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A vast body of research focuses on the role of parents in athlete development; however, little is known about developmental influences of siblings. In general, family dynamics (i.e., patterns of relating or interacting among family members) have yet to be investigated in youth sport contexts. This study examines how family dynamics and the individual roles of parents and siblings influence the development of Canadian interuniversity student-athletes over time. Participants included four male and six female student-athletes. Each participant took part in a qualitative retrospective timeline interview. All data was subjected to a thematic analysis. Results indicate that siblings and parents play separate yet intricately connected roles in athlete development throughout childhood and adolescence. Overall, participants described a cohesive family unit built on shared values and joint participation in sport activities. They described stable and dynamic forms of support from their parents over time, and positive and negative sibling influences. These findings offer valuable insight into the dynamic nature of parent and sibling relationships with athletes in youth sport and beyond, as well as how these relationships operate in the broader family environment to optimize (and, at times, hinder) athletic development.
Lundy, Georgia I.; Allan, Veronica; Cowburn, Ian; and Cote, Jean
"Parental Support, Sibling Influences and Family Dynamics across the Development of Canadian Interuniversity Student-Athletes,"
Journal of Athlete Development and Experience: Vol. 1
, Article 4.
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Skip the Robert Mapplethorpe.
Instead, go to LACMA before August 7 and check out a truly transcendent exhibit called "Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: NĀ HULU ALI'I."
"For centuries on the Hawaiian Islands," you may not have known, "vividly colored feathers gathered from native birds were valuable cultural resources, ornamenting spectacular garments painstakingly constructed by hand…[The garments] bore rainbows of feathers to signify the divinity and power of chiefs (ali'i), who wore them for spiritual protection and to proclaim their identity and status. These unique valuables also found use as objects of diplomacy, helping to secure political alliances and agreements."
The first documented visit of Westerns to the Hawaiian Islands occurred in December, 1778, when Captain James Cook and his crew arrived. When they left, they took with them more than forty featherwork garments that had been bestowed as diplomatic gifts. Featherwork evolved over the course of the ensuing monarchies and the next hundred years.
A sense of old-world courtesy and class surrounds the garments, which were often bestowed as signs of gratitude and respect. A gorgeous feathered cape was given by King Kamehameha III, for example, to "Mary Perkins, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Perkins of Boston" as a "token" after Mary was born in Honolulu in 1834. Kamehameha IV gave a short cape of deep gold as an expression of sympathy to Lady Franklin, the widow of the British Royal Navy Officer and explorer John Franklin, who sailed from England in 1845 to seek the Northwest Passage and whose ship disappeared.
Fewer than 300 known examples of royal featherwork remain. The splendid, almost mythic garments include 'ahu 'ula (long cloaks and short capes), mahiole (helmets), and lei hulu (leis).
The primary colors are a saturated blood-red (most commonly from the 'i'iwi), a deep, rich yellow, and black (both often from the 'ō-'ō). The exhibit includes color prints by Dutch bird illustrator Johannes Gerardus Keulemans (_PHONE_) depicting some of the other creatures whose feathers were used for the royal garments: the jet black and imperial yellow mamo, the O'ahu 'akialoa (honeycreeper), with its long slender curved beak and thrillingly deep gold plumage.
The designs feature crescents, long narrow triangles, and arrow shapes, and black edging.
Christina Hellmich, curator of a featherwork exhibit last year at San Francisco's de Young Museum, tells of the making of the garments:
"Hulu o na manu, or bird feathers, from certain island birds were highly sought. Kia manu, skilled bird catchers, understood the behaviors and environments of these birds, and they used a variety of techniques to attract and capture them to procure their feathers"…
"Bundles of feathers were tied together and attached to netting made of olonā, a member of the nettle family and among the strongest natural fibers in the world. The size, drape and movement of the netting used were determined to accentuate the light on cloaks and capes when worn, highlighting the feathers' beauty. For helmets, the feathered netting was fastened onto a twined rigid form of 'ie'ie aerial roots that allowed the feathers to maintain a specific shape, orientation, and arrangement."
With an eye toward future generations, Kamehameha I [_PHONE_] ordered his kia manu, or bird catchers, to release the birds after taking just a few of their feathers. Nonetheless, many of the species whose feathers were used are now extinct or endangered.
One 19th-century kāhili (royal staff of feathers) included blue peafowl feathers, dyed goose feathers, green sea turtle shell, whale ivory, and yellow and cream ribbon. Kāhili were symbols of noble rank, brought out for coronations and funerals. Fanciful and explosively extravagant, some staffs could be held in the hand; others were large and elaborate enough to require a stand.
A cape from 1882 associated with Queen Kapi'olani (_PHONE_), fashioned from brown pheasant feathers, brown and black fowl feathers, velvet, silk, and "frog-style" clasps, would even today make a dashing splash, thrown over a pair of creamy young shoulders at the opera.
The British Museum houses five feathered god images. In Royal Hawaiian Featherwork (University of Hawaii Press, 2015) poet-scholar Noelle Kahanu observes of seeing them: "I was not prepared for their size, their intensity, or their magnitude, in numbers but also in sheer presence…What I experienced was a profound sense not of my looking at them, but of their looking at me. It was as if they were asking me, 'Who are you?' 'Why are we here?' 'What are you going to do about it?' To be in the presence of sacred objects, created in a time so very different from our own, is to ask ourselves, 'How have we changed?'"
The follower of Christ of course, continually in the presence of sacred objects, asks those questions every day.
In 1893, a coup led primarily by U.S.-based businessmen deposed Queen Lili'uokalani, the last of the reigning monarchs. The Republic of Hawai'i was annexed to the United States in 1898. The royal featherwork was removed from the 'Iolani Palace and relegated to the Bishop Museum.
Thus was colonial rule established.
Thus, the birds fell from the sky, and were silenced.

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Marktstudie Klimaintelligente Landwirtschaft
Climate smart agriculture (CSA) represents a great opportunity to profitably improve the sustainability of agriculture. However, financing from local banks for agricultural producers generally, and CSA specifically, remains limited. In this context, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has hired UNIQUE to conduct CSA market studies in Colombia. The purpose of the market studies is to identify profitable business models and recommend credit products that the IFC can use to support investment in these models. UNIQUE is assessing different client segments, developing cashflow projection models for CSA models, and creating loan products to suit investment.
- Evaluation of agricultural value chains and financial institutions' customer segments
- Development of climate smart agriculture business models
- Assessment of lending environment for climate smart agriculture
- Recommendation of credit products

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Consider adding a calf cart to your maternity pen area. At Duo Dairy in Loveland, Colo., a small, hard-plastic cart is stored in the maternity area to assist employees and improve biosecurity. Here are a few ways it helps:
- The employees place fresh straw in the cart and have it nearby when a cow delivers. "If assistance is required, such as with dystocia births, the calf is delivered directly into the cart," says herd veterinarian Greg Goddell. This makes it easy to provide any extra assistance to the calf and limits the exposure to pathogens that may be in the hospital area.
- If a cow delivers on her own, the cart can ease an employee's job of moving the newborn to the calf facility. The cart can be wheeled right into the pen.
- If you are trying to avoid the spread of Johne's you can place the calf in the cart after delivery and allow the dam to clean the animal through a headlock. This stops the calf from suckling the dam and picking up Johne's from the environment.


Geofencing Automation Tiles
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Geofencing Automation Tiles
You can easily geofence any of your automation tiles. Geofencing prevents users from triggering the action linked to the tile if they aren't within a certain distance of the tile.
For example, you may not want customers to be able to unlock doors or check in while they aren't in your space by taking a picture of the tile and scanning its QR code.
When geofencing is enabled in a tile's settings, the tile can only be used if the user reading it is near or within your space. You can define the center of that area along with its radius (how wide the circle around that center point is).
 1. If the navigation menu isn't visible, click the menu icon in the top left corner of the page.
 2. Click on the tile you want to geofence.
 3. Click on the Restrictions tab.
 4. Enable the Geo-fencing toggle.
 5. Look up your space using the Search place bar.
 6. Define the tile's geofencing Radius.
The Radius is based on the location you've defined in step 6.
If your location is '12 Chester House, SE5 J7K' and you set the tile's Radius to 2 meters, users will be able to trigger the tile's action up to 2 meters away from that location.
 1. Define the geofencing Precision.
Precision relies on each user's phone geolocation accuracy.
The higher the precision level, the more accurate the user's geolocation must be for them to be able to trigger the tile action.
Tiles placed indoors typically require a lower precision level since phones geolocation is hindered within buildings.
 1. Click the Save Changes button.
All set! Your tile is now geofenced.


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This expression, meaning "very fashionably and elaborately dressed", is recorded from the 18th century. "The nine" or "the nines" were used to signify "superlative" in numerous other contexts. Theories include: 9, being the highest single-digit number, symbolized the best; a metanalysis of Old English to then eyne "to the eyes"; and a reference to the 9 muses
"Numbers are neither abstractions nor entities in themselves. Numbers are names applied to the functions and principles upon which the universe is created and maintained. Through the study of number - perhaps only through the study of number - these functions and principles can be understood."
The Ennead (Ancient Greek: ἐννεάς, meaning a collection of nine things) was a group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology. The Ennead were worshipped at Heliopolis and consisted of the god Atum, his children Shu and Tefnut, their children Geb and Nut and their children Osiris, Isis, Set and Nephthys.

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Let's face it, during the construction phase, it can be a messy business, so it's important that the pipeline interior be kept clean throughout the process. This UC2 construction pig was developed for just this purpose. It is primarily used for light cleaning during the construction phase and can be used in all capacities of pipeline cleaning.
At times it's necessary to clean a line more rigorously, which requires additional cups. With this in mind, the UC in available in three versions. The two-cup design of the UC2 pig, provides a basic level of cleaning capability. With each additional cup, the UC pig cleans more rigorously. Therefore, the UC3 three-cup and the UC4 four-cup design pigs are progressively more effective cleaning tools. They are used to lightly clean pipelines, and are typically used for longer distances.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS:
- Every Series UC pig is equipped with Series C Cups. As with all the pigs we sell, the Series C cup was specifically developed to perform, efficiently and reliably. To enhance durability, it's made from Reliathane, a special blend of wear-resistant polyurethane.
- The large wearing surface of the cup promotes longer life, while product pressure holds the cutting edge firmly against the wall
- Designed to negotiate 1.5D bends, the Series UC2 pig moves reliably through piping systems.
- Carver discs
- Aluminum gauging plates
- Three (UC3) and 4 cup (UC4) configurations
- Magnets can be used to either collect ferrous and other construction debris, or they can be used to provide a change in magnetic field required by non-intrusive pig signaler detection devices.


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 - The Simpsons: Bart vs. Hamster
 Lisa conducts an experiment to determine if Bart is smarter than a hamster. She puts the two subjects through tests involving cupcakes. At the end of the experiment, both Bart and the hamster have a negative response to seeing cupcakes.
 - Ghostbusters (1984): ESP Test
 Professor Venkman conducts an ESP test on two students. He passes the female student despite her wrong answers and shocks the male student despite him giving the correct answer. Every time the male student is about to be shocked, he shows anxiety. Eventually, he gets fed up and leaves.
 - The Big Bang Theory: Negative Reinforcement vs. Positive Punishment
 Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Raj use negative reinforcement and positive punishment to keep themselves focused on their work. It doesn't exactly work as planned.
 - Ed, Edd n Eddy: Good Manners
 Double D uses bandages to inflict pain on Ed and Eddy whenever they demonstrate poor manners. His goal is to improve their behavior. After just a short time, it appears that his strategy is working. Double D's strategy is an example of positive punishment since an unpleasant stimulus (the removal of the bandage) is applied to decrease a negative behavior (yelling or being rude). This concept is not explained entirely correctly in the clip, however. Double D explains that his actions remind Ed and Eddy of their manners (a reinforcer for positive behavior) rather than punish them for their negative behavior. Regardless, this clip is an excellent illustration of operant conditioning.


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Body Saw with Crunch (TRX or Stability Ball)
- Suspend the toes in the TRX or on top of a stability ball and position body in a prone plank on elbows.
- Engage core and open up at the shoulder joint, slowly pushing the body back in a sawing motion. Do not allow hips to sag toward the ground.
- Pull body forward, lifting hips and pulling knees to chest in a suspended crunch action and then return to the plank position.
Beginner: Body Saw
Intermediate: Body Saw with Crunch (as described above)
Advanced: Perform Body Saw with a Pike movement or attempt the Body Saw from hand


Assignment 3: Prescribing Policies Must be an Original No plagerism
Assignment 3: Prescribing Policies
Due Week 7 and worth 170 points
Write five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
(Note: Refer to Review Question 8 located at the end of Chapter 5 for criteria 1-3.)
 1. Determine the following before deciding a prescription: (a) maximize effectiveness at the least cost; (b) maximize effectiveness at a fixed cost of $10,000; (c) achieve a fixed-effectiveness level of 6,000 units of service at a fixed cost of $20,000; (d) maximize net benefits, assuming that each unit of service has a market price of $10; (e) maximize the ration of benefits to costs, assuming that each unit of service has a market price of $10.
 2. Determine which of the two main programs (Program I and Program II) should be selected under each of these criteria. Justify your position.
 3. Describe the conditions under which each criterion may be an adequate measure of the achievement of objectives.
(Note: Refer to the Demonstration Exercise at the end of Chapter 5 for criteria 4-9.)
 1. Determine the assumptions that govern estimates of the value of time lost driving, indicating which assumptions (if any) are more tenable than others. Justify your position.
 2. Determine the best way to estimate the value of time. Justify your position.
 3. Determine the best way to estimate the cost of a gallon of gasoline. Justify your position.
 4. Determine the more reliable method to estimate driving speeds and miles per gallon by using (a) official statistics on highway traffic from the Environmental Protection Agency or by using (b) engineering studies of the efficiency of gasoline engines by the Department of Energy. Discuss any consequences of using one source rather than another. Justify your position.
 5. Estimate the value of a life saved. Justify your position.
 6. Determine which policy is preferable, (a) the 55-mph speed limit or (b) the 65-mph limit. Justify your position.
 7. Include at least two (2) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook to support your views regarding the proposed U.S. response to the conflict in Bosnia. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites. Do not use open source Websites such as Wikipedia,,, and similar Websites are not acceptable resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
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As part of Alfa Laval's energy efficient solution for cooling tall buildings, gasketed plate heat exchangers serve as pressure interceptors to protect equipment such as chillers and air conditioning units against excessive pressure.
Advantages of plate heat exchangers as pressure breakers
- Compact and only require normal room height, which makes installation easy, even in buildings with limited space.
- Do not cause any vibrations or noise.
- Economical for building owners as the rest of the floor can be rented out without the tenants being disturbed.
The entire chilled water system will be designed for low pressure, for example 10 bar (150 psig). This means cost savings in the chiller as well as in the selection of air handling units and other system equipment. Instead of having many chillers in a building, plate heat exchangers can be placed on several floors as pressure interceptors.
How pressure breaker works
In tall buildings, the static head creates a pressure that may exceed what the chiller condenser or room air conditioners can handle. A plate heat exchanger will then split the circuit in order to keep the pressure at an acceptable level. It is possible to put plate heat exchangers on different levels throughout the building, thus limiting the pressure and the corresponding requirements on, for
example, pumps, piping and valves.
Plate heat exchangers are used as pressure breakers to protect other equipment like chillers and air condition units from excessive pressure. It is a compact, low-noise, no-worries solution.
How to relieve pressure and ensure safety in skyscrapers
Placing gasketed plate heat exchangers on different levels throughout a skyscraper limits the pressure on HVAC piping systems and other equipment. Resulting in consistent cooling on all levels of the building.
The height of efficiency
For maximum energy efficiency, pressure breakers need to perform with a minimum of temperature losses. Alfa Laval gasketed plate heat exchangers ensure superior heat recovery and minimal losses in transferring the cooling media in the complete building – even in extraordinary high constructions. Our heat exchangers are performing this role in the world's 10 tallest buildings.


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/#test with man −l <file>
aevol − an in silico experimental evolution platform
aevol_misc_compute_pop_stats −h | −−help
aevol_misc_compute_pop_stats −V | −−version
aevol_misc_compute_pop_stats [−i INDEX | −r RANK] [−b GENER1] −e GENER2
Aevol is a simulation platform that allows one to let populations of digital organisms evolve in different conditions and study experimentally the mechanisms responsible for the structuration of the genome and the transcriptome.
issues population and replication statistics for each available backup from GENER1 to GENER2. These statistics are written in files global_pop_stats.out and stats/pop_stats/*.
print help, then exit
print version number, then exit
specify the index (ID in current generation) of the individual whose replication statistics should be outputted
specify the rank of the individual whose replication statistics should be outputted
specify the first generation for which the statistics should be computed
specify the last generation for which the statistics should be computed
ae_misc_lineage, aevol_create, aevol_modify, aevol_propagate, aevol_run


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Convertin' a constant force into an oscillatin' one is a useful trick. Ya'll seen em: gravity-powered pendulums and wind-powered turbines for example, them both set machines a-spinin and a-swingin by exploitin' a constant force.
Them machines might work sweetly at macroscopic scales but ain't nobody cracked it on the nanoscale even though nanobods are a-chompin at the bit to reproduce this trick. The trouble is that gravity ain't strong enough at this level and as for wind, who you kiddin?
That leaves only tricky-dicky forces from the dizzy world of electrostatics and magnetics and these are so poorly understood on tiny scales that them nanobods are still a-wondrin and a-ponderin over how to harness them.
But Hyun "Mighty" Kim and his crew at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say they cracked it.
Their device is a kinda nano-mushroom that stands between the plates of a capacitor, in a constant DC field.
Give the mushroom a push and it leans towards the source electrode where electrons tunnel across into the mushroom head. The DC field exerts a force on this extra charge on the 'shroom, pushing it towards the drain electrode where the electrons jump ship. The force disappears and the mushroom's stiffness sends it swinging back to the source again like metronome, and the process starts again.
Voila! A nanomechanical oscillator that converts a a constant force into an oscillation.
Them nanobods are gonna be cockahoop over this one, betcha!
Ref: _URL_.1646: Self Excitation of Nano-Mechanical Pillars


cage meets the minimum dimensions (120cm x 60cm). Small cages may increase dominant behaviour. Also make sure they have two of everything, including bottles, bowls, hide houses etc, so they do not have to share. Some male pairs go through phases of dominance, and this often sorts itself out given time and the correct habitat. If they still fight, unfortunately there isn't a simple solution to this, and sometimes their personalities are just not right for each other. You could keep them in a permanent split cage so they can still interact with one another but not hurt each other. This solution has worked very well in the past with my male guinea pigs who would just not get along together. Alternatively, if you have 2 fully grown males that don't get along, you can introduce very young guinea pigs to each of the adult males so you have 2 pairs of guinea pigs; this situation is ideal as it means they can still fully interact and live together. Remember that neutering the males will NOT stop the dominant behaviour, so do not do this unless you are going to introduce a male to females.
Scenario 2. A pair of female guinea pigs are both fighting for the boss role & neither will back down.
Solution 2. Although males have a reputation for fighting, females can fight just as serious! The females tend to bicker more than doing physical harm to each other, but they can still do damage if they are showing very dominant behaviour. The best solution to this problem is to add a neutered male to the pair. Males definitely act as peace makers around females, so the dominant behaviour should subside and they should get along much better with the presence of a boar (but he must be neutered otherwise you may end up with more guinea pigs than you intended to have..).
Scenario 3. In a pair of males/females one of the guinea pigs is getting bullied by the other.
Solution 3. You have to determine wether they are actually getting bullied, or if they are just the submissive guinea pig. It is actually not a bad thing for one guinea pig to be bossy and the other to be submissive, because these pairs will generally be stable together long term. With a pair of males, if you think the guinea pig is actually getting picked on, then you may want to consider pairing them up with different partners, but usually this is not necessary because it is most likely just a sign of being submissive. With a pair of females, see'solution 2'.
Scenario 4. In a group of females (+a male?), one of the guinea pigs is getting bullied by the others.
Solution 4. In this situation, you need to again, make sure that they aren't just behaving submissive. It is really common to have a variety of personalities in a herd, so some will be more dominant, and others will be quite laid back or submissive etc. If after a long time the guinea pig seems unhappy and you have evaluated the situation, and it seems they are getting picked on, you may want to separate them from the group and get them a friend of their own (either female or neutered male). I generally wouldn't advise separating them from the herd because it is possible they are just naturally submissive, but if you feel they are very unhappy, it may be the best thing to do. It is also important to remember that the hierarchy of a herd can change. Some things that can cause this to change include: when you add another guinea pig to the group, if the guinea pigs are getting older or starting to mature, if they move into a new accommodation, if you have changed their setup and much more. Different changes can cause the guinea pigs to behave differently, so give them time to and see how things go.
Scenario 5. In group of males, the guinea pigs are fighting.
Solution 5. Male groups should only be attempted by owners who have lots of experience. If you are in the situation where you have a group of males and they seem to be fighting, there are a few options. Firstly, is their cage big enough? Males need lots of space! If the cage is too small, this may provoke aggressive behaviour, so give them as much space as possible. Also, for each piggie you have, make sure they have access to a bottle, bowl, hide house etc so they do not have to share. If they still fight, you may need to separate. You can attempt to bond the guinea pigs into pairs - try to pair the more dominant guinea pigs with the more submissive guinea pigs. If this is not successful, I reccomend having a split cage so all the guinea pigs can interact but not do harm to one another. Also, if you have females guinea pigs nearby, this may encourage dominant behaviour.
Scenario 6. The guinea pigs will not cuddle up together and don't seem to be best friends.
Solution 6. Most guinea pigs like their own space, so if they do not cuddle up together, this does not mean they don't get along. Generally guinea pigs cuddle up to keep warm in the cold season as they use each others body heat for warmth, but in a warm setting, guinea pigs often like their own space.


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When you can volunteer
There's no upper age limit on volunteering. However, some organisations' insurance policies do not cover you if you're under 16 or over a certain age (usually 80).
You cannot work for a profit-making organisation if you're under 14, even if you're not paid.
Your local councils might have extra rules about the work you can do as a young person. For example, you might not be able to volunteer at a charity shop if the council decides that it's a profit-making organisation.
People aged 50 or older can find volunteering opportunities with the Retired and Senior Volunteering Programme.
Volunteering and benefits
You can volunteer and claim benefits if:
- the only money you get from volunteering is to cover expenses, like travel costs
- you continue to meet the conditions of the benefit you get
If you have a criminal record you can still volunteer in most roles, depending on your offences. You might need a Disclosure and Barring Service check if you want to volunteer with children or vulnerable adults.


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SMP (countable and uncountable, plural SMPs)
 1. (Britain) Initialism of statutory maternity pay (payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work due to their pregnancy).
 2. (computing) Initialism of symmetric multiprocessing.
 3. (cryptography) Initialism of socialist millionaire problem.
 4. Initialism of single member plurality.
 5. (computing) Initialism of support and maintenance package.
 6. Initialism of system marginal price (the marginal electricity price in a power system optimization).
 7. Initialism of scalp micropigmentation.
 8. Initialism of statement of monetary policy.
 9. Initialism of sekolah menengah pertama (the junior high school level of the Indonesian education system).
 10. Initialism of shape-memory polymer.
 11. Initialism of signal message processor.
 12. Initialism of silyl modified polymer.
 13. Initialism of slow-moving proteinase.
 14. Initialism of stable marriage problem or stable matching problem.
 15. Initialism of stable massive particle.
 16. Initialism of surface-mount package.
 17. Initialism of system modification program.
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DWP - Statutory Maternity Pay
Proper noun[edit]
 1. (computing) Initialism of Symbolic Manipulation Program (a computer algebra system and predecessor of Mathematica).
 2. (computing) Initialism of Supplementary Multilingual Plane, one of the sets of character codepoints in Unicode; formally known as Plane 1, and comprising the range of codepoints from U+10000 through U+1FFFF.
 3. Initialism of Scale Model Products.
 4. Initialism of School Mathematics Project.
 5. Initialism of Shanghai Municipal Police.
 6. Initialism of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan.
 7. Initialism of Sisters of Mary of the Presentation.
 8. Initialism of Standard Motor Products.
 9. Initialism of Simulation Model Portability.
 10. Initialism of SOTA Mapping Project.
 11. Initialism of Serial Management Protocol.
 12. Initialism of Saw Mill Parkway.
 13. Initialism of Shannonville Motorsport Park.
 14. Initialism of Super Mario Party.
 15. Initialism of Sounds of Mass Production or Synthesia Murder Program.
 16. Initialism of Send More Paramedics.
Coordinate terms[edit]
SMP (plural, first-person possessive SMPku, second-person possessive SMPmu, third-person possessive SMPnya)
 1. Initialism of sekolah menengah pertama. (corresponding to junior high school (US) or lower secondary school (UK))


The Spirit of Lindau: The Past, Present and Future of the Annual Laureates Meeting
This video explores the story and spirit of the annual Lindau Nobel meeting
The years following World War II were dark days for science in Germany. But in 1951, a light began to glimmer. Two physicians from the island of Lindau, supported by wealthy Swedish count Lennart Bernadotte, established a meeting of Nobel Laureates. At first they drew participants from Germany and its neighboring countries. As the years went by, the meeting grew to include young scientists until it became the international gathering it is today.
This video explores the story and spirit of Lindau. In the beautiful settings of Lindau and Mainau islands, the most celebrated living scientists work with the brightest sparks of the next generation to learn about the benefits and risks of science, and the value of scientific truth.
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Socially-inclusive responses to climate change impacts on WASH: Asumanu, Liquiçá, Timor-Leste
Australian Agency for International Development
Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
Water for Women Fund
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This case study focuses on rural water in Timor Leste, shedding light on the experiences of community members with climate impacts on WASH. The case study demonstrates the way gender, and social norms and structures shape how people feel about and respond to climate change.
The research project draws from a range of climate change adaptation, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and gender and social inclusion concepts and on recent research approaches for assessing climate change. This project provides a means by which CSOs can:
Assess how climate change affects WASH service, gender and inclusion outcomes;
Use the assessment information and replicate the methods in their Water for Women projects;
Encourage adoption of climate change assessment findings and methods by other WASH practitioners and CSO partners.


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Economic Trends Matter to Transport Demand
- Business cycle is forcefully alive and well in the world. Timing and size of recovery varies by country and region. Asia now leading.
- Inventory cycles of building and drawing down stocks are part of business cycle and for the freight system, magnify changes in underlying goods and transportation demand. Logistics costs and interest rates affect inventories.
- Overhang of public debt from fiscal stimulus remains a challenge where net payoff from infrastructure investments isn't clear.
- Financial markets affect business and consumer spending through (now more limited) availability of credit which limits spending to satisfy pent-up demand
- Pressure to minimize costs remains so supply chain evolution continues. Globalization is not dead or going to reverse though it will evolve.
- Demographics matter long-term. Country goods consumption and consequential freight demand depends on behavior and size of age cohorts across each economy.
- Environmental, safety, health, safety and labor policies all affect transport demand globally, with countries moving at different rates in adoption.


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Bigots are often broke
When money is scarce, biased behavior happens faster
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Related imageDiscrimination may happen faster than the blink of an eye, especially during periods of economic scarcity, according to a new study from Cornell University.
"Scarcity mindsets can really exacerbate discrimination," said Amy Krosch, assistant professor of psychology at Cornell.
"We show that tiny shifts in the processing of minority group faces under scarcity could have downstream consequences for inequality."
In the first experiment, 71 undergraduate psychology students from a private university -- none of which identified as black or African American -- were asked to look at pictures of white and black male faces on a screen.
No photo description available.Participants then awarded each face up to $10 based on "subtle perceptions of recipients' deservingness."
A control group was told $10 was the most each face could receive. But members of the experimental group believed they were randomly assigned only $10 out of a possible $100 to give away each time -- a difference that imparted a sense of scarcity.
Scalp electrodes measured the time each study participant took to perceive recipients distinctly as human faces, a subconscious process linked to activity in the fusiform gyrus that is known to take just 170 milliseconds, or less than two-tenths of a second.
ImageWithin the control group, test subjects took about the same amount of time to process faces of either race, and distributed money to them evenly.
But in the group that perceived resources as scarce, participants took "significantly longer" to process black faces than white faces on average, the study found. The researchers also showed that these perceptual delays related to anti-black bias, in which participants allocated less money to black faces.
"It's taking them longer to see a black face as a face, and the extent to which that's happening then predicts how much they discriminate against that black individual," Krosch said.
Krosh's team ran a second set of experiments that imaged brain activity to test whether the "impaired" visual processing of black faces was linked to a devaluation of faces and then to biased behavior.
The scans revealed dampened activity in the striatum, a brain region involved in valuation and reward processing. That suggested that test subjects may have devalued black faces they saw as "less face-like" or, in a sense, less human. Dampened fusiform and striatum activity correlated to less money given to black recipients.
This study was funded by the National Science Foundation.


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and Lake Caliraya are two connected man-made lakes
which was the result of an infrastructure project. It was
actually a large reservoir built by American engineers in
1943 to supply water to the Caliraya Hydroelectric Plant.
As the dams were constructed, entrepreneurs with foresight
created two adjacent communities which were envisioned to
be ecological communities, where one can enjoy the beauty
and richness of unspoiled nature. The results were
man-made mountain lakes complete with coves and sand bars
- Lake Caliraya and Sierra Lakes.
also seeded the lake with Largemouth Black Bass imported
from the USA, which continue to proliferate and provide
game fishers with year-round weekend excitement.
In fact, the two
lakes are the only place in the whole country where
Philippine anglers can attempt to catch the famed
Largemouth Black Bass, one of the top freshwater gamefish
of the United States of America.


Your Inner Fish
One of the three bones of the mammalian inner ear, along with the malleus and incus. The stapes is the smallest bone of the inner ear—and the only bone of the inner ear in reptiles—and develops from the second arch of the mammalian embryo. The stapes corresponds to the large upper jaw bone in fish.
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Two species of the fungus-like (Oomycete) organism Phytophthora (P. cactorum and P. plurivora) have long been known to cause cankers (bark infections) in horse chestnut, though cases were relatively uncommon and confined mainly to southern England. But in recent years there has been a dramatic upsurge in cases of bleeding canker, in many parts of the UK, from which Phytophthora could not be detected. Work in the UK and the Netherlands has established that the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi is the cause of these new cases.
The bleeding fluid is produced by the tree in response to the infection, which kills the inner bark, cambium and outer layers of wood, causing disruption to water and nutrient transport. If the canker girdles the stem, the stem dies.
Research on the bacterium is still in progress. It may require wounds to infect (which may include naturally occurring lenticels, or pores, in the bark) or might exist on plant surfaces and be spread by wind-blown rain. Phytophthora spreads in a similar way and also forms resting spores which can remain for long periods in the soil.


text: Our K2 graduates from Cambridge @ Serangoon Gardens had an awesome two-days and one-night graduation camp at Wings Over Asia. This is an Aviation hangar where all the privates planes are parked. Armed with their personalised journals, the children recorded what they saw and experienced. They were introduced to jet and propeller planes, and experienced being in the pilot's seat of a propeller plane. They learnt how a propeller plane works and understood how the elevator and aileron is used to control the plane. The children also made a stop at the hangar and witnessed the refueling process of an plane. There were many craft activities to engage the children such as making a model of a plane and decorating water bottles and key chains. In the evening, children participated in an obstacles course and enjoyed an ice cream and marshmallow party. It was such a "sweet' night for all of them as they settled down for a movie with popcorn. The next morning, they went for an exploration at the seletar playground and did an observational drawing. Our wonderful K2 campers were presented with a certificate for being great explorers and learners!


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Public and private partnerships (KPS) or public private partnerships (PPP) are needed to answer problems such as increasing production capacity, productivity, quality of production, increasing market access, and encouraging the downstream process of multi-stakeholder cooperation in increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of the food and agriculture sector. PPPs appear not only to increase productivity and growth in the agricultural sector but rather because of the lack of the government's ability to fulfill its duties in maintaining food security with its own resources. The resources in question are not only in terms of funding but also technology, networks and so on.
Partnerships between agricultural companies and small farmers are assessed as one of the most prospective approaches can raise the economy of farmers. It is assumed that with these partnerships small farmers can be scanned to get a greater share of added value from an agricultural business. It's just that this kind of partnership approach is still often applied in a reductive manner in contractual farming or contract farming.
The first style presents a network or relationship structure or contractual relationship of interests between actors in an agricultural business. The second pattern, share farming, is a special contractual agriculture that presents a relationship structure that shares the duties, responsibilities and risks of agricultural business as a manifestation of contractual relationships.
On the basis of the importance of lifting the practice of PPP implementation in the regions, Perkumpulan Prakarsa conducted research in three regions, namely: Sragen Regency, Mojokerto Regency, and Malang Regency. Sragen Regency represents rice farming areas, while Mojokerto and Malang districts represent corn farming areas. This study reviews the social, economic and political dynamics that influence the policy environment. Research "Public Private Partnership in the Agricultural Sector: Study of Rice and Corn Commodity Sub-Sector" This is a research that was made to photograph the phenomenon of economic activity between the government, the private sector and farmers to ensure justice in the supply chain under the PPP scheme.
This research report can be a learning material for we are in the framework of developing policies and safety nets in agriculture. However, it needs to be looked at further about the impact of the partnership between the public and the private sector, because until now there has not been a partnership scheme established to guarantee the rights and obligations of each actor in it.


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Poll: Learning A Musical Instrument May Boost Life Long Success
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Study shows Canadians who learned an instrument as a child reported higher levels of education; more than 2/3 believe it's just as important as sports or learning a second language.
TORONTO, April 6 /CNW/ - If you learned to play a musical instrument as a child you are more likely to go further in school, according to a new XM Canada / Leger Marketing survey. In fact, seven out of 10 Canadians who learned a musical instrument as a child said it has had a positive effect on their lives and half agreed that learning an instrument helped them do better in school. Interestingly, 66 per cent of Canadians say learning an instrument is as important as learning a second language.
The positive impact wasn't just academics. Reported lifelong benefits of learning this skill which can be carried throughout a person's career included: increased mental focus (46%), heightened creativity (45%), building confidence (32%) and ability to self-teach (32%). The positive relationship between education and music struck a chord when the poll results showed that those who learned to play an instrument were more likely to be college or university educated versus those who didn't (69% vs. 59% respectively)
"Learning to play an instrument is a huge part of many Canadians' lives and has significant impact years later," said Janet Gillespie, Marketing Vice-President, XM Canada. "Ensuring that Canadian children have access to music education is critical for keeping Canadian music alive and growing people not only culturally but personally. It's a prime reason that XM Canada proudly supports initiatives to develop musical talent through organizations such as S'Cool Life Fund and MusiCounts."
In November 2010, XM Canada collaborated with S'Cool Life Fund to launch a new called the XM Instrument Fund. This program will dedicate $100,000 to support the efforts of elementary schools across the country to refresh existing music programs and develop exciting new programming for students. The program is another example of XM Canada's commitment to support rising Canadian talent and encourage the artistic growth of the next generation of great performers and musicians. Recipient schools selected to receive the grant are expected to be announced by June 2011.
The first note
Canadians understand the importance of an education in music and almost unanimously believe that every child should be afforded the opportunity to learn an instrument (94%). Those who did learn to play instruments customarily begin at the elementary school age (61%) and more than three quarters of Canadians who learned to play an instrument cited parents (49%) and teachers (35%) as their top motivators. Additionally, 77% of Canadians agree that learning a musical instrument is just as important as playing sports.
Regret? You bet. The study also revealed that 72% of those who did not learn an instrument as a child regret it and more than half (62%) of Canadians who did learn an instrument regret giving it up and wish they could still play it today.
Additional Fast Facts
Across the country
- Sixty-six percent of Canadians surveyed learned to play an instrument as a child.
- Residents of Quebec (73%) and Alberta (71%) were the most likely to indicate that they learned to play an instrument.
- Albertans are more likely than most to state that learning an instrument is as important as learning a second language (80%)
- Interestingly, the flute was immensely popular in Quebec, where 45% say that they learned to play this instrument as a child.
Music talent - it's personal
- Top three instruments Canadians learned as children? Piano (31%), Flute (18%), Guitar (15%)
- Parents and teachers were the most common motivators for children learning to play an instrument but some said celebrities were their inspiration [Men (9%) vs. Women 4%)]
- One third of Canadians said playing music was one of their favourite hobbies.
- One in six respondents still play their instrument at least once a week.
- Most Canadians admire accomplished musicians, and one third would give up their current jobs for a music career.
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About the Survey
The survey was completed on-line from March 7, 2011 to March 10, 2011 using Leger Marketing's online panel, LegerWeb, with a sample of 1549 Canadians. A probability sample of the same size would yield a margin of error of 2.49%. Leger Marketing's online panel has approximately 360,000 members nationally - with between 10,000 and 20,000 new members added each month, and has a retention rate of 90 percent. Panel members are randomly selected to receive email invitations to the individual surveys. We ensure the protection of privacy via the usage of unique URLs and respondent IDs in combination with survey IDs.
About Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc.
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (TSX: XSR) operates as XM Canada and is Canada's premium digital audio entertainment and information company with the best signal coverage across the country. With 130 digital channels of choice, XM Canada offers Canadian listeners the most unique and original Canadian and international programming, including commercial-free music channels, exclusive live concerts and sports coverage, and the best in talk, comedy, children's and entertainment programming.
XM Canada is the satellite entertainment leader in the Canadian automotive market with long-term factory installation agreements with manufacturers that own close to 50 per cent share of the domestic vehicle market. XM's industry-leading products are available at shop.xmradio.ca, and at retailers nationwide.
XM programming is available by subscribing directly through XM Canada and is also available as streams of commercial-free XM music channels on TELUS Music Radio and Rogers Wireless Radio on Demand. XM Canada is the exclusive music channel provider on Air Canada's flights.
To find out more about Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (TSX: XSR), visit: _URL_
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Mining Publication: Technology News 453 - Navigation and Control of Continuous Mining Systems for Coal Mining
The primary focus of the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) is to make mining safer and more healthful for mine workers. The USBM research program is developing technology that will allow computer-assisted operation of mechanized equipment normally used in underground room-and-pillar coal mining, while permitting workers to be located away from the hazardous coal extraction area (the face). Advanced navigation and control technologies are being developed for underground room-and-pillar and highwall coal mining that can be applied to commercially available mining equipment. The technology being developed uses off-the-shelf components, minimizing the effort required to adapt it to mining equipment. Because the new developments are completely modular, only the modules required in a particular application need be used on the system.


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the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
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Origin of magic number
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby magic number
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British Dictionary definitions for magic number
physics any of the numbers 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, and 126. Nuclides with these numbers of nucleons appear to have greater stability than other nuclides
chem a number of atoms that is particularly stable in certain types of compound that have clusters of the same type of atom
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Scientific definitions for magic number
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Any of the numbers, 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, or 126, that represent the number of neutrons or protons in strongly bound and exceptionally stable atomic nuclei. The existence of such stable nuclei is explained by assuming a shell structure for nucleons, much like the shell structure of electron orbitals around the nucleus.
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The question of what kind of position furniture has in home life and its impact on home life is self-evident. So why do we use solid wood laminates for furniture? As far as the current formal solid wood multi-layer board is concerned, its advantages are many:
1, more environmentally friendly, plate furniture sheet is very strict with environmental protection requirements, so choosing an environmentally friendly sheet is the biggest health guarantee for home life. At present, Baiyuan's solid wood multi-layer board can completely achieve E0 level.
2. The raw materials of the multi-layer board are made of solid wood (large-diameter wood in the trunk part). The raw materials used in various other wood-based panels, except for wood-based multi-layer boards, require logs, mostly from harvesting and processing residues, and small-diameter materials (less than 8 cm in diameter).
3. The size is more stable. The production process of the solid wood multi-layer board is made by pressing a layer of veneer vertically and vertically, and the adjacent fiber directions of the adjacent layers are arranged perpendicularly to each other, thereby improving the anisotropy of the wood under natural growth conditions and improving the anisotropy. Dimensional stability. For finished furniture, the service life is longer.
4. Strong strength and good flatness. The unique production process and raw material selection of the solid wood multi-layer board determine its unique quality. The solid wood multi-layer board is composed of multi-layer veneers arranged in a crisscross pattern. In the current production process, between the veneer and the veneer The oblique grinding lap process (starting splicing, subsequent seaming, to the current oblique lap lap, the process is progressing continuously), and then being produced by several processes such as cold pressing, hot pressing, sanding, etc. High strength, good grip strength and high flatness.
5, not easy to deform, no cracking. Baiyuan solid wood multi-layer board is made up of multi-layer veneers arranged in a crisscross pattern, and the beech is selected as the panel. After being glued, it is made by high temperature and high pressure in a hot press. The deformation and cracking of the sheet is mainly composed of water content and other factors. The solid wood multi-layer board can strictly control the moisture content of each veneer in the production process, so the quality of the finished board is more guaranteed. It is not easy to be deformed and cracked, and the dry shrinkage expansion system is extremely small. It solves the two major defects of deformation and cracking of solid wood panels from the aspect of internal stress.
6, the sheet is large. Multi-layer solid wood boards are cut from logs into single boards and then arranged in a staggered manner. In theory, the width of solid wood multi-layer boards can be infinite, but it is actually produced according to the national standard size. This is very different from other plates, such as other particle board and MDF, completely using waste scraps, even if the adhesive combination is again, there is no original wood such as solid wood laminate. This also solves the shortcomings of insufficient solidity of the solid wood board due to the influence of the material age and growth rate.
7, good quality, high price ratio. The multi-layer solid wood board is the artificial board closest to solid wood. But it is better than solid wood, good toughness, large area, not easy to deform and crack, the quality is better, but the actual price is lower than the solid wood, the effect is close to solid wood, cost-effective.
8, easy to process, easy to produce. The solid wood multi-layer board has precise thickness, long and wide width, and is suitable for most furniture. It is close to solid wood, has no special requirements for processing machinery, processing saw blade, processing technology, etc. It is easy to process and easy to form. An ordinary woodworker can also use the solid wood multi-layer board to make beautiful and practical furniture.
9. In line with the current consumption trend, in the market dominated by the current custom furniture, solid wood multi-layer boards are generally used for custom furniture, so that the various finished furniture products are well received by customers.
10, color matching is more convenient. We all know that the current plate furniture is made by using the color of the plate itself. Once the plate does not meet the color of the home decoration friend, you need to paint yourself or buy other products. However, the solid wood multi-layer board has good flatness and can be directly used for veneering. Consumers have other favored colors that can be directly used for veneer production, which perfectly meets consumers' customized services for various colors.
10 reasons fully prove why it is necessary to use solid wood multi-layer boards for making panel furniture, which is an inevitable trend of market development. Of course, for many friends who are using and about to use multi-layer boards, there are more reasons to explore. Do not choose the most expensive, only choose the right one, choose solid wood multi-layer board to create furniture, family life is more comfortable.
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Dog owners in Edinburgh and the Lothians might drive with their beloved pet in the car beside them at least once a week.
But did you know that if your dog isn't restrained properly in the car whilst you are at the wheel, then you run the risk of landing yourself a big fine - and a potentially a driving ban.
By taking unrestrained pets in the car, drivers are putting themselves at risk of potentially deadly distractions.
Rule 57 of the Highway Code states: "When in a vehicle, make sure dogs or other animals are suitably restrained so they cannot distract you while you are driving or injure you, or themselves, if you stop quickly."
While breaking the Highway Code doesn't carry a direct penalty, Edinburgh and Lothians drivers could still be pulled over for driving without due care and attention.
This can result in a maximum fine of £2500 and nine penalty points.
Should the breach of the Highway be extreme, then a compulsory ban and re-test could be enforced.
In the event an unrestrained pet has caused an accident, then an insurer is likely to refuse to pay out.
What to do when driving with a pet in the car
1. Don't allow your pet to ride with its head hanging out of the window, as it's potentially dangerous and can cause injury.
2. Always carry a large water bottle (5 litres minimum) in case your pet overheats and needs to be rapidly cooled in an emergency.
3. Use sun shades on the windows when it is hot or the sun is bright and never leave a pet in a hot car.
4. Don't feed your pet within two hours of starting a long car journey to avoid carsickness.
5. Pack a favourite toy or blanket to give your pet a sense of familiarity.


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Apple Mac NFS Data Recovery
 - What are the reasons of Apple Mac NFS data loss?
 - Is the recovery of lost data possible?
 - Will the recovered data be as original as one that is lost?
NFS stands for Network File system that is used to access files across the network. It is likely that in your PC you have already encountered many troubles with Windows. Most of the users experiences NFS exe crash and when this happens then they do not understand that what was the problem that has caused the crash and at the same time how to take care of this and similar other difficulties.
The basic step that you need to take when you're PC gives you a NFS crash is to determine whether or not the windows registry is at fault. This is that part of your system that enables you to record all the software as well as hardware loading and unloading of the programs, peripherals etc. Apple Mac NFS data loss generally occurs because of the consequences of the damaged registry, a state where windows is unable to locate the path to an .exe file that results inconvenient error messages.
When the data lose occurs then Mac hard drive is there to solve the problem of data lose, this generally happens when the hard disk crashes. Here recovery of the lost data becomes essential and when the recovery of the significant data becomes necessary then the Mac hard drive recovery helps to recover the lost data that has caused because of the Apple Mac NFS.
Mac hard drive recovery provides quick, accurate and safe recovery with the use of powerful scanning algorithm. This is designed in such a way for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and the operating system such as Mac OS X 10.5 leopard, 10.4 Tiger. This software provides rich graphical support with self- explanatory user interface. The version of Mac like tiger, jaguar, and panther as well leopard and snow leopard are competent enough to recover data that has caused because of any reason. Along with this the Mac hard drive helps to recover the data without alteration, the recovered data is as original as one that was lost.


Assortment analysis: identifying weak links
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Assortment analysis: identifying weak links
How, using assortment analysis, can you understand which product categories are the "weak link" that constantly create stocks? The most powerful way is to use ABC market analysis based on the Pareto principle. Clever Fashion's experts tell you how to apply this principle to the assortment of a shoe store.
(Only part of the article "To make the leftovers become sweet" is published here. Read the full version of the material in Shoes Report # 108).
The Pareto principle says that 20% of the effort gives 80% of the result, and in relation to the assortment implies that the largest amount of profit (80%) comes from a fairly small group of products and customers (20%). Using the Pareto principle, all inventories can be divided into 3 main categories:
And - especially valuable goods, which make up 20% of stocks in a warehouse and form 80% of sales;
B - goods of average value, comprising 30% of stocks in a warehouse and 15% of sales;
C - the least valuable goods: 50% of stocks in a warehouse and 5% - sales.
Before applying Pareto principle to product categories, analyze sales at a point of sale. To do this, you need to divide all the parameters and resources that you encounter when working into groups according to the degree of importance and effectiveness. This is especially convenient with tables. To compile them, do the following:
Identify the ones that matter to your business objectsfor example, customers (regular, casual, wholesale customers, those who are looking for rare sizes or models, etc.), suppliers (seasonal shoes, exclusive shoes, discounted shoes, etc.), groups and subgroups of goods.
· Determine what parameters you will evaluate efficiency these objects for your store. This may be the volume of sales provided by this object, the total income earned from the object, the average inventory, the number of sales units per object, the number of orders from the object, etc. For example, you analyze sales and you see that a certain regular group of customers buys the entire size range of certain shoes every season, another group - only a few popular models, and another customer group is focused on a particular brand. Or, looking at the income earned, you see that from one group of goods profit is 3 times more than from another. Make several tables for each such object, and consider all its parameters in the table. The numbers may surprise you!
· Sort Objects in importance and profitability for your store. These tables will help to understand with whom cooperation is more effective. Do not forget to analyze the ratio of the tables to each other - this way you can find that, for example, a certain group of customers buys the entire size range each time, but this does not bring the highest percentage of profit due to the pricing policy. And some supplier doesn't deliver the most popular models, but it is them who are guaranteed to buy regular customers: in this way, the products of this supplier practically do not form residues in the warehouse.
· After analyzing all the data, matching all the numbers and graphs, go to the definition priority product groups using the Pareto principle.
Analiz objektov
How exactly to apply the Pareto principle to the information obtained from the tables? As noted above, group A - these are the models and sizes that bring the main part of the profit, suppliers whose products diverge the fastest, and customers who provide most of the turnover. Therefore, in the final data, objects of this group are very easy to notice: these are the most popular models in the collection, the most popular sizes, shoes that most meet the demand of buyers and suppliers who offer just such products.
The goods of group A practically do not form residues in the warehouse, therefore also look for objects that are sold as quickly and fully as possible. In general, all the products you selected in this group will amount to no more than 20% of the total.
Next Popular Products group B form in comparative tables about 30%. These are objects that provide a good average level of sales - something that will most likely be sold out, but a certain number of pairs can get stuck in the warehouse: sandals will linger in the fall, and several pairs of boots will also stand in the spring.
Products group C they generate income less than others, but more often than others they turn into long-term stock balances. This is usually a specific product - amateur shoes, extreme sizes, exotic models. Such products also find their buyer, but this happens extremely slowly.
How, using assortment analysis, can you understand which product categories are the "weak link" that constantly create stocks? The most effective way is to use ABC market analysis,...
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Will an institution participating in a Child Nutrition Program (such as a school) that shares their income eligibility information with a CACFP institution (such as a center) later determine a different eligibility for that child?
No, households are no longer required to report changes in circumstances, such as an increase in income, a decrease in household size or when the household is no longer certified eligible for Food Assistance or FIP. Once properly approved for free or reduced price benefits a household will remain eligible for those benefits until the application expires (usually September 30). To ensure a child is properly approved for benefits, the center may wish to request a copy of the income application and not simply rely on a list from the school that includes the date, child's name, and eligibility. If the center discovers an application they receive from a school is not correctly approved, the center is responsible to make the correction and claim the child at the correct benefit level.
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The Design Lab at Design Museum Holon is hosting Oded Ezer, a graphic designer, typographer, and senior lecturer at Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), who will be leading a Hebrew typography workshop for third-year students from HIT's Department of Visual Communications. The workshop will provide the students with tools for original typographic creation based on the principles of the Hebrew letter.
Introduction / Post 1 / Post 2 / Post 3
04.03.13 - The Skeletons Take a Turn, and How Do We Communicate What We've Learned?
Refining the Skeleton
We went over the skeleton extraction assignment to clarify exactly what a skeleton is. The skeleton extends to the middle of the letter, it doesn't have to look like a letter, but traces it precisely in its center. When you do it by hand, it's very easy to be accurate, whereas in the shift to digitizing attention must be paid to changing curves that consequently create a new skeleton that isn't faithful to the original.
A skeleton is not a root. The 'root' of the letter is the concept of the letter as a whole. Take the Hebrew letter Aleph as an example: its root is a diagonal line with two additional lines intersecting it.
Oded shows the development of a letter when the difference is only in the skeleton; the style is identical in all the letters
The Skeletons Take a Turn
Now that we've understood what a skeleton is, we can start playing with it. Each student showed his modulation of the font he researched (the change is consistent in all the letters in the font in order to create a new skeleton which doesn't yet exist, while maintaining the identity of the Hebrew letter). There were some interesting studies and several refreshing suggestions. We understood that the rules, the logic, have to be internalized, and then applied to all the letters.
Daria's assignment, the Next Exit font takes a turn in one of the modulations, when the curve that occurs in the Hebrew letter Zayin takes over all the other letters
Evolution of a Skeleton - A Short History Lesson
While discussing modulations, Oded explains how the evolution of fonts occurs through skeleton changes. As an example he shows us the Narkis Block font (designed by Zvi Narkis in the 1950s), which is based on the shapes of a square, triangle, and circle. The Narkis Tam font is a softer version of Narkis Block.
Asher Oron designed the Oron font in the 1970s as an equivalent to the Latin Univers font. Oron's skeletons are based on the Narkis Tam font, which has undergone straightening. Oron's font modulations were carried out on the Hebrew letters Vav, Yod, and Nun-sofit, which had a curve added on their tip, and on Shin, in which the middle line was detached, thus creating the font's distinctiveness.
Evident in the Erica Sans font (equivalent to the Latin Gill Sans), designed by Yanek Iontef, are the skeleton changes that led to the creation of a new font, and the style character was created by 'truncating' the letters.
In the End, Everything Has To Communicate
Concurrently with gaining an understanding of the letters, their components, and the beginning of making changes to them, the students presented sketches of their ideas for the project of teaching Museum visitors about the skeleton and style of letters.
Daria proposed an idea based on the nostalgic 'Bird in a Cage' optical illusion: on one side of a piece of paper there is a picture of the skeleton of a letter, and on the other a font style, and rapidly spinning the piece of paper creates the optical illusion of a skeleton 'dressed' with style. We discussed how this could be presented in an interesting way to visitors, perhaps with the help of a video, or hanging up numerous pieces of paper for visitors to use and experience for themselves.
Asaf plans to make a huge letter from chocolate that will break according to style parts, and thus teach visitors what each part is. We talked about what the action creates, so that the activity will not merely amount to eating chocolate.
Paula has taken three fonts, which she has divided into parts according to style and skeleton, with each part presented on a transparency, and people can assemble their own letters and learn which style they're using to do so. A question was raised of how to create something that visitors can take home as a souvenir of assembling letters. Perhaps look into using stamps or physical letter parts to make the experience more sensory.
Maayan has started classifying the different fonts according to a conventionality scale. The more 'zany' the style/skeleton, the higher the score it receives. A discussion ensued in which we talked about 'what is normal?' In fact, everything is measured in relation to something that needs to be defined. We came to the conclusion that the argument is in the very assignment, in starting a discussion on what is normal and what is crazy.
Maya proposed an idea based on the 'Jewish nose', namely pictures of people's profiles, and matching each nose with a particular style.
For the next lesson each student will continue working on the modulations he has begun, and dress the new skeleton with the font style from which he embarked. He will also 'dress' the new skeleton with the style of a font that's as dissimilar as possible to his original font.
Written and photographed by Michal Shani
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Wendy Kohlmann, MS,
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Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Huntsman Cancer Institute
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 13, 2012
When Where You Live May Determine If You Live
Rural dwellers less likely to follow cancer screening guidelines
SALT LAKE CITY— People who reside in rural areas of Utah are less likely to follow colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations than their urban counterparts, according to researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. This geographic disparity is evident across all risk groups, including those who have a family history of the disease.
"Our hypothesis was that geography matters," said Anita Kinney, Ph.D., R.N., who leads HCI's Cancer Control and Populations Sciences Research Program and is principal investigator of the study. "And what we found is that it does indeed matter."
Kinney is a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Utah, a Jon and Karen Huntsman Presidential Professor in Cancer Research, and an HCI investigator. The research team's findings are reported in an article appearing in the current issue of the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
"Other studies have confirmed differences in health care behaviors between urban and rural residents. Ours is the first study to examine the influence of distance from, and availability of, CRC screening providers on the use of risk-appropriate screening among urban and rural dwellers," Kinney said.
American Cancer Society screening guidelines for patients with a family history of CRC recommend earlier and more frequent testing. Individuals with a parent, sibling, or child diagnosed with the disease when less than 60 years old are considered at high risk and should begin colonoscopy screening at age 40, or 10 years before the youngest age of diagnosis in the immediate family, whichever is earlier, and continue at five-year intervals.
Kinney's team analyzed data from the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, a set of telephone surveys coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and state health departments. The survey routinely includes questions about cancer screening, but not about familial CRC history. Working with the Utah Department of Health, the research team added questions concerning family history of CRC that indicated whether increased familial cancer risk was present.
"One fact that gets overlooked in addressing compliance with screening recommendations is the amount of time required for a person to obtain the appropriate screening," said co-author Kevin Henry, Ph.D., an HCI investigator and assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Utah. "With the longer distance travelled, a person may need to set aside a day or more from regular activities for preparations and travel as well as the procedure itself."
Other problems for rural residents may compound the problem, the researchers said. One is that rural residents are less likely to have health insurance that pays for cancer screening. Kinney pointed out that "preventive services such as cancer screening are covered in the Affordable Care Act, and this should increase the number of people who get regular screening."
Another problem, according to the researchers, is that rural dwellers are less likely than urban dwellers to receive a recommendation for CRC screening from a health care provider, which may be due to primary care provider shortages and provider time constraints.
"We know that CRC screening saves lives. The more people screened, the more lives we save," Kinney said.
Other co-authors on the study include Allison E. Anderson, M.P.H., and N. Jewel Samadder, M.D., of HCI, and Ray M. Merrill, Ph.D., M.P.H. of Brigham Young University. Financial support for this study was provided by the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, and grant numbers CA125194 and CA042014 (CCSG) from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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The mission of Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah is to understand cancer from its beginnings, to use that knowledge in the creation and improvement of cancer treatments, to relieve the suffering of cancer patients, and to provide education about cancer risk, prevention, and care. HCI is a National Cancer Institute-Designated cancer center, which means that it meets the highest national standards for cancer care and research and receives support for its scientific endeavors. HCI is also a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of the world's leading cancer centers that is dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer. For more information about HCI, please visit _URL_.


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Australasian Plant Conservation
Originally published in Australasian Plant Conservation 21(1) June - August 2012, p 18-20
Ex-situ conservation of the rare Tall Yellow-top Daisy (Senecio pilosicristus)
Michael Thorpe, Dan Duval and Phillip Ainsley
SA Seed Conservation Centre, Adelaide Botanic Gardens, SA. Email: _EMAIL_
Tall Yellow-top (Senecio pilosicristus) habitat in Billiat Conservation Park. This population was located in a mallee woodland fire scar growing with other specific fire responsive species. Photo: SA Seed Conservation Centre.
Tall Yellow-top (Senecio pilosicristus) plant observed in 2010. Photo: SA Seed Conservation Centre.
Tall Yellow-top (Senecio pilosicristus) flower.
Photo: SA Seed Conservation Centre.
In South Australia, the Tall Yellow-top (Senecio pilosicristus) is a rare daisy which was historically collected in the Karoonda to Lameroo area in the Murraylands region of the state. The majority of herbarium collections for c were from the 1910s to the 1960s. Apart from a single herbarium collection from an unknown locality in 1984 there have been no further herbarium collections in SA. This species also occurs in western Victoria where it is considered very rare and it is currently listed as vulnerable in Victoria. There is little is known about the biology and habitat of the Tall Yellow-top.
The South Australian Seed Conservation Centre (SASCC), based at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, is dedicated to the conservation of the state's threatened native plants. More specifically this includes locating plants and recording habitat details, collecting and banking seeds, research to determine germination requirements and the propagation of plants to assist with restoration programs. Staff at the SASCC identified the Tall Yellow-top as a priority species to locate and collect seeds. The historic location information and lack of recent records suggested that this species may occur on the more fertile loams that have since been cleared for cropping. Although there were no notes with herbarium vouchers to suggest that the Tall Yellow-top was collected post fire, it was suspected that the lack of records may indicate this species might only be detectable after environmental disturbance events such as bushfire.
In recent years, staff from the SASCC have searched some of the historical South Australian localities for the Tall Yellow-top without success. The majority of the land where historic records were made has been substantially cleared for agricultural use and the fragmented remnant vegetation is highly impacted by numerous introduced plants and animals.
However in September 2010, a chance find of a post burn site in Billiat Conservation Park (CP) during field searches yielded success. A small population of the Tall Yellow-top was located in a mallee woodland fire scar growing in a low open swale on pale red sandy loams in regenerating mallee with other specific fire responsive species such as Small-leaf Ray Flower (Cyphanthera myosotidea), False Buckbush (Gyrostemon australasicus), Azure Daisy-bush (Olearia rudis), Branched Everlasting (Coronidium adenophorum), Oondooroo (Solanum simile), Cup Velleia (Velleia connata), Twiggy Lignum (Muehlenbeckia diclina) and Williamson's Riceflower (Pimelea williamsonii). This localised population contained at least a few hundred individuals. Apart from a sub-population of approximately fifty plants that was identified another 800 m north of the original population, no further populations have been recorded during follow up searches within a radius of 7 km. Photos of the characteristics of the plant such as flower, leaves and habit were taken along with pressed plant specimens in order to build knowledge about this daisy.
Regional staff working for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) based in the area were made aware of this population and asked to monitor other post-fire mallee in the region for this species. A follow up visit to the population twelve months later (spring 2011) revealed a small number of plants resprouting. However these plants produced much less vigorous growth than observed during the previous spring immediately post fire. This observation suggests that although plants can persist for a second year post-fire, this species is quite short‑lived.
Observations of the plant characteristics
The Tall Yellow-top is an erect, fleshy, glaucous, short-lived herb to approximately 70 cm tall. It has sessile, stem clasping, tapered-lanceolate cauline leaves on reddish purple stems with a basal rosette of lobed spathulate leaves. Flowers are a yellow daisy up to 50 mm in diameter with up to ten ray petals. The seeds are a brown achene with longitudinal ridges of white hairs and white pappus.
Tall Yellow-top (Senecio pilosicristus) seed.
Photo: SA Seed Conservation Centre.
Germination results from testing Tall Yellow-top
(Senecio pilosicristus) seeds.
Key: GA3 = gibberellic acid; KNO3 = potassium nitrate treatment
The SASCC collected and banked more than eight thousand seeds for this rare daisy in 2010 and has undertaken research to determine its germination requirements. Germination screening was undertaken for this species in both winter and spring diurnal conditions using gibberellic acid, potassium nitrate and untreated controls. Gibberellic acid is a naturally occurring plant growth hormone which can alleviate seed dormancy in some species. Potassium nitrate was used because the availability of free nitrogen post fire as nitrates in the soil can act as a 'gap detection' signal and provide a cue for seed germination. No germination was recorded for the untreated controls or the seeds which received potassium nitrate treatment in either winter or spring conditions. Whilst only a single germinant resulted from gibberellic acid treatment in spring conditions, a germination rate of 42% was achieved with gibberellic acid in winter conditions. These results suggest the Tall Yellow-top specifically prefers winter conditions for germination. Further research is required to ascertain the germination response to environmental cues such as heat and smoke chemicals.
Staff at the SASCC anticipate that more populations of the Tall Yellow-top will be observed in post fire mallee in the region. The DENR regional ecologist working in the Murray region has identified and mapped further areas of mallee for prescribed burning which may be potential habitat for the Tall Yellow-top. Regional staff and the SASCC will perform further searches in spring 2012 upon completion of prescribed burns for Billiat CP scheduled for autumn 2012. In addition to the Tall Yellow-top, this will be an opportunity for regional and SASCC staff to monitor for other fire responsive species such as the nationally vulnerable Yellow Swainson-pea (Swainsona pyrophila) and Showy Lawrencia (Lawrencia berthae) which is listed as rare in South Australia and vulnerable in Victoria.
Field observations of the Tall Yellow-top and the collation of valuable information about the biology and habitat of this daisy have been shared with interested parties, including the DENR regional ecologist. This will increase the chances of finding additional populations. Future germination experiments utilising fire related treatments such as heat and smoke may provide an opportunity to understand environmental germination cues and techniques for growing plants for regional restoration projects.
We would like to acknowledge the support of the Native Vegetation Council which has enabled the SASCC to perform project work in the Murray region. We would also like to acknowledge the assistance of Thai Te, Jenny Guerin, Ellen Ryan-Colton and Denzel Murfet during field searches and laboratory work.


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Learn how to use Contlo's Track API to track customers as they interact with your site, and then send those events into Contlo, building the backbone for segmentation and automation within the platform.
For any event to be tracked, however, it's schema would need to be whitelisted. If the schema for your event(s) hasn't already been whitelisted, please reach out to the Customer Success team for the same.
Over here - Track API, you'll find a generic example for how to use the Track API. This example does not point out to the usage of a specific whitelisted event but instead, generally points out to what the Track API for an event could look like. Track API - Example on the other hand, uses an example event (popin_schedule_join) [which would need to be whitelisted as well] to show you what an API call for a whitelisted event (with it's own specific set of keys) might look like.
You can use the events created through the Track API in your Automations


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Girls who just wanna have fun should explore science
University of Leicester Research Associate offers inspiration to encourage girls to explore SET subjects
Issued on 19 March 2010
A Research Associate from the Department of Physics and Astronomy was invited to give a talk at 'SETting an example', an event hosted by Snibston Discovery Park, aiming to inspire girls to pursue science, engineering and technology (SET) subjects; a field traditionally dominated by males.
Dr Rhaana Starling provided an insight into a career in astronomy during her talk which was delivered to 94 female year 9 students from Leicester and Nottingham at the one day event, where she provided an insight into the life of an astronomer, illustrated by her latest research into Gamma-Ray Bursts.
An overview of the qualifications needed to study Astrophysics and Space Science at university and typical career paths after higher education were also explored to inspire an interest into the science subjects amongst females, which was then followed by a workshop exploring the lifecycle of stars.
Dr Starling commented:
"Boys and girls are equally capable of doing valuable scientific research, yet females are underrepresented in the workplace in many areas including physics. There is clearly a need to find out why this happens, and to encourage young women to consider a career in the sciences, engineering and technology sectors.
"I was fascinated by the stars as a child, and was lucky enough to get to see the planet Jupiter through a telescope. It was such an impressive sight that it really inspired me to go into astronomy and I hope that contact with female scientists may help these young students choose their career paths, which is why I volunteer to speak at events like SETting an example."
Following the success of Dr Starling's talk and workshop, she has been approached to deliver a similar presentation to year 10 and 11 students at one of the schools attending the event and many of the year 9 pupils have expressed an interest in a career in the sciences as a result of Dr Starling's encouragement.
For more information about the event, please visit the SETing an example website and for more information about encouraging females to study STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, visit the STEMgirls website.
Note to Newsdesks:
For more information, please contact Dr Rhaana Starling via _EMAIL_ or 0116 _PHONE_.


Mary McGregor Pomeroy
Fictional Character
Southern Victory
POD: September 10, 1862
Appearance(s): American Front
Drive to the East
Type of Appearance: Direct (POV from The Center Cannot Hold onward)
Nationality: Canada
Date of Birth: c. 1907
Date of Death: 1942
Cause of Death: Execution by firing squad
Occupation: Housewife, Terrorist
Parents: Arthur and Maude McGregor
Spouse: Mort Pomeroy
Children: Alec Pomeroy
Relatives: Alexander McGregor (brother), Julia McGregor (sister)
Mary McGregor Pomeroy (1907?[1]-1942) was a Canadian nationalist and terrorist operating out of the town of Rosenfeld, Manitoba. She was the daughter of Arthur McGregor, himself an insurgent. For several years leading up the Second Great War, Pomeroy was an effective thorn in the side of the Americans occupying her country.
Mary's strong anti-American sentiment was already present when the U.S. invaded Manitoba early in the Great War. After the execution of her brother, Alexander, Mary, although a child, was increasingly outspoken about her hatred for the US. Her father turned to terrorism in the aftermath of his son's death. He was killed with his own bomb by American General George Armstrong Custer, the target of McGregor's assassination attempt.
Mary lionised both her father and brother for their efforts. Shortly after her father's death, Mary discovered Arthur's bomb-making tools, and began taking her own steps into terrorism. She bombed the Rosenfeld general store in town, which was owned by an American. She derailed an American train near Coulee, the next town to the west of Rosenfeld. She successfully framed Wilf Rokeby, whom had grown suspicious of her.
Mary's greatest act of terrorism came when she sent a mail bomb to Jonathan Moss and succeeded in killing Moss's wife, Laura and their newborn daughter, Dorothy.
Pomeroy was finally captured in 1942, partly due to information gleaned from the falsely imprisoned Rokeby. Refusing a plea bargain which would have given her life imprisonment, she was executed, becoming a "martyr" for the Canadian rebel cause. She was survived by her husband Mort and their son Alec, both of whom became involved in the Canadian insurgency after her execution.


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Available from version 1.5.0
Used to process the nearly-rendered html code for the page (but before any html tidying occurs)
Define function:
public static function onParserBeforeTidy( &$parser, &$text ) { ... }
Attach hook:
$wgHooks['ParserBeforeTidy'][] = 'MyExtensionHooks::onParserBeforeTidy';
Called from: Parser.php
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$text will hold the text for the page. To change the page text, modify this value. E.g. to add the phrase "The mighty oracle gives forth this proclamation: " to the front of the page text, you would use the following code:
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Children's involvement in science is increased when they have an opportunity to make decisions about science-based issues that have consequences for their lives.
It's bringing science into the 21st century using the Hub, isn't it?
This research focuses on students making evidence-based decisions based on their science knowledge and how some acted on this knowledge. The context was volcanoes, using resources sourced from the Science Learning Hub. The Hub videos help provide teacher and students with knowledge and skills.
Seven teachers from two primary schools taught a unit on volcanoes that also focused on the potential social risks. Data was collected through interviews. Unit plans and samples of student work were collected. Data analysis was guided by the research question: What types of science evidence do young children provide when discussing potential social risks of volcanoes?
The research demonstrated that there are different kinds of scientific evidence that children can understand and use to engage with the social aspects of a science-related issue.
Evidence that sets the issue in a place and time
Teachers asked the children to engage in the Volcano hunt and Identifying volcanic rocks activities. These activities enabled young children to establish and conclude that they were living in a volcanic area.
The use of observation evidence to make science-based judgements
With teacher guidance on how volcanologists locate, describe and categorise rocks using observational data, the children were able to present data and findings about their rock specimens that reflected how volcanologists work. The Geology in the field video clip reminded them of the scientific skills to be used and the Lost – a hot rock activity required that they present data in a scientific manner.
Using evidence to make decisions and take action
At a more sophisticated level, children can use their science understandings to make decisions and take action. In one instance, children used their knowledge about lava flow to identify the 5 km radius where evacuation would occur to make emergency plans for their school. Some children planned/made emergency kits for their home.
The children in this study developed their ability to use the language and ideas of science to discuss the potential risk and consequences of a volcanic eruption. Some used scientific data to explain and justify their decisions in planning a disaster kit for a volcanic episode. This research has demonstrated that, when children are made aware of the science and social dimensions of an issue, they can use scientific evidence in their decision-making and action.
Hodson, D. (2002). Some thoughts on scientific literacy: Motives, meanings and curriculum implication. Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 3 (1).
Sadler, T. (Ed.). (2011). Socio-scientific issues in the classroom. Dordrecht: Springer.


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Codes require a codebook. Ciphers do not.
Freemason's Cipher or Masonic Cipher
The Freemason's Cipher has been around a long time. It was used in the American Civil War to send secret messages. It is also sometimes called the Pigpen Cipher. Read more history here: _URL_ And try an interactive online here: _URL_
Until the early 1920s, radio transmissions were in Morse Code. Three things about Morse Code:
- Dots and dashes make it a binary code like the 0's and 1's used in electronics.
- Each letter has a signal based on its frequency in English. The code tree begins with E with one dot, and T with one dash. Then I is represented by two dots, A by a dot and dash, N with a dash and dot, M with two dashes, and so on.
- Morse Code Codebooks were used to lower the cost of sending telegrams, or to keep the contents a secret. Instead of sending a whole phrase or sentence, a single word could be used.
If you want to hear a message in Morse Code, the Morse Code translator at _URL_ is a great place to visit. You can type in a message, translate it to Morse Code, and play it.