Handle with Care: Protecting Your Belongings in a Move
No one would deny that moving is a very stressful time in life. Pulling up roots and trying to set up again in a new place is never easy. So imagine how much worse it can be if your movers are responsible for substantial damage or loss to your belongings!
This is a nightmare scenario that happens to people every day. Unfortunately, very few of those people have done their homework and understand their rights and responsibilities during a move. The vast majority have no idea how poorly protected they are until the worst happens to them — and by then, it's too late.
To start with, a distinction must be made between two types of moves: interstate moves and intrastate moves. Interstate moves are those made from one state to another. Those moves are governed by federal laws and regulations, and are not the main focus of this article.1 Intrastate moves are moves made between two points within the State of Texas. These moves are governed by Texas statutes and regulations, set forth by the Texas Department of Transportation (commonly referred to as TxDOT). Although TxDOT requires that every consumer be given a copy of its official form, "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move in Texas," by the mover prior to signing the contract,2 few people take the time to carefully read the form and understand how heavily weighted the regulations are in favor of the movers and against the consumers.
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Antonio Facco was born in 1991. Various collaborations with architects and designers throughout his academic studies at the European Institute of Design led him to found Dedra, a multidiscipinary channel of design and visual arts which hosts creative young people with different skills and living in various parts of the world (Milan, Italy - Urbino, Italy - Brighton, UK). Following up several exhibitions and after graduating as Interior Designer, at 22 years old, he starts to cooperate with Cappellini for outfittings and communication. The most intimate root of his work can be found in his curiosity and transversal interests. He feels the impelling urge to tell stories always leading the human being to identify with the proposed creative image. His aesthetics can be summarized as an attentive debate between a formal impulsiveness and a thoughtful research on the limits of materials and application of new technologies. The Study offers a crosswise design based on an effective research which combines anthropological, aesthetic and innovative aspects.

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This article demonstrates how to run a tower scan in a PMP 450 deployment.
Support team requests to provide spectrum analyzer results to investigate issues like degraded performance, slow speeds, and link drop to name a few. This purpose is to understand if the source of interference impacts the uplink or downlink.
Solution: Run a Tower scan
Every transmitter displays the transmission properties as displayed below:
Let us consider a 360-degree tower with four 90-degree sectors using ABAB channel reuse.
In this case, when the spectrum analysis is started on one sector the remaining 3 sectors will continue to transmit. The resulting analysis would display skewed results.
Here is a sample of spectrum analysis run individually vs simultaneously (both scans are from the same tower):
Individual scans run at different times.
Simultaneous scans: We can observe lower noise levels in this scan compared individual scans shown in the previous image.
The scans above are a clear indication of the accuracy of the results when individually vs run simultaneously. Hence, performing a tower scan when troubleshooting interference is always suggested.
To perform the tower scan, login to all the involved APs through the web browser, set the display to Averaging, set min and max to full scan, scan duration to 180 seconds, and click on start timed spectrum analysis.

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Cosmos Phase II ultralight
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Ultralight Aircraft
The history behind ultralights from their early beginnings to rising popularity in the 1970s.
When British and French gliding enthusiasts tested gliders propelled by small engines in 1922, they created a new type of low-cost "ultralight" airplane. The idea all but disappeared until a few hang glider pilots began experimenting with small engines they called "glide extenders" during the late 1960s.
Their work did not reach a wide audience until John K. Moody installed a 12½-horsepower engine on his Icarus II hang glider in 1975. The following August, as thousands of fellow flying enthusiasts watched, Moody ignited the modern ultralight movement in America by demonstrating running takeoffs and landings from level ground at the Experimental Aircraft Association's fly-in convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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FLIGHT BY PERISCOPE.
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It was demonstrated that pilots can make takeoffs and landings with a high level of proficiency using a periscope to show flight attitudes and the flight path. Image magnification of the display had little effect on the safety with which pilots made takeoffs. Magnification decreased the accuracy and possibly the safety with which they made periscope landings. Practice in flying by periscope resulted in a rapid improvement in accuracy and in increase in confidence. Flight by periscope is practical and safe at least in slow speed planes. It indicates that a radar or television method for presenting ground reference information offers a practical aid to instrument flight. Author
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The objective of installing support is to mitigate the risk of injuries and costs associated with rehabilitation of excavation damage and associated production downtime. It follows that the greater the likelihood of stress damage or rockfalls, due to the inherent rock mass conditions, the more work is required from the support system. In addition to this, the exposure of personnel in these excavations and the quantity of production serviced by the excavation will significantly influence the support requirements.
While support systems have evolved over many years to cater for these demands and experienced rock engineering practitioners generally apply appropriate engineering judgement, most design methods are based on a simple factor of safety and do not cater for a proper risk evaluation. In nature, rock mass characteristics are variable and considerable effort is required to understand the variability, particularly when the geology is complex. Stress fields are often unknown or are simply inferred from one or two stress measurements.
This paper describes a risk-based approach to support design, which takes the variability of rock mass conditions into consideration. A statistical block stability method is used to estimate the probability of occurrence of rockfalls of different sizes in a given length of tunnel. Elastic and elasto-plastic numerical methods are used to estimate the probability of the depth of failure exceeding a prescribed serviceability criteria. The results of these analyses are used to estimate the expected cost of excavation damage, based on the rehabilitation cost and associated production downtime.
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Why do mobile phones facilitate mental health telesupport and crisis text line services?
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Why do mobile phones facilitate mental health telesupport and crisis text line services?
Mobile phones facilitate mental health telesupport and crisis text line services for several reasons:
1. Accessibility:
Mobile phones are widely accessible and almost everyone owns one. This makes it easier for individuals to reach out for mental health support anytime and anywhere, without the need for specialized equipment or infrastructure.
2. Anonymity and privacy:
Mobile phones allow individuals to seek help anonymously, which can be crucial for those who may feel uncomfortable or stigmatized discussing their mental health issues openly. The privacy of a mobile phone allows people to share their concerns without fear of judgment or disclosure.
3. Convenience and immediacy:
Mobile phones provide immediate access to mental health support services. People can easily connect with helplines or text lines at any time, eliminating the need for scheduling appointments or waiting for face-to-face consultations. This convenience can be particularly helpful during crisis situations when immediate support is needed.
4. Text-based communication:
Crisis text line services, in particular, leverage the text-based nature of mobile phones to provide support. Texting allows individuals to express their thoughts and emotions more comfortably, especially for those who struggle with verbal communication or have difficulty articulating their feelings.
5. Reach and scalability:
Mobile phones have a vast reach, enabling mental health support services to reach a larger audience. This scalability is crucial in addressing the growing demand for mental health services, especially in areas with limited resources or remote locations where access to traditional support may be limited.
Overall, mobile phones provide a convenient, accessible, and private platform for individuals to seek mental health support, making it easier for them to connect with helplines and crisis text line services.
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What's the difference between being an administrator user and root user on a Mac?
What can one do that the other can't, if anything?
This article might be of interest.
Enabling and using the "root" user in Mac OS X
"About the root user
The user named "root" is a special user in UNIX-style operating systems that has read and write privileges to all areas of the file system. The root user should only be used for specific administration or monitoring tasks. After completing a task as the root user, you should log out of Mac OS X and log back in using a normal or administrator account. You should disable root access if you do not use it often.
The root user does not appear in Users or Accounts preferences.
Important notes
Only the owner of a computer or its designated administrator(s) should have an administrator account or the root password.
Any user with an administrator account can become the root user or reset the root password.
A root password should be difficult to guess, containing both numbers and letters within the first eight characters.
A root user has the ability to access other users' files.
The root user has the ability to relocate or remove required system files and to introduce new files in locations that are protected from other users."
A root user can screw things up much more easily. You can access pretty much everything as a root user, including other users' files. The training wheels are off, and you can change or delete files with impunity, which can be a very bad thing if you delete or change the wrong thing. Be very careful, and don't do things while you are poking around as a root user unless you understand the consequences.
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The Department is pleased to announce the availability of funds for the Round 19 Farmland Protection Implementation Grants (FPIG) Program – Agricultural Conservation Easement Projects.
The intent of this request for applications (RFA) is to fund the implementation of certain farmland protection activities intended to maintain the economic viability of the State's agricultural industry and its supporting land base and to protect the environmental and landscape preservation values associated with agriculture. Such activities must be described in or otherwise consistent with agricultural and farmland protection plans that have been adopted by counties or municipalities.
Specifically, the Department invites applications for State financial assistance to enable eligible applicants to cover a portion of total eligible project costs for Agricultural Conservation Easement Projects with owners of viable agricultural lands that are at risk of conversion to non-farm uses. Each Agricultural Conservation Easement Project must result in a perpetual agricultural conservation easement.
Applications for funding must conform to the format provided in the Grants Gateway. Applications must be submitted via the Grants Gateway to be considered for funding. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be accepted.
Grant applications will be accepted on a continuous basis. The RFA will remain open and awards will be made until such time as available funds are fully committed, or the RFA is closed.
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Based on the open source tool OpenFOAM, a self-developed solver qaleFOAM is applied to generate a focusing wave and simulate the interaction between the focusing wave and fixed/moving cylinder. With qaleFOAM, the focusing wave is generated by the external wave tank based on fully nonlinear potential theory (FNPT) and quasi-arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element method (QALE-FEM), and a relaxation zone is used for the wave propagation between the external wave tank and the internal Navier-Stokes domain. In this paper, the generation and propagation of focusing wave is tested first, and the wave elevation at different wave gauges is monitored to show the accuracy of focusing wave generation. Then, a cylinder fixed/moving in the incident focusing wave is simulated by qaleFOAM, the wave elevation near and away from the cylinder is monitored, and the pressure distribution on the cylinder surface is probed. The computed result is compared with the experimental result to validate the numerical method.
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Fairy tale feasts
A delightful cookbook: "Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook" Tales retold by Jane Yolen, recipes by Heidi E.Y. Stemple. (Crocodile Books)
Renowned storyteller Jane Yolen and daughter Heidi E.Y. Stemple are making magic again.
They've written another cookbook for kids, and it's delightful.
"Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook" is filled with lovely illustrations by collage artist Sima Elizabeth Shefrin. There are 18 recipes, including latkes, kugel and blintzes, spiced with an equal number of folk tales. Whether it's "The Latke Miracle" or "The Wheat Came in at the Door" or "How to Know a Noodle," Yolen's storytelling enriches each folk tale.
That food and folk tales are so intertwined shouldn't be surprising. They are among our oldest traditions.
"We eat and we entertain ourselves with stories. There's also a great female aspect because in the old days it was the woman in the kitchen and telling stories to the children," says Yolen during a phone chat with the authors from Yolen's Massachusetts home. "Both of them are arts and skills, and even if you have very little talent for each, you can do something within the family as part of the storytelling and cooking."
Chimed in Stemple, "These are both things that families do together and they're multigenerational. You can tell a story and a child will get one level of it and a parent will get another. With cooking, it's the same."
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And while it may sometimes seem easier to chase kids out of the kitchen with an "I'm just cooking a meal," Stemple, who's cooked with her two daughters, including the now-18-year old who helped test recipes, urged otherwise.
"You can say, 'We need to peel the carrots and that's your job' and somebody else needs to stir the batter and that's a job for your younger sibling," said Stemple. "It depends on the recipe, the child and the kitchen. My kitchen has some enormous sharp knives. It has gas. The water is turned up scalding hot. My kitchen is not where a 7-year-old should go into and cook on her own."
"We're just hoping the book becomes a tradition with families, especially if they're families who haven't had much of a story and a cooking tradition because I think that we make it simple to love," said Yolen, who's written a hundred-plus books. "Cooking and telling stories are the way to have that wonderful family time that we're all regretting that we don't seem to have anymore."
The authors have designed the book to appeal to all ages for, as they note, recipes and folk tales have always been adaptable. Recipes get tweaked by cooks to suit their taste buds, skills and budgets. So do stories, whether the listener is a toddler or teenager.
"Be playful with both these stories and recipes," the authors write. "First make (and) tell them exactly as they are here, and then begin to experiment. Recipes and stories are made more beautiful, more filling more memorable by what you put into them."
This recipe from "Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts" is adapted from Jane Yolen's grandmother.
Rinse, core and cut 6 large apples, such as Macintosh or Granny Smith, into medium-size chunks; leave skins on. Put apples in a large pot with 1/4 cup water, 1 cinnamon stick or 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and, if you like, 1 tablespoon to 1/2 cup sugar depending on how sweet you like it. Heat to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to medium-low, cover and cook, stirring occasionally until all apples are mushy and skins are peeling off, 15-20 minutes. Set a colander in a large bowl. Scoop apples into it. Mash apples, using a wooden spoon or spatula to press apples through colander. Makes: 2 cups
"Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook" Tales retold by Jane Yolen, recipes by Heidi E.Y. Stemple, Crocodile Books, $25


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Our Commitment to the Environment
Our environmental impact is controlled at every stage of production to ensure our products are helping to build a more sustainable supply chain.
With carefully controlled use of natural resources, reuse of manufacturing waste products and the recycling of products such as glass from outside the process, we're doing everything we can to minimise the effect of our production on the environment.
Raw Materials
All of our clay is extracted from licensed clay fields and from construction waste wherever possible.
Recycling Waste Products
We ensure any bricks damaged during manufacture or deemed to be of inferior quality are recycled back into production and that the water used to prepare our clay suspensions is recycled rather than wasted wherever possible.
Recycling Other's Waste
Working closely with suppliers, we continuously strive to develop new ways of incorporating materials such as recycled glass, paper and other waste materials into manufacturing processes, ensuring that less of the planet's non-renewable resources are consumed and more of what would normally be thrown away is put to good use, without compromising the quality of our products.


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Effects of poultry offal meal and soyabean meal mixtures on the performance and carcass quality of cockerel chicks
An experiment was conducted to test four different mixing ratios of soyabean meal (SBM) and Poultry offal meal (POM) on the performance and carcass evaluation of cockerel chicks. The mixing ratios were Soya bean meal: Poultry offal meal 100:0, 75:25, 50:50, and 25:75.
Feed intake and weight gain were affected (P>0.05) by the diets. Feed intake significantly increased as the proportion of poultry offal meal increased (25%). Further increase in the proportion of poultry offal meal above 25% did not result in corresponding feed intake for bird. Birds fed at Soya bean meal: Poultry offal meal 75:25 recorded the highest values 70.20g/bird/day and 29.31g/bird/day respectively for feed intake and weight gain.
Feed:gain was inversely related to substitution levels of SBM to POM. Nutrients retained was significantly influenced (P>0.05) by the treatment. Protein retention was not affected as the proportion of poultry offal meal increase up to 50%. However, further increase in the proportion of poultry offal meal significantly (P>0.05) decrease protein retention. Fat retention was directly related to increasing levels of poultry offal meal.
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Have you checked out the awesome book Hunter and His Amazing Remote Control by Lori Copeland? It's not exactly hot off the presses (copyright 1998), but it is a classic. The story is about Hunter who has ADHD and is often frustrated by how his brain works. He uses the idea of a remote control to help himself.
This book is wonderful. The concept is wonderful. There a few things that are not so wonderful. First, the book is looooooooooong. I have marvelled at such a long book specifically designed for ADHD kids. Second, there are a lot of buttons on Hunter's remote control. To make things more manageable, I teach only 6 of the buttons.
The book includes the story and activities for each of the remote buttons. Some of the activities are good but others, not so much. I spent a lot of time googling and looking for activities to go with each button and had a difficult time finding many. So I present to you, my dear counselor friends, 7 lesson plans designed for a small group.
I am including a nice printable lesson plan. I like to print on colored cardstock front and back and reuse over the years.
Lesson 1: Read the story (skipping over any buttons you decide not to use). As Hunter adds buttons to his remote, students can draw buttons on their "remote." You can see some of our remotes in the picture above.
Each Lesson 2-7 has the same basic format:
- Read portion of the story pertaining to the button for the lesson
- Practice a hand signal to help students remember the button
- An activity
Lesson 2 Channel Changer: Listen to song about the Channel Changer Button. It's a little cheesy (sorry nice music therapy lady) but the kids really like it. Then illustrate a channel changer book using the song lyrics.
Lesson 3 Pause: Color game (in the book) and "Move and Freeze" - I use the song from the Brain Boogie Boosters CD but you can find lots of great ones on youtube too. Research shows that practicing that "stop" action actually helps kids to learn impulse control.
Lesson 4 Fast Forward: Play Connect Four with a twist. Take turns playing while covering the board with dark paper. It's hard to Fast Forward and make a plan if you can't see. My Hunter groups tend to be small so we just switch and play winner. If you have a larger group (more than 4), it might be best to borrow another Connect Four game. Once everyone has played with the board covered, we take the paper off and play regularly. While they are playing, I note when they Pause and Fast Forward to make a plan.
Lesson 5 Rewind: Read famous failures from the Hunter book. Using Puppets, act out making mistakes scenarios and how to correct them. I wrote out some scenarios that I knew were relevant to my group on notecards and we drew cards. For some reason, drawing a card makes it much more fun!
Lesson 6 Slow Motion: Jenga time! We play Jenga to practice slowing down and move with intention. We play two games and in between we do some calming imagery. Usually the second game goes much longer because everyone is calm! Make sure to take pictures of group members to prepare for the next lesson.
Lesson 7 Way To Go: This is a good way to celebrate the last session of group! To prepare, I print pictures of each student. They can cut out their heads and glue to the page to be their super hero head. They then draw a super hero body and write four things that make them a super kid.
This is a really fun group and I highly recommend the book. Let me know how it goes with your groups!


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Aruba, long a part of the Netherlands Antilles, began to actively seek independence or autonomy in the early 1970s. As part of that goal, Aruban leaders decided in 1976 to develop a national flag. Ideas solicited through a local design competition were reviewed, and from that process emerged the Aruban flag still in use. The flag was first hoisted on March 18, 1976. Aruba achieved status as an autonomous territory of the Netherlands in 1986 but subsequently chose not to seek full independence.
The blue of the field was chosen intentionally to match the shade used in the flag of the United Nations. The unique four-pointed star represents the four points of the compass and hence Aruba's connections by air and sea from all directions. It also symbolizes the island itself—the red evoking the red clay of its soil, the white border representing the white sand beaches that ring it—as well as the pride Arubans have for their island and their struggle for liberty. The yellow stripes stand for tourism and industry, which provide the high standard of living enjoyed by the island's people. Yellow also recalls the former gold industry and the brilliant yellow flowers found across the island.


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An international scientific expedition has revealed a South Pacific island roughly the size of Manhattan and clearly marked on online maps and marine charts does not, in fact, exist.
The 'undiscovery' of the island -- which until now was midway between Australia and New Caledonia -- highlights how much there still is to learn about the oceans, scientists say.
"We saw this mysterious island on all the scientific maps and weather maps but not on this one navigational chart that was on our ship," Ph.D student Sabin Zahirovic, part of the research team on board the RV Southern Surveyor, told CNN.
"So we decided to go see if it was actually there."
The ship didn't find an island
The island, identified as Sandy Island by Google Maps and Sable Island on others, was supposed to be quite large in size -- 156 square kilometers (60 square miles) -- but the ship sailed right through the area where the island was supposed to be.
"The captain was actually quite nervous because the island was showing up on all the maps," Zahirovic said.
The undiscovery was made during the ship's voyage this month. Although the team had originally planned to check out the existence of the island during the day, they had arrived at the location of the island at night due to a navigational error.
"We were watching all of our depth-sounding equipment. Luckily for us the sea floor turned out to be very deep there," said Zahirovic, who is studying the tectonic evolution of the eastern Coral Sea.
The implications are significant

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This commentary article criticizes the current practice in health care to conduct cancer screening without first informing patients about the benefits and harms of screening tests. Stefanek believes that the lack of transparent presentation of data about known harms and benefits has resulted in a bias towards screening and an inflated view of how much the reduction in cancer mortality can be attributed to cancer screening overall. Stefanek proposes that effort should be refocused on educating rather than persuading the public.
Support for a model of shared medical decision making, where women and their care providers discuss risks and benefits of their different options, reveal their preferences, and jointly make a decision, is a growing expectation in obstetric care. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of different decision aid tools compared to regular care for women facing several option in the specific field of obstetric care. We included published studies about interventions designed to aid mothers' decision making and provide information about obstetrical treatment or screening options.
Posted in Patient Decision Aids, Patient Involvement, Patient Preferences, SDM in Maternity Care, Special Populations
Tagged childbirth, decision aids, decision support, decision-making, doctor-patient communication, health education, informed consent, obstetrics, patient-centered care, pregnant women, shared decision making, women
MaineHealth is a nonprofit, integrated health system providing a range of care from prevention and health maintenance through tertiary services, rehabilitation, chronic care and long-term care. The health system serves three quarters of the state's population. MaineHealth became a Foundation funded demonstration site in 2009 in order to better achieve its goal of achieving excellence in clinical care, patient safety, education and research.


Global Patent Index - EP _PHONE_ B1
EP _PHONE_ B1 2000-02-02 - Method for making an optical pellicle
Title (en)
Method for making an optical pellicle
Title (de)
Verfahren zur Herstellung einer optischen Membranabdeckung
Title (fr)
Procédé pour réaliser un opercule pelliculaire optique
Publication
EP _PHONE_ B1 (EN)
Application
EP 96305026 A
Priority
US 50783295 A
Abstract (en)
[origin: US5576125A] A method for manufacturing an optical pellicle is disclosed. The method includes the dispensing a quantity of adhesive onto a pellicle membrane in a pattern corresponding to the shape of a pellicle frame, positioning the pellicle membrane and the pellicle frame so that the adhesive and the frame are aligned, and mounting the pellicle membrane and the pellicle frame by bringing the adhesive into contact with the pellicle frame. In one embodiment of the present invention, the pellicle membrane is tensed prior to the application of adhesive onto the membrane. Additionally, other embodiments of the present invention include the applying the adhesive with a dispenser having either a rigid or a flexible distal portion, or a dispenser tip having a distal portion comprising a flexible both a rigid portion and a flexible portion, with the flexible portion at least partially disposed within and partially protruding from the rigid portion.
IPC 1-7 (main, further and additional classification)
G03F 1/14
IPC 8 full level (invention and additional information)
G03F 1/64 (2012.01); H01L 21/027 (2006.01)
CPC (invention and additional information)
G03F 1/64 (2013.01); Y10T 428/3154 (2015.04)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
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DOCDB simple family
US _PHONE_ A _PHONE_; AT 189532 T 20000215; DE 69606476 D1 20000309; DE 69606476 T2 20001012; EP _PHONE_ A2 _PHONE_; EP _PHONE_ A3 _PHONE_; EP _PHONE_ B1 20000202; JP _PHONE_ B2 20051019; JP H0943833 A _PHONE_; TW 473652 B 20020121


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is named after Jeanne Clery, who in 1986 was raped and murdered by a fellow student in her Lehigh University dorm room.
The U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act Compliance Division is responsible for enforcing the 1990 Act. Specifically, to remain eligible for federal financial aid funds and avoid penalties, colleges and universities must comply with the following provisions:
- Publish an annual security report and make it available to current and prospective students and employees;
- Keep a public crime log that documents each crime on campus and is accessible to the public;
- Disclose information about incidents of criminal homicide, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, and hate crimes that occurred on or near campus;
- Issue warnings about Clery Act crimes that pose a threat to students and employees; Develop a campus community emergency response and notification strategy that is subject to annual testing;
- Gather and report fire data to the federal government and publish an annual fire safety report;
- Devise procedures to address reports of missing students living in on-campus housing.
For more about the Clery Act, see Clery Center for Security on Campus, _URL_.
Questions to Consider
- What does it mean to refer to the carrot of grants and the stick of mandates?
- Were you made aware of your campus's annual security report before you enrolled?
- Do you think reporting about campus security is appropriately regulated at the federal level under the Clery Act? Why or why not?
Terms to Remember
block grant–a type of grant that comes with less stringent federal administrative conditions and provide recipients more latitude over how to spend grant funds
categorical grant–a federal transfer formulated to limit recipients' discretion in the use of funds and subject them to strict administrative criteria
unfunded mandates–federal laws and regulations that impose obligations on state and local governments without fully compensating them for the costs of implementation
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., 158 U.S. 601 (1895). ↵
- See Robert Jay Dilger, "Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: A Historical Perspective on Contemporary Issues," Congressional Research Service, Report 7-5700, 5 March 2015. ↵
- Data reported by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. 2015. "Policy Basics: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go?" March 11. _URL_ ↵
- Dilger, "Federal Grants to State and Local Governments." ↵
- John Mikesell. 2014. Fiscal Administration, 9th ed. Boston: Wadsworth Publishing. ↵
- Dilger, "Federal Grants to State and Local Governments," 5. ↵
- ——, "Federal Grants to State and Local Governments," Table 4. ↵
- Kenneth Finegold, Laura Wherry, and Stephanie Schardin. 2014. "Block Grants: Historical Overview and Lessons Learned," New Federalism: Issues and Options for States Series A, No A-63: 1–7. ↵
- Martha Derthick. 1987. "American Federalism: Madison's Middle Ground in the 1980s," Public Administration Review 47, No. 1: 66–74. ↵
- U.S. Congress. Senate. 2015–2016. H. R. 50 – Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015 H. Rept. 114-11. _URL_ ↵
- John Kincaid. 1990. "From Cooperative Federalism to Coercive Federalism," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 509: 139–152. ↵


How to heal after a traumatic birth
I know when I was preparing for the birth of my first child, I had very clear (and rather inflexible) expectations about how I wanted the birth to go, how I expected it to go. I was living in Asia at the time and very conscious of the highly medicalised approach that was commonplace so I almost reeled in the opposite direction and committed myself to not allowing this intervention to be thrust upon me. I took the calm birth course, I practiced my visualisation breathing. I talked through the contingent pain management plans with my husband. But alas, these best-laid plans were thwarted by numerous circumstances outside our control. I will spare you the details, but in essence it felt like I had lived through a car accident alive. It was not until much later on when I fell pregnant with my second child that I realised the impact that experience and went on a journey of trying to process the thoughts, the emotions and my reactions that were playing out.
Research indicates that up to one third of women find their birthing experience traumatic. It may be that you did not experience your birth plan, your maybe you had unwanted interventions such a caesarean, an instrumental birth or perhaps pain medication was not available. Your trauma may not even relate to the physical birth itself but an interaction with someone at the birth. Trauma comes from many sources.
No one chooses a traumatic birth (and even a 'normal' birth can be traumatising) but you do have choice in how you process it. It is very common for women to feel bad about their experience and keep it private – not wanting others to judge their emotional reactions. As we near the end of Birth Trauma Awareness week, I wanted to share with you a number of different ways that can help you to come to terms with the birth experience of your child, understand the impact and move towards healing. Birth may just be one day but the effects of trauma can extend well beyond this.
 1. Share your story. Talking through your experience can help to make sense of it. By putting words to your experience you get the opportunity to link the events, to your thoughts and feelings. It often results in others opening up about their own experience, which can reduce feelings of isolation and shame and offer opportunity for validation, release and acceptance. Retelling your story can be done in conversation and writing but even through other creative avenues such as drawing, music and dance.
 1. Read about the experience of others after a traumatic birth. It is very easy to feel alone or feel confused by your emotions. You are not alone. Connecting with the experience of others often helps to better understand and order your thinking about your personal experience. Websites like present diverse narratives and there are many other online forums where you will find different stories with which you can connect.
 1. Reconsider the story of your birth and see if you can identify any positive elements to the experience. This is not about finding a silver lining but negative information and experience is like velcro. It sticks and can crowd out and make us blind to positive information. It is worthwhile seeing if there were elements or stages of your birth that you can connect with positively.
 1. Review the medical information about the birth. If you feel unresolved and confused by the chain of events that took place, it can help to gain clarity from your care providers as to why decisions were made or certain actions were taken. Check your memory against others who were involved in your treatment or present. Please note that it is important to proceed carefully as this may be triggering and even re-traumatise you. This may be best done with a psychologist or counsellor.
These ideas are not exhaustive or fail-safe but they offer you ways to engage with your experience and your emotions around the birth of your child. If you or someone close to you is concerned about how you are coping, it is important to seek professional help from a GP and psychologist.
An incredible resource for anyone who feels like they have had a traumatic birth experience is How to Heal a Bad Birth by Melissa Bruijn and Debby Gould. Their website is For more resources, please visit our resources page.
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Shutting Hell's Mouth (Oct, 1944)
Shutting Hell's Mouth
SCREAMING sacrifices to strange gods, corpses of medieval victims of persecution, even the grisly results of Chicago gangster activities have hurtled down to oblivion in the gaping earth slit that is called The Mouth of Hell. That's all over now, for the citizens of Taxco, 105 miles south of Mexico City, have, with the help of an American and a Mexican engineer, sealed it up forever. Formerly believed to be a mile deep, the hole has been shown by scientific measurements to go down 475 feet. To remove this relic of barbarism, heavy timbers were braced on jutting rocks a few feet below the orifice; when dynamite charges were set off near the surface, tons of rocks keystoned across the horror hole, closing it for all time. The operation, which cost about $500, was undertaken after exhaustive exploration by Dr. Ezequiel Ordonez, leading Mexican geologist, and other scientists.


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Spatial analysis of daily rainfall intensity and concentration index in Peninsular Malaysia
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This study presents the spatial analysis of daily rainfall intensity and concentration index over Peninsular Malaysia. Daily rainfall data from 50 rainfall stations are used in this study. Due to the limited number of stations, the geostatistical method of ordinary kriging is used to compute the values of daily rainfall concentration and intensity and to map their spatial distribution. The resultant analysis of rainfall concentration indicated that the distribution of daily rainfall is more regular over the west, northwest and southwest regions compared to the east. Large areas of the eastern Peninsula display an irregularity in distribution of daily rainfall. In terms of number of rainy days, analysis of daily rainfall confirms that a large number of rainy days across the Peninsula arise from low-intensity events but only contribute a small percentage of total rain. On the other hand, a low frequency of rainy days with high-intensity events contributes the largest percentage of total rain. The results indicated that the total rain in eastern areas is mainly contributed by the high-intensity events. This finding explains the occurrence of a large number of floods and soil erosions in these areas. Therefore, precautionary measures should be taken earlier to prevent any massive destruction of property and loss of life due to the hazards. These research findings are of considerable importance in providing enough information to water resource management, climatologists and agriculturists as well as hydrologists for planning their activities and modelling processes.


'Doomsday clock' close to midnight, Noam Chomsky tells audience at UMass Amherst
Noam Chomsky adresses a large crowd at the Mullins Center. (Bryan Bowman/Amherst Wire)
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AMHERST — Noam Chomsky, "arguably the most important intellectual alive," according to the New York Times, spoke at the University of Massachusetts Amherst last week.
Chomsky, a renowned linguist and intellectual, gave a lecture titled, "Prospects For Survival" to a crowd of several thousand people at the Mullins Center.
Chomsky is a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has worked since 1955. The 88-year-old professor has authored over 100 books on various subjects ranging from linguistic theory to cognitive psychology to international relations and politics.
Chomsky is widely regarded as one of the most influential political dissidents in America for his vehement criticism of the American political system and interventionist foreign policy.
In his lecture at UMass, Chomsky focused on two issues he views as "existential threats" to human civilization: climate change and the prospect of nuclear disaster.
He framed his discussion of these issues around a question that biologist Ernst Mayer posed regarding the evolutionary benefits of a species' intelligence. The crux of the question, Chomsky said, is whether or not "it's better to be smart than stupid."
Chomsky contends that our own intelligence could be our undoing, as we've created technologies such as nuclear weapons and fossil fuel-emitting machines that could destroy humanity.
"We have a choice," Chomsky said. "We can prove that it is better to be smart than stupid … the prospect of a decent survival is at stake."
After discussing the history of nuclear weapons and the cold war, Chomsky concluded that it is "a near miracle that we've escaped [nuclear disaster] thus far."
Chomsky cited that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists recently moved their famous "doomsday clock" to the closest it's ever been to "midnight," since 1953, when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. both tested hydrogen bombs for the first time.
Chomsky said that after studying the history of nuclear weapons over the years, he believes states such as the U.S. often prioritize the political "security of the state" over the "security of the people." This leads the government to risky decisions that make the prospect of nuclear disaster more likely.
"There's a lot of talk about security, but it's never about real security, it's about the security of power," Chomsky said.
The MIT professor said he fears the increased tensions between the U.S. and Russia could ultimately lead to the use of nuclear weapons. These tensions, Chomsky argued, stem from the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) towards the Russian border, and the expansion and modernization the U.S. nuclear arsenal started under President Obama and continued under President Trump.
Chomsky said that the expansion of NATO into countries that border Russia, such as Ukraine, "is a policy mistake of epic proportions."
He also said that Russia sees the imbalance in nuclear power, brought about by American nuclear expansion, as a "first strike" threat, meaning that the U.S. could conceivably destroy Russian nuclear capabilities by striking first. Chomsky argued that because Russia feels threatened by these developments, they could strike first in turn, which would be "an act that would end organized human life," he said.
Chomsky lamented the lack of serious media coverage on this issue, saying that the possibility of nuclear disaster "barely registers in the information system … it receives hardly any attention outside some specialized circles."
Chomsky recalled how he felt the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, and how it has informed his views on humanity ever since.
"I can recall my own feelings on that August 6, the astonishment that so few people seemed to care that we were entering what may be the final human age: the nuclear age."
Chomsky then asked the crowd once more: "Is it better to be smart than stupid?"
The professor also extensively discussed the threat that climate change poses to human civilization throughout his lecture.
He said that climate change may be an even greater threat to humanity than nuclear weapons because of the irreversible nature of the issue.
Chomsky said that while we could conceivably agree to get rid of nuclear weapons, "we may be passing a point of no return" with climate change.
Throughout his lecture, Chomsky was critical of the Republican Party's stance on climate change, especially after the election of President Donald Trump.
"The U.S. is virtually alone in racing towards destruction," Chomsky said. "And doing so enthusiastically."
Chomsky linked the Republican Party's position on climate change to the influence fossil fuel corporations exert through lobbying and campaign contributions.
"You can either toe the corporate line or you're out," Chomsky said, criticizing the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case, which Chomsky said "allows unlimited corporate money to flow into the political system."
According to Chomsky, the rest of the world's major countries, including China, were willing to pass a binding agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as part of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. But there was an obstacle.
"It couldn't be done because of one obstacle: the Republican Party," Chomsky said.
Chomsky discussed how the Trump administration's proposed 2017 budget would significantly cut or eliminate the federal government's climate change research programs.
"The budget itself is of unusual savagery, even for the Paul Ryan faction which is running the show behind the scenes while Trump and Spicer grab the headlines," Chomsky said.
Chomsky ultimately pondered whether or not "civilization can survive when the richest and most powerful country in the world is racing towards the precipice of destruction."
The professor said that although the present circumstances are bleak, he does believe there is hope.
"The costs of renewable energy is decreasing," Chomsky said. "And there are ample opportunities, but they will require an enormous amount of energy … the federal government has been turned into a wrecking machine, but states and cities can still do a lot."
Chomsky left the audience by asking the question again.
"Is it better to be smart than stupid? Like it or not, it's up to you to answer, and our prospects for a decent survival depend on it."
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Ho-Ho-Ho, Where Did My Specimens Go?
Some days it may feel like we're living in the land of misfit toys, with customers complaining about lost specimens, admins attempting to track down couriers on their routes or fielding angry calls from physician offices wondering when your courier is going to come by for pick-up. In this article we'll explore why specimens go missing, how to handle the situation, and how to move beyond those challenges.
Why specimens typically go missing
Like anything else, specimens can get misplaced. In the course of a busy day when a courier has multiple stops and dozens of bags and boxes to pick-up/drop-off, there may be a situation where something was misplaced. Perhaps a specimen fell out of the cooler and into the car? Or maybe the courier came by for pick up and was distracted by something else (like mail or other packages), and completely forget about the specimens, or maybe the physician staff forgot to place a specimen in the bin. It's human nature, and when processes are manual, accidents can happen.
Handling lost specimens
Attempting to track down a lost specimen can sometimes be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It's a he-said, she-said situation and accountability comes into play, if processes are largely manual. So, what do you do if a specimen goes missing? Most importantly, stay calm. Speak with the courier about their route, help them run through the course of the day with a series of questions to see if it can jog their memory. Always check the vehicle first to rule out the possibility of a specimen falling out of a bag or cooler.
Fear not! These challenges can easily be overcome.
MCE was designed specifically for labs to help them track couriers and specimens as well as alleviate the burden of manually scheduling routes. In fact, there are a number of measures and checkpoints in place to reduce instances of lost specimens that can be utilized on a real-time basis. For example:
 1. MCE will notify the courier at the drop-off point if a specimen wasn't scanned.
 2. Signature capture at the pick-up point creates accountability for the customer and courier.
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 4. When scanned, pick-up time is recorded, and the specimen is entered into MCE's system for tracking delivery.
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When MCE is implemented, it creates a chain of custody that is not labor intensive to manage and what takes hours or days to handle manually, takes just a few minutes with MCE.
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Top 10 foods that will make you happy
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Everyone wants to be happy and joyful, along with meditation and yoga – diet is also important factor for which you follow the below foods that contain natural antidepressants and hormones of happiness. In other words, the list of 10 foods that make you happy. Or the top products that will help you become happier.
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Top 10 foods that make you happy:
1. Greek yogurt
Greek yogurt has a lot of calcium (greater than milk). It also contains more protein than regular yogurt, which facilitates weight loss. But it is low calorie and diet product. It also doesn't have much sugar. It helps to improve immune system and in depression.
2. Coconuts
Despite the fact that coconuts are common in desserts, coconuts (to be exact pulp) contain triglycerides. Triglycerides are special fats that improve mood and keep the brain in tonus. Coconut contains a lot of medicinal substances, natural oil and antioxidants. It improves digestion and seeing. Coconut milk has nice smell and good taste. Somehow coconuts help people to feel happy and energetic but there are some disadvantages of it too.Coconut milk is actually very harmful to health.
3. Shell fish
Mussels contain high amounts of vitamin B12, iodine, protein, selenium and zinc, and at the same time are low in calories and fat. As already mentioned iodine helps to support the work of the thyroid gland, which helps to regulate mood.
4. Black chocolate
Black chocolate improves blood flow to the brain and provides an instant increase of the concentration and mood. This will help you feel more energetic and happy. Main difference of black chocolate from other kinds of chocolate it doesn't have milk but much cocoa and chocolate liquor. Black chocolate is also against aging. It has more antioxidants than red wine or green tea. Chocolate is another amongst top foods that make you happy.
5. Swiss chard
Another product of happiness. It is a little-used vegetable that contains a lot of magnesium. Magnesium is a vital part of biochemical reactions that increase the level of energy in the human body. A study conducted in 2009 found that low levels of magnesium in the body increases the level of depression.
6. Asparagus
Asparagus has a high level of folic acid and tryptophan. Tryptophan is used by the brain to make serotonin, which is one of the main mood stabilizers. Asparagus is also used in decorative purposes with different flowers. Asparagus has a lot of vitamins and useful elements such as B1, B2, B9, C, E, A, PP, zinc, calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, iron and others. It can be useful in many diseases.
7. Honey
Another product of happiness is honey. Which contains a lot of sugar, mineral substances, microelements, vitamins, ferments, kaempferol and quercetin. These substances help prevent depression (and maintain healthy brain) by reducing inflammation in the brain. Normalizes work of many inner organs, enriches content of the blood, rises immune system, good source of energy.
8. Tomatoes
All tomatoes have a substance known as lycopene. Lycopene is an antioxidant that fights against the inflammation of the brain and generally protects the brain. For best results, eat them with olive oil. Olive oil helps increase the absorption of lycopene.
9. Eggs
Eggs contain high amounts of zinc, vitamin B, iodine, omega-3 fatty acids and proteins. The research conducted in 2018 by "International Journal of Obesity», discovered that people who ate eggs for breakfast lost significantly more weight than those who ate bagels. Eggs also one of the top 10 foods that make you happy.
10. Blue potatoes
"Product of happiness" – blue potato is not an ordinary product; It is not always possible to find it in the grocery shops. However, it has a powerful antioxidant known as anthocyanin. Anthocyanins have a neuro-protective effect and reduce inflammation of the brain, which is commonly associated with depression and increase short-term memory. The potato skins contain iodine, which is useful for the thyroid gland.
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A discovery of ancient seeds is such a find. Archaeologists unearthed a clay pot in 2008 on the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin, which doesn't seem like much of an earth-shattering discovery.
However, when they opened the pot, they discovered seeds — seeds that were determined to be a form of squash thought to have been extinct for 800 years.
The seeds seemed perfectly preserved in the clay pot.
Students in Winnipeg, Canada, didn't let the discovery end there. They decided to see what would happen if they planted the seeds. Surprisingly, from the seeds sprouted species of squash thought to be extinct.
The squash was named "Gete-okosomin," which means "big old squash" in Menominee.
And big it is. The largest squash grown from the batch of seeds measured 3 feet long and weighed in at 18 pounds, according to My Modern Met.
The students are working to cultivate the seeds so this plant won't become extinct again.
This is truly an amazing discovery because it sheds light on on our ancestors and how they lived.
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Not a joke: 12 Reasons Why Obama is One of the Best Presidents Ever
Credit: The Guardian
What you are about to read is a much abbreviated version of a piece that appeared in the Huffington Post on November 15.
It was written by Matthew Lynch Ed.D. the author of, The Call to Teach: An Introduction to Teaching. (This appeared next to his name.)
It is disconcerting that as an educator, Mr. Lynch is filling innocent minds with this kind of mush. And we wonder why American students are falling behind the rest of the world.
Do yourself a favor and try to read the entire Huffington Post piece because you will not believe your eyes. But since time is short, start here:
12 Reasons Why Obama is One of the Best Presidents Ever
1. He is for The People. Say what you will about Barack Obama, but unlike the many presidents who preceded him, he cares about what is best for the greater good. He truly does represent The People.
2. He is for civil rights. He has consistently spoken on behalf of the disenfranchised, the underdog and the most controversial members of society -despite the fact that it was politically unpopular to do so at the time.
3. He is for one race – the human race. In just a few short years, Obama's professional achievements and continued demonstration of equality and integrity have done wonders for race relations. America has never been more unified as a people than it has been under the direct leadership of Barack Obama.
4. He is for a healthcare system that brings hope and healing to the hurting. Obama's healthcare plan has allowed uninsured Americans to reap the benefits of a universal healthcare system.
5. He is for the middle class.
6. He is for women's rights.
7. He is for doing away with pomp and circumstance. Let's be real – Obama is one cool cat.
8. He is for the environment. President Barack Obama has taken a forward thinking approach to creating a red, white, blue and green America.
9. He is for veterans.
10. He is for peace. Let us never forget that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 -one of the greatest accomplishments any man or woman could hope to achieve in a lifetime.
11. He is for education.
Finally, reason 12 and the last sentence of the piece are not abbreviated because if you are already rolling on the floor then this reason will keep you there. I repeat – this is not a joke.
12. He is for entertaining the masses. If we have to listen to a president yakitty-yak about this or that for another four years, we might as well pick one with charisma and charm. If you can't find anything else appealing about Obama, you can't deny the fact that the guy is an amazing speaker with wit, fantastic comedic timing and an incredible intellect. In fact, I will go so far as to say that when the man does finally retire from politics, he has a rewarding and lucrative job as a stand up comic awaiting him if he so chooses. When's the last time you heard a president joke about drinking beer, belt out Al Green with poise and precision at a moment's notice and admit to watching the Kardashians?
 If these 12 reasons aren't enough to convince that president Obama is one of the best presidents ever, then you are not thinking objectively!
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The RHS has undertaken an analysis of the Impact Case Studies submitted for History in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. A number of characteristics emerge from the analysis:
- Impact Case Studies were overwhelmingly headed by male historians: over 70% of listed Principal Investigators were men. This gender divide was higher at Professorial level than at other career stages, reflecting the issues surrounding gender equality highlighted in the RHS Gender Report.
- A diverse range of funding was used to support Impact Case Studies: while 31% listed support from the Arts & Humanities Research Council, nearly half did not list a specific source of external national funding.
- While there were Impact Case Studies on many different geographical areas, the UK was by far the largest area of focus (58%), followed by Europe (15%).
- Modern history was the main period focus (62%), with fewer centring on early modern (12%) or medieval history (6%).
- Public engagement was the largest impact area (listed by 66% of projects); comparatively few case studies were focused on digital impact (listed by just 9%).
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Excel Investigation: Planks
Stage: 3 and 4
I have an unlimited supply of planks, of lengths 7 and 9 units. Putting planks end to end, what total lengths can be achieved?
For example, I can make a length of 30 by using three planks of length 7 units and one of length 9 units, but what about a total length of 40?
The Excel file
shows all the possible combinations: I usually right-click on the link, choose "Save Target As", and select where I want the file to be saved.
In one direction (down) are the multiples of 7, including 0, and in the other direction (across) are the multiples of 9. The numbers in the table are the totals achieved with each combination.
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from October 02
Getting to the investigation:
So, is there a value after which all totals must be possible? And if so, was that value predictable?
Notice that the spreadsheet doesn't solve the problem, it just does the calculation - instantly!
If you think there is a value after which all totals must be possible, you will need to reason beyond the numbers that happen to be showing in the spreadsheet.
In fact, no spreadsheet, however many results it shows, can be a replacement for the reasoning process.
Don't move on too quickly. Play lots with the 7 and 9 situation, but when you're ready try to generalise :
Can you predict what can and cannot be done for any pair of plank lengths?
The Excel file
is similar in structure to Planks79 but the plank lengths are now variable.
Look back at October 02 to find out about
They're very easy and let you keep your attention on the numbers instead of the keyboard.
Try to generalise the investigation to cover any combination of plank lengths. Is there always a certain value, after which all totals must be possible? Can you say what that certain value will be?
Suppose the planks were 6 and 9. Remember Excel can do the calculation for you (provided you can say what you want done), but it cannot explain why anything happens (or doesn't happen).
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Above: The members of the Butchers' Company assembled outside their hall near Smithfield, ready to march off to Mansion House bearing the decorated Boar's Head.
The Boar's Head Ceremony has been celebrated in one form or another throughout England for many centuries. In one or two places there are still celebrations in the form of feasts to this day. The Butchers' Company, in the City of London, have had halls on various sites but they now have a hall appropriately situated near Smithfield. The main meat market in the City was once held in a road that we now call Newgate Street. In medieval times and up to the time of the Tudors, that street was filled with butchers' stalls and known as 'St Nicholas Shambles'. The 'St Nicholas' part of the name derived from the fact that there had once been a church by that name on the north side of the street. It was common to call any street that was lined with butchers 'The Shambles' – there is still a street by that name in the City of York which was once used for the same purpose.
The butchers did not have far to go to obtain their meat because the large cattle market was just around the corner at Smithfield. Of course, when we say 'to obtain their meat' we actually mean to obtain a cow, a pig or a sheep. It was then necessary to slaughter the animal and remove any entrails that could be sold – like livers, tongues and hearts – and then discard the remaining offal. The actual meat of the animal was then cut off the carcass in the usual way.
When being carried out on a daily basis there must have been a vast amount of animal waste to dispose of. Apparently the nearby River Fleet was the 'dumping ground' which, no doubt, caused a terrible stench as it all rotted over a period of time. There were no refuse collectors in those days! Eventually someone complained about the disgusting practice and the Butchers were fined. The penalty was to convey a boar's head to the Lord Mayor of London annually. Since the fine has never been cancelled, the annual 'payment' by the Butchers' Company continues to this day.
Some time in November, shortly after the new Lord Mayor has taken up his year of office, the Butchers have a boar's head prepared and suitably decorated so that it can be carried shoulder-high through the City streets. The procession sets off from the Butchers' Hall along a route which includes Cheapside and the street called Poultry before reaching the Mansion House. These days the party of Butchers are invited into the building where the Lord Mayor officially receives the boar's head. After a trumpet fanfare, the meat is sliced off the head and it is served with plates of other meats, all washed down with suitably festive drinks.


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Definition of Grain field
1. Noun. A field where grain is grown.
Specialized synonyms: Corn Field, Cornfield, Wheat Field, Wheatfield
Generic synonyms: Field
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1. Irrigation Farming: A Handbook for the Proper Application of Water in the by Lucius Merle Wilcox (1902)
"6O—IRRIGATING A grain field. If the ground is moist it is not necessary to give the heading irrigation. Fig. 60 shows the process of flooding a wheat crop..."
2. Modern Sheep: Breeds and Management by William James Clarke (1907)
""I would choose a grain field and let it be a large one, that I intended planting to corn the following year. Then you need not plow until spring,..."
3. Light on the Old Testament from Babel by Albert Tobias Clay (1906)
"... sluices which are in the embankment of the Canal Sin, which reaches you over my grain field and over the rented grain field of rny servant Akhu-litia...."
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Quick Answer: Is Saturday Or Sunday The 7th Day?
Is Sunday the first day of the week Bible?
Saturday was Savvato, the Sabbath.
Is Sunday the holy day?
For most observant Christians, Sunday is observed as a day of worship and rest, holding it as the Lord's Day and the day of Christ's resurrection. … According to the Hebrew calendar and traditional calendars (including Christian calendars) Sunday is the first day of the week.
How do we know Saturday is the seventh day of the week?
The Doctrinal Points of the Church of God (7th day) (Salem Conference, at 17) state: We should observe the seventh day of the week (Saturday), from even to even, as the Sabbath of the Lord our God. Evening is at sunset when day ends and another day begins. No other day has ever been sanctified as the day of rest.
Did God rest on Saturday or Sunday?
Which day is the sabbath day?
Why is Sunday God's day?
What religions observe the Sabbath on Saturday?
Is Sabbath every week?
Where is Sunday the first day of the week?
While, for example, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan and other countries consider Sunday as the first day of the week, and while the week begins with Saturday in much of the Middle East, the international ISO 8601 standard and most of Europe has Monday as the first day of the week.
What does it mean God rested on the seventh day?
The sabbatical comes from the Biblical idea of God decreeing that man shall rest — just as God did after creating the world — on the seventh day. … Even the animals, according to Scripture, have a sabbatical since Biblical law forbids man to work them in the fields on the Sabbath.
Is the Sabbath day on Saturday or Sunday?
The Hebrew Shabbat, the seventh day of the week, is often spoken of loosely as "Saturday" but in the Hebrew calendar a day begins at sunset and not at midnight. The Shabbat therefore coincides with what is now commonly identified as Friday sunset to Saturday night when three stars are visible in the night sky.


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The history of the Obertauern skiing region
Skiing on historic grounds in the Salzburg region of Austria
The history of Obertauern starts long before the first skiers discovered the dreamy slopes in the region. About 2400 years ago Celtics settled at the border between the Pongau and the Lungau district. With the arrival of the Romans, the Roman State roadwas created, which lead via the Tauern pass and connected Italy with Juvavum, today's Salzburg region. From approximately 100 B.C the Romans used the road via the pass for frequent merchant's traffic.
After the breakdown of the Roman Empire at around 500 AD, mainly Bavarian tribes settled in the region of Obertauern. Until the early middle ages Bavarian Lords reigned over the Tauern Mountains, the region of Salzburg only became independent in the 13th century. The first documented mention of the Radstadt Tauern mountains is dated in the year 1207. A document from the year 1224 confirms the existence of the little church by the Tauernscharte. In the year 1517 two taverns are first mentioned at the Tauern. The first written proof of tourism in Obertauern mentions the "twee hosts at the Tauern Mountain". Those are still known to this day as the taverns Gasthof Schaidberg and Gasthof Wisenegg.
During the high time of baroque in Salzburg, the region Obertauern also experienced a boom: 1764 was the year the very first post office in Untertauern was opened, which was responsible for the letter exchange across the Alps for years to come.
The first tourists in Obertauern were – how could it be different – skiing folk. Although it was mentioned for the first time in 1902, tourism only came to flourish after the end of World War 1. In the 1920s the skiing tourists still embarked on the strenuous ascent on foot to Obertauern, and enjoyed the following descent on skies even more. Interestingly the first tourism in Obertauern was not connected to the winter season, as most tourists poured into Obertauern during the summer months. Between 1925 and 1927 the first Tauern races for cars and motor cycles took place.
The birthday of winter tourism for Obertauern is on the 8th December 1929. On this day the first regular winter schedule started via the Tauern pass. World War 2 marked a cornerstone for the development of winter sports in Obertauern. From 1948 until into the 1960s ski and piste fun still meant hard work: the pistes were trampled hard by skiers, who received 3 free rides per hour for their efforts. By 1950 the first tow lifts were installed, as well as the first avalanche protection buildings. Between 1952 and 1961 the first set of modern cable cars and tow lift facilities were erected.
In 1962 the transformation was complete: Obertauern was the official name of the township and was entered into the history books. In the following year the first motorized snow cat in Austria started running in Austria's Obertauern.
The skiing primary school of Obertauern was getting famous, after including next to 7 main subjects the subject of skiing into the school's regular schedule.
Fame of a different kind honoured Obertauern in the year 1965: The Beatles produced parts of their legendary movie "HELP" in front of the dreamlike backdrop of Obertauern. Two years after this, the modern snow cats change the way pistes are groomed and built and to make wider ski runs possible with extensive territory changes. From then on more tourists were able to enjoy the winter fun in Obertauern. Through the connection of all lift facilities in 1969 the first form of the nowadays Tauern Loop Trail was created. Not much later than that Obertauern came to fame as a modern and popular winter sports destination, with its reputation reaching far beyond the borders of Austria.
In 1985 the first snowmaking machines in Obertauern were introduced. From now on skiing tourists had guaranteed snow during the whole of the winter season. Between 1991 and 1998 the building of a floodlight station made an international furor and resulted in well filled pistes – until late in the night.
Obertauern became a stronghold of alpine ski sports: with 100 kilometres of extremely well cared for pistes, 26 modern lift facilities, artificial snowmaking facilities and a touch and go ski pass system. On top of that bridges over the Katschberg A road make sure that you experience uninterrupted skiing fun in Austria. Equipped with the latest infrastructure, the region of Obertauern in Austria presents itself as a world famous skiing region and one of the best ski areas in Austria, not to mention one of the most popular.


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The microgravity in space causes a number of problems for astronauts, including bone density loss and muscle atrophy. But there's another problem: weightlessness allows astronauts' spines to expand, making them taller. The height gain is permanent while they're in space, and causes back pain.
A new SkinSuit being tested in a study at King's College in London may bring some relief. The study has not been published yet.
The constant 24 hour microgravity that astronauts live with in space is different from the natural 24 hour cycle that humans go through on Earth. Down here, the spine goes through a natural cycle associated with sleep.
Sleeping in a supine position allows the discs in the spine to expand with fluid. When we wake up in the morning, we're at our tallest. As we go about our day, gravity compresses the spinal discs and we lose about 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) in height. Then we sleep again, and the spine expands again. But in space, astronauts spines have been known to grow up to 7 cm. (2.75 in.)
Study leader David A. Green explains it: "On Earth your spine is compressed by gravity as you're on your feet, then you go to bed at night and your spine unloads – it's a normal cyclic process."
In microgravity, the spine of an astronaut is never compressed by gravity, and stays unloaded. The resulting expansion causes pain. As Green says, "In space there's no gravitational loading. Thus the discs in your spine may continue to swell, the natural curves of the spine may be reduced and the supporting ligaments and muscles — no longer required to resist gravity – may become loose and weak."
The SkinSuit being developed by the Space Medicine Office of ESA's European Astronaut Centre and the King's College in London is based on work done by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It's a spandex-based garment that simulates gravity by squeezing the body from the shoulders to the feet.
The Skinsuits were tested on-board the International Space Station by ESA astronauts Andreas Mogensen and Thomas Pesquet. But they could only be worn for a short period of time. "The first concepts were really uncomfortable, providing some 80% equivalent gravity loading, and so could only be worn for a couple of hours," said researcher Philip Carvil.
Back on Earth, the researchers worked on the suit to improve it. They used a waterbed half-filled with water rich in magnesium salts. This re-created the microgravity that astronauts face in space. The researchers were inspired by the Dead Sea, where the high salt content allows swimmers to float on the surface.
"During our longer trials we've seen similar increases in stature to those experienced in orbit, which suggests it is a valid representation of microgravity in terms of the effects on the spine," explains researcher Philip Carvil.
Studies using students as test subjects have helped with the development of the SkinSuit. After lying on the microgravity-simulating waterbed both with and without the SkinSuit, subjects were scanned with MRI's to test the SkinSuit's effectiveness. The suit has gone through several design revisions to make it more comfortable, wearable, and effective. It's now up to the Mark VI design.
"The Mark VI Skinsuit is extremely comfortable, to the point where it can be worn unobtrusively for long periods of normal activity or while sleeping," say Carvil. "The Mk VI provides around 20% loading – slightly more than lunar gravity, which is enough to bring back forces similar to those that the spine is used to having."
"The results have yet to be published, but it does look like the Mk VI Skinsuit is effective in mitigating spine lengthening," says Philip. "In addition we're learning more about the fundamental physiological processes involved, and the importance of reloading the spine for everyone."
ESA scientists have found one additional image from the Rosetta spacecraft hiding in the telemetry. This new image was found in the last bits of data sent by Rosetta immediately before it shut down on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko last year.
The new image shows a close-up shot of the rocky, pebbly surface of the comet, and looks somewhat reminiscent of the views the Huygens lander took of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.
Planetary astronomer Andy Rivkin noted on Twitter that for size context, he estimates the block just right of center looks to be about the size of a hat. That's a fun comparison to have (not to mention thinking about hats on Comet 67P!)
The picture has a scale of 2 mm/pixel and measures about 1 m across. It's a really 'close' close-up of Comet 67P.
"The last complete image transmitted from Rosetta was the final one that we saw arriving back on Earth in one piece moments before the touchdown at Sais," said Holger Sierks, principal investigator for the OSIRIS camera at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany. "Later, we found a few telemetry packets on our server and thought, wow, that could be another image."
The team explains that the image data were put into telemetry 'packets' aboard Rosetta before they were transmitted to Earth, and the final images were split into six packets. However, for the very last image, the transmission was interrupted after only three full packets. The incomplete data was not recognized as an image by the automatic processing software, but later, the engineers in Göttingen could make sense of these data fragments to reconstruct the image.
You'll notice it is rather blurry. The OSIRIS camera team says this image only has about 53% of the full data and "therefore represents an image with an effective compression ratio of 1:38 compared to the anticipated compression ratio of 1:20, meaning some of the finer detail was lost."
That is, it gets a lot blurrier as you zoom in compared with a full-quality image. They compared it to compressing an image to send via email, versus an uncompressed version that you would print out and hang on your wall.
Rosetta's final resting spot is in a region of active pits in the Ma'at region on the two-lobed, duck-shaped comet.
Launched in 2004, Rosetta traveled nearly 8 billion kilometers and its journey included three Earth flybys and one at Mars, and two asteroid encounters. It arrived at the comet in August 2014 after being in hibernation for 31 months.
After becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a comet, it deployed the Philae lander in November 2014. Philae sent back data for a few days before succumbing to a power loss after it unfortunately landed in a crevice and its solar panels couldn't receive sunlight.
But Rosetta showed us unprecedented views of Comet 67P and monitored the comet's evolution as it made its closest approach and then moved away from the Sun. However, Rosetta and the comet moved too far away from the Sun for the spacecraft to receive enough power to continue operations, so the mission plan was to set the spacecraft down on the comet's surface.
And scientists have continued to sift through the data, and this new image was found. Who knows what else they'll find, hiding the data?