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Blue-faced rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii)
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Blue-faced rail description
A rare, ground-dwelling bird known from just two islands in Indonesia (2), the blue-faced rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) is most easily distinguished by the patch of bright cobalt blue skin around the eyes (2). This blue is particularly prominent against the purplish-brown upperparts and black crown, tail and underparts (4) (5). Like all rails (those in the Rallidae family), the blue-faced rail has short wings, long legs, and its strong feet bear sharp claws (6). Male and female blue-faced rails are similar in appearance (2) (3).
- Also known as
- Bald-faced rail, Schlegel's rail. Top
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IUCN Red List (November, 2010)
- del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1996) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
- Stattersfield, A. and Capper, D. (2000) Threatened Birds of the World. Birdlife International, Cambridge, UK.
BirdLife International (November, 2010)
- Evans, A.H. (1900) Birds. In: Harmer, S.F. and Shipley, A.E. (Eds.) The Cambridge Natural History. Macmillan and Co., London.
- Mobley, J.A. (2009) Birds of the World. Marshall Cavendish Corporation, Tarrytown, New York.
- BirdLife International (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
- Sibley, C.G. and Monroe Jr, B.L. (1990) Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.
- Thomson, E.D. (1964) A New Dictionary of Birds. Nelson, London.
BirdLife International (2003) Saving Asia's Threatened Birds: a Guide for Government and Civil Society. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK. Available at:
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Blue-faced rail biology
A largely ground-dwelling bird, the blue-faced rail is only able to fly for short distances (2) (3). It is thought to feed mainly on snails, beetles and other insects (2) (7). Breeding is suspected to take place around January and December (2) (7).Top
Blue-faced rail range
The blue-faced rail lives on the island of Sulawesi and the nearby island of Peleng in Indonesia (3).Top
Blue-faced rail habitat
Although primarily an inhabitant of dense, wet lowland forest (7), the blue-faced rail also occurs in abandoned rice fields (2) (8). It is thought to prefer areas with a thick understory of small saplings, palms, rattans and bamboos, near forest streams and pools. It has been recorded at a range of altitudes, most commonly between 150 and 900 metres (3).Top
Blue-faced rail status
The blue-faced rail is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1).Top
Blue-faced rail threats
The small population of blue-faced rails is believed to be declining, placing this species at risk of extinction (4). The main cause of this decline is the destruction, degradation and fragmentation of its habitat (3). In the past two decades there has been a rapid loss of lowland forest in Sulawesi and Peleng, primarily as a result of agriculture (10).
Such destruction has frequently been the result of a growing human population. In Indonesia there has been a policy for many years to re-settle people from the large islands to less populated regions such as Sulawesi. These schemes often have very negative effects on the environment: forests are cleared for agriculture, new roads and housing developments, and there is often increased hunting and unsustainable slash-and-burn farming (10).Top
Blue-faced rail conservation
The blue-faced rail occurs in five protected areas: Borgani Nani Waterbone, Lore Lindu, Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Parks, Gunung Klabat and Pengunungan Palu (4), which will hopefully offer its habitat some protection. However, further efforts to conserve forest on Sulawesi and Peleng are needed to ensure the blue-faced rail's survival. Recommended measures include promoting more efficient agricultural practices, to help reduce pressure on the remaining natural habitat, developing greater community participation in forest management and conservation, and cancelling logging concessions within existing or proposed protected areas (10).Top
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 def __compiled_app_templates_hippo_erb
 output = ""
 output << "Hey "
 output << html_escape(current_user.name)
 output << ", meet"
 output << link_to(html_escape(@hippo.name), @hippo)
 output << "!"
 output
 end
end
(Note: To see the actual code, look in ActionView::Base, ActionView::Rendering, ActionView::Renderer, ActionView::TemplateRenderer, and ActionView::Template.)
When the View Context is initialized, Rails loops through all of the instance variables we have set in our controller (in this case @hippo) and copies them into the view context object for use in the template. These instance variables are known as "assigns."
The View Context class includes all of the helpers available from Action View (such as link_to) and all of the helpers we have defined in our app (such as current_user).
Each template is compiled into an instance method on the View Context class. Essentially, each template's method is a souped up string concatenation. In this case:
 - Start the output string with "Hey ".
 - Get self.current_user, which is available because we included all of our app helpers in the View Context class. Escape current_user.name since it might be user input, then append it to the output string.
 - Add ", meet".
 - Get the @hippo instance variable that we set when we initialized the view context. Use self.link_to to generate a link to the page for our hippo. Again, link_to is available because we included all of the Action View helpers as a module. Escape @hippo.name to use for the link text, then append the link to the output string.
 - Add the "!" to finish the output string.
 - Return the output string.
And put it all together:
The Lifecycle of a Response
Wow! We've finally found the elusive hippo, Phyllis, and she's 200 OK. Along the way, we've witnessed rare action, unimaginable scale, impossible locations and intimate moments captured from the deepest depths of Rails internals. We've travelled across the great text/plain, taking in the spectacular Action View as we found our way back to the browser.
Thank you for joining me while we unearthed...the amazing lifecycle of a Rails response.
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<![CDATA[Announcing Skylight for GraphQL! 🤝]]>= '1.7'.]]>_URL_ 01 Nov 2019 21:04:30 GMTAnnouncing Skylight for GraphQL! 🤝
Skylight 4.2.0 now includes GraphQL instrumentation! To use it, upgrade the Skylight gem and add 'graphql' to your probes list. We support graphql-ruby versions >= 1.7.
Announcing Skylight for GraphQL! 🤝
How does it work?
GraphQL is a new API implementation strategy that works somewhat differently from traditional Rails APIs. Instead of writing a controller action to represent each endpoint, every query sent to a GraphQL API is typically handled by a single controller and action. When it comes to profiling performance for this endpoint on Skylight, however, things get tricky. Though we may want to inspect the particular performance characteristics of one query, the waters are muddied if all of your queries are aggregated under this single endpoint. For customers using GraphQL, this is (unfortunately) exactly what they would have seen, since Skylight was originally written to serve the one-endpoint-per-action model.
Luckily, the GraphQL spec includes an optional Operation Name field that helps identify and group together particular queries. Skylight uses the operation name to determine the endpoint name and group your queries together. This means that even though all of your GraphQL requests are sent to a single controller, your queries will be aggregated by name in the Skylight dashboard! 🎉 Skylight's GraphQL instrumentation works best when naming queries because it helps us keep like data with like.
What about multiplexed queries?
Skylight names your endpoint based on all of the queries sent in a single request. For example, if you send two named queries together, your endpoint name will be a combination of those two query names.
Announcing Skylight for GraphQL! 🤝
Handling anonymous queries
Skylight groups all single anonymous queries under one endpoint. While your anonymous queries will still be tracked, you may notice that any spans under GraphQL::Schema#execute are ignored.
Announcing Skylight for GraphQL! 🤝
We intentionally ignore child nodes of anonymous queries because their divergent traces can't be aggregated in a way that would provide actionable insights. We highly recommend using named queries with the GraphQL probe in order to get the most out of Skylight instrumentation!
You can learn more about this feature in our documentation. We hope you'll give it a try and tell us what you think!
If Skylight sounds useful to you, or if you have some endpoints like these ones that you'd like to investigate further, sign up today and get a free 30-day trial. Or, refer a friend and you'll both get $50 in credit!
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<![CDATA[Using Skylight on Skylight]]>_URL_ 14 Jun 2019 20:39:53 GMTUsing Skylight on Skylight
We recently rolled out a new billing system that relies heavily on Stripe's Billing APIs. To avoid issues of inconsistency we try to rely on Stripe, whenever possible, as our single source of truth. This means that we frequently have to reach out to Stripe to get up-to-date information.
We realized early on that constantly reaching out to Stripe wasn't going to be good for performance, so we implemented a caching solution and figured that things were good to go. However, when we looked at the Skylight UI recently (yes, we actually use our own tool!) we noticed that some endpoints were much slower than we expected.
Using Skylight on Skylight
When we dove into the OrganizationsController#show endpoint, things didn't look great:
Using Skylight on Skylight
We could see that we had caching in place, but we were still having to call out to Stripe multiple times. Clearly, something was not working as we had expected.
There are a number of different places in our app where we could be calling out to Stripe so, to get some additional insight, we added custom instrumentation around these points to learn a bit more about where they were getting called from and what objects we were trying to fetch.
Using Skylight on Skylight
Now we had a bit better idea of what we were trying to fetch. In some of these places, we realized that we were actually bypassing the cache. This was easy to fix. We just needed to add some additional caching.
But that couldn't explain all of these cases! We were certain that some of these places shouldn't be calling out to Stripe after the cache was primed, yet here they were. After some further investigation, we realized that we weren't caching nil values. This meant that any time that we got a nil from Stripe (something that we did expect), we would continue to try to fetch from Stripe again, instead of using the nil value.
After adding additional caching and making sure we were caching nil values, we checked to see how we were doing:
Using Skylight on Skylight
Much better! (Those database queries could use some optimization, but perhaps we'll come back to those in another blog post. 😉)
Without Skylight, it would have taken much longer to realize how slow these endpoints had become. Maybe at some point, we would have logged into the app and realized that it felt a little slow. Perhaps we would have added more caching, but even then, we might have missed a few spots. We probably would have missed the issue of nil values not getting cached, just assuming that the remaining slowness was inherent in the setup.
The insights provided by Skylight enabled us to catch a problem before anyone complained, and better yet, helped show us what we needed to do to fix it.
If Skylight sounds useful to you, or if you have some endpoints like these ones that you'd like to investigate further, sign up today and get a free 30-day trial. Or, refer a friend and you'll both get $50 in credit!
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<![CDATA[Announcing Skylight 4.0: Now with Background Jobs!]]>_URL_ 10 May 2019 22:27:38 GMTAnnouncing Skylight 4.0: Now with Background Jobs!
Skylight's new Background Jobs feature helps you discover and correct hidden performance issues in your Sidekiq, Delayed::Job, and Active Job queues. Now available with the 4.0 Skylight agent.
While Skylight was originally developed to instrument web requests, we understand the web interface is only one part of your server-side application. For this reason, we've been hard at work preparing Skylight for Background Jobs!
Announcing Skylight 4.0: Now with Background Jobs!
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This is a term commonly used in conjunction with being reflective. Reflexivity is about being able to recognise the influence of oneself on a situation. This influence may involve the influence of age, illness, physical, racial characteristics; other material considerations such as economic class; psychological elements such as emotional and cognitive aspects; social aspects (for example gender, ethnicity); historical and cultural contexts; and structural factors (for example social class). Being reflexive involves being able to locate and understand yourself from those above perspectives, which then enables you to be aware of whatever thinking, biases or blind spots might be influencing the way you interpret people and situations, and therefore the way you practice (DHSC, 2018).


Bulgaria Population 2015
Bulgaria is located in Southeastern Europe and is the 14th largest country in Europe, although it is fairly sparsely populated with just 66 people per square kilometer (171/sq mi), ranking 101st in the world. It's estimated that Bulgaria has a population of 7.11 million in 2015, down from 7.16 million last year.
Bulgaria has an estimated 2015 population of 7.11 million, down from the official population of 7.36 million at the 2011 census. The country has a population density of just 66 people per square kilometer (171/square mile). The capital and largest city is Sofia. This ancient city has a history going back 2,500 years. It's the 14th largest city in the European Union and has an estimated population of 1.3 million people. 73% of Bulgaria's population lives in urban regions, with 1/6 of the population in the Sofia area.
Bulgaria Demographics
85% of the population is Bulgarian, with other major ethnic groups being Turkish (8.8%), Roma (4.9%) and about 40 small minority groups totaling 0.7%. All ethnic groups in Bulgaria speak Bulgarian, which is the only official language and native for most of the population.
Bulgaria Population Clock
What is the population of Bulgaria (as of [[date]])? [[getCurrentPopulation()]]
Births Per Day 892
Deaths Per Day 1,537
Net Migrations Per Day -137
Net Change Per Day -782
Population Change Since January 1st [[getPopChangeThisYear()]]
 - Population estimated based on interpolation of World Population Prospects data.
Bulgaria Population Indicators
Indicator Value World Ranking
Median (Average) Age 43.43 years 5th
Crude Birth Rate 9.342 births/thousand 182nd
Crude Death Rate 16.099 deaths/thousand 3rd
Crude Net Migration Rate -1.435 people/thousand 145th
Life Expectancy (Both Sexes) 74.04 years 96th
Life Expectancy (Male) 70.51 years 101st
Life Expectancy (Female) 77.73 years 90th
Total Fertility Rate 1.611 children/woman 159th
Net Reproduction Rate 0.769 surviving daughters/woman 159th
Sex Ratio At Birth 1.061 males per female 27th
Infant Mortality Rate 8.14 deaths/1,000 live births 130th
Under Five Mortality 9.74 deaths/thousand 131st
Mean Age at Childbearing 27.69 years 152nd
Population Data via United Nations WPP
Bulgaria Population Growth
Bulgaria's population continues to decline since its peak of 9 million in 1986. With a high death rate, low birth rate, and negative net migration, the decline is expected to continue throughout the 21st century. Interestingly, Bulgaria (along with Latvia) is one of only two countries with a lower population today than in 1950.
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text: Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), such as estrogens, is a growing issue for human and animal health as they have been shown to cause reproductive and developmental abnormalities in wildlife and plants and have been linked to male infertility disorders in humans. Intensive farming and weather events, such as storms, flash flooding, and landslides, contribute estrogen to waterways used to supply drinking water. This paper explores the impact of estrogen exposure on the performance of slow sand filters (SSFs) used for water treatment. The feasibility and efficacy of SSF bioaugmentation with estrogen-degrading bacteria was also investigated, to determine whether removal of natural estrogens (estrone, estradiol, and estriol) and overall SSF performance for drinking water treatment could be improved. Strains for SSF augmentation were isolated from full-scale, municipal SSFs so as to optimize survival in the laboratory-scale SSFs used. Concentrations of the natural estrogens, determined by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS), revealed augmented SSFs reduced the overall estrogenic potency of the supplied water by 25% on average and removed significantly more estrone and estradiol than nonaugmented filters. A negative correlation was found between coliform removal and estrogen concentration in nonaugmented filters. This was due to the toxic inhibition of protozoa, indicating that high estrogen concentrations can have functional implications for SSFs (such as impairing coliform removal). Consequently, we suggest that high estrogen concentrations could impact significantly on water quality production and, in particular, on pathogen removal in biological water filters.


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 How to switch a Windows MBR to Grub2
 Keyword in a nutshell : Grub2 can be placed inside any MS Windows to enhance the booting power.
 What is the switch all about?
 There is no necessity to change. The alteration is merely adding a more powerful and easier boot loader Grub2 as an additional tool.
 The original boot loader is untouched and is still the one that boots the MS Windows.
 What version of MS Windows does the switching applied?
 Done it with Win2k, Xp, Vista and Win7 before writing this Howto.
 Why is it possible?
 Grub2 has been engineered to read NTFS partitions. Therefore Grub2 can be installed inside a MS Windows partition that has a NTFS filing system. Linux may or may not be present elsewhere in the computer. In any case the switching is for Grub2 to work as a stand alone boot loader. Linux is only required to put it there.
 What actually are the changes in my Windows system?
 Only two items are involved.
 (1) The MBR, which is exactly 512 bytes long and is the first sector of the first boot disk, is replaced by Grub2's own version. Every Windows system can be booted without its MBR.
 (2) A new directory \boot is added to the "C" drive. Inside it \boot\grub has Grub2's system files. Win2k and Xp do not use a \boot partition at all. Vista and Win7 do have a \Boot partition which can be used to house a subdirectory for grub. Please note the \boot in Windows appears as /boot in Linux. The slash changes angle.
 How much hard disk space do I lose to get Grub2 in my Windows?
 The \boot\grub directory can have about 180 items with a total storage of 1Mb or 1000kb. All versions of Grub can be put inside a floppy and Grub2 is no different.
 Why Grub2? what's wrong with Grub1? what are their differences
 Grub1 cannot read a NTFS partition so It cannot be installed inside a MS Windows. Grub1 can be added if a separate partition is made available for its residence.
 As Grub2 can read NTFS partitions it is more useful. For example the \Boot is a hidden directory invisible to the Windows users but with Grub2 every hidden file and folder is visible.
 Grub1 is up to version 0.97 and Grub2 started from version 1.9x. Grub1 is fully mature, totally capable but difficult to maintain and expand. It maintainers decided it was better to re-write everything and called it Grub2. Grub1 has not been maintained for a few years already.
 What do I need to get Grub2 into my Windows?
 Just a Linux Live CD that has Grub2 inside. Currently Ubuntu and LinuxMint are shipped with Grub2 as their default boot loader. Grub2 can be downloaded directly from GNU/Grub but to use it one has to build it into a Linux so the easy way is just boot up a Linux Live CD that has Grub2.
 Is it safe and can I reverse the process?
 It is perfectly safe as the MS system MBR (remember it is only 512 bytes long) can be restored using the Windows installation CD or DVD thereby overwriting the Grub2. The command with a Win2k/Xp in Recovery Console is "fixmbr" whereas for a Vista/Win7 the command prompt off an installation DVD is "bootrec /fixmbr".
 To remove Grub2 folder is no different from removing any folder.
 What happen if I don't have the original installation CD or DVD?
 It is always the installation CD or DVD that provide the utility to alter the MBR. Any Windows installation CD or DVD of the similar Windows version will do as only one utility program is run.
 OK so what are the steps?
 Step 1 - Boot up a Linux Live CD that has Grub2. I assume Ubuntu above V9.04 is used.
 Step 2 - Select a terminal as the work is safer to be executed in a terminal. Become a Super user (equivalent to Admin in a MS Windows) with these terminal command
 Code:
 sudo su
 Step 3 - Do a sanity check with the hard disk partitions by command
 Code:
 fdisk -l
 It is vital to identify the partition that boots a MS Windows in Linux.
 Generally two conditions would have to be satisfied;
 (i) The partition must have been marked "active". This is shown normally with a "*" in Linux terminal
 (ii) The boot partition of any MS Windows must be a primary partition. In Linux terms only the first 4 partitions, from sda1 to sda4, are reserved primaries.
 Here is an output from command "fdisk -l" of my own PC as an example
 Code:
 [root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

 Disk /dev/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500300828160 bytes
 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
 Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = _PHONE_ bytes
 Disk identifier: 0xdb426a9c

 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
 /dev/sda1 * 1 30394 244139773+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
 /dev/sda2 30395 42553 97667167+ 83 Linux
 /dev/sda3 42554 48633 48837600 83 Linux
 /dev/sda4 48634 182401 _PHONE_ 5 Extended
 /dev/sda5 48634 48756 987966 82 Linux swap / Solaris
 /dev/sda6 48757 73072 195318238+ 83 Linux
 /dev/sda7 73073 85231 97667136 7 HPFS/NTFS
 /dev/sda8 85232 97390 97667136 7 HPFS/NTFS
 /dev/sda9 97391 109549 97667136 7 HPFS/NTFS
 /dev/sda10 109550 170338 488287611 83 Linux
 /dev/sda11 170339 172771 _PHONE_ 83 Linux
 /dev/sda12 172772 175204 _PHONE_ 83 Linux
 /dev/sda13 175205 177637 _PHONE_ 83 Linux
 /dev/sda14 177638 180070 _PHONE_ 83 Linux
 /dev/sda15 180071 182401 _PHONE_ 83 Linux
 The two colored code condition are highlighted confirming my sda1 is the partition that boots a MS Windows.
 Step 4 - Create a mounting point in /mnt of the booted up Linux, mount the Windows partition on it. The commands are
 Code:
 mkdir /mnt/sda1
 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
 ls /mnt/sda1
 The last command is optional for viewing the content of the Windows partition. As a sanity check Win2k or Xp always has boot.ini, NTLDR and ntdetect.com inside whereas for a Vista or Win7 there should always be a file called bootmgr and the /Boot directory present.
 Step 5 - Install Grub2. This is just by a simply Linux command
 Code:
 grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/sda1 /dev/sda
 Only this command implement the change. The consequence is the MBR, denoted by /dev/sda, will be allowed Grub2 to occupy. In so doing Grub2 will create a /boot/grub and populate it with the system files. At this stage Grub2 only boots to a Grub prompt and the user has to boot each operating system manually. To arrange the Windows automatically booted with a selectable menu a configuration file /boot/grub/grub.cfg must be created as per Step 6.
 Step 6 - Use an editor to create /boot/grub/grub.cfg in the mounted Windows paritition /mnt/sda1 by command
 Code:
 nano /mnt/sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg
 with the following entries
 Code:
 menuentry 'My Windows in sda1 now booted by Grub2' {
 set root=(hd0,1)
 chainloader +1
 }
 The above entries can boot Windows in any partition by declaring the relevant partition in the statement "set root=". Grub2 counts disk from 0 and partitions from1 (same as a MS Windows) therefore (hd0,1) is the first partition of the first hard disk. Anything shown in menuentry only get displayed and not acted on.
 The above steps work perfectly for Win2k and Xp.
 For Vista and Win7 there is a small complication that /Boot and not /boot could be used in some versions of these two MS Windows. The /boot/grub therefore must be duplicated in /Boot, if it exists, by this command in the Linux terminal
 Step 7 - To duplicate /boot/grub into /Boot if it exists
 Code:
 cp -r /mnt/sda1/


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Invisible fences for dogs are low-cost, flexible electric barriers that use a battery-powered collar to administer an electric shock to keep dogs from crossing property lines. If someone recently moved to a home without a fenced-in yard or chose to adopt a dog and their home does not already have a boundary to keep a dog on the property, they might consider a Temporary Dog Fence as a way to keep their dog from straying and getting hurt.
It is critical to keep one's dog on the property because many cities have rules prohibiting dogs from roaming freely, and one would not want their dog to go lost or injured. The difficulty is that traditional fences are frequently expensive, subject to municipal regulations, unsightly, and ineffective for dogs that can dig under or leap over them. That is, a wireless dog fence is practical.
Here are some facts concerning invisible dog fences to help people determine if they need one to keep their dog on the property.
To avoid becoming perplexed, here are some definitions. There are three different types of Invisible dog fences. All three work on the same principle. They are used in conjunction with a vibration or shock collar. When the dog approaches the border, a beep, vibration, or tiny electric shock is produced to alert the dog to steer away from the border. One can find great reviews about dog collars at MyPoof and select the one that suits them.
All three invisible fences employ radio frequencies to establish the barrier. What differs is how they construct the boundaries. They use a tiny transmitter to generate a spherical boundary for wireless fences. If someone wants to keep these boundaries effective, they should be little more than an acre in size. Underground dog fences are made up of a wire that runs around the perimeter of the property. The radio signal is sent through the wire by the transmitter, which is connected to it. It enables you to construct it to fit any property shape. Splicing wires together can also be used to form a large border.
Finally, there are GPS dog fences. To construct the boundaries, they use radio signals from circling satellites. The range is determined by the owner and can also be used to keep track of the dog. The major disadvantage is that satellite boundaries are the least consistent and dependable of the three technologies.
Reasons Owners Confine their Dogs
Fencing keeps a dog from becoming a nuisance in the neighborhood, but there are other issues to consider. Keeping a dog properly confined keeps them safe by averting mishaps that can occur when he is allowed to roam freely. Dogs that are fenced in are less likely to be hit by cars, have fewer hostile contacts with other dogs, are less likely to contract contagious diseases, and are less appealing to pet thieves.
Reasons to Install a Wireless Dog Fence
Dog owners may want to consider traditional or electronic fences for their dogs' safety. The benefits of invisible fences for dogs are listed below:
1. Reasonable Cost
Although less expensive alternatives of classic fences exist, area ordinances frequently define the sorts of building materials that are permitted. Some fencing materials (wood, iron) are pricey, and labor is an additional cost. Even when professionally erected, wireless electric fences are often less expensive.
Traditional fences are best for flat or moderately sloping yards, but invisible fencing may be used on nearly any terrain. Invisible fences may span uneven terrain, densely forested areas, and bodies of water. Electronic fences can also construct vast exercise grounds for dogs by covering acres of territory in any layout.
Invisible fences, well, are just that. Invisible. These boundaries do not obstruct picturesque views or green spaces, and they really improve the experience of being outside.
People can freely move around the yard without having to open and close gates. Outlining flags is inconvenient, but only for a short time. The flags can be removed once the dog has learned the limits of the electric fence.
Electric fences are easier to install than traditional enclosures. It takes less time to trench and lay wire than lay fence posts, weld iron, nail boards, or roll wire.
An electric fence may be a better option for dogs who like to climb over, burrow under, or chew through fences.
6. Decreased Human Error Issues
Electric fences lessen the risk of escape in crowded households with a lot of foot traffic because pet owners frequently forget to close a gate.
The sight of a dog in the yard may dissuade intruders because they are unlikely to recognize that the dog may not be able to reach them.
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The Tibetan language is not difficult and you can easily
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Counselling and Career Guidance Cell
The Counselling & Career Guidance Cell, is an integral part of IIMS, is a student support service intended to help students adapt and make the best of their learning environment.
College is a time of transition, change and new experiences for students. Among college bound individuals, a constellation of stressors is frequently experienced. Stress may arise from challenging course loads, problems in managing ones' time and personal finances, tension related to examinations and challenges in creating and maintaining satisfying interpersonal relationships; potentially leading to increased levels of depression, anxiety, academic failure and emotional exhaustion.
However, successful negotiation of this transition has been linked to better psychological adjustment, fewer risk behaviours and academic success. Counselling provides students with such successful conciliation during this transition period. The Counselling Cell also helps the student to gain insight into his/her area of interest, aptitude, personality, anxiety etc.
Students can come for counselling on any matter that might be troubling them. Some of the common problems among the college students are as follows:
Career Related Deficiencies
The students also feel the sudden increased autonomy over personal issues during this transition period. At times this freedom from parental control leads to several personal problems including frequent absenteeism in college, excessive influence of friends, attraction and problems associated with opposite gender. The personal problems also generate from the followings:
Counselling service provides a confidential environment where the students can express themselves relating to problems that may be painful or uncomfortable. Counselling helps the student to explore the situation and find solution or answer for a problem. Through counselling an attempt is made to assist the student to organize himself/herself better, to attain a more satisfying and resourceful way of living. The Students' Counsellor who is the coordinator of the cell, may be contacted at _EMAIL_


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"Maybe we can eat food from the garden for a snack."
Those aren't words you often hear from a kid unless s/he is part of Growe Foundation's Garden to Table Program. This Elevations Foundation grantee is making fresh fruit and vegetables cool for kids ten-and-under in the Boulder area.
Founded in 2006 in Boulder County, Growe Foundation connects elementary school students with our earth, healthy food and a whole lot of engaged learning in math, science and the environment. Growe Foundation establishes on-site gardens in the schools they partner with and provides teachers with curricula for academic standards-based garden lessons. Parents and community volunteers support classroom lessons and provide garden care. This allows the kids to have fun planting, harvesting and tasting fresh fruits and vegetables while learning about healthy food choices and ecosystems.
Under the leadership of Executive Director Lisa Atallah, Growe Foundation has blossomed, and the Garden to Table program now operates at 20 elementary schools in Boulder, Louisville, Superior, Lafayette, Broomfield and Denver. Over 9,100 elementary school students have access to the program, receiving over 13,000 hours of garden-based lessons. Streamlining their program this past year, Growe is now positioned to add on more schools in and around Boulder County.
The proof is in the pudding. When the kids are not eating vegetables, here's what students in the Garden to Table program have to say:
"I wonder why the grasshoppers were on the thin plants and not the thick plants?"
"I want to eat everything!"
"I didn't know seeds could move."
"I liked that we got to learn about the origin of the food we like to eat."
"I liked having class outside."
"I was surprised how much the garden grew from last year."
"I am going to eat this at home, too!"
Elevations Foundation is proud to support Growe Foundation and their essential work with youth.
Please consider supporting Elevations Foundation as we continue to provide grants for impactful nonprofits like Growe Foundation.


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Oklahoma A+ Schools has published a list of suggested questions for parents to ask teachers during parent-teacher conferences this fall.
1. From your perspective, does he/she enjoy school?
2. Does he/she seem curious?
3. How can I help you to know him/her?
4. When given the choice, what does he/she choose to learn?
5. How does he/she deal with transitions or changes in the schedule?
6. How does he/she act when his/her behavior is corrected or redirected?
7. What does he/she talk to you about?
8. In a group setting, what role does he/she take on?
9. Is he/she confident about school? Is he/she confident in his/her abilities?
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11. Does he/she demonstrate empathy?
12. What kinds of questions does he/she ask in class?
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text: By 1953, the United Nations, Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) had allocated nearly $8,500,000 to rebuild South Korea's educational system. This year, if enough funds are forthcoming, the Agency plans to spend another $2,875,000 for the same purpose. Some 300,000 textbooks have been bought for the drive against illiteracy. More than 3,000 tons of paper have been imported to print another 38,000,000 textbooks. The Government of Korea and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) worked with UNKRA on a textbook printing plant near Seoul. This plant, which opened on 16 September, is expected to have produced about 15,000,000 textbooks by the end of the year. This picture shows the distribution of new books to a class of young Korean schoolchildren.

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There isn't a native powershell way to set the resolution. You could write in-line C# code in a powershell script to do it. Otherwise you would need to find a third party commandline application that does it and just call that from your script.
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How do I change the resolution from C#? Is there a class? – Andrew J. Brehm Aug 26 '09 at 8:52
Did you follow the links that Splash provided? – EBGreen Aug 26 '09 at 11:50
As EBGreen has said, Powershell cannot do it in its vanilla state. However being a.NET-based shell, you could either use.NET within a powershell script, use a traditional CLI application or write a Cmdlet to do it.
These links may help you out if you decide to explore those paths further:
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See the freeware QRes :
Description: Command line utility to change screen resolution, color depth and refresh rate...
For the case of multiple monitors, you can see Display Changer (free for personal and educational use):
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You can't do this using a native Windows command, but you can use an application invoked from the command line like _URL_
I've used it before - it is a little cumbersome but does what it says on the tin.
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text: The development of mammaries in humans is unique among mammals. During puberty, the breasts of human females enlarge, and no other mammal exhibits similar development before pregnancy and lactation. This phenotype is fixed among humans, evolving some time after our lineage separated from chimpanzees and bonobos, and anthropologists have offered many competing hypotheses about the selective advantage of human breasts. In female mammals, mammary development occurs across several stages: fetal development, puberty, pregnancy, lactation, and post-lactation. We hypothesize that in humans the development of the mammary ductal system during puberty also causes the surrounding tissue to permanently enlarge, producing the unique human phenotype. We have examined the molecular evolution of genes related to mammary development in order to identify candidate genes related to the pubertal enlargement of human breasts. Here we report our progress and discuss the difficulties of studying a non-pathogenic complex phenotype in humans.


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Effects of Conventional and Virtual Reality Cardiovascular Rehabilitation in Body Composition and Functional Capacity of Patients with Heart Diseases: Randomized Clinical Trial
João Pedro Lucas Neves Silva
Luiz Felipe Marques Novaes
Lorrany Caroline Rocha dos Santos
Bianca Pinhal Galindo
Margaret Assad Cavalcante
Bruna Corral Garcia de Araújo
Francis Lopes Pacagnelli
Ana Paula Coelho Figueira Freire
Background: Virtual reality is an alternative therapeutic resource to be inserted into cardiovascular rehabilitation, stimulating the practice of physical activity through man-machine interaction.
Objective: To compare the effects of conventional and virtual reality cardiac rehabilitation on body composition and functional capacity in patients with heart disease.
Methods: Randomized clinical trial with 27 cardiac patients divided into conventional rehabilitation group (CRG) and virtual reality rehabilitation group (VRG). They underwent a rehabilitation program with 60-minute training sessions twice a week for eight weeks. The VRG training consisted of exercises from the Xbox 360® with Kinect™, using YourShape™ and Dance Central 3™ games. The CRG used conventional treadmills for aerobic exercise and free weights for resistance exercise. Bioimpedance and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were evaluated at baseline and after training. For main outcome analysis, Student t and Mann Whitney tests were used with a 5% significance level.
Results: The VRG showed a significant increase in body fat percentage and fat weight when compared to the CRG, and a smaller amount of total water. There was a significant improvement in functional capacity evidenced by the increase in the distance covered in the 6MWT (54.00 m and 32.25 m in the CRG and VRG, respectively), but the gains did not differ between the groups.
Conclusion: The two rehabilitation modalities had no effect on the body composition of the groups. In addition, the improvement in functional capacity was similar in both groups. (Int J Cardiovasc Sci. 2018;31(6)619-629)
Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases; Cardiac Rehabilitation; Physical Therapy Modalities; Body Composition; Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy.


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While the Fast Startup feature provides quick access to your computer, it can sometimes cause problems. You will find below 3 different ways to Disable Fast Startup in Windows 10.
How Fast Startup Works
The Fast Startup feature in Windows 10 works by forcing your computer to enter a deeper state of hibernation mode, instead of completely shutting down.
When a Fast Startup enabled computer is shut down, it closes all programs/files, logs off all Users, alerts device drivers to prepare for hibernation, saves the current system state to hibernation file and turns off the computer.
When the computer restarts, it can simply use the Hibernation file to spring back to life, without the need to individually reload drivers, kernels and related system files.
While the Fast Startup feature can be easily disabled on your computer, it is known to return back after a major Windows update.
Why Disable Fast Startup?
While most users continue using Fast Startup without even being aware of it, some users want to disable Fast Startup for the following reasons.
1. Fast Startup prevents the computer from shutting down properly, which results in open files not being saved and updates not being applied during shutdown (they are applied when you restart).
2. Depending on the computer, Fast Startup may prevent you from accessing BIOS/UEFI settings during Shut Down.
3. While Fast Startup provides significant boost to startup times on computers using HDD drives, it has lesser impact on computers using SSD Drives.
4. Fast Startup is known to interfere with encrypted disk images. The solution for this problem is to manually dismount encrypted drivers before shutdown.
5. When you shut down a Fast Startup enabled computer, it locks down the Hard Drive and prevents it from being accessed using another operating system (Dual Boot).
6. Fast Startup uses the Hibernate File, which takes up storage space.
If you are using Dual Boot, it is recommended that you disable Fast Startup, as users have reported instances of File and Hard Disk corruption.
1. Disable Fast Startup Using Settings
The Fast Startup feature in Windows 10 has also been blamed for causing this problem.
1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Power Options.
2. On the next screen, scroll down in the right-pane and click on Additional Power Settings Link.
3. On Power Options Screen, click on Choose What the Power Buttons Do link.
4. On the next screen, scroll down to "Shutdown Settings" and uncheck Turn on fast startup option.
5. Click on Save Changes button.
This will disable Fast Startup on your computer, until the next major Windows 10 update.
Note: If you do not see the Fast Startup option, it means that Hibernate Mode is not enabled on your computer. You can quickly enable Hibernate Mode by opening Command Prompt and executing powercfg/hibernate on command.
2. Disable Fast Startup Using Control Panel
If you are still fond of using the Control Panel, you can follow the steps below to disable Fast Startup on your computer.
1. Open Control Panel on your computer.
2. On the Control Panel screen, navigate to Hardware and Sound > Power Options and click on Change What the Power Buttons Do.
3. On the next screen, scroll down to "Shutdown Settings" and uncheck Turn on fast startup option.
4. Click on Save Changes to save and implement this change on your computer.
3. Permanently Disable Fast Startup Using Registry
This method should prevent Windows 10 from enabling Fast Startup via an update. It is recommended that you backup registry files before going ahead with these steps.
1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Run.
2. In Run Command window, type regedit and click on OK.
3. On the Registry screen, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Policies/Microsoft/Windows/System
4. Right-click in the right-pane and select New DWORD option.
5. Name the New DWORD as HiberbootEnabled and make sure its value is 0 (which will be 0 by default).
Exit Registry and restart your computer.


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See Wikipedia article on Chaitin's construction, referring to e.g.
- Computing a Glimpse of Randomness (written by Cristian S. Calude, Michael J. Dinneen, and Chi-Kou Shu)
- Omega and why math has no TOEs (Gregory Chaitin).
2 Basing it on combinatory logic
See the prefix coding system described in Binary Lambda Calculus and Combinatory Logic (page 20) written by John Tromp:
of course, c, d are meta-variables, and also some other notations are changed slightly.
Having seen this, decoding is rather straightforward. Let us represent it e.g with the following LL1 parser. Of course, we can build it on top of more sophisticated parser libraries (Parsec, arrow parsers)
2.2.1 Decoding module
module Decode (clP) where import Parser (Parser, item) import CL (CL, k, s, apply) import CLExt ((>>^)) clP :: Parser Bool CL clP = item (bool applicationP baseP) applicationP :: Parser Bool CL applicationP = clP >>^ clP baseP :: Parser Bool CL baseP = item (bool k s) kP, sP :: Parser Bool CL kP = return k sP = return s
2.2.2 Combinatory logic term modules
module CL (CL, k, s, apply) where import Tree (Tree (Leaf, Branch)) import BaseSymbol (BaseSymbol, kay, ess) type CL = Tree BaseSymbol k, s :: CL k = Leaf kay s = Leaf ess apply :: CL -> CL -> CL apply = Branch
22.214.171.124 CL extension
module CLExt ((>>^)) where import CL (CL, apply) import Control.Monad (Monad, liftM2) (>>^) :: Monad m => m CL -> m CL -> m CL (>>^) = liftM2 apply
126.96.36.199 Base symbol
module BaseSymbol (BaseSymbol, kay, ess) where data BaseSymbol = K | S kay, ess :: BaseSymbol kay = K ess = S
2.2.3 Utility modules
188.8.131.52 Binary tree
module Tree (Tree (Leaf, Branch)) where data Tree a = Leaf a | Branch (Tree a) (Tree a)
module Parser (Parser, item) where import Control.Monad.State (StateT, get, put) type Parser token a = StateT [token] a item :: Parser a item = do token : tokens <- get put tokens return token
184.108.40.206 Prelude extension
module PreludeExt (bool) where bool :: a -> a -> Bool -> a bool thenC elseC t = if t then thenC else elseC
2.3 Partial function approach
Now, Chaitin's construction will be here
- should denote an unary predicate "has normal form" ("terminates")
- should mean an operator "decode" (a function from finite bit sequences to combinatory logic terms)
- should denote the set of all finite bit sequences
- should denote the set of syntactically correct bit sequences (semantically, they may either terminate or diverge), i.e. the domain of the decoding function, i.e. the range of the coding function. Thus,
- "Absolute value"
- should mean the length of a bit sequence (not combinatory logic term evaluation!)
2.4 Total function approach
Here, dc is a partial function (from finite bit sequences). If this is confusing or annoying, then we can choose a more Haskell-like approach, making dc a total function:
dc :: [Bit] -> Maybe CL
then, Chaitin's construction will be
where should denote false truth value.
3 Related concepts
4 To do
Writing a program in Haskell -- or in combinatory logic:-) -- which could help in making conjectures on combinatory logic-based Chaitin's constructions. It would make only approximations, in a similar way that most Mandelbrot plotting softwares work: it would ask for a maximum limit of iterations.
chaitin --computation=cl --coding=tromp --limit-of-iterations=5000 --digits=10 --decimal


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EXERCISE: Sensing the Aura
The aura is a sphere of energy emanating from the physical body. It is best to have a partner for this exercise, either a person or pet.
- Stand several feet away from your partner
- Place your hands together and feel the healing energy flowing into them
- Imagine your partner is standing inside a large bubble. This bubble represents the boundary-line of the aura. Walk towards your partner with your hands in front of you, as if you are going to reach out and touch the bubble. Remain respectful of their "personal space" and boundaries
- At the point you reach the aura, you will feel you have stepped into your partners "personal space". You may feel a pressure in your hands, or you may simply feel a slight psychological resistance stopping you from moving further
- Pull back a bit and then step forward again until you feel the resistance once more
You can experiment and see what else you pick up. Run your palms along the outside of their aura and notice if you can sense any increase or decrease in pressure or temperature.


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Alpinia galanga - Thai Ginger - Galangal
Galangal is essential to Thai cooking. A member of the ginger family, its tender pink rhizomes have a pungent fiery flavor that's characteristic of Southeast Asian cuisine. If you cook Thai food, you need Galangal.
Thai Ginger grows in clumps of 5' stalks with broad, shiny leaves. Spikes of fragrant pink and yellow flowers rise above the lush foliage and last for weeks. In the tropics, the red fruits are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Galangal thrives in rich moist soil. It tolerates more sun than most gingers and is hardy down to zone 7. It will grow in a pot (a big pot). Once settled in the ground it will spread into a handsome clump. This is a vigorous plant that's fragrant, beautiful, edible, and very easy to grow.
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From scholarships to meeting and networking opportunties, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) can help foster your growing contribution to the weather, water, and climate community.
AMS offers various scholarship and fellowship opportunities for the 2023-2024 academic year to students pursing degrees in the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Education is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships for undergraduate students majoring in disciplines related to oceanic and atmospheric science, research, or technology, and supportive of the purposes of NOAA's programs and mission. Over 100 students are selected each year for participation in the Ernest F. Hollings (Hollings) and Educational Partnership Program (EPP) with Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) undergraduate scholarship programs. These scholarships include support for two years of undergraduate study and summer internship opportunities at NOAA facilities across the country.
The AMS Board for Private Sector Meteorologists has designed this mentorship program to create and foster one-on-one personal interactions between mentors employed in the private sector and students interested in working in the private sector.
AMS Student Membership is open to any student, undergraduate or graduate, enrolled at least half-time at an accredited institution of higher learning.
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Journal of Tongji University 0253-374X 2023 51 8 _PHONE_ 10.11908/j.issn.0253-374x.22065 article 基于Lorenz散点图的低等级道路驾驶安全评价 Assessment of Driving Safety on Low-grade Roads Based on Lorenz Scatter Plot 通过驾驶模拟实验采集22名驾驶人低等级道路行驶数据，借助Lorenz散点图提出驾驶波动指标，得到切向加速度、横向加速度和方向盘转动角速度的失稳波动阈值，分别为0.993、1.322和0.669。最后，利用模糊逻辑理论综合3项指标，完成对安全状态的分级。结果表明：切向和横向加速度的波动受天气场景和弯道半径的交互作用，在结冰路段的15 m弯道上最易发生危险失稳；方向盘转动角速度的失稳只受弯道半径影响，随着弯道半径增大逐渐加强。 The low-grade road driving data of 22 drivers were collected through driving simulation experiment， and the driving fluctuation index was proposed based on Lorenz scatter plot. Then， the instability fluctuation thresholds of tangential acceleration， lateral acceleration and steering wheel speed were obtained （0.993， 1.322 and 0.669 respectively）. Finally， the fuzzy logic theory was used to synthesize the three indicators to complete the classification of the safety state. It is found that the fluctuation of tangential and lateral acceleration is affected by the interaction of weather scene and curve radius， and the dangerous instability is most likely to occur on the 15 m curve in the icing section. However， the instability of steering wheel speed is only affected by the curve radius， and increases with the increase of curve radius. 交通安全;驾驶波动;驾驶安全评价;Lorenz散点图;模糊逻辑 traffic safety;driving fluctuation;driving safety assessment;Lorenz scatter plot;fuzzy logic 柳本民,史冰玉,廖岩枫 LIU Benmin,SHI Bingyu,LIAO Yanfeng 同济大学 道路与交通工程教育部重点实验室，上海 201804 Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education，Tongji University，Shanghai 201804，China jtuns/article/abstract/202308013


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Creator: Hembreiker, Linda-Rose
Description: During the 20th century, chamber works for harp expanded to include significantly different instrumentations, like flute, voice and harp. Indeed, a body of works for flute, voice, and harp began to develop mainly through the commissioning efforts of ensembles comprised of these instruments. This study of George Crumb's Federico's Little Songs for Children for flutes, soprano, and harp considers the unique advantages and challenges of this instrumentation and offers specific suggestions for performance. Attention to various compositional elements of Federico's Little Songs for Children, especially as they relate to the text, is also helpful in preparing to perform this work. The form, pitch material, and text-painting in the work allow for special opportunities to convey meaning to audiences in ways that do not rely on traditional tonal relationships. Accompanying the shift away from traditional tonal relationships, the development of the harp repertoire in chamber and solo settings during the 20th century also led to the development of many extendedtechniques for this instrument. For the most part, these techniques have been described and given various notational symbols but not discussed in detail with regard to execution. Federico's Little Songs for Children itself requires several unique extended-techniques. Recommendations are given in...
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Strawberries had both male and female parts, like most plants, until several million years ago. This may seem like a long time ago, but it actually means strawberries have some of the youngest sex chromosomes around. What are the advantages of splitting a species into two sexes? Host Sarah Crespi interviews freelance journalist Carol Cruzan Morton about her story on scientists' journey to understanding the strawberry's sexual awakening.
In 2016, experimental Zika vaccines were swiftly developed in response to the emergence of serious birth defects in the babies of infected woman. Two years after the height of Zika cases, there's so little spread of the virus in the Americas that it has stymied vaccine trials. Researchers hope to overcome this hurdle with "human challenge experiments"—vaccinating people, then intentionally infecting them with Zika to see whether they're protected from the virus. Meagan Cantwell talks with staff writer Jon Cohen about his news story that highlights the risks and rewards of human challenge experiments.
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Alters the display settings of a field before it gets displayed.
Note that instead of hook_field_display_alter(), which is called for all fields on all entity types, hook_field_display_ENTITY_TYPE_alter() may be used to alter display settings for fields on a specific entity type only.
This hook is called once per field per displayed entity. If the result of the hook involves reading from the database, it is highly recommended to statically cache the information.
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$display: The display settings that will be used to display the field values, as found in the 'display' key of $instance definitions.
$context: An associative array containing:
 - entity_type: The entity type; e.g., 'node' or 'user'.
 - field: The field being rendered.
 - instance: The instance being rendered.
 - entity: The entity being rendered.
 - view_mode: The view mode, e.g. 'full', 'teaser'...
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Suppose we have a simple DC power source charging a battery or capacitor.
If we try to measure the capacitor's voltage in this simple circuit we will instead read the power source voltage:
Is it possible to directly measure the voltage of the capacitor without disconnecting the power source and without knowing the capacitor's time constant and capacitance?
I.e., I'm wondering if there's a circuit that can accomplish this without exploiting the following solutions:
- If we temporarily disconnect or turn off the power source, the voltmeter will read the voltage across the capacitor.
- If we know the time constant and capacitance we could instead connect an ammeter and deduce the capacitor's voltage from that. (Or, if we knew it was fully discharged initially, we could integrate the amperage from the start of charging to calculate its voltage.)
I've been trying to picture some clever arrangement of diodes that might allow for measurement during charging, but that has left me thinking that this is theoretically impossible using a static circuit.


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Internal Organ Injuries
An internal injury is one of the most dangerous types of injury a person can suffer in an auto accident. Most car accident injuries show obvious symptoms immediately following the crash, but certain types, like those involving internal organs, can go undetected for days or even weeks afterward. Without visible outward signs of being hurt, a person may neglect to seek prompt medical help. Unfortunately, a delay in treatment can allow the injury to get worse over time and in the most severe cases, can prove fatal. If you, or a loved one, have suffered an internal organ injury as a result of a car accident, you may be eligible to recover compensation for your hospital bills, medical expenses, surgery, physical therapy, and pain and suffering. Rhode Island Car Accident Attorney David Tapalian and his dedicated team at Tapalian Law will aggressively fight to protect your legal rights and get you justice.Symptoms of Internal Bleeding
The tricky, and very dangerous, part about internal injuries? There may be no symptoms until it's too late. This is why it is so important to seek medical treatment immediately following any kind of traffic accident, whether you feel pain or not. An internal injury can occur from a minor crash or a severe collision and may be symptom-less. Left undetected, these types of injuries can take a huge toll on a person's health and can be fatal. Some, but not all, internal bleeding injuries may manifest with symptoms including, but not limited to:
- Abdominal pain
- Extreme fatigue
- Pale complexion
- Feeling cold
- Vomiting blood, or blood in urine or stool
- Deep, purple bruising
- Losing consciousness
Due to the severity of internal organ injuries and their ability to manifest without symptoms, it is imperative that anyone involved in a car accident seeks medical attention immediately following the incident. Rhode Island Car Accident Lawyer David Tapalian urges every person involved in an auto accident to seek medical help right away. Regardless of how minor the impact is, an injury to an internal organ can still happen and if left untreated, may result in life-long, permanent damage, or death.Types of Internal Organ Injuries
Countless types of damage can occur to a person's organs as a result of a car accident. The five internal organs vital to survival are the brain, the heart, the kidneys, the liver, and the lungs. Some of the many internal injuries a person may experience include, but are not limited to:
- Abdominal Aneurysm: This often-fatal injury may occur when the stomach is compressed during a collision, and the abdominal aorta breaks.
- Brain Bleeding: When head trauma leads to an intensive open or closed wound, the brain can bleed as a result of a lack of oxygen. If left untreated, a brain bleed can cause severe and permanent brain damage.
- Liver Damage: When the liver is torn as a result of the force of an impact, severe damage can occur. This injury requires immediate hospitalization.
- Punctured Lung: When a broken rib punctures a lung, it can cause the lung to deflate and collapse. Broken ribs happen frequently in car accidents, especially in high-impact crashes, and can be detrimental to other parts of the body, including the organs.
- Internal Bleeding: Typically caused by blunt force trauma in a collision that causes ruptured blood vessels inside the body, preventing them from clotting or mending on their own. Internal bleeding can occur in a number of organs, such as a ruptured spleen, due to a laceration or other damage. Left untreated, internal bleeding can be extremely dangerous.
As with any type of accident injury, the bottom line is to always seek immediate medical help. Having served as a highly respected car accident lawyer in Rhode Island for over 20 years, Attorney Tapalian has seen a number of victims' conditions worsen because they did not seek medical attention when they should.How an Internal Injury Can Happen During a Car Crash
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- Penetrating Trauma: During an auto accident, a deep, penetrating puncture can occur from large particles or sharp car parts, such as a piece of windshield glass, coming in contact with the body. When a foreign object or other piercing fragment penetrates the body, a hole can be torn in a blood vessel, causing severe damage to the internal organs. This is considered penetrating trauma. As a top-rated car accident attorney in Rhode Island who has helped countless victims of motor vehicle crashes, Attorney Tapalian sees this as one of the most distressing forms of trauma.
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Machine Learning with Python classroom training programe, pimple saudagar
Ethans training institute, Pune introduce you world class Machine Learning training in Pune (Pimple saudagar and Kharadi area). Our ML Training includes Python Programming, Machine Learning with Python, Deep Learning, Neural Network, Computer Vision and Tensor Flow Training
- Python & Machine Learning Training at Ethans Tech is provided by Jatin, Mitesh, Abhinandan, Nikhil, Kalpesh and Ayush Sir at two different locations in Pune, i.e. Pimple Saudagar and Kharadi. All three trainers are working professional having average 10+ years of exp in IT. They have an average 4.5/5 star feedback by the students.
- Our Python and ML program consist, Python Foundation, DB Interface, Regular Ex, API Development, Webscrapping, Machine Learning Algos, Deep Learning, NN, Computer Vision and Tensorflow in details. For Details Syllabus visit our Syllabus tab.
- This program expected to take 16-18 weekends with total 32 classes, each class is having three hours training. It can take lesser time if the number of hours per day is increased.
- Duration of the program is 100 hours, consist of weekdays and weekends classes.
- No prerequisites required to learn ML (This course is very useful for students).
- 45 hours lab sessions + 6 mini projects are included in the program
- Objective of this program is to provide 100% practical, interview and certification oriented training. It is expected that students will easily crack Python amd ML interview and have advance knowledge of ML algos.
- Lab: Execises on Python, Multiple Algorithims in ML, DL and NN using Python and Tensor Flow
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Building a syntax tree from a chart BuildTree(Chart,Words[0.. K]) { N := make a node for the root of the tree; ExpandTree("S",Chart,Words,N,0,K) } ExpandTree(Symbol,Chart,Words,N,START,END) { label node N with Symbol; if (Symbol is a part of speech) then { make a leaf node labelled WORDS[END]; make an arc from N to the leaf node; ] else { find an edge E in Chart of the form [START, END, Symbol -> Sym[1], Sym[2]... Sym[p] *]; for (j := p downto 1) do { find two edges E1 and E2 in Chart such that (E1 == [SS1, END, Sym[j] -> String]) and (E2 == [START,SS1, Symbol -> Sym[1]... Sym[j-1] * Sym[j]... Sym[p]); /* That is, E was formed by applying the extender to E2, E1 */ make a new leftmost child NC of N; /* Note that the tree is built from right to left */ ExpandTree(Sym[j],Chart,Words,NC,SS1,END); END := SS1; } /* end for loop */ } } To find all the parse trees, you have to consider all the options at the two statements "find an edge" and "find two edges" above.


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 ' Get the FileInfo objects for every file in the directory.
 Dim files As FileInfo() = dir.GetFiles()
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 Using mySHA256 As SHA256 = SHA256.Create()
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 Dim fileStream = fInfo.Open(FileMode.Open)
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offset
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buffer length is invalid.
buffer is null.
offset is out of range. This parameter requires a non-negative number.
The object has already been disposed.
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Meet Tribe With Most Beautiful Women in Africa, They Don't Bath Because Of What Will Happen to Them
There is a tribe from Angola which have the most beautiful village women in Africa according to tourists. The Himba tribe are the indigenous people of Namibia and Kunen, they live on the northern side of the country, and on the other side of the Kunene in southern Angola too. They have approximately 50,000 people in the village.
In this tribe, there are some other groups still residing in the village who are regarded as OvaTwa groups, they are called hunter-gatherers as well as OvaHimba.
The Himba Community speaks in Otjihimba language known as the Bantu dialect of Herero. Although English is the official language of Namibia but the Himba rarely speak in English, only small amount of English is used in their Omuhongan schools.
Both men and women from this tribe love wearing their traditional dresses. Men usually wear clothes and footwear sandals, they also wear with foot soles often found in old car tyres, because men and boys tend to lead cattles in the bushes all day long. However, the woman roam about the village with skirts made from goat skin.
They are most famous for their wives' natural beauty, attracting numerous tourists and journalists who have praised their amazing beauty.
Despite the fact that they don't bath with water it hasn't stop them from maintaining their natural beauty. One of the reasons why the people of Himba do not bath with water is because they live in one of the most extreme surroundings on earth.
The harsh weather condition and the desert climate, coupled with the lack of clean water prevents them from a 'normal' water bath.
Meanwhile, their refusal to take a bath did not affect their personal hygiene. Members of the tribe use red ochers on the skin and take part in a daily smoke bath to maintain their beauty and good hygiene.
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Here are several videos to jump start your learning of the vowel sounds in both English and Spanish! Later this week I will send you some other cool teaching tips regarding this topic.
I am not certain in this first video if the little boy is enjoying teaching us the vowel sounds in the English language, but we all know that children really enjoy watching other children so here it goes:
This song just goes on and on and on with the English vowel sounds, but repetition is the key to learning. I know that children find it catchy and jump around like crazy when they hear it:
In Spanish you will find this video catchy, short, and cute to introduce the vowel sounds:
This children's video on YouTube is with Mickey teaching the Spanish vowel sounds! The quality of the sound is not so great, but I have not met a child who doesn't love learning with Mickey Mouse:
Happy Educating! ¡Sea feliz educando!


text: We report on small-amplitude optical variability and recent dissipation of the unusually persistent broad emission lines in the blue compact dwarf galaxy PHL 293B. The galaxy's unusual spectral features (P Cygni-like profiles with ∼800 km s-1 blueshifted absorption lines) have resulted in conflicting interpretations of the nature of this source in the literature. However, analysis of new Gemini spectroscopy reveals the broad emission has begun to fade after being persistent for over a decade prior. Precise difference imaging light curves constructed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Dark Energy Survey reveal small-amplitude optical variability of ∼0.1 mag in the g band offset by 100 21 pc from the brightest pixel of the host. The light curve is well-described by an active galactic nuclei (AGN)-like damped random walk process. However, we conclude that the origin of the optical variability and spectral features of PHL 293B is due to a long-lived stellar transient, likely a Type IIn supernova or nonterminal outburst, mimicking long-term AGN-like variability. This work highlights the challenges of discriminating between scenarios in such extreme environments, relevant to searches for AGNs in dwarf galaxies. This is the second long-lived transient discovered in a blue compact dwarf, after SDSS1133. Our result implies such long-lived stellar transients may be more common in metal-deficient galaxies. Systematic searches for low-level variability in dwarf galaxies will be possible with the upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.


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With the introduction of a bill mandating a modern slavery reporting requirement, Australian businesses are starting preparations for publicly reporting on their own operations and supply chains. At the heart of the bill is the process of human rights due diligence: an exercise by which a business identifies, prevents, mitigates and accounts for human rights impacts.1 It is an outward-looking process that focuses not on the risk to the business, but the risk to those whose rights are, or may be, impacted.
Norton Rose Fulbright in conjunction with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law recently launched the findings of a second comprehensive study in relation to human rights due diligence. The study involved a detailed analysis of the human rights programs in ten businesses identified as leading in the arena. The findings published online demonstrate that human rights due diligence involves a multi-layered process, that is ongoing and subject to regular review.


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I was visiting my sister in Baltimore over the weekend when I saw this really cool lighthouse known as the Seven Foot Knoll. Obviously, it is not in use anymore and has been moved to shore to preserve it as a historical sight, but it used to sit out in the water at the mouth of the Patapsco River. When the lighthouse was in use the light keeper and his family had to live inside of it for long periods of time because there wasn't any easy access to land. They would take everything they needed out with them, including livestock and food supplies. For drinking water the lighthouse funneled rainwater from the roof into 2 large cisterns.
The biggest problem with collecting the rainwater from the roof was the lead that was washed into the cistern with it. Salt spray from the ocean caused the lead roof of the lighthouse to corrode so when it rained the lead mixed with fresh rainwater and contaminated the cistern. Lead is highly toxic and is one of the contaminants that you really don't want in your drinking water. To neutralize the lead they added powdered chalk to the collected water. Fortunately, modern filters are far more effective at reducing lead, but in 1902 it was a standard practice for the light keeper and his family to add chalk to the water.


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Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua and Mr. Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, led their respective delegations to the 13th Meeting of the Pakistan-Russia Consultative Group on Strategic Stability today.
During the meeting, the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on prevailing regional and global security environments and their impact on the international arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation agenda. The two sides agreed on the need for preserving multilateralism in the field of international security and disarmament and shared the concern regarding the possible erosion of painstakingly negotiated international arrangements in several areas. The discussions encompassed issues such as non-militarization of outer space, upholding bilateral and multilateral treaties, developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security as well as matters related to the IAEA, OPCW and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
The two sides underscored with satisfaction the close coordination, cooperation and consultations between Russia and Pakistan at various international fora. Both sides agreed on the need to further capitalize on the positive trajectory of the overall bilateral relations by exploring avenues for mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation.
Pakistan-Russia Consultative Group on Strategic Stability is a platform for structured dialogue between the two sides and has been meeting since 2003.
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Chapter 8: Witnessing
You are waiting for a friend. The friend appears - not for you, but for the man who is sitting at the top of the tree. The moment the friend appears on the road he has become present to the man at the top of the tree, but to you he is still future - he has not yet appeared on the road. Unless he comes within your boundary of perception he will not be present. He is future. Past, future and present are relative; it depends on your height and where you are.
That's why Jainas insist that Mahavira knows all the three tenses of time - because of his height. He can see end to end, nothing is hidden from him. So whatsoever you think is past is still present for him, and whatsoever you think is future is present for him.
Then the friend appears - you talk to him and he moves on. After one furlong he disappears for you, he has become past. But for the man on the top of the tree he is still part of the present. It depends how wide the compass of your understanding is. If your compass is total, then there is no time. Then you can see end to end. Then everything of the past is also present - right now. Then everything that is going to happen in the future is also present - right now. Then there is no past, no future; only present exists. Only one moment of present exists - that moment is eternity.
You have both possibilities. You can exist through the mind, then you are limited. It is just as if you are looking from a window toward the sky - then the frame of the window becomes the frame of the sky. The frame of the mind becomes the frame of your world. Then you jump out of the window; you come out under the whole sky. Now there is no frame.
In French painting a new cult is arising, the cult of paintings without frames. It is a beautiful phenomenon, because all frames are false. In life everything exists without a frame, but when you paint a picture you put a frame to it. That frame is the most false thing. And the irony is that sometimes people purchase such beautiful and decorative frames that even the picture is not as costly as the frame. The frame is more costly and precious - and the frame is false. Life exists without a frame. Have you seen life anywhere with a frame? But you take a picture; immediately a frame comes into existence. The frame is false. All frames are from the mind; mind gives a frame to everything which is frameless, formless.
You can be both, it depends on you. In deep meditation the mind is no longer involved. It goes on functioning in the beginning but by and by, when you don't listen to it, it stops its chattering. Seeing that nobody bothers, seeing that nobody pays any attention, it stops.


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the mustard seed pods as soon as they are ready. Leaving the pods on the plant can lead to them getting overripe and less viable. It's best to harvest the pods when the seed is mature, but before the pods start to split open.
The fourth precaution is to take care when handling the mustard seed pods. The pods can be fragile and may split open if handled too roughly. It's best to use a light touch when collecting, storing, and cleaning the pods.
The fifth precaution is to store the harvested mustard seed pods in a cool and dry place. This will help preserve the seed and ensure that it's viable for planting in the future.
Finally, the sixth precaution is to clean the mustard seed before planting. Remove any debris, such as chaff, that may be present in the pods. This will help prevent mold or fungal growth on the seed.
By following these precautions, gardeners can ensure a successful harvest of mustard seed. Taking the right steps during harvesting, storage, and cleaning will help ensure a good crop of mustard plants in the future.
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Mustard seed should be harvested when the pods are dry and brown and the seeds in the pods are brown and hard. This usually occurs when the plants are four to six weeks old.
Cut the plant at the base and then hang it upside down in a dry, airy area until the pods are dry and brittle. Then, you can simply break open the pods and collect the mustard seed.
Once the mustard seed is collected, store it in a cool, dry place in an airtight container. This will help preserve its freshness.


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While it's wonderful so many people visit and enjoy our national parks on an annual basis, tourism places a lot of stress on the natural environment. In some cases, the strain has almost been too much. Here are the top 10 endangered parks in America:
1. Alaska's National Parks – Private interest groups are currently looking to open the parks to commercial development and recreational snow-mobiling, both of which will destroy the park's fragile ecosystem.
2. Big Bend National Park – The oldest and largest national park in Texas, its lack of water and fresh air is endangering the park's resources.
3. Fire Island National Seashore – A beach "re-sanding" project threatens the wildlife and integrity of the national seashore.
4. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site – Dry rot, mold and water damage threaten the integrity of this historic site.
5. Glacier National Park – The hotels of this park, located in Montana, have begun to deteriorate. Plus, the commercial development and the coalmines threaten its international borders.
6. Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Air pollution envelops the park, limiting its views while at the same time harming wildlife and plant life.
7. Petrified Forest National Park – A park dedicated to preserving fossils and Indian ruins, its archeological sites located just outside the boundary of the park cannot be protected. As a result, new developments in the area threaten to destroy the sites.
8. Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve – All three protect the South Florida Everglades and are threatened by lower water levels and pollution.
9. Stones River National Battlefield – This historic Civil War battlefield and cemetery in Tennessee faces destruction with a planned interstate highway interchange and commercial development.
10. Yellowstone National Park – Believe it or not, the Montana government threatens the wildlife inhabiting the park.
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broken-heart-2Islaam gave us detailed instructions that identify rights, responsibilities and characters of both husband and wife to build their relationship on mutual love, respect, and mercy. The following are the most important tips that lead to a successful and happy marriage.
1. Faith: Common faith binds the couple strongly. Since Islaam is a way of life, it becomes an integral part of a Muslim's life. Couples with strong faith will share the same values and the frame of reference and communicate smoothly and effectively. Faith plays an essential role in developing a loving relationship.
Couples who work on strengthening their faith, for example by performing the Prayer, reading Qur'aan, and seeking Islamic knowledge together, become closer. They love and please Allaah through loving and pleasing each other. The commitments couples make to Allaah are excellent facilitators for enhancing their family's spiritual development aswell as their commitment to Allaah and His Religion.
2. Forgiving: When the Prophet (may Allaah exalt his mention) said to his Companions (may Allaah be pleased with them), "Do you wish that Allaah should forgive you?" They said, 'Of course, O Prophet of Allaah!' He (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) responded, 'Then forgive each other.'
5. Openness: Marital relationship is where the partners must feel safe to speak their mind honestly with due consideration to the other's feeling, without compromising their own views. When the communication is not sincere it hinders the development of closeness and deep understanding of each other's inner self.
6. Flattering: Paving compliments and indulging in honest flattery is a very inexpensive way to win your spouse's heart. Everyone likes to be appreciated and noticed. So being scant with compliments is actually depriving one of being appreciated in return.
8. Fallibility: When couples start to demand the impossible they must remind themselves that only Allaah (the Glorious and Lofty) is Perfect.
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Hyderabad: The efforts to prevent water logging in urban areas have been sped up according to government officials. Rs 2250 crore projects have been launched in many low-lying areas of the city suffering from water logging during monsoon.
Many big projects were launched to address this issue, including an increase in the width of stormwater drains, construction of retaining walls, the building of box drains, de-silting of stormwater drains and repairing of existing drains.
A total of 168 teams, 64 mobile monsoon teams, 104 mini mobile teams, 160 static groups and security measures in 36 locations were organised. GHMC directed the emergency teams to remove stagnant water immediately.
Necessary measures are being taken regarding nalas to prevent water logging during monsoon.
According to government officials, slabs shall be constructed over many nalas, and storm water drains and enclosures are being made in surrounding areas. Warning sign boards are being displayed near deep drains to ensure public safety.
As per officials, measures are being taken to prevent water logging during monsoon. These measures include the construction of embankments and fencing around water reservoirs and lakes and diverting sewage flow.
Under the nala development program, a total of 37 projects are being carried out within the jurisdictions of GHMC and work is being expedited at 36 locations.
An individual mobile monsoon team consists of one vehicle each and 4 crew members who work 24 hours in two shifts. An additional 160 static labor teams were formed, each consisting of two members. "They are provided with the necessary equipment, shovels, shovels and drainage pump sets. In case of emergency, the teams are shifted from one area to another," said the GHMC in a press release.
Zonal wise security measures are being taken by the GHMC. In the LB Nagar zone, 74 problematic drainage locations were identified and 76 officers were posted there. Similarly, Officers have been posted at different locations in Charminar, Khairatabad, Serlingampally, Kukatpally and Secunderabad zones.


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Whenever the HMICFRS publish a report that is relevant to a police force, the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has a duty to respond.
HMICFRS reports and the response from the PCC are listed below.
PEEL assessment by HMICFRS
The primary framework in which police forces are inspected is called PEEL: Police Effectiveness, Efficiency and Legitimacy. PEEL assessments look at the whole performance of a single police force.
As a result of the Integrated PEEL Assessment, forces are given a grade in each of these three areas.
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How effectively does the force reduce crime and keep people safe?Good
How efficiently does the force operate and how sustainable are its services to the public?Outstanding
How legitimately does the force treat the public and its workforce?Good
The full assessment of Avon and Somerset Police can be found on the HMICFRS website.
Read the response from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to the Home Secretary on the 2018/19 HMICFRS inspection.
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UK Feminista gives evidence to parliamentary inquiry on sexual harassment in schools
On 7 June 2016, UK Feminista joined anti-violence organisations to give evidence to Parliament's Women and Equalities Committee on the need to tackle sexual harassment in schools.
59% of girls have experienced sexual harassment at school or college, and one in three girls say they have experienced 'groping' or unwanted sexual touching at school.
The Women and Equalities Committee is conducting a vital inquiry to assess how sexual harassment in schools can be stopped.
Watch the Women and Equalities Committee evidence session:
- Read UK Feminista's written submission to the inquiry
- Media coverage of the evidence session:
- BBC News: Harassment: Girls 'wear shorts under school skirts'
- BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour
- Metro: ˜Schoolgirls are wearing shorts under skirts to prevent sexual harassment
- The Guardian: ˜Teach children about sexism to stop 'ticking timebomb' of sexual bullying in schools
- The Huffington Post UK: Sexism In School: Girls "Wear Shorts Under Skirts" To Avoid Sexual Harassment, Inquiry Finds
- RT International: Girls don shorts under school uniform skirts to avoid sexual harassment, MPs told
- Schools Week: Ministers to meet with Ofsted over omission of sexism from inspection handbook
For more information about the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools visit the Parliament website.


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World Health: the intellectual history of a twentieth century idea
World health is currently understood in a commonsense way as an objective pursued by the World Health Organization. Yet world health is also an idea with a complicated and unexpected twentieth century history.
- How and why did the idea of world health arise? How did nineteenth century public health framed nationally become twentieth century population health, framed globally?
- What were the intellectual traditions formulating 'world health' and 'global population' as problems, projects and possibilities in the twentieth century?
These are the research questions driving this intellectual history of the contested and changing concept of world health. The project focuses on the period between the establishment of the League of Nations Health Organization in 1923 and the Bucharest World Population Conference in 1974, which was designated World Population Year.
The overarching aim is to establish and explore the biopolitical nature of world health as a crucial aspect of twentieth century globalisation.
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