s ratio from XDotsInch and YDotsInch (taking into account that the printer may not have square pixels) and then adjust the width and height parameters accordingly. You then ask for a non-aspect-ratio-corrected dump since you already corrected it yourself.
Another possibility is having the printer device do it for you. To get a correct calculation you could build your RastPort dimensions in two ways:
 1. Using an integer multiple of one of the standard (NTSC) display resolutions and setting the io_Modes argument accordingly. For example if your RastPort dimensions were 1,280*800 (an even multiple of 640*400) you would set io_Modes to LACE | HIRES. Setting the SPECIAL_ASPECT flag would enable the printer device to properly calculate the aspect ratio of the image.
 2. When using an arbitrary sized RastPort, you can supply the ModeID of a display mode which has the aspect ratio you would like for your RastPort. The aspect ratio of the various display modes are defined as ticks-per-pixel in the Resolution field of the DisplayInfo structure. You can obtain this value from the graphics database. For example, the resolution of Productivity Mode is 22:22, in other words, 1:1, perfect for a RastPort sized to the limits of the output device. See Graphics Library for general information on the graphics system.
Demo_Dump.c
The following example will dump a RastPort to the printer and wait for either the printer to finish or the user to cancel the dump and act accordingly.
/* Demo_Dump.c
 *
 * Simple example of dumping a rastport to the printer, changing
 * printer preferences programmatically and handling error codes.
 *
 * Compile with SAS C 5.10a. lc -cfist -v -L Demo_Dump
 *
 * Requires Kickstart V37
 * Run from CLI only
 */
#include <exec/types.h>
#include <exec/memory.h>
#include <exec/ports.h>
#include <devices/printer.h>
#include <devices/prtbase.h>
#include <dos/dos.h>
#include <intuition/intuition.h>
#include <intuition/screens.h>
#include <graphics/displayinfo.h>
#include <clib/exec_protos.h>
#include <clib/alib_protos.h>
#include <clib/alib_stdio_protos.h>
#include <clib/graphics_protos.h>
#include <clib/intuition_protos.h>
struct IntuitionBase *IntuitionBase;
struct GfxBase *GfxBase;
union printerIO
{
 struct IOStdReq ios;
 struct IODRPReq iodrp;
 struct IOPrtCmdReq iopc;
};
struct EasyStruct reqES =
{
 sizeof(struct EasyStruct), 0, "DemoDump",
 "%s",
 NULL,
};
/* Possible printer.device and I/O errors */
static UBYTE *ErrorText[] =
{
 "PDERR_NOERR",
 "PDERR_CANCEL",
 "PDERR_NOTGRAPHICS",
 "INVERTHAM", /* OBSOLETE */
 "BADDIMENSION",
 "DIMENSIONOVFLOW", /* OBSOLETE */
 "INTERNALMEMORY",
 "BUFFERMEMORY",
 /* IO_ERRs */
 "IOERR_OPENFAIL",
 "IOERR_ABORTED",
 "IOERR_NOCMD",
 "IOERR_BADLENGTH"
};
/* Requester Action text */
static UBYTE *ActionText[] =
{
 "OK|CANCEL",
 "Continue",
 "Abort",
};
#define OKCANCELTEXT 0
#define CONTINUETEXT 1
#define ABORTTEXT 2
VOID main(VOID);
VOID main(VOID)
{
struct MsgPort *PrinterMP;
union printerIO *PIO;
struct PrinterData *PD;
struct PrinterExtendedData *PED;
struct Screen *pubscreen;
struct ViewPort *vp;
STRPTR textbuffer;
LONG modeID, i,j;
ULONG dcol[5], drow[5];
ULONG signal;
/* Fails silently if not V37 or greater. Nice thing to do would be to put up
 * a V33 requester of course.
 */
/* Set up once */
reqES.es_GadgetFormat = ActionText[CONTINUETEXT];
if (IntuitionBase = (struct IntuitionBase *)OpenLibrary("intuition.library", 37))
 {
 /* Using graphics.library to get the displaymodeID of the public screen,
 * which we'll pass to the printer.device.
 */
 if (GfxBase = (struct GfxBase *)OpenLibrary("graphics.library", 37))
 {
 if (textbuffer = (STRPTR)AllocMem(256, MEMF_CLEAR))
 {
 /* Create non-public messageport. Since we depend on V37 already, we'll
 * use the new Exec function.
 */
 if (PrinterMP = CreateMsgPort())
 {
 /* Allocate printerIO union */
 if (PIO = (union printerIO *)CreateExtIO(PrinterMP, sizeof(union printerIO)))
 {
 /* Open the printer.device */
 if (!(OpenDevice("printer.device",0,(struct IORequest *)PIO,0)))
 {
 /* Yahoo, we've got it.
 * We'll use the PrinterData structure to get to the the printer
 * preferences later on. The PrinterExtendedData structure will
 * reflect the changes we'll make to the preferences.
 */
 PD = (struct PrinterData *)PIO->iodrp.io_Device;
 PED = (struct PrinterExtendedData *)&PD->pd_SegmentData->ps_PED;
 /* We're all set. We'll grab the default public screen (normally
 * Workbench) and see what happens when we dump it with different
 * densities.
 * Next we'll put up a nice requester for the user and ask if
 * (s)he wants to actually do the dump.
 */
 if (pubscreen = LockPubScreen(NULL))
 {
 vp = &(pubscreen->ViewPort);
 /* Use _URL_) to get the ModeID of the screen. */
 if ((modeID = GetVPModeID(vp)) != INVALID_ID)
 {
 /* Seems we got a valid ModeID for the default public screen (surprise).
 * Do some fake screen dumps with densities 1, 3, 5 and 7. Depending on
 * the driver, one or more may be the same.
 */
 /* Fill in those parts of the IODRPRequest which won't change */
 PIO->iodrp.io_Command = PRD_DUMPRPORT;
 PIO->iodrp.io_RastPort = &(pubscreen->RastPort);
 PIO->iodrp.io_ColorMap = vp->ColorMap;
 PIO->iodrp.io_Modes = modeID;
 PIO->iodrp.io_SrcX = pubscreen->LeftEdge;
 PIO->iodrp.io_SrcY = pubscreen->TopEdge;
 PIO->iodrp.io_SrcWidth = pubscreen->Width;
 PIO->iodrp.io_SrcHeight = pubscreen->Height;
 for (i = 1,j=0; i < 8; i+=2,j++)
 {
 /* On return these will contain the actual dump dimension */
 PIO->iodrp.io_DestCols = 0;
 PIO->iodrp.io_DestRows = 0;
 /* We'll simply change our local copy of the
 * Preferences structure. Likewise we could change
 * all printer-related preferences.
 */
 PD->pd_Preferences.PrintDensity = i;
 PIO->iodrp.io_Special = SPECIAL_NOPRINT|SPECIAL_ASPECT;
 /* No need to do asynchronous I/O here */
 DoIO((struct IORequest *)PIO);
 if (PIO->iodrp.io_Error == 0)
 {
 dcol[j] = PIO->iodrp.io_DestCols;
 drow[j] = PIO->iodrp.io_DestRows;
 }
 else
 {
 j = PIO->iodrp.io_Error;
 if (j < 0)
 j = j * -1 + 7;
 sprintf(textbuffer, "Error: %s\n", ErrorText[


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tags: Abraham Lincoln, auctions, Illinois Times, Lincoln Library, collections
Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball. A guitar once owned by Eric Clapton. A model of the Starship Enterprise.
These are among the items that an appraiser used in 2007 to establish the value of a collection of Lincoln documents and artifacts held by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Appraiser Seth Kaller accepted the asking price of $23 million as the fair-market value of the collection sold by Louise Taper, a California collector, to the museum's private fundraising foundation, which is now raising money to retire the debt.
Kaller, who owns a business that acquires historic artifacts in New York state, wrote in his appraisal that he accepted the museum's claim that the items are authentic and that his assignment did not include authentication....
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Air show
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The UK Utterly Butterly display team flying Boeing Stearman PT-17 biplanes at an English air show
An air show, (also airshow, Air Fair,[citation needed] or Air Tattoo[citation needed]) is a public event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to spectators, usually by means of aerobatics. Air shows without aerobatic displays, having only aircraft displayed parked on the ground, are called "static air shows".
Outline[edit]
A month after Blériot's crossing of the English Channel the aviation week in Reims, France, August 1909, caught special worldwide attention.
Some air shows are held as a business venture or as a trade event where aircraft, avionics and other services are promoted to potential customers. Many air shows are held in support of local, national or military charities. Military air firms often organise air shows at military airfields as a public relations exercise to thank the local community, promote military careers and raise the profile of the military.
Aviation Nation 2006 at Nellis Air Force Base, United States
Air show "seasons" vary around the world. The United States enjoys a long season that generally runs from March to November, covering the spring, summer, and fall seasons. Other countries often have much shorter seasons. The European season usually starts in late April or Early May and is usually over by mid October. The Middle East, Australia and New Zealand hold their events between January and March. However, for many acts, the "off-season" does not mean a period of inactivity; they use this time for maintenance and practice.
The Patrouille Suisse performing at the ILA Berlin Air Show
The type of displays seen at an event are constrained by a number of factors, including the weather and visibility. Most aviation authorities now publish rules and guidance on minimum display heights and criteria for differing conditions. In addition to the weather, pilots and organizers must also consider local airspace restrictions. Most exhibitors will plan "full," "rolling" and "flat" display for varying weather and airspace conditions.
The types of shows vary greatly. Some are large scale military events with large flying displays and ground exhibitions while others held at small local airstrips can often feature just one or two hours of flying with just a few stalls on the ground. Air Displays can be held during day or night with the latter becoming increasingly popular. Shows don't always take place over airfields; some have been held over the grounds of stately homes or castles and over the sea at coastal resorts.
Attractions[edit]
Air racing at an air show in England: the Red Bull Air Race heat held at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire. The aircraft fly singly, and pass between pairs of pylons
Before the Second World War, air shows were associated with long distance air races, often lasting many days and covering thousands of miles. While the Reno Air Races keep this tradition alive, most air shows today primarily feature a series of aerial demos of short duration.
Most air shows feature warbirds, aerobatics, and demonstrations of modern military aircraft, and many air shows offer a variety of other aeronautical attractions as well, such as wing-walking, radio-controlled aircraft, water/slurry drops from firefighting aircraft, simulated helicopter rescues and sky diving.
Specialist aerobatic aircraft have powerful piston engines, light weight and big control surfaces, making them capable of very high roll rates and accelerations. A skilled pilot will be able to climb vertically, perform very tight turns, tumble his aircraft end-over-end and perform manoeuvres during loops.
Solo military jet demos, also known as tactical demo, feature one aircraft, usually a strike fighter or an advanced trainer. The demonstration focuses on the capabilities of modern aircraft used in combat operations. The display will usually demonstrate the aircraft's very short (and often very loud) takeoff rolls, fast speeds, slow approach speeds, as well as their ability to quickly make tight turns, to climb quickly, and their ability to be precisely controlled at a large range of speeds. Manoeuvres include aileron rolls, barrel rolls, hesitation rolls, Cuban-8s, tight turns, high-alpha flight, a high-speed pass, double Immelmans, and touch-and-gos. Tactical demos may include simulated bomb drops, sometimes with pyrotechnics on the ground for effect. Aircraft with special characteristics that give them unique capabilities will often display those in their demos; For example, Russian fighters with Thrust vectoring may be used to perform Pugachev's Cobra or the Kulbit, among other difficult manoeuvers that cannot be performed by other aircraft. Similarly, an F-22 pilot may hover his jet in the air with the nose pointed straight up, a Harrier or Osprey pilot may perform a vertical landing or vertical takeoff, and so on.
Safety[edit]
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, September 14, 2003: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Captain Christopher Stricklin ejecting from his F-16 after realizing he could not pull up in time from a Split-S and ensuring the aircraft would not crash into spectators. The aircraft was destroyed less than a second later with no loss of life.
Air shows may present some risk to spectators and aviators. Accidents have occurred, sometimes with a large loss of life, such as the 1988 disaster at Ramstein Air Base in Germany and the 2002 air show crash at Lviv, Ukraine. Because of these accidents, the various aviation authorities around the world have created set rules and guidance for those running and participating in air displays. Air displays are often monitored by aviation authorities to ensure safe procedures.
In the United Kingdom, local authorities will first need to approve any application for an event to which the public is admitted. No approval, no event. The first priority must be to arrange insurance cover and details can be obtained from your local authority. An added complication is a whole new raft of legislation concerning Health & Safety in particular Corporate Manslaughter, which can involve the event organiser being charged with a criminal office if any of the insurances and risk assessments are not fully completed well in advance of the event. If this very basic step isn't completed then any further activity should be halted until it is.
Rules govern the distance from the crowds that aircraft must fly. These vary according to the rating of the pilot/crew, the type of aircraft and the way the aircraft is being flown. For instance, slower lighter aircraft are usually allowed closer and lower to the crowd than larger, faster types. Also, a fighter jet flying straight and level will be able to do so closer to the crowd and lower than if it were performing a roll or a loop.
Pilots can get authorizations for differing types of displays (i.e. limbo flying, basic aerobatics to unlimited aerobatics) and to differing minimum base heights above the ground. To gain such authorizations, the pilots will have to demonstrate to an examiner that they can perform to those limits without endangering themselves, ground crew or spectators.
Despite display rules and guidances, accidents have continued to happen. However, air show accidents are rare and where there is proper supervision air shows have impressive safety records. Each year, organisations such as The International Council of Air Shows and The European Airshow Council meet and discuss various subjects including air show safety where accidents are discussed and lessons learnt.
Weather[edit]
Air shows, and other big shows such as agricultural shows, on grassy land, are vulnerable to continued heavy rain waterlogging the ground, and making the cloudbase too low for flying, forcing cancellation, or the show ending early, costing much money for the show's organizers, as people and parking cars have difficulty moving about and turn the land into a morass, and the organizers may be tempted to put straw or cinders down to make movement easier, and the owner of the land cannot accept the resulting damage.
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References[edit]
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Every day, we see Victorian clients facing crippling uncertainty about their fines that are a direct consequence of their homelessness. Although the new fines system has some positive reforms for people experiencing homelessness, many are not working in practice. The need for further reforms to Victoria's fines system was recognised by the Fines Reform Advisory Board's recommendations in December 2020 and the Victorian government's response.
The first opportunity is to introduce a reformulated special circumstances 'nexus test', which will make the fines review process fairer and more accessible. The second opportunity relates to making Fines Victoria's fines-enforcement review decisions final and binding. If both of these recommendations are implemented, they would reduce the adverse impact of fines on Victorians experiencing homelessness, as well as improve efficiencies and decrease the backlog of matters for Fines Victoria and the Magistrates' Court.
As Victorians continue to feel the social and economic impacts of COVID-19, improving the fines system is essential for our community's recovery process.


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KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in most places of the country today due to the influence of the low pressure system, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said.
It will be partly to generally cloudy in Province 1, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces with chances of light rain at some places of Province 1, due to the influence of the low pressure area that has developed over Bangladesh and its surrounding.
Fog and haze will occur in most places of the country for some days more due to the influence of this low pressure system. The weather is partly to generally cloudy in the hill region of Province 1 and dense fog has developed in the Terai region.
It will be partly to generally cloudy in Province 2, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces towards the afternoon while remaining mostly fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.
The Division in its latest weather bulletin states that Kathmandu's minimum temperature was 5.0 degrees Celsius while the maximum temperature was 19.8 degrees Celsius today. Similarly, the lowest minimum temperature of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius was recorded in Jumla today. (RSS)


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Income disparities growing faster in Finland than in any other OECD country
Favourable tax breaks on capital income seen as primary explanatory variable
According to a recent survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the gap between rich and poor has widened more in Finland than in any other wealthy industrialized country over the past decade. The survey indicates that he income disparities grew in Finland particularly fast in the period from 1995 to 2005.
The only other country with almost the same pace was Canada.
Statistics over the past two decades show that the growth in income disparities was highest in New Zealand, with Finland coming in second. However, New Zealand's income gap widened only in the period from 1985 to 1995, while the past decade no longer saw any significant growth in the country's Gini-coefficient figures, the standard unit of measurement in this context.
In spite of the rapid growth rate, Finland is still a country with low inequality of incomes, clearly below the average. Among 30 OECD countries Finland is seventh, while Denmark and Sweden are in a class of their own with the lowest income disparity of all.
Finland has rapidly moved from a traditional Nordic country with equal income, progeressive taxation, and income transfers towards Anglo-Saxon countries having a more pronounced inequality of earnings.
According to the survey, Finland is also one of the few countries where inequality of incomes has grown between the rich and the middle-class, and not only between rich and poor.
The results came as no surprise to Ilpo Suoniemi, a researcher at the Labour Institute for Economic Research.
"The change is a consequence of the tax reform in 1993", Suoniemi reports.
In this post-recession reform the difference between the tax rates on earned income and capital income was made notably wide when compared with other OECD countries.
As a consequence, the differences between assessed incomes have been growing in Finland rapidly, while the disparities between gross earnings remain clearly smaller, Suoniemi notes.
In terms of net income, the earnings of the richest 1% of people have doubled in Finland over ten years, having grown from 3.5 % to 7 %. More than half of the earnings of this small group were in the form of capital income, of which the growth in dividend revenues was particularly high.
The taxation system encouraging income disparities was enacted under a non-socialist government. Since then the colours of governments have changed, but the legislation has not been amended, because politicians have feared capital outflow.
In Suoniemi's view such a danger hardly exists today.
The upcoming recession could shrink the gap between rich and poor if companies' ability to pay dividends weakens. On the other hand, unemployment is also likely to increase, and nothing increases income disparities as much as mass unemployment is bound to do.
Nevertheless, unless taxation is amended, the same trend, i.e. wider income inequality, will continue even after the period of economic decline.
Taxation is one of the key factors when it comes to the noticeable growth in income disparities in the entire OECD area, in which the gaps have grown in two-thirds of the member countries. However, the growth has been much slower in all other countries except for Finland.
The most distinct growth in income disparities has been noticed between rich and poor. In addition to Finland, only in Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway, and the USA has the gap between the rich and the middle class widened clearly as well.
Among ordinary people, some have been doing worse than some others. The income development of those who are approaching pensionable age or are retired already has been the best in relation to others.
The status of families with children has weakened, while single parents are in the worst position. Their likelihood to suffer from poverty is threefold compared with the average.
Many people do not regard the growth in earnings as bad at all. The OECD does not share that opinion.
"Ignoring the growing income disparities is not an option. It is a dangerous way, with inevitable social and political consequences", says Secretary-General Angel Gurría, speaking at the launching event of the survey.
The key question at issue is to improve employment. Low education leads to unemployment, which in turn leads to poverty. The OECD urges governments to invest in the education of their labour force.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD
Labour Institute for Economic Research
Gini Coefficient (Wikipedia)

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We assessed the accuracy of abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for determining tumor size by comparing the preoperative contrast-enhanced T1-weighted gradient echo (3-dimensional [3D] volumetric interpolated breath-hold [VIBE]) MRI tumor size with pathologic specimen size.The records of 92 patients who had both preoperative contrast-enhanced 3D VIBE MRI images and detailed pathologic specimen measurements were available for review. Primary tumor size from the MRI was independently measured by a single diagnostic radiologist (P.M.) who was blinded to the pathology reports. Pathologic tumor measurements from gross specimens were obtained from the pathology reports. The maximum dimensions of tumor measured in any plane on the MRI and the gross specimen were compared. The median difference between the pathology sample and the MRI measurements was calculated. A paired t test was conducted to test for differences between the MRI and pathology measurements. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to measure the association of disparity between the MRI and pathology sizes with the pathology size. Disparities relative to pathology size were also examined and tested for significance using a 1-sample t test.The median patient age was 64.5 years. The primary site was pancreatic head in 81 patients, body in 4, and tail in 7. Three patients were American Joint Commission on Cancer stage IA, 7 stage IB, 21 stage IIA, 58 stage IIB, and 3 stage III. The 3D VIBE MRI underestimated tumor size by a median difference of 4 mm (range, −34-22 mm). The median largest tumor dimensions on MRI and pathology specimen were 2.65 cm (range, 1.5-9.5 cm) and 3.2 cm (range, 1.3-10 cm), respectively.Contrast-enhanced 3D VIBE MRI underestimates tumor size by 4 mm when compared with pathologic specimen. Advanced abdominal MRI sequences warrant further investigation for radiation therapy planning in pancreatic adenocarcinoma before routine integration into the treatment planning process.
Financed by the National Centre for Research and Development under grant No. SP/I/1/77065/10 by the strategic scientific research and experimental development program:
SYNAT - "Interdisciplinary System for Interactive Scientific and Scientific-Technical Information".

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gl_PrimitiveIDIn.3G - Man Page
contains the index of the current primitive
in int gl_PrimitiveIDIn ;.SH "DESCRIPTION"
gl_PrimitiveIDIn is a geometry language input variable that holds the number of primitives processed by the shader since the current set of rendering primitives was started. The first primitive processed by the drawing command is numbered zero and the primitive ID counter is incremented after every individual point, line or triangle primitive is processed. For triangles drawn in point or line mode, the primitive ID counter is incremented only once, even through multiple points or lines may actually be drawn. Restarting a primitive topology using the primitive restart index has no effect on the primitive ID counter.
|OpenGL Shading Language Version|
Copyright © 2011-2014 Khronos Group. This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999. _URL_
Copyright © 2011-2014 Khronos Group


German Lessons
Get Off On the Right Foot
English has quite a few idioms using the word "foot," and the German language also "puts its best foot forward" in this regard!
Some German foot expressions are very similar to English:
Ich nehm' mein Herz und leg's dir zu Füßen.
I'll take my heart and lay it at your feet.
Caption 3, Deutsche Musik - Chris und Croissant
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Sometimes, a German expression is close to English, but with a spin of its own:
Er war von Kopf bis Fuß grün angezogen.
He was dressed in green from head to foot [idiom: completely].
Caption 23, Märchen - Sagenhaft - Ein Topf voll Gold
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The above expression is very similar, of course, to the English "from head to toe." Most German idiomatic expressions with the word Fuß are quite different, however:
Und die Besucher müssen wirklich gut zu Fuß sein.
And the visitors must be really good to foot [idiom: agile].
Captions 18-19, Internationale Automobilausstellung - IAA in Frankfurt öffnet die Pforten
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The English foot idiom that comes closest is "light on their feet." At Yabla, we translate idioms literally (word for word), and then add a dictionary-style definition for clarity.
Be careful you don't "put your foot in it" though, as some expressions sound similar to English, but have a completely different meaning:
Was Henne gesagt hat, hat ja eigentlich auch Hand und Fuß.
But I think what Henne has said also actually has a hand and a foot [idiom: makes sense].
Caption 48, Luxuslärm - Interview
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If you recall the English saying "to wait on someone hand and foot," you might falsely interpret the German to mean that Henne was being servile, when in fact she was making sense!
Further Learning
Learn some more expressions about other parts of the body here, and go to Yabla German and see how the word Fuß is used in different contexts.
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If Australia says 'yes', churches are still free to say 'no' to marrying same-sex couples
Religious organisations have freedom under Australian law to practise their own doctrines and marriage rituals. Shutterstock
As debate about marriage equality escalates in light of the postal survey, there is much discussion about religious freedom and the potential effect on organised religion. But what exactly would change for Christian churches should the federal government revise the definition of marriage?
In short, nothing. Religious organisations have freedom under Australian law to practice their own doctrines and marriage rituals for weddings held in their buildings and by their celebrants. This applies to all religions, although the focus in this piece will be on Christianity.
Further reading: To Christians arguing 'no' on marriage equality: the Bible is not decisive
Religious celebrants are authorised to marry through their churches or religious organisations, and can only do so according to those organisation's respective policies.
This is a separate process to the accreditation of civil celebrants. For example, I, as an ordained Uniting Church minister, will not be able to marry same-sex couples even if the civil law changes, unless my church also chooses to change its policy, which it has no compulsion to do.
Currently, to be married in an Anglican church, at least one of the couple to be married must be a baptised Christian.
To be married in the Roman Catholic Church, neither partner can be previously married and divorced. Even when no-fault divorce was introduced in secular law in 1975, the Catholic Church continued to uphold its own view regarding divorce. This remains the case.
The Greek Orthodox Church usually requires the couple to be baptised in the Orthodox tradition, but occasionally allows one of the pair to be of another Christian denomination as long as they were not baptised by a female minister.
Similarly, some synagogues require both parties to show proof they are Jewish, while others might allow an interfaith marriage.
Apart from official church polity, clergy are also permitted to exercise their own discretion when it comes to marriage. Hence, if one thinks the couple is too young, not prepared, has rushed into the decision, or suspects any kind of abuse, they can refuse to marry them or require them to undergo counselling or something similar beforehand.
Such discretion is protected by the religious freedoms granted to clergy.
Further reading: Without proper protections, same-sex marriage will discriminate against conscientious objectors
Recently we witnessed the case of a Victorian Presbyterian minister who refused to marry a couple because of their views on marriage equality. While I disagree with the decision of the clergyman in question, he is free to refuse on these grounds.
His protection under Australian law is assured – a fact supported by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who said:
… churches are entitled to marry or not marry whom they please. That is part of religious freedom.
Australian civil marriage laws have changed several times in the last 120 years, and each time religious organisations have been free to conduct marriages according to their traditions.
Further reading: Breaking news: marriage has very little to do with religion (and vice versa)
While nothing will have to change for the church and therefore there is nothing to fear from a change to civil law, religious organisations are faced with a new opportunity should civil law change. It is an invitation to revisit their marriage policies and consider whether or not they want to extend their respective religious marriages to same-sex couples.
After same-sex marriage was legalised in the US, two Christian churches did exactly that. In 2015 the Episcopal Church's General Assembly gave permission for clergy to officiate over same-sex weddings at the discretion of the regional bishop and according to their own conscience.
No clergyperson was forced to do so – the change in policy was permissive rather than prescriptive.
That same year, the US Presbyterian Church also amended its marriage policy to affirm that marriage is a "unique commitment between two people, traditionally a man and a woman, to love and support each other for the rest of their lives". The policy gives permission for Presbyterian clergy to marry same-sex couples but clearly states that no clergyperson could be compelled to perform same-sex marriages.
These are just two examples of many around the world, although Christian churches who marry same-sex couples are still the minority within the global Christian tradition.
Concerns over religious freedom cannot be dismissed too lightly, but neither should they be overstated. The dynamics described above are different when is comes to individuals working in the secular space or organisations such as religious private schools.
What is clear, however, is that no one can compel any official church leader in Australia to perform marriages against its own policy, and no church will be forced to change its current marriage policy, rituals or doctrines.
I hope, however, that some churches might embrace the possibility of extending the blessings of a Christian marriage to all committed couples.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Faculty of Arts
This thesis examines the expansion of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) under the St. Laurent government with the concept of the Big Air Force that emerged from the defence re-armament programme announced on 5 February 1951. During this critical Cold War period, the RCAF became Canada's first line of defence, making an essential contribution to the collective defence of Western Europe through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Concurrently, the RCAF underwent tremendous expansion in Canada contributing to North American defence, along with significant increases in its training, maritime and transport capabilities. The RCAF developed into the largest military service with the biggest portion of the defence budget. The notion of "airmindedness" that permeated all aspects of Canadian society enabled the development and implementation of the Big Air Force concept. Underlying the Big Air Force concept were two conflicting visions of air power, derived from leading theorists of the 1920s. The first was an independent role for aviation, "Douhet with nukes," a Cold War reference to the ideas of Italian General Giulio Douhet. The second approach was American General William Mitchell's "anything that flies" construct that embraced missions under the control of the army and navy and support to other agencies in such undertakings as air transport. By the late 1950s, the Big Air Force could not be sustained, thus marking its decline under the Diefenbaker and Pearson governments that was complete by the late 1960s. Despite some modernization in the late 1970s, successive governments adhered to the notion of a "minimalist air force" after 1969 until the end of the Cold War. This thesis considers the expansion and decline of the air force from the perspective of three inter-related thematic pillars – politics and economics, military strategy and technology. The predominance of air power represented the Canadian "way of war" during this time, and this legacy still resonates today with the ongoing debate regarding the F-35 aircraft for the RCAF's Next Generation Fighter Capability programme.
Frandsen, Bertram C., "The Rise and Fall of Canada's Cold War Air Force, _PHONE_" (2015). Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). 1754.


Solaris Advanced User's Guide
Chapter 4 Searching Files
This chapter describes how to search directories and files for keywords and strings by using the grep command.
Searching for Patterns With grep
To search for a particular character string in a file, use the grep command. The basic syntax of the grep command is:
$ grep string file
In this example, string is the word or phrase you want to find, and file is the file to be searched.
Note –
A string is one or more characters. A single letter is a string, as is a word or a sentence. Strings can include blank spaces, punctuation, and invisible (control) characters.
For example, to find Edgar Allan Poe's telephone extension, type grep, all or part of his name, and the file containing the information:
$ grep Poe extensions
Edgar Allan Poe x72836
Note that more than one line might match the pattern you give.
$ grep Allan extensions
David Allan x76438
Edgar Allan Poe x72836
$ grep Al extensions
Louisa May Alcott x74236
David Allan x76438
Edgar Allan Poe x72836
grep is case sensitive; that is, you must match the pattern with respect to uppercase and lowercase letters:
$ grep allan extensions
$ grep Allan extensions
David Allan x76438
Edgar Allan Poe x72836
Note that grep failed in the first try because none of the entries began with a lowercase a.
grep as a Filter
You can use the grep command as a filter with other commands, enabling you to filter out unnecessary information from the command output. To use grep as a filter, you must pipe the output of the command through grep. The symbol for pipe is "|".
The following example displays files that end in ".ps" and were created in the month of September.
$ ls -l *.ps | grep Sep
The first part of this command line produces a list of files ending in.ps.
$ ls -l *.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 user2 users 833233 Jun 29 16:22 buttons.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 user2 users 39245 Sep 27 09:38 changes.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 user2 users 608368 Mar 2 2000 clock.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 user2 users 827114 Sep 13 16:49 commands.ps
The second part of the command line pipes that list through grep, looking for the pattern Sep.
| grep Sep
The search provides the following results.
$ ls -l *.ps | grep Sep
grep With Multiword Strings
To find a pattern that is more than one word long, enclose the string with single or double quotation marks.
$ grep "Louisa May" extensions
Louisa May Alcott x74236
The grep command can search for a string in groups of files. When it finds a pattern that matches in more than one file, it prints the name of the file, followed by a colon, then the line matching the pattern.
$ grep ar *
actors:Humphrey Bogart
alaska:Alaska is the largest state in the United States.
wilde:book. Books are well written or badly written.
Searching for Lines Without a Certain String
To search for all the lines of a file that do not contain a certain string, use the -v option to grep. The following example shows how to search through all the files in the current directory for lines that do not contain the letter e.
$ ls
actors alaska hinterland tutors wilde
$ grep -v e *
actors:Mon Mar 14 10:00 PST 1936
wilde:That is all.
Using Regular Expressions With grep
You can also use the grep command to search for targets that are defined as patterns by using regular expressions. Regular expressions consist of letters and numbers, in addition to characters with special meaning to grep. These special characters, called metacharacters, also have special meaning to the system. When you use regular expressions with the grep command, you need to tell your system to ignore the special meaning of these metacharacters by escaping them. When you use a grep regular expression at the command prompt, surround the regular expression with quotes. Escape metacharacters (such as &!. * $? and \) with a backslash (\). See Searching for Metacharacters for more information on escaping metacharacters.
Searching for Metacharacters
To use the grep command to search for metacharacters such as &!. *? and \, precede the metacharacter with a backslash (\). The backslash tells grep to ignore (escape) the metacharacter.
For example, the following expression matches lines that start with a period, and is useful when searching for nroff or troff formatting requests (which begin with a period).
$ grep ^\.
Table 4–1 lists common search pattern elements you can use with grep.
Table 4–1 grep Search Pattern Elements
The beginning of a text line
The end of a text line
Any single character
Any single character in the bracketed list or range
Any character not in the list or range
Zero or more occurrences of the preceding character or regular expression
Zero or more occurrences of any single character
The escape of special meaning of next character
Note that you can also use these search characters in vi text editor searches.
Single or Double Quotes on Command Lines
As shown earlier, you use quotation marks to surround text that you want to be interpreted as one word. For example, type the following to use grep to search all files for the phrase "dang it, boys":
$ grep "dang it, boys" *
You can also use single quotation marks (') to group multiword phrases into single units. Single quotation marks also make sure that certain that the system interprets metacharacters, such as $, literally.
Note –
The history metacharacter! is always interpreted as a metacharacter, even inside quotation marks, unless you escape it with a backslash.
Escape characters such as &! $?. ; and \ when you want grep to interpret these characters as ordinary typographical characters.
For example, if you type the following command, the system displays all the lines in the file list.
$ grep $ list
However, if you type the following command, the system displays only those lines that contain the "$" character.
$ grep '\$' list
For more information on the grep(1) command, refer to the man Pages(1): User Commands.


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Conservation through Collusion: Antitrust Barriers to Cooperative Fishery Management
Jonathan H. Adler
Case Western Reserve University School of Law; PERC - Property and Environment Research Center
Antitrust law aims to protect consumers from anti-competitive conduct that can restrict output and increase price. Conservation, on the other hand, often requires restrictions on output in order to maintain resource consumption at a sustainable level. Thus, while antitrust and environmental law both seek to advance the public interest, in the context of resource conservation they can conflict. Collective arrangements among private firms to reduce output or allocate market shares are inherently suspect, even if the intent or effect is to conserve an otherwise threatened ecological resource. This paper examines the tension between resource conservation and antitrust in the context of marine fisheries. Beginning in the 1930s, fishing unions and cooperatives have been prosecuted for setting prices or restricting output, even where such arrangements have served conservation purposes. By limiting the sorts of cooperative arrangements that fishers or other common pool resource users may adopt to limit access or utilization of the underlying resource, antitrust law may inhibit the development of more effective self-governing institutions.
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Date posted: April 24, 2002
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St. Michael's Basilica (Historic Marker)
First Methodist Church at 1 N Palafox before San Carlos (Historic Marker)
San Carlos (Historic Marker)
San Carlos Mural
Rex and ISIS theatres
St. Michael Catholic Parish traces its foundation to Don Tristán DeLuna's landing on August 14, 1559. Accompanied by five priests of the Dominican Order and one lay brother, the first Catholic Mass in what is the United States was celebrated at the landing site of August 15, 1559, the feast of the Assumption of Mary. After a lapse of years, the Catholic Church's presence was officially established on May 10, 1781 by Fr. Cyril de Barcelona, the chaplain to the Galvez armada. From the first church in an old warehouse on Pensacola's waterfront, St. Michael has been a continuous Catholic presence. Three additional St. Michael churches were built along today's Jefferson Street over the next 100 years. The last of those churches was destroyed by fire in September 1882. This current site had been purchased in May 1882, and church construction completed in March 1886 and dedicated on June 6, 1886. Pope Benedict XVI elevated St. Michael Church to the status of a Minor Basilica on December 28, 2011 thus honoring the architectural and historic significance of both church and parish in the history of northwest Florida. The Basilica of St. Michael stands as a witness to the honor and glory of God in the Heart of Pensacola.
Pensacola's first Methodist congregation was established in 1821 by Alexander Talley, M. D. It met in a series of small, wood frame churches until 1881, when construction of a three-story, Romanesque Revival sanctuary was begun on this site. Service began here in 1884, but the building was not completed until 1890. The handsome red brick bell tower and gabled entrance portico of the church marked this corner of Palafox Street until 1909, when the property was sold and the congregation moved to a larger facilities on East Wright Street.
San Carlos Hotel
The imposing, seven-story San Carlos Hotel opened on this site in 1910 as the city's largest and most elegant hotel. Designed by the well known New York architect W. L . Stoddard, it was built by the local firm of C. H. Turner Construction Co. at a cost of $500,000. Its simple masonry design was embellished with Renaissance Revival exterior details. It was extensively "modernized" and expanded from 157 to 403 rooms in 1920s, and continued to dominate the Palafox streetscape for the next 50 years. Increasing competition and gradual deterioration led to its closing in 1982. It was demolished in 1993.
Pictured | San Carlos Hotel, 1920s, UWF Historic Trust
The San Carlos hotel, nicknamed "Gray Lady" due to its pearly-gray stucco exterior, sat at the corner of Palafox and Garden Streets. Built with over 150 rooms, she underwent an expansion in 1927 which brought the room total to over 500. Sadly, the Gray Lady closed in 1982, then was demolished in 1993 due to deterioration. Learn more about POP: Murals.
Isis Theatre and the Rex Theatre
Looking east across N Palafox Street, two early theatre buildings can be seen: the Isis Theatre (2 N Palafox) and the Rex Theatre (18 N Palafox). The Isis Theatre was built in 1913 and later acquired by the Saenger Amusement Company in 1935. This small theatre was the 'sister theater' to the Saenger, which sent overflow guests to this location. The building the Rex Theatre occupied was built in 1910 as the Rhodes-Collins Furniture Company. The building was converted to the Rex Theatre in 1937, by the Saenger Amusement Company, which used the building as a second-run movie theatre. In 2014, the Rex was renovated and the original Art Deco façade was preserved.
Pictured | Rex Theatre, 1937
Pictured | ISIS Theatre, 1945


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In a layman's language, IP addresses can be thought of as house addresses. Just like we have a unique house address for each house, similarly, we have a unique IP address for each unique device on the network. An IP address is used to uniquely identify a device on an internet protocol network.
Example of an IP address:
192.0.2.1/24
Here, 192.0.2.1 is called network ID and 24 is the host ID. We can think of the network ID as a Street name and the host ID is a unique House number.
Writing Shell Script to list all IP addresses
Method 1: Using hostname command:
The hostname is a command which is used to display detailed information about hostname in Linux, hostname is a unique domain name assigned to a computer. You can view your device hostname by writing the hostname command in the terminal.
Command:
hostname -I
Here, "-I" is used to list all IP addresses.
Output:
Shell Script to List All IP
ip addresses
Let's write a script to list all IP.
After getting all the IP, split these IP addresses by space. Display the formatted output.
Script:
#! /bin/bash
# saving all the ip addresses
ip_addresses=$(hostname -I)
# splitting them by space
ip_addresses=(${ip_addresses//" "/ })
# Print each ip address line by line
echo "LIST OF IP ADDRESSES"
for ip in "${ip_addresses[@]}";
do
 printf "$ip\n"
done
Output:
Shell Script to List All IP
List of ip addresses
Note: hostname -I will not display link-local ip6 address because it is automatically configured for every interface that supports IPv6.
Method 2: Using awk command:
awk is a Turing-complete pattern matching programming language widely used with other Linux commands for pattern matching and data extraction.
Script:
#! /bin/bash
# Extracting lines that match the following pattern
ip=$(ip address| awk '/inet/ {print $2}' | grep -v ^::1 | grep -v ^127)
#displaying IP addresses
echo "LIST OF IP ADDRESSES"
echo "$ip"
Here ip address will list the information about networks including their ip addresses, using awk '/inet/ {printf $2}' we're finding patterns that start with inet and printing the addresses. And grep -v ^::1 will invert the match that contains "::1", similarly we don't want to list our localhost as an ip address, so we are omitting it using the grep -v ^127.
Output :
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List of ip addresses
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 1. When you change from low quality to high quality on a stream, is buffering time (or anything else) slower than changing from high to low?
 2. If so, is there a difference in doing this on a live stream as opposed to a premade video?
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1) It depends mainly on the streaming protocol. For HLS and HDS for example, yes because the player will usually download a number of segments before starting playback, and the download time is proportional to the size of each segment of course. For RTMP for example, the buffer is custom-set by the server which means it will theoretically depend on what the server has chosen for every bandwidth. E.g., it may chose a 0KB buffer for all streams, in which case there will be no difference in buffering time. In more realistic cases, however, I expect the server would set buffers to each stream according to its bitrate, which brings us back to what happens with HLS or HDS.
Note that the difference in buffering time really depends on your own bandwidth. If you have 50Mbps internet speed, you won't feel any difference whatsoever since it would be the difference between downloading ~3MB of data vs ~2MB/~1MB of data. Of course if the server is setup improperly and has high latency, then your speed means very little and you will feel a difference.
2) No because as far as the client is concerned, a livestream is basically the same as a prerecorded stream (apart from the fact the server may let you download the stream faster than you can see what you download, aka faster than real-time).
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CLIME, n. A climate; a tract or region of the earth; a poetical word, but sometimes used in prose. [See Climate.]
Whatever clime the suns bright circle warms. n
1: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate, clime]
noun Etymology: Late Latin clima Date: 14th century climate < traveled to warmer > clime s n. literary 1 a region. 2 a climate.
Etymology: LL clima: see CLIMATE Clime Clime, n. [L. clima. See
Climate.] A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate. Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. --Goldsmith.
(climes) You use clime in expressions such as warmer climes and foreign climes to refer to a place that has a particular kind of climate. (LITERARY) He left Britain for the sunnier climes of Southern France... N-COUNT: usu pl, usu adj N
Region, place, country, climate. n. Antarctic Zone, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, Frigid Zones, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Variable Zones, calm weather, climate, cold weather, equator, fair weather, forces of nature, good weather, halcyon days, horse latitudes, hot weather, latitude, longitude, longitude in arc, macroclimate, meridian, microclimate, parallel, prime meridian, rainy weather, roaring forties, stormy weather, subtropics, the elements, the line, tropic, tropics, weather, windiness, zone
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The new Coating Thickness Meter for automotive and painting applications that require greater precision. A top quality meter that uses magnetic induction and eddy current principle to measure thickness of magnetic and non-magnetic surface and detect the thickness of nonmagnetic coating on a magnetic substrate (ferrous) or an insulating coating on a non-magnetic conductive substrate (non-ferrous). Equipped with NF (NFe) probe used in procedure turbulence current test and F (Fe) that uses magnet inductive. It carries out high-speed and accurate results and covering a range of 0~1000um or 0~40mil.
It's usage of Microcomputer LSI circuit advanced microprocessor technology and crystal time base guarantees that measurement has highest level of accuracy with fast measuring & response time.
- The F probes measure the thickness of non-magnetic materials such as paint, plastic porcelain enamel, copper, zinc, aluminum, chrome, etc. on magnetic materials such as iron, nickel and etc. It is often used to measure the thickness of galvanizing layer, lacquer layer, porcelain enamel layer, phosphide layer, copper tile, aluminum tile, some alloy tile, and paper, etc.
- The NF probes measure the thickness of non-magnetic coatings on non-magnetic metals. It is used on anodizing, varnish, paint, enamel, plastic coatings, powder applied to aluminum, brass and non-magnetic stainless steel, etc.
- Used the exclusive Micro-computer LSI circuit and crystal time base to offer high accuracy measurement & fast measuring time.
- Wide measuring range and high resolution.
- Digital display gives exact reading with no guessing errors.
- Shaped to fit comfortably for right or left-handed person.
- Measuring range:0~1000um/0~40mil
- Operating Principle: magnetic induction & eddy current (F & NF)
- Resolution:*0.1 um(0~99.9um) , 1um (over 100um)
- Accuracy: ±1~3%n or 2.5 um (Whichever is the greater)
- Battery indicator: low battery indicator
- With Metric/Imperial readings, mils, and microns
- Automatic or Manual shut down (power off)
- Display: 4 digits, 10mm LCD
- Power supply: 4 x 1.5V AA battery (UM3) (not included)
- Operating conditions: 0-50°C Temperature, <80%RH Humidity
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Physical Education and quality of life: reflections and perspectives
Keywords: Physical Education, Quality Of Life, Physical Activity, Exercise, Sport
AbstractThe study of the quality of life of individuals has become a prominent issue for contemporary society. However, research involving quality of life should consider that this is a complex issue that involves objective and subjective aspects, living conditions, lifestyles and multidimensional factors. There is a widespread idea in society that physical activity, exercise, sports and related activities can have a positive impact on improving the quality of life of the population. However, in several studies, this relationship is examined from the biological point of view, which considers only health indicators. Such practices are being studied in the area of Physical Education in various perspectives, such as biological, psychological, social, and cultural. Therefore, Physical Education should seek to produce knowledge that meets the scientific principles, and look for evidence that effectively clarifies the dynamics of this relationship. In this sense, methodological rigor, particularly the conceptual definition, is essential for a better understanding of the results and of which generalizations are actually likely to e proved. In addition, it is necessary to identify the possibilities and limitations of quantitative evaluations, qualitative evaluations and possible combinations.
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The effects of initial abundances on nitrogen in protoplanetary disks.
SCHWARZ K.R. and BERGIN E.A.
Abstract (from CDS):
The dominant form of nitrogen provided to most solar system bodies is currently unknown, though available measurements show that the detected nitrogen in solar system rocks and ices is depleted with respect to solar abundances and the interstellar medium. We use a detailed chemical/physical model of the chemical evolution of a protoplanetary disk to explore the evolution and abundance of nitrogen-bearing molecules. Based on this model, we analyze how initial chemical abundances provided as either gas or ice during the early stages of disk formation influence which species become the dominant nitrogen bearers at later stages. We find that a disk with the majority of its initial nitrogen in either atomic or molecular nitrogen is later dominated by atomic and molecular nitrogen as well as NH3 and HCN ices, where the dominant species varies with disk radius. When nitrogen is initially in gaseous ammonia, it later becomes trapped in ammonia ice except in the outer disk where atomic nitrogen dominates. For a disk with the initial nitrogen in the form of ammonia ice, the nitrogen remains trapped in the ice as NH3 at later stages. The model in which most of the initial nitrogen is placed in atomic N best matches the ammonia abundances observed in comets. Furthermore, the initial state of nitrogen influences the abundance of N2H+, which has been detected in protoplanetary disks. Strong N2H+ emission is found to be indicative of an N2abundance greater than nN2/nH2 in addition to tracing the CO snow line. Our models also indicate that NO is potentially detectable, with lower N gas abundances leading to higher NO abundances.


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URA-Fermilab Undergraduate Women in STEM Internship Applications Now ClosedProgram Start Date May 30, 2023 2023 Interns
The URA-Fermilab Undergraduate Women in STEM engages women science and engineering undergraduate students from under-represented groups(American Indian/Alaska Native, African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander) to conduct research at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in fulfillment of its mission.
For questions contact _EMAIL_
The S&T portfolio of Fermilab covers the research areas of Particle Physics, Accelerators and Detectors, Applied Physics and Superconducting Technology, Computational Science/Artificial Intelligence, and Emerging Technologies, in support of the following projects: LBNF/DUNE US, PIP-II, HL-LHC AUP & CMS, Mu2e, Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS).
Interns will spend 10 weeks at Fermilab working under the direct leadership, guidance, and supervision of Fermilab scientists, engineers, computing professionals, technicians, and staff across all laboratory directorates performing hands-on research. In addition, the cohort will meet with mentors and advisors to grow their professional networks, take part in engaging and inclusive intellectual discussions, directly benefit from the laboratory resources and participate in professional development and social engagement activities.
Women science and engineering majors from underrepresented groups:
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- One Letter of Recommendation from a professor, faculty, or academic/research advisor. The recommendation letter should address the applicant's academic record and potential for success in a STEM internship, as indicated by demonstrated by academic and intellectual merit, research/technical if applicable, communication, leadership, and teamwork skills. The recommendation letter must be received by April 12, 2023, at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time
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text: This paper describes the design and application of a linear static Kalman filter based on a Gauss-Markov (GM) process for estimating minor loop flows in wide area systems. The minor loop flows assumed to circulate in the system are estimated from the measurements of the active power flowing in transmission circuits. Typically, the measurements may be noise contaminated; using the noisy data may reduce reliability in estimation. Since, the estimates of the minor loop flows are employed in the monetary accommodation of Unscheduled Flows (USFs) among GENCOs, the estimates are required to be noise free. A linear discrete Kalman filter, used statically, can be employed for this purpose. A Gauss-Markov process is shown to satisfactorily model the minor loop flows.


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Kidaptive, creator of an award-winning iPad app for preschool learners, tapped frog's venture design services to create a companion experience for parents to engage in their child's learning process. The result was Learner Mosaic, a mobile app for parents that offers insights about their preschooler's development and personalized recommendations to support the child's progress.
Kidaptive's first product, the Leo's Pad Enrichment Program, is an iPad app that immerses preschoolers in a series of learning games and puzzles. As a child plays Leo's Pad, Kidaptive's Adaptive Learning Platform collects data and surfaces insights about the child's progress. The insights come together to form a unique mosaic of the young learner, showing how the child is developing across dozens of skill areas, and highlighting where they shine or may need guidance.
Because a parent is a child's first and most important teacher, Kidaptive asked frog to design an app that would harness data from its Adaptive Learning Platform and curate key insights for parents. The objective was to make it easy for parents to participate more actively in their child's learning and development, even when confronted with busy schedules.
frog began by interviewing parents and testing feature concepts to inform and inspire the design process. We learned that while parents want to know what their child is learning when they play educational games, they have limited time for parenting apps. Accordingly, while parents value information on their child's progress and input from trusted advisors, they need simple, clear, and specific guidance in order to best support their child's learning and development.
These observations about parents are reflected in frog's design of Learner Mosaic. The app offers parents quick, meaningful tips and personalized activity suggestions, helping them thoughtfully and substantively shape their child's learning experience.
To enable parents to engage effectively, we created four categories of actions that they can take with their child, ranging from simply celebrating an educational accomplishment to offering more focused support. The app recommends specific actions parents can take based on how a child is progressing within a particular skill area. For example, if the child is learning about shape recognition on Leo's Pad, Learner Mosaic might suggest that the parent spend time tracing or making puzzles with their child to augment their learning experience with hands-on activities.
Designed to evolve with each child's play, Learner Mosaic also grows more powerful with every new release on Kidaptive's Adaptive Learning Platform. By turning daily interactions into meaningful learning moments, then weaving these together into a holistic view of a child's progress, frog and Kidaptive are engaging parents to help young learners thrive.


check digit : Java Glossary
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check digit
Dating back to keypunches, id numbers have an appended check digit used to ensure that the number was keyed properly. The various types of bar code such as the UPC (Universal Product Code) you see on grocery items all have a check digit. The basic idea is if you transpose or mistype a character in entering a number the checksum won't match the one that should be there according to the calculations. One of the most common schemes is called mod 10, used for all credit card numbers and the Canadian SIN (Social Insurance Number). Here is how to calculate a mod 10 check digit by the manual method:
e.g. to compute the expected check digit 7 for: 706-511-22?
digit 7 0 6 5 1 1 2 2 ?
multiplier 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
result 7 0 6 10
1
1 2 2 4 horizonal sum = 23
23 MOD 10 = 3
10 - 3 = 7 — the check digit
Note that the two digits of the multiplication results must be added before doing the sum.
Here is method more amenable to computer calculation:
e.g. to compute see if the check digit is as expected: 706-511-227
digit 7 0 6 5 1 1 2 2 7
multiplier 1 z 1 z 1 z 1 z 1
result 7 0 6 1 1 2 2 4 7 horizonal sum = 30
30 MOD 10 had better = 0. What do you know, it is!
Here is the Java code to do this where z is a function that doubles and adds digits, defined mathematically more efficiently
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SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REPORTING POLICY
Longwood University recognizes the importance of compliance with the Substantive Change for Accredited Institutions of the Commission on Colleges policy statement of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC, 2011), which requires the university to report all substantive changes accurately and in a timely manner to the Commission on Colleges (COC). This policy exists specifically to establish, clarify and communicate the requirement that all university changes deemed to be "substantive" must be approved by the President and Board of Visitors, with subsequent notification to and/or approval by the COC for the university's regional accrediting body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
SACS accredits the university and its programs and services, wherever they are located or however they are delivered. The SACSCOC is recognized by the United States Department of Education as an agency whose accreditation enables its member institutions to seek eligibility to participate in federally funded programs. SACS requires accredited institutions to follow the substantive change procedures of the COC. In order to retain accreditation, the university is required to comply with SACS and COC procedures concerning substantive changes.
While the purpose of this policy is to document the approval and transmittal process to SACS, new, revised or discontinued degrees and establishment of distance learning sites may also require reporting and prior approval from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). The requirements of both agencies must be met; compliance with one does not constitute compliance with the other. This policy is primarily designed to address academic programs and curricular issues; although other defined substantive changes are also covered.
Branch Campus: A location of an institution that is geographically apart and independent of the main campus of the institution. A location is independent of the main campus if
- The location is permanent in nature.
- The location offers courses in educational programs leading to a degree, certificate, or other recognized educational credential.
- The location has its own faculty and administrative or supervisory organization and has its own budgetary and hiring authority. Source: SACSCOC.
- Degree Completion Program: A program typically designed for a non-traditional undergraduate population such as working adults who have completed some college-level course work but have not achieved a baccalaureate degree. Students in such programs may transfer in credit from courses taken previously and may receive credit for experiential learning. Courses in degree completion programs are often offered in an accelerated format or meet during evening and weekend hours, or may be offered via distance learning technologies. Source: SACSCOC.
- Distance Education: A formal educational process in which the majority of the instruction (interaction between students and instructors and among students) in a course occurs when students and instructors are not in the same place. Instruction may be synchronous or asynchronous. A distance education course may use the internet; one-way and two-way transmissions through open broadcast, closed circuit, cable, microwave, broadband lines, fiber optics, satellite, or wireless communications devices; audio conferencing; or video cassettes, DVD's, and CD-ROMs if used as part of the distance learning course or program. Source: SACSCOC.
- Dual Degree: Separate program completion credentials each of which bears only the name, seal, and signature of the institution awarding the degree to the student. Source: SACSCOC.
- Educational Program: A coherent course of study leading to the awarding of a credential (i.e., a degree, diploma or certificate). Source: SACSCOC.
- Geographically Separate: An instructional site or branch campus that is located physically apart from the main campus of the institution. Source: SACSCOC.
- Joint Degree: A single program completion credential bearing the names, seals, and signatures of each of the two or more institutions awarding the degree to the student. Source: SACSCOC.
- Level: SACSCOC's taxonomy categorizes institutions by the highest degree offered. Longwood University is designated as a Level III institution because it offers the master's degree as the highest degree.
- Merger/Consolidation: SACSCOC defines a consolidation as the combination or transfer of the assets of at least two distinct institutions (corporations) to that of a newly-formed institution (corporation), and defines a merger as the acquisition by one institution of another institution's assets. For the purposes of accreditation, consolidations and mergers are considered substantive changes requiring review by the Commission on Colleges. (Examples include: a senior college acquiring a junior college, a degree-granting institution acquiring a non-degree-granting institution, two junior or senior colleges consolidating to form a new institution, or an institution accredited by the Commission on Colleges merging with a non-accredited institution). Source: SACSCOC.
- Notification: A letter from an institution's chief executive officer or his/her designated representative to the SACSCOC president to summarize a proposed change, provide the intended implementation date, and list the complete physical address, if the change involves the initiation of an off-campus site or branch campus. Source: SACSCOC.
- Procedure One: SACSCOC procedure associated with a substantive change that requires SACSCOC notification and approval prior to implementation. Changes under Procedure One require notification, a prospectus or application, and may involve an on-site visit. Source: SACSCOC.
- Procedure Two: SACSCOC procedure associated with a substantive change that requires SACSCOC notification prior to implementation. Source: SACSCOC.
- Procedure Three: SACSCOC procedure associated with approval of a consolidation/merger. Source: SACSCOC
Significant Departure: A program that is not closely related to previously approved programs at the institution or site or for the mode of delivery in question. To determine whether a new program is a significant departure, it is helpful to consider the following questions:
- What previously approved programs does the institution offer that are closely related to the new program and how are they related?
- Will significant additional equipment or facilities be needed?
- Will significant additional financial resources be needed?
- Will a significant number of new courses be required?
- Will a significant number of new faculty members be required?
- Will significant additional library/learning resources be needed?
- Will the CIP code change?
Source: SACSCOC, SCHEV.
Substantive Change: A significant modification or expansion of the nature and scope of an accredited institution. According to SACS, a substantive change includes:
- Any change in the established mission or objectives of the institution.
- Any change in legal status, form of control, or ownership of the institution.
- The addition of courses or programs that represent a significant departure, either in content or method of delivery, from those that were offered when the institution was last evaluated.
- The addition of courses or programs of study at a degree or credential level different from that which is included in the institution's current accreditation or reaffirmation.
- A change from clock hours to credit hours.
- A substantial increase in the number of clock or credit hours awarded for successful completion of a program.
- The establishment of an additional location geographically apart from the main campus at which the institution offers at least 50 percent of an educational program.
- The establishment of a branch campus.
- Closing a program, off-campus site, branch campus or institution.
- Entering into a collaborative academic arrangement such as a dual degree program or a joint degree program with another institution.
- Acquiring another institution or a program or location of another institution.
- Adding a permanent location at a site where the institution is conducting a teach-out program for a closed institution.
- Entering into a contract by which an entity not eligible for Title IV funding offers 25% or more of one or more of the accredited institution's programs
- Teach-Out: The process by which the university provides instructional and academic support services to students enrolled at a site that has been closed and/or in a program that has been discontinued. The teach-out process often extends well beyond the closing of a site or program to allow time for enrolled students to complete their programs in a reasonable amount of time.
- Teach-Out Agreement: A written agreement between institutions that provides for the equitable treatment of students and a reasonable opportunity for students to complete their program of study if an institution, or an institutional location that provides 50 percent or more of at least one program offered, ceases to operate before all enrolled students have completed their program of study. Such a teach-out agreement requires SACSCOC approval in advance of implementation. Source: SACSCOC.
This policy applies to all university officers who can initiate, review, approve and allocate resources to any changes, including those to academic and non-academic programs and activities that may be considered a substantive change according to SACSCOC Policy for Substantive Changes for Accredited Institutions. Within academic areas, such changes can originate with individuals or groups of faculty members, Department committees, Department Chairs, Deans and Associate Deans, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Faculty Senate, or any other area reporting to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
In those areas outside of Academic Affairs, potential substantive changes may arise in individual units, among supervisors in each area, executive management teams within Vice Presidential areas, or with the Vice Presidents or Cabinet. Further, the need for a potential substantive change may come to the attention of the President or those in his/her direct reporting line.
Each individual hereby designated is required to be familiar and comply with this policy.
As the University pursues structural and programmatic changes, all of those changes deemed to be "substantive" changes require approval by the President, Board of Visitors and the SACSCOC.
The University will follow the substantive change procedures of SACSCOC, and inform the SACSCOC of such changes and proposed changes in accord with those procedures. Regardless of the origination point, all substantive


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Overview
BacillaFilla repairs concrete by producing a mixture of calcium carbonate, levan glue and filamentous cells in the cracks. Once we have applied BacillaFilla spores onto the concrete surface, they will start germinating in the presence of media. Once the cells have germinated, they will start to swarm down the crack. At the bottom of the crack when they reach a high density, they will use subtilin quorum sensing to activate concrete repair. BacillaFilla repairs concrete by 3 different processes:
 1. Some of the cells with produce calcium carbonate crystals,
 2. Some of the cells will become filamentous thereby acting as reinforcing fibres in the crack and
 3. All the cells will produce Levans glue which acts as a binding agent and at the same time it fills up the whole crack.
Therefore the mixture of all the three elements together will make a strong repair.
The industrial process of BacillaFilla starts from the batch bioreactor where the cells are grown at optimal conditions. The cells are then made to undergo sporulation and the spores are then transferred into storage containers. Spores don't require any nutrition or constant care and therefore they are ideal for long term storage and transportation. The storage containers will then be transported to the concrete repair site where they can be attached to a hand operated sprayer which will enable the personnel to spray spores along with the media onto the concrete surface. Once landed onto the concrete surface in the presence of media, the spores will germinate and will initiate concrete repair.
Our Initial Research
Parts Submitted to the Registry
 1. CaCO3/Urease
 2. Filamentous cells
 3. End of crack & signalling system
 4. Swarming
 5. Non-target-environment kill switch
 6. Glue
Testing and Characterisation
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(Images above 1-3 left to right)
 1. yneA Characterisation
 2. Levansucrose glue test
 3. Alkalinity resistance
Scanning Electron Microscope Images
The Images below show Scanning electron microscope images of what our product should look like. Images 1-7 show an increasing magnification of a crack we are trying to fill.
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(Images above: left to right)
 - Image1: shows our control concrete with no bacteria on the surface.
 - Image2: shows the surface of the concrete covered in calcium carbonate, glue and cells.
 - Image3: at this magnification you can begin to see calcium carbonate crystals filling a crack.
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(Images above: left to right)
 - Image4: shows a higher magnification of calcium carbonates crystals and the crack which is being filled.
 - Image5: shows a crack almost completely covered in calcium carbonate, cells and glue.
 - Image6: shows a high magnification, the structure of the calcium carbonate crystals is more clear and some cells are visible in the crack.
Newcastle SEM2.jpgNewcastle SEM7.jpgNewcastle SEM5.jpg
(Images above: left to right)
 - Image7: this very high magnification shows cells and glue in the crack covered in calcium carbonate.
 - Image8: this image shows spores glued together with levan (induced by 10% sucrose)and calcium carbonate (produced by inducing with urea-calcium chloride broth). The cells have sporulated do to lack of nutrients and dehydration during preparation for SEM.
 - Image9: this images shows the spores are glued together as they are hanging from a vertical edge
An e-Science Approach to Synthetic Biology
We investigate the benefits of an e-Science approach, with a focus on workflows, to synthetic biology.
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The effect of browsing by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) on reproductive activity of five understory plant taxa was examined using two deer exclosures in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, USA. Surveys were conducted within and outside of deer exclosures using 250-m2 strip transects. Uvularia L. spp., Smilacina Desf. spp., Polygonatum Mill. spp., Orchis spectabilis L., and Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott were identified and counted, and noted for reproductive activity (presence of flowering and/or fruiting plants). Smilacina and Uvularia had more plants inside than outside of exclosures, whereas no significant differences in abundance were recorded for the other taxa. Reproductive activity of all taxa observed was greater inside than outside of exclosures. The survey method was field tested by determining the abundance and percent of plants reproductive at 11 sites along the Blue Ridge. Reproductive activity, for all taxa, was negatively correlated with deer abundance. This study demonstrates the potential for deer herbivory to affect herbaceous plant community composition and indicates that a measure of reproductive activity in common forest forbs would provide a rapid means to measure the severity of deer browsing on herbaceous species.
|Original language||English (US)|
|Number of pages||5|
|Journal||Natural Areas Journal|
|State||Published - Jan 1 2001|
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nature and Landscape Conservation


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"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Born March 2, 1914
Died December 8, 2010(2010-12-08) (aged 96)
Nationality German, United States of America
Fields Mathematics, Engineering
Marshall Space Flight Center
Alma mater Darmstadt University of Technology
Notable awards Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, 1959
"Walter Haeussermann (also spelled Häussermann; March 2, 1914 – December 8, 2010) was a German-American aerospace engineer and member of the "von Braun rocket group", both at Peenemünde and later at Marshall Space Flight Center, where he was the director of the guidance and control laboratory. He was awarded the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 1959 for his contributions to the US rocket program.
"Haeussermann was born in Germany shortly before the beginning of World War I. He eventually matriculated at the Darmstadt University of Technology, where he earned a doctorate in physics. He was drafted into the German army for World War II and taken to the rocket development center at Peenemünde on December 1, 1939. In a 2008 interview, he recalled seeing a rocket engine test upon his arrival there, saying, "I was flabbergasted, because on the first day I was shown a rocket test... I was astonished that something like this was already existing." Asked about meeting von Braun, he enthusiastically replied, "I met him the second day. I was very interested about him." He worked on the V-2 guidance and simulations by means of analog computers.
"He stayed at Peenemünde 3 years, then returned to Darmstadt where he worked for Kreiselgeraete and Siemens to develop a gyroscopic guidance platform. After the war, he was invited to join von Braun's team in Fort Bliss, Texas, but initially declined because his wife was ill.
"Helmut Hölzer and Ernst Steinhoff accepted the Operation Paperclip invitation to the United States, traveled there in late 1945, and maintained contact with Haeussermann. Haeussermann came to the United States in 1947 to rejoin von Braun's team, working on ballistic missile guidance and control engineering at Fort Bliss. In 1951, the group moved to Redstone Arsenal.
"In 1954, Haeussermann became a naturalized US citizen. At that time he was the director of the Guidance and Control Laboratory and head of the Astrionics Division of what is now Marshall Space Flight Center.
"NASA was formed in 1958, and Haeussermann was on the initial roster. There, he led electrical, computer systems, guidance, and navigation systems for the Saturn V. He took his responsibility for the astronauts safe transport seriously. He said, "I refused any congratulation before [Apollo 11 astronauts] were safely back. Of course, we were very proud."
"His contributions to the space program were recognized with the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 1959.
"Haeussermann remained an enthusiastic supporter of the space program and attended reunions and public events regularly until his death.
"Work in guidance and control
"Haeussermann's main area of work was in automatic guidance and control for missiles. For example, he was instrumental in the design of the Saturn V system. He also conducted research more broadly, for instance in 3-axis attitude control and the use of Hall devices in aerospace control devices. In his late career, he examined control issues related to experiments on board the Space Shuttle.
"Haeussermann, W. (1965) Guidance and control of saturn launch vehicles, AIAA #65-304.
Haeussermann, W. (1970) Description and performance of the Saturn launch vehicle's navigation, guidance, and control system, NASA TN D-5869.
Haeussermann, W. (1971) Saturn launch vehicle's navigation guidance, and control system, Automatica 7(5), 537-556.
Haeussermann, W. (1959) The Spherical Control Motor for Three-Axis Attitude Control of Space Vehicles, NASA TM X-50071
Haeussermann, W. (1979) Hall devices improve electric motor efficiency, NASA MFS-23828.
Haeussermann, W. (1976) Control requirements of the Shuttle experiments, In: Symposium on Automatic Control in Space, 7th, Rottach-Egern, West Germany, May 17–21, 1976, Volume 1. (A77-24777 10-12) Düsseldorf, VDI/VDE-Gesellschaft Messund Regelungstechnik, 1976, p. 97-111."
Kenneth Stepp salutes Walter Haeussermann--Immigrant of the Day! Many neo-cons would have kept the likes of Walter Haeussermann and Albert Einstein from immigrating to the United States from Central Europe. We might not have won the Cold War without the helps of the immigrants from Central Europe that helped our nuclear program and our rocket program. America needs to keep moving ahead and to disregards those nattering nabobs of negativism--the Know Nothings!


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Robert C. Reed
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American railroad history is filled with accounts of misadventure. Steam boilers blew up. Bridges collapsed under the weight of heavy engines. Locomotives crashed head-on because of signal failures. Passenger cars derailed, often with dire results. Lightly built wooden coaches splintered on impact, and the debris often ignited from the coals in the iron stoves used for heating.In the mid-nineteenth century American railroading was burgeoning--a growth too fast for safe operations. Despite the grim statistics of 19th and early 20th century train wrecks that resulted, one cannot help but find the photographs and public prints of the day interesting. When you pick up this wonderous book, you will have a hard time putting it down
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Milton-Smith, M. D. (2010). A Brave New World: Life in the Global Metropolis. MediAsia: The Asian Conference on Media.
In the new millennium, digital artists are questioning the nature of human existence within the global metropolis. As a case example, digital artist Marnix de Nijs' uses interactive, responsive and cinematic media to explore notions of alienation, diaspora, flux and dislocation within urban contexts. His installations examine globalisation's affects – and in doing so – provide new ways for us to respond to its 'brave new worlds'. In this paper I will present digital media as a unique mode of expression, borne of globalisation's zeitgeist and uniquely situated to articulate its human impacts. Most critically, I will explore how interactive digital installations can re-imagine human life within the global metropolis.
Published in Full, Global City, Digital Technology, Digital Art, Globalisation, Globalization


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People with urolithiasis — especially male teens and young women — are at a higher risk for bone fractures than the general population, according to a study from nephrologists at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that was published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
"We wanted to look across the lifespan to see how stones affected bone health, and we found compelling evidence of an association with increased risk of fractures," says Michelle Denburg, MD, MSCE, lead author. For the population-based retrospective cohort study, Denburg and her colleagues used The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database and analyzed electronic health record data on 51,785 people in the United Kingdom who were diagnosed with urolithiasis and 517,267 matched individuals without urolithiasis.
According to Denburg, the THIN database has the advantage of drawing from 10 million people followed by primary care physicians in the UK National Health Service.
Having a kidney stone was significantly linked with fractures. In males, there was an overall 10 percent greater risk in those with urolithiasis, and the risk was greatest in adolescence (55 percent higher). In females, there was a 17-25 percent higher risk of fracture in women 30-79 years old, with the highest risk in those 30-39 years old. Even when adjusting for potential confounding conditions and medications, the association between urolithiasis and fracture remained significant.
Individuals with limited mobility or who only had codes for renal colic, bladder/lower urinary tract calculi (presumed infectious), infectious calculi, hypercalciuria, or nephrocalcinosis were excluded from the entire cohort.
For those with urolithiasis, the median time between the first diagnosis of stones and the first fracture was 10 years. The most common fracture site for men was the hands, and for women was the forearm/wrist. There was no difference for either men or women in the distribution of fracture sites between the groups with and without stones.
Given the well-documented growth in the incidence of urolithiasis, this study points out profound implications for patient outcomes and healthcare costs in the future. It also opens up new questions.
"Given that the median time from diagnosis of urolithiasis to fracture was a decade, we might be able to intervene during this interval to reduce the burden of future fracture," Denburg says. "The THIN database does not have full metabolic profiles of urine, but it is worth trying to ascertain if there is an underlying metabolic abnormality that we could treat to prevent negative long-term outcomes. Are fractures the result of a cumulative burden of hypercalciuria over a person's lifetime?"
Denburg and senior author Lawrence Copelovitch, MD, are currently studying whether specific treatments for urolithiasis correlate with outcomes such as hypertension and chronic kidney disease.


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Counting results
Most active director?
Using count() write a query to return the number of movies a person directed.
What is the highest number of movies a director directed in our graph?
 - ✓ 42
Hint
You will need to order the count results so you can determine the highest count.
Solution
You can run the following query to find the answer:
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MATCH (d:Director)-[:DIRECTED]-(m)
RETURN d.name AS Director,
count(*) AS numMovies
ORDER BY numMovies DESC LIMIT 5
What number is the highest for a director?
Once you have entered the answer, click the Try Again button below to continue.
Summary
In this challenge, you wrote a query to aggregate results so you could answer a question about the data.
In the next challenge, you will write a query to create lists.


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Let and be circles with unequal radii. Prove there exists an inversion that maps onto.
So my idea was this:
Choose an axis that passes through both centers of the circles (so that the axis contains the diameters of and ). Without loss of generality, let the radius of be smaller than the radius of. Choose a point on the constructed axis so that is between point and and that, where is the diameter of and is the diameter of, both of which are the diameters we chose to lie of the constructed axis (where lies between and and lies between and ). Then we can verify that maps onto. Q.E.D.
This seems to make sense to me, but I want to know if this is a viable proof or if I have left some aspects or cases out. If the circles share a common center then the proof for that case is easy so I omitted it. Thanks.


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Monday, October 23, 2006
October 23: Gertrude Ederle (_PHONE_)
Also born on October 23 (either 1905 or 1906, sources disagree--if the latter, this is her centennial), American swimmer Gertrude Ederle. She began breaking amateur records at the age of 12; by 18, she had won three Olympic medals, and was preparing to cross the English Channel. In 1926, on her second attempt, she made the crossing, hours faster than any man had ever done. She was the first woman to swim the Channel, and was greeted with a tickertape parade on her return to the US.
Why is this a disability history story? Because Ederle was deaf, beginning with the effects of severe measles in childhood. After WWII, Ederle taught swimming for years, to the students at the Lexington School for the Deaf in New York City.
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Posted by: Jo Briton
Categories: Creative, Digital, Illustration,
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
I thought this was a fun project devised by NASA's Langley Research Center. They held an art contest challenging children to draw what they think the future would look like.
Titled, "The Future Is Now", students could choose to draw the improvements they envisioned would become reality in three areas—aeronautics, exploration and Earth science.
Check out their imaginative and inspiring illustrations below.
On the subject of space: NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman has shot a six-second Vine clip of
the Earth's orbit from space in the International Space Station where he is
Dubbed the first Vine video to be created from space, it shows the Earth's terminator line—a horizontal line separating day and night on earth.
Watch the amazing footage on Vine.