Aiming to extend the focus beyond the negative experiences of women survivors of gender-based violence, the Empowerment Photography Project was created. The Empowerment Photography Project is a form of digital art therapy that was carried out by women in the community who have been impacted by gender-based violence. I will showcase how strong, capable and resilient Pakistani women are.
The mission of the Empowerment Photography Project is to showcase what "the strength of women" looks like from the lens and perspective of women survivors of gender-based violence in Pakistan. This strength could be anything from one's daily tasks to the obstacles they're overcoming.
Participants received a camera for a period of one week with the prompt of documenting "women's strength". Upon receiving the photos and descriptions, I created a thematic framework to categorize the photographs. The Empowerment Photography Project, thus, contributes to our understanding of how women in Pakistan generate the strength to play a significant role in society.
How did I created the thematic framework?
I created the thematic framework by first going through all of the photos the participants took and the captions they created. I then translated the captions that were written in Urdu and started noticing similarities and differences amongst the photos. There were emotions, stories being told, symbolism and truth being shared through them all. All the photos did, indeed, depict the strength of women, however, it wasn't just women's strength in general but their own strength as survivors of gender-based violence. They gave voice to their experiences and shared what represents their own strength. Upon completion of reviewing the photographs and captions, I created five themed categories to place them into: 1) To Feel, 2) Live Not Survive, 3) Growth, 4) Motherhood, and 5) Hope.
As you go through the different photos in each section, read the captions and reflect on them. Think about strength these women are revealing through their lens. What's the strength they're showcasing? What are they displaying as signs of their strength?
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Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1998-Jul
Relational Complexity and Theory-of-Mind.
Halford, Graeme S.; Andrews, Glenda; Bowden, Darryl
The concept of relational complexity is applied to explain the persistent difficulties of young children with theory of mind. Relational complexity has been found useful as a general cognitive complexity metric. Children must understand that the relation between an object and a person's percept is conditional on a third variable, such as a filter or other condition that affects a person's knowledge state. Processing three interacting variables is equivalent to a ternary relation, and this level of complexity is often difficult for young children. It was hypothesized that if relational complexity is a factor in concept of mind, it should be related to tasks at the same level of complexity in other domains. Forty-eight 3- to 5-year-olds were tested on four false belief tasks and on four appearance-reality tasks. They were also assessed on transitivity, hierarchical classification, and cardinality tasks that had previously been shown to require the same level of relational complexity. Results indicate that the performance of 3-year-olds was significantly lower than the older age groups on both the theory-of-mind and relational complexity tasks. The findings support the relational complexity interpretation of concept of mind. (Author/EMK)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Note: Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (15th, Berne, Switzerland, July 1-4, 1998).


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November 19, 2010
Ordered Hashes in Ruby
Today, while playing a story in my web app development project, I felt the need to have an ordered hash in Ruby 1.8.7. Argh, this version of Ruby doesn't have ordered hash at all! Surprisingly enough, JRuby versions 1.3.1 or 1.5.1 preserves insertion order.
The way Ruby 1.8.7 hash behaves:
The way Ruby 1.9.1 hash behaves:
The way JRuby 1.3.1 hash behaves:
Coming back to our problem, how do I do have something like Ordered Hash data structure with Ruby 1.8.7? There are several libraries that either extend or replace Ruby's Hash. OrderedHash and RubyFacets being some of the famous ones. However, if you are developing a web application using Rails, then you have to search no where - just use Rails' ActiveSupport::OrderedHash. All you need to use it is
require 'active_support/ordered_hash' in your class/module
With Ruby 1.9, this wouldn't be a problem because Ruby 1.9 preserves the insertion order into the data structure. This only gives me foolish happiness for a second or two, after which my academic reasoning onsets bringing sinking unhappiness for the Ruby 1.9 preserving hash ordering by default. Should my prediction go right (or wish come true???) this will revert back to the way it was in Ruby 1.8.* and to solve this problem of having an ordered hash data structure, Ruby future version might have something like OrderedHash, the way Rails has one.
SIDE NOTE: A hash (table/map) is a data structure for storing items in key/value pairs using a hash function. Ideally, the hash function guarantees to map each key to a unique slot index. With this data structure, the average cost of lookup/insertion/deletion for an element remains constant irrespective of the number of elements that this data structure holds. Understandably for this reason this data structure is used in many softwares like databases, caches.
Recommended Books:
The Ruby Programming Language Programming Ruby 1.9: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide (Facets of Ruby) The Well-Grounded Rubyist


Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Compiler Progress: MultiStub and Full-Script Compilation
I spent today hacking on the Ruby to Java compiler and made some good progress. Here's the highlights:
 - It now parses a full script rather than just single method bodies.
 - The toplevel of the script is given its own method, and defined methods get theirs.
 - It uses MultiStub to implement the methods, so it will be faster than reflection.
 - It's more aware of incoming arguments, rather than assuming a single argument as in the previous revision.
 - It's generating a bit faster code, maybe 5-10% improvement.
MultiStub is our way of implementing many relocatable methods without generating a class-per-method or using reflection. We're using it today in our Enumerable implementation, and it works very well. Some numbers comparing our two reflection-based method binding techniques with MultiStub:
Invocation of a noop "test" method:
t = Time.now; _PHONE_.times { test }; puts Time.now - t
# test is alternately implemented using each of the three techniques
Control run (with no call to test in the block):
4.33s
ReflectionCallback-based (like Kernel methods today):
20.7s
ReflectedMethod-based (like most methods in normal classes):
19.3s
MultiStub-based (like Enumerable today):
14.9s
So simply switching to the MultiStub trims off around 20% for this benchmark. Removing the time to actually do 10M invocations of the block it comes closer to the 30% range. We're looking to start using MultiStub more in core classes. Anyway, back on topic...
What still needs to be done on the compiler:
 - I didn't implement any additional nodes, so it only handles perhaps 20% of them.
 - The toplevel method should define the contained methods as they're encountered. I'm wiring them all up manually in the test script right now.
 - It doesn't have any smarts for binding Ruby method names to the generated MultiStub methods yet.
It's a big leap in the right direction though, since you can pass it a script and it will try to compile the whole thing to Java code. Here's the results of the recursive fib benchmark with the new compiler (calculating fib(30)):
Time for bi-recursive, interpreted: 14.859
Time for bi-recursive, compiled: 9.825
Ruby 1.8.5:
Time for bi-recursive, interpreted: 1.677
This was in the mid 10-second range previously, so this is the first time we've dropped below 10 seconds. This puts the compiled code around 6x as slow as Ruby for this benchmark, which is very method-call intensive. Still, it's a solid 33% improvement over the interpreted version...probably an even larger percentage improvement if we don't count method-call overhead. Now on to iterative results, which are very light on interpretation (calculating fib(500000)):
Time for iterative, interpreted: 58.681
Time for iterative, compiled: 58.345
JRuby sans ObjectSpace support:
Time for iterative, interpreted: 47.638
Time for iterative, compiled: 47.563
Ruby 1.8.5:
Time for iterative, interpreted: 50.770461
For the iterative benchmark we're still about on par with (or around 20% slower than) Ruby because there's no interpretation involved and Java's BigInteger is faster than Ruby's Bignum. When ObjectSpace is turned off (it's pure overhead for us), the iterative version runs faster in JRuby. Once we eliminate some method overhead, things should improve more.
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Re: "Officials expect flood may hit more than 1,000 homes," June 21.
In this article, there were at least two bits of data that highlight why officials and experts cannot be trusted when it comes to predicting what is going to happen in nature, even in the short term.
Take the flood crest predictions for Medicine Hat and Lethbridge referred to in the article. Officials predicted 5,300 cubic metres per second versus actual of 2,800, while in Lethbridge, the prediction was 4,500 cubic metres per second with actual of only 2,100.
Even with all the extensive and expensive data network for rainfall and river flows, these predictions were offby 100 per cent. The public should be asking why experts cannot get flooding predictions right, even in extremely short time scales, let alone long ones.


text: Dust devil in convective boundary layer (CBL) was simulated by Euler-Lagrange approach. By means of large-eddy simulation method and smoothly stretched grid, flow fields of the small scale whirlwind were obtained. Movements of 20,000 dust particles were tracked by computing external forces and velocities with the aid of the simulated high-resolution air flow fields. Characteristics of the simulated airflow were in good accordance with field observations. Distribution of particles reproduced the shape of dust devil. Statistics of particle trajectories revealed basic properties of the movement of dust particles. Small particles with diameter of 0.04 mm were able to form a rolling cylinder and to be lifted easily to a certain height. 0.1 mm dust particles spiraled upwards like a cone with a small cone angle. Particles with diameters of 0.16 mm and 0.3 mm were obviously thrown outward with limited lifting height and fell back to the ground. The negative vertical pressure gradient in the dust devil strengthened particle lifting, unlike in the horizontal wind systems where the vertical pressure gradient isn't the major driving force. Numerical results showed why total suspended particulates (TSP) concentration exceeded the standard value greatly all the year round on the Loess Plateau, where the loess dust from the local ground was one of the major sources of air pollutants. 90% loess dusts were smaller than 0.04 mm in diameter, which made them easily lifted to a high altitude by dust devils even without obvious horizontal wind. Because thermal plumes are common in CBL, dust devils can occur frequently in multi-locations of the Loess Plateau. According to nature circumstances of the Loess Plateau and thermodynamic characteristics of dust devil, the dust-devil-scale simulation indicated one source of the background TSP on the Loess Plateau and how they were lifted into the atmosphere.


Geared DC Motor with Magnetic Encoder Outputs - 7 VDC 1:20 Ratio
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 - DescriptionThe first step in a robotics project is to get a motor spinning. Once you've done that you quickly learn that not all motors go the same speed, even if they are the same part number! There are always variations that relate to voltage, environment, and manufacturing changes. So, the second step is to figure out how fast it's going! Turns out that's not so easy, but the best way to get started is to add an encoder wheel and an optical or magnetic counter. As the motor turns, the attached encoder wheel spins, causing the counter to detect each passing spoke and that lets your microcontroller count and determine speed.
 If you want to do one better, add a second counter, and now you can tell direction as well as speed! All this wiring is kind of a pain, so that's why this motor is really nice! It has a magnetic wheel and two hall effect sensors already attached. Using this motor is a breeze, and it's a nice strong motor as well
 Provide 7V DC nominal to the brown and yellow wires - these connect to your motor driver, and can be PWM'd for speed adjustment and direction by using an H-bridge.
 Connect the black wire to your microcontroller ground pin, and the red wire to 3-5VDC (we tried both, works fine). Then you can read the hall effect outputs on the white and green wires. We have an example sketch here for Arduino, it can be adapted to other languages - basically you just want to interrupt on one of the encoder pins, use count the time since the last interrupt, and multiply the count time by 12-counts-per-revolution and the 1:20 gear ratio.
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Constructing an Open Box: An open box with a square base is requried to have a volume of 10 cubic feet.
a) Express the amount A of material used to make such a box as a function of the length x of a side of the square base. MY answer: S=x^2 + 4x(10/x^2)
b)How much material is required for a base 1 foot by 1 foot?
c)How much material is required for a base 2 feet by 2 feet?
d) Graph A=A(x). For what value of x is A smallest?
I cannot figure out b,c,d...thank you

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Shell Scripting case
A case construct helps us to simplify nested if statement. You can match several variables against one variable. Each case is an expression matching a certain pattern.
Look at the above snapshot, you can write one pattern or more than one pattern together according to the situation. Let's see an example to understand it more clearly.
Look at the above snapshot, we have shown a script to show the capital of different states. States Punjab and Haryana are written together as they share same capital.
Look at the above snapshot, user can enter a state name and script will display its capital respectively.


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Why Do Piano Keys Stick?
There are 1000 different reasons why piano keys stick but most commonly is a change in humidity or temperature. As you change the environment around the piano it will have to acclimate which can effect the keys.
Typically when you start running your A/C or Heat for the season or after you move a piano, the keys can stick for a short time. If your keys are sticking longer then a week, there's a different problem that needs to be addressed.


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It is revealed by new research that various flowers in Australia evolved their bright colors to attract the native bees and other the flying insects that is crucial to flower pollination around the world.
A vision researcher from RMIT University in Melbourne, Adrian Dyer, who is a lead author says that before the continent of Australia broke away about 34 million years ago from the other continents, it is suggested by the fossil evidence that the flowering plants were simple, plain structures without pigment.
It is noticed by researchers that the process of parallel evolution and the direct link between flowers and bee vision in the Northern Hemisphere, the same process occurred independently on two different continents many years ago.
In process of parallel evolution the bees that shaped the evolution of Australian flowers were the native bees, are not the species such as honeybees and are stingless that would have been present in the Northern Hemisphere.
In bees they have the ability to detect colors which is proof that flowers evolved to suit their main pollinator.
The researcher Dyer said that to protect our bees is very important particularly given the recent decline in numbers in Europe and the US, because the bees are also crucial for the process of pollination of flowering plants.


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water testing and maintenance can help prevent this condition.
These are just a few examples of diseases and health issues that Koi Carp can encounter. Regularly monitoring the health of your Koi, maintaining optimal water conditions, and seeking veterinary advice when needed will help ensure the longevity and well-being of your prized fish.
How long do koi carp usually live?
Koi carp usually live for an average of 20-30 years.
Is it possible for koi carp to live longer than 30 years?
Yes, it is possible for koi carp to live longer than 30 years. Some koi carp have been known to live up to 50-70 years with proper care.
What factors can affect the lifespan of koi carp?
Several factors can affect the lifespan of koi carp. These include genetics, water quality, nutrition, and the overall care they receive.
How can I ensure a longer lifespan for my koi carp?
To ensure a longer lifespan for your koi carp, you should provide them with a clean and well-maintained pond, proper nutrition, regular water testing and maintenance, and a stress-free environment. It is also important to avoid overstocking the pond and to provide appropriate filtration and aeration.
What are some signs of a healthy koi carp?
Some signs of a healthy koi carp include vibrant colors, active swimming behavior, clear eyes, smooth skin, and a good appetite. It is also important to monitor their growth rate and look for any signs of illness or abnormalities.
The World's Oldest Koi – Hanako (226 Years Old)
Man Makes 100k/Month passively, leveraging KOI FISH business | While Working a 9 to 5
From Birth to Jumbo Koi **The life cycle of a Fish**
I recently came across this fascinating article about the lifespan of koi carp, and I must say, I was quite intrigued. As a fish enthusiast myself, I have always been curious about the longevity of these beautiful creatures. The article provided a detailed insight into the factors that affect a koi carp's lifespan, such as genetics, water quality, and diet. I was astonished to learn that with proper care, some koi carps can live up to 40-60 years! This really emphasizes the importance of creating the perfect environment for them. Maintaining a clean and well-filtered pond, as well as feeding them a balanced diet, seems to significantly enhance their lifespan. What also caught my attention was the mention of how genetics can play a role in a koi carp's lifespan. Selective breeding can produce koi carps with specific traits, including longevity. This is something I would definitely consider when looking to add more koi carps to my pond. Overall, this article has not only expanded my knowledge about koi carps but has also motivated me to take better care of my own fish. I now understand the significance of providing them with a suitable habitat and paying attention to their genetic background. This newfound information will undoubtedly improve the quality of life for my koi carps, and I am grateful to have come across such an informative article.
I've always been fascinated by koi carp and their vibrant colors. I recently got into koi keeping and wanted to learn more about their lifespan. After reading this article, I now have a clear understanding of how long these beautiful fish can live. It's surprising to know that with proper care and a healthy environment, koi carp can live up to 30 years or even more! This is really impressive, considering the average lifespan of most fish is much shorter. I can't wait to see my koi carp grow and thrive in their new home. This article has definitely given me a better appreciation for these amazing creatures and has motivated me to provide the best care for my koi.
As a female reader who has always been fascinated by koi carp, I found this article on the lifespan of koi to be incredibly informative. It answered all of my burning questions about how long these beautiful fish can live. The article explained that, on average, koi can live for about 25-35 years, but with proper care, they can even reach 50-70 years! I was amazed to learn that some koi have even been known to live for over 100 years. The article also mentioned that the lifespan of koi can vary depending on factors such as genetics, water quality, and diet. This made me realize that taking good care of my koi is essential if I want them to live a long and healthy life. Overall, this article has given me a new appreciation for koi carp and has motivated me to provide the best care possible for my own fish.
As a male reader, I've always been fascinated by koi carp and their graceful beauty. When it comes to their lifespan, it's incredible to think that these remarkable creatures can live for so long. On average, koi can live for 20 to 30 years, but they have been known to live for over 50 years in certain conditions. It's amazing to think that a koi fish could potentially be a lifelong companion. To ensure their longevity, providing them with a healthy diet, clean water, and a suitable environment is crucial. With proper care and attention, these majestic fish can bring joy and tranquility to a pond for many years. It's truly remarkable to witness the beauty and longevity of these magnificent creatures.
As a male fish enthusiast, I find the article "How Long Do Koi Carp Live? (The Lifespan of Koi)" quite informative. Koi carp are fascinating creatures known for their vibrant colors and graceful movements. The article explains that the lifespan of Koi can vary depending on various factors, including genetics, water quality, and diet. It highlights that with proper care and a suitable environment, Koi can live for more than 20 years, while some have been known to live for over 40 years. I personally find it fascinating how Koi can live for such a long time, almost like companions for a significant part of one's life. The article emphasizes the importance of providing a spacious pond and ensuring adequate filtration for the fish's wellbeing. I appreciate how the article educates readers on the specific care requirements and potential challenges that come with keeping Koi as pets. Overall, the article effectively delivers the information I was seeking regarding the lifespan of Koi carp. It has enhanced my understanding of these beautiful fish and has given me valuable insights into how to provide the best care for them. I look forward to implementing the tips and recommendations provided in the article to ensure the longevity and well-being of my future Koi companions.


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Task: Determine the characteristics of a hole in corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST).
Approach: We examined the CSST visually, then subsequent examination was performed using a stereo microscope and with SEM.
Solution: The examinations showed evidence of melting around the hole edges, edge sharpness, and spatter in areas around the hole. These features indicate a hole that was formed very rapidly, such as during arcing from a lightning strike.
Task: Use laser scanning to digitally assemble a blowout preventer (BOP) and determine the tightening of the fit between parts.
Approach: We converted laser scan files into solid models using AutoCAD. In CAD, parts were assembled ensuring no interference. A grid was used for systematic measurements.
Solution: We reconstructed the assembly at the time of the incident by matching the erosion patterns on digital pieces. We were then able to quantify gaps between parts.
Task: Investigate how the teeth of a dirt rotary mixer can generate a longitudinal crack in a pipe by gouging it.
Approach: We utilized Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulations to recreate the gouging.
Solution: Our failure analysis indicated not only where the crack occurred, but how the pipe wall deformed as well. We found that reversing back the bow in the pipe wall with internal pressure created severe loading and cracking.
Some examples of MEG projects and solutions are shown below:
Task: Determine the load necessary to bend a riser attachment welded to a cylindrical pressure vessel.
Approach: We constructed a fixture to match the geometry of the incident pressure vessel and provide proper support. We applied and monitored the loads using instrumentation.
Solution: We recreated the incident scenario in a controlled laboratory setting and found the load necessary to achieve the desired level of rotation.

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With the rapid increase in cloud services collecting and using user data to offer personalized experiences, ensuring that these services comply with their privacy policies has become a business imperative for building user trust. However, most compliance efforts in industry today rely on manual review processes and audits designed to safeguard user data, and therefore are resource intensive and lack coverage. In this paper, we present our experience building and operating a system to automate privacy policy compliance checking in Bing. Central to the design of the system are (a) L EGALEASE ---a language that allows specification of privacy policies that impose restrictions on how user data is handled; and (b) G ROK ---a data inventory for Map-Reduce-like big data systems that tracks how user data flows among programs. G ROK maps code-level schema elements to datatypes in LEGALEASE, in essence, annotating existing programs with information flow types with minimal human input. Compliance checking is thus reduced to information flow analysis of big data systems. The system, bootstrapped by a small team, checks compliance daily of millions of lines of ever-changing source code written by several thousand developers.
}, address = {San Jose, CA}, author = {Shayak Sen and Saikat Guha and Anupam Dutta and Sriram Rajamani and Janice Tsai and Jeannette Wing}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy (Oakland)}, month = {May}, title = {Bootstrapping Privacy Compliance in Big Data Systems}, url = {_URL_ year = {2014}, }


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The world's first "all-in-one" full-colour microLED display is a power-efficient display technology that will enable engineers to build high-quality displays for AR/VR applications.
Porotech has announced the world's first "all-in-one" full-colour microLED display. The display uses Porotech's Dynamic Pixel Tuning (DPT) technology that enables a single pixel to emit light across the entire colour spectrum. This technology can reduce power consumption while improving pixel density and picture quality. This can enable designers to make better displays for applications having a very small display size including applications like AR and VR headsets, smart watches, etc.
The display employs a class of Gallium Nitride (GaN) materials, DPT which enables a single microLED diode for all colours. The current technology employs an RGB (red-green-blue) sub-pixel model, which increases the size of the display, and reduces the resolution and cost of manufacturing. DPT can enhance the pixel density and resolution up to 4 times thus lowering the cost of displays, reducing power consumption and providing better colour, brightness and efficiency.
According to a few experts, the microLED display can solve a lot of fundamental technical problems related to the quality of microLED displays, which included manufacturability and system integration. Furthermore, the display is able to cover the entire colour spectrum using a single microLED chip and it can also emit colours such as "pure white", which was not possible by the existing RGB sub-pixel model.
Dr Tongtong Zhu, Porotech's CEO and Co-Founder say: "This doesn't just herald widespread adoption of consumer-grade MR, VR, and AR. In fact, DPT also offers radical improvements in TV, signage, and smart wearables in both consumer and professional contexts. By allowing pixels to move beyond RGB and quadrupling the resolution of any given display, DPT is set to unlock new uses for displays in every segment of society."


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Use herbs or essential oils. Make weak mixtures.
Finely cut fresh plants and burn them on a stove, in the bonfire or on a piece of charcoal in a bowl.
Use dried herbs and roots that have been run through a blender.
1. Cut pieces (1,5 x 20 cm/0.59″x 7.87″) of unglued paper.
2. Put the mixture in the middle.
3. Fold the paper lengthwise.
4. Twist it double.
5. Burn it hanging over or lying in/on a bowl or a dish so no embers go astray.


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The Proactive Alignment System is a dial indicator alignment system with three goals in mind:
- It had to be quick to mount.
- And ensure precise results.
While providing alignment and vibration analysis
training over many years, we had observed engineers and craftspeople
struggling to mount the fixtures properly and having to constantly
readjust the device – only to get imprecise readings. There had to be a
Our Proaction Alignment System uses a
quick-release chain grip for the fastest and easiest mounting
available. One person can quickly set up the fixture, enabling you to
reduce labor costs and get your machinery back in operation in less
You can more precisely align rotating machinery to
minimize vibration. Precision readings provide smoother operating
machines that maximize the productivity you get from the machinery.
To ensure exact results, we focused on strength,
stability and minimizing bar-sag. The indicator bars are constructed of
rigid stainless steel tubing that makes the fixture strong, yet
lightweight. This results in less bar-sag and greater repeatability of
readings. The indicators are also mounted on the fixture base, rather
than the indicator bar, for less indicator bar-sag and greater
The Proaction Alignment System can be used on all types of machines,
such as steam turbine/generator sets, large compressors, vertical and
horizontal pumps, air compressors, fans and small pumps and motors.
The system comes with various indicator bars to span couplings up to
16 ½ inches long. An adjustable chain grip allows one fixture to fit
various sizes of shafts or coupling hubs. When additional chains are
combined, the fixture can be used on shafts of virtually any diameter.
Proaction Alignment BASIC
Includes everything needed to measure shaft alignment using the
reverse indicator method. The fixtures can easily be reconfigured to
perform the Rim and Face alignment method if necessary.
- The most stable fixtures (least amount of sag)
- Fit a wide range of machine sizes
- Complete hardware for Reverse Indicator
- Rugged carrying case


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This spring, the V&A Museum will discover the ability of design in shaping the arena of the next day to come in its exhibition: The Future Starts Here, and some of the initiatives showcased will Lavazza's ISSpresso gadget.
The ISSpresso, a capsule-based gadget designed via Argotec and Lavazza, shall be one among 100 initiatives mentioned to be shaping the arena of the next day to come. The gadget is alleged to permit astronauts at the International Space Station to revel in coffee in a state of gravity.
From portraits of Chelsea Manning generated via her DNA, a rechargeable blouse which
can energy a smartphone, gadgets published via the arena's first 0 gravity printer, to an international
seed financial institution to stop lack of plant species within the match of a disaster, The Future Starts Here targets to carry in combination ground-breaking applied sciences and designs these days in building in studios and laboratories around the globe.
Tristram Hunt, director of the V&A, mentioned: "From the very beginning, the V&A has championed pioneering art, science, design and technology. Now in the midst of the digital revolution, this eagerly anticipated exhibition delves into our fast-accelerating future of artificial intelligence, synthetic biology and space exploration. The V&A is taking live experiments about our future society from the studio and lab into the museum. This is the first major exhibition produced by our design, architecture and digital department, and revives our founding principle to forefront cutting-edge art and design."


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October 19, 2022
Trillion-dollar pension fund TIAA faces climate-washing complaint brought by hundreds of professors and scientists
New York, NY — Nearly 300 clients of the $1.2 trillion retirement giant TIAA filed a formal complaint today with the UN-sponsored Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative, alleging TIAA's substantial investments in fossil fuels and deforestation violate TIAA's climate pledges and commitment to the six Principles for Responsible Investment.
TIAA participants, including the academics Bill McKibben, Michael Mann, Dipesh Chakrabaty, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Judith Butler, are filing the complaint to highlight TIAA's investments in the drivers of climate change, including at least $78 billion in fossil fuels, $9.1 billion of which are coal industry bonds. Such investments escalate the climate emergency while violating the commitments TIAA made to PRI through its subsidiary and asset manager, Nuveen. TIAA also invests heavily in timber and industrial agriculture linked to deforestation and illegality. Deforestation is second to fossil fuels as a driver of climate change. The complainants call on the PRI to investigate and address TIAA's "irresponsible investments and systematic greenwashing practices."
Bill McKibben, author, climate expert, Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College, and TIAA client, commented: "Most of the people that this giant fund serves are teachers, members of a profession that takes intellectual honesty — and the future — seriously. Time for TIAA to do the same."
The complainants argue that TIAA's refusal to consider fossil fuel divestment violates its fiduciary duty because burning fossil fuels ignores the interests of its clients and harms their long-term financial well-being.
TIAA is one of the world's largest holders of bonds across the coal value chain — ranking 4th globally — including holding over $91 million in bonds of the conglomerate Adani that owns the controversial Carmichael coal mine in Australia. TIAA/Nuveen also invests in fossil fuel companies, including Chevron, Exxon, Enbridge, TotalEnergies (building the contested East African Crude Oil Pipeline).
"When TIAA invests teachers' money in catastrophic fossil fuels and land grabs, they fundamentally undermine the work we do to prepare students for rich, fulfilling lives," commented Caroline Levine, Cornell University professor, and TIAA-Divest! team member.
The complainants, with the support of TIAA-Divest!, call on TIAA to establish a moratorium on new fossil fuel investments, including both shares and bonds; to divest its existing fossil fuel investments by 2025 in line with a 1.5°C pathway; and to stop land grabs leading to deforestation and human rights harms, in order to make good on the specific commitments it has made as a PRI signatory.
If TIAA/Nuveen refuses to come into compliance, the complainants are asking PRI to expel Nuveen from the PRI initiative.
Read more about the complaint, complainants, and PRI.
Additional Voices of Support
Amy Gray, Senior Climate Finance Strategist at Stand.earth and coordinator of the Climate Safe Pensions Network
"Our planet cannot afford any more stalling tactics from TIAA. Divestment from fossil fuel companies is an investment in our future. Frontline communities won't wait for big banks, investors, and asset managers to appease fossil fuel corporations while our homes burn and flood, while our bodies are polluted, and while our children's futures are destroyed for profit. TIAA/Nuveen must heed the writing on the wall, set the standard for the industry, and stop fossil fuel financing now."
Hana Heineken, Senior Attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law
"TIAA and the responsible investment community risk undermining their credibility if they fail to rapidly transition their investments away from fossil fuels and other high-emitting sectors. There is no more time for greenwashing, and they have a fiduciary duty to act with urgency."
Coedie McAvoy — Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodian
"We, as Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians, condemn TIAA for investing in Adani while Adani builds its Carmichael coal mine on our ancestral lands without our consent. TIAA's funding of Adani makes it complicit in Adani's ongoing violation of our human rights."
Maria Luisa Mendonça, Network for Social Justice and Human Rights
"TIAA's role in financial speculation on farmland promotes land grabbing and human rights violations against Indigenous people and small farmers. TIAA promotes the expansion of commodity plantations by agribusiness, which increases deforestation in the Brazilian Cerrado — the most biodiverse savanna in the world. TIAA's clients and the general public need to denounce this destructive agribusiness system. We need to support land rights of local communities and ecological food production to deal with the global climate crisis."
David M. Hughes, a Rutgers University professor and member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Climate Justice Task Force
"In July, the 1.7-million-member American Federation of Teachers voted – with an overwhelming majority – to urge TIAA to divest from fossil fuels. We represent 300,000 TIAA clients: higher ed teachers, scholars, and academic professionals. We intend to leave a livable planet for our students, our children, and our grandchildren. If it is to do good in the world, TIAA must take our money – it is OUR money – out of Big Oil permanently."
Eric Godoy, Ethics Professor, Illinois State University
"We know that fossil fuels are driving climate change, yet TIAA invests our money in these industries. This means our financial security is being generated at the expense of a livable climate. That's not right."
Dr. Pouné Saberi, MD, MPH, Distinguished Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physician, Physicians for Social Responsibility — Pennsylvania
"My medical career and retirement account with TIAA began at the same time. While as doctors, we have been trying to protect the health of people, TIAA has continued its health-harming practices in the form of investments in fossil fuels. It is time for TIAA to align its mission of financial security for health professionals with the promotion of a clean and safe energy future for us. It is time for TIAA to divest from fossil fuels."
Notes to the Editor
- The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is the preeminent gathering of responsible investors, with over 5,000 signatories (as of October 9, 2022). It is responsible for $150 trillion in assets under management (as of 2021). TIAA, through its asset manager Nuveen, is a signatory of the PRI. See the PRI website for more details.
- TIAA provides benefits for over 5 million active and retired employees at nearly 15,000 higher education, research, medical, cultural, and nonprofit institutions. To date, over 1,550 institutions representing more than $40 trillion in assets have committed to some level of fossil fuel divestment.
- Coedie is a Wangan and Jagalingou man who has been maintaining a presence on Adani's mining lease for over 400 days. He and his family have been conducting an ongoing cultural ceremony a short distance from Adani's mine site called Waddananngu (the talking) in defiance of Adani's occupation of their homelands and in defense of their land, water, and culture.


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Bulletin ID: HCSEC-2023-06
Bulletin Title: Consul Server Panic when Ingress and API Gateways Configured with Peering Connections
Publication Date: March 7, 2023
Affected Products / Versions: Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.14.0 up to 1.14.4; fixed in 1.14.5.
A vulnerability was identified in Consul and Consul Enterprise ("Consul") an authenticated user with service:write permissions could trigger a workflow that causes Consul server and client agents to crash under certain circumstances. This vulnerability, CVE-2023-0845, was fixed in Consul 1.14.5.
Consul cluster peering is a feature to support peering connections between two or more independent clusters so that services deployed to different partitions or datacenters can communicate. API gateways are a dedicated ingress solution for intelligently routing traffic to applications running in the service mesh, and are configured through the Kubernetes Gateway API Specification. Ingress gateways enable connectivity from services outside the Consul service mesh to services inside the mesh, and are configured using configuration entries. These configurations are transpiled and then sent to Envoy using xDS through the Consul server or client agent.
During internal testing, we observed it was possible to crash the Consul server or client agent hosting the xDS connection to an API gateway or ingress gateway by configuring upstreams to reference a peering destination.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker requires access to an ACL token with service:write permissions, and there needs to be at least one running ingress or API gateway that is configured to route traffic to an upstream service. For more information on cluster peering, see the documentation.
Customers should evaluate the risk associated with this issue and consider upgrading to Consul 1.14.5, or newer.
This issue was identified by the Consul engineering team.
We deeply appreciate any effort to coordinate disclosure of security vulnerabilities. For information about security at HashiCorp and the reporting of security vulnerabilities, please see _URL_


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AIDC project number: 410036 & 510019 (Supplemental)
David L. Barnes (UAF)
Over the last several years agencies in Alaska, including ADOT&PF and local governments, have been working on solutions for fugitive dust. Fugitive dust impacts health and quality of life, and increases road maintenance costs as material is lost from the road surface. One objective of this project is to assess the longevity of different palliatives applied to rural Alaska roads over two summer seasons. For this study, roads in three villages will receive palliatives and be monitored, in addition, researchers will treat sections of roads in North Pole and Point McKenzie, Alaska. Data will be collected using the UAF DUSTM. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation requested comparisons of associated dust concentrations measurements by UAF DUSTM and by stationary monitors. Developing this correlation will determine how much of the measured fugitive dust is from a controllable emission source, and how much is from uncontrollable sources. These results will be useful to any community planning to use dust-control palliatives. From a public health and an economic standpoint, an important question is, how much of the dust arising from unpaved roads needs to be controlled to meet regulatory standards? Additional funding extending project research another year.


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Katharine Paisley is a Visual Artist currently based in Northern Ireland, after completing a BA Fine Art degree in the North West of England. She creates representational oil paintings and experimental videos which, explore the evidence behind the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is the proposed new geological epoch that scientists believe we entered when the first nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The transition into the Anthropocene signifies the undeniable and irreversible impact of human activity on the Earth's biology and acknowledges human presence as a geophysical force.
She explores the boundaries of painting, what a 2D can achieve; through experimenting with how time can be conveyed within a series of paintings, how one painted image can become a film sequence and how varying scale within a series of paintings can add impact on a specific moment. Using audio and film alongside her painted canvases, She creates an environment surrounding her pieces which, the audience enter in order to experience the work.


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L. González-García, G. Lozano, A. Barranco, H. Míguez, A.R. González-Elipe
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20 (2010) 6408–6412
Herein we present a synthetic route to attain porous one-dimensional photonic crystals of high optical quality. The method employed, based on the alternate deposition of TiO2 and SiO2 porous layers by glancing angle physical vapour deposition, yields a highly accessible interconnected porenetwork throughout the entire multilayer structure. Furthermore, it allows a strict control over the average size and density of the interstitial sites, which results in the precise tuning of the refractive index of the individual layers and thus of the optical response of the ensemble. The controlled environmental response of the multilayer is confirmed by the optical monitoring of the infiltration of liquids of different refractive index.


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Black history month
This Week in History
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One of the more popular landmarks in Palm Beach County is the Little Red Schoolhouse, the first in southeast Florida (1886), which was restored and sits in Phipps Ocean Park in Palm Beach.
But Martin County has its own landmark: the New Monrovia One-Room Schoolhouse, believed to be the only remaining one on the Treasure Coast.
Built around 1930, the 25-by-30 wood-frame structure was one of the first schools built in Martin County to educate black children.
On March 9, county officials, former students and historians cut the ribbon on the newly-restored structure.
The schoolhouse is in what is now Port Salerno. Plats called it Salerno Colored School, but students remembered it as Mrs. Williams' School, for Costella Hannibal Williams, who moved to the area in 1929 and taught at the school until around 1960.
Warmed by a pot-belly stove, their way lit by kerosene lamps, black children looked to Williams as a mother figure.
Those children include retired Indian River Community College administrator David "Doc" Anderson, the first black elected to the Martin County School Board. He served 32 years on the panel, including stints as its chairman.
Anderson was a student in first through fourth grades, 1946 to 1950.
He said the four grades shared the one room, and one teacher: Williams.
"She was something else. She was quite a person. I don't know how she did it," Anderson said.
Williams — described as the "Matriarch of New Monrovia" in the 2000 Palm Beach Post book Our Century — retired from Martin County Schools in 1975. According to the Stuart News, she died at 97 in Palm City on April 19, 2003.
The schoolhouse eventually closed and the county used the building as a community center, then closed that in 1998 after building a civic center next door that bore Williams' name.
The schoolhouse fell into disrepair and was damaged by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004.
Martin County spent $115,000 to restore the schoolhouse; it received a roof, floor and ceiling, windows and doors, and a fresh coat of paint.
Three of the original walls were saved.
Inside, green chalkboards hang from the original locations on the wall, and replicas of the students' original wooden desks, built by South Fork High School carpentry students, line the room.
And there's even a potbelly stove.
Visitors view the interior of the renovated Monrovia One-Room Schoolhouse during its re-dedication March 9. The building, believed to be Martin County's last surviving one-room schoolhouse, was one of the first schools built in the county for black children. (Photo courtesy Martin County)
Tags: African Americans, Martin County, schools
Valentine's Day isn't the only thing around here that's red. Palm Beach's "Little Red Schoolhouse," the only school in all of southeast Florida when it opened March 1, 1886, reopened this month after being closed for nearly a year.
Once again, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach will host its "living history" program, which takes fourth-graders back in time for a mini-day in a one-room school of the 1890s.
The schoolhouse, in Phipps Ocean Park, was closed during a yearlong soil-remediation project in the park. The Foundation took advantage of the down time to renovate and update it.
When it opened, it was the only schoolhouse in what was then Dade County, which was a swath of scattered settlements stretching north to Stuart and covering an area the size of Massachusetts.
A county grant of $200 paid for lumber for the 22-by-40-foot building. Laborers donated time.
The Ladies Aid Society raised another $200 from the sale of embroidery and quilts to pay for furniture and supplies.
The first class had seven students ranging from 7 to 17 years old.
The teacher was Hattie Gale, from Kansas. She was all of 16, younger than some of her charges.
She was the daughter of the Rev. Elbridge Gale, a minister, educator and professor of horticulture, who retired to the area from Kansas in November 1884 and became one of the first to build a cabin on the west side of Lake Worth (the Intracoastal Waterway).
Hattie, who arrived in 1885, taught for only three months before the area hired a teacher for $100.
In 1901, the schoolhouse closed and a boat ferried the children to the new four-room school at Clematis Street and Poinsettia Avenue, now Dixie Highway, in West Palm Beach.
The original building was moved to Casa Bendita, the Palm Beach estate of John Phipps. It sat there for four decades, where it was used as a potting shed.
In 1960, shortly before Casa Bendita was razed, the schoolhouse was dismantled and moved to Phipps Ocean Park. In 1990, the Preservation Foundation restored the building to look like a one-room schoolhouse.
The building is closed to the public, except for the "living history" program.
The first schoolhouse (left) in Palm Beach County is shown in 1886 in Palm Beach. The first school teacher was 16-year-old Hattie Gale (in doorway). (Courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County)
Tags: buildings, Palm Beach, schools
This is Black History Month. More than one person over the years has wished for a time when we don't need a special day to single out one ethnic group's accomplishments. Until then, this column will endeavor to point out the long struggle of all minority groups — and to honor that struggle's many heroes.
One of our most unsung heroes might well be Charles H. Stebbins, Jr. Here's more from columns in 2004 and 2007:
His legacy was continued partly through the accomplishments of his niece, Freddie Lee Stebbins Jefferson, an educator, community leader and Palm Beach Post columnist who died at 71 in October 2007. And through Freddie's husband, retired educator and activist James Julius "Jeff " Jefferson, who died at 80 in 2011.
Charles Stebbins wanted to be paid the same as white teachers. But he never benefited from the victory he helped achieve. Long since fired from his teaching job, he was waiting tables in New York the day in 1941 when a federal judge's ruling set a stunning precedent. It was a step toward the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.
White teachers with five years of experience had received a $25 raise. Furious black counterparts, who got no raise, founded the Palm Beach County Teachers Association and about 85 percent of the county's 115 black teachers joined.
The group brought in Thurgood Marshall, later the Supreme Court's first black justice. They needed a name to put on the lawsuit against the county school board. Charles Stebbins volunteered.
The Arcadia native taught social studies at West Palm Beach's Industrial High School until he was fired. A school board official offered him $500 and his job back to drop the case. His wife was ill — she would die in a year and a half — but he declined.
"He was blackballed throughout the state," Freddie Jefferson said in 1999. "He was the troublemaker." Also, the black union failed to honor a promise to pay him a year's salary if he was fired.
Stebbins moved to New York, then served in the Navy, where he filed two discrimination suits. He worked 32 years for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, where he sued for promotions, but failed. He never returned to education, and died in 1991.
Charles Stebbins, Jr. (Palm Beach Post file photo)
Freddie Lee Stebbins Jefferson (Palm Beach Post file photo)
Tags: African Americans, Black history month, schools
Thanksgiving and football may mean watching the NFL on TV today, but Palm Beach County fans of a certain age will recall when THE Thanksgiving game was Palm Beach High vs. Lake Worth — a long-time rivalry played on the eve of Thanksgiving. The annual holiday game began in 1928 and continued through the 1960s, when the Forest Hill Falcons stood in for the Lake Worth Trojans.
The 1964 game has been described as the one of the most publicized football games in Palm Beach County history. Both teams — the Palm Beach Wildcats and the Forest Hill Falcons — were unbeaten. The preview story in The Palm Beach Post began, "Tonight's the night when the hopes and dreams of an unbeaten-untied football season are wrapped up in 48 violent minutes of combat."
The Palm Beach High football team as pictured in the Nov. 25, 1964 game preview story in The Palm Beach Post.
The Wildcats won that 1964 game 25-6.
The 1946 game between Palm Beach and Lake Worth drew what The Palm Beach Post called "the largest crowd in the history of Palm Beach County football," with estimates ranging up to 10,000.
The cover art on the program from the 1946 game was by Lon Keller, an artist from Pennsylvania whose work was featured on high school and college football game-day programs from 1938-70.
The 1946 Palm Beach High football team, from the annual Thanksgiving game program.
The 1946 Lake Worth Trojans, as pictured in the annual Thanksgiving game program


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Tensile Fabric Structures in UAE
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About Tensile Fabric Structures
Designing of interesting roof forms have become possible with the use of tensile fabric structures in UAE. These structures have been used in buildings since 1970s. Today they are used to give dramatic forms to architectural works. They offer variety to roofing forms in terms of translucency, colour, clear span and softness. Tensile fabric structures are lightweight and can be created into three dimensional forms by applying tension. Tensile structures are usually supported by as masts, rings or beams which work as compression or bending elements. These structures are resistant to fire, rain, sun and wind. They are also resistant to damage caused by blunt objects, but not to sharp ones.


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Tipster Dean Culver has created a dynamic block in AutoCAD for a labeled bracket.
"The bracket is a dynamic block that is inserted, then rotated to the right, left, top, or bottom using AutoCAD's normal Rotate command. Using the rotation action (blue dot) placed within the text, you can rotate the text to the desired orientation.
"The bracket can be stretched by using the blue arrows located on either side of the bracket to the left or right or from the top or bottom, depending on how the bracket is oriented. The text will remain centered in relation to its length, unless you modified the text position prior to stretching. The whole block can be moved using the dynamically placed base point at the center apex of the bracket."
Notes from Cadalyst Tip Reviewer Brian Benton: This is a great example of what you can do with dynamic blocks in AutoCAD. There are several ways to manipulate it, and it has a text option. If you need to create annotation similar to this, give it a try — or just take a look at how the block was constructed so you can create dynamic blocks.


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The Greek island of Samos was one of the areas affected by the earthquake that struck in the Aegean Sea Friday.
The 6.6 magnitude tremor, centered off Turkey's Izmir province, caused destruction in Turkey as well as on some Greek islands.
Anadolu Agency Video News (AAVN) videoed damaged buildings, vehicles and destruction on the island of Samos four days after the disaster.
The people of the island have been trying to heal their wounds as they mourn the death of two teenagers.
The young victims of the earthquake were students, a girl aged 15 and a boy aged 17. Severe damage was observed in 300 homes and over 70 workplaces on the island, according to initial estimates.
Many vehicles near the sea were reportedly submerged and businesses were damaged by a small-scale tsunami that occurred after the earthquake.
The National Observatory of Athens' Institute of Geodynamics initially put the magnitude of the quake at 6.6 but later revised it to 6.7.


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Nanoporous semiconductors are used in a range of applications from sensing and gas separation, to photovoltaics, rechargeable batteries, energetic materials and micro electro mechanical systems. In most cases porosity occurs in conjunction with the competing process of amorphisation, creating a complicated material that responds differently to strain and density changes, depending on the composition. Special cases such as the archetypes can be used to guide experimentation and provide a target for synthesis. However, the transition from crystalline to amorphous is not immediate and involves a variety of changes in the chemical bonding and lattice structure. While some work has been done using archetypal analysis to study the pure types of other types of disordered systems, the archetypes of nanoporous semiconductors have never been reported. In this project you will identify archetypal crystalline or non-crystalline (defective, porous or amorphous) semiconductor materials composed of silicon, carbon and silicon carbide. The data sets will be provided.
Use archetypal analysis to find the pure crystalline and non-crystalline (defective, porous or amorphous) semiconductor materials.
Python programming and an interest in machine leaning is essential. Familiarity with platforms such as scikit-learn, Pytorch, Tensorflow and Keras is desirable.
This is a 1 semester 6pc project.
machine learning, materials informatics, archetypes


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Chronicle of Foreign Lands
The Zhifang waiji (Chronicle of foreign lands) is a concise geography of the world, the first of its kind written in Chinese. The Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci produced a map of the world in Chinese in 1584. The map, which followed Western principles of cartography then unknown in China, underwent several revisions between 1584 and 1602. Ricci's fellow priests Diego de Pantoja and Sabatino de Ursis were instructed by imperial order to compose a book explaining the map. Pantoja died in 1618 and the work eventually was completed...


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Virtue ethics or Individualism is having the excellence of moral; righteousness, responsibility, and other exemplary qualities. Care ethics, or feminist theory, states that women and men have different ethical practices. However, no one person, man or woman, is better or superior to another. Individualism is inner power and strength, whereas collectivism is societal assistance for improvement or advancement. Discuss Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics. Named after his son, Aristotle states that the aim of all human beings is to "…reason well for a whole or complete life" (Morality and religion, 2012). According to Aristotle, all humans are to show characteristics of being good
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The Golden Mean is to be in the middle of two extremes. This can be the middle between good and evil, as we are all neither purely good or evil; intelligent and ignorant, as we all should strive for knowledge, not ignorance. Due to the fact that having an excess or deficiency of something is apparently not the way to life, according to Aristotle, we should accept that no person is all knowledgeable, nor all ignorant. We all have a level of intelligence, and therefore, we cannot be completely dumb in one aspect of life or another. Discuss Confucian Moral Self-Cultivation. To the Chinese, de, or virtue, is that which resides within a person that is favorable to a person or spirit. Those who possess virtue, are people who have a "…positive, dramatic, and powerful effect upon others…" (Thiroux and Krasemann et al, Pg. 63, para. 4). Not only are people to be positive in the face of glory or tribulation, we are to have the power to assist others in being positive for the wellness of …show more content…
I have no control other than to tell my lungs not to breathe. If I do not breathe, I die. I work to pay bills; therefore, I have no control over my life. However, I can choose where to work and for what amount of money is agreed upon where I can hopefully have more money to use on more than just bills. I go to every class to make the best grades possible. Alas, it is still very possible to earn a poor grade even while attending all class meetings. I need to present all assigned work along with attending classes to make the best grade I can. Therefore, I can say I did my best. I cannot do badly because it is not in my moral ethics to do so. I am a free will determinist. I see my free will when I arrive early to school and make the extra efforts to make higher
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(Minghui.org) In its campaign to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their belief, the Chinese Communist regime employs various torture techniques using water, among many other methods.
According to reports compiled by Minghui.org, the following water torture techniques are often used on practitioners incarcerated in labor camps, detention centers and prisons:
- Hosing female practitioners' genital areas• Simulated drowning: dipping or pressing practitioners' heads into water• Stripping practitioners naked and pouring cold water on their bodies• Dumping water onto practitioners' heads• Pouring water over fully-clothed practitioners and not allowing them to change afterwards• Holding practitioners still in containers or ponds full of frigid water
Below we present cases in each category.
Female Practitioners' Vaginal Orifice Hosed
Guards at Liaoning Province Women's Prison instructed inmates to grab Ms. Wang Jinping' thighs and hosed her vaginal orifice. As a result, Ms. Wang was unable to urinate and became incontinent. Both her legs became swollen and turned black and purple.
Simulated Drowning: Head Dipped or Pressed into Water
Officers at Anjia Police Station in Jiangsu Province filled a large sink with water to torture Mr. Rui Lagou and Mr. Cai Jianhua. Both men were handcuffed and shackled. The police held them upside down and dipped their heads into the sink several times to simulate drowning sensations. Both victims choked in the water.
Mr. Jiang Guobo, a former official of the Weifang City Political and Legal Affairs Committee, was stripped naked and had his hands and feet tied up. The guards next pressed his head into water to suffocate him. They also used a hose to spray water into his mouth and nose to restrict his breathing. This torture lasted over half an hour each time.
Guards at Xianning Detention Center in Hubei Province stripped Mr. Huang Junliang naked and forced him to squat down with the back of his head pressed against a wall. They slowly poured water over the top of his head. When the water ran over his nose, it would form a "waterfall," covering his nostrils and mouth. To catch his breath, Mr. Zhang had to swallow mouthfuls of water. By the time the torture was over, his belly was visibly bloated.
Stripped Naked and Had Cold Water Poured Over Body
A woman was arrested in December 2000 after she went to Beijing and displayed a protest banner reading "Falun Dafa is good." While in detention, she was forced to stand barefoot on the concrete floor and savagely beaten. She passed out as a result, only to be awakened by inmates. They next stripped her naked and poured three basins of cold water over her. Her menstrual blood flowed everywhere.
Torture re-enactment: Drenched with cold water
A doctoral student named Wang Shiyuan from Nankai University in Tianjin had 27 buckets of cold water poured over his naked body after he was forced to reveal that he was 27 years old.
Guards at Shuangkou Forced Labor Camp in Tianjin stripped Mr. Du Yingguang to his underwear and restrained him to a bed. Inmates kept pouring cold water on him, and the bed was soon soaked. In the meantime, a fan was turned on at the maximum setting to blow cold air towards him. Mr. Du suffered frostbite on his feet. A guard ordered inmates to cover him with a quilt, and they proceeded covered him with a quilt soaked with cold water for more than three hours.
In the winter of 2007, when the temperature dropped to freezing or below, prisoners in Deyang Prison in Sichuan Province poured basins of cold water over Mr. Xiong Xiuyou until he shivered all over. This was repeated every few days. After the "shower," they forced him to walk over 40 meters back to his cell, naked. He was still disallowed to put on any clothes in the cell and had to sleep on a coir mattress and cover himself with a thin quilt. Mr. Xiong was in his sixties at the time, with serious physical injuries from torture. He had had a high fever for days, and his body twitched continuously. He also became completely incontinent, and the mattress was soiled with urine and feces.
Mr. Liu Naihe, a former high school teacher from Lianyungang of Jiangsu Province, was stripped naked outside and had icy water poured over him. His tormentors next held his hands against window bars to freeze him. The weather was so cold that his tormentors had to pull their hands away to warm themselves. Mr. Liu broke free for a moment, only to be captured and badly beaten. In the ensuing struggle, his head hit the cement floor, and blood gushed from his forehead.
Former judge Liang Yuncheng from Dandong City, Liaoning Province once had hot chili powder placed in his underwear while being punched in the face and whipped with his own shoes. The guards next poured cold water all over him. When the guards decided it was too much work to go to refill the bucket in the washroom, they simply scooped up the dirty water laced with chili powder from the floor. The chili powder severely irritated Mr. Liang's eyes, genitals, and wounds. The torture went on for over three hours.
Mr. Ma Shengbo was once stripped naked in a room with the door and windows wide open. In the meantime, he had cold water poured over him. He lost consciousness as a result.
In Beijing's Chaoyang Detention Center, a young woman in her twenties was stripped naked and drenched with cold water. When the guards failed to make her renounce Falun Gong, they put pajamas and socks on her before pouring cold water into her collar and pants. They blew on her with a fan at the same time. Water turned into ice, and her clothes became frozen. She lost consciousness.
Mr. Zhu Wenlong was forced to take off his clothes and stand still. Over twenty inmates surrounded him and poured cold water over him. They also used a harsh scrubbing brush to "wash" his head until it was covered in blood.
Mr. Zhang Jinqi, 76, from Huairou District of Beijing, is a retired engineer. While he was detained at Huairou Detention Center back in 2001, the guards ordered inmates to strip off his clothes and slowly pour 50 buckets of cold water over his head on a freezing cold day. He was beaten at the same time.
When Mr. Li Zhanxian was admitted to Luosiling Detention Center, guards poured ice-cold water on his head and down his body for 40 minutes continuously.
Cold Water Dumped Onto Head
One July day in 2008, guards at Xihu Prison in Liaoning Province had two inmates strip Mr. Gong Enrong and hold him down. Three other prisoners then doused cold water over the top of Mr. Gong's head. Such torture was dubbed "brainwashing" at the prison.
Mr. Guo Chunzhan suffered similar torture at Xingcheng Detention Center in Liaoning Province. He was forced to squat down and had cold water poured over the top of his head until his lips turned purple.
Mr. Zhao Guangxi from Heilongjiang Province had his head pressed under a water tap at Pingfang Detention Center during the coldest time of the year. The guards turned on the tap to drip water onto Mr. Zhao's head until he shivered all over and his head became numb.
Mr. Fu Yao, a music teacher at Nongfeng High School in Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang Province was once lined up together with eight other practitioners at Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. They were all stripped naked and made to squat in a line. Guards had cold water poured over the practitioners' heads continuously. Some practitioners lost consciousness as a result.
Guards at Wushun Labor Camp hung a leaky bucket over Mr. Zhang Huabo and filled it with water, which streamed onto his head. The bucket was refilled constantly until he passed out.
Doused with Cold Water While Fully-Clothed
When Ms. Mo Yuping soiled her pants after being deprived of bathroom use, guards at Shandong Women's Forced Labor Camp gave her a "shower" by dousing her with icy water. Her winter jackets and pants were soon soaked, but the guards did not allow her to change. Instead, they opened the door and the window to let the cold air in, and Ms. Mo's clothes soon became frozen. She developed a nervous system disorder as a result.
In Division 5 of Liaoning Province Women's Prison was a "ghost room" set up specially for torturing Falun Gong practitioners. In the coldest part of winter, guards forced Ms. Han Xuejun to stand in the courtyard barefoot and poured cold water into her winter jacket. It was snowing at the time, and the temperature was twenty degrees below zero. When she still refused to renounce her belief in Falun Gong, a guard thrust the handle of a toilet plunger into her mouth.
Ms. Zhang Shuxia also suffered at the same prison when she was in her sixties: two inmates poured cold water from her neck down, completely soaking her clothes. She was then made to stand still for a long time in a room with the windows open.
Held Still in Containers or Ponds Full of Cold Water
While incarcerated at Dabei Prison, Mr. Zhang Jie was forced to sit for over ten hours inside a large basin filled with cold water, all


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Best Use of Footage in Cinematic Features
The Cinematic Feature category recognises uses of archival footage in feature documentaries or films which are cinematic in ambition and scope but not necessarily limited to traditional cinema releases. They may be feature documentaries that rely on archival footage to drive the narrative or feature fiction that uses archival footage astutely to clarify or enhance the storytelling in an essential way.
The Judges will be looking for examples of work where:
 1. footage is central to the success of the production or it has given it an added value
 2. intelligent use of archival footage has helped the understanding of the topic or illustrated it in a way that words alone could not do
 3. traditional construction or innovative use of footage has managed to portray a topic in a unique way
Judges will also consider any of the following:
 1. has the archive material been widely seen?
 2. what efforts have been made to find new and / or appropriate footage?
 3. what efforts that have been made to ensure that the footage looks as good as possible?
 4. does what is seen on the screen match what the commentary or interviews say?
 5. is the programme's narration factually accurate?
 6. is the use of footage historically accurate?
The criteria are deliberately loose, as submitted productions may be judged in a variety of ways and for a variety of reasons.
Recipient - The award should go to the production team involved, including the Footage Researcher(s), headed by the Director or Producer. Supporting visual material is required. There is a £75(plus VAT) submission fee for this category.


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"Youth Workers 2.0" training course between 19-26 November 2022 in Silivri, Istanbul
Two types of activities whose objective was to increase the digital skills of youth workers were carried out in this Erasmus+ training course. Firstly, the training activities and the secondly the innovative activities developed by the participants.
Activities were carried out to improve the skills of youth workers in the areas of new media and digital tools, teamwork, creativity, communication, critical thinking and decision making. Their purpose was to develop the digital media skills of youth workers to help them provide more productive training opportunities, run community-wide awareness campaigns about disadvantaged groups, and carry out digital promotional activities.
The project started out with icebreakers and team building activities. Then participants were informed about Erasmus+, its Key Actions, Youthpass and its eight competences, and project objectives. They expressed their needs, expectations and contributions regarding the training and learned how to fill the learning diary based on the YouthPass' eight competences.
The participants also explored topics such as the ecological footprint and 5R, and they had the chance to discuss and create eco-rules to use throughout the training course. Issues such as discrimination and inequality, dynamics of advantaged and disadvantaged groups, were tackled in order to equip youth workers to create digital activities for disadvantaged youth.
Finally, differences between media and new media and their opportunities and negative consequences were analysed. In this framework, participants learned technology integration models, website design tools, web 2.0 tools and visual design rules. And finally, participants designed 6 new activities where technology was integrated to solve some learning problems. The outputs of the activities were shared with local youth living in Beyoğlu municipality.
Below you can find toolkits with activities conducted in the training course and those developed by participant youth workers. We hope you integrate all these activities into your youth work.


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Honda-e parked next to a building
Honda-e parked next to a building
To some drivers, the latest electric cars may seem like a mobile laboratory, crammed with technology and offering a dazzling glimpse of motoring's bright future. Yet in some ways, electric cars are remarkably straightforward, featuring battery technology which is simpler than cars with petrol or diesel engines.
How big is an electric car's battery?
Like the variety of cars they power, the batteries in electric vehicles vary in size. They're often packed away under the floor, taking up all the area beneath where everyone sits. Some will be rectangular shaped, others may resemble a 'T' section when viewed from overhead. And the larger they are, the heavier they will be.
In the new Honda e, the battery is beneath the middle of the car's floor and it powers an electric motor that is located under the boot floor.
Front three-quarter view showing electric car battery size
How does an electric car's battery work?
The modern battery in an electric car is lithium-ion. Inside the cell, positively charged lithium ions are carried by a liquid electrolyte from the anode to the cathode through a separator. This movement results in the discharge of an electrical current. And that electricity is used to power the motor or motors that drive either two or all four wheels.
Top front three-quarter view electric car battery size
Maintaining the battery
The greatest potential convenience about an electric car is that it can be charged whenever and wherever it is parked. This saves drivers from going out of their way to find a charging station. The power will be drawn from the grid. That means the sustainability will vary according to the energy provider. At home, the battery is best charged using a dedicated 'wallbox'. The wallbox typically delivers a charging rate of 6.6kW, which means a car like the Honda e, which has a 35.5kWh battery, would be charged from low warning to 100 per cent in around 4.1 hours. Using a more powerful 50kW rapid charger at a public location, the Honda e's battery would go to 80 per cent charge in just 31 minutes.*
*Charge times are measured from the low battery warning indicator.
Front three-quarter view hond e charging in garage
The Honda e's battery
Designed from the ground up, the Honda e is the first Honda to be built on a purpose-designed platform for electric vehicles. The stylish electric car features a water-cooled 35.5kWh lithium-ion battery that can be charged using either Type 2 AC connection or a CCS2 DC rapid charge.
The Honda e will be capable of travelling up to 137 miles before drivers will need to recharge the battery. To ensure the Honda e has a responsive feel on the road, engineers have centred the battery low in the platform, giving the compact car perfect 50:50 weight distribution and an excellent centre of gravity.
Rear top three-quarter view honda-e in studio


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In sweatshops, the 'Brazilian dream' goes awry
Brazil's economy has risen, but it's generated new social problems along the way.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — When Margot Alarconciles woke up one morning last year and found her son sick with what appeared to be a cold, there was little she could do but wrap him in an extra blanket, walk down the hallway and start her workday: sewing clothes for up to 11 hours a day, six days a week.
"I couldn't leave my machine," she said. "Without my job, we could not eat."
Her 5-year-old son's condition deteriorated, and without proper care he soon died. Still grieving, Alarconciles now questions her decision to leave her native Bolivia for Brazil, where salaries can be many times higher but poor immigrants often must settle for work in sweatshops.
"This work is not worth it," she said on a recent Sunday as she waited to meet with an accountant who helps immigrants avoid legal problems by filing tax returns.
Despite efforts by Brazil's government to prevent labor abuses and the tragedies that stem from them, thousands of immigrants continue to toil in illegal factories supplying clothes and other goods to some of the country's best-known retailers, officials and immigrant advocacy groups tell Reuters.
Their stories show how one of the world's biggest economic shifts of the past decade — the rise of large emerging markets such as Brazil — have generated new social problems that many of the countries don't yet have the financial resources or experience to deal with properly.
As the economy boomed, the "Brazilian dream" became a magnet for workers from poorer Latin American countries such as Bolivia, Peru and even faraway Haiti. While Brazil's per capita income is only a quarter of the United States', it's still double that of Bolivia — and its currency has been so strong in recent years that migrant workers have been able to support entire families back home.
In Sao Paulo, the country's business center, the number of immigrants from other South American countries more than doubled between 2000 and 2010 to over 23,000, according to the Brazilian statistics agency IBGE. However, unofficial estimates by city officials put the number at between 200,000 and 400,000.
Alarmed by soaring reports of labor abuses as the migrants flowed in, Brazilian officials in 2009 tried to bring immigrants out of the shadows by signing a regional agreement that made it easier for many of them to receive work visas.
Rather than rely solely on police raids to uncover abuses, the government also consults regularly with immigrants' advocacy groups to find trouble spots and has held retailers responsible for labor abuses on production lines.
However, like many other recent initiatives including greater policing of Brazil's borders, the officials monitoring immigrants' welfare appear to be understaffed and underfunded.
Sao Paulo's metropolitan area has a population of 20 million. Luis Alexandre Faria is one of just two labor ministry inspectors charged with coordinating investigations into "slave labor," the government's term for sweatshop conditions.
Following a recent raid of three sweatshops, he said he believed he was just scratching the surface of the problem.
"I would not be particularly surprised if there were 20 or 30 of these places, all supplying clothes to the same company under the same conditions," Faria said.
The influx of poor migrants into such jobs has continued despite a sharp slowdown in Brazil's economy during the past two years, according to Roque Pattussi, the director of CAMI, a Brazilian immigrant advocacy organization.
"To an immigrant from Bolivia's highlands, Brazil is still the kind of place where somebody can make good money," he said.
Factory raids — and reparations
Faria and his colleague, Renato Bignami, spend most of their day poring over financial statements, hunting for clues that companies rely on low-pay labor.
In a recent case involving Le Lis Blanc, a high-end Brazilian retailer, Bignami said the company's statements showed that some of its divisions were producing thousands of product units a year without a single employee.
In June, Faria led a raid of three workshops he said were listed in Le Lis' financial statement, shutting all of them down. On the government's orders, Le Lis paid the workshops' 28 workers an average of 22,000 reais ($9,400) apiece to make up for unpaid and underpaid work.
In August, the government announced that it had added a fine of 1 million reais.
Le Lis Blanc's Brazilian parent company, Restoque Comercio e Confeccoes de Roupas SA, denied any knowledge of illegal work conditions at the workshops in a statement to Reuters, saying that two independent contractors had hired the workshops. It signed an agreement with the labor ministry to comply with the investigation and pay the workers, though it denies any wrongdoing.
In such cases, rather than deport the workers, the Brazilian government gives legal work visas to those who lack them, Pattussi said, illustrating the more tolerant approach in place since 2009.
Immigrants and advocates say the structure of sweatshops in Sao Paulo has evolved a lot over the past decade.
The factories used to be run mostly by Korean immigrants, but many were busted by the police because of their large size. The industry is now dominated by smaller, Bolivian-run operations, many of them in private homes, they say.
Angela Reveta Lauta moved to Brazil from Bolivia when she was five years old. Now, at 28, she owns a "confeccionaria" - a company that hires workshops on short contracts to produce clothing in bulk for large wholesalers and retailers.
"When I arrived here... nobody thought anything of Bolivian immigrants," she said. "Now, however, buyers come directly to me. They recognize that our work is the best. I am proof that life for Bolivians is better."
Long days, long nights
Yet many immigrants still live in a dark underworld where they see the government as an enemy determined to keep them from earning a good living.
Jesus, a 32-year-old Bolivian who didn't want to give his last name for fear of being targeted by the police, started his own workshop when his Korean boss went out of business after suffering two police raids in one month.
"She told us to rent a house and buy the machines we had been working on from her. We like it here," he said, placing a calloused hand on a metal shutter in front of the house. "It's quiet, and we can work in peace."
Still, setting up his own business has multiplied his risks. When he worked for the Korean woman, rent and food were deducted from his paycheck, meaning the rest was his to spend. He often sent it back to Bolivia, to his ailing father.
Now, he has to pay his part of the rent in a house he shares with a brother plus nearly $500 a month - on top of a whopping $10,000 two-year lease - for a stall measuring 4 square meters in a converted warehouse in a morning bazaar.
Jesus arrives at the bazaar in the commercial neighborhood of Bras at 5:30 a.m. to sell the cotton blouses that he, his wife and a niece produce in a small room in their house. After a quick lunch, he returns home to join the two women, working well into the evening.
"Thankfully, the Brazilian culture is one of luxury. Brazilians change their look two or three times a month," Jesus said with a smile. "That's good for the seller."
For the rank-and-file workers, life can be even more of a day-to-day battle.
Miguel, a Bolivian immigrant who also did not want his last name used, was one of the workers left without a job after the labor ministry's raid of factories producing for Le Lis Blanc.
Asked what he would do with the back wages he received, Miguel said he would stay in Brazil for at least another year. That would be enough time to bring his family over from Bolivia, rent a house and try to find another job, this time as a taxi driver.
Barring that, he would probably find work at another garment factory.
"Something is something," he said. "Having nothing would be worse."
($1 = 2.34 Brazilian reais)
(Editing by Brian Winter, Kieran Murray and Prudence Crowther)


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Put-in-Bay, village, Ottawa county, northern Ohio, U.S. It is situated in Put-in-Bay Harbor of South Bass Island, off Marblehead Peninsula in Lake Erie, 35 miles (56 km) east of Toledo. The spot is famous for the American naval victory known as the Battle of Lake Erie, fought offshore against a British squadron on September 10, 1813, with Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry commanding an American flotilla. The event is commemorated by a towering 352-foot (107-metre) shaft topped by an open-air promenade and surrounded by a 25-acre (10-hectare) national area. This monument (Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, completed 1915) is just outside the village, near the Canadian line, and also commemorates the international peace between Canada and the United States and their common unguarded boundary. The village is a resort noted for fishing and boating. South Bass Island itself is 3.5 miles long by 1.5 miles (5.6 km by 2.4 km) wide and is shaped like a pudding bag, the name of which is commonly believed to have been corrupted to the village's place-name, Put-in-Bay. The island is known for its caves, wineries, and fish hatcheries. Pop. (2000) 128; (2010) 138.
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Great cross-stitching tips!
Most cross-stitch is done using two strands of embroidery floss. Floss comes in skeins or on spools and is typically sold in six-ply or six-strand packaging.
Before you thread your needle, it is necessary to separate all six strands.
To separate the six-strands of floss for stitching, hold the entire strand near the top with one hand allowing the bottom to hang freely. Slowly pull each individual ply upward with the other hand, one at a time. Recombine the necessary number of strands to thread you needle and save the remaining strands for the next threading.


Using Forklift as a Library
Instead of writing a plugin, Forklift can be used as a library to gain more control over what is loaded and when. This will walk through an example use of this. In this example the goal is to be able to provide a custom set of base boxes, our own roles, playbooks and pipelines.
First, make our example directory and clone Forklift:
mkdir example
cd example
git clone _URL_
First, add an ansible.cfg file:
[defaults]
nocows = 1
host_key_checking = False
retry_files_enabled = False
roles_path = $PWD/galaxy_roles:$PWD/roles:$PWD/forklift/playbooks/roles
callback_plugins = $PWD/forklift/playbooks/callback_plugins/
inventory = forklift/playbooks/inventory/vagrant.py
Now, make directories for playbooks and roles:
mkdir playbooks
mkdir roles
mkdir pipelines
Deploy a file with the base set of boxes the plugin requires:
vim base_boxes.yaml
centos7:
 box_name: 'centos/7'
 image_name: !ruby/regexp '/CentOS 7.*PV/'
 pty: true
Next, deploy a Vagrantfile that creates a box loader, adds the base boxes defined in the plugin and then call the distributor so Vagrant knows about the boxes:
require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/forklift/lib/forklift"
loader = Forklift::BoxLoader.new
loader.add_boxes("base_boxes.yaml")
distributor = Forklift::BoxDistributor.new(loader.boxes)
distributor.distribute


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This accomplished gourd shaped rattle is actually made from a hardwood. There is a plug on the side which is where the inside has been hollowed out and filled with small hard objects (seeds?) to make it a rattle. As gourds were widely used by all classes as vessels, implements and utilatarian onjects the fact that the shape of a gourd was skillfully copied in wood suggests it was a prestige item used by a wealthy and important person.
Reference: See a similar wooden "bottle" published in _African Furniture and Household Objects_, pp. 190. The caption reads: "This bottle is a close copy of a decorated calabash."


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The portrayal of women's rights violation in the Ugandan novel (1979 - 2006)
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This research studied women's rights violations in the Ugandan novels. In the scope of this study, women's rights traversed were those that fall within social-economic rights. The research puts across two major arguments in correlating the Ugandan novel and women rights; the first argument is that the Ugandan novel lays emphasis on women rights violations and the second argument is that male and female Ugandan novelists offer different perspectives and emphasize different issues in their depiction of human rights violations. From this angle the research identifies and discusses women's social-economic rights violations. It also compares the portrayal of these rights violations by male and female Ugandan authors. The research studies human rights as fundamental human needs without which people are unable to follow up other human ambitions. In this line the study appeals to people's desire for some baseline liberty and opportunity, a subsistence amount of income and wealth, living in a stable and secure social context and a provision for at least minimal respect and dignity. The novels discussed have been interrogated in light of these baseline objects of fundamental interest for every human being and also in line with the realities of the societies of these novels. The research, particularly notes the fluid relationship between human rights activism and human rights violation, since often times, the celebration of our rights doubles as the violation of other people's rights. In studying human rights in Ugandan novels, this research has taken on a qualitative research approach though as part of data collection, the researcher had conversations with two of the six authors. He interacted with two because; they are the only ones who were willing to freely talk about their novels. The research found out that both male and female authors variously depict women's rights violation though women authors depicted such rights violation more as conscience commitment on their part unlike their male counterparts depicted these violations as part of women's broader society. As such there were more liberative actions taken by characters in the women authored novels than in their male counterparts. Giving a human rights perspective to the Ugandan novel proved a worthwhile engagement since it has provided new angles from which to view Ugandan literature especially considering that most Ugandan literature depicts social reality.


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I don't know how to manipulate matrix easily in Cadabra. For example, some Lagrangian like
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L=Tr(\partial_{\mu}{A}\partial^{\mu}{A}),
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where $A=diag(a, b)$, the right result is
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L=\partial_{\mu}{a}\partial^{\mu}{a}+\partial_{\mu}{b}\partial^{\mu}{b}.
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How to implement the above steps in Cadabra? I have a try
{\mu,\nu}::Indices(vector).
{c,d,e,f}::Indices(values={1,2}).
\partial{#}::Derivative.
g_{c d}::Metric.
g^{c d}::InverseMetric.
metric:={g_{1 1}=1,g_{2 2}=1};
complete(_,$g^{c d}$);
A:={A_{1 1}=a,A_{2 2}=b};
{a,b}::Depends(\partial{#}).
L:=g^{c d}(\partial_{\mu}{A}\partial^{\mu}{A})_{c d};
expand(_);
evaluate(_,metric+A);
but it doesn't work.
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 5. Promotes health by avoiding synthetic building materials
 6. Offers energy-savings opportunities and recycling on a large scale
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 1. Appreciate the historic buildings and other structures that define your community. Consider what's at risk. Talk to your family or neighbors about what's important to save for the future.
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Culture and Religion
The culture of the Maldives is influenced by different visitors who arrived in Maldives throughout the times. However, acting as a melting point the Maldives assimilated these influences and has created a unique cultural identity. Archaeological evidence suggests the existence Hinduism and Buddhism before the country embraced Islam in 1153 A.D. Since then, Islam is a way of life for Maldivians. Islam is now the state religion and it is a stipulation of the Maldivian law, which is based on the Islamic Sharia that all citizens of the country be Muslims.
Today, the main events and festivals of Maldivian life follow the Muslim (lunar) Calendar. From infancy children are taught the Arabic alphabet. Religious education is provided both at home and at school. Islam is part of the school curriculum and is taught concurrently with other subjects.
The golden dome of the Islamic centre dominates the skyline of Male' whether first viewed by air or from sea. This imposing mosque, said to be one of the most beautiful mosques in Asia, was inaugurated in 1984 – a result of the commitment of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's government to uphold and strengthen the character of the nation.