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These are some excerpts taken from the book
"Fair is the Place" about early Cape Breton life.
Notes for RANALD MACDONALD:
Most of what follows is taken from "Fair Is The Place", by Mildred and
John Colin MacDonald of Judique, Nova Scotia.
Ranald MacDonald (Pioneer) was born on Eilean Shona, Scotland, on the
Baillie farm there. He was the son of James of Baillie and he followed
his father and brother Alasdair to Canada about 1796. Ranald was
probably married when he emigrated but his wife's name is unknown, and
unfortunately, nothing more is known of her. When Ranald came out to
Nova Scotia, he was more than likely accompanied by his wife and also by
his brother, Donald Ban. They probably landed at Pictou and then made
their way to the Arisaig area of Antigonish County where they would have
met up with other brother Alasdair (1730 - 1820's) and his family. No
doubt, their father James was either dying or already dead when they
arrived, so this must have saddened them. In 1798, Ranald and his family
crossed over to Long Point, Cape Breton, where he took up 180 acres just
south of his brother Alasdair's grant. Ranald's name and his son James
both appear in the 1818 census of Cape Breton.
In the years that followed their initial settlement, the "Clann Sheumais"
MacDonalds of Judique (named for James of Baille) developed a reputation
as strong fighters. Their men were considered proud and because they
were so often of such massive stature, they were rarely challenged
Notes for RANALD MACDONALD:
Ranald was of the first generation of our ancestors to be born in
Canada. When his generation came of age, there was no place left along
the shore to establish their homestead, so they were forced to clear the
lands in the back and build their homes there. So it was that Ranald and
Sarah settled in Rear Centennial where, it is believed, they built their
house in the 1820's. Ranald took over the property originally granted to
his brother James. Their house was built all of wood and there wasn't an
iron nail used in its construction. The house never know the luxury of
running water or electricity. There was not even a water pump in the
kitchen. Water had to be drawn from the well outside.
At some point in time, Ranald gave a half of his land to his son John
and the other half to son Joe and they, in turn, raised their own
families next door to each other along the Centennial Road.
Ranald and Sarah had seven children, four boys and three girls. Sarah
was born in Scotland in 1812 and was listed as a widow at age 59 in the
1871 census and head of house.
27. RANALD MACDONALD (JOHN, RANALD,
RANALD, JAMES OF
BAILLIE, DONALD MÓR, ALAISDAIR,
IAIN OG, IAIN
was born 1872 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and died July 10, 1938 in
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He married MARY JANE CHISOLM January 10, 1909
in St Paul's Church, Dorchester, Mass., daughter of ALLAN CHISOLM and
Notes for RANALD MACDONALD:
fishing to farming and so he tried to spend most of his time in pursuit
of the former. As a result, most of the farm chores were left to Mary
Jane, the children, and an occasional hired hand. Ranny, not unlike many
other men from the rear, would leave his home on Sunday night and not
return until Saturday evening. He would walk the five miles or so to the
shore where he had a shack equipped with a bed and a stove. He would
take with him provisions for a week's stay. He fished mostly for
lobsters from a dory in the waters in and around St. George's Bay.
Ranald, his wife, Mary Jane, and their family were the last of their
people to work the farm in Rear Centennial. Life on the farm had been
extremely harsh and difficult but because everybody around them lived
under the same conditions, the difficulties of everyday life were hardly
considered unusual. The farm was self-sustaining and, in spite of the
long, severe winters, there was usually ample food and wool to feed and
clothe a large family.
Mary Jane didn't leave the property for good until sometime in the
mid-sixties. By this time, most of the people had stopped farming for
their livelihood and had moved into newer homes with modern conveniences
closer to the main road, (Route 19).
One of the first ancestors to emigrate to
the United States below.
(JOHN, RANALD, RANALD, JAMES OF BAILLIE, DONALD MÓR,
ALAISDAIR, RUAIRI, ALAISDAIR, IAIN OG, IAIN MUIDEARTACH,
ALAISDAIR) was born 1874 in Centennial, CB, NS, and died February 7,
1944 in Portsmouth, NH. She married JAMES (SHEMAN GOUL) MACDONALD May
10, 1893 in Immaculate Conception Church, Portsmouth, NH, son of DOUGALD
MACDONALD and CATHERINE MACDONALD.
Notes for MARIAH MACDONALD:
Mariah MacDonald m.
James MacDonald on May 10th, 1893 at the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, Portsmouth, N. H. She was one of at least eight children
(four boys and four girls) born to John MacDonald and Catherine
MacEachern. She was born in the house believed to have been built by her
grandfather Ranald in the early 1820's. Her father was a farmer as were
all their neighbours and their house was located on the Centennial Road
between her uncle Joe's place on the south (her cousin, Mary Jess
O'Brien's family), and the MacInnis farm (more cousins) to the north.
Her husband, James, was known by his Gaelic nickname, "Sheman Goul"
(i.e., Jimmy, son of Dougald). He was the grandson of Peter and Margaret
MacDonald and the oldest of at least twelve children born to Dougald and
Katherine MacDonald of Creignish Rear and they lived on a farm at the
northeast quadrant of the crossroads in the Rear. However, when the
Empire census was taken in 1891, James was listed as a fisherman while
all his siblings were enumerated as farmers. James was the first of his
family to emigrate to the States. Local tradition has it that he
captained a fishing boat out of Gloucester, Mass. We know that his
brother Roderick (Rory) settled in Gloucester and he had at least one
son, Douglas, who visited Portsmouth a number of times. His brother, Dan
H., (the sixth son and eighth child), remained in the Rear and ran a
grocery store and post office at the crossroads.
According to Ann MacDonald Burke, Mariah's niece and daughter of Ranald,
James went off to the States to find work. When he was established, he
sent home for his young bride to be, Mariah, who was then nineteen years
old. They lived most of their years together at 30 Burkitt Street just a
few houses away from her sister, "Katie Bill" O'Brien. He died in N. H.
in December, 1943; she in early February, 1944.
Notes for JAMES (SHEMAN
James MacDonald m. Mariah MacDonald da. of John (Ranald) MacDonald and
Catherine MacEachern of Rear Centennial. (See pg. 399 Fair Is The Place
by Mildred and John Colin MacDonald). James was the only one of his
family listed as a fisherman. Local oral tradition has it that James
captained a fishing boat out of Gloucester, Massachusetts and when he
had enough money settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where he married
Mariah and raised his family. See also Notes on Mariah MacDonald.
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|The FAQs have been reorganized. The new location of this question is Mixer|
What is a Mixer?
A mixer is a device that controls the sound inputs and sound outputs on a soundcard. A mixer requires both hardware and software components. The hardware mixer is part of the electronics inside a soundcard. A software mixer is some software which provides a user interface for controlling the hardware mixer. Examples of software mixers include:
A software mixer does not control the hardware mixer directly; the ALSA sound driver is always an interface between the software mixer and the hardware mixer. This is because different soundcards have different interfaces to their hardware mixers. The purpose of the ALSA sound driver is to provide a standard interface for controlling the different hardware-mixer interfaces. This means one software mixer can work with many different soundcards. Typical examples of mixer controls are:
Master Volume (L,R) Bass Tone (L,R) Treble Tone (L,R) Line Input (L,R) PCM Volume (L,R) FM Synth Volume (L,R) CD/DVD Volume (L,R) Microphone Input Gain (L,R)
A software mixer usually has two separate controls for independently controlling the volumes of the left and right (L,R) channels of each stereo sound source. There may also be controls for mono sound sources, e.g. mono microphones. A mixer is implemented inside ALSA using a ctl-device.
For more technical information, see the page ALSAMixers.

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The PRESSIM software models pressure generation and dissipation on a geologic time scale (Borge 2002, Lothe 2004). The software tool is developed at SINTEF Petroleum since 1997 and used for pressure quantification in many different geological basins and settings around the world.
PRESSIM quantifies the fluid flow and resulting pressure dissipation using a unique model for lateral cross-fault fluid flow (Borge 2000) and Darcy flow equations in the vertical direction. A Kozeny-Carman equation is used to relate permeability from the shale porosities provided by the empirical compaction models describing the compacting shales.
When the operation provides new pressure real-time data, the pressure ahead of the bit can be updated, based on the PRESSIM Monte Carlo results with a best case, minimum and maximum pressure prognosis. With new data input, the uncertainty will be narrowed
It is also important to have a tight link to the mudweight analysis/modelling, since they use pressure prognosis as an important part of the needed input.

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text: ALTERATIVE, an old term in the materia medica which comprised a group of substances which had, or were supposed to have, a specific influence on the nutritional processes of the body. They were mainly of the metal or metalloid class and included such things as iron, mercury, phosphorus, manganese and arsenic. Their mode of action was to "change" the metabolism of the organism as a whole or in any of its parts. Thus arsenic acts on the skin, causing changes in its rate of growth and nutrition. Iron exerts a profound influence on the blood. This rather vague group has fallen into disrepute and is not even mentioned in several of the more recent books on materia medica. The reason for this is that further research has brought to light the biochem ical reactions underlying the "alterations," and some of these excellent remedies have been removed to more scientific groups.


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Discuss the differences between two models of health and healing as they relate to what it means to be human.
Note: Models may include physical body, body-mind, body-mind-spirit/bio-psycho-social, eastern model, western model.
2. Analyze differences between one of the models discussed in part A1 and your professional presence (include your current beliefs, attitudes, and actions regarding health and healing).
3. Discuss how your professional presence (mindful or distracted) influences your nursing practice.
2. Analyze your test results, including areas that may or may not align with how you view yourself.
a. Evaluate how the preferences identified by the test align with your relationships, favorite activities, and career choices.
b. Discuss two potential challenges or barriers (e.g., barriers in communication, decision-making) that could be minimized by your enhanced self-awareness when working with opposite personality types.
C. Mindfulness Practice
1. Develop a mindfulness practice plan consistent with your interests, goals, and beliefs by doing the following:
a. Create two specific goals for each of the four Aspects of your whole person (physical, vital/rhythmic, mental/emotional, and biographical/spiritual body) to maintain balance.
b. Discuss how you will achieve each of the goals created in part C1a, including how you will adjust to the changing of your whole person.
D. Healing Environments
1. Analyze two direct patient care optimal healing environments in healthcare (i.e., 2 healthcare facilities that provide direct patient care) to identify the elements of internal, interpersonal, behavioral, and external environments.
2. Discuss how you intend to apply self-awareness and insights gained from part D1 to promote professional presence in your current healthcare setting.
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The universal goal of coliving operators is to create a thriving space that residents LOVE. But the widespread question is: How do I do this?
It's not always easy to find out exactly what guests think or how improvements can be made. This is where hacks like these come in to streamline your systems and enhance quality on all fronts.
Using KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) is a major tool for assessing harmony and categorizing these concepts in actionable ways. These may be tailored to the specific attention areas of the home and what each property is looking to enhance.
1. NPS
Using a NPS (Net Performer Score) is one way to quantify success and develop an easily comparative framework. By transforming feedback and opinions into numerical representations, this creates a simple way to view everything at once and track improvements.
On a consistent basis, residents are asked to describe their needs, frustration, complaints as well as ask for any advice, support, or resources that would help them. They are also able to point out what's working well and submit their suggestions for a better environment. Both positive and negative feedback are welcomed equally. Finally, residents are asked how on a scale of 1–10 much they would recommended living at Kindred Quarters to their friends. All of this is turned into the NPS score that can be kept on file.
By engaging residents in a meaningful way and showing that their ideas matter, this process itself creates more harmony because members feel supported, heard, and valued.
Once this information is obtained, it's easy to translate into steps toward improvement. Residents in the home may have differing desires, so this is the opportunity to reconcile them in a way that gives everyone a piece of what they want.
2. Events
KPIs can also be applied to the events that are held. When you organize an one, take down data on the number of people attending, the costs associated with throwing it, the number of events you have held, and the benefits gained (such as prospective residents). This will allow you to analyze where you may have some losses, or what your most successful activities are.
3. Follow-Up
Decide on a period of time after residents have moved out that you want to send follow-up email surveys. This allows you to find out how guests feel when reflecting on their experiences, as well as whether they have maintained relationships with past residents after moving out. If residents are still in touch with one another, you're doing something right because the home has created lasting relationships.
By implementing these approaches, not only will residents be far more satisfied and likely to refer others, but business will improve as well. After all, the goal is to provide a valuable experience, and adopting this approach does exactly that. Prepare to watch the harmony and abundance expand as you gain a greater understanding of what's going on under your roof.
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Musings is a collection of thoughts, memories and contemplations about inner and outer life experiences. The work is best described via a series of definitions and sentences that, like the work itself, are fragmented bits of understanding.
Definition of MUSING:
1. To think or meditate in silence, as on some subject
2. To gaze meditatively or wonderingly
3. Think about, dream
4. To comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon
5. Formation of mental objects
1. Deeply or seriously thoughtful
2. Meditative, pensive
3. A calm, lengthy, intent consideration
Examples of MUSING in a sentence:
1."He was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then."
2."The band sings mostly in French, with some excellent social comment, including musings on the butts of cigarettes."
3."It has been linked to the production of birdsong and the ultrasonic musings of mice."
4."Private musings: how diaries serve as food for thought and creative works of art."


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Hemp (cannabis sativa) is a dual-purpose crop; the seed and the fibre have to be harvested separately. A hemp windrower was developed to create two separate windrows, one for seed-heads and one for fibre-stalks. The hemp windrower was a modified version of a commercial self-propelled windrower. The original header-lifting mechanism was modified, which increased the maximum header lifting height from 1.08 to 1.58 m for cutting seed-heads. To deliver the seed-head windrow from the cutting height to the ground, a foldable sliding conveying system was designed and attached to the windrower header. When conveying seed-heads, the slide should be inclined at an angle which is greater than the sliding-friction angle of the hemp (25° in the studied case). The hemp windrower was tested in the field and results showed that it fulfilled the design objectives. Specific research was conducted to investigate the mechanical impact on the seed-head during windrow delivery processes. A lower draper speed resulted in a reduced mechanical impact on the seed-head, which may reduce the potential seed loss associated with shattering. The relationship between seed-head length and the plant height was established for selecting the cutting height for seed-head windrowing. From the relationship, the cutting heights for the hemp fields having an average total height of 1.71 and 1.56 m were estimated as 1.40 and 1.29 m, respectively. These cutting heights minimised the percentage of seed in the fibre-stalk windrow and the presence of fibre-stalk in the seed-head windrow.
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|Journal||Canadian Biosystems Engineering / Le Genie des biosystems au Canada|
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- Mechanical Engineering


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Coming from the Champagne and from the Moselle, the humans of the stone age penetrated to this Luxemburg region rich in sandstone where ravines and caves offered them a secure protection.
On the northeast part of the Grünewald, at the border of the municipality of Niederanven, near the main road which connects Luxemburg with Echternach, on lands called "Waelen", was a clearing populated by men since thousands of years. More than 1000 weapons and different other tools were found there, objects that hunters, fishermen or herdsmen of the stone age had left behind them in their houses or their camps.
In the years 1990–91, excavations of an ancient cemetery field showing several tumuli, in the locality "Staekaul", near the ground of Hostert's football pitch, allowed to find ceramic vases, bronze rings, ambre jewels and even a golden brooch. The archaeologists of the Luxembourg Museum date the found objects at the time of the Tène, between 400 and 500 years before Christ.


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Studi tentang Aspergilus Flavus dan Aflatoksin pada Tahap Budidaya Kacang Tanah dari Beberapa Lokasi Lahan Kering di Kabupaten Karanganyar
Title : The Study of Aspergilus flavus and Aflatoxin in Peanut Culture on Selected Dry-Land Fields at Karanganyar District. The study was aimed at: 1) Obtaining the data of Aspergilus flavus and Aflatoxin existence in soil and peanut pod of selected dry-land fields at Karanganyar district; 2) Observing the correlation between soil characteristics and the existence of Aspergilus flavus and Aflatoxin. This research was a comparative descriptive experiment, which was conducted from May to November, 2008. The method was by surveying five sub-districts of dry-land fields included: 1) Tasikmadu; 2) Karanganyar; 3) Mojogedang; 4) Jumantono, and 5) Jaten. The observation parameters were consisted of main variables (A. flavus in soil, A. flavus in peanut pod and aflatoxin in peanut pod) and sub-main variables (pH, organic C, total N, soil moisture content and peanut pod's moisture content). The mean test was then employed to process the obtained data after the laboratory analysis, followed with correlation test to determine the interaction between main and sub-main variables. The results showed that all the selected locations were infected with A. flavus, with the highest population in soil was in the Jaten sub-district (143 cfu.g-1 soil) and the highest population in peanut pod was in the Jumantono sub-district (50.67 cfu.g-1 pod). None of the peanut pods were infected with aflatoxin. Total N, carbon C, pH and soil moisture influenced the existence of A. flavus in soil and peanut pod. Keywords: Aflatoxin, Aspergilus flavus, peanut
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Date of creation: 2018
CNRS Institute: INC (Chemistry)
French director: André-Jean ATTIAS
Korean partner: Yonsei University
Korean co-director: Eunkyoung KIM
2B-FUEL Opening ceremony at Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea on 5 October 2018. Center: Antoine PETIT, Chairman and CEO (CNRS) and Won-Yong LEE, Vice-President for Research Affairs (Yonsei University).
Building Blocks for FUture Electronics Laboratory (2B-FUEL) is the first French-Korean International Research Laboratory (IRL) in partnership between the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Sorbonne Université (France), and Yonsei University (Korea).
2B-FUEL is hosted at Yonsei University, Advanced Science & Technology Center, in Seoul. It was created in 2018.
Research activities at 2B-FUEL are focused on the synthesis of new materials and novel devices architectures for flexible organic electronics towards autonomous and integrated smart systems.
This activity relies on multidisciplinary members and partners skills in this field, covering molecular chemistry, physical-chemistry, photophysics, modeling, devices engineering and process technology.
2B-FUEL develops an upstream research with the aim to imagine new materials and explore new original routes to use them in novel device architectures.
These Building Blocks are designed in view of providing flexible electronics towards autonomous and integrated systems, what we call Future Electronics.
- New generation of hybrid van der Waals heterostructures
- Organic persistent luminescence
PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS AND LABORATORIES
- CNRS/INC (Chemistry)
- Sorbonne Université
IN SOUTH KOREA
- Laboratory of Organic Materials for Information Processing, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University
OTHER LABORATORIES INVOLVED
- ENS Lyon (Université de Lyon)
- CINaM (Université Aix-Marseille)
- IPCMS (Université de Strasbourg)


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What Is Staff Augmentation? Access Global Talent, Fast
Would you want to spend 62 days trying to hire a software developer? That is how long it takes for companies to fill an engineering position. The solution? Staff augmentation.
Staff augmentation is an outsourcing strategy used to scale teams with technical talent on a temporary or long-term basis. As a staffing model, it has been utilized by companies to secure high-class technical talents with expertise in emerging technologies. Realistically, spending 62 days or more to fill a talent role is time-consuming and unproductive. Forward-thinking companies recognize this and understand the need to be digitally ready, and therefore, they leverage the staff augmentation model to enhance their internal teams.
What is Staff Augmentation?
Staff augmentation is the process of outsourcing specific tasks or projects to external personnel for a certain period. Staff augmentation is the faster and more efficient way for companies to scale their tech teams with top tech talent without lengthy recruitment times. Many companies take advantage of staff augmentation when they need to address a skill gap, increase speed to market, meet project deadlines, or manage workload. This outsourcing model eliminates the need for the overhead cost involved in hiring full-time employees and gives companies the flexibility to scale up or down according to business demands.
Let's take this example of staff augmentation: As a director or senior exec in your organization, you have an internal software development team. However, with the emergence of Generative AI, you need to expand your product to feature a Generative AI component to meet customer needs. In this case, instead of hiring a full-time AI specialist or developer, which can be time-consuming and expensive, you opt for staff augmentation by bringing in an AI expert and software developers on a temporary basis. These experts would work with your in-house team to develop and integrate the new generative AI features into your product. This approach allows you to quickly and efficiently expand your product's capabilities to include the AI functionalities, without the long-term commitment and costs associated with expanding your permanent workforce.
Companies that decide to use the staff augmentation model would need an outsourcing staff augmentation vendor that can help augment their team anytime. Instead of going through the recruitment process of searching, interviewing, and onboarding. These staff augmentation vendors would readily provide technical talent such as data scientists, software developers, QA engineers, and others at the company's request.
However, if you decide to use staff augmentation it's important to understand the different types of staff augmentation.
Types of Staff Augmentation
Depending on the organizational needs, there are different types of staff augmentation.
Nearshore Staff Augmentation
The nearshore staff augmentation model is the process of hiring a development team from a neighboring country, typically within the same geographical location and time zone. The nearshore staff augmentation model is highly recommended for organizations because it allows the use of IT talent who are culturally aligned and are easy to supervise because of the proximity.
Offshore Staff Augmentation Model
The offshore staff augmentation model is when companies hire technical talent from different countries to support their in-house staff. Usually, this can be countries that are not within the time zone of the company; therefore, they may need extra supervision while delivering the project outcomes.
Onshore Staff Augmentation Model
The onshore staff augmentation model is the process of hiring technical IT talent in the same country to support their tech needs. This implies that engineers would have the same language and similar geographical locations to support the internal tech team.
The Benefits of Staff Augmentation
Staff augmentation offers numerous benefits to businesses of all sizes, whether startups, mid-market companies, or enterprises. Specifically for businesses that are executing digital transformation projects, digital initiatives and are at the forefront of innovation. Using the staff augmentation model is advantageous to companies seeking to increase the speed of delivery and launch of high-quality products. Here are some of the benefits of staff augmentation:
Access to a Global Talent Pool
Clearly, there has been a dire need to adapt business operations to the evolving needs of the market. In 2023, we witnessed the growth of artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and big data. In 2022, Web 3.0 technologies, including blockchain, were heavily invested in by leading companies; in 2021, remote work transformed the industry.
Every year, there will be new emerging technologies and transformations, but what gives many organizations a competitive edge is the ability to adapt to these new technologies quickly. One of the ways to ensure smooth adaptation is by tapping into a global talent pool.
Staff augmentation allows you to augment your team with professionals who are experts in their field. These professionals are domain-focused and can yield great results that align with your business objectives within the stipulated time frame. There is an assurance that accompanies using a staff augmentation vendor who, at any time, can scale your team with the required skill set without restrictions.
Easy Scalability & Flexibility
Technology scalability is important for businesses that are looking to increase profitability and meet customer demands. Software scalability involves using modern technology, employing an efficient project management strategy, and, importantly, hiring the right people.
Staff augmentation is the ideal solution for businesses that need to scale their products to accommodate more workload. It enables you to augment your team with software developers without investing in an entire permanent workforce to achieve your development goals. Also, you can decide to add more technical professionals to your software development team at various stages of the project.
High Quality without Compromising on Cost
According to the US Department of Labor, the cost of a bad hire can be up to 30% of the employee's initial annual earnings. The process of recruiting for technical roles can be costly and time-consuming. Staff augmentation streamlines these costs by reducing overhead expenses and provides the required expertise at a more affordable rate.
With staff augmentation, companies can focus on their core business objectives while the staff augmentation vendor supplies the necessary technology tools, employee benefits, and software platforms.
Staff augmentation vendors such as Devsu take a further step to ensure that each talent is continuously upskilled making it cost-effective. Upskilling costs about $24,800 per person in the United States. Imagine the cost of continuously hiring a new permanent employee for your software development team, coupled with the cost of upskilling and reskilling. With staff augmentation, you gain access to the top 1% of talent who are not only highly skilled but also adaptable to the changing technological landscape. This ensures that your team remains at the forefront of innovation without the traditional costs and commitments associated with permanent hires. Consider this staffing model as the perfect solution for achieving short-term and long-term digital projects.
Increased Speed to Market
A key strategy to accelerate your time to market is to have the right project manager who can keep the entire team informed through effective communication, ensuring that everyone meets deadlines while staying within budget. Most importantly, possessing the right skill set that can swiftly bring the product to market and effectively address any roadblocks is crucial.
By tapping into the global talent pool, you gain access to skilled professionals who can enhance your internal team's productivity and increase your speed to market. These professionals are experienced and capable of undertaking complex projects without the need for internal training. With their expertise, they can offer your internal employees fresh perspectives and creative ideas that can expedite your processes, facilitate product launches, and help your business keep pace with competitive demands.
Intellectual Property and Security
Choosing the right staff augmentation company means you won't have to worry about cybersecurity threats or securing intellectual property rights. Outsourcing vendors with decades of experience, who have collaborated with established companies, recognize the critical importance of security. They have put in place the proper technologies to safeguard your data and digital assets against cyber threats.
In addition, you maintain all rights to your development projects, and the augmented software team understands the significance of complying with your company's security policies. This is in stark contrast to a freelancer who might not demonstrate the same level of dedication to your organization's security protocols or possess the necessary resources to offer the same degree of protection, which could potentially put your projects at greater risk.
The Challenges of Staff Augmentation
Staff augmentation is not devoid of challenges. Here are some of its challenges:
Staff augmentation entails outsourcing part of your tasks to a third-party vendor or personnel. This means, in most cases, the staff you hire will not work at your physical location.
Therefore, it's important to create a system that can accommodate easy communication and efficient management. By using communication tools and channels, your augmented team can collaborate with your in-house team and complete the project within the set timeframe.
Language and Culture Barriers
Previously, we highlighted the different models of staff augmentation — offshore staff augmentation creates communication barriers because there might be significant differences in language and culture. In essence, ensuring that your staff augmentation vendor ticks the boxes for an A+ English level, similar cultures, and time zones is vital.
Outsourcing to the right staff augmentation vendor eliminates the fear of privacy concerns. However, it poses a risk to organizations that may not have done their due diligence in assessing the company's internal security operations. It is advisable to conduct a security audit before agreeing to partner with any software vendor.
When to Use IT Staff Augmentation
For many executives, the debate arises on when to scale up their software development team using staff augmentation.


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The front gate and a small section of the original Maison Centrale (Hoa Lo Prison) are still standing and now house a museum exhibiting the history of this prison perhaps best known in the US because John McCain spent some time there after being shot down during the Vietnam War. (The Vietnam War is here referred to as the American War to distinguish it from the preceding 80 years of conflict.) A new high-rise hotel has been built on the grounds of the demolished portion of the prison. It is not a Hilton.
As horrific as the treatment of US servicemen may have been (the Hoa Lo exhibits claim otherwise), one comes away from the museum with an appreciation of the length and intensity of the Vietnamese people's struggle against foreign aggression. Built in the 1880s-1890s by the French, Hoa Lo was first used to house, and in some cases to execute by guillotine, Vietnamese insurgents. The prison was used in this capacity, mostly by the French, but also by the Japanese during World War II, until the mid-1950s. The prison's relatively short period of use during the Vietnam War to house US POWs felt like a mere footnote in its long and gruesome history.


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- Why do elephants eat poop?
- What is the smartest animal?
- Is elephant poop clean?
- Does Starbucks Coffee have elephant poop?
- Can I eat my baby?
- Which animal plays dead in danger?
- What animals do not poop?
- What animal Cannot fart?
- Are feces poop?
- Does pig eat poop?
- Does elephant poop stink?
- What animal has the cleanest poop?
- What is the taste of poop?
- What is the smelliest thing in the world?
- Is Elephant Poop sterile?
- Are pigs the dirtiest animal?
- Can you poop out your mouth?
- What animal has the stinkiest breath?
- What animal poops the most in a day?
- Which animal is cleanest?
- How much does an elephant poop per day?
- Do elephants poop in water?
- How elephants are useful to humans?
- Is elephant dung good fertilizer?
- Can I eat my poop?
- What do zoos do with animal poop?
- Why is poop called poop?
Why do elephants eat poop?
The young of elephants, giant pandas, koalas, and hippos eat the feces of their mothers or other animals in the herd, to obtain the bacteria required to properly digest vegetation found in their ecosystems.
When such animals are born, their intestines are sterile and do not contain these bacteria..
What is the smartest animal?
The Smartest Animals In The WorldChimpanzees are better than humans in some memory tasks.Goats have excellent long-term memory.Elephants can work together.Parrots can reproduce sounds of the human language.Dolphins can recognize themselves in the mirror.New Caledonian crows understand cause-and-effect relationships.Scrub jays plan for the future.More items…•
Is elephant poop clean?
Elephant dung is a natural, non-polluting mosquito repellent. The smoke generated when the dung is burnt kills mosquitos (no, there is no need to apply the dung to the skin!)
Does Starbucks Coffee have elephant poop?
Starbucks coffee does not contain elephant's excrement, the Dubai Municipality's Food Safety Department clarified on Wednesday.
Can I eat my baby?
According to a recent study, the desire to eat your baby up is totally normal—and healthy.
Which animal plays dead in danger?
Virginia opossumIn mammals, the Virginia opossum is perhaps the best known example of defensive thanatosis. "Playing possum" is an idiomatic phrase which means "pretending to be dead". It comes from a characteristic of the Virginia opossum, which is famous for pretending to be dead when threatened.
What animals do not poop?
Are there any animals that don't poop?Tardigrades – These little alien-like critters only excrete when they molt. … Demodex mites (face mites) – These little stowaways lack any form of an anus. … Jellyfish – Jellyfish is yet another animal that lacks an anus.
What animal Cannot fart?
NOT ALL ANIMALS FART. Octopuses don't fart, nor do other sea creatures like soft-shell clams or sea anemones. Birds don't, either. Meanwhile, sloths may be the only mammal that doesn't fart, according to the book (although the case for bat farts is pretty tenuous).
Are feces poop?
Feces, also spelled faeces, also called excrement, solid bodily waste discharged from the large intestine through the anus during defecation. Feces are normally removed from the body one or two times a day.
Does pig eat poop?
They've become more than just a source of food: They're a cultural force, a tool religions and cultures use to solidify their own identity—or attack their enemies. At the very heart of it all is the fact that pigs eat poo. Good for them!
Does elephant poop stink?
Elephants don't have a stinky poo. Elephants' poo actually smells quite nice. … Mum Yes, but not every poo smells really bad.
What animal has the cleanest poop?
Cat is the cleanest animal in the world. Because she always clean their body by her tongue , hide their sit and poo by sand or other things. She always make her shelter at clean place. Pigs are some of the cleanest animals on Earth.
What is the taste of poop?
Paint me a picture. Human faeces taste bitter because of bile, which is secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. The food crumbs left inside faeces are tasteless. We assume that the taste of faces is relatively caused by the scent.
What is the smelliest thing in the world?
What Are The Smelliest Things In The World?Durian is considered the smelliest fruit in the world, known to sometimes smell awfully bad, and other times pleasantly.Rafflesia Arnoldii is not only considered the smelliest flower in the world, but also the largest.The Shore Earwig is a bug that squirts out a smelly substance to fight off predators.
Is Elephant Poop sterile?
One might think the dung itself will make you ill, but there is very little bacteria in elephant dung, and the benefits generally outweigh the costs of ingestion.
Are pigs the dirtiest animal?
Despite their reputation, pigs are not dirty animals. They're actually quite clean. The pig's reputation as a filthy animal comes from its habit of rolling in mud to cool off.
Can you poop out your mouth?
It's possible to poop out of your mouth When people have a blockage in their small or large intestine, known as an intestinal obstruction, waste can't travel to the rectum. "If you have an obstruction generally in the lower small intestine or within the colon, you can eat food but it has nowhere to go," says Dr.
What animal has the stinkiest breath?
Lesser AnteaterLesser Anteater The Lesser Anteater is regarded as one of the most foul-smelling creatures in the animal kingdom. Their pungent odour is about 4 to 7 times stronger than that of the skunk.
What animal poops the most in a day?
Photo via Flickr.Moose – Some research shows that moose will drop scat between 13 – 21 times in a single day! … Deer – Research done on this back in the 1940s found that deer drop scat 13 times a day.Birds – In general smaller birds defecate more often than larger birds. … Rabbit – They poop a lot!More items…•
Which animal is cleanest?
pigsContrary to popular belief, pigs are unable to sweat; instead, they wallow in mud to cool down. Their mucky appearance gives pigs an undeserved reputation for slovenliness. In fact, pigs are some of the cleanest animals around, refusing to excrete anywhere near their living or eating areas when given a choice.
How much does an elephant poop per day?
Each elephant eats between 100 to 125 pounds of food every day. Elephants defecate between eight and 10 times every day, and there are six or seven boli (poop) in a pile. That breaks down to about one pile per elephant every two hours!
Do elephants poop in water?
Yes you are splashed and if you want you can swim with them but swimming is in clear water. You are bathing the elephants in the mud. … And yes, the elephants poop in the water sometimes.
How elephants are useful to humans?
They are also keystone species, playing an important role in maintaining the biodiversity of the ecosystems in which they live. During the dry season, elephants use their tusks to dig for water. … Wherever they live, elephants leave dung that is full of seeds from the many plants they eat.
Is elephant dung good fertilizer?
Elephant dung is a good organic manure. But it cannot be directly applied because the plants may get dried up due to intense heat. … The elephant dung compost is rich in nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium which are essential for plant growth.
Can I eat my poop?
According to the Illinois Poison Center, eating poop is "minimally toxic." However, poop naturally contains the bacteria commonly found in the intestines. While these bacteria don't harm you when they're in your intestines, they're not meant to be ingested in your mouth.
What do zoos do with animal poop?
A few zoos have come upon other innovative, profitable ways of disposing of the waste. Several supply a company that composts the material, for example, and molds it into animal shapes, marketing the product as "Zoo Doo," "Poo Pets" or "Dung Buddies," to be placed as a soil additive in home gardens.
Why is poop called poop?
According to Eric Partridge in his excellent book of word origins (Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English), "poop" comes from the Middle English word poupen or popen, and it originally meant "fart." The word was based on the sound of a fart.


text: This review focuses on the biological action of the compounds from the group of substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazines on stress response and myocardial infarction. The aim of this review is to propose the possible mechanisms of action of 1,3,4-thiadiazines and offer prospectives in the development of new derivatives as therapeutic agents. It is known, that compounds that have biological effects similar to those used as antidepressants can down-regulate the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, up-regulate the release of anti-inflammatory ones and affect cell recruitment, which allows them to be considered immunomodulators as well. The results of pharmacological evaluation, in silico studies, and in vivo experiments of several compounds from the group of substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazines with antidepressant properties are presented. It is proposed that the cardioprotective effects of substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazines might be explained by the peculiarities of their multi-target action: the ability of the compounds to interact with various types of receptors and transporters of dopaminergic, serotonergic and acetylcholinergic systems and to block the kinase signal pathway PI3K-AKT. The described effects of substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazines suggest that it is necessary to search for a new agents for limiting the peripheral inflammatory/ischemic damage through the entral mechanisms of stress reaction and modifying pro-inflammatory cytokine signaling pathways in the brain.


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A 4-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Origami Haptic Device for Normal, Shear, and Torsion Feedback
PubDate: January 2022
Teams: Stanford University
Writers: Sophia R. Williams; Jacob M. Suchoski; Zonghe Chua; Allison M. Okamura
We present a finger-mounted 4-degree-of-freedom (DoF) haptic device created using origami fabrication techniques. The 4-DoF device uses a parallel kinematic mechanism and is capable of delivering normal, shear, and torsional haptic feedback to the fingertip. Traditional methods of robot fabrication are not well suited for designing small robotic devices because it is challenging and expensive to manufacture small, low-friction joints. Our device uses origami manufacturing principles to reduce complexity and device footprint. We characterize the bandwidth, workspace, and force output of the device. The capabilities of the device, particularly the torsion degree of freedom, are demonstrated in a virtual reality scenario. Our results show that the device can deliver haptic feedback in 4 DoFs with an effective operational workspace of 0.64 cm 3 with ±30∘ rotation at every location. When isolated to a single DoF, the maximum force and torque the device can apply in the x-, y-, z-, and θ -directions are ± 1.0 N, ± 1.25 N, 1.6 N, and ± 5 N ⋅ mm; the device has an operating bandwidth of 9 Hz.


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Power electronic modules (PEMs) are widely used in aerospace and automotive applications where high reliability is essential. Solder joint fatigue is one of the major failure mechanisms in PEMs, a reliability assessment method for this failure mechanism is presented in this paper. Differing from the traditional reliability prediction methods, this approach allows the reliability performance of PEMs to be assessed in real time. Firstly, a compact thermo-mechanical model of the solder interconnect was constructed using both high-fidelity and reduced order computer modeling, it was then integrated with the lifetime model of the solder joint. Secondly, a real time compact electro-thermal model was developed using both experimental and computer modeling techniques, and was used to predict the temperatures of device junctions, interfaces... etc. that cannot ordinarily be measured during service. Using the above two compact models the lifetime consumption of the solder interconnect in PEMs under service conditions can be calculated based on the linear damage rule. A demonstration of this reliability assessment method is also given at the end of this paper.


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|Season duration||Spring - 3 months, Summer - 3 months, Autumn - 3 months, Winter - 3 months|
Uzbekistan is a country of 4 seasons. Most travellers arrive in early spring, late summer and autumn. The country is aptly termed 'the sunny republic', as every year brings over 300 days of sunshine and under 300 mm of rainfall. Sharply continental climate because of desert and mountain isolation from the sea comes with two 40-day chilla – the most hottest and coldest periods of the year. Summer chilla is from 25 June to 5 August and winter chilla is from 25 December to 5 February. During summer chilla temperature is above 35°C, and during winter chilla temperature may fall to -15°C, but most cities stay above -5°C.
Travel is most pleasant from the brief spring that dusts the desert with floral color until early June and from September to early November, when tree-lined streets shine in autumnal glory. Yet, the burning heat of summer is offset by low humidity, relatively cool evenings and bazaar stalls crowded with fresh fruit, and winter too is dry and sunny. Samarkand's fabled domes sparkle white only briefly. Khorezm is painfully cold and often windy after the beginning of November and Termez bakes on the Oxus from June to September. Mountain areas are refreshingly cool in summer, freezing cold and snowy in winter.


What is IntPtr Zero?
What is IntPtr Zero?
A read-only field that represents a pointer or handle that has been initialized to zero. public: static initonly IntPtr Zero; C# Copy.
Can IntPtr be null?
IntPtr is a value type and cannot be null.
What is IntPtr?
The IntPtr type is designed to be an integer whose size is platform-specific. The IntPtr type can be used by languages that support pointers and as a common means of referring to data between languages that do and do not support pointers. IntPtr objects can also be used to hold handles.
What is IntPtr handle?
This is typically referring to an operating system Handle, and used internally. For example, Windows Forms uses an IntPtr to refer to the Control's native Window Handle (HWND).
What is Gchandle C#?
Synopsis. This class is used when you need to pass a managed object to unmanaged code. Normal , which ensures that the object will not be freed by the garbage collector. (This means that some kind of user code must also call the Free() method in order to release the object.)
What is IntPtr C++?
IntPtr can refer to a conventional pointer of C++, whatever it is : void*, int*, long*, float*, so on. If you are gonna call a C++ function which returns a pointer or need a referenced pointer parameter, you surely needs IntPtr in your C# code like you wrote. Permalink.
What is GCHandle?
The GCHandle structure is used with the GCHandleType enumeration to create a handle corresponding to any managed object. When the handle has been allocated, you can use it to prevent the managed object from being collected by the garbage collector when an unmanaged client holds the only reference.
When to use intptr.zero instead of null?
When calling the Windows API from managed code, you can pass IntPtr.Zero instead of null if an argument is expected to be either a pointer or a null. For example, the following call to the Windows CreateFile function supplies IntPtr.Zero for the pSecurityAttributes and hTemplateFile argument values.
How to create an intptr zero field in Windows?
Module Example Private Const GW_OWNER As Integer = 4 Private Declare Function GetWindow Lib "user32" (hWnd As IntPtr, wFlag As Integer) As IntPtr Public Sub Main () Dim hwnd = new IntPtr (3) Dim hOwner As IntPtr = GetWindow (hwnd, GW_OWNER) If hOwner = IntPtr.Zero Then Console.WriteLine ("Window not found.")
How do you make a cell have a zero value?
You can press Ctrl+1, or on the Home tab, click Format > Format Cells. Click Number > General to apply the default number format, and then click OK. Select the cell that contains the zero (0) value. On the Home tab, click the arrow next to Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cells Rules Equal To.
How to tell if an intptr has been set?
You can determine if it has been set by comparing it to the value returned by a constructor, for example: " if ip != new IntPtr (0)… ". However, invoking a constructor to get an uninitialized pointer is inefficient.
What is IntPtr Zero? A read-only field that represents a pointer or handle that has been initialized to zero. public: static initonly IntPtr Zero; C# Copy. Can IntPtr be null? IntPtr is a value type and cannot be null. What is IntPtr? The IntPtr type is designed to be an integer whose size is platform-specific.…


Reverse prayer position
The Reverse prayer position, a technique used in BDSM play, involves restraint of a person's arms by binding them behind the person's back, with the hands placed between the shoulders, palm to palm, and the wrists bound together. It is thus similar to the traditional prayer position, but with the arms behind, rather than in front of, the bound person, thus preventing use of the arms. Many people find this position painful after a time, and cramps may set in. Thus, someone bound in this position may need careful monitoring.
To immobilise the arms further, ropes or a strap are often placed round the arms and torso, pressing the arms against the back. On a woman, this can conveniently be linked to ropes for breast bondage. Another technique is to fix ropes from the elbows to a belt or other ropes round the body.
In bondage fiction, people in this position are sometimes forced to have their elbows touching, turning this into a form of elbow bondage. Very few people can adopt this position without dislocation of the shoulders. However, with many people, it is possible to press the elbows together slightly and tie them in that position.
The reverse prayer position (without any bondage) is also used in some yoga exercises.
See also
This article is based on "Reverse prayer position" from the free encyclopedia Wikipedia ( It is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation Licencse. In the Wikipedia you can find a list of the authors by visiting the following address:


Predictive DNA analysis for biogeographical ancestry
Elaine Y.Y. Cheung, Michelle Elizabeth Gahan, Dennis McNevin
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Establishment of national DNA databases in Australia and overseas has increased the number of criminal convictions, yet a high volume of serious crime cases remain with no suspect profile nor any DNA database matches. In these circumstances prediction of biogeographical ancestry (BGA) and externally visible characteristics can assist by providing forensic intelligence in conjunction with, or in place of, eyewitness testimonies. To predict the BGA of an individual requires: genetic markers selected for their ability to differentiate between BGAs; representative BGA reference populations; and a prediction algorithm ('classifier') that predicts the BGA of an unknown individual based on genetic markers in the reference populations. The human genome contains autosomal ancestry informative markers that are easily harvested from publicly accessible collections of genotypes with associated ancestry information. A number of classification methods are available including Bayesian approaches and distance-based algorithms. BGA is likely to be continuous rather than discrete and some methods are inappropriate for the prediction of admixed BGA. As predictive services become available to the public and private sectors, there is a risk of results being misinterpreted if an inappropriate tool is applied. Understanding the underlying marker sets, reference populations and classification algorithms is required to prevent ill-informed predictions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)651-658
Number of pages8
JournalAustralian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Volume50
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Nov 2018
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It's time to don your anorak and help the Curtz with a fact or two. When does a kitten become referred to as a cub? For instance does a Scottish wild cat have cubs or kittens? What are a lynx offspring called? Do cubs start at puma or leopard?
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- "Remember that some of the greatest Mandalores were born or grew up far from our homeworld. [...] Mandalore the Hammerborn grew up in the alleys of Kol Atorn, learning accented Mando'a from the emigrants and exiles who had settled there."
- ―Tor Vizsla
Kol Atorn was a planet in the Kanz sector of the Outer Rim Territories. It was home to numerous Mandalorian immigrants and exiles. It was on Kol Atorn that the Mandalorian leader known to history as Mandalore the Hammerborn was born and raised. Growing up among the alleys of Kol Atorn, the future Mand'alor learned to speak the Mandalorian language of Mando'a with the local accent.
Behind the scenesEdit
Kol Atorn was first introduced to Star Wars canon in the 2013 bounty hunter reference guide The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett, co-authored Daniel Wallace, Jason Fry, and Ryder Windham.
- The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett (First appearance)


DA's Tricks and Cryptic Shorthands
The Puzzle Section has an extensive list of cryptic shorthands and abbreviations. And, of course, there's a Wikipedia page with a list of abbreviations as well.
It's a Wikipedia article, so if there's something you think is missing, just go in and edit the page.
But more specifically for DA, the following might trip you up:
 - Every now and again, one needs to think of a word's alternative pronunciation to get at the meaning DA is actually referring to. Cases in point:
 - Little can just be l;
 - Often a subject pronoun and a verb will refer to a person. Cases in point:
 - In DA's hands, top can either mean to grab the first letter of the next or previous word, or it can mean to behead the first letter of the next or previous word, i.e. top mark can possibly mean m or ark, as well as A, 10, screamer, Michael Diamond etc.
 - Take note of words like nog, not and athena — DA has used those words to mean no g, no t and a then a respectively!
 - DA is fond of using mo to mean a second, a moment etc., which it seems a whole lot of people trip themselves up on — even those of us familiar with DA's penchants.
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 1. He also likes to refer to himself ie 'I' or 'compiler' to mean 'da'.
 2. I think that's fairly universal.
 I've also seen one seen one of the Guardian compilers use "Guardian" to mean "we". Not sure if that would work for a compiler such as DA who is in multiple papers, though in other respects he is not ashamed of his Melbournite bias.
 3. Some more that seem to be unique to DA:
 "band", "bang" and "bank", indicating removing the d, g, and k respectively.
 "Lowering head" indicating moving the first letter to the end. E.g. "Cow lowering head" = OWC.
 4. Specifics
 "discover" (dis-cover) can mean remove first letter.
 "dock" commonly used to mean remove last letter.
 "extremes" can mean first and last letter.
 "hands" can mean H and S. In this case spaces have been removed to misdirect the solver.
 "bondage," which commonly means SM, can mean SANDM.
 Definitions, or defs, are rarely straightforward. Often the answer is an obscure or rarely used sense of the def. E.g. "all humans" = GLOBAL
 Clues that consist of anagram, anagram indicator (anagrind) and def, and nothing else, are not very common (once or twice a puzzle). Other setters will throw these bones to solvers in larger numbers (half a dozen or more per puzzle, perhaps?), but DA is too conniving (or sadistic?) for that. Anagrams are more likely to be part of a larger clue.
 5. He also uses a feigned stutter. For example:
 "s-stutter" could equal STRIP (S + TRIP as a synonym for stutter)
 DA likes containers – a word (or part of a word) within another word. DA uses a wide range of words to indicate this mechanism, but the most common containment indicator is 'in'. Possibly the second most common indicator is 'during'.
 Words are sometimes modified (e.g. first letter removed, or jumbled, or reversed) before being inserted into the other word.
 On rare occasions there are nested containers. That is, a word within a word within a word. This can make for some rather convoluted clues.
 On average a few times per puzzle, DA will use a reversal in the wordplay.
 'back", "up" and "over" appear to be DA's most common indicators of reversals.
 Verbs starting with "re-" are sometimes used to show reversals: "returned", "reviewed", "reflected", "rejected", etc.
 Adjectives/nouns starting with "up-" are also used: "upstanding", "uplifting", "uprising", etc.
 Prepared bait in grass to repel orchard pest
 In this clue, the solver needs to find a word meaning grass and reverse it. So TURF > FRUT. (Then place the scrambled letters of "bait" inside FRUT to get the final answer – FRUIT BAT)
 In this example, "repel", or "to repel", is the reversal indicator.
 Sometimes hiddens (another clue type) are reversed. In these cases there will be a hidden indicator and a reversal indicator.
 Roughly once or twice a puzzle, there is an instruction to remove a word's first letter.
 Here's an example:
 Dance way above ceremony, topless (5)
 The answer is STOMP – a kind of dance.
 So 'dance' is the definition. How about the wordplay?
 'way', as it often does, gives ST.
 Then a word meaning 'ceremony' – POMP – is decapitated to provide OMP. Put ST and OMP together to get the answer.
 There are a range of remove-first-letter instructions. One of the most common is in the example above – topless.
 Other instructions that DA uses include:
 discover or discovered
 heading off
 loses/losing/lost + roof/face/lead/head
 uncrown, behead, etc
 For removing initial H, there is a sub-set of instructions:
 (for) Cockney
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 Cockney dope in trial tumult (7)
 Answer: TEMPEST
 In this example 'Cockney' means take the H from HEMP (synonym of 'dope') to get EMP. Then place EMP in TEST (synonym of 'trial') to get the answer (which is defined by 'tumult').
 9. "offender" meaning remove the last letter [off – ender].
 "offenders" meaning remove more than one of the letters at the end of the word [off – enders].
 10. What does he mean when he writes "Some answers are related and thus go undefined?
 11. Hey Inga, DA means that there is no definition in the clues, i.e. it's all wordplay, and the definition is related to the theme that you slowly have to piece together.
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Getting Pumped Makes You Feel Good Part 2In part one of this series, I briefly explained your body's need for pumping throughout the evolution of human history and introduced the four key bio-pumps (life pumps), muscles that function to cause pressure changes within body cavities.
In part 2, you'll learn how your body's pumps work in very synergistic ways and how you can avoid constipation with natural pumping movements.
How your pumps work
All of the major pumps, apart from the heart, are intimately related to stabilizing the body, thus they serve a dual function.
In fact, most muscles in the body — including the outer two layers of abdominal musculature — serve a triune function, largely because they are pumps that provide some form of stability and act by moving the body.
To better show you how the stabilizer/pump systems work, let's use walking as an example. When you walk, there is a series of muscle actions involved in both stabilizing and moving the body, which includes many large muscles in the trunk and extremities, as well as in the inner unit muscles.
Getting Pumped Makes You Feel Good Part 2If you view the electromyographic (EMG) recordings of several muscles taken from a subject while walking, you can see the wave-like activity of muscle action followed by brief periods of rest.
Note that some muscles become active as stabilizers just prior to a heel strike, while others are more active in moving the body. For example, if you look at the EMG tracings for the rectus abdominis, you can see a definite sinusoidal contraction, which produces alternating phases of contraction and relaxation, generating the pump effect.
When the inner unit muscles contract, pressure increases in the abdominal cavity, moving fluids in the direction of least resistance, which causes flow, much like an old-style water pump. Under the influence of such pumping pressures, blood always flows toward the heart in the venous system, aiding circulation.
Not only do you experience pumping effects from walking, you get them from most any functional movement, albeit unsupported while balancing your own body against gravity. For example, your pumps work when you do simple activities like bending over to pick up an object.
When you are in the gym exercising, be it in an aerobics class, rowing on a rowing machine or performing a squat, you are supporting your physiology.
The king or queen of bio-pumps
Arguably, the king or queen of bio-pumps in your body is the diaphragm. When you are breathing naturally and using your diaphragm correctly, the rib cage expands in three dimensions: Vertically, laterally and anterior/posterior.
As the diaphragm contracts, affording inhalation, a negative pressure is created in the thorax (above the diaphragm) and a positive pressure is created in the abdominal cavity (below the diaphragm). With exhalation, there is a relative reversal of this process.
The pressure changes produced by proper diaphragmatic breathing occur somewhere between 20,000-26,000 times a day, depending on your resting respiratory rate. Those with optimal breathing habits will be on the lower side.
To really appreciate the importance of breathing and your diaphragm as a key bio-pump, imagine how nice it would be if a skilled massage therapist could manually pump muscles and knead the waste fluids out of organs with more 20,000 strokes a day.
Fact is, your body already has a built-in massage therapist if you just breathe naturally (through your nose with your tongue in its natural rest position) allowing your diaphragm full excursion.
The abdominal wall and diaphragm have a very intimate working relationship. The diaphragm is a breathing muscle that assists in stabilization, while the abdominal muscles are stabilizers that assist in respiration.
When you allow your abdominal wall to become weak, uncoordinated and/or distended due to poor dietary, lifestyle and exercise habits, you can compromise the entire bio-pump system!
When the abdominal wall works correctly (Figure A), the internal organs are properly supported and rest in the correct position to maximally benefit from the massage given by diaphragmatic movement.
Getting Pumped Makes You Feel Good Part 2
However, if the abdominal wall becomes dysfunctional (Figure B), the viscera (organs) lose their support and hang from the visceral ligaments, disrupting diaphragmatic excursion, pumping, oxygen transfer and the circulation of most major fluids in the body. That's not good!
Here's a very simple and effective way to determine if the functioning of your abdominal wall is compromised. First, stand up and take five or six natural breaths, then judge how much effort it takes to breathe. Then, lie down on the floor (face up) and take another five or six natural breaths, while comparing how much effort it takes for you to breathe in both positions.
If it's easier for you to breathe while lying on your back than when standing, chances are very good your abdominal wall needs specific testing and conditioning to improve your natural pump actions.
Learn more about testing and exercising the abdominal wall in my Scientific Core Conditioning and Equal But Not The Same correspondence courses. There are many good books on breathing available too, including one of my favorites, Breathe To Succeed In All Aspects Of Your Life by Tania Clifton-Smith.
Fight constipation with natural pumping
Very few people (even those in the healthcare professions) realize that the human being is the only mammal who has to push feces up hill. Once the undigested residues leave the ilium and enter the cecum (the lower right abdominal region where your appendix is located), the fecal remains must be pumped up hill en route to the transverse colon.
Another of the most primal of all human movements, the squat, provides substantial assistance to the colon in this regard.
As you squat into the natural position for defecation in the wild, the right thigh compresses the cecum, assisting fecal material up to the transverse colon, while the left thigh pressurizes the lower descending and sigmoid region, aiding in evacuation.
Next time you are constipated, try doing 15-20 slow, deep squats at breathing pace, breathing out as you lower and in as you raise, always staying as relaxed as possible. You may well find that you can now move your bowel!
Now that you have a basic understanding of how the pump systems work, we'll look at how the pumps protect your health and well-being by supporting the movement of key bodily fluids in the final part of this series.
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A tall thin aluminium column extends straight up in the patio of a former colonial temple in Mexico City. Quiet ambient sounds emanate from gaps on either side of it. Placing one's ear against it one can discem different sounds coming from different heights in the column: a dog barking, a discotheque, a jet flying over. Its soaring height suggests an infinite array of sounds, each one corresponding to a higher point in the structure's length; an aural version of Brancusi's lnfinite Column is evoked. All of the sounds of Medianoche were recorded at midnight, on different nights, in the nearby Plaza de la Constitucíon. In this piece, a temporal reference point, midnight, is repeated in time, as audio loops, and stacked in space. Thus, a series of ephemeral moments is transformed into a seemingly infinite physical structure.
Exhibited in Des promenades, Ex-Teresa Arte Alternativo, Mexico City, November 1997


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Eshelby Islands Site Plan
1.1 RationaleSite plans are an important management tool used jointly by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM). They identify the significant values and management arrangements at a particular site, concentrating on the specific use issues and cumulative impacts.
The waters surrounding Eshelby Island (20-012) and Little Eshelby Island (20-013) have been assigned to a protected setting (Setting 5) in the Whitsundays Plan of Management 2008 (WPOM). Due to their protected setting, the WPOM requires that this site plan be developed to ensure protection of the natural, cultural and heritage values of the Eshelby Islands.
Eshelby Island is a high continental island, located approximately 30 kilometres north of Airlie Beach.
Figure 1: Map of Eshelby Islands [PDF 1.262MB]
2. Natural, cultural and heritage values
The values described below are not exhaustive, but are indicative of the significance of the area covered by this site plan.
Birds are an integral part of the Marine Park and the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and the Whitsundays are recognised internationally as an important stopover for migratory birds. Colfelt (1985) notes that Eshelby Island probably has the most prolific bird life of any island in the Whitsundays.
Eshelby Island is an important rookery for the bridled tern Sterna anaethetus and the common noddy Anous stolidus. Up to 10 000 bridled terns have been recorded on the island at one time. Both of these species are listed marine and migratory species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Eshelby Island also hosts numerous other bird species, some of which are vulnerable, or at risk of becoming vulnerable, in the Whitsundays.
In 1935 an unmanned navigational light was erected on Eshelby Island. Initially powered by batteries, it was converted to solar power in 1985.
2.3 Traditional Owners
The islands and surrounding areas are culturally significant to the Ngaro Aboriginal Traditional Owner Group. The islands, reefs and surrounding waters are part of the cultural landscape. Spiritual connections are often associated with the natural and cultural resources.
The Central Queensland Land Council Aboriginal Corporation is the representative body for Traditional Owners whose estates are located in the Whitsunday region.
3. Current Use
Eshelby Island is a Commonwealth Island, managed by the GBRMPA. Part of Eshelby Island is leased to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), which maintains the lighthouse on the island.
No recreational or commercial visitation to the islands or the surrounding waters is allowed as the islands are within a Preservation (Pink) Zone, which prohibits access.
NB: Access is allowed under exceptional circumstances. Refer to 4.1.2(a).
4. Management strategies
4.1 Current management
The waters surrounding the Eshelby Islands are within a Preservation (Pink) Zone under both State and Commonwealth Zoning Plans. Marine Park Zoning Map 10 shows the zoning at the Eshelby Islands. The objective of the Preservation Zone is to preserve the natural integrity and values of the area, generally undisturbed by human activities.
Eshelby Island (as opposed to the waters surrounding the island) is zoned as a Commonwealth Island.
The Zoning Plan is one of a range of management tools for the Eshelby Islands. Other management tools include the Whitsundays Plan of Management 2008, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983.
4.1.2 Restricted access
4.1.2(a) Vessel access
Access into the Preservation Zone surrounding the islands is prohibited without the written permission of the GBRMPA.
Under exceptional circumstances, such as responding to an emergency, permission is not required to enter the Preservation Zone. These circumstances are described in Part 5 of the Zoning Plan.
4.1.2(b) Aircraft access
The Eshelby Islands are identified as significant bird sites in the Whitsundays Plan of Management 2008. Aircraft are not allowed to approach within 1000 metres of the islands below 1500 feet (above ground or water).
4.1.3 Research and monitoring
Written permission from the GBRMPA is required to conduct research activities in the Preservation Zone surrounding the Eshelby Islands, or on the islands themselves. In accordance with section 2.8.4 of the Zoning Plan, permission will only be granted if the research:
a) is relevant to, and a priority for, the management of the Marine Park
b) cannot reasonably be conducted elsewhere.
4.2 Proposed management
Access to the Eshelby Islands is adequately managed under the Zoning Plan. At this time no further management strategies are required.
5. Community engagement
This site plan was developed in consultation with DERM, the Whitsunday Local Marine Advisory Committee, the Tourism and Recreation Reef Advisory Committee, Traditional Owners and local users of the Marine Park.
For further information or to provide comments on the site plan, please call (07) 4750 0700 or email _EMAIL_
Blackwood, R.(1997). The Whitsunday Islands: an Historic Dictionary. Central Queensland University Press.
Colfelt, D.(1985). 100 Magic Miles of the Great Barrier Reef – the Whitsunday Islands. Windward Publications.
If you're heading out on the water, don't forget your free Zoning Map so you know where you can go and what you can do.
The Great Barrier Reef is a hive of activity. If you're lucky enough to see a humpback whale from May to September, make sure you keep a safe distance.
We're delighted to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park's World Heritage listing.
Visit our Great Barrier Reef and discover its amazing plants, animals and habitats. There are a range of tourism experiences on offer.
Everyone has a role to play in protecting our Great Barrier Reef. Find out what you can do to help protect this Great Australian icon.
If you see sick, dead or stranded marine animals please call RSPCA QLD 1300 ANIMAL
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A Vulnerability Assessment: of the issues that could have far-reaching consequences for the Great Barrier Reef.


Introduction to costing in the NHS
20 January 2021
Online (10:15-14:00)
About this event
This event will provide delegates with an introduction to costing, why we cost and will provide some insight into the costing process. You will hear about the National Cost Collections (formerly the Costing Transformation Programme) and the importance of accurate costing information to the wider NHS. The day will conclude with a case study example of how costing information can be used to help inform strategic decision making.
Why should you attend
Delegates will learn about costing in the NHS, the NCC and hear how costing can support in making improvements to patient care. The event has been designed specifically for those new to costing or those that will benefit from an overview of costing and its role in the NHS.
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Renewable energy installations like wind turbines and solar farms are usually tasked with preventing changes to the environment, but According to a study published in the journal Science, building wind and solar farms in the Sahara desert can increase rainfall and make more plants grow.they may cause some environmental change of their own.
Governments and energy providers around the world are increasingly turning to wind and solar power to generate electricity and to replace climate change-causing fossil fuels. But one group of researchers wondered how these power sources would affect the environment as they become more common. After all, filling the sky with turbine blades and covering the ground with solar panels is likely to changing things—at least a little bit.
To test the idea, the team used the Sahara desert as a testbed as its been the site of large renewable plants in the past. For this study the authors looked at what the desert would look like if it was covered substantially with wind turbines and solar panels. The researchers simulated the effects of around 79 terawatts of solar panels and 3 terawatts of wind turbines.
To put that number in perspective, the total amount of solar power added by all the world's nations in 2017 was slightly less than a tenth of a terawatt, so this research isn't immediately relevant for today's renewable installations. But it's a number not completely unconceivable in the far future.
They found that with enough solar panels and wind turbines, the atmosphere around the installations will heat up, both from wind turbines churning the air and from solar panels absorbing more sunlight. That increased ground temperature, combined with slower wind speeds thanks to the turbines. These conditions would then promote more rainfall.
According to the simulations, the net effect is that the Sahara could see twice as much rainfall with those renewable installations as it does now. While on average is a small increase, researchers believe those rains would fall in concentrated places, creating up to 20 inches more rain per year—a huge change with vast ecological ramifications.
In effect, humanity could terraform one of the most extreme climates on Earth just by harnessing the energy of the sun's rays and the world's winds.
Previously published by: Popular Mechanics USA


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Physics Of Plasmas
The frequency spectrum of magnetic fluctuations as measured on the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment is broadband and exhibits a nearly Kolmogorov 5/3 scaling. It features a steepening region which is indicative of dissipation of magnetic fluctuation energy similar to that observed in fluid and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence systems. Two non-spectrum based time-series analysis techniques are implemented on this data set in order to seek other possible signatures of turbulent dissipation beyond just the steepening of fluctuation spectra. Presented here are results for the flatness, permutation entropy, and statistical complexity, each of which exhibits a particular character at spectral steepening scales which can then be compared to the behavior of the frequency spectrum.
Plasma turbulence, Turbulent flows, Entropy, Time series analysis, Magnetohydrodynamics
D. A. Schaffner; Michael R. Brown; and Ariel B. Rock , '16.
"Possible Signatures Of Dissipation From Time-Series Analysis Techniques Using A Turbulent Laboratory Magnetohydrodynamic Plasma".
Physics Of Plasmas.


Graph Labelings and Continuous Factors of Dynamical Systems
Stephen M. Shea
A labeling of a graph is a function from the vertex set of the graph to some finite set. Certain dynamical systems (such as topological Markov shifts) can be defined by directed graphs. In these instances, a labeling of the graph defines a continuous, shift-commuting factor of the dynamical system. We find sufficient conditions on the labeling to imply classification results for the factor dynamical system. We define the topological entropy of a (directed or undirected) graph and its labelings in a way that is analogous to the definition of topological entropy for a shift space in symbolic dynamics. We show, for example, if $G$ is a perfect graph, all proper $\chi(G)$-colorings of $G$ have the same entropy, where $\chi(G)$ is the chromatic number of $G$.
distinguishing labeling; entropy; finitary isomorphism; graph coloring; graph entropy; topological entropy
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used anywhere the dot operator can be used. If pointP is a promise for a point, then pointP! getX() denotes an eventual send, which enqueues a request to call the getX() method in the event loop of point. The syntax fP! (x,y), where fP is a promise designating a function f, enqueues a request to call f(x,y) in the event loop of f. The! operator is actually syntactic sugar for calling a method on the promise object itself: Immediate syntax p.m(x,y) p(x,y) p.m
Eventual syntax p! m(x,y) p! (x,y) p! m
Expansion Q(p).send("m",x,y) Q(p).fcall(x,y) Q(p).get("m")
Remote object references. A local reference to an object is guaranteed to be unique and unforgeable, and only grants access to the public interface of the designated object. When a promise comes to designate a remote object, the promise effectively becomes a remote object reference. A remote reference only carries eventual message sends, not immediate method calls. Whereas local references are unforgeable, for remote references over open networks, we use unguessability to approximate unforgeability. Primitive values such as strings and numbers are pass-by-copy—when passed as arguments or returned as results in remote messages, their contents are serialized and unserialized. JavaScript arrays default to pass-by-copy. All other objects and functions default to pass-by-reference—when passed as an argument or returned result, information needed to access them is serialized, which is unserialized into a remote reference for sending messages back to this object itself. Over the RESTful transport [5], we serialize pass-by-reference objects using unguessable HTTPS URLs (also called web-keys [13]). Such a reference may look like _URL_ where the fragment (everything after the #) is a random character string that uniquely identifies an object on the example.com server. We use unguessable secrets for remote object references because of a key similarity between secrets and object references: If you do
not know an unguessable secret, you can only come to know it if somebody else who knows the secret chooses to share it with you. Q.passByCopy(record) will override the pass-by-reference default, marking record as pass-by-copy. The record will then be shallow-copied to the destination, making a record with the same property names. The values of these properties get serialized according to these same argument passing rules. 2.5 NodeKen: Distributed Orthogonal Persistence Rights, to be useful, must persist over time. Since object-references are our representation of rights, object references and the objects they designate must persist as well. We have already covered the distributed and secure aspects of Dr. SES. Here, we cover resilience against failures. To introduce resilience, Dr. SES builds upon the Ken platform [6]. Ken applications are distributed communicating event loops, which aligns well with JavaScript's de-facto execution model. The event loop of a Ken process invokes application-level code to process incoming messages (one turn, i.e., one event loop iteration, per message). In addition, Ken provides: Distributed Consistent Snapshots. Ken provides a persistent heap for storing application data. All objects stored in this heap are persistent. Ken ensures that the snapshots of two or more communicating processes cannot grow inconsistent, by recording messages in flight as part of a process' snapshot. Reliable Messaging. Under the assumption that all Ken processes eventually recover, all messages transmitted between Ken processes are delivered exactly once, in FIFO order. A permanently crashed Ken process is indistinguishable from a very slow process. To deal with such situations, applications may still want to do their own failure handling using time-outs. A set of Ken processes can tolerate arbitrary failures in such a way that when a process is restarted after a crash, it is always restored to a previously consistent state. To the crashed process itself, it is as if the crash had never happened. To any of the process's communication partners, the process just seemed slow to respond. A crash will never cause messages to be dropped or delivered twice. To achieve orthogonal persistence of JavaScript programs, the Ken platform must be integrated with the JavaScript runtime. NodeKen is our attempt at layering the Node.js runtime on top of Ken.5 NodeKen can then be used as a stand-alone JavaScript environment to run persistent server-side Dr. SES programs. It is not our aim to embed Ken into the browser. This leads to two types of Dr. SES environments: Dr. SES in the browser runs in an ephemeral environment that ceases to exist when the user navigates to a different page, or closes the page. Objects and object references in such environments are not persistent. 5
At the time of writing, NodeKen does not yet exist. We are actively working on integrating Ken with the v8 JavaScript virtual machine, upon which Node.js is based. See _URL_
Distributed Electronic Rights in JavaScript
By contrast, Dr. SES on NodeKen runs in a persistent environment. JavaScript objects born in such an environment are persistent by default, as are object references spanning two persistent Dr. SES environments. Eventual message sends made using the "!" operator over persistent references are reliable. Following the philosophy of Waterken [4], the persistent Java web server where the Ken ideas originated, we expect it to be common for ephemeral and persistent Dr. SES environments to communicate with each other, The ephemeral environment (inside the browser) primarily deals with UI and the persistent environment stores durable application state, a distributed form of the Model-View-Controller pattern. In the remainder of this paper, we assume that all Dr. SES code runs in persistent Dr. SES environments. Implementation. Ken achieves distributed consistent snapshots as follows: • During a turn, accumulate all outgoing messages in an outgoing message queue. These messages are not yet released to the network. • At the end of each turn, make an (incremental) checkpoint of the persistent heap and of all outgoing messages. • After the end-of-turn checkpoint is made, release any new outgoing messages to the network and acknowledge the incoming message processed by this turn. • Number outgoing messages with a sequence number (for duplicate detection and message ordering). • Periodically retry sending unacknowledged outgoing messages (with exponential back-off) until an acknowledgement is received. • Check incoming messages for duplicates. When a duplicate message is detected, it is dropped (not processed) and immediately acknowledged. The key point is that outgoing messages are released, and incoming messages are acknowledged, only after the message has been fully processed by the receiver and the heap state has been checkpointed. The snapshot of a Ken process consists of both the heap and the outgoing message queue. It does not include the runtime stack (which is always empty between turns) nor the incoming message queue. Checkpointing a program's entire state after every event loop turn may be considered costly. Ken takes care to only store those parts of the heap to disk that are updated during a turn. Further, the availability of cheap low-latency non-volatile memory (such as solid-state drives) has driven down the cost of writing state to "disk" to the point that making micro-snapshots after every turn becomes practical. Ken and security. The Ken protocol guarantees distributed snapshots even among mutually suspicious machines. An adversarial process cannot corrupt the distributed snapshots of benign processes. The implementation of Ken underlying NodeKen currently does not use an encrypted communications channel to deliver messages between Ken processes. Hence, the authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of incoming messages cannot be guaranteed. In NodeKen, our plan is to actively secure the communications channels between NodeKen processes using a cryptographic library.6 6
An outline of such a design, due to Brian Warner, is available online: eros-os.org/pipermail/cap-talk/2012-September/015386.html
Now that we've seen the elements of Dr. SES, we can proceed to explain how to use it to build erights and smart contracts.
3 Toward Distributed Electronic Rights The elements of Dr. SES demonstrate how JavaScript can be transformed into a distributed, secure, and resilient system. At its core is the recognition that object references represent a right to perform a set of operations on a specific, designated resource. This emphasis on distributed rights has its counterpart in society: a system of rights is society's answer to creating distributed, secure, and resilient commercial systems. Global commerce rests on tradeable rights. This system is: "the product of thousands of years of evolution. It is highly complex and embraces a multitude of actions, objects, and individuals.... With minor exceptions, rights to take almost all conceivable actions with virtually all physical objects are fixed on identifiable individuals or firms at every instant of time. The books are kept up to date despite the burden imposed by dynamic forces, such as births and deaths, dissolutions, and new technology." [14] Rights help people coordinate plans and resolve conflicts over use of resources. Rights partition the space of actions to avoid interference between separately formulated plans, thus enabling cooperative relationships despite mutual suspicion and competing goals [15]. This rights-based perspective can shed light on the problem of securing distributed computational systems. All computational systems must address the problem of open access. Global mutable state creates a tragedy of the commons: since anyone can access and change it, no one can safely rely on it. Use conflicts arise from both intentional (malicious) and unintentional (buggy) actions. Preventing use conflicts over shared state is one of the main challenges designers face in building computational systems. Historically, two broad strategies for avoiding the tragedy of the commons have emerged: a governance strategy and a


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Aviation Maintenance Modernization
Capability Assessment Event
On 04-05 October, SOFWERX in collaboration with PEO-RW, US Army Special Operations Aviation Command's (USASOAC's), Aviation Maintenance Support Office (AMSO), and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment-Airborne (160th SOAR-A) is hosting a Capability Assessment Event (CAE) to address Aviation Maintenance Modernization in Tampa, Florida.
To be considered for the event, you must submit your technology for review by 6 September. The Government will subsequently review the submissions and downselect specific capabilities of interest. SOFWERX will then notify those selected companies on or about 14 September. Those selected companies must RSVP by 21 September to attend the Aviation Modernization Capability Assessment Event on 04-05 October.
Current government aviation maintenance practices make use of either paper manuals or digitized paper manuals on laptops, often requiring print-out of task-specific instructions and diagrams to take to the aircraft. Modern private industry aviation trends apply virtual /augmented/mixed reality and on-demand video technology to the aviation maintenance process.
Technology Focus Areas
The purpose of the event is to identify capabilities such as:
– Visual depiction of data/energy flow ("tracing wires") and mechanical operations
– "Manipulatable" 3D images and diagrams of components and/or systems
– Use of virtual/augmented/mixed reality/video tools to enhance the maintainer's understanding of maintenance procedures
– Aids to trouble-shooting
– Automated video capture of critical task performance for quality control purposes
The government may select none, one, or some promising technologies for further assessments after the event through SOFWERX or other government channels based on the maturity level and potential interoperability with current platforms and systems.
Methodology & Agenda
PEO-RW will review and assess the most promising Aviation Modernization technologies through demonstrations in one-on-one sessions at the Capability Assessment Event (CAE).
Concurrently, other Government partners will review and assess the company's AR/VR/MR capabilities through a separate one-on-one session.
8:00 AM – 8:20 AM Check-In / SOFWERX Welcome
8:20 AM – 8:50 AM PEO-RW Brief Industry Partners
8:50 AM – 9:00 AM Q&A
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Company 1 / Company 2
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11:25 PM – 12:10 PM Company 3 / Company 4
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM Lunch (On Your Own)
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4:35 PM – 5:20 PM Company 9
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Government Only Sessions
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2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Company 16 / Company 17
2:50 PM – 3:35 PM Company 16 / Company 17
3:40 PM – 5:00 PM Government Only: Functional Area Out Brief & Path Forward
How can you get involved?
Industry & Academic Partners
Submissions closed 6 September. Invitations will be sent to the selected companies on or about 18 September 2018.
Registration to attend this event closed on 24 September.
For event related questions, please contact Christina Caudill at _EMAIL_.
For technical related questions, please contact Michael Rollman and _EMAIL_.
Notice for all interested parties to SOFWERX events: Announcement of SOFWERX events that are considered to have high potential for further efforts that may be accomplished via FAR-based contracting instruments, Other Transaction Authority (OTA) for Prototype Projects 10 USC 2371b, Prizes for advanced technology achievements 10 USC 2374a, and/or Prize Competitions 15 USC 3719, may be made at the _URL_ and/or _URL_ website(s). All announcements made at the _URL_ and/or _URL_ website(s) are considered to satisfy the reasonable effort to obtain competition in accordance with 10 USC 2374a (b), 15 USC 3719 (e) and 10 USC 2371b (b)(2). All FAR based actions will follow announcement procedures per FAR 5.201(b) accordingly.


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The influence of direct mail marketing on buyer purchasing decisions: A qualitative analysis of perceptions by age group
With a continued suggestion of online replacing offline, this study has uncovered, through qualitative methods, a variety of benefits, perceptions and implications of direct mail on the overall intention to purchase. It identifies three key areas in which direct mail can impact the decision to purchase, as well as providing an analysis of the effect of age on the uncovered factors. It also provides insight in to the situations where it can be best applied. Finally, it draws a conclusion on the overall findings of this research, which support the continued use of direct mail as a future advertising method.