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Binge drinking, says Dartmouth College, is a public health challenge that we can all help address.
The approach comes as a new way to help stop dangerous and deadly binge drinking, which destroys lives on almost every national campus. Many universities are working to fight the problem with awareness campaigns, student groups and other measures, but Dartmouth College, says a recent article on The Washington Post, is taking a research-based approach.
Dartmouth President Dr. Jim Yong Kim is leading an example it is hoped other colleges can follow by addressing binge drinking with scientific research and results that can be analyzed and distributed. Called Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking, Dartmouth will encourage other universities to become a part of the project.
Several colleges and universities have agreed to participate in the research on binge drinking, such as Duke, Princeton and Stanford. Many of these universities have taken similar measures in recent years to help save lives lost to binge drinking, including working with police and officials to tighten drinking activities at bars. They have also worked with apartment landlords and student groups, who can also play a role in helping prevent students from drinking binges.
For males, a binge drinking episode is consuming five alcoholic beverages in a two-hour timeframe, and the level considered binge drinking is four beverages for females.
At some universities, the message about binge drinking is directed for new students and freshmen, including courses designed to teach students about the risks and effects of alcohol. The efforts seem to be paying off, with binge drinking levels at Frostburg State University declining 16 percent over a twelve-year period.
Project participants and Dartmouth project leaders hope taking a research-based approach will help encourage campuses to change student perceptions toward binge drinking.


Detecting collision on lines which are on an angle
09-04-2001, 04:38 AM
I've got a program that generates random landscapes for my moon lander game
ive made a flat point etc to land on but my problem is detecting if the ship crashes into the lines that arnt the landing pad.
iam using an array of points that are joined up as lines
ive tried using gradients but i havent got that to work,
has anyone got some code or suggestions?
09-04-2001, 09:53 AM
I am assuming your landing ship is a picture box or an image made of a rectangle, correct?
Try this:
1. Each time you move the ship, calculate the location of the center point of the ship: (Left + Width)/2, (Top + Height) / 2
2. Determine a "radius" length from the center of your ship at which distance the ship would collide with an object. You can do a cheap estimate of this radius by taking the width or height of your ship (which ever is greater) and dividing by 2.
3. Loop through each point in your array of points to see if that point is within the radius distance from the center point of your ship. To calculate the distance between your ship's center point and a point on the landscape, use the Pythagorean Theorem (yes, there IS a use for school math!!). The Pythagorean Theorem is used to calculate the length between two different points. The formula is A-squared plus B-squared equals C-squared. Here's an example:
The ship's center point is at 50,50.
A point of land is at 60,60.
The ship's 'radius' is 10.
so, to compute (^2 means squared):
Distance^2 = (50-60)^2 + (50-60)^2
Distance^2 = 100+100
Distance^2 = 200
Distance is about 14
Thus, since the distance between the center of the ship and the point of land is about 14 (and 14 is greater than the ship's 'radius' of 10), there is no collision.
To do this in code, you could put something like this:
Dim Radius as Integer
Dim Distance as Single
Dim ShipX as Integer 'The X coordinate of the center of the ship
Dim ShipY as Integer 'The Y coordinate of the center of the ship
Dim LandX as Integer
Dim LandY as integer
ShipX = (Ship.Left + Ship.Width)/2
ShipY = (Ship.Top + Ship.Height)/2
LandX = TerrainPoint.X 'Or whatever you called your terrain point variable
LandY = TerrainPoint.Y
Radius = Ship.Height/2
Distance = Sqr((ShipX - LandX)^2 + (ShipY-LandY)^2)
if Distance <= Radius then
End if
I hope this helps.
09-05-2001, 10:00 AM
i dont quite understand how using the distant of the landscape between the ship will detect the collision
because i'll be using multiple lines and i want to be able to detect if the ship hits in between the lines
09-05-2001, 10:24 AM
This might be a complicated way to do it, but you could use the CreateRectRgn and CombineRgn API calls to create a region the shape of your terrain. Even if it is a bunch of angled lines, you could do it by approximating it into a large number of narrow rectangles and combining them together. Then you could use another function, whose name escapes me at the moment, to test whether or not a rectangle is within or touching the region. Something like "rectinrgn"....
Edit: RectInRegion....
"I have a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel!" - Edmund BlackadderEdited by BillSoo on 09/05/01 12:18 PM.
09-05-2001, 10:29 AM
When you detect the distance between the landscape and the ship, all you're doing is calculating how close the ship is to the land. If the ship gets too close (i.e. the land comes in contact with the outer edge of the ship), then they collide.
If you're setting it up so that the ship flies between two lines, you could check to see if the ship is too close to one side, then check to see if it's too close to the other side. If it's too close to either side, there will be a collision.
09-06-2001, 08:26 AM
Billso i think your way is quite complicated
teric the problem using the distance betweent he two points is that if it is in the middle it wont detect it colliding as it thinks it will still detect it that much higher
hm i had a great idea yesterday but i forgot :)
09-06-2001, 09:00 AM
as it should only be the 2 bottom corners of your ship that would first hit the landscape you could use the GetPixel API to detect the colour of the pixel just offset of each corner, and if they are the colour of the landscape then you've got a hit
Private Declare Function GetPixel Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long) As Long
09-06-2001, 09:09 AM
Ah, I see what you're saying, andrewo. Yes, you're right--detecting the distance to just the end points of each line will not correctly detect collisions in some cases.
It looks like BillSoo's idea may be the best way to go. I would look into it.
09-06-2001, 11:37 AM
Yes it is complicated...but it's not that bad. And once it's done, it's easier to use.
Check out _URL_ for an example of a "skinned form". This is a form that conforms to any shape. It's done using this technique of combining strips of regions....
09-09-2001, 01:10 AM
it doesnt 100% work fast..but i just gotta rearrange my code abit to fix it and it sometimes detects the ship hitting the land a little bit over it but that must be some error i did typing
what i have got is
finding the equation of the line..represented as y=mx+b
and the ships x,y position
ok so to find the gradient of the line you got to have the two points
x1,y1 and x2,y2
you need the gradient(m) of the line first so to get the gradient you use (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
then you need the y-intercept(b)
you would use the equation
which is using the other working out:
b= y1-((y2-y1)/(x2-x1)*x)
so now you have the equation of the line
and to work out if the ship(a point) is above or below the terrain
you would put the ships x and y into the equation you worked out
y=mx+b or all together would be y= ((y2-y1)/(x2-x1))x +(y1-((y2-y1)/(x2-x1)*x))
Remember the 0,0 is at the top left hand of the screen
and x1,x2 are the two points of the line
so you write:
if y>= mx+b and x>x1 and x<2 then showcollision
sorta complicated but not really
and if you have lots of lines for your landscape you would use an array..heres an example of my code using an aray...
For i = 1 To 28
Pol.X = Ship.Left
Pol.Y = Ship.Top + Ship.Height
Pol.X1 = Points(i).X
Pol.X2 = Points(i + 1).X
Pol.Y1 = Points(i).Y
Pol.M = (Points(i + 1).Y - Points(i).Y) / (Points(i + 1).X - Points(i).X)
Pol.B = Pol.Y1 - (Pol.M * Pol.X)
If (Pol.Y >= Pol.M * Pol.X + Pol.B) And (Pol.X >= Pol.X1) And (Pol.X <= Pol.X2) Then showcollision
09-09-2001, 01:16 AM
hey thats a good idea Ad1
,checking if the colour of the bottom of the ship changes to the landscape..could you give me some example code, that would be more accurate then my current code
09-10-2001, 01:11 AM
i ended up working out how to use the getpixel method and it works great heres my code
For i = 0


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"The new Compact is small in size, but big on impact," said Matt Miller, CEO of Vernacare. "It advances patient and staff dignity and improves infection prevention by making it possible to dispose of Vernacare single-use containers and patient waste hygienically at the point of care, thereby containing any infection risk. By localising care in this way, clinicians can use their time more productively.
"The new technology has been designed and developed by our R&D team, who have decades of experience of creating innovative new medical products to prevent and control cross infection. We are particularly grateful for the input of many clinicians and health professionals during the design and development process."
This space-efficient Compact is the smallest disposal unit on the market and can be located closer to patients if needed, such as in patient bathrooms, isolation rooms, specialist areas like radiology, x-ray, chemotherapy and theatre recovery, or long term care settings. This means the need to carry human waste to a sluice or 'dirty' utility area is removed, thus reducing the risk of spreading infection and saving clinicians' valuable time.
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Bug#536245: RFH: graphviz -- rich set of graph drawing tools
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Heya folks.
I request assistance with maintaining the graphviz package. That might
also move to an RFA later on.
Given I'm slowly drifting to more porting, I'm currently lacking time to
maintain graphviz properly. If you're interested, you may want to be
aware of some points:
 - Upstream is very nice, but now ships a bundled debian/ directory in
 its tarball, and will continue to do so. Repacking is/will be needed.
 - There are libraries, with different sonames, and plugins. I guess
 there's very little point in splitting the current libgraphviz4
 library in more libraries (given it only has 3 rdeps last I checked)
 but you'll need to understand the library packaging issues here, and
 try hard not to break anything.
 - There are bindings for several languages, and some bugs open against
 them. These bindings were requested presumably for Ubuntu, and given
 that some aren't really used, or buggy, it might make sense to drop
 some. Note that obviously, upstream doesn't know how to use each of
 them, given they're swig-generated.
That's all I can think of right now. Packaging is in collab-maint's git
(debian-only, but I'm not opposed to seeing this evolve in some other
setup), patches can be pushed there in some branches, or even in
"unstable" if you know what you're doing.
The package description follows:
 Graph drawing addresses the problem of visualizing structural information
 by constructing geometric representations of abstract graphs and networks.
 Automatic generation of graph drawings has important applications in key
 technologies such as database design, software engineering, VLSI and
 network design and visual interfaces in other domains. Situations where
 these tools might be particularly useful include:
 the relationships between its types, procedures, and source files
 individual links, but their relationships
 * you're debugging a protocol or microarchitecture represented as a
 finite state machine and need to figure out how a certain
 error state arises
 distributed program represented graphically
 database of telephone calls or e-mail messages
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IL-VITORJA (VICTORY DAY)
This date commemorates the end of the Great Siege of 1565, the end of the French occupation of Malta in 1800 and co-incidentally enough the armistice of the Fascist regime in Italy in 1943. In the latter, the connection with Malta was two-fold: the bombardments by the 'Aeronautica' were over and the Italian Navy was brought to Malta to remain moored at St. Paul's Bay until the end of the war.
The morning is taken up by various State ceremonies amongst which a parade by the Armed Forces of Malta. During the afternoon, an avidly contested traditional rowing boat regatta is held in the Grand Harbour. In the evening, there are at least four towns in Malta and Gozo, which celebrate the feast of Our Lady as a Child (Maria Bambina/Our Lady of Victory). Indeed the feast which is centuries old changed its name to Il-Madonna tal-Vitorja, following the end of the Great Siege of 1565.

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Creating checkpointsLast Updated: 12/03/2015 Introduced in Verision: 2.0
This example creates a checkpoint for a flow. The concept is the same across all entities. Creating a checkpoint simply creates a backup of the entity in its history folder. This makes it possible to restore from the checkpoint backup file. The difference of a checkpoint vs. a normal or auto-save is that a checkpoint backup file has a specific name. Manual and automatic saves have generated names.


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Pop art is a great way to get students excited about art history and appreciation. What child doesn't appreciate a giant banana peel or a humungous slice of cake, right!?
So, for a sculpture project, students created plates of food inspired by the artwork of pop artist, Claes Oldenburg.
Each table was delegated a different meal or dish – breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert. After a demonstration of construction tips, students began building the food they wanted to make using cardboard, newspaper and masking tape.
The following week students used toilet paper, newspaper strips and paper mache to build up areas as well as cover and smooth seams. Now, I must warn you, if you live in a humid climate, the flour and water saturated toilet paper will begin to smell, attract fruit flies and potentially mould over, but it will dry eventually, I promise!
Once dried, students can paint the base colours of the food and the following week they can paint details and add other materials such a felt, plastic sheeting and yarn to add toppings and texture. Lastly, I helped students to glue their food items on to a paper plate to secure them properly.
Bon appetite and cheers to you Claes!


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At what age do hens start laying eggs?
On average, pullets, or juvenile hens, start laying eggs at about 6 months of age, depending on the breed. Larger, heavier birds like Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks and Orpingtons will lay on the later side whereas lighter, smaller breeds like Leghorns, Stars, and Australorps will start laying sooner. However, if your birds come into maturity at the coldest, darkest part of the year, they will sometimes not begin laying until spring: six months is just the average! We guarantee you that every day past five months that they haven't begun to lay will seem like an eternity!


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Start of construction of heat pipeline between the port of Rotterdam and The Hague
Gasunie and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy have taken the final investment decision for the construction of a heat pipeline from the port of Rotterdam to The Hague.
The construction of the underground pipeline will make residual heat from companies in the port available to up to 120,000 homes and other buildings in the region. The construction of the WarmtelinQ pipeline is expected to be completed in 2025.
Using residual heat
At present, most industrial heat is released by for instance oil refining and petrochemical processes. By heating homes, business premises and greenhouses with this residual heat, it will be put to good use and much less gas will be needed. Initially, the heat available in the Botlek and Pernis will be used. In the long term, the possibilities in Europoort and Maasvlakte will also be examined.
Greening of the heat
In the coming years, the industry will continue to electrify. The green energy from wind farms will then be used for the processes in hydrogen plants as well as in the existing industry. Even in this situation, residual heat will continue to be released. In the production of, for example, green hydrogen by means of electrolysis, approximately 30% of the primary energy is released as residual heat. These sustainable residual heat sources ensure that the heat is increasingly 'green'.

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Panhandle aquifer mapped for uranium
LINCOLN—It fuels both bombs and power plants, but uranium probably doesn't come to mind to many people when they think about Nebraska.
Still, it's here and a University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher is mapping the aquifers and rock formations that may contain it.
Most of the world's uranium is mined in Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan, Russia and elsewhere, yet Nebraska has one of the few working commercial mines in the U.S. where uranium to fuel power plants is mined.
The Crow Butte mine, near Crawford in the Panhandle, has produced about 16 million pounds of uranium extracted from local water bearing geologic formations since 1991.
The uranium it mines is present as a solid mineral, which then is dissolved with oxygen and pumped out.
South of that mine, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Conservation and Survey Division hydrogeologist Steven Sibray is mapping the shallow High Plains (or Ogallala) Aquifer. The data he and his research partners have collected "indicates we are also seeing the deeper water bearing formation at the base of White River Group in the southern Panhandle.
"Our research suggests that commercial uranium mining companies could use this technology to locate uranium-bearing sandstones within the deeper formation," Sibray said. He added that finding the uranium-bearing sandstones is just the first of several high-risk and costly steps needed to find mineable quantities of the mineral.
"Recent advances in the application of airborne electromagnetic surveys to our ongoing groundwater management programs can also be utilized to map water-bearing formations that host uranium deposits," said Sibray, of UNL's School of Natural Resources.
This AEM data, collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and UNL's Conservation and Survey Division, is part of a project to define the hydrogeologic framework of the High Plains Aquifer, Sibray explained.
"With additional interpretation of these data sets, the deeper confined aquifer of the White River Group can be identified that may contain mineable quantities of uranium," he said.
Evidence of the potential for uranium mineralization as far south as Cheyenne County, about 90 miles from the Crow Butte mine, is found in radioactive anomalies shown on borehole geophysical logs from oil and gas tests drilled in the area. This information has been a factor in recent decisions by several mining companies to lease land in the southern Panhandle to explore for uranium.
The airborne AEM technology, which relies on identifying water-bearing formations by their electrical resistance compared to surrounding materials, has helped confirm the presence of potential uranium-bearing formations in several areas that were previously mapped from more traditional oil and gas borehole tests.
"The airborne geophysics may be sexy, but you need the borehole data first," Sibray said. "That gives us the 'dots' for subsurface mapping while the airborne AEM allows us to connect those dots."
"We use the boreholes to measure the same rock properties as AEM—how rocks conduct electricity. It's relatively old technology that was developed for the oil and gas industries, but it works.
"During World War II, engineers developed an electromagnetic tool for locating landmines, which ultimately led to airborne electromagnetic tools after the war that were used by the mining industry to locate metallic mineral deposits," Sibray explained.
"It took a little longer, but the oil industry was able to use electromagnetic tools in boreholes in the late 1940s early 1950s. It measures the same rock properties as my tools but uses a different method.
"Recently, the airborne methods have been refined and we can now map aquifers using them," he said.
The newer AEM methods can also "see" and measure deeper into aquifers than was previously possible and are able to map with good results to as much as 500 meters below the earth's surface.
"Deeper mapping AEM systems would allow mapping of the larger channel deposits of sands and gravels within the White River Group that were formed by rivers approximately 35 to 37 million years ago," Sibray said, noting that the formation exists over most of the Nebraska Panhandle.
Sibray is conducting this research in cooperation with Bruce Smith, Jared Abraham and James Cannia, of the U.S. Geological Survey. He is a geoscientist and hydrogeologist at UNL's Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, where for nearly 25 years he has specialized in developing and using reliable, efficient groundwater monitoring systems that help conservationists, land users and researchers.
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Math 01.522 - History of Mathematics
Math 01.522 History of Mathematics
(Prerequisites: two semesters of undergraduate calculus)
Topics include: Babylonian, Egyptian and Greek mathematics as well as topics in current mathematics. Attention will be given to the development of trigonometry, algebra, analytic geometry and the calculus.
This course gives students from many different majors the opportunity to see how the growth of mathematical ideas and techniques has evolved. In particular, the historical, religious, economic and philosophical background is shown to play a critical roll in the development of mathematics. This course is especially recommended to future teachers.
1. Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics
2. Greek mathematics
2.2 Euclid and the elements of geometry
3. Development of Trigonometry
4. Development of Algebra
5. Development of Analytic Geometry
6. Development of Calculus
7. Development of Selected Topics of Modern Mathematics
7.1 Modern geometries
7.2 Modern algebra
7.3 Methods of real analysis
BURTON, D.M., The History of Mathematics, Allyn and Bacon, 1992.
EVES, J.H., An Introduction to the History of Mathematics, Saunders, 1990.


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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A helicopter whose fuselage is configured so as to be mounted with a steel line and hook used to lift and transport heavy objects.
- n. An imaginary hook suspended in the air.
- n. A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable.
- n. a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
- n. helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
"The meaning of the term skyhook definitely evolved in its new context, as in the frog example that Dennett gave."
"We debated this point in the discussions on Thursday, and doubtless will continue to do so, but even addressing this argument shows that the term skyhook has moved far past its original meaning in."
"When Dennett first introduces the term skyhook in this analogy he gives us the dictionary definition"
"Its just about eaten through the base of the tether, so luna this skyhook is about to become a spaceship until it eats that too …"
"Also, it uses skyhook, which is fairly accurate as far as finding your location"
"On the following page he instructs his readers "Let us understand that a skyhook is a" mind-first "force or power or process, an exception to the principle that all design, and apparent design, is ultimately the result of mindless, motiveless mechanicity," (Dennett 76)."
"A crane represents a theory built of our own world's rules and set in a foundation of the real while a skyhook is a by-definition impossible floating hook."
"By placing an intangible roadmap upon our perceivable world the skyhook is the very definition of foundationalism."
"SeeClickFix is a great site, but I worry that it suffers from two problems: first, the "skyhook" issue: if it's not hooked into real government authorities with the responsibility and ability to fix problems, why should people participate?"
"Dennett used the term "skyhook" to describe a source of design complexity that did not build on lower, simpler layers - in simple terms, a miracle."
These user-created lists contain the word 'skyhook'.
List of words, terms, and phrases pertaining to or referencing anything that lives, traverses, moves in, uses, or otherwise occupies the space above the ground we walk on. Words and phrases contain...
you know that thing where the Eskimos have 50 words for snow?
pretty open-ended here—terms, ideas, lingo, technologies and phenomena (real or postulated) that are, were, should be or could be used in speculative fiction
Visionary beyond current practicality.
These are just some random words that I might find a list for someday.
Looking for tweets for skyhook.


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The Orange Bellowsfish (Notopogon fernandezianus) is found in the southwestern Pacific, off southeastern Australia and New Zealand (Glover 1994), and has a limited distribution off southern South America in the southeastern Pacific and southwestern Atlantic between northern Argentina and Uruguay (Duhamel 1995). It occurs at depths of 150 to 580 metres (490 to 1,900 ft). Orange Bellowfish may reach 18 cm in length
( Fishwise, Fishbase)
- Duhamel, G. 1995. Revision of the genera Centriscops and Notopogon, Macroamphosidae from the subtropical/temperate marine belt of the Southern Hemisphere. Cybium 19: 261-303.
- Glover, J.C.M. 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Printer, Adelaide.


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The 95% reliability of TI schemes is demonstrated on the basis of historical hydrology data. However, the history of rainwater run-off and stream-flow does not take into account the impacts of climate change. Reliability of TI schemes is further tested against future climate using methodology developed by Australia's premier research body, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) through its Tasmanian Sustainable Yields project. Using the CSIRO's considerable expertise, this project has examined water availability in Tasmania through to 2030 under wet, median and extreme dry scenarios. You can view the information here: CSIRO Tasmanian Sustainable Yields.
TI refers all projects it develops to the Commonwealth Government for assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, regardless of whether we think that the individual project warrants it or not. TI willingly submits its projects for scrutiny for any impacts of scheme hydrology, construction and operation on matters of national environmental significance.
Tasmanian Irrigation also understands that its environmental obligations extend beyond development of schemes to include their enduring impacts once operating. It is a requirement that water from schemes developed by Tasmanian Irrigation may be applied on farm only in accordance with a completed Farm Water Access Plan (Farm WAP). Farm WAPs contain water, soil and biodiversity modules to ensure that the application of water accords with modern sustainability principles. The minimum requirement to access water from a scheme developed by Tasmanian Irrigation is that a Farm WAP is in place to cover the area of land directly affected by the use of scheme water and that the land is managed in accordance with any recommendations or restrictions identified in the Farm WAP. Click here for further information on Farm WAPs


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Origami cranes lift spirits of patients and staff
Borrowing from the ancient Japanese legend that promises good luck and healing to those who fold 1,000 origami cranes, the UC Davis Department of Radiation Oncology is now festooned with the tiny paper birds.
The crane-folding project was introduced to the busy cancer center clinic by oncology nurse Terri Wolf, who had learned of the custom from a Japanese friend.
"All I did was fold the first crane," she said. "Everyone in the department got involved -- academic faculty, clinical staff, receptionists and therapists."
Making a paper crane requires 25 folds and, once mastered, takes about five minutes.
In addition to their beauty, the cranes, and the efforts to make them, became a healthy distraction that has proven beneficial for both patients and staff, she said.
"Patients come in ask about them, and it gives us a chance to tell them the story and to get to know them a little better," she said. "Sometimes, I would sit in the exam room and show them how to make a crane. It would give me time to talk to them, and it was relaxing for the patient."
The crane legend was made famous in the book "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes," a story about Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who got leukemia as a result of radiation exposure after the bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. As the story goes, she folded 644 cranes before her death in 1955. In the book's version of events, her friends completed the cranes and buried all thousand cranes with her.
Many radiation oncology patients and family members have contributed to the crane-making project, including a 10-year-old who filled a grocery sack full of cranes in support of her cousin, a patient. Staff members also took part. The department's receptionist, Margie Carrillo, brought the paper home and spent the weekend with her children making cranes.
Crane-making featured prominently at this year's Cancer Survivors' Picnic, where volunteers taught all-comers the origami art.


text: Keep the bugs away with a Sunco LED Bulb Yellow Bug Light while you save energy. This natural insect repellant deters insects with a yellow hue that is harder for bugs to see than a cool blue light. Its lower heat emission, compared to an incandescent bulb, will also help reduce the flying pests near your light. A15 is great as a low blue comfort light or dimmable night light. The energy efficient Sunco Yellow Bug Light also functions as a sleep aid to increase melatonin and adjust your sleep-wake cycle instead of the blue light spectrum that can boost alertness.


Car batteries run on relativity
Technology 14 January 2011
The transfer of electrons between two forms of lead in the batteries yields a potential of more than 2 volts, higher than most other batteries. But why they are so good has been a puzzle. Lighter weight tin, for example, which sits one row above lead in the periodic table, is too feeble to power a battery.
Pekka Pyykkö at the University of Helsinki in Finland and colleagues have calculated that the stronger charges on the heavier lead nuclei attract electrons more powerfully, so they reach 60 per cent the speed of light compared to tin's 35 per cent. According to relativity, this gives the electrons higher effective masses, increasing their binding energy to the electrode that attracts them and thus their voltage.
Without these relativistic effects, Pyykkö and colleagues calculate that lead-acid batteries would generate only 0.39 volts. With them, they predict 2.13 volts, in good agreement with the measured 2.11 volts.
"Batteries involving other heavy elements, such as mercury, will probably have very similar effects," Pyykkö told New Scientist.
Journal reference: Physical Review Letters, vol 106, p 018391


Emergency clause
The emergency clause is a provision included as part of a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature that allows it to become effective immediately upon the signature of the Governor or at a specified date. Emergency clauses require approval by two-thirds of the members of both chambers and are voted on separately and subsequently to the vote approving a measure. A law cannot become effective fewer than 90 days after sine die adjournment without an emergency clause. The one exception is the General Appropriations bill, which can take effect on July 1st without an emergency clause and by a simple majority. As a result of State Question 640, a revenue bill, as defined under Article V, Section 33 of the Constitution, cannot contain an emergency clause.


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Projected indicators included are derived from the published 2018-based household projections for England and 2018-based household projections for Scotland for the years 2018 up to 2043. The indicators are the percentage of one-person households, in which the householder is aged 65 years and over and the percentage of one-person households, in which the householder is aged 85 years and over. This dataset has been produced by the Ageing Analysis Team for inclusion in the subnational ageing tool, which was published on July 20, 2020 (see link in Related datasets). The tool is interactive, and users can compare latest and projected measures of ageing for up to four different areas through selection on a map or from a drop-down menu. Note on data availability: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland independently publish subnational household projections. Each country publishes a different set of age breakdowns and only England and Scotland provide the breakdowns required to calculate the indicators included above.
While there are many similarities in the methods used to produce household estimates and projections for the four countries of the UK, there are some important differences between the methods used and these affect the comparability of the results. The similarities between the methodologies mean that it is possible to broadly compare the results for the four countries. Although, users should be aware that any differences may be partly because of the different methods used to produce the projection results.


Manufacturer ID Number
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Summary: The Manufacturer ID is a predetermined value programmed into the decoder at the point of manufacture which identifies who made the decoder. It only identifies a manufacturer, not the type of decoder.
NMRA Manufacturer ID Numbers
As part of the NMRA DCC specifications, each manufacturer is assigned a number, or Manufacturer ID. This identifies the decoder's manufacturer. The same way your car's VIN has codes to identify the manufacturer/country, which are assigned by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
This info is stored in CV (Configuration Variable) #8. The manufacturer may store a version number in CV #7.
That number is burned into the programming of the decoder during manufacture, and is used to identify who made a decoder. Often, DCC equipped locomotives don't identify the OEM multifunction decoder supplier in their instructions, so this is a way to determine what was installed. Additional steps may be required to further identify the type and model of the decoder, using the manufacturer's instructions.
The complete list can be found at the NMRA site, DCC Manufacturers ID Numbers. The NMRA list would be the most up to date reference on manufacturer ID numbers.
For example, number 11 is NCE, and 141 means Throttle-Up! (also known as Soundtraxx.) Public Domain/Do-it-Yourself decoders will report back 13.
JMRI
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NMRA Manufacturer ID: 18
Unknown Decoder under JMRI
If a decoder reports as a Massooth Elektronik GmbH (and it is not), the answer is that JMRI's Preferences/Defaults has the "Programmer" set to "Internal" or a Simulator connection (in Preferences->Connections).
Internal or Simulator connections always return 123 for every CV read.
Decoder Identification
The JMRI team has put together a comprehensive listing of Decoder Identifications by Manufacturer or OEM
Decoder ID Page at JMRI
NMRA Manufacturer ID list S-9.2.2 Appendix A: Manufacturer ID codes as assigned by the NMRA
Soundtraxx Decoder Identification
If the decoder is a known Soundtraxx product, see the SoundTraxx Product Identification guide.
This guide covers the older Tsunami products, newer ones may be more difficult. For more information read the Soundtraxx article.
ESU
Identifying an ESU multifunction decoder can be a very involved process. It is much more efficient to use DecoderPro or ESU's LokProgrammer, as they will deliver an accurate report in seconds. ESU has a large number of variations meaning that determining the decoder model can be a long and complex process to manually go through.
Always use the latest versions of the software to get the most up to date decoder definitions.
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Eval is the name of the new interpreter built into Haxe. It replaces the previous implementation which served as the execution engine for macros and --interp since 2010. During this period, a lot of macro code has been written. Developing a new interpreter that supports all such code is a challenge, but we are confident in our ability to pull it off.
Why we need a new interpreter
The main problem of the current interpreter is performance. We can compare it to neko, which we generally consider to have a decent performance. All these tests are measured in seconds:
The interpreter is roughly 4-5 times slower than neko. This can be a significant difference in macros, which we want to not slow down compilation, and especially compiler services, too much.
Furthermore, the current architecture mandates that any change in the macro system recompiles the entire macro system. This mostly affects compilations through the compilation server, but can also arise within a single compilation in some circumstances. While macro compilation is usually quite fast in every-day situations, it can become a bottleneck. It would then be preferable to have a more incremental approach to macro system changes.
Why a new target?
Indeed, a question to be asked is why a new interpreter had to be realized as a new target, instead of building on top of the current one. There are, unfortunately, some key problems with the current approach:
- The String and Array implementations wrap a native implementation. This is notoriously slow for such heavily used classes, in part because it puts additional strain on the garbage collection (GC).
- Field access is implemented as a binary integer search. This has an average cost of O(log(N)) for any field access, while it could be O(1) in many statically known situations.
- The code that results from a Haxe compilation is first sent through the neko generator, and the result of that is used in the interpreter. This adds an additional pass and causes complications with incremental approaches, because neko usually just generates one big piece of code.
- Supporting the neko standard library would require quite a few workarounds.
At the heart of eval lies its context. During any given compilation, there are at most two contexts active:
- The macro context, which is used to run macros.
- The interpreter context, which is used to run --interp.
The context's main job is to maintain a list of prototypes and constructor functions. Prototypes are either static or instance prototypes, and are looked up using an integer hash-code of their dot paths. Constructor functions are used to initialize new instances and correspond to the
new fields being defined on a class.
To illustrate, this is what happens in case of a
new pack.SomeClass() call:
- Get the hash code for
- Look up the instance constructor function.
- Look up the instance prototype.
- Create an instance and assign the prototype to it.
- Call the constructor function with the just created instance as
- Return the instance.
Looking at this list, we can see that steps 1-3 give the same result for each
new pack.SomeClass() call: The hash code is always the same and it always leads to the same constructor function and instance prototype. This means we can memoize this information and re-use it for future instance constructions.
In fact, there is a lot of information that we only have to calculate once:
- If we assume that static class fields are stored in an fixed-length array, we can determine the field offset within that array. This also applies to enum constructors.
- We can do the same for instance methods that are not overridden.
- We know if a loop has to consider
- We know what run-time type a safe-cast expects, and what run-time types a
try catchexpression might catch.
- We know how many local variables we have in a given scope, and can determine their offsets within an array.
There's more, of course, but the point here is to show that this leads to a natural 2-pass implementation.
JIT + run
All the information we just mentioned is calculated at what we call JIT-time. This is the first pass that results in a tree of functions, which are then executed at the actual run-time. To illustrate, one may imagine each AST node of the program being replaced by a function like so:
a + b; // after JIT opAdd(env -> env.getLocal(0), env -> env.getLocal(1))
The sneakily introduced
env is the environment of a function. When a function is called, it creates a new environment. That environment mostly manages local variables in an array. In our example above, the JIT determined that variable
a has slot 0 and variable
b has slot 1. Getting their values is then a cheap array access operation.
The general theme here is to do as much work as possible during JIT-time, so we don't have to do that work at run-time. After JIT-time has created the run-time functions, we can discard most of the information used during JIT-time (unless we are in debugger-mode, but more on that later). What we end up with is "just some functions", and executing these is quite fast.
So how fast is it?
Alright, let's pull up the initial table and add eval:
Eval does well with strings, allocation and structural access (of fields, enum values etc.). Anonymous objects can be faster than class instances because they don't require a constructor call to be evaluated.
What does this mean for me?
If you are a mere user of macros, all this really means is that the macros you use should run a bit faster. For macro developers, some eval-specific information might be interesting:
- The target name is
_TAG_ evalholds in both macros and --interp mode. As before,
_TAG_ macroholds in macro mode.
Stringis implemented as a rope.
- Maps are implemented as OCaml Hashtbl instances and provide reasonable performance.
- Anonymous objects are implemented as instances, similar to classes. Field access on them for known fields is O(1). Fields that are added later are stored in an overflow map and are accessed at O(log(N)).
- By default, the interpreter does not record a stack trace. This allows some optimizations which provide a significant speed-up in some cases. While developing a macro, one may want to define
-D eval-stackin order to get reliable stack traces.
- The interpreter supports per-function timers by defining
-D eval-times. This, in combination with
--times, gives an accurate measure of where most of the run-time is spent. Note that this flag makes compilation overall significantly slower.
- There is debugger support by defining
-D eval-debugger. More on that later!
- The old interpreter did not care about constructs like
untyped __js__unless it would actually execute. Eval is going to fail on that during its JIT stage, which requires some additional conditional compilation in these cases.


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In 1815 the Female Society for Instructing Poor Children was formed in Hagerstown. By 1827 more than 100 youngsters had been assisted by the organization. Many of the homeless, ages 5 to 12, found new homes, and were taught reading, writing and arithmetic. In addition to academic pursuits, girls were taught how to sew and knit.
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Rivers of Melody
How Rivers Made America and Americans Made Music
Perhaps no other feature of the American landscape figures so prominently in popular song as its rivers. Collectively, American river songs not only serve as a compendium of American history and folklore, but as a continuously developing account of American popular music. From the earliest days of the republic, through the 19th century and into the 20th, various occupational groups inspired a wide variety of songs dealing with the pleasures, as well as the dangers and labor-related aspects of life on the river.
America has more than 250,000 rivers – over 3 million miles – dissecting the fields, cities, and forests of the nation. These aren't just any rivers; these are world-class rivers. The Mississippi watershed alone drains the rain and snow that falls on over a million square miles, generating 390 billion gallons of water per day.
Rivers have shaped the basic facts of America. Many state borders were set by rivers. The Rio Grande separates the United States from Mexico. Sixteen states were named after rivers, along with over 150 counties. Rivers have also shaped where we live.
When colonists arrived on the Eastern shores of America, they established their farms and settlements in the coastal plain, where the land was flat and the rivers, streams, and sloughs were easily plied. As time went on, and more settlers arrived, people moved farther inland. There, they were confronted by the Fall Line, where the Atlantic coastal plain runs up against the Piedmont.
Upstream of the Fall Line, rivers run through narrow, steep-walled valleys interspersed with rapids. Downstream on the coastal plain, the rivers are easily traveled. For anyone to move a bale of cotton or a bushel of wheat from the interior by boat, the Fall Line would mark the end of the line. There, canoes moving downstream would have to be unloaded, portaged around the obstacle, and reloaded. To move goods upstream from the Atlantic, cargo would have to be shifted from larger coastal or ocean-going vessels to land transportation, canoes, or rafts to transport beyond the Fall Line.
The Old Fall Line
Music by Harry VonTilzer
Words by William Jerome & Andrew B. Sterling
Published 1913
The Fall River in the title of this song refers to the town of Fall River, Massachusetts, which was originally settled in 1653 as Freetown. In 1803, Fall River separated from Freetown and was officially incorporated
"The Fall River Line was a combination steamboat and railroad connection between New York City and Boston that operated between 1847 and 1937. It consisted of a railroad journey between Boston and Fall River, Massachusetts, where passengers would then board steamboats for the journey through Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound to the line's own Hudson River dock in Manhattan. For many years, it was the preferred route to take for travel between the two major cities. The line was extremely popular, and its steamboats were some of the most advanced and luxurious of their day".(Wikipedia) Listen to the midi version of the song, or view and play the score using the Scorch player. Read the lyrics
At the Fall Line ports of the 18th century, villages and towns began forming and growing. These otherwise random places at the intersection of rivers and the Fall Line became natural places for people to settle and for towns to grow – Richmond on the James, Washington on the Potomac, Trenton on the Delaware, and nearly all of the other major cities of the eastern U.S.
But, cities of the Midwest, the Deep South, and the Far West are much the same. Many cities lie at the junction of important rivers – Pittsburgh, where the Monongahela and Allegheny join to form the Ohio; Kansas City at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers; and Sacramento at the Sacramento and American rivers. Cities of the Deep
South are typically situated to avoid water, or at least floods. Memphis, Vicksburg, and Natchez all sit upon a bluff overlooking the Mississippi. They're at a safe elevation, yet close enough to the river to be bustling ports for 19th century steamboats and 21st century barge tows.
Where rivers are constricted to narrow valleys and canyons, or where they cascade over waterfalls, their physical power has been harnessed through evolving technology. Settlers of the 18th and 19th centuries built their villages around small dams which powered waterwheels. 20th century engineers built massive concrete dams and turbines to generate power that would be sent through an ever-growing electric grid to distant cities.
Rivers have also shaped the very ideas of what America should be. Which level of government should regulate commerce? River-borne commerce on interstate rivers drove the new republic to have a single, national economy rather than a collection of independent state economies. How big should the nation be? The Louisiana Purchase changed the geography of America. Acquiring the entire Missouri River basin added a vast western empire and it became "manifest destiny" to explore and settle it.
As author Martin Doyle explains in his book The Source, "just as European powers had competed to cross the barrier of the Atlantic quickest and most efficiently to establish the hub of commerce, a geographic competition between those based along the Potomac, the Hudson, and the Mississippi was under way for access to the Ohio River."(1) Thomas Jefferson realized that the links (rivers) to the western country was key to commercial expansion of the new republic. He said that "there would be a rivalship between the Hudson [in the North] and the Potomac [in the South] for the residue of the commerce of all the country westward of Lake Erie."(2)
But, in 1784 the United States was governed by the Articles of Confederation, with each state functioning independently. The Potomac forms part of the border between Maryland and Virginia. Getting Congress to come to an agreement between those states for work on an interstate river would be like establishing a treaty between the United States and Mexico over the Rio Grande.
In 1785, delegates from those states met at George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. There, they worked out an arrangement, the Mount Vernon Compact, for commerce on the river. James Madison of Virginia suggested another meeting on interstate commerce and inviting representatives from all the states. In September 1786, that conference was held in Annapolis, MD. It was soon realized that the Articles of Confederation imposed numerous obstacles to any agreement, not the least of which was that everything had to be agreed upon unanimously. Given the rivalry between North and South, even at this early date, unanimity was almost impossible.
Madison and the other delegates decided on still another meeting, in Philadelphia in 1787. While interstate commerce was its initial purpose, this final meeting ultimately
resulted in our present Constitution. So, rivers can be said to have been so important that the very founding of the United States was the result.
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away
Words and Music by Paul Dresser
Published 1897
"The Wabash River is a 503-mile-long river in the Midwestern United States that flows southwest from near the Indiana border in northwest Ohio, across northern and central Indiana to southern Illinois, where it forms the Illinois-Indiana border before draining into the Ohio River, of which it is the largest northern tributary. From the dam near Huntington, Indiana, to its terminus at the Ohio River, the Wabash flows freely for 411 miles (661 km). Its watershed drains most of Indiana.
The Wabash is the state river of Indiana, and subject of the state song "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" by Paul Dresser. Two counties (in Indiana and Illinois), eight townships in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio; one Illinois precinct, one city, one town, two colleges, one high school, one canal, one former class I railroad, several bridges and avenues are all named for the river itself while four US Navy warships are either named for the river or the numerous battles that took place on or near it." (Wikipedia) Listen to this song's midi version, or see the score and follow it using the Scorch player, and read the lyrics.
Beautiful Ohio
Words and Music by Mary Earl
Published 1918
The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is considerably bigger than the Mississippi and is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system.
The 981-mile (1,579 km) river flows through or along the border of six states, and its drainage basin includes parts of 15 states. Through its largest tributary, the Tennessee River, the basin includes many of the states of the southeastern U.S. It is the source of drinking water for (more than) three million people.
The name "Ohio" comes from the Seneca Indian, Ohi:yo',"Good River". The river had great significance in the history of the Native Americans, as numerous civilizations formed along its valley.


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running at lower rotational speeds. The crop also passes over the threshing areas multiple times compared to a tangential threshing system. Research has shown that even without optimisation of the combine, broken kernels do not exceed 0.5 percent. It's one of the reasons why the S-Series is the combine of choice for many seed producers.
It doesn't matter if you're harvesting large areas of a single crop or moving from crop to crop, the S-Series offers true, multi-crop capability. Tested in 36 different crops, you can customise every single component from the header through to the rotor and residue management system. Crop conversion is fast and easy with excellent access to the rotor.
270-degree feeding ensures a smooth transition from a tangential crop flow from the beater to an axial crop flow for the rotor. The large space in the front of the rotor makes this transition easier and less power consuming, leaving more power for threshing. Unlike hybrid systems, there is no need to split the crop flow and squeeze it through a narrow opening which can cause plugging.
This maintains consistent concave clearance for better performance in high yield crops or when there is uneven feeding. It enables the concave to be set much wider for more crop-on-crop threshing. Compared to other mechanical systems, this enables a non-stop overload protection.
The rear section of the rotor is predominantly where separation takes place. Depending on the conditions. there's a choice of two rotors: the TriStream™ rotor and the variable stream rotor.
The TriStream rotor is recommended for lower yielding crops.
The variable stream rotor is recommended for high yield, rice, or when crops are damp, wet, and green, or in tough straw. For these conditions, the rotor has been designed with a more conical shape at the front. The number of rotations the crop performs can also be changed from inside the cab. This allows the operator to easily vary the threshing intensity depending on whether they are experiencing moist or dry conditions throughout the day. This also helps improve the straw quality.
5.9 m² (63.5 sq ft) of sieve area makes this one of the largest cleaning shoes on the market. Crop stays on the sieves for longer, maximizing cleaning time and minimizing losses.
The fan delivers up to 740 m³ (26,133 cu ft) of air per minute and was designed to evenly distribute the air over the entire width. Excessive suction on the side is minimized through targeted sealing of the openings, while more air is taken in through air ducts in the middle.
The large air volume paired with the new air flow and the large sieve area makes additional slope compensating features obsolete.
More effective two-stage pre-cleaner
An additional raised front chaffer is a unique feature of the Dyna-Flo Plus. This helps thin the crop mat and distribute it across both the front and rear of the cleaning shoe. It also cleans up to 40 percent of the free grain before it reaches the main chaffer.
Easily optimized cleaning system
We've completely redesigned the cleaning system so it's less sensitive to operator adjustment. This means the operator doesn't have to constantly make adjustments in changing crop conditions. No pre-chaffer adjustments are required at all, and it's much easier to optimize the fan.
The self-cleaning conveyor augers ensure active crop flow on slopes and under tough harvest conditions. So even if you are harvesting on hillsides or in wet and sticky conditions (e.g. rape seed or corn), you can be sure that the cleaning shoe is evenly loaded.
The active tailings system is a major performance-enhancing feature of the S780 through S790 models. It increases the capacity of the combine by taking care of tailings separately and makes the overall setup and adjustment easier. The net result is more performance and better grain quality with lower losses, as well as improved straw quality and reduced fuel consumption.
A mini threshing drum with real rasp bars and concave separate kernels still sitting in ears. Like the rest of the threshing system, this is designed to be gentle to avoid grain damage. The concave itself has two settings controlled by a spring lever for easy switching between corn and small grain crops.
The material is returned to the top of the chaffer by an auger. The opening at the bottom of the auger is triangular so material is spread evenly instead of it dropping in one spot. This helps avoid any potential overload of the cleaning system.
The system acts as a re-thresher which takes care of the tailings. This allows the concave to be opened wider which lowers both the power requirement and fuel consumption. At the same time, it has the added benefit of improving straw quality as the crop is not so compressed between the concave and the rotor. The reduction in tailings also allows the bottom sieve to be opened further, which increases capacity even more.
Depending on the gradient of the slope, Active Terrain Adjustment automatically adjusts all the important cleaning shoe settings: fan speed, chaffer, and sieve. It also takes into account the type of crop that is being harvested. For instance, rape seed is particularly sensitive to fan speed changes, so the system adjusts the chaffer and sieve settings first before adjusting the fan speed, whereas corn isn't as sensitive to wind speed.
Active Terrain Adjustment results in consistently low grain losses on rolling terrain. It also reduces the amount of tailings and delivers cleaner grain to the tank. What's possibly most important of all, it takes the pressure off of the operator to make constant adjustments.
Going up a hill, both the chaffer and sieve are opened while the fan speed is reduced to keep grain from being lost through the rear of the combine. In this situation, the cleaning system performance increases by up to 50 percent on inclines of up to 16 degrees.
On downhill slopes, the chaffer and sieve close while the fan speed increases to keep grain from pushing towards the front of the machine. This reduces the volume of tailings by as much as 50 percent, resulting in a cleaner grain tank sample. It also saves you from penalties of dirty grain samples when you sell at the elevator.
ActiveYield™ management is another automated John Deere innovation that saves time and improves harvesting performance. Now you no longer have to carry out time-consuming manual calibrations and double-weighing of trailers to get accurate yield measurement results.
Three sensors inside the tank automatically measure the change in weight as the grain tank fills. The system compares the measurement with those of the yield and moisture sensors to calibrate the yield sensor on a permanent basis. The biggest advantage of the system is that it generates a calibration curve at various speeds and throughput levels with a number of calibration points. This is a task that is usually not carried out manually in the field by operators.
What's more, the system is designed to compensate for shifting grain when harvesting on slopes or if the operator performs a full stop. It even compensates for wear and tear of the elevator chain over several harvest seasons. It's attention to detail like this that gives you the confidence to rely on the results year after year.
ActiveYield transforms the accuracy of yield mapping, as today 96 percent of customers only complete a single point or perform no calibration at all - only 4 percent complete the recommended multi-point calibration. This improves the accuracy of precision farming as it allows better control of inputs for variable rate seeding, fertiliser application, and crop care.
Now there's no need to interrupt the harvesting chain for regular weighing in different crops and conditions.
Plus, you don't have to worry if there's no weight bridge within close proximity.
The secret to a stable hillside performance is the Dyna-Flo™ Plus cleaning shoe. It all starts with the conveying augers, which move the material evenly onto the cleaning shoe. There's no chance of it sliding down or moving to one side.
Once the material reaches the cleaning shoe, the real innovation shows. The whole shoe is longer than before and is also longer than comparable concepts from other brands. This means the crop stays longer on the chaffer and sieve. The longer it stays, the more time it has to be separated and the less chance there is of it going out the back of the combine, which reduces losses. This technology allows operators to cover slopes of up to 7 percent.
The sidehill performance package for slopes up to 14 percent contains chaffer dividers, grain agitators, and grain pan diverters. These prevent grain from accumulating on one side and help distribute it over the full width of the chaffer. The agitators actively move grain uphill with every stroke, while the dividers and diverters prevent grain from moving downhill on side slopes.
Together with the in-base technology at the cleaning shoe, you can be confident of harvesting in slopes of up to 14 percent without any compromises or grain losses. This simple and reliable solution has no moving parts either, so it's maintenance and wear free.
We don't like compromises and we know the physical limits. That's why we offer HillMaster for the S770 through S790 models, simply because it is the best solution for slopes of more than 7 percent.
The HillMaster system not only adjusts the chaffer and the cleaning shoe, but it also levels the whole combine from the feeder house to the chopper. This means the whole crop flow behaves exactly as if the combine was harvesting on level ground. The grain tank also stays level, which gives you the added benefit of being able


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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 10, No. 2 Fall 1983
John A. Yeakel UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
THE ACCOUNTANT-HISTORIANS OF THE INCAS
Abstract: The quipu was the ingenious, knotted-string device utilized throughout the Incan empire for recording data within the decimal system. Although quipu experts have often been thought of as managerial or governmental accountants, the writings of the early chroniclers of Peru reveal that quipu specialists were more than accountants. Quipucamayocs were also the historians of the Incas.
Historians usually refer to the quipu as the mnemonic, mathe-matical, knotted-string device that was used throughout the Incan empire for the purpose of keeping careful accounts within the decimal system, even though no writing existed in that culture. Descriptions of the construction, function, and utilization of the quipu have appeared in the literature1 and there has been interest in the quipu in terms of its possible role in the origin of the concept and practice of double entry bookkeeping.2 But not much has been written about the individuals who were responsible for the prepa-ration and the interpretation of the quipus: the quipucamayocs. This article describes the role and the world of these "accountants" of the Incas.
At the outset, we should note that it is rather misleading to think of the quipucamayocs as accountants, as we use the term today. Accounting is generally a matter of recording transactions by means of a common denominator: money. But the Incan civilization had no money, and its vast quantities of gold and silver had no converti-bility in our common-denominator sense. The empire's gold and silver were highly valued because they could be converted into beautiful objects for the rulers to use and to wear.3 Quipucamayocs recorded statistical quantities, not monetary equivalents, as do twentieth-century accountants.
The author gratefully acknowledges the translation assistance of Carol W. Robles in the preparation of this article.


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The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)/ Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in expanded scope clinics is an integral part of the clinic team inside of MinuteClinic. Under the supervision of a MinuteClinic Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, the LPN/LVN will advance the evidence based practice in all patient encounters as they perform the major job duties and tasks within the scope of their training. The role is responsible for assisting patients and performing or assisting with all clinical services available at the clinics. The LVN/LPN will perform patient registration and intake tasks, will assist with wait room management and other tasks to enhance the patient experience. Clinical responsibilities to include phlebotomy and specimen collection services, vaccine injection, patient assessment activities during intake such as vital signs, and performing diagnostic tests such as EKG and Retinopathy.
Phlebotomy and other Medical Services
* Perform blood draws and sending samples to a reference lab for processing.
* Able to demonstrate proper collection techniques in accordance with the laboratory collection services policy and procedure manual.
* Maintains knowledge of laboratory tests and appropriate computer ordering codes.
* Process specimens maintaining specimen integrity according to individual test requirements.
* Collect and document vital signs on patients
* Preparing, administering and providing vaccination services.
* Collect hair and oral fluid specimen samples and send to a reference lab for testing.
* Operate an EKG device for non-emergency readings on patients.
* Capture images of a patient's retina by using a fundus camera.
* Perform CLIA waived point of care testing on patients.
* Perform additional medical services that fall within the licensure of a LVN/LPN under the supervision of a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
Patient-focused activities
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text: Superclean Glass has developed a new technology that has potential to reduce the cost of solar energy: New generation of electrostatic based self-cleaning technology for increasing energy yield from dusty solar panels. The original concept was used by NASA to prevent Martian dust deposition on solar panels of the Mars rovers, where the screen of conducting electrodes is incorporated into solar panels using parallel patterns. However, despite a solid scientific basis, this approach has never been made practical on Earth because of very high voltage requirements (kV) to clean the panels, thereby consuming energy and making it dangerous to operate; low scalability of electrode deposition and patterning, making it too expensive for a very competitive PV market; and sub-optimal transparency of electrodes, thereby reducing the PV power output by over 30%. Superclean Glass has overcome all the previous limitations of NASA technology, making it practical in the terrestrial environment. In addition to 99% transparency, the company's patent-pending solution has achieved an order of magnitude decrease in the required voltage as compared to that for NASA technology while simplifying pulsing sequence and circuitry.


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The story of serial deportee Frank Loyal Weaver — the man they called 'Boomerang'
A black and white police mug shot of Frank Weaver.
Frank Weaver was jailed in five states for crimes including theft.(
Supplied: National Archives
Frank Loyal Weaver was many things — thief, liar, forger, arsonist — but he was no quitter.
Weaver holds the distinction of being one of — if not the — most deported Australians in history, having been booted out of post-war Japan no fewer than 10 times.
His dramatic attempts to enter and stay in the country, and inevitable deportations, were so regular and reliable that the press dubbed him "Boomerang".
The only thing more reliable than his incursions into Japan were his stints in prison.
Hundreds of pages of government and military correspondence relating to Weaver exist in the National Archive.
They paint a picture of a complicated man who was part human rights activist and part serial pest.
In 1942, Weaver, then 16, lied about his age and enlisted in the army, going on to serve in New Guinea during the World War II.
After the war, Weaver was stationed in Hiroshima as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force.
It was there he met and — he claimed — married Sachiko Kitagawa in a Shinto ceremony.
The White Australia Policy at that time prevented Australian soldiers who'd married Japanese citizens from bringing them back to Australia, leaving men like Weaver in something of a bind.
Weaver argued he was rescuing Sachiko Kitagawa from a life of misery, huddled in the bombed-out ruins of Hiroshima.
A black and white photo of Frank Weaver and Sachiko Kitagawa.
Frank Weaver was not allowed to bring Sachiko Kitagawa back home because of the White Australia Policy.(
Supplied: National Archives
Even if his story drew sympathy from authorities, rules were rules and Weaver would have to abide by them. This was not his strong suit.
'Mad but not crazy'
In late 1947, Weaver found himself facing a court martial — the second of his military career — the first was for stealing an army vehicle and driving halfway across Western Australia.
This time he'd stolen money and military documents and was caught with "a Japanese female in his sleeping quarters without lawful authority."
Weaver's response was to try to burn down the officer's quarters at the base where he was stationed.
A black and white photo of five Australian soldiers walking in Hiroshima, Japan.
After World War II, Frank Weaver was stationed in Hiroshima, Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force where he met his wife.(
Supplied: State Library of Victoria
Deported to Australia, he was ruled medically unfit to serve and discharged, with an army psychiatrist describing him as "a moral defective with sub-maniac tendencies".
His mental state would be constantly questioned over the years but he was never judged to be insane.
In his own words, Weaver was "mad but not crazy".
Desperate to return to Japan, Weaver broke into Victoria Barracks in Sydney, stole a book of military travel vouchers and hitched a ride with a US air crew back to Hiroshima.
He was arrested and deported to Australia.
Found 'inventive' ways to get to Japan
Two months later he skipped bail and again hitchhiked by air to Japan via Bangkok, Singapore and Shanghai.
Again, he was arrested and deported.
On his return to Australia he told a magistrate: "I just want to be with my wife, who is the only friend I ever had."
He was sentenced to six months' jail and appealed, but never turned up when the appeal came to court.
Authorities had a fair idea where they'd find him.
A black and white photo of Frank Weaver with dark hair and a heavy dark beard.
Frank Weaver's nickname was Boomerang because every time he went to Japan, he was deported.(
Supplied: National Archives
This not-so-merry dance went on for months, with Weaver managing to find more inventive ways to enter Japan, only to be apprehended and sent back to Australia.
His most successful method was to dress in his own or a stolen military uniform and convince US pilots to allow him to board planes bound for Asia, then he'd island hop back into Japan.
In 1948, he was caught falsifying a passport application under a fake name, claiming he needed to visit his sick father in Hong Kong.
His real father lived in Perth.
He was also caught several times stowing away on ships bound for Asia.
'Heartless' authorities conspired to keep them apart
After one incursion into Japan in late 1948, military police arrested Weaver just minutes after he arrived at Sachiko Kitagawa's house in Hiroshima.
A black and white photo of a smiling man with a good head of hair and a mustache.
At one point Weaver tried to apply for a passport using his photo with a false name.(
Supplied: National Archives
Weaver, whose exploits were starting to gain considerable attention in the press, wrote an open letter published in a Sydney newspaper in which he claimed to be a victim of persecution by the occupying authorities in Japan.
"Authorities have been extremely unreasonable and heartless towards my wife," he wrote.
"It is definitely clear that authorities are doing all they can to keep us apart and ruin the friendship and love that exists between us."
A man with a keen, clever mind
Embarrassed at repeatedly being outsmarted by a serial pest, the government set about trying to head off any public support for Weaver and his cause.
A black and white photo of a man being escorted off a boat by a man in uniform.
Frank Weaver repeatedly tried to stay in Japan but was always returned to Australia.(
Supplied: National Archives
In March 1949, the minister for the Army, Cyril Chambers, rose to make a statement in Federal Parliament detailing Weaver's long criminal history and less than distinguished service in the military.
"I say his actions are not those of a man with a deficient mental capacity," Chambers told Parliament, "but they denote a man with a very keen and clever mind."
Chambers also told Parliament there was no evidence Weaver had, in fact, married Sachiko Kitagawa and stated that she was only 16 years old.
To further discredit Weaver's cause, the minister also revealed that the soldier had been admitted to hospital in Japan on more than one occasion "suffering from venereal disease that he had contracted as the result of his own misconduct".
Taking his campaign to the world stage
Undeterred by his public shaming in Parliament, Weaver resumed his campaign to return to Japan, even changing his name by deed poll to Tetsu Ichiro Utaka Kitagawa, taking his wife's surname.
Weaver also wrote numerous letters to world leaders, including the US President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Australia's prime minister Ben Chifley.
Weaver's letters were always neatly typed and courteous, with barely a spelling or grammatical error to be found. He signed the letter to Chifley in Japanese.
A type-written letter to Prime Minister Ben Chifley.
Frank Weaver appealed to Chifley for help to get back to Japan or alternatively, to bring his wife to Australia.(
Supplied: National Archives
Weaver also wrote to the International Court of Justice to claim that Australia was violating his human rights by preventing him from being with his wife.
The appeal failed, but his situation, and that of around 20 other Australian soldiers who'd married Japanese women and been prevented from being with them, was attracting considerable attention.
In 1952, Weaver found his way back into Japan for a seventh time only to be met by a nasty shock — his wife, the woman he'd spent much of the past five years trying to be with, had ditched him.
Worse still for Weaver, she'd married another Australian soldier.
"He used to be my mate," Weaver told journalists in Tokyo as he awaited deportation again, "but when my back was turned he stole my wife."
Despite the setback, Weaver was still determined to stay in Japan, telling reporters he hated the country of his birth and was writing a book about his life, denouncing the White Australia Policy.
He also began a petition for clemency for Japanese war criminals sentenced to death, walking the streets of Tokyo gathering signatures.
Weaver also claimed to be besieged by Japanese women wanting to marry him and was knocking back proposals daily.
In April 1952, Weaver was involved in a high-speed chase in Tokyo that ended with police firing shots at a stolen car in which he was travelling.
He suffered a fractured skull, but army authorities, sick and tired of dealing with Weaver's antics, would say nothing else about his case other than "he will live".
Before authorities could send him home, Weaver disappeared from his prison cell.
Days later he walked into the offices of the Nippon Times and told reporters he broke out of prison in Japan, using a hacksaw to cut his way through the bars of his cell over 17 days.
His freedom lasted just 24 hours.
'Humbug' of the worst type
As skilled as Weaver was at bypassing borders, he was a terrible thief.
A newspaper article from 1982 about Frank Weaver and his wife.
This 1982 article in The Truth said Weaver had been nicknamed a "Houdini" for his exploits.(
In September 1953, destitute and broke after yet another deportation, Weaver was jailed in Australia for a year for stealing a handbag, with the magistrate telling him bluntly "you are a humbug of the worst type".
By the time of his release, the Australian Government had


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If you are coming to the Museum today, please use one of the following entrances: 79th Street and Central Park West, subway entrance, or Weston Pavilion (Columbus Avenue entrance). The Rose Center for Earth and Space and the 81st Street entrance will be closed today, Friday, May 24.
Most Inca goldwork and silverwork was melted down by the Spanish conquistadors. The Museum's silver llama figurine is a rare example of Inca metalwork. Approximately 500 years old, it is from the Island of the Sun, or Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.
Every morning, an Inca priest presided over the sacrifice of a llama at the temple of the Sun. Anthropologists think that this figurine is a special white llama covered with a red blanket that was kept by the Inca ruler, or Sapa Inca, as a kind of mascot.
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The Microsoft Data Science Team invites you to an in-depth 3-day workshop on using Microsoft R. Location: München, Germany. December 19 - December 21, 2016.
# About the Course The course is designed to help analysts integrate Microsoft R Server (MRS) into their data science toolbox, and integrate it with other tools in Azure and the Cortana Intelligence Suite. After completion, participants will be able to: * Explore and visualize data with R * Manipulate data that is too large to fit into memory with MRS * Train and test statistical models with high performance parallel external memory algorithms * Access data stored in Azure Blob Storage using Microsoft R Server (MRS) * Deploy Models as AzureML web services In these sessions, you'll gain hands-on experience with conducting scalable data analysis with Microsoft R Server. You will learn the fundamentals of R, and understand how Microsoft R Server addresses the major scalability and operationalization challenges associated with open source R. # Prerequisites There are a few things you will need in order to properly follow the course materials: * There are a few things you will need in order to take full advantage of the course: * An Azure subscription * A terminal emulator with openSSH or bash, e.g., Putty, or Cygwin/MobaXterm * I use MobaXterm and the Ubuntu Bash Subsystem within Windows * Some R IDE. Some reasonable choices: * RStudio * Visual Studio 2015 with RTVS (Community Edition is sufficient) * Jupyter/JupyterLab with IRKernel * Microsoft R Server 8.0.3 or later * Installation instructions * I will assume you have already taken the following courses, or have the background provided by these courses: * Implementing Real-Time Analytics with Hadoop in Azure HDInsight (or general knowledge of the Apache Hadoop ecosystem and HDInsight) * Data Science and Machine Learning Essentials (or general understanding of machine learning and predictive modeling) * Introduction to R for Data Science * Intermediate knowledge of R would be ideal, at the level of either of the following two courses: * Programming with R for Data Science * R for SAS Users Course * I will not assume any background knowledge about Microsoft R Server, but for those that are eager, you can find an online video series about MRS here: * Course Website * Video Lectures on Channel 9 * Lab Exercises * A useful overview and comparison of MRS and MRO is available here. # Modules The course is divided into the following modules: 1. Each Training Module guides you through a logical progression with hands-on tasks in do-verb form. Each day is broken up into 1-4 hour Modules, where you will learn and perform labs on your own. Some material that is out of scope for hands-on labs will instead be demonstrated by instructor led labs. Participants will receive a copy of the lab material to try on their own, but are not required to run the analysis during the training time. The modules, broken up into a general agenda are as follows. The specific modules may bleed across sessions depending on engagement of the audience 2. Part I - Functional-Object Based Computing with R 3. Day One - Morning Session 4. Overview of the R Project and CRAN 5. Exploring the Microsoft R Data Stack 6. Functional Programming for Data Manipulation with the dplyr package 7. Day One - Afternoon Session 8. Understanding dplyr's symantics and the magrittr pipe 9. Data Visualization and Exploratory Data Analysis 10. Using the broom package for Modeling and Summarization 11. Part II - Breaking the Memory Barrier with RevoScaleR 12. Day Two - Morning Sesion 13. Overview of the Microsoft R Data Ecosystem 14. Modeling and Scoring with High-Performance ScaleR Algorithms 15. Data Manipulation with the dplyrXdf Package 16. Day Two - Afternoon Session 17. Summarizing Data with RevoScaleR 18. Performance Considerations with RevoScaleR 19. Parallel Computing and Disributed Computing with Microsoft R Server 20. Deploying R and ScaleR algorithms to Azure with the AzureML package 21. Part III - Microsoft R Server with Spark 22. Day 3 – Morning Session 23. Overview of the Apache Spark Project 24. Ingesting Data into Azure Blob Storage 25. Creating Spark DataFrames and Spark Contexts 26. Manipulating HDFS data with the sparklyr package 27. Day 3 – Afternoon Session 28. Creating Distributed eXternal DataFrames in HDFS 29. Preparing Data for Modeling with Microsoft R Server 30. Training Statistical Models with Microsoft R Server and the Spark Compute Context 31. Scoring and Deploying Models 32. Performance Considerations on Hadoop # Concepts Covered * Functional-Object Based Computing with R * Breaking the Memory Barrier with RevoScaleR * Microsoft R Server with Spark # Technologies Covered * Microsoft R Server


text: , ASD spectral data had a better capacity to express the spectral features of take-all levels. These spectral features were extracted using kernel principle component analysis (K-PCA). Characteristic bands of the first four of principal component was mainly green band, red band and near infrared band, indicated in the spectrum curve, peak and valley phenomenon was the main distinguishing feature of white head rate and take-all disease grade. Then Jeffries-Matusita distances between feature bands were calculated, if Jeffries-Matusita distances between feature bands were greater than 1.8, the selected characteristic bands can distinguish different damage degree of wheat take-all disease. The spectral separability of take-all levels was tested and assessed by grey association analysis. Based on these significant features, some of Headwall imaging spectral data with different take-all levels were selected as the training data for the field-based spectral images. Through the SVM classifier based on RBF kernel function, a hyperspectral classification image of take-all was calculated. Results showed that the wheat take-all widely existed in the experimental zone, but its distribution had own specific characteristic with different disease levels. The slight disease wheat and the heavy disease wheat were mixture in the experimental zone. The distribution characteristics of serious take-all wheat disease (white head rate greater than 60%) were intensive and block. Slight wheat disease (white head rate between 10%-30%) were widely distributed in the middle of heavy wheat disease(white ear rate between 30%-60%), the proportion of slight wheat disease and heavy heat disease was 29.53% and 26.06%, respectively, very serious wheat take-all disease (white head rate between 60%-90%) and death of wheat disease showed regional distribution in the image, accounted for 10.73% and 19.91%.The overall accuracy of the classification was greater than 94% (Kappa>0.8). To further validate the classification accuracy, field experiment survey data was compared with the spectral classification, misclassification existed mainly in white head rate 30%~40%.These results proves the field-based imaging spectrum has the capacity to achieve the real-time monitoring and classification of wheat take-all condition, and to support the guidance on wheat production. ©, 2014, Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering. All right reserved.


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The VisionRGB-E2S, a stand alone PCI Express x4 plug in capture card, delivers extreme performance with 650MB/s transfer bus bandwidth providing a further improvement to the 480MB/s of the VisionRGB-E2. This video capture has two complete capture channels supporting up to 1920x1200 DVI or 2048x1536 Analog resolution.
The VisionRGB-E2S captures the Analog/DVI data and triple buffers it into onboard storage. This data is then copied using DMA to the host system for display, storage or streaming.
When a Datapath graphics card is used, the VisionRGB-E2S capture card transfers the data directly to the graphics card thereby increasing performance. The VisionRGB-E2S capture card sends the relevant portions of each channel to use its graphics engine to render the data. This fully utilises the hardware and dramatically increases performance.
When the RGB/DVI data is displayed on a non Datapath graphics card, the VisionRGB-E2S sends the data to system memory or direct to the graphics card, dependant on the software used for display.
The VisionRGB-E2S capture card is an ideal solution for applications require the capture of Analog or DVI sources in real time. Typical applications include:
- Viewing Analog or DVI sources from PCs, MACs, Industrial or medical equipment, cameras and other video equipment
- Streaming video applications
- Video wall controllers
For streaming applications, the VisionRGB-E2S can be used with Windows® Media Encoder to compress and stream captures video. To replay the video, use Windows® Media Player.
Any application compatible with Windows® Direct-Show technology can use the VisionRGB-E2S video capture card due to its built in WDM support.
VIDEO STREAMING SUPPORT
DirectX WDM streaming driver supports the following applications, to encode, record and stream video over networks or the Internet:
- Dataton WatchOut
- Microsoft Expression Encoder
- Microsoft Windows® Media Encoder
- VideoLAN VLC
- NorPix StreamPix
- Adobe Flash Encoder
- AMCap and other DirectShow compatible software.
For further details see the Datapath DirectShow SDK documentation supplied as part of a typical installation.
The VisionRGB-E2S capture card is supplied with a powerful software application for configuring timing and format of the input sources and displaying the data. Simply connect your external DVI or Analog source into the card, run the VisionRGB-E2S application to automatically detect the video source format and display the captured video in a window on your desktop.
The VisionRGB series is ideal for a wide range of applications including:
- Medical imaging: Capture legacy RGB modalities
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- Machine vision: Acquire high resolution camera outputs
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- Simulation/military: Acquire high resolution video and simulation for command and control
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- High performance DMA to system memory or direct to graphics memory with scatter gather
- On board processor for real time mode and sync detection
- When used with the Datapath range of graphics card, the CPU load is negligible even if the image is being upscaled to a video wall, resulting in real time performance
- The VisionRGB-E2S captures data at a maximum pixel rate of 340MHz. Once captured, the data is converted to either 555, 565 or 888 pixel and YUV modes display formats and then transferred over the PCI bus to host memory, for display on the desktop
- HD capture for each channel up to 1080P at 60 frames per second, HDMI capture up to 1080P and DVI up to 1920 x 1200
- Dynamic input source selection
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Agricultural co-operation has long been recognised as an important institution in the development of Western Australia's agricultural sector. Charles Harper (1842 – 1912) has long been considered the founding father of agricultural co-operation in Western Australia. Harper was instrumental in founding the Western Australian Co-operative Producers' Union in 1902 which, among other things, eventually became Wesfarmers Ltd. Harper was also a long standing member of Parliament, a newspaperman, an explorer, a founder of schools, a philanthropist, and an agricultural experimentalist. He was also able to pass his legacy on to his son Walter who led the co-operative movement after Harper senior's death in 1912 and saw to its integration into the mainstream of Western Australian political and economic systems. In considering Harper's contribution to the economic and social development of Western Australia, it is difficult to determine the extent to which his economic thinking in relation to co-operation or other economic questions conformed to such socialistic ideas represented by Owenite Co-operation or Colonial Socialism. Harper was neither a protectionist nor a free trader. Indeed, in this paper, I will discuss Harper's position in relation to a number of economic questions – tariffs, dumping, fair trade, land alienation - with a view to showing that Harper was a pragmatist focused on economic development and determined to place all resources and apply all leavers, regardless of source and political niceties, toward that end.
Gilchrist, D. (2010). Antipodean Owenite or colonial socialist: Charles Harper's economic thought. Paper presented at the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Conference. University of Sydney, NSW, 7-9 July.


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Acronyms that contain the term MSG
What does MSG mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: MSG.
We've found a total of 3 shorthands for MSG:
What does MSG mean?
- monosodium glutamate, MSG(noun)
- white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in Chinese cooking