idea that has more natural treatment. – Alexei Averchenko Feb 12 '11 at 4:25
My favorite "counterexample" to the derivative acting like a ratio: the implicit differentiation formula for two variables. We have $$\frac{dy}{dx} = -\frac{\partial F/\partial x}{\partial F/\partial y} $$
The formula is almost what you would expect, except for that pesky minus sign.
See _URL_ for the rigorous definition of this formula.
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Yes, but their is a fake proof of this that comes from that kind a reasoning. If $f(x,y)$ is a function of two variables, then $df=\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}dx+\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}$. Now if we pick a level curve $f(x,y)=0$, then $df=0$, so solving for $\frac{dy}{dx}$ gives us the expression above. – Baby Dragon Jun 16 '13 at 19:03
Pardon me, but how is this a "fake proof"? – Lurco Apr 28 '14 at 0:04
_USER_: He meant $df = \frac{∂f}{∂x} dx + \frac{∂f}{∂y} dy$, where those 'infinitesimals' are not proper numbers and hence it is wrong to simply substitute $df=0$, because in fact if we are consistent in our interpretation $df=0$ would imply $dx=dy=0$ and hence we can't get $\frac{dy}{dx}$ anyway. But if we are inconsistent, we can ignore that and proceed to get the desired expression. Correct answer but fake proof. – user21820 May 13 '14 at 9:58
I agree that this is a good example to show why such notation is not so simple as one might think, but in this case I could say that $dx$ is not the same as $∂x$. Do you have an example where the terms really cancel to give the wrong answer? – user21820 May 13 '14 at 10:07
I don't know. Assume dependence on a third dummy variable with respect to which everything is constant so that the lhs is really a partial? – asmeurer May 13 '14 at 17:45
It is best to think of $\frac{d}{dx}$ as an operator which takes the derivative, with respect to $x$, of whatever expression follows.
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This is an opinion offered without any justification. – Ben Crowell Apr 30 '14 at 5:20
What kind of justification do you want? It is a very good argument for telling that $\frac{dy}{dx}$ is not a fraction! This tells us that $\frac{dy}{dx}$ needs to be seen as $\frac{d}{dx}(y)$ where $\frac{d}{dx}$ is an opeartor. – Emin May 2 '14 at 20:43
Over the hyperreals, $\frac{dy}{dx}$ is a ratio and one can view $\frac{d}{dx}$ as an operator. Therefore Tobin's reply is not a good argument for "telling that dy/dx is not a fraction". – user72694 Dec 15 '14 at 16:11
Typically, the $\frac{dy}{dx}$ notation is used to denote the derivative, which is defined as the limit we all know and love (see Arturo Magidin's answer). However, when working with differentials, one can interpret $\frac{dy}{dx}$ as a genuine ratio of two fixed quantities.
Draw a graph of some smooth function $f$ and its tangent line at $x=a$. Starting from the point $(a, f(a))$, move $dx$ units right along the tangent line (not along the graph of $f$). Let $dy$ be the corresponding change in $y$.
So, we moved $dx$ units right, $dy$ units up, and stayed on the tangent line. Therefore the slope of the tangent line is exactly $\frac{dy}{dx}$. However, the slope of the tangent at $x=a$ is also given by $f'(a)$, hence the equation
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Hyperlinked video is video in which specific objects are made selectable by some form of user interface, and the user's interactions with these objects modify the presentation of the video. Identifying and tracking the objects remains one of the chief difficulties in authoring hyperlinked video; we solve this problem through the use of a video tracking and segmentation algorithm that uses color, texture, motion, and position parameters. An author uses a computer mouse to scribble roughly on each desired object in a frame of video, and the system generates a segmentation mask for that frame and following frames. We have applied this technique in the production of a soap opera program, with the result that the user can inquire about purchasing clothing and furnishings used in the show. We will discuss this and other uses of the technology, describe our experiences in using the segmentation algorithm for hyperlinked video purposes, and present several different user-interface methods appropriate for hyperlinked video.
In this paper we describe elements of an ubiquitous vision system - a system that enables viewers to observe a remote dynamic scene from any viewing perspective at any time instant. This integrated framework has the potential to achieve real-time generation of many 3D virtual views concurrently with high-dynamic events in the scene, by not utilizing 3D model. The paper presents a brief overview of the system including its requirements, components and preliminary results of acquiring 3D range estimation and virtual view generation.
This work describes a new method for locating moving lips in digital video sequences and applications for this technology in multimedia information retrieval and robotics. The capture on digital video of groups of speakers is very common. Determining which person in such a group is speaking is useful in many applications, including robot navigation, speaker identification and video segmentation for the purpose of retrieval in recorded proceedings.
In order to assist the people who have a tendency to wander away, a human tracking system using wireless multimedia technology was studied. This system consists of a compact mobile unit which can be carried in one's pocket and a base unit at home, both of which are connected through mobile public network. The positioning performance can be realized using GPS. In this paper first a tracking system structure and a performance principle are described. From the fundamental experiments, such as position measurement and position data transmission, the system can be modified to be used as human tracking system. Moreover, several subjects, such as compactness of the mobile unit, improvement of position precision, and high reliability of human tracking continue to be studied.
This paper presents the future multimedia standard MPEG-4 and discusses its potential use for broadband applications. After an introduction into MPEG-4, scenarios for broadband MPEG-4 sessions are described and some examples are presented. At the same time, the structure of a decoder terminal is explained and the relevant parts from the broadband key issues of the standard are presented in more detail.
In this paper, we present an implementation of an MPEG-4 decoder using Java for dynamic processing, i.e. providing flexibility and extensibility. The advantage of Java is its platform independent paradigm using a virtual machine. This enables us to provide downloading of tools and also dynamic configuration of already downloaded tools. However, the disadvantage of Java is its low performance. Therefore we propose a hybrid implemented approach using Java implementations only for flexibility and extensibility. All the rest of the decoder is implemented in native code, providing the high performance necessary for real time issues. We use Java only where Java is necessary. To integrate Java with the native code implementations we utilize the Java native interface (JNI). We use the JNI to create an instance of the Java virtual machine (JVM) in the running MPEG-4 application. This JVM instance handles all Java decoder tool implementations as well as incoming Java bit streams. All the other data streams are handled by the native implemented part.
MPEG-4 is meant to be the integrating standard concerning multimedia in the future. This paper wants to highlight experiences from the participation in the EU project EMPHASIS the authors within a research institution being involved mainly in application definition and system integration. Based on this a general framework for system design comparison is outlined.
Soon the days of separate transmission facilities for video will be over, and video will be just another traffic type in a multipurpose network. These networks today employ a variety of transport mechanisms, for historical as well as technical reasons, and, at least experimentally, enterprises, network operates, and service providers are sending video over these networks with their associated transport mechanisms. But video is not just a random bit stream, so it is natural to ask how well the transport mechanisms perform when transporting video. In this paper we examine what video needs for capture to playback and how these can be provided by the end system or the network using the MPEG transport stream, asynchronous transfer mode, and the Internet Protocol. We concentrate on the Internet Protocol because of the opportunity for networked video applications that its pervasion provides.
In this paper, we address the issue of error control in transmitting MPEG-2 encoded video streams over broadband fixed wireless access networks for broadcast or multicast services. Because of the error-prone nature of wireless channels, error control is mandatory when MPEG-2 video streams are transported over wireless access networks to end user. To prevent overloading the reliable wireline networks error control has to be applied locally. FEC is a must for broadcast or multicast services. Because of the important role of MPEG-2 control information in the decoding process, it must be given priority service in the form of excess error protection in order to achieve the desired QoS. In this paper, a header redundancy FEC (HRFEC) strategy is introduced and an implementation of it (type-I HRFEC scheme) is described. The overhead and delay jitter associated with the type-I HRFEC is also estimated. Simulation results on the performance of type-I HRFEC indicates that it improves the reception statistics of MPEG-2 control. As a direct, the quality, measured in terms of objective grade point and PSNR of the reconstructed video sequence, is improved.
The transmission of video over variable bit rate channels is a challenging problem. The requirements for an acceptable video quality are typically negotiated between the application layer and the network. The encoder of a variable bit rate video application can adjust several of its parameters to meet the requirements of the network. The main aim is to decrease the loss, delay variation. Network resources have to be properly assigned to meet a required service request. Network buffers need to be controlled carefully, since buffers are responsible for delay and loss distribution. On the other hand, during video transmission, the state of buffers at the encoder output, and decoder input are also very important. Since a buffer overflow or underflow indicates inappropriate resource distribution, it is essential to know when and how buffer overflow and underflows occur. The proposed research is based on the encoder and decoder buffer boundary definitions introduced in Nguyen et al. 97. The bit rate of the video is adjusted so that the encoder and decoder buffers neither overflow or underflow at any instance during the transmission. This is guaranteed by estimating the state of the decoder buffer at a fixed frame rate, which in turn is derived for the variable channel rates for the duration of transmission. Both the encoder and decoder buffer fullness information is used as a feedback to the encoder. The encoder, upon receiving this state information adjusts the bit rate for the subsequent frames. This research uses the analytically proven boundaries for the variable bit rate encoder and decoder provided and the behavior is simulated using several video sequences. Simulation results provide a better understanding of the boundary definitions and their practical applications. In addition to understanding the dynamic behavior in terms of the bit rates, this investigation also addresses the impact of the changes in the frame rate and other scalability factors controlled by the encoder. The results show that the boundary definitions, which in turn are used for rate control of the encoder and decoder, improve the quality of the video received.
An enhancement of the Piecewise Constant Rate Transmission and Transport (PCRTT) algorithm for reducing the burstiness of a video stream based on smoothing constant intervals is proposed. the two algorithms are compared by testing 12 compressed video streams according to the Motion-JPEG format. The new algorithms called e-PCRTT is shown to construct transmission rate-plans with smaller buffer sizes compared to the original PCRTT. Alternatively, for the same buffer size e-PCRTT reduces the number of bandwidth changes compared to PCRTT. In addition, e-PCRTT produces a rateplane with smaller initial playback delay, which applications based on. We also introduce a new scheme for multiplexing several smoothed video traces, into a single constant-bit-rate channel that are synchronized nd have fixed-size intervals.
We are concerned about the transmission of delay-sensitive Variable Bit Rate Video (VBR) MPEG-2 sources over the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks. VBR sources allow the use of statistical multiplexing in the network to improve bandwidth utilization. In order to allow for an efficient multiplexing in the network, video sources must be well characterized in order to provide a precise estimation of the network resources needed by the source to achieve quality of service (QoS) requirements. The VBR-rt transfer capability defined by the ATM forum and the ITU-T uses two couples of leaky-bucket parameters as traffic descriptors for the VBR traffic: (the Peak Cell Rate, and CDVT) and, (the Sustainable Cell Rate, the Intrinsic Burst Tolerance). In previous works, we have shown that these traffic descriptors are too conservative and could allow only a very poor network utilization. We have also shown that an efficient multiplexing of VBR video sources could be achieved if the source rate distribution is modeled by a Gamma distribution characterized by the source mean rate and variance. We present in this paper an algorithm that allows the translation of the leaky-bucket parameters into the mean rate and variance needed for efficient video multiplexing. Therefore, for


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Low Impact Development (LID) Technologies at Providence
The Providence stormwater retrofit project integrates three emerging low impact development (LID) technologies: a green roof, permeable pavers and a rain garden.
Green Roof - 240 square feet
The retrofitted rooftop is an example of extensive green roof technology. Unlike roof top gardens, extensive green roofs are not designed for regular visitation by the public. They consist of a series of layers including a waterproof membrane, growth media and plants such as sedums, shallow rooted succulents that will withstand harsh exposed conditions. The plants filter out airborne pollutants and absorb rain and snowmelt that would otherwise travel down gutters and spouts to streets and storm drains.
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Permeable Pavers - approximately 1,600 square feet
Unlike traditional asphalt or concrete pavement, permeable pavement is composed of many interlocking pavers that present a solid surface for traffic. Small spaces between the pavers allow water to percolate through to the soil surface or to a retention area where the water gradually is absorbed into the soil. Nine parking spaces at Merrifield Fire Station 30 were replaced with permeable pavers.
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Rain Garden - 680 square feet
Rain gardens can be many sizes and shapes depending on the conditions at a site. They are designed to hold and filter water and release it slowly into the surrounding soil. In this way, rain gardens prevent oversaturation and flooding and improve water quality. Composed of several layers including layers of gravel, pea gravel, engineered soil and mulch, rain gardens are typically planted with native plants that can withstand fluctuating water levels and can be an attractive landscape component.
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The Red Tent Test | Final Test - Easy
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. What happens to Reuben?
(a) He is killed in a fight
(b) He is found in bed with Bilhah and banished by Jacob
(c) Levi and Simon kill him
(d) Levi and Simon kidnap him
2. Why has Benia tracked down Dinah?
(a) He wants her to become his wife
(b) He needs a good midwife to help with the delivery of a baby
(c) She owes him money
(d) Benia wishes to kill DInah
3. Why do the mothers break Dinah's hymen?
(a) They believe it should be given to the earth and not a man
(b) They do not want DInah to be perceived as a virgin
(c) They do not break her hymen
(d) They wish to take the pain away from Dinah's first sexual expereince
4. What does DInah do before she leaves her mothers, brothers, and fathers forever?
(a) She hits Levi
(b) She cries and hugs her mothers
(c) She forgives her brothers
(d) She curses the tribe of Jacob
5. What theme is important to this chapter?
(a) Women's changing bodies
(b) Young developing love
(c) Women expressing sexual agency
(d) Sexuality
6. Why is Jacob mad in My Story, Chapter 6?
(a) He has heard about their Red Tent rituals and disapproves
(b) His wives disobey him
(c) Dinah yells at her father and disrespects him
(d) Joesph ran away
7. Why is Dinah's pregnancy difficult?
(a) The baby is turned in the wrong position in the womb
(b) Dinah falls while pregnant
(c) Dinah is severly depressed
(d) She goes into childbirth unexpectedly
8. Who is happy with the match?
(a) Rachel
(b) Reuben
(c) Zilpah
(d) Bilhah
9. What does Dinah's admirer give her?
(a) a treasure box
(b) a bracelet
(c) a jewelry box
(d) a ring
10. What happens while DInah is on her honeymoon?
(a) Jacob visits the King and is treated grandly
(b) Levi visits the King and is treated poorly
(c) Levi visits the King and is treated grandly
(d) Jacob visits the King and is treated poorly
11. Who is responsible for Shalem and Dinah uniting?
(a) Leah
(b) Rachel
(c) Hamor
(d) Re-nefer
12. In this chapter, how does DInah defy her mothers?
(a) She refuses to pass on the ways of Mamre
(b) She cuts off all contact with them
(c) She curses the ways of Mamre
(d) She does not come to their aid when they are sick
13. What becomes of Rachel?
(a) She continues on to become a famous midwife
(b) She disowns Leah as a sister
(c) She dies giving birth to Benjamin
(d) She loses her beauty as she ages
14. What did Benia do when Dinah originally refused his attentions?
(a) He traveled abroad
(b) He married a young slave girl
(c) He remained unmarried
(d) Benia focused on his carpentrey
15. Who out of Jacob's wives does Rebecca disapprove of?
(a) Rachel
(b) Zilpah
(c) Leah
(d) Bilhah
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does DInah continue to feel distant from her son?
2. Why does Dinah accompany Rachel to Shechum?
3. Why does Jacob take action against his wives?
4. What has changed about Issac since Jacob last saw him?
5. What does this chapter reveal about Re-mose?
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A new set of analytical techniques developed by Texas A&M researchers can help predict if wave-energy devices will capsize in rapidly changing ocean environments.
Ocean waves represent an abundant source of renewable energy. But to best use this natural resource, wave-energy converters need to be capable of physically handling ocean waves of different strengths without capsizing.
Texas A&M University researchers have developed analytical tools that can help characterize the movements of floating but anchored wave-energy devices. Unlike complicated simulations that are expensive and time-consuming, they said their technique is fast, yet accurate enough to estimate if wave-energy devices will turn over in an ever-changing ocean environment.
"Wave-energy converters need to take advantage of large wave motions to make electricity. But when a big storm comes, you don't want big wave, wind and current motions to destroy these devices," said Jeffrey Falzarano, professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering. "We have developed much simpler analytical tools to judge the performance of these devices in a dynamic ocean environment without necessitating massive amounts of simulations or physical model tests that take a lot of time to run and are cost-prohibitive."
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The complex consists of several buildings and glass-houses which features a collection of orchids, carnivorous plants and giant white water lily. The best-known part of the garden is the Great Pavilion (Großes Tropenhaus). The temperature inside is maintained at 30 °C and air humidity is kept high. Among the many tropical plants it hosts a giant bamboo.
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Zoo Berlin6.34km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Oldest and best-known zoo in Germany. It covers 35 hectares (86.5 acres) and has about 1,380 different species and over 20,200 animals, presenting one of the most comprehensive collections of species in the world. It is the most-visited zoo in Europe and one of the most popular worldwide. Regular animal feedings are among its most famous attractions.
German Museum of Technology6.95km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The museum's main emphasis originally was on rail transport, but today it also features exhibits of various sorts of industrial technology including maritime and aviation exhibition halls.
Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin7.2km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Neue Nationalgalerie is a museum of modern art, with a focus on art from early 20th century. The museum owns masterpeices from artists like Pablo Picasso, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Joan Miró, Wassily Kandinsky and Barnett Newman. Despite the large size of the museum, the exhibits are rotated at intervals as the collection of artworks at the museum is very large.
Gemäldegalerie7.32km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Museum where the main selection of paintings belonging to the Berlin State Museums is displayed. It holds one of the world's leading collections of European paintings from the 13th to the 18th centuries.
Victory Column7.34km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Designed after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War. When it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria and its German allies in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), giving the statue a new purpose. These later victories inspired the addition of the bronze sculpture of Victoria, 8.3 metres (27 ft) high and weighing 35 tonnes.
Berlin Story Bunker7.4km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Housed inside a 6,500-square-metre WWII bunker, the museum recreates the history of Berlin and some of the most infamous events in German history. The exhibition showcases the sequence of events leading up to Hitler's suicide in 1945, and it has a reconstruction of Hitler's personal study.
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Tenerife North has been a haven for holiday seekers from Europe and other parts of the world since the 1960s. Located at about 300 kilometers from the Atlantic coast of north-western Africa and about 1000 kilometers from the southwestern tip of the Iberian coast, Tenerife North, one of the Canary Islands, is situated north of the Tropic of the Cancer, between latitudes 28° and 29°N and 16° and 17° longitude. Tenerife North enjoys relatively warm weather all year round, which draws millions of holiday seekers to this part of the island.
The geology of Tenerife North and the whole island is generally volcanic in its origin. Mt. Tilde, one of its volcanoes, has been relatively sleepy since its last eruption in 1909. The entire island actually rose gradually from the sea floor by way of volcanic eruption about twelve million years ago.
With its rugged and jagged topography that was slowly shaped through millions of years of volcanic eruptions and erosions, Tenerife North and the whole island boasts fertile soil that has been long utilised for sugar cane planting. The island's varying landscapes generally show a contrasting weather pattern between the relatively cooler Tenerife North and the warm south.
The weather of Tenerife North is in stark contrast to that of the southern part of the island. It is widely covered with a variety of vegetation and pine forests blanketing its mountain ranges. The southern part of the island, on the other hand, has drought-resistant plants because of its semi-arid temperature. The central and northern valleys are covered with sub-tropical forest attesting to the contrasting weather within the relatively small island.
Mount Teide
One of the tourist landmarks of Tenerife North is Mt. Teide with its high snow-covered apex. It is one of the largest volcanoes in the world and the highest in all Spanish territory. Mount Teide rises more than 7,000 meters from the ocean floor. The surrounding part of Mt. Teide is recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The snow crested Mt. Tilde divides the north and south of this island and creates the drastic contrast of temperature between the hotter south and the relatively rainy and cooler north.
One main reason why millions of tourists are drawn to Tenerife North is for the warm climate. Tenerife is known as the island of eternal spring. The moderate climate of Tenerife North is conditioned by the trade winds and tempered by the cool gulfstream air currents. The sun almost always shines as the entire island is on the same latitude as the Sahara desert.
The temperature in Tenerife North on the average is around 26-28°C (78.8-82.4°F) during the summer, with a high probability of sunshine throughout the year. Humidity and precipitation is condensed in the north toward the northeast of the island, which will create cloud banks at an altitude of _PHONE_ meters (2624.6-3280.8 ft) along the slope of Mt. Teide.
The Atlantic Ocean's icy sea currents around Tenerife North add some cooling effects to the coastlines and beaches of North Tenerife during summer. The island's landscape and topography greatly influence the weather in the interior parts of Tenerife North especially in the northern valleys.
Erratic weather conditions
The peculiar thing about Tenerife is that the island offers some sort of micro-climatic weather zones, which manifest contrasting weather patterns within the relatively small land area of the island. Tourists can practically choose the climate of their choice by preferring to stay on a certain part of the island.
In direct contrast to the weather of the southern part of the island is that of the northern and northwestern Tenerife where Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Tenerife North are located. These areas receive approximately 73 per cent of all the precipitation in the island. These parts of the island have cloudy skies, rain, and fog, which can be expected any time in the afternoon any time of the year. Weather change on this part of the island can be erratic and is a great challenge to forecast.
Winter in North Tenerife is relatively warm as compared to the northern continental Europe. The temperature during winter months ranges from 20 to 22° Celsius (68-71.6°F). Cooler temperatures are more prominent in the higher slopes of Mt. Teide, plus travelling towards Pico de Teide, there's a gradual change in temperature from warm to moderately cool. Going higher towards the peak, there's a more dramatic change in temperature relative to the altitude. Freezing temperatures can be expected at the higher altitude at certain times, especially, during the winter months. In fact, in the higher altitude, snowfall could be experienced despite the fact that the coasts remain clear and sunny.
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Florida's agriculture secretary is raising concerns about packages of seeds bearing Chinese characters and the name China Post that people are receiving unsolicited in the mail.
The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is asking Floridians to report the "suspicious seed packages," which might also be labeled as jewelry.
"Plant seeds from unknown sources may introduce dangerous pathogens, diseases, or invasive species into Florida, putting agriculture and our state's plant, animal and human health at risk," Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said in a prepared statement. "Anyone receiving these suspicious seed packets should not open them, should not plant them, should limit contact with them, and should report them immediately to both our department and USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) officials."
The state is working on the issue with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
"The content of the seed packages is unknown at this time," a news release from the state department said. "Seeds of unknown origin may constitute agricultural smuggling, may be invasive, may introduce pathogens, toxins, or plant and animal diseases, may pose a risk of foodborne illness, and may pose a threat to plant, animal, and human health," the release added.
Anyone receiving unsolicited seed packages from other countries should follow these directions:
- Do not open the seed packet and avoid opening outer packaging or mailing materials, if possible
- Place the seed packet AND mailing materials into a sealable plastic bag – this is important to determining the origin of the seeds
- Do not plant the seeds or discard them in trash that will be landfilled
- Report the seed package to the FDACS Division of Plant Industry at _PHONE_ or _EMAIL_
- After reporting the seed package, an Inspector from the FDACS Division of Plant Industry will contact seed recipients to schedule a safe, contactless collection of the seeds, packaging, and mailing materials
As of Monday, at least 160 people had reported such packages, the department said. Similar packages have been reported in Virginia, Kansas, Washington, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Utah.


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Follow our four-point plan of attack to trace your roots in Spain, Portugal and the Basque region.
Since ancient times, the Iberian peninsula—encompassing Spain, Portugal, and the long-contested Basque country—has been coveted and conquered by the Romans, Germanic tribes, Arabs, Holy Roman Empire and Napoleon. For genealogists today, tracing your ancestry in the Iberian region is a conquest with its own challenges: language barriers, decentralized records, lagging digitization and state takeovers of church registers, among others.
But those obstacles aren't insurmountable—technological weapons can help you break down language barriers, records access is gradually improving, and the reward for tackling Spanish, Portuguese or Basque records likely will be well worth the struggle: The area's church and notarial records in particular are some of the world's richest genealogical treasures. Follow these four steps for your own successful assault on the formidable peninsula.


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Abstract Lion Feuchtwanger (_PHONE_) was a celebrated German-Jewish novelist and outspoken enemy of the Nazis. He began his literary career as a theater critic and turned his talent to writing plays in the 1910s and 1920s. He first became internationally known for his historical novel Jud Süss published in 1925. In 1933, he went into exile in Southern France and in 1941 he emigrated to the United States. He was an important figure in intellectual and artistic circles in Los Angeles during the...
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Residents of Georgia's two breakaway regions will soon be allowed to visit the United States with so-called "status-neutral" documents issued by the authorities in Tbilisi.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the announcement
on June 5 during a visit to the Caucasus nation, describing the move as "a strong step toward reconciliation" between Georgia and its separatist provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
What do these "neutral" documents provide for and what does their recognition by Washington mean in concrete terms for residents of the two territories?
When and why did Georgia start delivering so-called "status-neutral" documents?
These documents were introduced by the Georgian government in July 2011 to facilitate travel for people living in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Although Tbilisi formally recognizes documents currently issued by the regions' self-styled authorities, crossing into Georgia proper with such documents can pose difficulties.
In terms of overseas travel, only countries that have recognized the two territories as independent -- Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and a few Pacific island nations -- accept locally issued passports.
Many residents hold Russian passports, but they are usually denied visas to Western countries.
Georgian authorities say the new "neutral" documents will help ease travel restrictions for Abkhaz and South Ossetians.
The Neutral Identification Card allows for free travel within Georgia and gives holders access to some Georgian social services, while the Neutral Travel Document is intended for trips abroad.
Prior to the United States, only a handful of countries -- including Japan, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- had recognized Georgia's "status-neutral" passport.
Why are Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and their patron, Russia, opposed to these documents?
Moscow has granted Russian citizenship to many Abkhaz and South Ossetians and views Georgia's "neutral" passports as an attempt to challenge its influence in the regions.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has described the documents as a misleading "scam." It says the documents, while not specifying that their holders are Georgian citizens, are "not quite neutral" since they indicate Georgia's country code and state the documents are issued by the Georgian government.
Abkhaz leader Aleksandr Ankvab has even ordered all international organizations that encourage residents to get the Georgia-issued documents to be expelled from the territory.
Authorities in both Abkhazia and South Ossetia say they will continue to promote the recognition of locally issued passports as valid travel documents, including at an upcoming meeting in Geneva devoted to security in the Caucasus.
How do residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia apply for the "status-neutral" documents? Do they need to travel to Tbilisi?
Applicants are asked to file an electronic application form available on a Georgian government website.
A compulsory online web-camera consultation with officials in Tbilisi ensues after which, if the application is successful, the "status-neutral" documents are issued within 10 working days.
Documents are then either picked up in person in Tbilisi or forwarded to the applicants via international organizations operating in Georgia.
If Washington holds its promise, holders of "neutral" documents will soon be free to apply for visas at the U.S. consulate in Tbilisi.
* This article has been amended since it was originally posted
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Yes Jason to break your heart.
The tale of Medea's vicious revenge killing of her children strikes at symbols deeply rooted in our culture. Medea is a feminist hero – cutting off patriarchal power at is source as she steals Jason's heirs. Equally, she is a demon witch and personification of the havoc wreaked by uncontrolled emotions.
The workshop explores key character scenes as well as questions about the chorus and stylistics of Greek drama.
An amazing experience for the students – they loved how intimate and interactive it was… They got SO Much out of it.
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Abstract PURPOSE: Recurrence is a major concern in management of temporomandibular joint ankylosis. In this study functional outcomes of gap arthroplasty (group I) and temporalis myofascial interposition arthroplasty (group II) are compared. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Preoperative, intraoperative, and follow-up data were noted from our departmental database. Outcome variables were postoperative mouth opening, open bite, recurrence, and facial nerve dysfunction. The χ2 test, Fisher test, t test, 2-sample Wilcoxon rank sum test, and logistic regression analysis were used. RESULTS: Group I comprised 207 patients, and group II comprised 55 patients. The mean age was 12.9 years (SD, 7.0 years). There were 220 nonrecurrent and 42 recurrent cases. The mean follow-up period was 3.78 years (SD, 3.0 years). In first time-operated cases, the recurrence rate was 14.7\% in group I and 4.8\% in group II. In recurrent cases, the recurrence rate was 34.5\% and 30.8\%, respectively. The differences were statistically insignificant. CONCLUSIONS: In first-time operated temporomandibular joint ankylosis cases, both treatments are satisfactory in preventing recurrence, but the recurrence rate increases with previous recurrences. Copyright © 2014 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Ask the Expert: David Alessandrini
This month's expert discusses strategies for navigating security challenges in a recession
The downturn in the economy seems to be at the forefront of every conversation. We wanted to know how the industry is adjusting, so we spoke with David Alessandrini, vice president of PASEK, to get his take.
ISSUE: How are companies dealing with the economic downturn this year?
SOLUTION: Smart businesses are taking this time to reflect on their operations and ensure that they refine, adjust and increase efficiency in all aspects of the company. This might mean taking a closer look at employee performance, renegotiating leases and contracts or investing in equipment that can add long-term value and be used for a variety of functions.
Recent surveys and anecdotes bolster the argument that crime may increase during a recession. Some companies also may have no other option but to invest in new security systems, due to expansion or old, malfunctioning equipment.
ISSUE: What are the most useful and valuable products that can add a longterm return on investment?
SOLUTION: Cameras are an almost universal necessity in security systems and should be a first priority, especially if they are not yet implemented in an existing plan. IP cameras have numerous advantages over previous technologies: they have higher resolution and are easily scalable.
Video analytics and IP cameras can add value to a security system by also monitoring employees, long checkout lines and store traffic patterns. The technology also may provide a quick return on investment by allowing security staff to successfully prosecute offenders. These cameras also can send video data over a network for remote video monitoring by law enforcement or a central command station.
DVRs and video analytics may be used in conjunction as an important tool for organizations with a large number of cameras to monitor. Video data can be stored in greater quantity and quality than analog set-ups.
Video analytics software can detect suspicious activity such as an individual lingering too long in a certain area or if a person is moving an item that should be stationary. Alerts can be set up to warn security staff when pre-determined conditions are met. The software also may track the movement of individuals after they trigger an alarm, greatly reducing the need for costly security staff to continuously monitor an area.
Low-cost, low-tech methods also should be used to complement new technology. The best method for preventing crime is deterrence. Fencing and lighting are simple additions that can drive away potential threats. Train employees and staff to respond to emergency situations and suspicious activity—for the technology to be useful, an effective plan must be in place.
The best companies always anticipate change. Use this downtime to prepare for the economic upswing by culling inefficient equipment and procedures and investing for the long term. Using future-proof technology will ensure that a system is functional and viable for years to come. Consider a blend of effective low-cost procedures to ensure you are prepared for the future.
READER QUESTION: I am planning to expand my business to two new locations. We currently have an older security system with analog cameras and would like to install a new system with digital cameras. What is the best method to ensure that we can monitor all systems from a one remote location?
SOLUTION: Centralizing security management using new digital technology is easy with a variety of networking solutions. Network IP-based cameras are the most convenient method of remote surveillance. There are local Ethernet networks, wireless mesh networks and point-to-point wireless transceivers available. Network and Internet technology is a great way to view live video feeds and review past events.
Hybrid DVRs, NVRs and software server-based systems can mix and match with analog and IP cameras. We also can convert existing analog cameras to digital by connecting them to single or multi-channel camera servers, which are a cost-effective solution for upgrading to digital technology.
IP-based cameras reduce the cost of installation by connecting the digital camera directly to a PoE switch. This eliminates the cost of a power supply and uses CAT-5e wire.
IT managers are concerned about network bandwidth when continuously streaming live video. The solution is to store video remotely at the edge. NVRs or edge drives store and process multiple cameras. Video can be uploaded to servers or network drives when network traffic is low.
Another method is to store video in the camera until motion detection or analytics alerts the host or client of activity. Incorporating motion or activity recording reduces the disk drive size and extends the number of recording days. With the technology available, it's easy to incorporate old and new to design a digital recording solution using IT infrastructure for centralized monitoring.
This article originally appeared in the October 2009 issue of Security Today.


The Vital Role of Addiction Medicine Physicians in Substance Abuse Treatment
Introduction:
Addiction medicine physicians, exemplified by professionals like Julian Mitton, MD, specialize in treating individuals with substance abuse disorders. Their expertise and dedication play a critical role in helping people overcome addiction, achieve sobriety, and build healthier lifestyles. In this article, we explore the role of addiction medicine physicians, their treatment modalities, and their commitment to guiding patients on the path to recovery.
The Role of Addiction Medicine Doctors:
Addiction medicine is a specialized field within internal medicine that focuses on diagnosing and treating individuals with substance abuse problems. These physicians undergo extensive training to understand addiction as a disease and provide comprehensive care to those grappling with substance abuse.
Addiction medicine physicians work in various healthcare settings, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to offer holistic treatment that addresses the physical, mental, and Julian Mitton, MD emotional aspects of addiction.
Treating Substance Abuse:
A primary responsibility of addiction medicine physicians is to help individuals discontinue illegal drugs and alcohol and maintain a healthy lifestyle. They employ evidence-based medications to manage withdrawal symptoms and cravings associated with substance use disorders. Commonly prescribed medications like buprenorphine, naltrexone, or methadone address opioid dependence, while others alleviate alcohol withdrawal symptoms in individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD).
Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle:
Beyond addressing the immediate challenges of addiction, addiction medicine physicians empower patients to adopt healthier habits and lifestyle choices. They collaborate with patients to devise personalized treatment plans focusing on long-term recovery and overall well-being. This may entail strategies for stress management, improved sleep patterns, nutrition and exercise promotion, and support network enhancement.
Psychotherapy and Counseling:
Many addiction medicine physicians offer psychotherapy or counseling as part of their treatment approach. They recognize that substance abuse often coexists with mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, or trauma-related disorders. Through individual therapy sessions, patients explore their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, gain insights, and develop coping strategies to support their recovery.
Collaborative Approach to Care:
Addiction medicine physicians understand the importance of collaboration in achieving successful outcomes. They work closely with other healthcare professionals, including therapists, psychologists, social workers, and addiction counselors, to provide comprehensive care. This multidisciplinary approach ensures patients receive necessary support and resources throughout their recovery journey.
Conclusion:
Addiction medicine physicians, represented by professionals like Julian Mitton, MD, serve a vital role in diagnosing, treating, and offering ongoing care to individuals with substance abuse disorders. Their expertise in addiction medicine, coupled with a holistic and collaborative treatment approach, assists patients in overcoming addiction, achieving sobriety, and embracing healthier lives. These physicians play a critical part in promoting long-term recovery and supporting individuals on their journey to wellness.


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I was teaching adj. and adv. and how we form the adv. from the adj. Also, that the adj. tells us something about the noun and the adv. about the verb.
Later on in the class, and not related to the above, the student had to make a sentence with: Sally/felt/really happy/to be / winner. So the student said Sally felt really happily to be the winner.
I corrected her to happy, and she said why? She felt happily tells us something about the verb felt.
Can you explain this to me so that I can pass it on to her?
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Each Bike is equipped with Hall effect sensors for measuring flywheel rotational speed (to capture cadence) and resistance. The sensors reference the Output values on the sensor control board and communicate these values to the Peloton HD touchscreen multiple times per second during a ride.
The Peloton Bike does not take direct, instantaneous readings of Output. These readings are taken at the time of manufacture and due to manufacturing variability, we expect ~10% Bike-to-Bike variability in Output readings. The Peloton leaderboard and Output readings are intended to be fun and useful tools offering directional performance measurement that helps riders motivate and achieve their individual fitness goals.


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noun. The visual which stays present even after a stimulant ceases or is taken away. A positive doesn't happen very often and only remains for a couple moments. It occurs due to the ongoing receptor and neurologic activities that are subsequent to the ceasing of the stimulant. It's appearance in terms of color and contrast are quite similar to the stimulant of origin. More frequently, a negative takes place, commonly in more insensitive manner, and usually continues for a longer period of time too. It is typically a well-suited companion to the stimulant of origin with regard to color and contrast.
AFTERIMAGE: "Most individuals are impressed by the eyes' abilities to view a negative photo, and then see the inverse of it with color components on a white piece of paper."


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The PICSAR project (now released open-source!)
The Particle-In-Cell Scalable Application Resource (PICSAR) is a high performance repository intended to help scientists porting their Particle-In-Cell (PIC) codes to the next generation of exascale computers.
PICSAR exploits the three levels of parallelism that will be required to achieve good performances on future architectures: distributed memory parallelization (internode), shared memory parallelization (intranode) and vectorization.
- A high performance library of optimized versions of the key functionalities of the PIC loop.
- A compact "mini-app" standalone code (PICSARlite), which serves as a self-contained proxy that adequately portrays the computational loads and dataflow of more complex PIC codes.
- A Python wrapper for using PICSAR optimized routines with Python-driven codes.


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January 3, 2001
John F. Kennedy University announced that it will strive to become the first university in the United States to be designed in its entirety using "Green Principles."
Charles E. Glasser, JD, university president, announced that, "The university's goal is to achieve, wherever possible, the integration of sustainable principles in the building of its new Concord campus, as well as its academic curriculum."
Glasser said the specific goals of the Green Project include:
- Striving for the highest possible rating from the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy Efficient Design (LEED) rating system;
- Maximizing the use of green building materials throughout all aspects of design and construction, including campus furnishings;
- Designing the energy and water consumption needs using environmentally sensitive yet highly efficient methods;
- Integrating the principles of sustainability into the curriculum.
While several US colleges and universities have completed sustainability construction practices in individual buildings, JFKU believes it would be the first university in the country to construct an entire campus implementing "Green Principles."
The university has obtained an option to buy a five-acre site on Galindo Avenue in downtown Concord, adjacent to the Concord BART station. Plans are to break ground in early 2002 and to begin classes there in the fall of 2003.
Glasser said the JFKU Board of Regents has approved a resolution to integrate the principles of sustainability into the new campus in Concord. Glasser has been working with a number of leaders in the sustainability movement, including Jim Quinn, president and CEO of Collins Pine Company, who earned his MBA from JFKU in 1970 and was Alumnus of the Year in 1998. Quinn, also named Man of the Year in the timber processing industry in 1998, is a national leader in his business and in the field of sustainability. Others who Glasser is working with include David Orr, head of the Environmental Studies Department at Oberlin College and an author and visionary in the field of sustainability; David Ford, president of the Certified Forest Products Council; and Bill Browning of the Rocky Mountain Institute.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently updated its report on ozone-generating air cleaners: Ozone Generators That Are Sold as Air Cleaners: An Assessment of Effectiveness and Health Consequences. Based on the most credible scientific evidence currently available, the report says that ozone can be harmful to health, whether in its pure form or mixed with other chemicals. Some studies show that ozone concentrations produced by ozone generators can exceed health standards even when one follows manufacturers instructions. Even at concentrations that do not exceed public health standards, ozone is generally ineffective in controlling indoor air pollution. EPA advises the public to use proven methods of controlling indoor air pollution. (Thanks to Hal Levin.)
Andersen Corporation, maker of Andersen windows and patio doors, announced that it will not source wood from endangered forests and it will give preference to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) or equivalent certified wood supplies in the manufacture of its products. These commitments become a part of the company's established practices of promoting responsible forestry management in the procurement of wood supplies.
"These commitments support the approach we have taken over the years to preserve forest resources by responsibly sourcing wood, conserving wood whenever possible and reclaiming wood within our operations. All three must be practiced to assure the long-term health of the world's forests and the viability of wood as a valued natural resource," said Kurt Heikkila, vice president of technology and business development for Andersen Corporation.
Andersen said it will give preference to certified wood supplies while pursuing the best wood for its products in terms of quality, price, volume and consistency of material. Andersen will continue to work with suppliers to ensure that specified lumber or cut stock is not sourced from endangered forests. The company said it supports constructive efforts, such as the new Coast Forest Conservation Initiative in British Columbia, to achieve responsible balance among economic, environmental and community interests in timber-producing areas.
Last March, Andersen joined the Certified Forest Products Council (CFPC), an independent, non-profit, voluntary business initiative that promotes responsible forest products buying practices throughout North America in an effort to improve forest management practices worldwide.
Andersen primarily uses ponderosa pine in its window and patio door products and it is sourced from well-managed forests mainly in the western United States. The company is using increasing quantities of its patented biofiber composite, Fibrex -- material, made from waste wood fiber. Fibrex material was developed to reduce the company's need for raw timber and reclaim its wood waste stream. Andersen also conducts ongoing research on wood species and alternatives for use in its products.
Wood conservation has been practiced throughout Andersen manufacturing facilities for years. Scrap wood is finger-joined and edge-glued to create usable pieces; parts are reengineered to save wood; and wood veneers are used where appropriate. Andersen is also committed to recycled wood supplies and to products made with wood waste reclaimed from operations, such as Fibrex material.
As heating oil and natural gas prices rise, the Alliance to Save Energy has taken "$ticker $hock" over high energy prices to a "Shocking" new level with its humorous new TV and radio campaign which focuses on consumer angst over energy bills and solutions to easily reduce both energy bills and pollution.
Titled "Static Electricity House," the television public service advertisements (PSAs) highlight a family's wild experiment to deal with high energy prices by powering their home with static electricity. It requires all family members, including the dog, to keep rubbing their wool socks on the carpeting to keep lights on and power functioning.
But that approach has many humorous drawbacks -- from a burning carpet to having all their hair stand on end. There are many other "shocks" in the process.
But the family discovers they didn't have to go to such extremes when simple energy efficiency approaches and ENERGY STAR-labeled products are better solutions to reduce their energy prices, energy use, and pollution.
In "Big Shock," the radio public service spots, first the husband keels over and then the wife when they open their home energy bill. In addition, the Alliance is re-releasing its popular radio spots by the Beach Boys to the tune of "Summer in Paradise."
Alliance funding partners for the PSAs and a broader multimedia campaign bring together federal and state government and industry--the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), New York State Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA).
Cornell University is consuming a lot less energy and helping regional electric power plants release fewer pollutants into the air thanks to the university's innovative lake source cooling (LSC) installation. LSC uses cold water from the depths of Cayuga Lake to replace conventional refrigeration to cool campus buildings. The $60 million system is one of the largest environmental engineering projects undertaken by a university.
Based on experience since the system was installed in July 2000, the university expects to buy about 20 million fewer kilowatt-hours of electric energy per year for cooling, reducing the burning of coal in power plants by about 25 million pounds a year.
As additional project benefits, Ithaca High School -- which is tied into the system -- will see similar energy and cost percentage savings, and the City of Ithaca has received road and utility upgrades valued at $1.3 to $1.5 million.
Although the concept of using naturally cold, deep water for a cooling system is not new, this is the first such installation by a university anywhere in the world and the first to be deployed in a small freshwater lake. A comparable system is in operation to cool downtown businesses in Stockholm, Sweden, dissipating heat into the Baltic Sea, and an experimental system cools the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii. Systems are under consideration for downtown Toronto and a research facility near Rochester, both drawing from Lake Ontario.
When it became necessary to update Cornell's central cooling system to keep up with growth of the campus, combat rising energy costs, replace aging equipment and eliminate ozone-depleting chloroflurocabon refrigerants, the university opted for LSC. While the cost of building the LSC system was more than 50 percent higher than the cost of a new refrigeration plant, the long-term savings were attractive, and the environmental benefits offered a bonus.
"People think the cost of cooling is lower because of lake source cooling, but the cost upfront is higher. We paid a premium, but it will be paid for over time," explained William "Lanny" Joyce, Cornell utilities engineer and director of the LSC project. "We have built something that will last 75 to 100 years, whereas conventional chillers last about 30 years. It's a much more passive system with fewer moving parts."
The old cooling system consisted of eight "chillers"-- essentially massive water coolers in which a refrigerant is alternately compressed and expanded to transfer heat out of water that is circulated to cooling systems in campus buildings. The old chillers, Joyce said, used a total of 16,000 horsepower to supply 16,000 tons of cooling, each ton being the equivalent of 12,000 BTUs per hour. In industry terms, a "ton" of cooling is the equivalent of melting one ton of ice over 24 hours.
The LSC system, installed in a plant on the east shore of Cayuga Lake, consists of seven heat exchangers and uses only 4,000 horsepower for 20,000 tons of cooling capacity, Joyce said. The system pumps 39.5-degree Fahrenheit water from a lake depth of 250 feet through the heat exchangers, where the lake water absorbs heat from a separate, and sealed, water supply that is circulated to campus buildings. Chilled water travels in a closed loop between the plant and the campus, two and


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Two major engineering entrance examinations are used for admission to engineering institutes across India, Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) and All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) but now these both are combined as Indian Science Engineering Entrence Test (ISEET).
ISEET Exam Date (Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test): The ISEET is going to be effective for admissions into the IITs and NITs for Admission year 2013 and therefore is expected to be conducted in March or April 2013.
ISEET Test Pattern (Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test): ISEET will have two papers on the same day:
Duration of exam(ISEET Main) – 3 hours
Paper-Test Pattern of ISEET Main : Reading Comprehension & Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning
Weightage to ISEET Main: 30% minimum
Duration of exam(ISEET Advance) – 3 hours
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Real-Time Ray-Traced Ambient Occlusion of Complex Scenes using Spatial Hashing
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Ambient occlusion is an effective way to approximate global illumination: in essence, the closer a point is to its surroundings, the darker it gets. For real-time rendering, this effect is often approximated using screen-space techniques, leading to visible artifacts. Ray tracing provides a unique way to increase the rendering fidelity by accurately computing the distance to the surrounding objects, but it introduces sampling noise. Using the NVIDIA RTX technology available with Vulkan, we propose a real-time ray-traced ambient occlusion technique in which noise is removed in world space. Using spatial hashing for efficient storage, we'll cover all the technical challenges to make ambient occlusion a production feature usable in CAD viewports with scenes comprising thousands of instances and hundreds of millions of polygons.
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"What's your name?"
―Khedryn Faal and Grace[src]
Grace was a female Human, and one of two daughters of Hunter and Alpha, two Force-sensitive clones produced on a frozen moon in the Unknown Regions. Born around 32 ABY, Grace lived with her parents and nine other clones secretly produced by the Galactic Empire under the rule of Grand Admiral Thrawn. These clones, along with their offspring, called themselves the Community. All the clones, except Soldier, were afflicted by a life-threatening sickness which they passed on to their children, including Grace. The symptoms of the sickness were accelerated in 41 ABY, when the Community escaped the moon and flew through a cloud of Lignan, an ore that intensified the effects of the dark side of the Force.
Hoping to acquire medicine to counteract the sickness's symptoms, the Community flew to the planet Fhost, where the clone named Soldier carried an unconscious Grace through a medical center and hijacked a medical supply ship. They then left Fhost in search of Mother, a Rakatan entity worshiped by the Community. Along the way, the supply ship was attacked by the Umbaran Nyss Nenn, who was working for the One Sith. Nenn killed Grace's mother, along with the clone Runner, and the clones took their ship to a star system to find Mother. Upon the Community's arrival, Mother possessed the body of the clone Seer and attempted to kill Grace and Soldier. After Nenn was killed by the Jedi Jaden Korr, Grace and Soldier escaped the system using the Umbaran's starship and went in search of a new home.
"Only Grace will live to see Mother."
The female Human Grace was born around 32 ABY to Alpha and Hunter, two Force-sensitive clones produced in secret by the Galactic Empire under the regime of Grand Admiral Thrawn. Alpha and Hunter were bred by doctors in an Imperial research facility on a frozen moon in the Unknown Regions, where they and several other clones, collectively known as the Community, killed the doctors and took control of the facility. The clones suffered from a sickness that contributed to clone madness and would eventually kill them if not properly treated with a medicine known as Metacycline. When Hunter gave birth to Grace and her sister Blessing, she passed the sickness on to her daughters, who suffered its effects worse than the clones.[1]
The Community waited on the frozen moon for several years in the hopes of hijacking a starship that could take them to Mother, an entity that communicated to them through the clone Seer.[1] In 41 ABY, that wish was granted when the Jedi Knight named Jaden Korr arrived on the moon after encountering the Sith dreadnaught Harbinger. Korr landed on the moon, stalked by One Sith agent Kell Douro. Korr discovered the clones and dueled with Alpha, eventually killing him. Douro was later killed by Korr's companion, the spacer Khedryn Faal, and the Community used Douro's CloakShape fighter Predator to escape the moon.[2] In the moon's atmosphere, the fighter passed through a cloud of Lignan ore caused by the destruction of the Harbinger. The ore granted the Force-sensitive members of the Community greater power in the use of the dark side of the Force, but it also accelerated the effects of the sickness. When the Community fell into agony from the sickness's symptoms, Soldier, a clone of Jaden Korr and the only member of the Community who did not suffer from the sickness, injected Grace and the others with Metacycline. He then suggested the Community head to the planet Fhost, where he hoped they could acquire more of the ingredients necessary for Metacycline. Along the way, Blessing died from the sickness, as did Gift, another child of the Community's clones. Grace and her mother both survived the journey, but were unconscious. After Soldier injected Grace with a shot of adrenaline, he, Seer, and the clone Runner headed to Fhost's capital city, Farpoint, in a landspeeder, taking the unconscious Grace and Hunter with them. The Community went to the Farpoint Medical Center, and, after a confrontation with Jaden Korr, hijacked a supply ship and took Korr's companion Faal hostage after knocking him unconscious.[1]
Grace reacted well to the medication Soldier gave her, and she regained consciousness aboard the supply ship. Faal later awoke inside the ship's cockpit, where he met Grace. As she smiled at him, he stuck his tongue out at her, causing her to giggle. He was then interrogated by the clones, and, after gleaning what information Faal knew, the clones agreed to kill the spacer. Runner took him to the ship's airlock to eject him into space, but the clone was killed by the Umbaran Nyss Nenn, who had sneaked aboard the ship. Nenn allowed Faal to live with the intention of trading him for Korr, and used a pair of flexcuffs to restrain the spacer to a crossbar in the ship's corridors. Grace, who had sneaked away from the cockpit, later found Faal and helped free him by giving him a knife. She then fled as her Metacycline began to wear off and the symptoms of the sickness worsened, causing her skin to bulge and roil as it distorted her facial features. Faal considered fleeing the ship in an escape pod, but resolved instead to do everything he could to help Grace.[1]
Hunter regained consciousness and went out looking for Grace, but she too encountered Nenn, who killed her with his crossbow. The Umbaran then went to the cockpit to capture Soldier. As he stood outside the cockpit, hoping to surprise Soldier and Seer, Grace spotted him and screamed, alerting the clones. Nenn tried to throw a vibroblade at her, but she ran away before he could. As Soldier fought with the Umbaran, Grace ran to a turbolift and took it down to the floor where she had found Faal. Faal, waiting at the lift several floors down, was prepared to see the Umbaran or a clone inside the lift, and nearly attacked Grace when she emerged. Instead, he comforted the frightened girl, who told him about the situation at the cockpit.[1]
Personality and traitsEdit
"Where is Runner?"
"I don't know. What's your name?"
"I'm glad he didn't hurt you."
―Grace and Khedryn Faal[src]
While often very shy when attention was on her, the red-haired Grace could be very outgoing, even to strangers. When Khedryn Fall was knocked unconscious and taken aboard the Community's hijacked supply ship, Grace immediately interacted with him when he awoke, smiling at him and giggling when he stuck his tongue out in return. Despite the girl's unusual upbringing, Faal remarked to himself that she behaved like any little girl in the galaxy. She was often kind to everyone around her; although Soldier was often the target of cruelty and violence from the rest of the Community, Grace was open and loving toward him, and Soldier cared deeply for her and the other children despite feeling apathetic toward the other clones. Grace's kindness extended even to Faal, whom she hardly knew, and she expressed to him her happiness when she saw that Runner had not harmed him. Despite being frightened when Faal nearly attacked her with a knife, she remained kind to him and giggled at his jokes.[1]
Behind the scenesEdit
The clones of the Community were first introduced in Crosscurrent, a 2010 novel written by Paul S. Kemp. Jaden Korr remarks in the novel that the clones may have had offspring, which was proven true in Crosscurrent's 2011 sequel, Riptide, in which Grace makes her first appearance.
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Metrotown station was built in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system, on what is now known as the Expo Line. The overhead walkway that led to Metropolis at Metrotown shopping centre was added to the station in 1989. Originally, the bus loop was open-air and connected to the station via an at-grade street crossing.
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In 2007, TransLink established plans for a major retrofit and redesign of the station to improve passenger flow and increase station capacity. Construction began in February 2015, with an estimated cost of $55.5 million.
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Edward Franklin Frazier (September 24, 1894 - May 17, 1962), was an American sociologist. His 1932 Ph.D. dissertation The Negro Family in Chicago, later released as a book The Negro Family in the United States in 1939, analyzed the cultural and historical forces that influenced the development of the African American family from the time of slavery. The book was awarded the 1939 Anisfield Award for the most significant work in the field of race relations. This book was among the first sociological works on blacks researched and written by a black person. He helped draft the UNESCO statement The Race Question in 1950.
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In an unprecedented pastoral letter entitled "Hope and Healing," California's Catholic Bishops are calling for an end to the stigma around mental illness and greater collaboration between science, medical professionals and people of faith. The May 1, 2018 letter stated: "there is no shame in receiving a diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder… mental illness is neither a moral failure nor a character defect."
In some aspects, the Bishops' letter stems from ecumenical teamwork between Bishop Kevin Vann of Orange, California and Pastor Rick Warren, well-known evangelical pastor (Saddleback Church) and author. Following the suicide of Pastor Warren's son, he and Bishop Vann organized two major mental health forums to bring Catholics and evangelicals to unite on the issue. Other California dioceses followed suit. Based on Pope Francis' theme of building a "culture of encounter," the bishops expressed the need for direct engagement and friendship for those suffering from mental illness and encourages not only Catholics but "all people of goodwill" to advocate and care for the mentally ill.
It is estimated that one in five adults in the United States suffers from some form of mental disorder, and twenty percent of our adolescent population is currently undergoing treatment for a serious mental disorder or have been previously treated. Two of the US recent mass shooting incidents raised the urgent need for early intervention with individuals struggling with mental illness, as well as our growing teen suicide rate and opioid epidemic.
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Japan Summons (日本国召喚, Nihonkoku Shoukan) is a Japanese light novel series written by Minorou and illustrated by Toi8.
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In the Great Orient, lies the continent called Rodenius.
One day, an unidentified flying object arrived at Qua-Toyne Principality's airspace. The unidentified flying object defied the Principality's common sense. But that unidentified flying object was just a harbinger of something even more shocking.
Far to the eastern sea, a group of islands suddenly appeared. The country of the islands called itself: Japan. According to them, their nation had been transported to another world.
Now finding themselves separated from their old world and must survive in the new one, how will Japan interact with the native countries of this world? Will they greet her as a friend or as an enemy?
This is a story of the country called Japan as it was engulfed in the chaotic storm of the world.
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