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for step 1, how would one compute the center of the circle which this arc is a part
Jan 2, 2012 ... How to draw an arc, I have these values x // x coordinate y // y coordinate r // Arc
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Boozy birds pay the price for flying high
Red rowan berries
The researchers found that berries on the ground were damaged, which would have made them vulnerable to yeast infestation (Source: Scott Liddell/stock.xchng)
A bizarre spate of young blackbird deaths in England was likely caused by the feathered teens getting drunk on fermented berries, crashing mid-air and falling from the sky, say vets.
Police and animal experts were called in after more than a dozen birds were found dead at a primary school in Cumbria last August - many of them sporting serious injuries.
One of the juvenile blackbirds was found alive but appeared "drunk", pressing its wings into the ground to steady itself and trying to stay upright by leaning against the walls of the enclosure it was taken to.
Instead, the examiners found berries in the birds' stomachs that had a smell of fermentation, according to a report in the journal Veterinary Record.
Further toxicological test found high levels of pure alcohol or ethanol in the liver of one of the birds.
"Some of the birds had died from traumatic injury, possibly related to in-flight collisions secondary to intoxication," write investigators from the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
The researchers found that berries on the ground - close to where the birds died - were damaged, which would have made them vulnerable to yeast infestation. This would have precipitated fermentation and subsequent alcohol production, they explain.
The authors say that they can't prove that the birds died after consuming too much alcohol, but they refer to a similar diagnosis made in 1999 of redwings who had been feeding on holly berries.
At the time, lboratory analysis did not reveal any hazardous chemicals, but holly berries were found in their crops and gizzards, samples of which contained high levels of alcohol.
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Probably New England. Ribbon, human hair, and ink in a hand-made paper book bound with ribbon, the paper bearing the mark of CONGRESS PARSONS C_. Dates range from 1836 to 1862. This little book is a terrific example of an art form known as Memory or Friendship Books, which were cherished tokens of family, love, and friendship exchanged by early Americans. The unadorned cover protects four pages of decorative entries, delicately crafted and remaining in remarkable condition. About 4 3/4 inches tall x 3 wide. See Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence, Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana, pp. 85-101 for related and similar examples, and a thorough discussion of the importance of these books in 19th century America.
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db_container
Function Details
db_container()

Default constructor.
db_container(const db_container &dbctnr)

Copy constructor.
The new container will be backed by another database within the same environment unless dbctnr's backing database is in its own internal private environment. The name of the database is coined based on current time and thread id and some random number. If this is still causing naming clashes, you can set a suffix number via "set_global_dbfile_suffix_number" function; And following db file will suffix this number in the file name for additional randomness. And the suffix will be incremented after each such use. You can change the file name via DbEnv::rename. If dbctnr is using an anonymous database, the newly constructed container will also use an anonymous one.
Parameters
dbctnr
The container to initialize this container.
db_container(Db *dbp,
 DbEnv *envp)

This constructor is not directly called by the user, but invoked by constructors of concrete container classes.
The statement about the parameters applies to constructors of all container classes.
Parameters
dbp
Database handle. dbp is supposed to be opened inside envp. Each dbstl container is backed by a Berkeley DB database, so dbstl will create an internal anonymous database if dbp is NULL.
envp
Environment handle. And envp can also be NULL, meaning the dbp handle may be created in its internal private environment.
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11 November 1998 Polarization changing and beam profile deformation effects of acousto-optics
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Proceedings Volume 3581, Acousto-Optics and Applications III; (1998) _URL_
Event: Acousto-Optics and Applications III, 1998, Gdansk-Jurata, Poland
Abstract
A spatial Fourier transform approach is proposed to investigate the polarization changing and beam profiles deformation of light during the acoustooptic (AO) interaction in isotropic media. In this paper we consider two basic types of sound waves, namely, the longitudinal and shear waves to be interacted with the light in two interaction regimes, viz. the Bragg and Raman-Nath regimes. The perturbation of the permittivity is then caused by these kinds of acoustic waves and can be expressed in tensor forms. The evolution of different orders scattered light under the Bragg and Raman-Nath conditions can be properly described by a set of equations which are derived from the wave equation using a spatial Fourier transform approach. The solutions explicitly comprise the effects of the polarization changing, beam deformation, and propagational diffraction. It is shown that the spatial beam profiles of the scattered light is distorted during the process due to the effects the AO interaction and propagational diffraction. For both the cases of the longitudinal and shear sound waves, the degree of the profile deformation can be controlled by the changing the amplitude and frequency of the sound. It is also shown that the polarization states of the scattered light are different from the input light due to the AO effect. The degree of difference of the polarization states which depend on the propagation type, frequency, and amplitude of the sound wave can be examined through the use of two polarization parameters, the ellipticity and orientation of the major axis of the scattered light.
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African American Schools in Carroll County, KY
Start Year : 1879
End Year : 1961
When R. W. Bevarly was completing his master's thesis in 1936, articles about the colored schools of Carroll County in 1879 were located in the Carrollton Democrat newspaper; the colored school at Liberty Station was attended by children in the day and by adults at night; in Carrollton, Maggie Woods was the teacher [source: History of Education in Carroll County by R. W. Bevarly, p.66]. There were three schools in 1880. In 1881 there were 226 students in the four colored schools [source: Bevarly, p.50]. In 1882 there were 268 students in the schools located in Carrollton, Ghent, Above Ghent, and Liberty Station [source: Bevarly, p.51]. There were five colored school districts in 1885: No.1 Carrollton, No.2. Ghent, No.3 Lynan Craigs, No.4 Sanders, and No.5 Worthville [source: Bevarly, p.30]. All of the schools were under the county school board with the largest colored school in Carrollton and James K. Polk was the teacher. Polk was a graduate of Gaines High School in Cincinnati, OH [source: Bevarly, p.66]. He taught at the colored school for one year and was replaced by J. E. Jackson, and in 1889 Jackson was replaced by Fred W. Burch, also a graduate of Gaines High School. There continued to be five colored schools in Carroll County until 1900 when there was six, and by 1933, there were two [source: Bevarly, p.94]. Dunbar Colored School, in Carrollton, was a brick building and was under the city school board, Bessie Whitacker was the teacher and had a monthly salary of $69, while her husband Dudley Whitacker had a salary of $75 for teaching at the Ghent Colored School that was held in a rented building that was in poor condition [source: Bevarly, p.94]. After WWII, a new colored school building was constructed in Ghent and it served as the county school for all African American children. There was never a colored high school in Carroll County, and the city and the county provided transportation for high school students attending Lincoln Institute [source: A History of Carroll County, Kentucky: containing facts before and after 1754 by M. A. Gentry, p.53]. The school systems of Carroll County began to integrate in the 1960s, starting with the first grade students [source: "Schools due to integrate at Carrollton," Louisville Courier-Journal, 04/22/1961].
- Carrollton School
- Dunbar School
- Ghent School
- Above Gent School
- Lynan Craigs School
- Sanders School
- Worthville School
- Liberty Station School
Subjects: Education and Educators, Grade Schools & High Schools in Kentucky, African American Schools in Kentucky (Counties A-Z)
Geographic Region: Carroll County, Kentucky

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The Evolution of the All Blacks' BMI
By Phoebe Falconer
The evolution of the All Blacks is clearly seen in changes to the dreaded body mass index (BMI).
Even though the height of some players hasn't changed significantly, their BMI (calculated from the ratio of weight to height) has increased over the past 50 years or so. This is particularly noticeable among the props. However, the change in height among the backs has increased at a greater rate than their BMI.
Elaine Rush, professor of nutrition at AUT University, puts this down to several factors.
Predominantly the rise can be attributed to a change in ethnicity of representative rugby players, and better knowledge of nutrition and training methods.
"The demographics of New Zealand have changed," says Dr Rush. "Statistics collected up until the mid-1990s did not include many Pacific Island people or Maori, who in general are not taller but weigh more. And All Black teams 50 or so years ago contained fewer Polynesians.
"People selected for elite sport do not represent the general population. They can afford and are educated about the right nutrition." Muscle can be conditioned and trained. The sort of exercise that rugby players do has a large component that is anaerobic - short and sharp, with a strength that builds a bigger type of muscle fibre.
It appears from research that Polynesian people have more of this type of muscle than Europeans.
"The latter tend to have more aerobic muscle, which lends itself better to sports such as soccer and marathon running."
But rugby players, and others who do a lot of sport, need to be careful when their playing days are over, says Dr Rush.
"They become used to eating great quantities of food, as they need to do while they train and play. Take away the exercise and the fat may creep on."
Nicholas Gill, strength and conditioning coach for the All Blacks, says that as the players are now professional, they take their livelihoods seriously and are using the information and resources available to them.
"The strength and nutrition programmes do change their weights. Sometimes the goal of a gym programme is to increase muscle mass but more often than not it is designed to increase strength and power and prevent injury." This means that even though the All Blacks are larger than the average New Zealand man, typically rugby players have been getting leaner, with less body fat, over the past few years, says Gill.
But we still have some seriously big units in the All Black team and while we expect this trend will continue (in general, each generation is bigger than the last), we can't yet boast the tallest international rugby players of all time. That award goes to Richard Metcalfe, who played at lock for Scotland from 2000 to 2002. At 2.13m (7ft) he had plenty of reach in a lineout.
We do have the heaviest, however - Neemia Tialata weighs in at 136kg.
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Honda CR-V is top SUV in major economy test
Influential British motoring consumer magazine What Car? has compiled a list of the most economical SUVs in its rigorous 'True MPG' Road Tests, and the most fuel efficient SUV which it has tested has been the Honda CR-V 1.6 i-DTEC diesel, returning 5.0l/100km (56.5mpg ).
This is the second win for Honda in the tests, with the Honda Civic recently being named the most economical car tested by the magazine last year overall.
The unique fuel economy tests conducted by What Car? are unlike the official government figures in that they are generated from real-world driving. Official fuel consumption figures are generated in laboratories which do not consider the impact of traffic, weather, and other real-world factors which can influence fuel consumption.
Where the What Car? tests differ is that they employ similar scientific techniques for measuring economy, but do so on the open road and in real, everyday driving conditions.
The What Car? test begins with an urban route at speeds below 25km/h, before continuing to an extra-urban route, including dual-carriageway and motorway driving, and concluding with a final urban route. At the end of the test, the average fuel consumption on the test route is calculated from the measured CO2 emissions.
However, the volume of traffic inevitably varies, so this economy figure is just a starting point. Sensors attached to the car's electronic systems record the road speed, exhaust manifold pressure and throttle position throughout the test, while other equipment measures the altitude, humidity and air pressure at each given moment. These variables are factored in before calculating a car's true fuel economy.
Under the What Car? tests, the CR-V 1.6 i-DTEC returned the highest real-world economy figure of any SUV tested, with a winning result of 5.0l/100km, the equivalent of 56.5mpg.
Emmet Kavanagh, marketing manager at Universal Honda, told the Advertiser: "We're delighted that CR-V has become the latest Honda model to top the What Car? economy tests as they confirm our new 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engine is a real-world leader in fuel economy.
"To have topped such a stringent test from such an influential publication is a very important accolade for us. While the CR-V already leads the class on official figures, it's the results from real-world driving where the CR-V is a true winner."
The Honda CR-V 1.6 i-DTEC offers a class-leading combination of fuel economy and performance – offering a powerful 120PS, while emitting only 119g/km of CO2 for annual road tax from €200. The engine is the first to be launched in Europe under Honda's flagship 'Earth Dreams Technology' environmental programme, offering customers what it describes as an outstanding balance of high fuel economy, low emissions and dynamic performance.
The Honda CR-V range starts from €31,995.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
A to Z of Grave New World 2016: E is for Elsie
E is for Elsie the Ohio River Monster.
Sightings of Elsie go back to the Iroquois long before european settlers found the area and have always been especially prominent within several miles either direction of what is now Cincinnati, OH and Newport, KY. Elsie is believed to be a corrupted version of a an Iroquois word meaning "sprit serpent". She was officially added to the National Cryptid Repository in 1961 and was given special protected status in 1968, after several drunken mobsters in Newport unloaded two tommy guns at her.
Elsie has been positively identified as a neoplesiosaur, a fairly common cryptid species that is extremely long lived and indigenous to lakes and rivers all over the world, including Loch Ness in Scotland and Lake Champlain in the Northeastern U.S.
Cryptozoologists, still have numerous unanswered questions about the creatures, especially their ability to disappear, sometimes for decades. Dr. Ashon Lagat of Kenya has been studying the creatures for over thirty years and claims to have consulted a redcap named Tumult who says that the creatures have several spiritual qualities to them and that they transcend humanly's understanding of animals, in the much same way sasquatches do. While Dr. Lagat does not fully embrace Tumult's information, he has not ruled it out.
Meanwhile, on a clear day, keep your eyes out for Elsie.
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Terumah – Secret of Lishma
Why does the Torah refer to the donation to Mishkan as 'taking?' What is the concept of Lishma? Why do we refer to a pure motive as 'for the sake of Hashem's name?' Why is this a requirement specifically in regards to the commandment of building the Mishkan? Why is Hashem's name found in correlation to the concept of Love and Unity?
Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.
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text: Stream Peak's Oxygen Absorber, O Sorb, is made from safe, non-toxic material. Oxygen Absorbers can be used to prolong the shelf life of food products. O Sorb is also known as Oxygen Scavengers or Oxygen Absorbent. Commonly used in food packagings such as pastries and snacks, Oxygen Absorbers are capable of reducing the aerobic environment to 0% oxygen. They prevent changes in the colour of food, prevent oils in food from becoming rancid, and retards the growth of oxygen-using aerobic microorganisms such as fungi. Without any aerobic bacteria and fungi growth, the shelf life of a food product will extend from 1 week to several months.

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11.4. The dumper program
When we run our program, we are going to want to inspect the data that is being read out from the hardware. To do this, we will use the dumper program. But first, we need to understand a little bit about a ring buffer (a.k.a. a "ring").
11.4.1. A very brief introduction to ring buffers
A ring buffer is a fundamental component of the system NSCLDAQ uses to pass data from one process to another and is where the readout program sends its data. Other processes can then read the data from that ring buffer. From the vantage point of the ring buffer, the program filling it with data is its producer and the programs that read from it are its consumers. There is only allowed to be a single producer per ring buffer while there may be many consumers.
Ring buffers are local to a specific computer but are accessible over the network. Each ring buffer is identified by a user-defined name and the hostname of the computer it is located on. When processes want to attach to a ring to either produce or consume its data, they must specify the name of the ring via a universal resource identifier (URI). The URI specifies the protocol (proto://), the hostname (host), and the name of the ring (name) as a single string: proto://host/name. When a user attaches to a ring on another computer, a service running in the background called RingMaster sets up the connection that will stream the data across the network for you. In this way, the nework is basically transparent.
11.4.2. Starting up the dumper program
The program provided by NSCLDAQ for consuming data from a ring buffer and printing it to a terminal is called dumper. It is probably the most fundamental diagnostic provided by NSCLDAQ and is incredibly useful in understanding the integrity of a Readout program. We will use it inspect the data outputted by our Readout program.
To start the dumper program, log onto any computer on the same network as the one physically connected to the VME crate in which your CAEN V785 has been installed. Typically this is the same machine, but it doesn't have to be. To launch the program, you have to specify the hostname of the computer running the Readout program and also the name of the ringbuffer to connect to. The default values for these are "localhost" and your username. Assuming the Readout program is running locally (i.e. hostname=localhost) and your user name is "user0", you would type either:
 spdaqxx> dumper --source=tcp://localhost/user0

or equivalently,
 spdaqxx> dumper

The dumper terminal session will probably start spewing stuff at to the console once the run starts at a rate that is unreadable. It is generally useful then to limit the number of ring items processed by the dumper by passing the --count option. The value provided to this at launch determines the number of items to process before exiting.
You should now attach this to the ring buffer that will contain your Readout program's output. Its name will default to your username. For illustration purposes, we once again assume your username is "user0". Here is how to tell the dumper program to dump the first 10 events that pass through it.
 spdaqxx> dumper --source=tcp://localhost/user0 --count=10

If this failed with some output like this:
 spdaqxx> dumper --source=tcp://localhost/user0 --count=10
Failed to open data source tcp://localhost/user0
No such file or directory
exiting

it just means that the ring buffer has not been created yet. You should create it and then start your dumper program again. Here is how you do that:
 spdaqxx> ringbuffer create user0
spdaqxx> dumper --source=tcp://localhost/user0 --count=10


ApCoCoA-1:SAT.FixBits
From ApCoCoAWiki
This article is about a function from ApCoCoA-1.
SAT.FixBits
Allows to fix chosen bits in advance within a SAT input file. The new input file is sat_fixed.cnf.
Syntax
SAT.FixBits(BitList:LIST, File:STRING)
Description
 - @param BitList: The indeterminates that should get fixed. Format: [[IndetIndex_1,Value_1],[IndetIndex_2,Value_2],...]
 - @param File: File in the SAT directory of the apcocoa folder
Example
-- quadratic system:
Use R::=ZZ/(2)[x[1..3]];
F1:= x[1]x[2] + x[1]x[3] + x[2]x[3] + x[3];
F2:= x[2] + 1;
F3:= x[1]x[2] + x[3];
SPE:=[F1,F2,F3];
SAT.ConvertToCNF(SPE,4,0,0);
SAT.FixBits([[1,0],[2,1]],"sat.cnf"); -- fixes x[1]=0 and x[2]=1
SAT.LaunchMiniSat("sat_fixed.cnf");
SAT.GetResult();
--Result: [0,1,0] Test with: Eval(SPE,[0,1,0]);


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Note: if you do not see Advanced Assessments enabled on your account, contact your Client Success manager to have them added. Additionally, these assessments cannot not be accessed by learners on Internet Explorer.
To add an Ordering Assessment to your project, follow these steps:
1. Select + Assets, or hover over existing assets and select the + symbol to the right to add a new asset directly between any existing ones.
2. Click on Assessment.
3. You'll then be prompted to select the desired question type. Select Classify, Match & Order, then Order.
4. An editor will appear that will allow you to input your question and available options. Complete the following:
In the Compose question field, enter the question
Under the List section, enter the items you would like to be ordered
To add additional responses, click the Add button, to delete a response, click the trash icon.
Under the Set correct answer(s) section, drag and drop the items into the correct order.
In the top right corner of the question editor, you will see icons to view the question guidance, collaborate at the question level, expand the editor, preview and copy or remove the question entirely.
More instructions on other question types can be located below:
Once you've added your Assessments, you can review them in the Blueprint and Preview.


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This document specifies requirements and test methods for the migration of aluminium, antimony, arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, Chromium (III), Chromium (VI), cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, strontium, tin, organic tin and zinc from toy materials and from parts of toys.
Packaging materials are not considered to be part of the toy unless they have intended play value.
NOTE 1 – See the European Commission guidance document no. 12 on the application of the Directive on the safety of toys – packaging.
The standard contains requirements for the migration of certain elements from the following categories of toy materials:
- Category I: Dry, brittle, powder like or pliable materials;
- Category II: Liquid or sticky materials;
- Category III: Scraped-off materials.
The requirements of this document do not apply to toys or parts of toys which, due to their accessibility, function, volume or mass, clearly exclude any hazard due to sucking, licking or swallowing or prolonged skin contact when the toy or part of toy is used as intended or in a foreseeable way, bearing in mind the behaviour of children.
NOTE 2 – For the purposes of this document, for the following toys and parts of toys the likelihood of sucking, licking or swallowing toys is considered significant (see H.2 and H.3):
- All toys intended to be put in the mouth or to the mouth, cosmetics toys and writing instruments categorized as toys can be considered to be sucked, licked or swallowed;
- All the accessible parts and components of toys intended for children up to 6 years of age can be considered to come into contact with the mouth. The likelihood of mouth contact with parts of toys intended for older children is not considered significant in most cases (see H.2).


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Investigators have at least 50 complaints. In particular, the "alarm" signal, which, according to regulatory documents, should be announced immediately after an emergency situation with the aircraft, in fact was given only after 80 seconds after its landing. The standard also calls for the advancement of combat fire brigades to the runway immediately after receiving a distress signal from an aircraft in the air.
As the investigation established, only two emergency rescue vehicles of the Elefant type took part in the extinguishing of the burning liner, although according to regulatory documents there should be six of them. Moreover, the cars were loaded not with foam, but with ordinary water, which directly affected the effectiveness of the fight against burning aviation fuel.
Thus, the statements made earlier that the actions of the emergency services of the Sheremetyevo Airport met all the rules are fundamentally wrong.


text: The objectives of the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) are to investigate the nature, severity, and impairment of mental disorders among national samples of the black and non-Hispanic white (n = 1,006) populations in the US. Special emphasis in the study is given to the nature of race and ethnicity within the black population by selecting and interviewing national samples of African-American (N = 3,570), and Afro-Caribbean (N = 1,623) immigrant and second and older generation populations. National multi-stage probability methods were used in generating the samples and race/ethnic matching of interviewers and respondents were used in the largely face-to-face interview, which lasted on average 2 hours and 20 minutes. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) IV World Mental Health Composite Interview (WHO-CIDI) was used to assess a wide range of serious mental disorders, potential risk and resilience factors, and help seeking and service use patterns. This paper provides an overview of the design of the NSAL, sample selection procedures, recruitment and training of the national interviewing team, and some of the special problems faced in interviewing ethnically and racially diverse national samples. Unique features of sample design, including special screening and listing procedures, interviewer training and supervision, and response rate outcomes are described. Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.


pq: _URL_ Index | Files
package scram
import "_URL_"
Package scram implements a SCRAM-{SHA-1,etc} client per RFC5802.
_URL_
Index
Package Files
scram.go
type Client Uses
type Client struct {
 // contains filtered or unexported fields
}
Client implements a SCRAM-* client (SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-256, etc).
A Client may be used within a SASL conversation with logic resembling:
var in []byte
var client = scram.NewClient(sha1.New, user, pass)
for client.Step(in) {
 out := client.Out()
 // send out to server
 in := serverOut
}
if client.Err() != nil {
 // auth failed
}
func NewClient Uses
func NewClient(newHash func() hash.Hash, user, pass string) *Client
NewClient returns a new SCRAM-* client with the provided hash algorithm.
For SCRAM-SHA-256, for example, use:
client := scram.NewClient(sha256.New, user, pass)
func (*Client) Err Uses
func (c *Client) Err() error
Err returns the error that occurred, or nil if there were no errors.
func (*Client) Out Uses
func (c *Client) Out() []byte
Out returns the data to be sent to the server in the current step.
func (*Client) SetNonce Uses
func (c *Client) SetNonce(nonce []byte)
SetNonce sets the client nonce to the provided value. If not set, the nonce is generated automatically out of crypto/rand on the first step.
func (*Client) Step Uses
func (c *Client) Step(in []byte) bool
Step processes the incoming data from the server and makes the next round of data for the server available via Client.Out. Step returns false if there are no errors and more data is still expected.
Package scram imports 8 packages (graph) and is imported by 4 packages. Updated 2019-08-13. Refresh now. Tools for package owners.


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In a Washington Post article with the heading, "'Potty Parity' hearing set for today," I discovered that the U.S. Congress was working on a bill to increase the number of female restrooms in federal buildings. Testimony began yesterday.
Watching the PBS NewsHour, I also learned that with two women on the Supreme Court, attorneys occasionally referred to each by the other's name because they were the "female" justices. Now, they wondered whether a third woman on the court would become the "tipping point," normalize the female presence, and all would blend as justices.
These new facts started me thinking about how the number of working women had changed. I found some answers in a BLS paper on women's changing participation rates. Some stats follow. Called participation rates, the percents represent the women who are in the labor force compared to those who could be in the labor force.
1960: 37.7%; 1970: 43.3%; 1980: 51.6%; 1990: 57.5%; 2000: 59.9%; 2005: 59.3%; 2008: 59.5%
A very interesting participation rate stat: For women 65 and older, the rate was 8.1% in 1980, 13.3% in 2008 and projected to be 17.5% in 2016.
The Economic Lesson
Formally defined, the participation rate is a statistic that compares the size of the labor force to its potential total. When we refer to women's participation rates, we are looking at the women who are in the labor force compared to all who could be in the labor force. For example, if 100 women could be in the labor force and 40 of those 100 are in the labor force, the participation rate is 40%.


Activity spaces
Obviously the children in SSP spend a good part of the day in their classrooms. However there are a lot of activities also happening outside of the classroom. This includes activities in the school building or on the premises of the school. It also includes activities outside the school, excursions, workshops etc.
We decided to restructure our webpage and present a few impressions of what is going on in these three different spaces. You can follow the links here:
Activities in the classroom
Activities in the school
Activities outside the school
There is also a separate section added where you can find information about a couple of 'extras', that is: activities, destinations, that we wish to specifically highlight. You find it under the heading: Extras


Warning issued to social media users to 'think before you post' - or risk being found in contempt of court
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A new campaign is warning social media users of the risks around contempt of court, which can carry a two-year prison sentence.
The Attorney General has launched the campaign warning of the risk of posting information to social media which could prejudice criminal proceedings, urging the public to think before they post.
Michael Ellis QC said the new public awareness campaign will offer guidance on what information, if posted publicly online, could leave social media users at risk of being held in contempt of court.
At-a-glance: 5 key points
- The _TAG_ campaign warns that aborted trials affect not only the defendant, but also the victims and witnesses, who will then have to go through an often traumatic experience all over again.
- The Attorney General has warned social media users about the risks of posting material on Facebook Twitter, Instagram and other online platforms that could prejudice a trial.
- The campaign is using the hashtag _TAG_ and will run on social media until July 2.
- If you are found to be in contempt of court, you could go to prison for up to two years, get a fine, or both.
- You could be in contempt of court if you speak publicly or post on social media. For example, by saying whether you think a person is guilty or innocent, or by referring to someone's previous convictions.
What's been said
"Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, and everyone deserves a fair trial. The issue is really about discussing matters which should only be raised for the first time in front of the jury," the Attorney General said.
"A misjudged tweet or post could have grave repercussions and interfere with a trial. A post on social media could mean a trial is delayed or at worst stopped because a fair trial isn't possible, so I would caution everyone – don't get in the way of justice being done.
"It is not only journalists or lawyers who can be found in contempt of court, ordinary members of the public can also do so and find themselves facing their own legal consequences."
What is contempt of court?
'Contempt of court' is when a person risks unfairly influencing a court case. It may stop somebody from getting a fair trial and can affect a trial's outcome.
Examples given on the government website include:
 - disobeying or ignoring a court order
 - taking photos or shouting out in court
 - refusing to answer the court's questions if you're called as a witness
 - publicly commenting on a court case, for example on social media or online news articles


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ElectroClave UV sanitiser allows tablet computers and smartphones to be cleaned
The ElectroClave UV sanitiser for electronic devices such as tablets and smartphones
Infection control technology specialist Seal Shield, located in Jacksonville, FL, US, has added the ElectroClave UV sanitiser to its portfolio.
The company says the unit is the world's first UV sanitiser to use low-power UVC LED technology, which allows hard-to-clean devices such as tablet computers and smartphones to be cleaned, while charging and syncing these devices in a secure environment.
It is well documented that tablet computers and smartphones can harbour bacteria and viruses. A study published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology warns that some 20–30% of viruses can be readily transferred from a fingertip to a glass surface, such as a touchscreen. Today, hospitals use autoclaves to sterilise a variety of instruments, but devices such as tablets, smartphones and other electronic products cannot withstand the high heat of these systems.
The ElectroClave will greatly improve the ease and efficiency in which personal computing devices are managed in hospitals
The patent pending Seal Shield ElectroClave, using high efficacy UVC LED technology, has the advantages of both low power and low heat. The company's proprietary Smart Clean technology allows for fail-safe sanitisation, adjusting UV exposure to bulb life and environmental conditions. These features allow electronic devices to be charged and synced while they are being sanitised.
The product combines HEPA filtration and positive pressure with UVC LED technology to provide an efficient way to combat cross-contamination bacteria, viruses and fungi on hard to clean devices, the company says. Each ElectroClave can charge, sync and sanitise up to eight devices simultaneously, and multiple ElectroClaves can be daisy chained together to support an unlimited number of devices.
The ElectroClave is device independent, meaning that it is compatible with all major brands of tablets and smartphones. Also featuring Bluetooth wireless technology for remote monitoring, the product can be used as a portable steriliser on a wheeled cart, placed on a table, or wall-mounted.
Brad Whitchurch, CEO of Seal Shield, says: 'We believe the ElectroClave is disruptive technology and will greatly improve the ease and efficiency in which personal computing devices are managed in hospitals, from both the IT and infection control perspectives.'
The ElectroClave UV sanitiser is scheduled for production at the end of this year.


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What is Red Wine Vinegar?
A glass container of red wine vinegar.
Red wine vinegar is used to make tangy salad dressings.
Red wine vinegar can be made from any variety of red wine.
A solution of red wine vinegar and water sprayed on produce helps prevent the growth of mold.
Red wine vinegar can be used for cooking in a variety of ways.
Quality red wine vinegar is aged in wooden barrels.
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Red wine vinegar is vinegar made from essentially any variety of red wine. Many of the more expensive versions are made from specific types of wine, like merlot or pinot noir, though most of the vinegars available for sale are made from wine blends that might not be as appealing to drink. Vintners often set leftover and run-off wine aside for vinegar production as a way to make it useful, and people usually buy vinegar more for its general flavor than for the nuanced taste that wine is often famous for. In vinegar form, red wine is highly acetic, virtually calorie-free, and completely non-alcoholic. Cooks use it to add flavor and tang to salad dressings, sauces, and marinades, and it can also be used in pickling and preserving.
Popularity in Cooking
Cooks in many parts of the world keep both red and white wine vinegar as "staple" ingredients in their pantries. Red versions are used in a variety of different ways, but are perhaps most popular in vinaigrette-style salad dressings and in marinades for meat and vegetables. The vinegar has a distinctive "zip" and tang that can bring out the flavor of many different dishes.
Red wine vinegar can also act as a pickling agent, preserving foods while enhancing their overall taste. A vegetable picked in this as opposed to standard white vinegar will have a much more pronounced taste, for instance, and meats preserved this way often have a deeper, richer flavor. Cooks may also use the vinegar to deglaze pans when frying or roasting foods over high heat. Heat causes fats to stick to the bottom of skillets and roasting pans, and adding a splash of vinegar or other liquid can be a good way for cooks to keep things from burning.
Most people use the condiment for savory foods, but more adventurous cooks sometimes also use it in desserts to balance out the sweetness of baked goods and other confections. It can be drizzled on top of almost anything or boiled down into a more concentrated reduction that people can use like a syrup on sliced fruit, ice cream, and more.
Medicinal and Health Uses
Red wine vinegar may also have a number of health properties. Medical authorities in ancient cultures often prescribed the liquid for indigestion and used it as a salve for wounds and as a medication for a range of blood disorders or conditions. Modern experts don't usually credit the vinegar with having these "cure-all" properties, but most agree that it can promote good health in many cases. It is a known antioxidant, for instance, and is very low in cholesterol. Most versions are actually capable of lowering a person's blood cholesterol, too, thanks to flavanoids, naturally occurring chemicals that scientists believe can promote health and wellness.
How It's Made
Making red wine vinegar is usually very easy, and many people believe that the first examples were actually made by accident. In most cases, red wine will turn to vinegar on its own if exposed to oxygen. Leaving a bottle open long enough will produce a rudimentary version, though most manufacturers use a more streamlined process that gets more consistent and controlled results.
When wine comes into contact with the oxygen in the air, the alcohol molecules ferment and turn into acetic acid. This takes a considerable amount of time, so cooks and wine connoisseurs who leave a bottle uncorked on a counter for a week or so don't usually need to worry. Fermentation is generally slow, and often takes at least a month to get going. The end result is a red liquid that looks a lot like wine, but tastes very sour or bitter as a result of the alcohol's conversion to acid.
Fermentation Process
Fermentation is a natural process that happens when bacteria in the air interact with an energy source, in this case the sugars found in alcohol. Normal air contains a lot of different microscopic bacteria, including acetic acid bacteria. When these bacteria come into contact with alcohol, they eat and digest the natural sugars and convert them to acid. This is how wine vinegar contains virtually no calories — it has no sugar — and also how it is non-alcoholic.
Commercial manufacturers don't usually want to wait for fermentation to happen on its own, and as a result have come up with a couple of different ways to streamline the process and speed it up. Adding concentrated acetic acid bacteria is one option; putting the wine in a barrel or vat with a controlled flow of oxygen is another. Manufacturers will sometimes also agitate or constantly mix the wine to be fermented, which speeds up oxygenation.
Keeping things controlled usually leads to more consistent and predictable results, which people in the business of selling vinegar often find desirable. It's important for a certain brand to have more or less the same product from place to place and year to year, for instance, and major distributors usually need to be able to consistently produce a certain volume. Rapidly fermenting large quantities of wine is one of the best ways to be able to predict in advance when things will be done and how much will be available.
Importance of Aging
Red wine vinegar is a lot like red wine in that it is usually better the longer it ages. Aging allows different flavors to develop and can improve the overall taste, making it more mellow and less acidic. Many manufacturers age wine vinegar in oak barrels, though it can also be stored in metal, glass, or even plastic. Some people add in things like spices or herbs to enhance the vinegar's flavor, but not always. A lot depends on the individual manufacturer, as well as how the product is intended to be used. Vinegar destined to be sort of an all-purpose addition to cooking isn't usually aged with much care, whereas a bottle made by a more "designer" wine label may require a bit more care.
Shelf Life
In most cases, red wine vinegar doesn't ever really go bad, and it will usually retain its freshness for at least a year. Cooks can comfortably leave an opened bottle in their pantries or cupboards without worrying about spoilage or flavor deterioration. Refrigeration isn't required, though most experts recommend keeping the condiment in a relatively cool, dry environment. Bottles that are left in the sunlight may grow mold, and freezing the liquid can make its flavor fade.
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Does Red Wine vinegar contain any traces of alcohol? The label certainly does not say so.
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Just went to Vons and was going to get a bottle of red wine vinegar until I saw a sign.
The sign said "Red Wine Vinegar and Balsamic Vinegar on these shelves contain lead known to cause cancer"
Can anyone explain this?
I love the red wine vinegar but I just did not know that it has lead in it. Were does that come from? Thank you, Michael.
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please can you tell me, is red wine vinegar safe for diabetics and high blood pressure. Thank you. --Jean
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How long is "too long" for meat to marinade in red wine vinegar?
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Vinegar doesn't expire. Vinegar is a preservative. Depending on how the vinegar was made and especially aged it can be mildly hot. this tames with age. Standard mustard is aged for several months because fresh mustard is very hot. Wine vinegars mellow with age.
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I used red wine vinegar in a salad and was hot. Does that mean it has expired?
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What about the expiry date/period of red wine vinegar?
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Sculpture Surface Gloss Requirements and Measurement
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The gloss and color of the sculpture surface are two important appearance characteristics. If the sculpture surface lacks gloss, it will appear dull and old. In order to control the appearance quality of the sculpture, its glossiness needs to be measured with gloss tester.
1. What does the surface gloss of a sculpture mean?
It is often said that the surface gloss of a sculpture is the reflection under the condition that its surface is rough. The reflected light has a clear directionality, which is generally called specular reflection. Use this property in optical materials to achieve a variety of applications. However, the surface of most materials is not completely smooth, so when the light hits the rough sculpture surface, a considerable diffuse reflection occurs.
2. Sculpture surface gloss requirements
Different sculpture products have different requirements for their surface gloss. Manufacturers need to strictly control the gloss quality of products according to customer requirements.
 For urban sculpture, it is an art exhibition that records the history and culture of the city. In order to obtain a better appearance, strict requirements are required for its surface gloss and color. Whether the gloss is too high or too low, it will affect the overall display effect. To accurately evaluate the surface gloss of a sculpture, a special instrument is needed for measurement.
3. Gloss tester measures the surface gloss of sculptures
To measure the surface gloss of a sculpture, a gloss tester is used. Most gloss testers measure the specular reflectance of the object surface, that is, the specular gloss.
 Linshang LS192 gloss tester has real-time temperature compensation function. No matter what temperature environment, it can ensure the stability of the instrument, making the measurement results stable and reliable.
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When using a gloss tester to control the surface gloss quality of a sculpture, users need to specify the measurement angle used by the instrument. Customers use the same instrument to measure and then compare the measurement results. The general angle on the market is a 60-degree angle. Like the general-purpose 60-degree gloss tester LS192 from Linshang Technology, the measurement range reaches 1000GU. High-gloss and low-gloss materials can be tested because gloss is a relative value. When there is no uniform standard in the industry, the LS192 gloss tester can be used for testing. If the industry has a uniform standard, it is best to use the same angle gloss tester for testing. Therefore, when selecting the measurement angle, you should choose differently according to different situations.
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Influence of Parent Material and Topography on some Soil Properties in Southwestern Nigeria
Selected physical and chemical properties and nutrient ratios on three landscape positions (interfluve crest, middle slope and foot slope) were examined on soils formed on banded gneiss and quartzite schist parent materials. Parent material significantly (p<0.05) influenced gravel, coarse sand and copper contents in the soils examined. Gravel, coarse sand and copper contents were significantly (p<0.05) higher in soils formed on quartzite schist parent material than on banded gneiss. Out of 25 soil parameters considered in this study, parent material influence was limited to 3 properties, representing 12% influence. Topography significantly influenced 7 properties (gravel, coarse sand, clay, pH in water available P, exchange acidity, and Cu) of the 25 examined representing 28 influence, which is 2 times that of parent material. Differences among topographic positions reflected soil properties that are typically associated with bio and geochemical processes (weathering and leaching). Parent material × topography interaction was significant (p<0.05) for Fe. With respect to chemical soil fertility, soils developed on banded gneiss and quartzite schist parent materials in southwestern Nigeria should be put to the same management. Possible limitations of root impedance and reduced moisture retention imposed by high gravel and coarse sand contents on soils developed on quartzite schist should also be taken into consideration. Delineations of land management units with respect to topographic position (facets) rather than with parent material is justified since a strong association exists between topography and soils.
Keywords: Parent material, topographic gradients, soil variability, tropical soils, Nigeria.
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Why is Machine Gun Preacher rated R?
Official MPAA Rating: Machine Gun Preacher is rated R for for violent content including disturbing images, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality.
Violence: Frequent depictions of violence with guns, knives, land mines and other weapons include some gory details. A child steps on a land mine and his corpse is seen with missing legs. A large group of burned and smoldering children's corpses are piled in a heap. A man shoots an assassin who turns out to be a young child. Adult men are killed and wounded during battles. A fight and a severe stabbing incident occur after two men pick up a Native American hitchhiker. A man yells at his wife and child.
Sexual Content: A married couple is viewed from a distance while having sex in a car—no nudity is seen. Later this same couple begins sexual activities in their home (kissing and passionate embracing are shown). A woman discusses her career as a stripper.
Language: Over two-dozen sexual expletives are used along with other profanity, scatological slang, and crude anatomical terms. Names of deity are used as expletives.
Drugs/Alcohol: Characters drink frequently, sometimes to the point of drunkenness. Injected drug use is portrayed in a few scenes, including one where a character is shown shooting up while driving a car. Later in the film, an addicted character is "rescued" and the effects of drug use are shown from a negative perspective.


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Predictors of Marital Dissolution in a South Asian Setting
Elyse Jennings, University of Michigan
While studies of divorce in Western settings are extensive and well-established, there has been limited investigation of the causes and consequences of divorce among non-Western, agrarian populations. In South Asia—one such region—divorce is relatively uncommon, but there is evidence that its prevalence may be increasing. This study takes an important step toward understanding the causes of divorce in this region, testing whether the predictors of marital dissolution in the United States operate similarly in rural Nepal. Given the stark social, economic, and cultural differences between the two settings, there are reasons to expect that the causes in Nepal will differ from those in the United States. I use event history analyses with retrospective life history data to investigate potential influences on the likelihood that first marriages will dissolve. Results reveal that common influences on marital dissolution in the United States are also influential in this South Asian setting.
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Chestnut hair is a shade of brown hair that has a slight reddish tone to it, and is often broken down into the two colors of chestnut brown or light chestnut brown hair. It is a brighter shade of brown than standard brown hair, but not as red in color as auburn hair, which has lighter and more easily visible red tones to it. Hair colors like chestnut hair can often be misidentified because there are many shades of brown hair in the population, which span a spectrum from golden brown colors to reddish hair, and browns that approach black in color.
The colors of hair in the human population tend to follow fairly distinct geographic regions, though brown shades such as chestnut hair can be common throughout the world. In Europe, in general, 60% to 80% of the population has light-colored hair in the Scandinavian countries of Iceland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Much of the UK, as well as northern regions of Germany, Poland, and the Baltic states, including Finland, are also populated by largely light-colored hair such as varying shades of blond. Where chestnut hair predominates, it defines many border regions between these lighter hair populations and darker brown and black tones. This includes northern regions of Spain, southern regions of France and Germany, northern Italy, and more.
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Since chestnut hair contains an element of red to it, populations such as those of the British isles and Ireland often have a significant number of people with chestnut shades of hair as well. This also tends to include Slavic regions of eastern Europe and northern areas of Africa and the Middle East. Like people with red hair, chestnut hair colors are often found on people who are have fairly pale skin and often blue, green, or gray eye colors. Darker versions of the hair color tend to reflect darker skin tones and brown eye color as well.
Hair color is known to be determined by two pigments in the body, and levels of these can alter as someone ages, resulting in the shade of his or her hair changing over time. Pheomelanin is the dominant pigment for conveying red hair color to individuals. Eumelanin can be of the brown or black type, and gives hair either a shade of brown or black color. The absence in the body or low concentrations of the brown version of eumelanin will result in blond hair colors, though this effect tends to fade with age and blond hair grows darker.
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I can't think of a single naturally blonde person in my immediate family. All of us have what ranges from dark to light chestnut hair. I love the color of chestnut hair because it has so much more color than just plain brown hair.
My hair is a lighter chestnut color and it really lightens up in the summer when I spend time outside in the sun.
The only disadvantage I have found to having darker colored hair is that the gray hairs are more pronounced. The lighter your hair color, the easier it is to hide some of the gray hairs. With darker colored hair, they are much harder to hide unless you start coloring your hair.
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I have what would be considered dark chestnut hair with slight undertones of red in it. You really notice the red when the sun shines on it just right. I also have brown eyes and a darker skin tone, which is common for people with dark chestnut hair.
I like the color of my natural hair and feel like I have enough natural highlights and undertones that I don't need to spend the money to add highlights to my hair.
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How to prevent data loss from your iPhone?
Looking to copy all your music easily? Worried about how you can go about creating a copy of your iTunes library? Unlike Windows, Apple is a bit restrictive and you would want to ensure that you've it right.
If you have ever wondered whether you could transfer your entire iTunes library to a USB Drive and carry all your important files like music and photos with you, then the answer is yes, you can absolutely do that! You can use Data recovery service in Miami to have the data retrieved using tools such as cellebrite, or just try the restore via iTues from the cloud.

Why should you transfer?
There are several reasons why you might want to transfer your iTunes Library onto a USB Drive.
 1. You get to carry all your important files with you, no matter where you're going.
 2. If you have limited drive space, then this option can be particularly helpful to you.

How to prevent data loss from your iPhone?
Let's start transferring the iTunes library:
If you have the USB drive ready, then just read the following steps to easily transfer your iTunes Library onto the USB which will help you retain your useful data without taking up extra drive space.
Step 1: Open up iTunes and select the 'Advanced' option.
Step 2: To find out the present location look below the 'iTunes Media Folder Location' and then copy that path.
Step 3: Now move to the iTunes Library File Path, through the Finder on Mac, that you shall find most likely find at the location given below
~/Music / iTunes/
Step 4: Connect the USB to which you want to transfer the iTunes library to.
Step 5: From ~/Music / iTunes/ copy the iTunes Media Folder to the USB by just dragging and dropping it. Don't do anything until the transfer is complete.
Don't do anything until the transfer is complete.
Step 6: Open iTunes again and below the iTunes Media Folder Location click on the Change option to choose the new location.
Step 7: Now open the iTunes Media Folder that you just copied on the USB drive.
Step 8: Now click Ok to finish the process.

Note: Please remember that in order to successfully transfer the iTunes Library onto a USB Drive, the drive must be properly connected to the computer, no matter what you are trying to transfer. They are very tiny devices and extremely cost effective and have more than enough space to save up huge iTunes libraries. If you're transferring the library to create more space in the hard drive, then delete the iTunes Media from the main hard drive, once the transfer is complete.
Usually, the best place to transfer your entire iTunes library is to a USB Drive since it is faster and unnecessary lags that can crop up traditional external hard drives can be avoided easily. It's also a great way to ensure that you never lose out on the music you love.

Top Antivirus Programs for 2017
Recent studies indicate that 1 in 10 websites are infested with viruses and other harmful elements, which can make any computer take a downfall in different aspects. Many people rely on free anti-virus software that comes with Windows or Internet Explorer. However, these programs do not represent adequate protection against the growing list of digital threats. For this reason, it is suggested to install professional grade antivirus on computers. Thankfully, there are many effective antivirus programs to protect you, but there are a few, in particular, that are standing out at the moment due to their effectiveness, low cost, and innovation (below).
Top Antivirus Programs for 2017

Norton Security Deluxe 2017
It is without a doubt that Norton has always stood out meaningfully from the competition, which is why it is one of the top leaders in antivirus program solutions. Every year, Norton programs sell like hotcakes, and it doesn't seem like this is going to stop anytime soon. The Norton Deluxe 2017 provides you with file cleanup facility, disk optimizer, password manager, and a more precise virus scanning experience.
McAfee Total Protection 2017
This program has a very valuable file lock, which is a data vault that will protect your files from a variety of different harmful elements, including ransomware. McAfee has always stood out for providing virus protection at an affordable cost, and this year is not the exception. It can capture and delete even the most dangerous threats known at the moment.
ESET Internet Security 10
If you are looking for an affordable option that will provide the highest-quality of protection, ESET is your best bet. It provides call filtering, which is a mobile security option that cannot be found in other programs that are out there. It can keep your devices well-protected all year long.
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Every day new threats to digital security arise, which is why updating our protection programs is mandatory. Updating them every 3 or 4 days is a healthy habit. Occasionally, a virus escapes the active protection of the antivirus and infects the system. Scheduling daily scans of the entire hard drive can be invaluable in detecting, isolating, and deleting harmful programs. Some viruses operate by adding external devices. Windows users can disable the auto-run function by following the operating system version.
Sometimes through distraction, users end up clicking' on attachments they receive via email, even knowing that it is a risky action. Once this is done, the result may not be visible at the moment, but a virus or trojan may be acting in the computer's memory, recording and stealing sensitive information.
Check URL Information to Stay 100% Safe
The main browsers have protection mechanisms that notify when you approach a potentially harmful website. However, it is vital to be careful when sharing personal information over the Internet. Always check if the page that you are on can be trusted. Check if the URL is from the organization or company. Some hackers installsite with a design identical to the original to confuse. If you follow the previously mentioned, you'll be just fine!
Computer Forensics at Court
c1When it comes to the matters at court, then a specialist that has been needed more and more to provide expert opinion would be the computer forensics experts. Reality witnesses are so named in light of the fact that they confine their declaration to truths about which they have individual information, despite the fact that in specific conditions a reality witnesses may likewise give feeling declaration or what is known as a lay assessment. The lay sentiment, in any case, is restricted to the genuine impression of the witness or what may somehow or another be useful to comprehend their declaration.
The Role of Computer Forensics at Court
c5The denial against truth witness declaration in light of logical, specialized or concentrated information is proposed to keep away from circumstances where specialists affirm in lay witness and stay away from the exceptional exposure and assessment strategies built up for specialists. At the point when the uncommon strategies for specialists have not been taken after, master declaration and sentiment have not been allowed, in spite of the fact that witnesses have still been allowed to affirm about authentic matters. The reservation of logical, specialized or concentrated learning to master witnesses and its avoidance from reality witnesses can have noteworthy outcomes for even routine situations where PC forensics was utilized for assignments as apparently basic as safeguarding Electronically Stored Information or separating the ESI for responsive archives.
c4All things considered, when affirming about the accumulation, the clarification would include theexchange of the instruments, gear, and techniques used to guarantee precise gathering of the information, for example, compose assurance, mistake location, information check, as well as information security. Essentially, a declaration about the scan of the ESI for responsive records would include clarification of specialized issues identified with phonetics, insights, and innovation. All in all, in case you need to prove something related to computers at court, call upon a computer forensics expert.
Who is a Computer Forensics Expert?
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By Candice Bodnaruk
Winnipeg – On August 2nd, 2016, over two dozen people gathered at the the Israel Folklorama Pavilion for the third annual vigil to honour and remember those who were killed during Operation Protective Edge or the 51 Day War when Israel invaded the Gaza Strip in July 2014.
In total almost 2,200 Palestinians were killed, including over 550 children.
This event succeeded in being a powerful display of solidarity and support for the Palestinian people.
The purpose of the action was to be peaceful, participants held their signs and also handed a leaflet about the current situation in Gaza/Palestine.
The first vigil was held at Folklorama in 2014 during Operation Protective Edge and at that time about 10 people attended the event. Organizers held the same event last year to mark the first anniversary of the 51 Day War and again saw about the same number of people. However at this year's vigil the number of people has more than doubled.
The vigil was a success in bringing together a diverse group of people who all believe in human rights and justice for the Palestinian people.
There were a variety of groups participating in this year's action, including The Canadian Palestinian Association of Manitoba (CPAM), Independent Jewish Voices, Peace Alliance Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid.
Participants held brightly coloured placards that displayed statistics about the war and the humanitarian and infrastructure damage to the Gaza Strip, as well as such messages as No Justice No Peace and Let Gaza Live.
This year's vigil was also unique for the large number of children in attendance. The majority of children were dressed in tee-shirts with Palestinian solidarity messages printed on them and many held Palestinian flags.
Rana Abdullah, CPAM spokeswoman, human rights and refugee activist, read the names of the 112 people that were killed in Gaza on August 2nd, 2014. Each name was printed on a card which was then placed inside a small handmade casket painted with the Palestinian flag. After the reading of the names everyone attending observed a moment of silence for those killed by Israel in the 51 Day War. Abdullah then placed flowers from her own garden over the casket.
All who attended said they thought "Remember Gaza" was a very powerful, respectful way to recognize the second anniversary of Israel's invasion. There were about three times as many people attending this event as the first year the vigil was held in 2014 during Operation Protective Edge.


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January 21-April 8, 2023
Under Water explores the rich undercurrents in the water around us, through work in a wide range of media by a diverse collection of artists. The exhibition addresses diverse topics around water—what is in our water, how much we consume, how climate change has impacted water, how humans have sought to control water sources and to what effect, and the symbolic role of water in moving people literally and metaphorically.
The artists in Under Water explore a range of concerns lurking under the surface, bringing them to light. In this exhibition, we will find an exploration of the significance of water as a medium for migration and the role of water in environmental justice. Some artists use research, mapping and measuring data to share perspectives on water use, facts, and effects. Works in the exhibition help us experience the impact of sea level rise and realize the environmental benefits of marshlands. Other artists creatively address water pollution, plastic waste, and the impact of climate change on ocean temperatures and ecosystems.
Artists in the exhibition include: Kim Anno, Barbara Boissevain, Sukey Bryan, Judith Content, Jeffrey Downing, Ana Teresa Fernández, Linda Gass, Tanja Geis, Liz Hickok, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Hughen/Starkweather, Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang, Trinh Mai, Danae Mattes, John Sabraw, Adrien Segal, Joan Takayama-Ogawa.
Under Water is a component of "Climate Connections," a year-long series highlighting the power of art to promote reflection, dialogue and action on climate change. Climate Change—Protection and Adaptation is one of the City of Palo Alto Council Priorities for 2022. It reflects the City's ongoing commitment to sustainability, outlined in its Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP). Updated in early 2020, the plan develops the strategies needed to meet our goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2030 and other community-wide sustainability goals.
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I'm relatively new to circuit-building, but I'm involved in a school project where I need to build an ECG machine. I found the application article in the website: _URL_ that talks exactly about this. I have access to DrDAQ, which worked well for me. However, I have a few questions about the article:
1. I'd like to test the circuit using a wave generator because of the safety-issues related to the project. I was wondering what changes I would have to make in order to accomplish this.
2. The article says it used RG174 coaxial cables with lemo connectors, but how did they connect these to the electrodes?
3. The block diagram of the circuit shows a putton labeled "pot". I may have overlooked something in the text, but what exactly does that button do?
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Taking its cue from Horace's saying "As is painting, so is poetry" ("Ut pictura poesis"), Marc Fumaroli's treatise What Language to Say the Arts? revisits the genesis of the "conceptual turn" in art. Fumaroli argues that the roots of this transition run deeper than the twentieth-century conceptualism of Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol. Rather, the origins of conceptual art can be found in the emergence of aesthetics as a distinct branch of philosophy in eighteenth-century Germany, a time when writers, such as Lessing, Baumgarten, Winckelmann, and Kant, tried to analyze art from a purely intellectual perspective. These thinkers positioned themselves in opposition to another, older school of thought based on a poetic approach to the appreciation of art that harkens back to classical antiquity. Fumaroli contends that this classical tradition's emphasis on pleasure and the sensual enjoyment of art is better suited than high-minded intellectualism to close the perceived gap between artistic practice and language. Designed by TINA KORANI, GABE HILLIARD, and LUISA RESTREPO.
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Measuring the temperature of dance in Berlin is a project initiated by Diego Agulló in the framework of Tanznacht Berlin 2016 and later developed in the research frame of PINPOINT TV. Visit the Blog:
In the framework of Tanznacht Berlin 2016 I started a series of video interviews with people that, in many different ways, are engaged in Dance in Berlin. The interviews are not meant to be portraits of particular people. The attention is not put on them but rather how we can see dance in Berlin through them, as if they would be a filter or glasses that render visible a particular perspective of dance in Berlin. This blog brings all the interviews together within the frame of a research with the following double question in mind: in how many different ways "is" and "can" the ethico-political be articulated in dance in Berlin?
The question is double because first, it attempts to make a diagnosis of how the ethico-political "is" already articulated and how in the present time things operate and function, what are the bad habits and the main obstacles to confront so as not to reproduce models based on the dominant ideologies of success, career ladder, the demands of the market and the logic of networking and competitiveness. And second, it is also asking how the ethico-political body "can" be trained differently: what are the different reasons we give to ourselves to do what we do? How to maintain alive heterogeneity and singularities when there is a dominant homogenization that makes individuals desire the same things? How can "we" dance politically and act/do politically? What are these other forms of imagining the political and constructing dance in Berlin based on other metaphors, logics, paradigms of being, dancing and making work?
Interview with Kasia Wolinska from Tanznacht Berlin on Vimeo.
"Measuring the temperature of the ethico-political body of dance in Berlin" serves as a metaphor to imagine every single interview as a chance to insert the thermometer and to measure the temperature of the levels of engagement, pathos and the different intensities that are rendered tangible through a conversation that is trans-personal and travels through different bodies with different voices. This project is an attempt to render tangible a diagnosis of the different intensities and tensions that resonate behind such a continuous murmuring.
This project also wonders what "local" means in times of global economy. On one hand, during several decades, Berlin has been selling out to the world its cultural artistic creative scene for the sake of gaining an appealing city-image with the economic rewards that this implies. Berlin has become a paradigm of post-fordist social organization. There is a problem of continuity, people are not in Berlin all the time and the level of personal engagement and reliability is always relative. There is a continuous flow of people from an international network moving in and out of the city generating short term alliances in the so called ecosystem of cultural industry. These ecosystems tend to homogenize the individuals that are part of it by imposing models, ideas, ways of being that constitute the norm, for instance, professional standards. On the other hand this context allows the generation of heterodox practices that claim to constitute an alternative to the dominant logic. Do they succeed on their attempt to escape from being absorbed by the processes of homogenization? However, it exists an urgent need to claim heterogeneity and a constant process of resingularization.
Interview with Jared Gradinger from Tanznacht Berlin on Vimeo.
What is a "scene"?
One of the starting points was to find out what do we mean by the term "scene" when applied to dance in Berlin and what are other metaphors for it. I did not want to take for granted that such scene or scenes already pre-exist. The scene is not one and neither a totality, the scene cannot be reduced to a network of people that belong to it, the scene has no master plan and there is no inside neither outside and yet it is possible to identify degrees of engagement and levels of implication. What seems to be important is to generate the conditions for saying "we", regardless of who these people are. To be able to say "we" also means "mutual encouragement": to encourage each other to dare/attempt to live and work in heterogeneous ways. To support each other does not mean to be similar or identical but rather to reinforce our singularities.
The problem of the term "scene" is that it immediately implies a game of "visibility", "being on the stage" and the paradigm of vision as the main parameter to understand coexistence. Hence, people have to manage the tension between being seen and not seen (scene and obscene). In addition to that problem, the scene actually also functions as an "ambient" for individual "ambitions" to fulfill particular desires to spread oneself around as much as possible. Ambition and ambient share the same etymology which means "going around", not only as being seen but also in terms of how much your name-brand is being mentioned and called around when people talk about it or when the name is written anywhere. To be famous in the scene implies foremost that a name is constantly being heard and resonates in the ambient.
Interview with Oliver Connew from Tanznacht Berlin on Vimeo.
What happens if we replace the term scene by other terms such as environment, home, collectives, politics of friendship, companionship, ecosystem, communities, complicities, orbits…? How much does it change the scenario of personal aspirations and ways to relate to each other? For instance if we apply the metaphor of the earth that needs to be nurtured. To take care and nourish the conditions in which we we work, to exercise togetherness within a local frame and assuming the challenge of keeping the continuity of the engagement/commitment towards constructing together such conditions. It is not enough not complain. If we miss continuity in Berlin then let's create together the conditions for such a continuity.
Professional trajectories and orbital movement
From the perspective of a "mental ecology", what are the mindsets we follow when making decisions in our artistic trajectories? How homogenized are our minds with ideologies and dominant ways of conceiving our trajectories as artists?
It is a matter of fact that mediators, curators, programmers, juries have the task of objectifying and shaping the artist's professional trajectories. The consequence is that artists themselves do not decide which trajectories are legitimized and validated within the professional field. The artists submit to professional standards that they themselves have not chosen. The artists perform the renunciation of the self becoming passive obedient agents that submit to an evaluation of professional control system and public critical approval. A professional artist, applying a premeditated career plan, survives only if the judgement of the others is favorable. Professionalism becomes the ultimate criteria to validate and legitimize an artist.
Interview with Nina Kurtela from Tanznacht Berlin on Vimeo.
In Berlin there is the feeling of existing a "glass ceiling": at some point there is no more advancement in the career ladder, so "you better go somewhere else". Is Berlin not the right place for a professional career? Is Berlin a city of dilettantes? Is there in Berlin a dominant understanding of how a choreographer's trajectory should look like? One of the most urgent things to continue talking about is how many different ways of understanding professional trajectory exist or could we propose? The dominant one is the metaphor of the career ladder ruled by an opportunistic mind and achievement ideology (success, recognition, symbolic value…) The consequence of this is that main the concern for an artist is to engage and invest time and energies mostly on self management hoping for the best case scenario of profiting from external validation/recognition. It is urgent to propose other ways of conceiving movement in life. To be an artist is not only a job or a profession but first and foremost it is a way of living. Ethics plays a huge role giving value to "other" ways of understanding what it means to be a choreographer or a dancer and not be mainly driven by success, achievement and managing one's own symbolic value. To propose heterogeneous ways of living and ways of being an artist without submitting oneself to the tyranny of professional standards and market demands.
To encourage each other to embody the anomaly in the way we perform our role as artists, to encourage ourselves to exercise self-validation and to believe in exceptions, in deviations and heterogeneous ways of making work and being artists without having to fulfill expectations of any kind.
Orbital movement. There is a proposition to replace the notion of "trajectory" for the notion of "orbit". This implies the replacement of a linear conception of one's own life for a "circular" understanding of movement in life and work. Circular movement is endless and does not imply an
external goal but is rather fueled by immanency. The only reason to move is to continue moving regardless of the external position of power one occupies. The idea is to avoid establishing oneself as an artist or to stagnate in static positions.
Interview with Juan Dominguez from Tanznacht Berlin on Vimeo.
Affirmation and mutual encouragement
It is crucial not to be moved by resentment or frustration, otherwise the movements are a consequence of a denial and produce even more negativity. Courage is needed to venture oneself through the paths wholeheartedly, keeping intact the immanent driving forces to do what we do: to trust the reasons we give ourselves to do what we do. Courage to move from affirmation and courage to affirm what we do and to believe in the intrinsic value that it has. However, there is a risk on the excess of self assurance: it can potentially lead the artist to the isolation of an ivory tower: the artist becomes a self sufficient body that does not need to dialogue with


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A fetus papyraceus is a fetus in a multiple pregnancy which has died and become flattened through mechanical compression in the womb. The result resembles a scrap of parchment paper. Depending on the gestational age of the fetus, various developmental features such as limbs may be distinguishable. Such fetuses usually emerge during the process of labor alongside their siblings; a fetus papyraceus does not usually pose a risk to the other baby or babies involved in the pregnancy.
The death of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy is not uncommon. Frequently, it takes the form of vanishing twin syndrome, in which a fetus simply dies for no apparent or known reason. In most cases, the body of the mother reabsorbs the fetus, leaving few traces that it ever existed. However, in rare circumstances, the fetus may instead be flattened against the side of the uterus by the sibling or siblings, creating a fetus papyraceus.
Sometimes, a mother may not be aware that she was carrying multiples, because the additional fetus dies at such an early age. In these situations, the emergence of a fetus papyraceus during labor can be a bit startling. In other cases, a woman is aware that she lost one of the fetuses, in which case it may be traumatic, as she may have assumed that it would be reabsorbed by her body.
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Depending on the feelings of the mother and her medical team, a fetus papyraceus may simply be disposed of along with the placenta, or it may be offered burial rites as a mark of respect. In either case, if parents want to find out why the fetus died, they must specifically request an autopsy or analysis of the fetus. It is not always possible to get conclusive results about the cause of fetal death, however, which is something that parents should be aware of.
The fetus papyraceus is a form of stillbirth, also known as an intrauterine fetal death. Although the baby never had a chance to live, the parents may want to grieve for the loss of their child. Many hospitals recognize the trauma associated with a stillbirth, offering counseling and support services to parents who experience stillbirth. In the case of a fetus papyraceus, the parents may have a healthy sibling to celebrate, but it is still appropriate to mark the passing of the fetus that didn't make it into the world.
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I looked up this term because we lost our twin at 14 weeks. I'm now 34 weeks pregnant and still coming to terms with losing the twin and preparing for our son.
I've known since we found out the twin died (at 16 weeks) that what would happen is the fetus would "flatten". We've not been given any suggestion of a service - I've been told I'll deliver her in the third stage of labor along with the placenta and membranes.
She died so early that we don't even know if she is a girl; I just presume she was. But I saw her heartbeat four times in scans (And a fifth time, when it was gone.) I got to see
her, and got a photo of her curled up, looking asleep - and I will choose to remember her that way and definitely do not want to see her as a fetus papyraceous. Although today I have seen what that looks like online, in a way I am glad to have seen it, so I know.
I am both glad and sad that she was too young for me to know the sex. It is good that I cannot view her as that much of a "life", but I am very sad not to be able to give her a memorial of some kind. Some way to mark that she was here, and that we love her.
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@BoniJ - The thought of a potential baby being pushed up against the uterus walls and becoming like a piece of parchment paper is really heartbreaking.
My sister experienced a stillbirth many years ago. It was not a multiple birth. She and her husband were extremely sad and wondered how this could have happened. They had burial services for their baby, and grieved as one would with other deaths.
If I had a multiple birth in which one of the babies came out during labor as a fetus papyraceus, (especially if it had the beginnings of limbs), I would definitely choose to have a quiet service for the "baby" and bury him/her. I'm sure that I would have a mix of feelings, joy for the live newborn and despair and sadness for the one that was lost.
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I wonder how mothers or potential mothers would feel if the fetus papyraceus did not reabsorb into the mother's body. If it was "born" with other healthy newborns, would the parents just briefly mourn the child who didn't make it, and concentrate on the joy of their healthy baby or babies?
Personally, I think that I would grieve the loss of the fetus papyraceus in a private personal manner, just being happy that I had a healthy baby or babies.
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By Joshua Engel, Enthusiastic eater and adventurous cook
There are actually two different shapes of popcorn, "butterfly" and "mushroom." In both cases, what happens when the popcorn pops is that the pressure causes a failure in the skin of the kernel. The kernel skin is actually quite tough; the hole expands, but the skin stays mostly together. The starches within are blown out through the hole, inverting the popcorn, so that the skin is now on the inside. It usually cracks into several pieces as it cools.
When the expansion happens evenly, you get mushroom popcorn. It's roughly spherical, though the outer surface will develop fissures. Some varieties of corn do not expand evenly. Corn kernels actually have several lobes, as seen here. And when these lobes expand away from each other, you get butterfly popcorn.
Several other factors figure into the exact shape of the popcorn kernel, including water and other growing conditions. Each crop will have some of each, but farmers can arrange to have mostly mushrooming or mostly butterfly popcorn. Surely, the time is ripe for foodies to declare a preference for one or the other and begin to seek out just the proper kind of popcorn.
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15-18 September 2015
Hotel Schweizerhof, Saas-Fee
Europe/Zurich timezone
Analyzing LHC experiment software in terms of obsolete memory utilization with a focus on ROOT objects
18 Sep 2015, 10:10
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Hotel Schweizerhof, Saas-Fee
Hotel Schweizerhof, Saas-Fee
Haltenstrasse 10 Saas-Fee
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Nathalie Rauschmayr (CERN)
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The ROOT framework is used by all LHC experiments in particular for I/O and histogramming. For most of the experiments the memory footprint of their applications represents a major problem forcing them to go from single- to multicore jobs. However, initial benchmark tests have revealed that the main applications of many LHC experiments are able to run with lower memory footprint than what they normally allocate. One typical reason of excessive memory usage is that objects are kept longer in memory than their useful lifetime. In LHC experiment software it has been observed that some large amounts of memory are allocated and used in the initialization phase but not used again or not freed until the end of the process. A new tool (FOM for Find Obsolete Memory) has been developed which helps to spot such unused allocated objects and to detect memory utilization patterns. This talk will explain the tool and show examples for obsolete memory in LHC experiment software with a focus on ROOT objects.
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Sami Kama (Southern Methodist University (US))
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