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Catastrophe bonds are high yield, risk-related securities, which are used to raise money in the event of a major catastrophe such as the recent New York floods. They are intended to transfer the risk caused by earthquakes, hurricanes and floods away from the insurance industry towards capital markets.
They were originally introduced in the mid 1990s during the aftermath of hurricane Andrew and the Northridge earthquake. When it became apparent the current system of re-investing insurance premiums would struggle to cope if a number of natural disasters, such as a major earthquake and hurricane occurred at the same time. The resulting financial pressure would force many insurance companies to default, leaving homes and vital infrastructure uninsured.
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How Do Catastrophe Bonds Work?
Catastrophe bonds work like this: The bond issuer, in this case a reinsurance company, agrees to pay you, the bond holder, a monthly coupon in return for your bond capital. This capital is then invested in low risk securities. You will receive this coupon, until such time as the catastrophe bond is triggered. If the bond is triggered the coupon is suspended and the returns are diverted by the issuer to settle policyholder claims.
That's all very well, but there are many different types of natural disaster, and the likelihood of them happening varies dramatically. For instance, it's much more likely an earthquake will strike southern California than an asteroid hit Manhattan. So how do you know what risk you're undertaking?
When catastrophe bonds are issued they're assigned a trigger type and a risk rating. So lets say your catastrophe bond is to cover the risk of a tornado in Nebraska. Since Nebraska sits in the middle of Tornado alley, the risk of damage to property by tornado is quite high, so your catastrophe bond's risk rating will reflect this. Therefore your initial coupon will be set high to reflect the extra risk you're undertaking, but the likelihood of your bond being triggered is greatly increased.
So imagine you're watching CNN and you hear a tornado has struck Nebraska, destroying property and crops. Your second thought, after after thinking about the people involved, will be. Has my catastrophe bond been triggered?
The answer to this will depend on your particular bonds trigger type.
There are four trigger types for catastrophe bonds: Indemnity trigger, Modeled loss, Indexed to industry loss and Parametric.
Lets take a closer look at each of these in detail.
The indemnity is the amount which has to be paid by the issuer. Using the indemnity model the bond will be triggered when losses meet the agreed upon amount. Let's say your bond has an indemnity of $100 million with an excess of $500 million. In this case, once the losses amount to more than $500 million, $100 million has to be paid and the bond is triggered.
2. Modeled Loss
The modeled loss is a variation of the indemnity loss, but this time the losses are predetermined using software that simulates the specific catastrophe. When a catastrophic event takes place, the losses of the actual event are compared to those simulated by the software. Once the losses pass a specific threshold, determined by the software, the bond is triggered.
3. Indexed to Industry Loss
This type of bond is triggered when the loss to the insurance industry as a whole, passes a predetermined threshold. Lets say the threshold is set at $20 billion for an earthquake in California. Once the overall losses from the event breach that amount, the bond will be triggered. The bond will specify who determines the industry loss; typically it's a recognized agency and not the issuer of the bond.
This model is easier to understand, because the bond is triggered not by the losses which are sustained, but by the parameters of the event itself. Lets say your catastrophe bond is to insure against the losses caused by a hurricane in Florida. In which case the parameters of the hurricane are set in the bond. For a hurricane that parameter would be wind speed. Your bond will stipulate the actual wind speed which has to be attained before the bond is triggered.
Are Catastrophe Bonds Right For You?
Catastrophe bonds carry a large amount of risk, they're usually rated BB and lower by the ratings agencies, which puts them in the same category as Junk Bonds. The potential rewards are there to see however, catastrophe bonds have been yielding an average of 9.4% above treasuries, whilst junk bonds can only offer 5.4%.
The risks involved are distinctly different from junk bonds however.
Catastrophe bonds are not affected by market trends, like regular bonds and junk bonds are. The only thing that affects catastrophe bonds are, well catastrophes. There are as yet no technical charts showing the likelihood of an earthquake hitting downtown San Francisco; or a Tornado touching down in Tennessee, so you're in the lap of the gods with this one.
But if you invest through a fund, which gives you access to a wide range of Cat bonds you should be well covered against potential losses. The catastrophe bond market is actually very resilient, it will take more than a single hurricane to destroy your returns. So if you're looking for strong yields and the junk bond market looks a little too hot, catastrophe bonds make a sound alternative.
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Pitch-Perfect Gear Design
Understanding the how and why of choosing the right pitch can make all the difference in the successful design of high-quality gears.
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The pitch of a gear is defined as the distance between two identical points on two adjacent gear teeth. Ideally, it is measured at the pitch line, labeled in Figure 1 as the reference line.
There are three designators of pitch within gearing: gears can be produced to diametral pitch (DP), circular pitch (CP), or module, also known as metric pitch. The most commonly used designation of pitch in the United States is diametral pitch. This method of determining the size of the gear tooth is based on the unit circle. If you draw a circle that is one inch in diameter and equally space 16 teeth around this circle wherein the pitch diameter is overlaying the one-inch circle, then you have created a 16DP gear tooth form. If you continued to draw the same size teeth on a two-inch circle, then you would have 32 teeth, and the pitch would be 32/2, or 16DP.
The range of possible values within DP gearing could be infinite, and as such, certain set sizes have evolved. For course pitch, power transmission gearing, the typical values for diametral pitch gearing are 2DP, 4DP, 5DP, 6DP, and 8 DP. Medium pitch fractional horsepower gearing typically uses 10DP, 12DP, 16DP, and 20DP. For fine pitch instrument drive gearing, the typical values are 24DP, 32DP, 48DP, 64DP, 96DP, and 120DP. The advantage of these values is that each is highly divisible by many factors. A 48DP gear has factors of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24. This allows for multiple reduction ratios using common numbers of teeth.
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One of the downsides to DP gearing is that, when the angular motion of a spur gear is transformed into linear motion along a gear rack, the translation along the rack is a fractional number. For example, if we are working with a 25-tooth, 5DP pinion traveling along a 5DP gear rack, the pinion will translate (5 x π) 15.708 inches per revolution. If the design calls for the pinion to travel 45 inches and then reverse, the designer would have to configure the mechanism to not complete the third revolution, or the pinion would travel too far. Thus, the concept of circular pitch, or CP, was born. This designation of pitch allows for linear translation that equates revolutions of the pinion to whole numbers. Within the family of circular pitch, there is both an inch CP and a metric CP. If we were to choose a value of 5/8 inch CP for this same 25-tooth gear but reduce the number of teeth to 24, each revolution of the resulting gear would translate 15 inches linearly along the rack. CP gearing is commonly found in "pick and place" applications, or gantry systems where frequent reversing and accurate positioning are required.
The third and most popular designator for pitch outside of the U.S. is module. To determine the value of module for a given gear, you measure the pitch length in millimeters and divide that value by π. For example, if the pitch length measured 9.425mm, this would be a module 3 gear. By incorporating π into the value of pitch, the metric dimensions of a spur gear are very simple to calculate. The pitch diameter of a module 3 spur gear with 25 teeth is equal to the module (3) multiplied by the number of teeth (25), 75mm. It also simplifies the calculation for addendum, dedendum, and whole depth. For a DP gear, the addendum is equal to 1/DP, the dedendum is equal to the whole depth minus the addendum, and the whole depth is equal to 2.157/DP. When dealing with module, the addendum is equal to the module, the dedendum is equal to 1.25 times the module, and the whole depth is equal to 2.25 times the module.
Similar to DP gearing, standardized module values have been established. For course pitch power transmission gearing, the typical values for module are 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, and 3. For medium pitch fractional horsepower gearing, the values for module are 2.5, 2, 1.5, and 1.25. For fine pitch instrument drive gearing, the typical values are 1, 0.8, 0.7, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, and 0.2. Within metric gearing the concept of CP also exists. By subtracting the value of π, CP values of 2.5mm, 5mm, 10mm, 15mm, and 20mm are common.
Also common is the misunderstanding that two gears of a similar pitch will "find" their sweet spot if meshed together. This is not at all correct. The most common mix-up is using 5DP and module 5 gears together in the same mesh. Module 5 is comparable to a 5.08DP. This variance can cause tremendous headaches in assembly and will result in premature failure and excessive noise. The second most common pairing mistake is 16DP and 5mm CP. 16DP has a pitch length of 1.5875 inches, and 5mm CP has a pitch length of 1.59155 inches.
Although the interchange between DP and module is not exact, designers looking to internationalize their designs can do so by upgrading the gearing in their next design using the metric-to-inch conversion factor of 25.4:1. For example, if the current system is using a 12DP gear set, the next iteration of the design can use a module 2-gear set, and the performance expectations will be similar. Converting to metric gearing allows the designer to create a mechanism for which preventative maintenance can be performed anywhere in the world whereas diametral pitch gearing is only found in the U.S.
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AR-TV is episode 2 of LIVE-ISH, a streaming publication of design research that explores how the stories we consume today are authored by not just humans but algorithmically tuned cameras.
As a part of SNAP INC Research's 2020 CREATIVE CHALLENGE, in collaboration with BBC Research and MICROSOFT Research, ARTCENTER'S Immersion Lab examined the future of storytelling with augmented reality through the lens of the camera, computer vision, and machine learning. AR-TV proposes ways to identify, author, and share new stories in collaboration with autonomous machines. If a story is a series of events that are suddenly given priority, importance, and structure, who or what decides this? How can computer vision reveal events and details that once went unnoticed? How can machine vision and learning models detect features, infer patterns, and predict scenes, now be co-authors? How might these new machine envisioned stories change how we understand and relate to one another?
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ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN Transdisciplinary Studio HOST DEPARTMENT Interaction Design FACULTY AND DESIGN RESEARCHER Jenny Rodenhouse THESIS RESEARCHER Miranda Jin ARTIST & DESIGNERS Davis Brown, Dillon Chi, Brandon Comer, Wenyu Du, Qihang Fan, Anna Kang, Casey Knapp, John Ma, Susie Moon, Jeanne Park, Ian Sterling, Nicole Wang TEACHING ASSISTANT Leo Yang PUBLICATION DESIGN Jenny Rodenhouse


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The application case "open - open" is given when two pressure reservoirs (e.g. large vessels) are connected by a pipeline. This application is rather rare in hydraulic systems. In practice, however, it may occur if, for example, a pump is used together with an accumulator in a constant pressure system and both components are connected to an extended cylinder via a pipeline.

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Quick Answer: Can High Blood Pressure Make You Smell?
Can high blood pressure cause phantom smells?
Adults with diagnosed, but controlled, high blood pressure reported phantom odors more frequently than those without high blood pressure.
We observed a threefold greater odds of phantom odor perception among adults aged 60 years and older with diabetes, but only among those who use both insulin and oral medications..
Can high blood pressure make you feel out of breath?
Is tiredness a sign of high blood pressure?
High blood pressure can damage the small blood vessels in your kidneys and stop them from working properly. This can cause a number of symptoms, including: tiredness.
Why can't I smell cinnamon?
If You Can't Smell Gasoline or Cinnamon, You Might Be Developing Parkinson's. Researchers say the inability to smell things like lemons and onions can predict Parkinson's by as much as 10 years before other symptoms appear.
What happens when you smell cinnamon?
Can stress cause you to smell smoke?
How do I get rid of phantom smells?
While pinpointing the cause of phantosmia can sometimes be difficult, treatment is available, including nasal saline drops, anti-depressants, sedatives and anti-epileptic drugs. Most patients respond to medication, however, a surgical procedure involving the olfactory bulb has also been shown to provide relief.
What scents improve mood?
6 Scents That Can Transform Your Mood and ProductivityLemon. This scent promotes concentration and has calming and clarifying properties that are helpful when you're feeling angry, anxious or run down. … Lavender. This essential oil has calming properties that help control emotional stress. … Jasmine. … Rosemary. … Cinnamon. … Peppermint.
Does smell affect memory?
What are the symptoms of your blood pressure being too high?
Does smell affect heart rate?
The light-smell stimulus lowered blood pressure, both systolic and diastolic, and reduced heart rate for all odours compared to control. Of the two sensory stimuli, the odour stimulus contributed most to this effect.
Why do I smell like poop?
How do you know when pulmonary hypertension is getting worse?
Pulmonary hypertension may not cause any symptoms at first. Often, shortness of breath or lightheadedness during activity is the first symptom. As the disease gets worse, symptoms can include the following: Increased shortness of breath, with or without activity.
What are the 4 signs of an impending heart attack?
Can smells affect blood pressure?
Unpleasant or Negative odors can have a negative health impact; nausea, headaches, depression, increased anxiety, Elevated blood pressure, decrease in physical energy, compromise immune system, physical discomfort, increase in anger and stress, and muscular, control problems fatigue and confusion.
Why do I keep smelling feces?
What is the best drink for high blood pressure?
What is the main cause of high blood pressure?
Why do I feel like I smell smoke?
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title: Settings/Profiles
h2(_TAG_). Environment Variables
Buildr uses several environment variables that help you control how it works. Some environment variables you will only set once or change infrequently. You can set these in your profile, OS settings or any tool you use to launch Buildr (e.g. continuous integration).
For example:
{% highlight sh %}
$ export HTTP_PROXY=http://myproxy:8080
{% endhighlight %}
There are other environment variables you will want to set when running Buildr, for example, to do a full build without running the tests:
{% highlight sh %}
$ buildr test=no
{% endhighlight %}
For convenience, the environment variables _USER_@ and _USER_@ are case insensitive, you can use either _USER_=no@ or _USER_=no@. Any other environment variable names are case sensitive.
You can also set environment variables from within your Buildfile. For example, if you discover that building your project requires gobs of JVM heap space, and you want all other team members to run with the same settings:
{% highlight ruby %}
# This project builds a lot of code.
ENV['JAVA_OPTS'] ||= '-Xms1g -Xmx1g'
{% endhighlight %}
Make sure to set any environment variables at the very top of the Buildfile, above any Ruby statement (even _USER_@).
p(tip). Using @||=@ sets the environment variable, if not already set, so it's still possible for other developers to override this environment variable without modifying the Buildfile.
Buildr supports the following environment variables:
|_. Variable |_. Description |
| _USER_@ | Environment name (development, production, test, etc). Another way to set this is using the @-e@ command line option. |
| _USER_@ | Set to _USER_/off@ if you want Buildr to compile without debugging information (default when running the _USER_@ task, see "Compiling":building.html#compiling). |
| _USER_@ | Your home directory. |
| _USER_@ | URL for HTTP proxy server (see "Specifying Repositories":artifacts.html#repositories). |
| _USER_@ | URL for HTTPS proxy server (see "Specifying Repositories":artifacts.html#repositories). |
| _USER_@ | Set to "true" or "yes" to ignore changes in Buildfile or its dependencies when running tests. |
| _USER_@ | Points to your JDK, required when using Java and Ant. |
| _USER_@ | Command line options to pass to the JDK (e.g. @'-Xms1g'@). |
| _USER_@ | Location of the Maven2 local repository. Defaults to the @.m2@ directory in your home directory (_USER_['HOME']@). |
| _USER_@ | Comma separated list of hosts and domain that should not be proxied (see "Specifying Repositories":artifacts.html#repositories). |
| _USER_@ | Set to _USER_/off@ to tell Buildr to skip tests, or _USER_@ to tell Buildr to run all tests and ignore failures (see "Running Tests":testing.html#running). |
| _USER_@ | Tasks that need your user name, for example to log to remote servers, will use this environment variable. |
p(note). Buildr does not check any of the arguments in _USER_@. A common mistake is to pass an option like _USER_@, where it should be _USER_@. Make sure to double check _USER_@.
Some extensions may use additional environment variables, and of course, you can always add your own. This example uses two environment variables for specifying the username and password:
{% highlight ruby %}
repositories.release_to[:username] = ENV['USERNAME']
repositories.release_to[:password] = ENV['PASSWORD']
{% endhighlight %}
The same works for the _USER_.snapshot_to@ hash.
h2(_TAG_). Personal Settings
Some things clearly do not belong in the Buildfile. For example, the username and password you use to upload releases. If you're working in a team or on an open source project, you'd want to keep these in a separate place.
You may want to use personal settings for picking up a different location for the local repository, or use a different set of preferred remote repositories, and so forth.
The prefered way to store personal settings is to create a @.buildr/settings.yaml@ file under your home directory. Settings stored there will be applied the same across all builds.
Here's an example _USER_.yaml@:
{% highlight yaml %}
# The repositories hash is read automatically by buildr.
# customize user local maven2 repository location
local: some/path/to/my_repo
# prefer the local or nearest mirrors
# specify the corporate mirror
username: john
password: secret
# You can place settings of your own, and reference them
# on buildfiles.
pwd: secret
{% endhighlight %}
Later your buildfile or addons can reference user preferences using the hash returned by the _USER_.settings.user@ accessor.
{% highlight ruby %}
task'release-notification' do
usr, pwd, server = settings.user['im'].values_at('usr', 'pwd','server')
jabber =, usr, pwd)
jabber.msg("We are pleased to announce the last stable version #{VERSION}")
{% endhighlight %}
h2(_TAG_). Build Settings
Build settings are local to the project being built, and are placed in the _USER_.yaml@ file located in the same directory that the _USER_@. Normally this file would be managed by the project revision control system, so settings here are shared between developers.
They help keep the buildfile and build.yaml file simple and readable, working to the advantages of each one. Example for build settings are gems, repositories and artifacts used by that build.
{% highlight yaml %}
# This project requires the following ruby gems, buildr addons
# Suppose we want to notify developers when testcases fail.
- buildr-twitter-notifier-addon >=1
# we test with ruby mock objects
- mocha
- ci_reporter
# The artifact declarations will be automatically loaded by buildr, so that
# you can reference artifacts by name (a ruby-symbol) on your buildfile.
spring: org.springframework:spring:jar:2.0
log4j: log4j:log4j:jar:1.0
j2ee: geronimo-spec:geronimo-spec-j2ee:jar:1.4-rc4
# Of course project settings can be defined here
test_failure: unless-modified
compile_failure: never
- joe
- jane
{% endhighlight %}
When buildr is loaded, required ruby gems will be installed if needed, thus adding features like the imaginary twitter notifier addon.
Artifacts defined on _USER_.yaml@ can be referenced on your buildfile by supplying the ruby symbol to the _USER_.artifact@ and _USER_.artifacts@ methods. The _USER_.with@, _USER_.with@ methods can also be given these names.
{% highlight ruby %}
define'my_project' do
compile.with artifacts(:log4j, :j2ee)
test.with :spring, :j2ee
{% endhighlight %}
Build settings can be retreived using the accessor.
{% highlight ruby %}
task 'create_patch' do
patch = Git.create_patch :interactive => true
if patch && agree("Would you like to request inclusion of #{patch}")
jira =['jira']['uri'] ) # submit a patch
jira.create(:improvement, patch.summary, :attachment => patch.blob)
{% endhighlight %}
h2(_TAG_). Non constant settings
Before loading the Buildfile, Buildr will attempt to load two other files: the _USER_.rb@ file in the @.buildr@ directory under your home directory, followed by the _USER_.rb@ (or @.buildr.rb@) file it finds in the build directory.
The loading order allows you to place global settings that affect all your builds in your _USER_.rb@, but also over-ride those with settings for a given project.
Here's an example _USER_.rb@:
{% highlight ruby %}
# Only I should know that
repositories.release_to[:username] = 'assaf'
repositories.release_to[:password] ='supersecret'
# Search here first, it's faster
repositories.remote << 'http://inside-the-firewall'
{% endhighlight %}
p(note). Buildr 1.3 and earlier used the file _USER_.rb@ directly in your home directory. Starting with version 1.4, Buildr loads _USER_.rb@ from the @.buildr@ directory under your home directory in preference. If you use Buildr 1.3 and earlier and don't want to duplicate your settings, you can move you existing _USER_.rb@ under the @.buildr@ directory and create a new _USER_.rb@ in your home directory containing:
{% highlight ruby %}
# Backward compatibility: Buildr 1.4+ uses $HOME/.buildr/buildr.rb
load File.expand_path('buildr.rb', Buildr.application.home_dir)
{% endhighlight %}
h2(_TAG_). Environments
One common use case is adapting the build to different environments. For example, to compile code with debugging information during development and testing, but strip it


text: High spatial resolution (HSR) satellite observations, while not frequent enough to follow air pollution's dynamic fluctuations, can provide spatially resolved information related to urban air quality. More specifically, HSR satellites can provide independent "spatial measurements" on the columnar aerosol optical thickness in the visible (AOTV). When normalized to ground level, AOTV can be correlated to fine aerosol concentrations, and when monitored over long or representative periods it could be used as an air-quality indicator to bridge the gap between "point measurements" by ground-based sampling, and "spatial estimations" by atmospheric modelling. We briefly review in this paper the methods we developed to map AOTV over urban areas from HSR satellites; we then describe qualitative AOTV validation procedures for the case of Athens. We finally present preliminary quantitative results from a pilot application where we compared data on air quality acquired using the three tools (i.e., satellite observations, atmospheric modelling and ground measurements) over two polluted European sites. This comparison showed good agreement between satellite-derived AOTV, on the one hand, and ground-level aerosol precursor concentrations and modelling-derived pollutant flow patterns on the other. These preliminary results encouraged an in-depth investigation of the benefits from the complementary use of these three techniques for integrated air-quality monitoring. During four pilot campaigns foreseen in the framework of the ICAROS NET project, we plan to collect detailed atmospheric data and run numerical models in conjunction with the satellite passages.


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Aarhus University, December 3, 2020
Welcome to the ReThink Eating 2020 Conference
The Food Quality Perception and Society Team at the Aarhus University Department of Food Science warmly welcomes you to our virtual conference.
This is not a traditional conference. We want to invite people from different backgrounds and disciplines to come together and brainstorm the future of eating. Due to the recent COVID crisis, it has been made clearer than before that we need to rethink not just what we eat, but also how we eat, and who we can share a meal with.
You are invited to join us in coming up with daring and creative solutions, and we want to hear your questions around pressing issues. In these increasingly serious times, we welcome the weird, wacky, and wonderful. Maybe even a sprinkling of magic.
We aim to address big questions like:
 - Why do people eat the way they do?
 - How does digital information influence our physical reality?
 - What role can technology play in creating new eating experiences?
 - How can we rethink what it means to eat together?
 - The conference is fully online and free of charge.
 - Registration deadline is November 26
 - The conference is made possible by the Carlsberg Foundation Young Researcher Fellowship project "Virtual and augmented flavours: Extending human flavour perception via novel sensory inputs"


_USER_ {1195, title = {Formulation of Creams Containing Active Fraction of Cassia fistula L. Barks and its Antibacterial Activity against Propionibacterium acnes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa}, journal = {Pharmacognosy Journal}, volume = {12}, year = {2020}, month = {June 2020}, pages = {920-928}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {920}, abstract = {
Background: Cassia fistula L. has been traditionally used to cure skin diseases. That disease can be caused by various bacteria, such as Propionibacterium acnes and Pseudomonas aerugniosa. Objective: the objective of this research was to formulate cream containing active fraction of Cassia fistula bark and to study the antibacterial activity as well as physical stability of the active substance after formulation. Materials and Methods: The cream base were oilinwater (O/W) and water in oil (W/O) type. Antibacterial activity test had been performed by using agar diffusion method. Determination of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) were conducted by microdilution method. The active fraction was formulated into creams with concentration of 4 -6x MIC. Physical evaluation of creams including organoleptic, pH, viscosity, TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography) profiling and antibacterial activity against both tested bacteria were evaluated during 28 days of storage. Results: The results showed that ethyl acetate fraction was the most active, having MIC and MBC values of 175 and 350 ppm respectively against P. acnes, while those against P. aeruginosa were 400 and 800 ppm. Optimation on creams using different type of cream bases showed that either O/W or W/O creams remained stable during 28 days of storage in terms of organoleptic and pH. The viscosity increased in O/W and decreased in W/O type. Qualitative analysis by TLC profiling showed that the ethyl acetate fraction of Cassia fistula as chemical compounds in creams was relatively stable as the profile remained the same after 28th day of storage. Result of antibacterial activity test on cream with O/W base was unchange after 28 day, while that with W/O revealed no activity which may due to poor diffusion within the cream base as media. Conclusion: active fraction of Cassia fistula can be formulated into cream with O/W cream base system.
}, keywords = {Antibacteria, Cassia fistula, Cream, Propionibacterium Acnes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa}, doi = {10.5530/pj.2020.12.131}, author = {Anis Yohana Chaerunisaa and Muhaimin Muhaimin and Yasmiwar Susilawati and Tiana Milanda} }


Watala, Cezary
 2016-06-25
 Due to its ability to inhibit the blood platelet PGHS-1, acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, Aspirin(®)) is widely used as a preventive agent in atherothrombotic diseases. However, its beneficial effects seem to be lower in diabetic patients, suggesting that protein glycation may impair effective ASA-mediated acetylation process. On the other hand, it is proposed that ASA can prevent some of the late complications of diabetes by lowering the extent of glycation at protein free amino groups. The aim of this work was to evaluate the extents of non-enzymatic N-glycosylation (glycation) and acetylation of blood platelet PGHS-1 (COX-1) and the competition between glycation and acetylation was investigated in order to demonstrate how these two reactions may compete against platelet PGHS-1. When PGHS-1 was incubated with glycating/acetylating agents (glucose, Glu; 1,6-bisphosphofructose, 1,6-BPF; methylglyoxal, MGO, acetylsalicylic acid, ASA), the enzyme was modified in 13.4 ± 1.6, 5.3 ± 0.5, 10.7 ± 1.2 and 6.4 ± 1.1 mol/mol protein, respectively, and its activity was significantly reduced. The prior glycation/carbonylation of PGHS-1 with Glu, 1,6-BPF or MGO decreased the extent of acetylation from 6.4 ± 1.1 down to 2.5 ± 0.2, 3.6 ± 0.3 and 5.2 ± 0.2 mol/mol protein, respectively, but the enzyme still remained susceptible to the subsequent inhibition of its activity with ASA. When PGHS-1 was first acetylated with ASA and then incubated with glycating/carbonylating agents, we observed the following reductions in the enzyme modifications: from 13.4 ± 1.6 to 8.7 ± 0.6 mol/mol protein for Glu, from 5.3 ± 0.5 to 3.9 ± 0.3 mol/mol protein for 1,6-BPF and from 10.7 ± 1.2 to 7.5 ± 0.5 mol/mol protein for MGO, however subsequent glycation/carbonylation did not significantly affect PGHS-1 function. Overall, our outcomes allow to better understand the structural aspects of the chemical competition between glycation and acetylation of PGHS-1
 18. Artemisia capillaris formula inhibits hepatic steatosis via an miR‑122‑induced decrease in fatty acid synthase expression in vivo and in vitro.
 Liu, Liya; Zhao, Jinyan; Li, Ying; Wan, Yun; Lin, Jiumao; Shen, Aling; Xu, Wei; Li, Huang; Zhang, Yuchen; Xu, Jianfeng; Peng, Jun; Hong, Zhenfeng
 2016-06-01
 treatment decreased the expression levels of fatty acid synthase (FASN) and increased miR‑122 in vivo and in vitro. In conclusion, these results suggested that ACF may inhibit hepatic steatosis via miR‑122‑induced downregulation of FASN in vivo and in vitro. PMID:27081834
 19. Prenyldiphosphate synthases and gibberellin biosynthesis
 C.C.N. van Schie; M.A. Haring; R.C. Schuurink
 2013-01-01
 Gibberellins are derived from the diterpene precursor geranylgeranyl diphophosphate (GGPP). GGPP is converted to ent-kaurene, which contains the basic structure of gibberellins, in the plastids by the combined actions of copalyl diphosphate synthase (CPS) and ent-kaurene synthase (KS). Generally, ge
 20. Cellulose synthase complexes: structure and regulation
 Lei eLei
 2012-04-01
 Full Text Available This review is to update the most recent progress on characterization of the composition, regulation, and trafficking of cellulose synthase complexes. We will highlight proteins that interact with cellulose synthases, e.g. cellulose synthase-interactive protein 1 (CSI1. The potential regulation mechanisms by which cellulose synthase interact with cortical microtubules in primary cell walls will be discussed.
 1. Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence for the complete coding region of human UMP synthase
 The last two steps in the de novo biosynthesis of UMP are catalyzed by orotate phosphoribosyltransferase and orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase. In mammals these two activities are found in a single, bifunctional protein called UMP synthase. A human T-lymphoblastic cell cDNA library constructed in λgt10 was screened with a UMP synthase-specific rat cDNA probe. Human UMP synthase cDNAs were isolated and then used to select UMP synthase gene fragments. The complete coding sequence of the mRNA for UMP synthase was determined by analysis of overlapping cDNA and genomic fragments. One of the cDNAs appears to have been synthesized from an incompletely or alternatively processed form of the UMP synthase mRNA. This cDNA lacks a poly(A) tail and has an extended 3'-nontranslated region that hybridizes with larger forms of the UMP synthase mRNA. The UMP synthase protein is composed of 480 amino acids with a molecular weight of 52,199. The two activities of UMP synthase reside in distinct domains encoded by the 3' and 5' halves of the mRNA. The COOH-terminal 258 amino acids of the human UMP synthase protein contain the orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase catalytic domain. This region is highly homologous to the mouse orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase sequence. The NH2-terminal 214 amino acids contain the OPRT domain. There is amino acid homology between this protein domain and specific regions of the Escherichia coli OPRT. The human OPRT domain also contains the putative catalytic site common to other human phosphoribosyltransferases
 2. Potential therapeutic target for malignant paragangliomas: ATP synthase on the surface of paraganglioma cells
 Fliedner, Stephanie MJ; Yang, Chunzhang; Thompson, Eli; Abu-Asab, Mones; Hsu, Chang-Mei; Lampert, Gary; Eiden, Lee; Tischler, Arthur S; Wesley, Robert; Zhuang, Zhengping; Lehnert, Hendrik; Pacak, Karel
 2015-01-01
 F1FoATP synthase (ATP synthase) is a ubiquitous enzyme complex in eukaryotes. In general it is localized to the mitochondrial inner membrane and serves as the last step in the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation of ADP to ATP, utilizing a proton gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane built by the complexes of the electron transfer chain. However some cell types, including tumors, carry ATP synthase on the cell surface. It was suggested that cell surface ATP synthase helps tumor cells thriving on glycolysis to survive their high acid generation. Angiostatin, aurovertin, resveratrol, and antibodies against the α and β subunits of ATP synthase were shown to bind and selectively inhibit cell surface ATP synthase, promoting tumor cell death. Here we show that ATP synthase β (ATP5B) is present on the cell surface of mouse pheochromocytoma cells as well as tumor cells of human SDHB-derived paragangliomas (PGLs), while being virtually absent on chromaffin primary cells from bovine adrenal medulla by confocal microscopy. The cell surface location of ATP5B was verified in the tissue of an SDHB-derived PGL by immunoelectron microscopy. Treatment of mouse pheochromocytoma cells with resveratrol as well as ATP5B antibody led to statistically significant proliferation inhibition. Our data suggest that PGLs carry ATP synthase on their surface that promotes cell survival or proliferation. Thus, cell surface ATP synthase may present a novel therapeutic target in treating metastatic or inoperable PGLs. PMID:26101719
 3. Assessing the allelotypic effect of two aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid synthase-encoding genes MdACS1 and MdACS3a on fruit ethylene production and softening in Malus
 Dougherty, Laura; Zhu, Yuandi; Xu, Kenong
 2016-01-01
 Phytohormone ethylene largely determines apple fruit shelf life and storability. Previous studies demonstrated that MdACS1 and MdACS3a, which encode 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthases (ACS), are crucial in apple fruit ethylene production. MdACS1 is well-known to


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Consumer insights are customer truths. From helping to personalize communications, understand customer experiences and unmet customer demands, or competitor analysis, consumer insights can provide a wealth of information, allowing companies to better communicate with customers.
According to Forrester, insight-driven organizations are growing 8x faster than the global GDP. In a digital era where consumer trends and preferences are constantly in flux, we can no longer afford to wait months for insights to be delivered through market research.
While often regarded as martech, social listening tools can do more than track campaigns, influencer marketing, and brand health. In fact these tools are used more and more in conjunction with traditional research techniques, making them a key component of modern marketing research, due to its ability to deliver real-time insights in an instant.

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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007 [open pdf - 28KB]
This is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimate as reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 15, 2007. From the Summary: "H.R. 1495 would authorize the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to conduct water resource studies and undertake specified projects and programs for flood control, inland navigation, shoreline protection, and environmental restoration. The bill would authorize the agency to conduct studies on water resource needs, to complete feasibility studies for specified projects, and to convey ownership of certain federal properties. Finally, the bill would extend, terminate, or modify existing authorizations for various water projects and would authorize new programs to develop water resources and protect the environment."


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colour, cooking quality, erişte, mineral, rice bran, sensory property
In this study, rice bran (RB) replaced wheat flour in order to enrich the nutritional properties without affecting technological properties of eri?te. For this purpose, RB was used in eri?te up to 25% level. Crude ash, mineral contents, colour values, cooking and sensory properties of eri?te samples were determined. Crude ash, calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese, iron and zinc contents of eri?te samples increased with RB addition level. As a result, utilisation of RB in eri?te improved nutritional content of the eri?te. RB addition increased weight increase and volume increase values of the eri?te samples compared to control eri?te sample, and also the highest weight and volume increase values were obtained with 25% RB addition. The cooking loss value of eri?te sample with 5% RB substitution level was statistically similar to the control. According to wheat flour, the dark colour of the RB affected the sensory score of eri?te negatively especially high addition level, but stickiness values affected positively by RB addition significantly (P<0.05) compared to control sample. The sensorial test results indicate that the eri?te with an enrichment level of 10% RB was well accepted by the panellist after control sample.
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Pratt & Whitney, the aerospace and defense engine unit of Hartford, Conn.-based conglomerate United Technologies Corp., has received a $33.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a power-generating turbine using the propulsion technology being developed for the next generation of hypersonic aircraft.
Under the DARPA deal, which falls under Phase 2 of the Vulcan advanced propulsion program, Pratt & Whitney will work on a way to use the Constant Volume Combustion (CVC) engine technology to power an electricity-generating turbine. In a conventional turbine, fuel and air are constantly fed into a combustion chamber and continually burned, yielding a constant pressure of hot gases flowing across the turbine blades. In a CVC engine, the volume of the combustion chamber is restricted and constant and the fuel and air mix is fed in and burned off completely in rapid microsecond pulses.
The CVC technology was developed as a much more efficient way to burn fuel and air in a hypersonic aircraft travelling at speeds and heights where traditional turbine-based jet engines can't properly function. Because of that increased operating efficiency, DARPA is looking at using CVC as the "burner" element in a power-generating turbine for naval vessels. The goal of Pratt & Whitney's part of the Vulcan 2 program is to demonstrate a 20 percent fuel burn reduction for a ship-based power generation turbine.
In 2009, Pratt & Whitney won a $3 million Vulcan Phase 1 contract to develop a combined CVC module and turbine engine, intended for high-Mach military aircraft. In late 2009, the company tested its CVC rig, showing it could operate on both JP-8 jet fuel and conventional diesel fuel.
Pratt & Whitney's parent United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) was founded in 1853 by elevator manufacturing pioneer Elisha Graves Otis. In November of 2009 it paid $1.82 billion for GE Security, a business unit of GE Corp. that makes fire detection systems, alarm systems, video surveillance and access control systems.
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Plant Health Care is the proactive approach to maintain tree and shrub health through the process of scheduled monitoring and preventative maintenance.
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Cherished landscapes are constantly subjected to environmental and human stress such as insects, disease, weather fluctuations, construction, over-or-under watering, soil compaction, and pollution. These stresses severely compromise the ability of trees and shrubs to thrive and must be addressed in order to sustain a healthy and vigorous landscape.Routine monitoring and timely treatments can protect your landscape from these stresses which protect your property investment and reduces expenses in the long run.
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If a word ends in a consonant followed by a silent "e", drop the "e" before endings beginning with a vowel, but keep the "e" before endings beginning with a consonant:
- engage becomes engaging but engagement
- care becomes caring but careful
- fate becomes fatal but fateful
- scarce becomes scarcity but scarcely
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The Association for Nuclear Technology in Medicine (ANTM) is a public interest incorporated foundation established in March 1996. The prospectus of ANTM aims to promote research related to nuclear technology in medicine, such as medical treatment and diagnosis technologies using various kinds of radiation, in addition to advanced particle radiation therapy. We carry out various activities such as holding lectures and seminars, publishing public relations magazines and brochures, developing human resources, promoting facilities planning, distributing technical information, providing calibration service for radiotherapy instruments, and others. Thus, we have played an important role as a nonprofit/public interest organization, which differentiates us from both national and local governments and the private sector.
- Particle beam cancer therapy
Japanese particle beam radiation cancer therapy has been driving the world's advanced medical technology as a promising technology. ANTM supports facility improvement promotion, human resources development projects and facility operation in each part of the process from facility construction planning to management.
Especially, we have implemented human resources development of experts, and fulfilled the crucial role as core institution.
- Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT)
ANTM supports R&D and technical development toward practical use of BNCT as the only public interest foundation in Japan. Not only do we share information about BNCT, but we also address issues and collaborate with experts from domestic and overseas research organizations.
- Accuracy improvement of radiation and quality control
ANTM carries out calibration services for therapy level dosimeters to assure the accuracy and the treatment quality as a third-party organization. As the only accredited organization in Japan, we have been playing a critical role in this field. Our calibration testing service accepts orders from almost all the domestic hospitals and institutions as a secondary standard dosimetry laboratory.
In addition, we conduct output dose audit service for radiotherapy equipment as a third-party. The output dose audit service is growing gradually.
Projects for foreign countries
- International Training Course on Carbon-ion Radiotherapy
We hold International Training Courses on Carbon-ion Radiotherapy (ITCCIR) , aiming to develop necessary human resources for medical doctors, medical physicists, and radiological technologists once a year in Japan. The contents of the training course consist of basic lectures by experts using textbooks as well as visits to heavy ion radiotherapy centers.
- Support for oversea patients desiring a consultation services on heavy ion radiotherapy, and facility construction planning
We provide consultation and support service for oversea patients on heavy ion radiotherapy in cooperation with partner organizations,"Particle Radiotherapy Clinic", and others. In addition to that, we provide consultation services for oversea organizations regarding construction of radiotherapy facilities and supply of medical equipments.
Nuclear technology is an indispensable technology which has been making great contributions to human health and welfare. We ask for your understanding of our objectives and activities, and look forward to your heartwarming support and donations.


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For a general overview of how to insert data and functions into your worksheet, please refer to the topic Inserting Data and Functions.
CDXRouteBing is a right-click function available in Bing-compatible versions of CDXZipStream. Using the Bing Maps web service, the function automatically calculates the driving distance, driving time, and directions between two or more addresses. It can also perform route optimization for up to 100 locations at a time, with either a fixed or non-fixed end point. A Trip Summary feature lists key results and settings; it also embeds a route map in a single step.
CDXRouteBing can be employed as a right-click function as well as input directly into your worksheet as a custom function formula. (Please also refer to the help section on custom functions.) Direct insertion of a custom function works with all returned data except maps. However, we highly recommend that to speed up data retrieval and minimize the number of Bing data requests, you enable the AutoCopy option and set the returned data to text when obtaining data for lists of locations. Autcopy is discussed in more detail below.
Before using CDXRouteBing, you must enter a Bing Maps license key in CDXZipStream. Please see the Set Bing Maps Key topic for more information.
To use as a right-click function, right-click on any cell in a worksheet, select the Insert CDXRouteBing Function, and you will see the input box shown below:
The following inputs are required:
Address 1: The beginning point of the trip or the range containing all the stops in your trip. You may use the actual ZIP Code (such as "06830") or the worksheet cell location of the ZIP Code ("C4"), or the range of locations ("C4:C5") in Excel. An Excel named range can also be used here.
Address 2: The end point of the trip. This is only required when you only specify one address in the first address field. You may use the actual ZIP Code (such as "08033") or the worksheet cell location of the ZIP Code ("C5").
Route Option: Shortest Route (based on distance), Quickest Route (based on time), or Quickest with Traffic (considering traffic conditions)
Route Calculation: Choose Distance (in miles or kilometers), or Driving Time (in minutes, hours, or days) or any of the other available options. This is the resulting output that will display in the worksheet. You can also specify to embed a route map created by Bing into an Excel worksheet or create a Trip Summary report in miles or kilometers.
Travel Type: Select the travel type of interest: Driving, Walking, or Transit.
AutoCopy: By enabling AutoCopy, data will automatically be returned for an entire list of locations, starting at the specified worksheet cell and ending at the first occurence of an empty row. By using the "Set To Text" option, the data is returned as text instead of custom formulas. This allows for sorting, moving or other manipulation of the returned data while avoiding inadvertent data requests to Bing Maps. Route maps and Trip Summaries cannot be returned when using Autocopy.
Bing Maps Settings: Click on the "Bing Maps Settings" button to edit settings for Bing driving and routing calculations. Also use this interface to set the Bing Maps key required for using CDXRouteBing and CDXLocateBing functions, and to track the number of Bing data requests made for the current Excel session. Please see the topics Bing Maps Settings and Set Bing Maps Key for more information.
Acceptable address formats are:
Zip Code Example: 06830
Street Zip Code Example: 101 Field Point Road 06830
City Zip Code Example: Greenwich 06830
City State Example: Greenwich CT
Street, City Zip Code Example: 101 Field Point Road, Greenwich 06830
Street, City, State Example: 101 Field Point Road, Greenwich, CT
Street, City, State Zip Code Example: 101 Field Point Road, Greenwich, CT 06830
Either the full state name or two-letter abbreviation can be used. If there is a major discrepency in the address information (the ZIP Code is incorrect for the city or state provided) an error will be returned for that address. If you are doing a multi-country analysis you should also add the country name as part of the address.
US addresses are shown here, but address formats vary by country. Use the standard address format for the country of interest.
Here is the map from the CDXRouteBing example above:
Here is an example where the CDXRouteBing function is applied to lists of addresses:
We are requesting that driving distance in miles be returned between two lists of addresses (ZIP Codes in this case) in columns B and C, starting in row 4. Alternatively, the range "B4:C4" could have been used as the Address 1 input, with Address 2 left emplty. AutoCopy is enabled to return data for the entire list, and the returned data is "Set to Text", which is recommended for long lists. The result is:
Note that the driving distance data in column D is returned as text and not formulas.
If there are more than two columns of addresses, i.e. each route has intermediate stops, the input for Address 1 can be a range, such as "B4:E4". Intermediate stops can only be applied to driving and walking routes.
To use CDXRouteBing function in a custom function formula, use the following format:
=CDXRouteBing(Route Option, Route Calculation, Travel type, Start Address, End Address)
Use the values below for the first three parameters:
Route maps cannot be returned through custom formulas or when using the AutoCopy option.
Here is an example using a custom function formula to return the "Quickest" "Distance in Kilometers" for the "Transit" travel type:
To specify the route in terms of multiple "waypoints" (where the route consist of a start point, destination, and one or more stops along the way) use this generalized formula:
=CDXRouteBing(Route Option, Route Calculation, Travel type, Waypoint1, Waypoint 2, Waypoint 3, ...)
You can also specify a range of waypoints:
=CDXRouteBing(Route Option, Route Calculation, Travel type, WayPoint Range)
The following is an example of calculating driving distance in miles for a route through New York City. The waypoints are addresses listed in cells B4 through B7:
Road preferences and other settings can be specified for route calculations by using the "Bing Maps Settings" button on the CDXRouteBing right-click dialog:
Please see the Bing Maps Settings help topic for more information.
You can use CDXRouteBing to optimize complex routes of up to 100 locations at a time, with either a fixed or non-fixed end point. The "Optimize Routes" option in the settings dialog must be checked, as shown above.
The Trip Summary feature is a convenient way to get access to all results in a single step. Reports can be created in miles or kilometers. The summary includes travel distance, duration, waypoint list and map:


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Strategy 4 Stories: Engaging the World Beyond Our Campuses
4. Promote the awareness and benefits of study-away programs and courses that give student opportunities to engage with the world.
The narratives below define and bring clarity to what each of the University Strategic Goals means to Academic Affairs. The narratives express our values and beliefs, and create a context to guide implementation efforts. To learn more about the specific strategies and tactics involved in engaging the world beyond our campuses, please view our Academic Affairs Strategic Plan.


categories.blablabla) very easy, and intuitive, I think, since you only have to know the folder name of your images/blogs/projects/whatever.
You might want to check out the image processor, explained below. It uses Pillow to make thumbnail images.
You can check what kind of node you're working with using the type property ("page", "folder", "asset") or the is_page, is_folder, is_asset methods. Internally is_page is used a lot, and if you mix your page and asset files in the same folders, these are useful for filtering those out in a for loop.
Lastly, the .all() method, and its more specific variants, are very useful if you need to make a sitemap, or to grab the entire node tree at some point. The all() method definition says it all I think:
def all(self, recursive=False, folders=None, pages=None, assets=None, processors=None):
 """
 Returns descendants, ignoring iterability. Folders, assets, and
 pages can all be included or excluded as the case demands.
 If you specify any of folders, pages, assets or processors, only those objects
 will be returned.
 Otherwise all node types will be returned.
 recursive, though, defaults to False. calling all(True) is the same as all(recursive=True)
 """
The variants are all subsets of all():
def pages(self, recursive=False):
 return self.all(recursive=recursive, pages=True)
def folders(self, recursive=False):
 return self.all(recursive=recursive, folders=True)
def assets(self, recursive=False):
 return self.all(recursive=recursive, assets=True)
def files(self, recursive=False):
 return self.all(recursive=recursive, pages=True, assets=True)
def processors(self, recursive=False):
 return self.all(recursive=recursive, processors=True)
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Mostly random thoughts here. Most of what you might want to know about StrangeCase should be here, so expect some repetition.
 - In your project folder (where you execute StrangeCase), you can have config.yaml and/or config.py, and you definitely have a site/ folder, where your site content is stored. There are probably Jinja2 layouts, includes, and who knows what else in the root folder, too.
 - site/ stores site content: templates, assets, folders, and maybe some "special" files like category pages. These are processed, rendered, copied, or ignored, as the case may be (dot-files are ignored, btw!).
 - When StrangeCase is done it places your static site in public/.
 - There are only two special folders: site and public. They can be changed in config (site_path and dest_path).
 - config.yaml stores context variables. It is merged with the default config. Child folders and pages inherit all the config settings of their parent except the variables in dont_inherit:
 - type
 - name
 - target_name
 - title
 - created_at
 - order
 - Template files (.html, .txt, .md) can contain YAML front matter. If the first line is a bunch of dashes (^[-]{3,}$), all lines up to the matching dashes will be treated as YAML and added to that files context variables.
 - Binary files can have front matter, too, but since you can't place it in the file, it is stored in a special files: setting in the parent folder's config.yaml file. It should be a dictionary with the key corresponding to the name of the file, and the value is the front matter for that file. files: entries in config.yaml are not inherited.
 - Everything in config.yaml and YAML front matter is available as a context variable in your templates.
 - Templates are rendered using Jinja2.
 - StrangeCase points Jinja to your project folder, so you can use any directories you want in there to store layouts, macros, and partials.
 - layouts that are in layouts/ are extended using {% extends 'layouts/file.j2' %}
 - includes in anywhere/ are included using {% include 'anywhere/file.j2' %}
 - I suppose the convention is to have layouts/ and includes/ folders.
 - In the project root, config.py is where you can place runtime things, like...
 - if you need to calculate a value (e.g. datetime.time)
 - fetch some data from a database (ewww!)
 - import jinja extensions (or use 'extensions' in config.yaml)
 - import jinja filters (or use 'filters' in config.yaml)
 - register StrangeCase processors (or use 'processors' in config.yaml)
 - If you need a page to be processed differently, set type to the desired file type in the config for that file/folder. For instance, the category index page should be type: categories.
 - You can prefix variables on a page with my. (e.g. my.title or my.parent). I think it looks better in some places because it makes it clear where the content comes from (e.g. {{ my.title }} as opposed to just {{ title }}). Totally optional.
 - Based on the file name, config.yaml, and YAML front matter, some config settings get changed during the build stage. See configurators.py for these methods. See strange_case_config.py for the order.
DEFAULT CONFIG
You should study this to learn a lot about how StrangeCase works. The reason I boast that StrangeCase is simple is because everything it does can be controlled using the config.
If you go looking in strange_case_config for these settings, you won't find them. They have been broken up into configurators. In the early life of StrangeCase, all configuration was done in one file. Now they are broken up into a list of configurator functions, and each function can add defaults. More complicated, but more extensible.
config_file: 'config.yaml' # name of file that contains config
ignore: ['config.yaml', '.*'] # which files to ignore altogether while building the site
dont_inherit: # nodes will not inherit these properties
 - type
 - name
 - target_name
 - title
 - created_at
 - order
 - iterable
 - is_index
 - url
 - skip
file_types: # how files should be processed. some processors add to this list, like to associate images
 - [page, ['*.j2', '*.jinja2', '*.jinja', '*.html', '*.txt', '*.xml']], # with the image processor
default_type: asset # if this is falsey, unassociated nodes will be ignored.
default_root_type: root # you probably shouldn't change this!
default_folder_type: folter # you probably shouldn't change this!
rename_extensions: # which extensions to rename, and to what
 '.j2': '.html',
 '.jinja2': '.html'
 '.jinja': '.html',
 '.md': '.html',
index.html: index.html # determines which file is the index file, which in turn determines "iterability" (index pages are not iterable)
html_extension: '.html' # files with this extension are html files ('page.is_page' => 'True')
# PROTECTED
# these can only be assigned in the root config file, otherwise they will
# be treated as plain ol' file data
site_path: 'site/' # where to find site content
deploy_path: 'public/' # where to put the generated site
remove_stale_files: true # removes files that were not generated.
dont_remove: ['.*'] # list of glob patterns to ignore when removing stale files
extensions: [] # list of Jinja2 extension classes as a dot-separated import path
filters: {} # dictionary of 'filter_name: filter.method'.
processors: [] # additional processors. Processors register themselves as a certain type.
configurators: [ # list of configurators. The built-ins do very important things, so overriding this does *bad things*
 meta_before, # assigns defaults from the configurators ''.defaults'' property
 file_types, # checks 'file_types' for a pattern that matches the file name
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Hi all. I am currently taking a beginning class in C programming and am working on an assignment where I need to prompt the user to enter an expression then display the expression and the result. e.g
Enter INT Expression: 6 / 2
Result: 6 / 2 = 3
I know how to store the INT values using the scanf function, but I'm not sure how I should go about storing the operator. Also once I have the operator stored, how should I go about writing an expression to store the result. I know how if the operator was a constant, e.g. "x + y = result", but how should I approach it when the operator is a variable. Thanks in advance for the help.


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Hydraulic Circuit diagram for Surface Grinding Machine
The hydraulic circuit for the surface grinding machine is shown in the figure below.
|Hydraulic Circuit Diagram for Surface Grinding Machine
The hydraulic circuit of the surface grinding machine consist of
The hydraulic circuit of the surface grinding machine utilizes a power pack to supply pressurized oil, one pilot-operated direction control valve which decides the direction of the flow of pressurized oil, and a double-acting cylinder with the double piston rod.
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The piston rods on both sides are mechanically coupled with the table of the machine. There are two roller actuated pilot valves, which are actuated by cams fitted to the table.
These valves provide the pilot impulse to the main valve, thus deciding the position of the main valve and hence the direction of motion of the cylinder and consequently motion of the table.
Every time either of the pilot valves is pressed by the cam. The cam positions are adjustable, which decides the stroke length movement of the table.


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equilibrium and gravity on a uniform beam
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Hi alexandertg6! Welcome to PF!
a uniform beam of length 12.0 m is supported by a horizontal cable and a hinge at angle θ = 70° with the vertical. The tension in the cable is 500 N. Find the gravitational force on the beam in unit vector notation and the force on the beam from the hinge in unit vector notation.
T =.5(horizontal distance) ( gravity) (mass)/ vertical distance
500 = (.5(9.8)(12sin70)m)/(12cos70)
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- Whiz Quiz
 Here are some interesting facts about our DMS Whiz Quiz teams:
 Whiz Quiz is a Middle School academic competition team. DMS has both a 6th and 7th/8th grade team. Tryouts are held at the beginning of the school year. Practice is twice a week during student's lunch period and games are one evening a week. Game days differ depending on the team. Whiz quiz begins at the end of September and ends before the holiday break in December. Finals are sometime in January. Each team has a teacher sponsor that meets with them to prepare and organize their team.
 Five students from each school compete at one time. Questions asked during competitions span knowledge in science, social studies, grammar, pop culture, geography, literature, and math. Students receive points for answering these questions correctly. If you like Jeopardy, you will love Whiz Quizthey even have buzzers!


Allow syncing only on computers joined to specific domains
To make sure that users sync OneDrive files only on managed computers, you can configure OneDrive to sync only on PCs that are joined to specific domains.
To allow syncing only on PCs joined to specific domains
 1. Sign in to the OneDrive admin center as a global or SharePoint admin, and select Sync in the left pane.
 The Sync page of the OneDrive admin center
 2. Select the Allow syncing only on PCs joined to specific domains check box.
 3. Click Add domains.
 4. Add the GUID of each domain for the member computers that you want to be able to sync.
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Make sure to add the domain GUID of the computer domain membership. If users are in a separate domain, only the domain GUID that the computer account is joined to is required.
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This setting is only applicable to Active Directory domains. It does not apply to Azure AD domains. If you have devices which are only Azure AD joined, consider using a Conditional Access Policy instead.
 1. If you want to prevent Mac OS users from syncing entirely, select the Block sync on Mac OS check box.
 2. Click Save on the Sync page.
For info about setting this sync app restriction by using PowerShell, see Set-SPOTenantSyncClientRestriction


How does an ad trust work?
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An AD DS trust is a secured, authentication communication channel between entities, such as AD DS domains, forests, and UNIX realms. Trusts enable you to grant access to resources to users, groups and computers across entities. The way a trust works is similar to allowing a trusted entity to access your own resources.
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A forest trust allows administrators to connect two AD DS forests with a single trust relationship to provide a seamless authentication and authorization experience across the forests. A forest trust can only be created between a forest root domain in one forest and a forest root domain in another forest.
A trust relationship allows one domain to trust objects in another for authentication and for access to resources. For example, if domain A trusts domain B, a user from domain B can access...
Type: Identifies the types of domains involved in trust (s). Transitivity: Determines whether one trust can let a trusted domain pass through to a third domain. Direction: Identifies the direction ...
Within a single forest, all domains trust each other and you can escalate from one compromised domain to all the other, as explained in Sean Metcalf's research on domain trusts. To reiterate: An Active Directory Domain is not a security boundary, an Active Directory forest is.
In order to use AD RMS across organizational and forest boundaries, a level of trust must be established across the organizations or across forests. There are several ways in which this can occur: At the most basic level, Trusted User Domains (TUDs) can help allow AD RMS to process requests from users located across Active Directory forests.
Active Directory (AD) is a database and set of services that connect users with the network resources they need to get their work done. The database (or directory) contains critical information about your environment, including what users and computers there are and who's allowed to do what.
A trust is a legal vehicle that allows a third party, a trustee, to hold and direct assets in a trust fund on behalf of a beneficiary. A trust greatly expands your options when it comes to managing...
A charitable trust is essentially a way to set up your assets to benefit you, your beneficiaries and a charity — all at the same time. A charitable trust could offer many financial advantages for philanthropically minded individuals with nonessential assets, such as stocks or real estate. But how do such trusts work?
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|Paper Plate Charactor Masks and Bible Story Plays
paper plates,glue,yarn,construction paper,scissors,markers,crayons
Choose a story from the Bible...
Example "Daniel and the Lions Den",Use the paper plates to make a lion mask, daniel mask, or angel mask, kings mask etc.
Take the paper plates and cut holes for the childrens eyes, glue yarn for the mane of the lions and brown paper for the face of the lion and the whiskers, make a crown for the king, a halo for the angel etc. Attach to the childrens faces with string and have them play act the story out as you read it to the class. They really love this and makes them remember it a lot better. Other great stories to do with this are...
Noah's ark (using two of animals), David and Goliath (have children make armor out of plates), Moses (long white beard with yarn on the plate), Samson and Delilah (have long hair of yarn that they can cut off).
Have fun with it and let the kids make their own and have fun play acting.


Theatre and Voice
Theatre and Voice
by Konstantinos Thomaidis
How can we rethink the importance of voice in performance? How can we understand voice simultaneously as music and text, as sound and body, or as both personal and political?
This book explores voice across genres, media and cultures, inviting the reader to reassess established ways of analysing, enjoying and listening to voice. Using a wide range of case studies integrated with critical and philosophical frameworks, it makes audible the multiple ways in which voice contributes to how we perform identities. From opera and musical theatre to live art and immersive audio walks, Konstantinos Thomaidis presents voice as plural, elusive and ripe for reinvention.
The Theatre& series is a major innovation in theatre scholarship: for the first time, A-list scholars mould cutting-edge thinking about theatre into an easy-to-digest and easy-to-afford form for consumption by everyone. By selecting the key issues, but not shying away from the more complex debates, Theatre& brings the very frontiers of theatre scholarship into the hands of any curious reader, allowing every theatre student and lover to take part in these exciting and challenging discussions. Each book is written by a high-profile theatre scholar and represents the latest critical thinking in the discipline.


Marshall Islands Age of Consent & Sex Laws Age of Consent in Marshall Islands
What is the Marshall Islands Age of Consent?
The Age of Consent in Marshall Islands is 16 years old. The age of consent is the minimum age at which an individual is considered legally old enough to consent to participation in sexual activity. Individuals aged 15 or younger in Marshall Islands are not legally able to consent to sexual activity, and such activity may result in prosecution for statutory rape or the equivalent local law.
Marshall Islands statutory rape law is violated when an individual has consensual sexual contact with a person under age 16.
Marshall Islands does not have a close-in-age exemption. Close in age exemptions, commonly known as "Romeo and Juliet laws" in the United States, are put in place to prevent the prosecution of individuals who engage in consensual sexual activity when both participants are significantly close in age to each other, and one or both partners are below the age of consent.
Because there is no close-in-age exemption in Marshall Islands, it is possible for two individuals both under the age of 16 who willingly engage in intercourse to both be prosecuted for statutory rape, although this is rare. Similarly, no protections are reserved for sexual relations in which one participant is a 15 year old and the second is a 16 or 17 year old.
Age of Consent across the world
The Age of Consent ranges from as low as 11 to as high as 20 years old across the world. Click any country for details, or view countries with the highest & lowest ages of consent.
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Research is core of science and improving methodology leads to realistic findings. Assessing the impact of main factors on a given factor is important in various fields of psychological research. There are some methodological and statistical methods to tackle that problem. Recently, other methods and algorithms are being developed for this purpose. One of the methods is Fuzzy Cognitive Maps, which are recurrent neural network for modelling and simulations. The main advantage of this method is that it provides flexibility to model complex systems using causal relationships, thus allowing for what-if simulations. The key purpose of this lecture is to introduce and apply this method in the Psychology field. More explicitly, this paper discusses this model in depth and applies it to a psychological well-being case study.
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All the Feels: Why It Pays to Notice Emotions in the Workplace
Leaders who recognize employees' feelings are tapping into an important way to build trust.
"When we acknowledge emotions, we humanize and validate the person being acknowledged," says Alisa Yu. | iStock/shapecharge
Alisa Yu first became intrigued with emotional acknowledgment while interviewing nurses working in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. The nurses told her that verbally acknowledging their young patients' fears and stress created trust, which enabled them to do their jobs more effectively. "From then on, I began to see emotional acknowledgment everywhere," recalls Yu, a PhD candidate in organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
This realization prompted Yu to team up with Justin Berg, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Stanford GSB, and Julian Zlatev, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, to conduct a series of studies exploring the effects of emotional acknowledgment in the workplace. Their findings, published in May in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, illuminate a straightforward yet powerful technique leaders can use to build trust with their employees.
Emotional acknowledgment is the simple act of noticing a nonverbal emotional cue — like a frown or grin — and mentioning it. This mention can be a question or a statement such as "You look upset," or "You seem excited."
The authors borrow from costly signaling theory, a concept proposed by evolutionary biologist Amotz Zahavi in the 1970s, to suggest that this small act can have a powerful effect because it is read as a sign of genuine intentions. As an example, Zahavi argued that when peacocks fan out their tails to attract mates, it is an "honest signal" of their reproductive fitness. That's because the colorful display also attracts predators, a potentially fatal risk for weaker peacocks.
Similarly, Yu and her coauthors argue that in a work environment, a supervisor who shows concern for others' emotional state is signaling a willingness to get involved in a potentially messy situation. "A leader could very easily see someone in distress and choose to ignore it," Yu says. "But only a leader who truly is benevolent and cares about employees would risk getting involved by voluntarily acknowledging the distressed employee. Thus, employees might take this as a signal that this leader is someone who can be trusted with their well-being."
More Than a Feeling
This is exactly what Yu, Berg, and Zlatev discovered in their research across six studies, which included a field study with hospital employees and experiments in which participants were shown videos of two actors demonstrating emotional acknowledgment in a workplace break room. Throughout the studies, participants reported higher levels of trust in people who engaged in emotional acknowledgment than those who did not.
"Our effect sizes are pretty robust," says Yu. "There was a big trust gap between no acknowledgment and acknowledgment when expressers displayed positive emotions, but this gap was even more pronounced when expressers displayed negative emotions." The latter finding isn't surprising when viewed through the lens of costly signaling theory: Asking someone who seems unhappy about their emotional state engenders higher levels of trust because it is riskier and involves a greater investment of attention, time, and effort than asking someone who seems happy.
One of the studies' unexpected findings is that acknowledging an employee's emotional state is more powerful than only acknowledging the situation that produced the emotions. "It turns out that saying something like, 'You looked upset after that meeting. How are you feeling about it?' lands better than saying something like, 'It looked like the meeting went poorly. How are you thinking about it?' Yu explains. "People trust the person who acknowledges the emotion directly more than the person who acknowledges the situation. There's just something special and unique about emotions — they are really core to a person's inner experience and sense of self. So when we acknowledge emotions, we humanize and validate the person being acknowledged."
Better to Be Wrong Than Silent
In another unanticipated finding, the research team shows that the trust-building effect of emotional acknowledgment is not always dependent on correctly interpreting emotions, particularly when positive feelings are misread. "I think there is a lay theory that inaccurate interpretation is punished," Yu explains. "We found that if you are feeling negatively and I say, 'Hey, you seem happy,' there is a trust penalty. But if you are feeling positively and I say, 'Hey, you seem upset,' there was virtually no penalty. And that's because even though you didn't need my support, my willingness to call out a negative emotion signals a readiness for me to provide support to you."
The benefits of emotional acknowledgment at work may stem in part from the fact that it isn't a common practice among leaders. "Leaders experience a tension between being task oriented and people oriented. They need to get things done. There's also some research that shows they see emotional support as falling outside of their formal job expectations," Yu says. "So, there is evidence to suggest that leaders are not acknowledging emotions as much as they could. And even when they are doing it, I suspect that they are celebrating wins and acknowledging and amplifying positive emotions more than they are acknowledging pain or distress because it's easier."
Yu thinks this is a particularly good time for leaders to adopt emotional acknowledgment as a regular practice. Employees' emotions may be especially significant right now: Many people are still struggling to manage their work/life balance after more than a year of pandemic-related disruptions. Those who have been working remotely may be uneasily anticipating the call to return to their workplaces and an uncertain future.
"The worst thing leaders can do when employees are feeling badly is to do nothing. If leaders want to signal care and build trust, they need to meet people where they are," Yu says. "Our research suggests one way to do that is by proactively engaging in emotional acknowledgment because it grants employees the space and license to share their emotions."
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A Narrative Inquiry of Women in Administration: Their Voices Heard
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This narrative study examined women's experiences in leadership positions in an educational setting in Southern Ontario. Semi-structured interviews with 4 women (2 principals and 2 vice principals) revealed 4 key themes: (a) considerations prior to entering into leadership and confidence instilled by others to continue on that path; (b) ongoing challenge of maintaining work−life balance; (c) others' perceptions of women in leadership positions; and (d) increasing number of women in leadership positions. The researcher used feminist standpoint theory to analyze data collected during interviews, which gave voice to the study's participants and shed some light on women's gendered experiences in leadership positions. Findings suggest that historical roots significantly influence society to continue with stereotypical gender roles, though some participants have overcome certain stereotypes. The literature review and participants' experiences suggest that women have made some progress throughout history yet society needs to remain vigilant while striving for gender equality.


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Complete Blood Viscosity Profile Accurately Measures Thickness and Stickiness of Blood Flow for Assessing Cardiovascular Health
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) October 11, 2012
Meridian Valley Laboratory, a pioneer in diagnostic and functional testing for patients and practitioners worldwide since 1976, is the first laboratory in the nation to offer a new blood viscosity test that offers unprecedented insight about a patient's blood thickness and stickiness for earlier detection of cardiovascular risks. The test can offer an early warning for helping patients and their doctors utilize the results for prevention of future heart attacks and strokes. Unlike blood viscosity tests that use serum and plasma, the Complete Blood Viscosity Profile tests whole blood and is thus able to provide information about the actual ability of blood to flow.
"Over 10,000 peer-reviewed scientific studies have been published on blood viscosity," says Dr. Jonathan V. Wright, internationally known physician, author and Meridian Valley Lab's founder and medical director. "Blood viscosity has been shown to be an independent predictor of heart attacks and strokes. Systolic blood viscosity alone has been shown to contribute at least as much predictive power as blood pressure and LDL cholesterol and more predictive power than tobacco use. Blood that is too thick or sticky can cause problems with blood flow and can damage your cardiovascular system. The Complete Blood Viscosity Profile test is critical for anyone over the age of 60 and highly recommended for people with any personal or family history of heart disease or stroke, personal or family history of diabetes, metabolic syndrome or obesity, or high blood pressure."
As part of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, researchers at the National Institute of Aging demonstrated the critical relationship between blood viscosity and age. There is almost no age-associated increase in viscosity until 60 years of age, but after 60 years, blood viscosity increases exponentially. The Complete Blood Viscosity Profile is a vital sign for all adults over 60 year old in general health assessments and for earlier, more accurate detection of cardiovascular risk.
A few clinical reference labs claim to offer whole blood viscosity, however these tests are just for systolic blood viscosity, not diastolic. In other words, the other labs only test the thickness of the blood and not the stickiness. This is like testing blood pressure with a cuff and only measuring systolic pressure, not diastolic. The Tahoma Clinic uses an automated scanning capillary viscometer that acquires a Complete Viscosity Profile for each patient. It is the only way available to measure systolic and diastolic blood viscosity – both the thickness and stickiness of blood.
Doctors interested in scheduling patients for a blood viscosity test can contact Meridian Valley Lab to order a viscosity shipping kit or to establish an account at _PHONE_ (toll-free at 855-405-TEST).
About Meridian Valley Lab
Meridian Valley Lab, founded in 1976, is a world leader in allergy and hormone testing, specializing in comprehensive 24-hour Urine Hormone and Metabolite testing. Meridian Valley Lab was the first lab in the USA to offer this test to help doctors use Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy safely and effectively. The pioneering spirit of the lab is largely due the fearless dedication of Dr. Jonathan Wright, Medical Director, and his fearless dedication to serving humanity. Meridian Valley Lab's core values are quality and accuracy. The staff working at all levels within the organization are fully qualified, conscientious and interested in providing the best laboratory services.
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Rubbermaid® Reduces Environmental Impact with Dishwasher-Safe Reusable Bottles
Reusable water bottles that require hand washing have a higher environmental impact than those that are dishwasher safe, according to an independently third-party reviewed lifecycle assessment study (LCA) sponsored by Rubbermaid® and conducted by Environmental Resources Management.
The household washing of reusable water bottles represents the largest component of a bottle's environmental impact because the energy needed for a residential water heater is much higher than the electricity consumption for a dishwasher when washing the same amount of place settings. As plastic and stainless steel bottles are recommended to be dishwasher safe, they were found to have significantly lower environmental impact across a wide range of categories when compared to aluminum bottles.
"At Rubbermaid, our goal is to make products that fit consumers' lifestyles and we take into consideration how consumers will use our products," said Dave Zak, Director of Research & Development at Rubbermaid. "This study validated our strategy of making only dishwasher-safe bottles. In addition to being more convenient for consumers, they also create significantly less environmental impact in the long run."
The LCA examined the four most widely-available water bottle materials in the U.S. and Canada — aluminum, stainless steel and two forms of plastic (TRITANTM co-polyester and polypropylene, which are used by Rubbermaid and other plastic bottle makers). The study assessed the products from cradle to grave (from manufacturing to disposal) including the effects associated with the extraction of raw materials, bottle manufacturing and packaging, distribution to retail locations, use of the water bottle and disposal. Conclusions from the study stemmed from an assessment of 10 environmental impacts, including global warming, non-renewable energy, mineral extraction and carcinogens.
One of the most critical differentiators between water bottle types, with regard to environmental impact, was the method of washing. Manufacturers of aluminum bottles recommend hand washing, and manufacturers of steel bottles recommend hand and dishwashing, while Rubbermaid recommends putting its plastic bottles, which are BPA-free, in the dishwasher.
"We are committed to continuing this kind of work," said Zak, "so we can ensure our products create the minimum environmental impact possible, while at the same time continuing our legacy of quality and innovation."
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