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This post started as notes in preparation for a talk I was planning for the seers group in my tradition. I decided to share it with some modifications to make it more broadly applicable. The following points are offered to encourage mindfulness and dialogue regarding the ethics and best practices for divination, oracular work, and allied disciplines. They do not cover all possible situations and differences in applications or doctrines, so change and adapt what is here to match your needs. I think that it is important for your sake and the sake of those lives that you touch to be clear on your ethical guidelines if you offer readings or oracular sessions of any kind. If you do not agree with any or all of these suggestions, I hope you will work to create your own or consider these a template that you can adjust.
1. Ethics & Morals
Whatever system of ethics and morals you use in other contexts of your life should also be applied in doing readings and offering guidance. Bring your inner compass for right and wrong into play before beginning. Doing divination and/or oracular work is an act of service for both the people to whom it is provided and whatever spirits or divine beings sponsor the work. As a starting point, consider the nature of the social contract involved in both the giving and the receiving of a reading or a consultation.
2. Are You Fit To Provide The Guidance?
Before doing divination or seers' work of any kind, check in with yourself. Do you have the emotional, physical, and spiritual energy to proceed? If illness, exhaustion, life circumstances, or other matter have worn you down, you may not be able to offer your best. Is the nature of the question or the guidance that is being sought pushing your buttons or triggering you in some way? It may be better to refer the person to someone else if your own emotions, memories, or judgments cloud the reading. Additionally, doing too many readings in a short span of time or doing ones whose content and themes are particularly draining can damage your capacity as a reader or oracle. Allow recovery and rebalancing time for yourself.
3. Rules Of Confidentiality Must Be Followed
There is a great deal of personal information that is exposed by this work in both the questions and the answers. People often reveal private details of their lives, details which should be kept in confidence. Often readings will involve other people in the querent's life so the information that you provide may speak of them. The confidentiality and privacy needs of those that are not present but mentioned in a session also matter. If the session has multiple attendees, as in a group channelling, mediumship, oracular ritual, or such, try to impress upon those present the need for confidentiality. If you distrust the ability of some of those present to maintain confidentiality, you may need to modify what you are doing, end the session, or follow-up privately. Depending on the situation, if there is certain danger to others or the person asking the question, you may have to consider whether confidentiality is the highest good or not.
4. People Looking For Guidance Are Often Vulnerable
Many, possibly the majority of people coming to you for guidance are doing so because they are confused, uncertain, under pressure, and so on. It is crucial that you offer compassion, remain present and listen carefully, and foster a sense of serenity. As you listen to their questions and concerns, allow your rational mind and instincts to sort through what is real, what is imagined, and what is skewed. Even if they are fully sincere and forthright, the stress of their circumstances will introduce some distortions to their account. Strive to give answers to the questions they cannot fully form.
There is a danger that some people will become dependent upon readings and consultations. If you did your job well, and gave them relief and useful guidance they may wish to continue to rely upon you. Addiction to getting readings and divination is a real thing. Consider setting firm boundaries on how often they are allowed to seek you out. Also be wary if they keep returning after a reasonable gap in sessions with the same question.
5. Ask For Higher Guidance
Part of the work is science, part of it is art, but deep insight often comes from the unseen if it is asked for. Seek your Higher Self, the other person's Higher Self, and your concept of the Divine in offering guidance. If you work with spirits or other entities, commune with them as well. Be sensitive and aware of their belief system and include it in the work if it is practical to do so. In the end you are accountable for the guidance you offer, regardless of the complexities of the sources of that information.
6. Know The Limits Of Your Knowledge
What you know or don't know about the world can have a powerful impact on the validity and utility of the guidance you offer. How well you can interpret and relay your conclusions and summaries to the querent will depend as much, if not more, on your knowledge of the content material as your spiritual skills. For example, unless you are a health care professional, you may not have the language or the understanding to give good advice even if your divinatory skills are working well on a health related question. Make it clear whether or not you have formal training in the fields discussed during a reading. Also make it clear when you make a statement if you are using divination or if it is a professional opinion if you are qualified to give one.
Sometimes the most important counsel you will give is a referral to a professional in a field in line with the needs of the state of affairs.
7. Be True To What You See In A Reading
It is valuable to communicate the full range of gentle and harsh forces at play in a consultation. Don't sugar-coat and don't scare people when doing a reading lest you become entangled in their choices by providing them with skewed information. Honesty also means admitting when you aren't getting anything useful or need to take some time to process what you are seeing. There are many levels to each reading so different readers will focus on different things in accordance with their training and personalities. You are only responsible for seeing and expressing your truth as clearly and fully as you are able.
8. A Tool For Empowerment
Each session reveals opportunities for growth and the exercise of free will. Try to empower people to seek their personal best and best possible outcomes. Encourage people to talk and to think out loud during a reading so that they take an active role in exploring the possibilities and problem solving. There are many possible futures and the goal is ever to make it possible for the querent to choose between the available options. The goal is for the querent to feel that they have the power to make their own choices.
9. A Commitment To Self-Improvement As A Seer
In addition to a commitment to learn more and to strive for a better command of your preferred methods of divination, work towards understanding other methods as well. Study is good, but regular practice of your skills is necessary to maintain or improve the quality of your efforts. Self-care is also a part of self-improvement.
10. Context Specific Rules And Choices.
Depending upon whether or not you are a solo practitioner, part of an organization, or a business, you may need to create or adopt rules and guidelines specific to your context. For example, I won't do readings for people under 18 without verified parental consent. There may be regulations or policies associated with your geographical location or your organizational affiliation. If there are fees for services provided there should also be guidelines on what is fair and appropriate. If you are working as a part of a collective in service to a community or to members of an organization, there may be differences in how you work in-house rather than the general public. As you can see there are many other considerations beyond the points discussed here.
It is my hope that these points will stimulate further explorations of your approach and principles for not only divinatory work, but other facets of your magickal and spiritual praxis.
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Harm None: Reaching Deeper b2ap3_thumbnail_web3_sm.jpgAny discussion of the meaning of "Harm none" can - and should – generate plenty of questions. That's the nature of determining our ethical behavior: our perspective shifts as we circle the problem at hand. This is necessary. The reason for ethics is to determine how to minimize damage to others, and unless we try to walk for a while in their shoes, to empathize with their viewpoint, its almost impossible to do that. This includes our own viewpoint. If we didn't need to consider our own desire in any given matter, there would be no need for ethics. Which means we need to be very clear about why we want something, and ideally be aware of the consequences of that desire.
We might call this being good neighbors. How would you treat your neighbor if you want to continue – or create – a good relationship? That in no way means that you must be friends with this person, it only means that when you see them in person, that a smile and a wave is easily done. It might be faked, this person may have done something to mildly annoy you, but the fake is easy, and can eventually become a genuine smile if the offense is not repeated.
Lets take the analogy a bit further. If your


Researchers In China Used Live Pigs As Crash Test Dummies In Horrific Simulations
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Pigs are highly intelligent and sentient animals that feel pain, just like we do. They are vocal and social animals that love to cuddle. Sadly, most are not treated kindly and seen only as food or a test subject.
Researchers at China's Research Institute for Traffic Medicine used young pigs, 70-80 days old, in a horrific car crash simulation. According to the study, they were using the pigs to represent six-year-old children.
"The animals were denied food and water for (24) hours before the tests," reports Daily Mail. 15 pigs were strapped into the seats using one of three different restraint methods. The seats were mounted to sleds and then slammed into a wall at 30 mph.
"The restraint methods were divided into three groups: Loading A, two parallel belts restraining chest and abdomen; Loading B, one diagonal belt and a lap belt; Loading C, double diagonal belts. Each subject experienced one test at an impact speed of 30 or 50 km/h, with a belt tension force sensor to determine the forces on chest, abdomen or diagonal belt," stated the study.
Seven pigs were killed instantly from the impact and the others suffered for hours from multiple injuries. "The detected injuries were abrasion, contusion, laceration, bleeding and fracture."
Animal activist, Anikett, tweeted disturbing images from the simulation causing public outrage. One image showed a pig being flung forward during the crash simulation. Anikett wrote, "See their faces…💔😭😭😭".
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Thousands of people responded and expressed their anger over the barbaric act. "Despicable, so very cruel and so very wrong!! 😡 The poor pigs. 💔😢," posted an outraged person.
Zachary Toliver from PETA said, "Despite the existence of sophisticated animal-free models, experimenters continue to fasten abused, frightened animals into car seats and crash them into walls until their bodies are bloody, bruised, and mangled."
He went on to say, "Using sentient animals in car-crash tests is cruel, archaic, and unjustifiable."
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The general objective:
- Higherutilization of the genetic resources of perennial grasses and forage legumes of Romania, which currently has a very rich native genetic base, consisting of varieties and populations of plants, resistant to diseases and pests, adapted to the climatic conditions of our country.
- maintaining in cultivation of Romanian perennial grass and forage legumes varieties by vegetative multiplication and seed material;
- promoting the native varieties by making seed material necessary for the seed production of perennial grasses and forage legumes used to form different grass mixtures used to improve the grassland and /or the ecological restoration of degraded lands;
The technologies of perennial grass and forage legume seed production, have as objectives the choise of optimal variants for establishing the seed lots to different species, experimental grounding of fertilization methods and crop maintenance, establishing phases and harvesting methods. The technologies developed by the institute bring new elements to increase the seed production potential, together with a better zoning of species and varieties. Considering the differentiation of some advantages from the point of view of biological traits and first of all the precocity characteristics, it was necessary to improve technological solutions of cultivation of the new varieties according to their characteristics.
By multiplying the seeds of these valuable varieties and marketing them, farmers that produce animal fodder will be able to make adequate mixtures of perennial grasses and forage legumes for establishing the sown grasslands, re-seeding or over-seeding depending on the stationary area conditions, use system and production intensification level .
Also, the perennial grass seed mixtures can be used to restore the degraded lands and the landscape aspect of the areas.

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Vault policies: DV_OWNER or DV_ADMIN role, SELECT ANY DICTIONARY privilege
 - Viewing Database Vault alerts and reports: DV_OWNER, DV_ADMIN, or DV_SECANALYST role, SELECT ANY DICTIONARY privilege
 - Password: Enter your password.
 - Role: Select NORMAL from the list.
 - Save as: Select this check box if you want these credentials to be automatically filled in for you the next time that this page appears. The credentials are stored in Enterprise Manager in a secured manner. Access to these credentials depends on the user who is currently logged in.
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Quick Start Tutorial: Securing a Schema from DBA Access
This tutorial shows how to create a realm around the HR schema.
About This Tutorial
In this tutorial, you create a realm around for the HR sample database schema by using the Oracle Database Vault PL/SQL packages.
In the HR schema, the EMPLOYEES table has information such as salaries that should be hidden from most employees in the company, including those with administrative access. To accomplish this, you add the HR schema to the secured objects of the protection zone, which in Oracle Database Vault is called a realm, inside the database. Then you grant limited authorizations to this realm. Afterward, you test the realm to make sure it has been properly secured. And finally, to see how Oracle Database Vault provides an audit trail on suspicious activities like the one you will try when you test the realm, you will run a report.
Step 1: Log On as SYSTEM to Access the HR Schema
You must enable the HR schema for this tutorial.
Before you begin this tutorial, ensure that the HR sample schema is installed. Oracle Database Sample Schemas describes how to install the sample schemas.
 1. Log into the database instance as a user who has been granted the DBA role, and then access the HR schema.
 For example:
 sqlplus system
 Enter password: password

 2. In a multitenant environment, connect to the appropriate PDB.
 For example:
 CONNECT SYSTEM@my_pdb
 Enter password: password

 To find the available PDBs, in the CDB, query the DBA_PDBS data dictionary view. To check the current PDB, run the show con_name command.
 3. Query the HR.EMPLOYEES table as follows.
 SELECT FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, SALARY FROM HR.EMPLOYEES WHERE ROWNUM < 10;

 Output similar to the following appears:
 FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME SALARY
 -------------------- ------------------------- ----------
 Steven King 24000
 Neena Kochhar 17000
 Lex De Haan 17000
 Alexander Hunold 9000
 Bruce Ernst 6000
 David Austin 4800
 Valli Pataballa 4800
 Diana Lorentz 4200
 Nancy Greenberg 12008

 9 rows selected.

 4. If the HR schema is locked and expired, log into the database instance as the DV_ACCTMGR user and unlock and unexpire the account. For example:
 sqlplus bea_dvacctmgr -- For a multitenant environment, sqlplus bea_dvacctmgr@hrpdb
 Enter password: password

 ALTER USER HR ACCOUNT UNLOCK IDENTIFIED BY password

 Follow the guidelines in Oracle Database Security Guide to replace password with a password that is secure.
 As you can see, SYSTEM has access to the salary information in the EMPLOYEES table of the HR schema. This is because SYSTEM is automatically granted the DBA role, which includes the SELECT ANY TABLE system privilege.
 5. Do not exit SQL*Plus.
Step 2: Create a Realm
Realms can protect one or more schemas, individual schema objects, and database roles.
Once you create a realm, you can create security restrictions that apply to the schemas and their schema objects within the realm. You will need to create a realm for the HR schema.
 1. Log in to Oracle Database Vault Administrator from Cloud Control as a user who has been granted the DV_OWNER or DV_ADMIN role and the SELECT ANY DICTIONARY privilege. Logging into Oracle Database Vault explains how to log in.
 2. In the Administration page, under Database Vault Components, click Realms.
 3. In the Realms page of Oracle Database Vault Administrator, click Create.
 4. In the Create Realm page, under General, enter HR Apps after Name.
 5. In the Description field, enter Realm to protect the HR schema.
 6. Leave the Mandatory Realm check box unchecked.
 7. After Status, ensure that Enabled is selected so that the realm can be used.
 8. Under Audit Options, ensure that Audit On Failure is selected so that you can create an audit trial later on.
 9. Click Next to display the Realm secured objects page.
 10. Click the Add button and in the Add Secured Object dialog box, enter the following information:
 - Owner: Enter HR to select the HR schema.
 - Object Type: Enter TABLE.
 - Object Name: Enter EMPLOYEES.
 11. Click OK.
 The HR.EMPLOYEES table is added to the Create Realm : Realm Secured Objects page.
 12. Click Done, and then click Finish.
At this stage, you have created the realm but you have not assigned any authorizations to it. You will take care of that later on in this tutorial.
Step 3: Create the SEBASTIAN User Account
At this stage, there are no database accounts or roles authorized to access or otherwise manipulate the database objects the realm will protect.
So, the next step is to authorize database accounts or database roles so that they can have access to the schemas within the realm. You will create the SEBASTIAN user account.
 1. In SQL*Plus, connect as the Database Vault Account Manager, who has the DV_ACCTMGR role, and create the local user SEBASTIAN.
 For example:
 CONNECT bea_dvacctmgr -- Or, CONNECT bea_dvacctmgr@hrpdb
 Enter password: password

 GRANT CREATE SESSION TO SEBASTIAN IDENTIFIED BY password;

 Replace password with a password that is secure. See Oracle Database Security Guide for the minimum requirements for creating passwords.
 2. Connect as SYS with the SYSDBA privilege, and then grant SEBASTIAN the following additional privilege.
 CONNECT SYS AS SYSDBA -- Or, CONNECT SYS@hrpdb AS SYSDBA
 Enter password: password

 GRANT READ ANY TABLE TO SEBASTIAN;

Do not exit SQL*Plus; you will need it for Step 6: Test the Realm, when you test the realm.
Step 4: Have User SEBASTIAN Test the Realm
At this stage, have user SEBASTIAN test the realm, even though he has the READ ANY TABLE system privilege.
 1. Connect as user SEBASTIAN.
 CONNECT sebastian
 Enter password: password
 2. Query the HR.EMPLOYEES table.
 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM HR.EMPLOYEES;
 The following output should appear:
 ERROR at line 1:
 ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

Even though user SEBASTIAN has the READ ANY TABLE system privilege, he cannot query the HR.EMPLOYEES table, because the HR Apps realm takes precedence over the READ ANY TABLE system privilege.
Step 5: Create an Authorization for the Realm
Next, user SEBASTIAN must be granted authorization to the HR Apps realm, so that he can access the HR.EMPLOYEES table.
 1. In the Realms page of Database Vault Administrator, select the HR Apps in the list of realms, and then click Edit.
 2. Click the Next button until you reach the Realm authorizations page.
 3. Click Add and then enter the following information in the Add Authorizations dialog box:
 - Realm Authorization Grantee: Enter SEBASTIAN.
 - Realm Authorization Type: Select Participant from the list.
 - Realm Authorization Ruleset: Leave this field blank.
 4. Click OK.
 The Participant authorization allows the user SEBASTIAN in the HR Apps realm to manage access, manipulate, and create objects protected by the HR Apps realm. In this case, the HR user and SEBASTIAN are the only users allowed to view the EMPLOYEES table.
 5. Click Done, and then Finish.
Step 6: Test the Realm
To test the realm, you must try to access the EMPLOYEES table as a user other than HR.
The SYSTEM account normally has access to all objects in the HR schema, but now that you have safeguarded the EMPLOYEES table with Oracle Database Vault, this is no longer the case.
 1. In SQL*Plus, connect as SYSTEM.
 CONNECT SYSTEM -- Or, CONNECT SYSTEM@hrpdb
 Enter password: password

 2. Try accessing the salary information in the EMPLOYEES table again:
 SELECT FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, SALARY FROM HR.EMPLOYEES WHERE ROWNUM <10;

 The following output should appear:
 Error at line 1:
 ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

 SYSTEM no longer has access to the salary information in the EMPLOYEES table. (In fact, even user SYS does not have access to this table.) However, user SEBASTIAN does have access to this information.
 3. Connect as user SEBASTIAN.
 CONNECT sebastian -- Or, CONNECT sebastian@hrpdb
 Enter password: password

 4. Perform the following query:
 SELECT FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, SALARY FROM HR.EMPLOYEES WHERE ROWNUM <10;

 Output similar to the following appears:
 FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME SALARY
 -------------------- ----------------


Coil unwinding
Rolled strips in the metal industry are wound on coils for transport. For the later processing when the coils are unwound, it is important to know how much material has already been unrolled. This task is simple to solve by using an optoNCDT ILR optical length sensor. It continuously measures the distance from the surface of the coil to the centre. The thickness of the coil reduces due to the unwinding which is measured using the increase in distance from the coil surface to the sensor. Using the coil thickness, the material length can be recalculated using specific algorithms.
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A wet nurse
is a woman who breast feeds
a baby that is not her own. These children may be known as milk-siblings and in some cultures share a special relationship.
Reasons for use
A wet nurse may be employed if the mother
of a baby is unable or unwilling to breast-feed her infant. The reasons may range from drug use (prescription
), to illnesses such as cancer and their treatment. Wet nurses have also been required for a perceived insufficient production of breast milk, i.e. when the mother feels incapable of adequately nursing her child, especially following multiple births
. One traditional reason for the appearance of wet nurses in all cultures was death of women in childbirth from complications, a reason that has disappeared with modern medicine.
Some wet nurses also serve as a midwife during childbirth.
A woman can only serve as a wet nurse when she is lactating
. It is often thought that this means the wet nurse must have recently given birth to a child of her own. This may be the case, but not necessarily, since regular suckling on a woman's breast can elicit the production of milk via a neural reflex through production of prolactin
The practice of using wet nurses is ancient and found in many cultures. Sometimes it is linked to social class
. Members of property-owning classes had their children wet-nursed, in the hope of becoming pregnant again quickly to ensure an heir
. (Lactation can suppress ovulation
.) Poor women, especially those who suffered the stigma
of giving birth to an illegitimate
child, sometimes had to give their baby up, temporarily or permanently, and a wet nurse would look after it.
One myth holds that the Egyptian princess Bathiah tried giving baby Moses to wet nurses, but he would not take their milk, for he was destined to speak with the Shekhinah. The prophet Muhammad was wet-nursed by Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb. Wet nursing was reported in France in the time of Louis XIV, the early 17th century. Later, Napoleon was wet-nursed by a woman called Camilla. Wet nurses were common for children of all social ranks in the southern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Women took in babies for money in Victorian Britain, and nursed them themselves or fed them with whatever was cheapest. This was known as baby-farming; poor care sometimes resulted in high infant death rates.
Wet nursing has sometimes been used with old or sick people who have trouble taking other nutrition. John Jacob Astor and John D. Rockefeller reportedly hired wet nurses for their own use in their old age.
Sigmund Freud's theories about the Oedipal complex are speculated to have been the result of his being raised by a wet-nurse, rather than his mother. This dissociation from his mother prevented the Westermarck effect from taking hold.
Through the widespread availability of infant formula
, wet nurses are no longer necessary in developed nations
and, therefore, are not common. The act of nursing a baby other than one's own often provokes strong negative reactions in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, being compared to wife swapping
and potentially viewed as child abuse
. When a mother is unable to nurse her own infant, an acceptable mediated substitute is expressed milk (or especially colostrum
) donated to milk banks
, analogous to blood banks
The use of a wet nurse is still a common practice in many developing countries, although it poses a risk of HIV infection. The use of a wetnurse is seen as a status symbol in some parts of modern China.
Islamic law or sharia specifies the permanent family-like relationships (known as rada) incurred by people who were nursed by the same woman, i.e. who grew up together as youngsters. They and various specific relatives cannot marry, that is, they are mahram, and the rules of modesty known as hijab are relaxed, as they would be for family members.
Examples in fiction
- In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the character Nurse had been Juliet's wet nurse. "Were not I thine only nurse, I would say thou hadst sucked wisdom from thy teat." 1.3.72
- In George Moore's novel Esther Waters, the eponymous heroine works as a wet nurse after the birth of her son while leaving him in the hands of a baby farmer.
- In John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, set in a time of great poverty, a woman whose baby has just died, and consequently whose breasts are engorged with milk, wet-nurses a man at the point of death, as no other nourishment is available, a reference to Roman Charity.
- In the movie Spartacus, Crassus captures Spartacus's wife and baby. Since he wants Varinia as a concubine, he purchases a wet nurse for her baby. Varinia rejects his offer, saying, "I sent her away: I prefer to nurse the child myself."
- In Blackadder II, Nursie, the Queen's childhood nurse, is commonly perceived as being a wet nurse: "In the old days, it was all difficult choices. Should you have Nursie milk or moo-cow milk? Of course, it was always Nursie milk…."

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Saint Bridget of SwedenArticle Free Pass
Saint Bridget of Sweden, Bridget also spelled Birgit or Brigid, Swedish Sankta Birgitta av Sverige (born c. 1303, Sweden—died July 23, 1373, Rome [Italy]; canonized Oct. 8, 1391; feast day July 23, formerly October 8), patron saint of Sweden, founder of the Brigittines (Order of the Most Holy Savior), and a mystic whose revelations were influential during the Middle Ages. In 1999 Pope John Paul II named her one of the patron saints of Europe.
The daughter of Birger Persson, governor of Uppland, she had from an early age remarkable religious visions that influenced her entire life and outlook. In 1316 she married Ulf Gudmarsson, later governor of the province of Nericia, and bore eight children, including St. Catherine of Sweden.
On the death of her husband in 1344, Bridget retired to a life of penance and prayer near the Cistercian monastery of Alvastra on Lake Vetter. To the prior, Peter Olafsson, she dictated the revelations that came to her, and he translated them into Latin. One was a command to found a new religious order, which she was not able to fulfill until near the end of her life, receiving papal permission in 1370. She went to Rome in 1350 and, except for several pilgrimages, remained there for the rest of her life, constantly accompanied by Catherine. She exercised a wide apostolate among rich and poor, sheltering the homeless and sinners, and she worked untiringly for the return of the pope from Avignon to Rome. She was spurred by a vision to visit the Holy Land (1372), and she died soon after her return to Rome.
Bridget's revelations were first published in 1492. A 15th-century English version was edited by W.P. Cumming (1929).
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What is taxation with a gender perspective?
In order to offer services to people and manage city policies, the City Council must be provided with resources. It does this, among other things, through taxes, such as the IBI; and public prices, such as those we pay to enjoy civic centers or municipal sports centers.
The way these public taxes and prices are set up can affect inequalities between women and men and therefore can help to reduce them. This is what taxation with a gender perspective does.


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Using the tools of economics, Dr. Christopher Coyne's new book, Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails, shifts the discussion from the moral imperative of how governments should behave to a positive analysis of how they actually do. Coyne examines the limits of short-term humanitarian aid and long-term development assistance, the disconnect between intentions and reality, and why economic freedom—protection of property rights, private means of production, and free trade of labor and goods—provides the best means for minimizing human suffering. Join us as experts discuss this hotly debated topic.
Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails
(Stanford University Press, 2013)
Featuring the author Christopher J. Coyne, F. A. Harper Professor of Economics, George Mason University; with comments by M. Peter McPherson, Former Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1981–1987; moderated by Malou Innocent, Foreign Policy Analyst, Cato Institute.


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Stefansson, Dr. Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1918:
A Story of Exploration, Science and Sovereignty.
Mercury series, History paper no 56
Author: Stuart E. Jenness
Release date: April 2011
Impressive in its scope and scholarship, this book presents the first comprehensive and authoritative account of the storied Canadian Arctic Expedition and the personal animosity of its co-leaders: the intrepid explorer/ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson and the respected scientist Rudolph Anderson.
The 440-page volume details the Expedition's successes and tragedies, including the discovery of islands never before mapped and the sinking of the flagship Karluk. After 90 years, all the elements of this important and compelling story have finally been woven into a single volume. It is long overdue. The book includes 84 illustrations and maps, several appendices, and a detailed bibliography.
The author is uniquely qualified to tell this story. His father was Diamond Jenness, a scientist on the Expedition, and he knew or met eight Expedition members, including both Stefansson and Dr. Anderson.


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Working with fans
We start by constructing a fan, which consists of a single cone and all of its faces:
i1 : C = posHull matrix {{1,0,0},{0,1,0},{0,0,1}}
o1 = {ambient dimension => 3 }
 dimension of lineality space => 0
 dimension of the cone => 3
 number of facets => 3
 number of rays => 3
o1 : Cone
i2 : F = fan C
o2 = {ambient dimension => 3 }
 number of generating cones => 1
 number of rays => 3
 top dimension of the cones => 3
o2 : Fan
By this, we have already constructed the fan consisting of the positive orthant and all of its faces. The package saves the generating cones of the fan, which can be accessed by:
i3 : maxCones F
o3 = {{ambient dimension => 3 }}
 dimension of lineality space => 0
 dimension of the cone => 3
 number of facets => 3
 number of rays => 3
o3 : List
Now we could expand the fan by adding more cones, for example the following:
i4 : C1 = posHull matrix {{1,0,0},{1,1,0},{0,0,-1}}
o4 = {ambient dimension => 3 }
 dimension of lineality space => 0
 dimension of the cone => 3
 number of facets => 3
 number of rays => 3
o4 : Cone
But in this case we can not, because the two cones are not compatible, i.e. their intersection is not a face of each. So, when one tries to add a cone to a fan that is not compatible with one of the generating cones of the fan, the function addCone gives an error. For two cones one can check if their intersection is a common face by using commonFace:
i5 : commonFace(C,C1)
o5 = false
Since the intersection of both is already computed in this function there is a different function, which also returns the intersection, to save computation time when one needs the intersection afterward anyway:
i6 : (b,C2) = areCompatible(C,C1)
o6 = (false, {ambient dimension => 3 })
 dimension of lineality space => 0
 dimension of the cone => 2
 number of facets => 2
 number of rays => 2
o6 : Sequence
i7 : rays C2
o7 = | 0 1 |
 | 1 1 |
 | 0 0 |
 3 2
o7 : Matrix ZZ <--- ZZ
So we can make the cone compatible and add it to the fan.
i8 : C1 = posHull matrix {{1,0,0},{0,1,0},{0,0,-1}}
o8 = {ambient dimension => 3 }
 dimension of lineality space => 0
 dimension of the cone => 3
 number of facets => 3
 number of rays => 3
o8 : Cone
i9 : F = addCone(C1,F)
o9 = {ambient dimension => 3 }
 number of generating cones => 2
 number of rays => 4
 top dimension of the cones => 3
o9 : Fan
Instead of creating a fan with one cone and then adding more cones, we can also make a fan out of a list of cones:
i10 : C2 = posHull matrix {{-1,0,0},{0,1,0},{0,0,1}};
i11 : C3 = posHull matrix {{-1,0,0},{0,1,0},{0,0,-1}};
i12 : C4 = posHull matrix {{-1,0,0},{0,-1,0},{0,0,1}};
i13 : C5 = posHull matrix {{-1,0,0},{0,-1,0},{0,0,-1}};
i14 : F1 = fan {C2,C3,C4,C5}
o14 = {ambient dimension => 3 }
 number of generating cones => 4
 number of rays => 5
 top dimension of the cones => 3
o14 : Fan
Furthermore, we could add a list of cones to an existing fan:
i15 : C6 = posHull matrix {{1,0,0},{0,-1,0},{0,0,1}};
i16 : C7 = posHull matrix {{1,0,0},{0,-1,0},{0,0,-1}};
i17 : F1 = addCone( {C6,C7}, F1)
o17 = {ambient dimension => 3 }
 number of generating cones => 6
 number of rays => 6
 top dimension of the cones => 3
o17 : Fan
Finally, we can add a whole fan to another fan:
i18 : F1 = addCone(F,F1)
o18 = {ambient dimension => 3 }
 number of generating cones => 8
 number of rays => 6
 top dimension of the cones => 3
o18 : Fan
So, fan and addCone are the methods to construct fans ''from scratch'', but there are also methods to get fans directly, for example normalFan, which constructs the inner normal fan of a polytope.
i19 : P = hypercube 4
o19 = {ambient dimension => 4 }
 dimension of lineality space => 0
 dimension of polyhedron => 4
 number of facets => 8
 number of rays => 0
 number of vertices => 16
o19 : Polyhedron
i20 : F2 = normalFan P
o20 = {ambient dimension => 4 }
 number of generating cones => 16
 number of rays => 8
 top dimension of the cones => 4
o20 : Fan
Now we have seen how to construct fans, so we turn to functions on fans, for example the direct product (directProduct:
i21 : F3 = fan {posHull matrix {{1}},posHull matrix {{-1}}}
o21 = {ambient dimension => 1 }
 number of generating cones => 2
 number of rays => 2
 top dimension of the cones => 1
o21 : Fan
i22 : F1 = F3 * F1
o22 = {ambient dimension => 4 }
 number of generating cones => 16
 number of rays => 8
 top dimension of the cones => 4
o22 : Fan
The result is in the direct product of the ambient spaces.
i23 : ambDim F1
o23 = 4
Of course, we can check if two fans are the same:
i24 : F1 == F2
o24 = true
A bit more on fans can be found in part 2: Working with fans - Part 2.


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The Ontario government introduced Bill 132, the "Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2015" (the "Act") on October 27, 2015. This Act is part of the Ontario Government's Action Plan known as "It's Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment." If passed, the Act will amend six provincial statutes with respect to sexual violence, sexual harassment, domestic violence and other related matters. The intention of the Act is to "improve support for survivors in the justice system while protecting students and workers…from the threat of sexual violence and harassment."
Of importance to employers, there are proposed changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act("OHSA") under the Act. These changes will create specific duties for all employers to develop policies and procedures to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, including a duty to investigate incidents and complaints. These amendments will impose a financial burden on employers.
The important proposed amendments to the OHSA are:
- an expansion of the existing obligation for employers to have a workplace harassment policy or program to include workplace sexual harassment within that policy;
- a duty for employers to ensure an investigation is conducted into incidents and complaints of any workplace harassment, including workplace sexual harassment;
- a duty for employers to ensure that the complainant and the respondent of any workplace harassment complaint be informed of the investigation results;
- a duty for employers to ensure any corrective measures that need to be taken as a result of an investigation into workplace harassment occurs; and
- an expansion of the role of Occupational Health and Safety inspectors by granting inspectors the power to order investigations and corresponding reports, at the employer's expense, into workplace harassment complaints.
The Act will also expand the definition of "workplace harassment" in the OHSA to include "workplace sexual harassment," which will be defined as:
"(a) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or
(b) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is unwelcome."
For the benefit of employers, the proposed changes to the OHSA include the addition of a provision to clarify that a reasonable action taken by an employer or supervisor relating to the management and direction of workers or the workplace is not workplace harassment.
New law will mean significant changes for employers
If the Act is passed, the proposed changes to the OHSA will come into force on either July 1, 2016 or six months after the Act receives Royal Assent, whichever date is later.
As with any proposed legislation, the Act may undergo revisions in the legislative process before it is passed into law. The Act, if passed, will have a significant impact on employers as it will require a review and revision of existing workplace harassment policies and programs, and make employers subject to increased powers by OHSA inspectors.

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In India, How Do Rooftop Gardens Grow?
HYDERABAD, India -- Can growing vegetables on India's slum rooftops and holding cooking classes in slum alleyways make a difference?
That is the contention of a new program that's about to begin in a 100-acre slum in the capital city of India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The country has seen hundreds of programs over the years designed to combat malnutrition. The latest aims to clear out the garbage, create a patchwork of small organic farms to grow vegetables that can be sold in the market, and then employ a team of 23 local women to demonstrate healthy cooking and good food hygiene.
The project is based on research by Erik Simanis, co-director of the "Base of the Pyramid Protocol" at Cornell University in New York, a 3-year-old program that seeks to improve nutrition standards among the poor. He says it aims to develop understanding about the importance of micro-nutrients -- minerals and vitamins traditionally not found in high quantities in India's high-carbohydrate diet.
There's a commercial twist. The project is being funded and supported by The Solae Company, a joint venture of DuPont Co. and Bunge Ltd. Solae is sending employees to help train the cooks and is donating soy protein for the cooking classes in an effort to beef up the nutritional benefits of the meals.
But the program's ultimate goal is to establish a "culinary park network" on the rooftops so local women can grow their own vegetables and then turn surplus into meals for sale. The first gardens will be laid with topsoil in April and the first crops of tomatoes, spices, chilies, eggplant, mushrooms and leafy green vegetables is expected by the end of the year. The slum houses about 100,000 residents.
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Focus on Argynnis niobe in the dunes of North HollandMichiel Wallis de Vries (De Vlinderstichting)
The Niobe Fritillary (Argynnis niobe) has shown an alarming decline since 1997; it is now an endangered species in the Netherlands. As the coastal dunes constitute the species' stronghold, we carried out a survey of the species distribution in the dunes of Kennemerland with the help of volunteers. The Niobe Fritillary was found in 42 out of 107 km squares investigated. Distribution has shrunk by more than 50% in the last two decades, and the survey suggests that the decline is continuing. More research is needed on host plant use in these calcareous dunes. It is clear, however, that the main cause of decline lies in the vast encroachment of tall grasses and scrub, especially Black Cherry (Prunus serotina), facilitated by low rabbit numbers. Extreme drought, such as in 2003, presents an additional threat. In several areas, restoration measures are being taken. Nectar and host plants will benefit from scrub clearance and creation of a more open vegetation. Hopefully, our monitoring schemes will reveal a recovery of this endangered butterfly in the coming years!
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The water in the reservoir has been climbing more quickly because a minimal amount of water is being allowed to pass through Cave Run Dam. Areas downstream are already dealing with high water and adding more water would cause more flooding. Instead, the water is held in the reservoir behind the dam until areas downstream start to dry out.
The current water level is far from the record set in 2012, when the water's elevation reached near 760 feet. That is about 19 feet higher than the level as of Tuesday evening. It took so long to empty the extra water in the reservoir that year, some campgrounds did not open until just before Independence Day.
Hiking trails are still open around Cave Run Lake, but they are extremely messy and muddy.


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About Northampton County
Northampton County, which is located in the northeastern part of North Carolina, is bounded on the north by the Virginia border; on the west and south by the Roanoke River and Halifax County; and on the east by Bertie and Hertford counties. The area is 541 square miles (346,240 acres). The elevation of the county varies from 5 feet along the Meherrin River in the extreme northeastern corner to nearly 360 feet at Vulture in the northwestern corner.
Northampton County, named in honor of the Earl of Northampton, was formed in 1741 from part of Bertie County. Originally inhabited by Native Americans of the Tuscarora tribe, the region was settled by primarily English immigrants. The first county seat was Atherton, but it was moved to Jackson in 1826 and remains there to this day.


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The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced that the US National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) upgraded its membership level from Principal Member to Strategic Member. NASA has been a member of OGC since it's founding in 1994. NASA recognized
the importance of OGC's role in advancing interoperability in a consensus forum, and provided OGC with initial funding to start operations through a Cooperative Agreement Notice
entitled "Public Use of Earth and Space Science Data Over the Internet".
Recently, NASA formed the Geospatial Interoperability Office (GIO) to better "enable government, industry, scientists and citizens to gain knowledge or make decisions
through application of geospatial information". GIO holds the OGC membership for NASA and coordinates participation in OGC activities. Myra Bambacus, Program Manager of the GIO, noted "geospatial interoperability is critically important in enabling applications through seamless access to NASA's Earth Science Data. We look forward to collaborating with the Consortium on mutual goals and setting a strategic approach for meeting the spatial technology interoperability needs of the global community."
NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) goal to "develop advanced information technologies for processing, archiving, accessing, visualizing, and communicating Earth science data" is consistent with OGC's vision. ESE related projects including the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), the Earth Science Information Partnership (ESIP) federation, the Digital Earth program, the Globe Program, the Earth Science Technology Office and
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As a Strategic Member, NASA will contribute significant in-kind support, providing, for example, specification revisions, discussion papers, proposals, and tutorials, as well as chairing Working Groups and Special Interest Groups. NASA will work with other members to help guide OGC in directions that result in broader user choice of geoprocessing products in the marketplace and improved opportunities for industry to meet the varied and complex needs of government.


The Perfect Fit
SERIES 25 Episode 36
John gives tips on assessing and working with microclimates
"Microclimates are small-scale areas that differ from the broader, general climate around them," says John, "and this garden in the Melbourne suburb of Balwyn is the perfect spot to show how a garden can be designed to work seamlessly with the seasons by identifying, creating and harnessing the various microclimates."
The 600 square metre north-facing garden is designed to be a wonderland. John says it contains an eclectic mix of plants, chosen for both their flower colour and for their foliage. It also tries to balances recreation and pleasure in equal measure. But the key element is that it's enveloped in greenery, creating a lot of shaded areas.
Whilst gardeners can control, to a degree, the placement of plants in the garden, most of the time it's the house which creates most of the shading.
John explains that during spring and autumn, the sun slants in at around 52 degrees in Melbourne. For a 7-metre house, that results in a 5-metre strip of shade at midday on the southern side of the house.
As the sun rises during the summer it reaches a 75 degree slant, creating only a 2-metre belt of shade and exposing the rest of the garden to the sun's hot rays.
But in winter, the sun drops right down in the sky to 28 degrees. This means a 7-metre high house gives 10 metres of shade - the greater part of the garden.
Gardeners need to understand these changing environments to create plantings that cope with the variable sun and shade - and also place our recreational sites so they also are in either sun or shade, depending upon what's needed.
One plant that adapts well to shifting light is the Hellebore (Helleborus orientalis). Deciduous woodland is its native habitat, where it uses the light of winter and spring to flower and to develop its new foliage. When that deciduous woodland creates shade later in the summer, the Hellebore becomes more or less dormant. In other words, it's an opportunistic plant, using light when it's available.
Microclimates can also be used to ripen fruit. For example, an espaliered lemon hedge facing east still gets light from the north-east all morning until midday - so the lemons do very well. In the same climate, fruit grown on the west side of a fence where the plants get hot, late-afternoon sun much of the fruit will cook where it grows.
On the opposite side of the garden, John points out the plants that have been added to create shade and a cool microclimate. They include Cliveas (Clivea miniata) and Hydrangea quercifolia (Oak-leaf Hydrangea).
A west-facing wall in the same zone has also been cooled by the use of Creeping Fig (Ficus pumila) grown over the wall. This prevents any reflected heat coming from the wall. This means that even in a west-facing area it's cool enough to grow plants like Azaleas and Hellebores.
In the centre of the garden a pool, paving and lots of sun make it an ideal spot for vegetables in raised beds. The light-coloured paving creates plenty of reflected heat, which encourages plants like the ground-covering Euphorbia rigida or Silver Spurge to thrive. Even heat-lovers like False Red Agave (Beschorneria yuccoides) can survive in chilly Melbourne.
"As a garden designer," says John, "I think it's really important to take microclimates into consideration right at the beginning of your design. This allows you to create a garden that suits you and your needs. More than that, it allows you to understand the different planting opportunities you have and how to grow your plants in the places that best suit them. And that's half the battle of growing a beautiful garden."


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Kalani discusses how basic life rhythms relate to several aspects of health and how those rhythms align with and relate to musical experiences. You'll learn about the different rhythms of the body and get some ideas as to how to structure musical experiences to support and facilitate positive physical and emotional changes that lead to greater health for groups. You'll also learn how to use 'the rhythms of life' to support your own health goals.
Rhythms are part of every-day living and many of the body's natural rhythms can be used within musical experiences to facilitate positive health changes. This is accomplished through designing and facilitating structured experiences that align with and modulate the bodies natural rhythms in ways that are intentional and desirable. Two primary areas of focus include the rhythms of walking and the rhythms of breathing. Both of these areas relate to ï¿½our general physical health and can be developed to affect emotional and spiritual health.


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Prehistoric Settlement of Northwestern Lower Michigan
Author(s): Charles E. Cleland
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text: Ring: The binding power of a line without beginning or end, representing the will in its largest sense and naming the edge of a body, including a fire, a spiritual space, the earth, the horizon, and a band around a finger. The image below shows an old fire ring, obviously largely ceremonial, on a savannah in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. All humans live within rings. Along with lines and strings, they are among our oldest languages. Notice how this ring is opened to allow what it has bound to escape. The stones have been carried here, from lower down on the esker, where gravity has laid them in a line of energy.


text: This turtle is an electronic learning toy that includes 3 modes of play. In letter mode, the light-up color buttons teach letters, shapes and 30 corresponding objects. Flip the switch and story mode tells small stories about the objects and the number buttons play sound effect. One more flip and the music mode plays sound effects and melodies. For ages 12 to 36 months. Imported.


Analysis and measurement of the relationship between money supply and fisical policy rules in Iraq for the period 2004: 3 - 2015: 2
The study is aimedat measuring and analyzing the relationship between money supply and the rules of fiscal policy in the Iraqi economy, covering data for the period (2004: 3-2015: 2). The research revealed that when the Stationary test was performed for the time series of the current variables, it was concluded that theVariable Difict of Rule( Def) was at the level. The rest of the variables were Stationary at the first difference (I). Therefore, the ARDL model was applied, Long-term Bounds Test, and a short-term equilibrium relationship. And the existence of positive and significant effect by the rules of deficit and public debt and the golden rule in the long term, where the value of partial flexibility (0.034) and (0.277) and 0.103, respectively, and this corresponds to the logic of economic theory, Are not consistent with the logic of economic theory. The negative and significant impact of the long-term (Rev / Exp) rule in the short term. In the short run, the increase in the ratio of revenues to expenditure leads to a long-term reduction in money supply. Structural imbalance in public expenditure items in favor of investment Expenditure driving the development of GDP and diversification of production base


Early case assessment (ECA) is obsolete
Early case assessment (ECA) software takes collected data (scanned documents, native documents, emails, forensic images, etc.) and lets you: (1) run searches using keywords, date ranges, etc. on the data; (2) see analytics for the data as a whole and for sets of search results, for example, number of documents, file types, custodians, and common words or phrases; and (3) "cull" the data before fully processing it and loading it into separate review software so that only part of the data collected actually makes it into the review software.
The only reason people think they need separate ECA software is price: it might cost $30 / GB or $40 / GB to process and load data into ECA software, whereas it might cost $200 / GB, $300 / GB, $400 / GB, or more to load the same data into review software. By loading the data into ECA software first…
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Q & A
How does fuel cost impact my bill?
Electricity is made many ways, and each way has costs that can change such as coal and gas plants. Coal and gas plants have fuel costs that can change fairly rapidly, but they are able to generate power 24 hours a day, seven days a week in any kind of weather. Renewable energy (hydro, solar, wind) does not have fuel cost, but it's only available some of the time because the sun doesn't always shine, the wind doesn't always blow, and droughts impact hydro generation.
What makes my electric bill so high sometimes?
Your power bill is made up of two basic components: the rate and the amount of power you use. Although TVA's wholesale power rate doesn't change month-to-month, the cost of the fuel needed to supply power can change your bill. What really makes a difference is how much power you use, which is usually tied directly to temperature.
How can we save money on our electric bills?
Taking a few simple actions can add up to a lot of savings. Turn up your thermostat just one degree. Keep your windows covered on the sunny side of the house. During the hot parts of the day (generally 2 – 6 p.m.), avoid using the oven, clothes dryer and dishwasher whenever possible – these appliances tend to heat up your home. Go to the TVA EnergyRight website for more power savings tips or to schedule a home energy evaluation.
What is the Difference Between Internet and Wi-Fi?
Did PES Energize receive state grant funds?
Yes! PES Energize is amongst the award recipients receiving $23,161,638.53 in grant funding from the Tennessee Emergency Broadband Fund (TEBF-ARP). The project will provide internet to over 3,000 residents in the county.
For PES the next step is to have our contracted Fiber Engineering Company complete a detailed engineering plan. The project will be performed in phases as recommended by the Engineering firm.
Within the next three years, the majority of the county will have access to high-speed fiber internet. PES Energize is very excited for the citizens of Giles County.


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South Western Railway (SWR) has launched a plan to become net zero by 2040.
Its roadmap has been supported by the Department for Transport – and includes retrofitting buildings, switching to renewable fuels for its trains instead of diesel, implementing more electric vehicles and using LED lighting.
The company has revealed that half its emissions come from its supply chain, with 45% coming from operating its trains and 3% from its buildings.
SWR has stated that the success of its plan is dependent on government funding, the electrification of the rail network and ensuring its supply chain adhere to greener standards.
Its first step has been to switch to LED lighting, which it claims has already seen a 21% reduction in its property energy consumption.
Head of Sustainability Amy Dickinson said: "We are leading the way as the first train operating company to publish a robust, transparent, and cost-effective roadmap to net zero by 2040, 10 years ahead of the UK's overall 2050 legal deadline.
"We want to work holistically on sustainable transport links to and from our stations, trialling new technology and utilising opportunities to create hundreds of green jobs across our network, ensuring our customers can travel in an increasingly green and sustainable way."


[Tutor] tkinter events: <B1-Motion>
Luke Paireepinart rabidpoobear at gmail.com
Mon Aug 21 21:41:50 CEST 2006
Zsiros Levente wrote:
> [snip code]
> *def* handler(event):
> *if* buttonpressed == 1 :
> /#if the mousebutton is pressed and moved, circles should appear, but they do not/
> can.create_oval(event.x-r, event.y-r, event.x+r, event.y+r, fill="orange")
> lab.config(text='buttonpressed=' + str(buttonpressed) )
>
> *def* press(event):
> buttonpressed=1
> lab2.config(text=buttonpressed)
>
> *def* release(event):
> buttonpressed=0
> lab2.config(text=buttonpressed)
> [snip code]
> /#global buttonpressed/
> buttonpressed=0
I think you're misunderstanding what global variables are.
Take the following example:
#--- code
a = 0
def b():
 print a
b()
#--- output
0
#---
the function 'b' can see the variable 'a'. ok so far.
now take this example.
#--- code
a = 0
def b():
 a = 1
 print a
b()
print a
#--- output
1
0
#---
in this case, 'a' is assigned to, but it's a local variable called 'a'
and not the one I think you expect it to assign to.
so after 'b' is done the value of the 'a' outside of the scope of the
function is still 0.
in your press and release events you assign values to 'buttonpressed'
before you use them,
and because of this, the same thing happens as in our second example: a
local variable named
'buttonpressed' is created with the value 0 or 1 assigned to it
(depending on the function you're in.)
that works fine, and it sets the label's text value accordingly. But,
since it's a local variable and the
functions aren't actually modifying the global 'buttonpressed', the
'buttonpressed' that you're checking for
in your 'handler' function is always going to be 0. That's why your
oval code is never drawn.
Rather than messing with global variables, which are for the most part
evil creatures,
as we've witnessed so far here, I'd recommend using a class.
I wrote the class I would use for you so you can see it.
It's commented, but if you need any more help than the comments feel
free to write me back.
Just be sure to use the reply-all button so the whole list can see the
response.
-Luke
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* Vision of the Fearless Financing & Fundraising Group (FFFG)
· To function as the CFO of the Vision to Action planning process by helping the other working groups be aware of what it will take financially to actualize their vision. The FFFG will help facilitate the execution of the other groups visions by providing useful information about the current state of the Center's financial status, as well as offer projections of what financial resources might be required under various growth/expansion scenarios. This will be done in a transparent manner with information readily shared about current expenses and income, as well as the about the number of hours (and staff resources) it takes to run the Center at present.· The FFFG provides financial stewardship and serves as the voice of reality for the broader community to understand what's practical and how to manifest the vision overtime. The FFFG is responsible for facilitating a realistic understanding of prioritizing various ideas and the importance of first building a strong foundation (three pillars). This involves offering a realistic plan of how much money might need to be raised and how it might best be spent in order to ensure long-term success of the three pillars.


Transport Phenomena - short answer questions from AMIE exams (Summer 2020)
Answer the following in brief (10 x 2)
Reynolds analogy
Reynolds's analogy gives the interrelationship between fluid friction and newton's law of viscosity.
The Reynolds analogy is given by,
Nu/RePr = St = Cf/2
where
Nu = Local Nusselt number, Re = Local Reynolds number, St = Local Stanton number, Pr = Prandtl number, C= Skin friction coefficient
Stefan-Boltzmann law
Stefan-Boltzmann law states that the total radiant heat power emitted from a surface is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature.
u/A = \sigma {T^4}
where σ is Stefan's constant = 5.67 × 10-8 W/mk4
Langevin equation
Consider a large particle (the Brownian particle) immersed in a fluid of much smaller particles (atoms).
v(t) = {e^{ - t/{\tau _B}}}v(0) + \frac{1}{m}\int_0^t {{e^{ - (t - s)/{\tau _B}}}} dW(s)
Comparison between turbulent thermal conductivity and turbulent viscosity
Fourier's law states that the negative gradient of temperature and the time rate of heat transfer is proportional to the area at right angles of that gradient through which the heat flows. Fourier's law is the other name of the law of heat conduction.
q = -k∇T
Where,
q is the local heat flux density in W.m2
k is the turbulent thermal conductivity of the material in W.m-1.K-1
▽T is the temperature gradient in K.m-1
As per Newton's law of viscosity
\tau = - \mu \frac{{dv}}{{dy}}
Here μ is turbulent viscosity.
Equation of motion
Similarly in other directions.
The factors that affect the diffusion of gases
The rate of diffusion is affected by the concentration gradient, membrane permeability, temperature, and pressure.
 - The difference in concentration affects the rate of diffusion. The greater the concentration gradient, the quicker diffusion takes place.
 - The temperature affects the rate of diffusion. As the temperature increases, particles gain more kinetic energy and so can diffuse across a membrane more quickly. Therefore, as the temperature increases, the rate of diffusion increases.
 - The surface area of the membrane affects the rate of diffusion. As the surface area of the membrane increases, the rate of diffusion also increases, as there is more space for molecules to diffuse across the membrane.
 - Distance. The shorter the distance the substances have to move, the faster the rate of diffusion.
Fick's law of binary diffusion
Fick's law of diffusion explains the diffusion process (movement of molecules from higher concentration to lower concentration region).
Fick's first law relates the diffusive flux to the gradient of the concentration. It postulates that the flux goes from regions of high concentration to regions of low concentration.
J = D(dφ/dx)
where
J is the diffusion flux, of which the dimension is the amount of substance per unit area per unit time. J measures the amount of substance that will flow through a unit area during a unit time interval.
D is the diffusion coefficient or diffusivity. Its dimension is area per unit of time.
φ (for ideal mixtures) is the concentration, of which the dimension is the amount of substance per unit volume.
x is position, the dimension of which is length.
Fick's 2nd law of diffusion describes the rate of accumulation (or depletion) of concentration within the volume as proportional to the local curvature of the concentration gradient.
\frac{{\partial C}}{{\partial t}} = D\frac{{{\partial ^2}C}}{{\partial {x^2}}}
The Boltzmann equation
The Boltzmann equation can be in use to determine how physical quantities change i.e., heat energy and the momentum when a fluid is in transport. The Boltzmann equation is a nonlinear integrodifferential equation, and the unknown function in the equation is a probability density function in the six-dimensional space of a particle position and momentum.
Boltzmann equation is:
\frac{{{P_{sb}}}}{{{P_{sa}}}} = \frac{{{N_b}}}{{{N_a}}} = \frac{{gb{e^{( - Eb/kT)}}}}{{ga{e^{( - Ea/kT)}}}} = \frac{{gb}}{{ga}}{e^{ - (Eb - Ea)/kT}}
Significance of Dimensional Analysis
The advantages of dimensional analysis are:
 - Preliminary test for the correctness of the given equation
 - Convert from one unit to another
 - Derive the relationship between the physical quantities.
 - Determine the dimensions of constant or unknown physical quantities
 - The number of experiments conducted is reduced
Three levels at which transport phenomena can be studied
These three areas of study are:
 - Fluid Mechanics
 - Heat Transfer
 - Mass Transfer
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The origins of the National University of Lesotho go back to April 8, 1945, when a Catholic University College was founded at Roma by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Southern Africa. The establishment of this College was a realisation of a decision taken in 1938 by the Synod of Catholic Bishops in South Africa to provide African Catholic students with post-matriculation and religious guidance.
The South African Government had declared its intention not to admit African students from outside South Africa into the University of Fort Hare, and the Natal Medical School (Wentworth) after December 31, 1953. Although this ban was relaxed for Basutoland students until 1958, the writing was on the wall.
National University of Lesotho Established in 1954 as the nucleus collection of the former PiusXIICollege, the Library moved to the current building that was constructed in 1964. The Library building was named after Thomas Mofolo when it became NUL Library.
National University of Lesotho Contact Details
Adventist University of Africa
Private Bag Mbagathi, 00503 Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: (254) 20-_PHONE_, (254) 20-_PHONE_
National University of Lesotho Official Website: _URL_


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Little Rock, Arkansas
The Federal Reserve Bank in Little Rock stood vacant for many years, until a $5.9 million rehabilitation transformed the building into a charter school. The building retains many of the unique bank features, including the vault and lobby gun tower originally used to protect the currency, from its construction in 1924. The recent renovation, assisted by a Federal Historic Preservation Tax Credit, allowed the exterior of the building to remain largely the same while the interior was adapted for educational needs. The lobby was restored and glazed walls were added to allow spaces to be used for classrooms. The rehabilitation revealed original historic features including fluted columns and plaster ceilings that were obscured in the past.
Photo: The bank after rehabilitation
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Setup and Use hydroMazing
- The Controller ( Arduino Nano ) uses 433MHz Transmitter to send codes to remote-controlled AC Outlets or can connect directly via a transistor, MOSFET, or relay.
- Web Services Module ( Raspberry Pi ).
- Optional Web-Camera ( USB Web-Camera ).
- Optional ( connect directly via a transistor, MOSFET, or relay. Supports additional sensors: E.C., pH, Light Intensity, more floats and flow-rate sensors.
I liked the simple inventory management system application so much, I borrowed its web interface to improve hydroMazing:
What are the steps needed to use hydroMazing?
- Connect the Raspberry Pi to your local router using an Ethernet cable.
- Plug in the hydroMazing Controller unit's USB to the Raspberry Pi.
- Optionally, plug in the USB webcam.
- Power the Raspberry Pi.
- Use a Power Squid ( Multiple Plugs ) to attach the Remote Controlled AC Outlet Modules to their corresponding appliance assignment according to the hydroMazing Smart Garden System's settings.
Plug-in appliances to their corresponding remote controlled AC switch units. Most growing environments can be configured as follows:
- Intake Ventilation Fan
- Exhaust Ventilation Fan
- Humidifier / Heater / Additional Lighting
Also see Controlling Appliances.
How to Access the Web Interface:
- Use a wormhole service such as Dataplicity.io
- Or, Discover the IP address that your router has assigned to the Raspberry Pi, running hydroMazing Services.
- Or, use a DDNS service to update the dynamic address assigned to your router and directly access the web interface
- Login to the web interface using the admin credentials provided. Example URL of web interface http//[your-device].dataplicity.io/hydroMazing/
- Click ~ Settings → Automatic Timezone → Update
- Click ~ Settings → Email Notifications → [ enter your email address ] → Save
- If your growing environment is not within an Ethernet cable distance away from the router then you will need to configure the WiFi.
- Click ~ WiFi Settings → SSID → [ enter your router's SSID ]
Passkey → [ enter your router's WiFi password ] → Save
More About Electronics:
- Why DIY when you could buy?
- Why Arduino when you can Pi?
- Making a Lightshow with Arduino
- Making Sound Effects with Arduino
- Using a Raspberry Pi and USB Camera
- Using a Raspberry Pi for your own Inventory Management System
More About hydroMazing:
- Managing Nutrient Solution Systems
- Setup hydroMazing Smart Garden System
- Using Arduino to Wirelessly Control Appliances
More About Indoor Gardening:
- What is a "Smart" Garden?
- Starting a Smart Indoor Garden
- Digging Deeper into Indoor Gardening
- Indoor Gardening: What can go wrong?
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Production Amount per Day:
560 ⇒ 940 pieces: ⇒ Productivity Improvement of 68%
Electronic Components / Applicator
Adhesive Applicator - CT-Effects Application Example
[ Robot/Electric Actuators ]
[ Controllers ]
RCP2-SA7C (2 axes) PSEL
 - [Equipment Overview]
 An apparatus for applying an adhesive to the cover of lamp lights and an indicator light in the manufacturing of electronic components.
 X-axis: RCP2-SA7C
 Y-axis: RCP2-SA7C
 Z axis: ISB-MXL
 Dispensing of the adhesive: RCP2-RA10C
 - [Problems of the air cylinder used]
 1. They were dispensing the adhesive by using the air cylinder. The dispensing rate was changed because the air pressure was unstable and the adhesive was interrupted or lumped.
 2. The viscosity of the adhesive changes under the conditions such as temperature, so that it took time to adjust the dispensing pressure.
 3. Defective parts were made when the adhesive that attached to the work parts formed adhesive strings that weren't cut off after dispensing.
 - [Benefits of the electric actuator]
 - The 45 seconds cycle time has been reduced to 30 seconds because the amount of adhesive dispensed always stayed stable.
 - This enabled the supply of adhesive to be stable all day after trial testing each morning.
 - The failure rate due to adhesive dispensing reduced to almost zero from about 10 pieces a day since they set movement to cut clean the dispensed adhesive. This movement was of the electric actuator in the vertical direction and the slide table.
[CT Effects - Reduction in Cycle Time/Choco Tei]
Project Comparison Equipment with the air cylinder Equipment with the ROBO Cylinder
Cycle Time 45 seconds 30 seconds
Duration of Choco-Tei per event 60 minutes / day 60 minutes / day
Production per day 560 pieces (*1) 940 pieces (*2)
(*1) When the air cylinder was used: (8 hours - 1 hour Choco-Tei) ÷ 45 seconds = 560 pieces per day
(*2) When the ROBO Cylinder was used: (8 hours - 10 minutes) ÷ 30 seconds = 940 pieces per day
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Branch, generative video art by Lincoln Schatz, installed at ARCO Madrid
Branch, ARCO Madrid 2006
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Lincoln Schatz debuted Branch, an interactive generative video artwork, at ARCO Madrid in 2006. This work brought live generative video strategies together with heavy video processing. Custom software, designed by Schatz, uses complex programming, driven by chance and algorithms, to determine every aspect of the artwork.
Layering a multitude of heavily manipulated videos that take the audience that stands before the work and alters them into new figures and forms. Bodies are mixed. Facial features removed and added, suddenly a recognizable figure dissolves into an amorphous shape. Branch pushes us to consider how we perceive the world around us. What happens when we flatten time and the past and present become one? At ARCO Madrid, the crowds that push around the screen, camera and computer that makeup the artwork at a high intensity.
Over the course of the art fair, the computer would record tens of thousands of files. Each day, using a series of chance operations, to determine which files would be saved. Another way to phrase this would be, "what memories do we retain?" Because of this, Branch tells a story to viewers that becomes more complex as the artwork ages and time becomes more compressed.
In such an active visual environment, Branch will record Read more about the debut here. View Slice, a generative video work by Schatz created in the same period of time, here


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WHOI Presents Its Highest Honor to Physicist William Jenkins
The twelfth Henry Bryant Bigelow Award in Oceanography, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's (WHOI) highest honor, was presented January 31 to a member of the Institution's own scientific staff. Senior Scientist William J. Jenkins of the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, a physicist, was honored for his "outstanding contributions to the development of the tritium-helium dating technique and its application to problems in ocean physics, biology and geochemistry, as well as his exceptional character and selfless dedication to the advance of science at WHOI."
The Bigelow Award is presented "to those who make significant inquiries into the phenomena of the sea." The award was established in 1960 by the Institution's Board of Trustees in honor of the first Director, biologist Henry Bryant Bigelow, who was also the first recipient. Bigelow served as WHOI Director from 1930 to 1940, as President of the Corporation from 1940 to 1950, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1950 to 1960. The award, a medal and cash prize, is given to individuals in any field of oceanography without limitation as to age or nationality and is presented for an outstanding contribution to oceanography rather than a cumulative record of achievement. Nominations for the award were received from prominent scientists around the world.
Jenkins, a resident of Falmouth, joined the Institution's staff as an assistant scientist in 1974 shortly after graduation from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, where he received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics. His doctoral thesis was entitled "Helium Isotope and Rare Gas Oceanology." Jenkins was promoted to an associate scientist at WHOI in 1978 and to a senior scientist in 1984.
While a graduate student at McMaster University, Jenkins developed with Dr. Brian Clarke techniques for mass spectrometric measurement of helium isotopes in seawater. Since that time, he has applied these techniques to a wide variety of geochemical problems, including ocean mixing studies and global climate change. He has pioneered the concept of dating oceanic water masses based on the concentration of the hydrogen isotope tritium, with a half-life of 12.5 years, and its decay product, Helium-3, a stable isotope. By measuring the relative concentration of these species, it is possible to determine the time that has elapsed since the ocean water masses were in contact with the atmosphere. Because of such measurements, made on water samples taken periodically at several depths over large areas of the global seas, physical oceanographers now have a much better understanding of oceanic circulation and mixing processes.
"Bill Jenkins's contribution of the development of the tritium-helium 3 dating method and its application to oceanography alone would be worthy of this award, if the criteria were restricted to a single contribution," the award committee wrote. "However, his research is remarkable because it has had major impacts on many different fields, including physical oceanography, biological oceanography and geochemistry. Bill Jenkins is one of those rare people who make superb measurements and can also place the data into sound, quantitative models, which has allowed him to straddle these diverse fields in a unique way. There are very few scientists who have achieved as much impact and recognition among so many different scientific communities."
Jenkins received the University of MiamiÕs Rosenstiel Award in Oceanographic Science in 1983 for his contributions to the measurement of time scales of ocean processes and for the insights he has provided to oceanic circulation and seafloor formation. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, which elected him a Fellow in 1991, and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Marine Research. In 1987 he was selected as the first recipient of WHOI's W. Van Alan Clark Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, named for a long-time Institution benefactor and supporter W. Van Alan Clark. He held the rotating chair until 1992.
Previous recipients of the Bigelow Award include British Oceanographer John Swallow (1962), Geologist and Seafloor Cartographer Bruce Heezen (1964), Physical Oceanographer and former WHOI Director Columbus Iselin (1966), Professor Frederick Vine (1970),WHOI Physical Oceanographer Henry Stommel (1974), Wolfgang Berger of the University of California at San Diego (1979), WHOI Microbiologist Holger Jannasch (1980), Geologist Arnold Gordon of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (1984), Physical Oceanographer Hans Rossby of the University of Rhode Island and Falmouth businessman and former WHOI engineer Douglas Webb (1988). The award was last presented in November 1992 to Biologists Alice Alldredge of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Mary Wilcox Silver, an Adjunct Senior Scientist at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California
For additional information, contact: Shelley Lauzon, Senior News Officer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 0254 _PHONE_ FAX: _PHONE_ _EMAIL_