Inca Trail Names
Place names on the Inca Trail
Most of the names of places on the Inca Trail were invented by Hiram Bingham, and are unlikely to correspond to the original names used by the Incas. They also reflect Bingham's assumptions about the function or significance of the different locations, which may not always have been accurate.
For these translations, I am indebted to Martina Faller and Iñes Callalli Villafuerte, who were kind enough to provide me with a list of translations in both English and Spanish.
Spanish: Puente Alegre
English: Bridge of Happiness
cusi = happy; chaca = bridge
Spanish: (lugar donde) Se Limpia el Oro con el Viento
English: Gold-sifting Place
q'ori = gold; huayra = wind; -chi = causative; -na = nominalizer
Spanish: Pueblo de escalónes o pueblo alto
English: Step(ped) town or High town
pata = step or stair, or high; llacta = village or town
Spanish: Lugar de Pasto
English: Place of Good Pasture
huaylla = good pasture; bamba = place
Spanish: (lugar donde) Se Hace Ceremoniales
English: Place of Offerings
(etymology uncertain) [1]
Spanish: Mujer Muerta
English: Dead Woman
huarmi = woman; huanusca = dead
Spanish: Rio Escondido
English: Hidden River
mayo = river; pacay = to hide
Spanish: Ruinas Amontonadas
English: Pile of Ruins
runku = piled; racay = derelict house [2]
Spanish: Poblado Pendiente
English: Village (in a) Steep Place
sayac = steep, vertical; marca = village
Spanish: Pueblo Alto en las Nubes
English: Town High in the Clouds
phuyu = cloud; pata = high part; marca = village [3]
Huinay Huayna
Spanish: Joven Para Siempre
English: Forever Young
huinay = forever; huayna = young
Spanish: Puerta del Sol
English: Gateway of the Sun
inti = sun; punku = gate, door [4]
Machu Picchu
Spanish: Cima Vieja
English: Old Peak
machu = old; picchu = peak [5]
Huayna Picchu
Spanish: Cima Joven
English: Young Peak
huayna = young; picchu = peak


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over to OK. Arrow over to Cancel twice, then arrow over to Exit Install.
Leave the superuser account and log in as the new user. Now type
pine -- you should see the following message:
Creating subdirectory "/home/yourusername/mail" where Pine will store its mail folders.
This will be followed by Pine's greeting text. You'll notice that Pine's commands are always listed at the bottom of your screen. The ^ symbol means use your CTRL key along with the letter next to the ^. Once you've read the greeting, use ^E (Exit This Greeting). This will bring you to Pine's main menu.
Since this is the first time you are running Pine as this user, you'll need to press S to enter Setup, then C to enter Config. The first three items should be edited as follows:
You'll notice that Pine supports a lot of configuration values; if you find one that sounds interesting, highlight it and press the? key. This will give a short, and usually helpful, description of what this configuration parameter does. I usually change the following on mine:
Under Viewer Preferences -- I use the Enter key to put an [X] in the following values:
This will highlight URLs and e-mail addresses so I can go directly to a web site or add an address to my address book.
Once you've finished your configurations, press E to exit Setup and Y to commit changes. This will return you to the main menu where you can press A to edit the address book. The @ key will let you add an e-mail address; when you're finished, type ^X and the address should now show in your address book.
Highlight a user you've added to your address book and press C to compose an e-mail message to them. Arrow down to Cc and input your e-mail address so you'll be sent a copy of the message. Once you've composed your message, make sure you are connected to your ISP and press ^X to send your message. Type y when Pine asks you if you want to send the message. It should say [Sending Mail], then [Message sent and copied to'sent-mail'.] Use your < key to return to the main menu, then L to enter the folder list. If you arrow over to sent-mail and press enter, you should be able to view and read the message that you sent.
One last point on Pine: it contains a built-in editor called Pico. Pico is a very easy editor to learn as its commands are always listed on the bottom of the screen. You don't have to run Pine to use Pico; if you want to edit a file with Pico, do this:
Now that you've sent your first e-mail with Pine, you'll want to check that you received your copy of the e-mail by using the fetchmail program. Open up another virtual terminal, and log in as your user. I use fetchmail like so:
fetchmail istar.caEnter password for _EMAIL_: fetchmail: IMAP connection to istar.ca failed: Connection refused 1 message for genisis at istar.ca (868 octets). reading message 1 of 1 (868 octets) flushed
When you check your e-mail, substitute the value to the right of the @ in your e-mail address for istar.ca. If everything worked, fetchmail will download at least one message. Return to the terminal where you are running Pine and navigate to your inbox to read it.
Note that fetchmail added genisis to my e-mail address for me because I am logged in as genisis. If I happened to be logged in as another user, say biko, it would use the address _EMAIL_ instead.
The fetchmail command would then fail as I don't have a mailbox called biko on Istar's mail server. However, if I'm logged in as biko and invoke fetchmail like so:
fetchmail -u genisis istar.ca
This will tell fetchmail to use the mailbox name of genisis instead of my login name of biko so I can retreive genisis' email.
Fetchmail also has a verbose mode which can be used to view the various
POP3 commands between fetchmail and the mail server. You can invoke
verbose mode with
-v and very verbose mode with
-vv. Here is a portion of a session with fetchmail in verbose mode:
Enter password for _EMAIL_:
fetchmail -v istar.ca
You should be able to recognize the
LIST commands from the tutorial.
Fetchmail is highly configurable through its use of switches; its manpage is well worth reading.
Hopefully, we've cleared up some of the mystery regarding how e-mail works. Next week, we'll look at setting permissions.
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3.1.6.1. Boxplots and paired differences
Plot boxplots for FSIQ, PIQ, and the paired difference between the two: while the spread (error bars) for FSIQ and PIQ are very large, there is a systematic (common) effect due to the subjects. This effect is cancelled out in the difference and the spread of the difference ("paired" by subject) is much smaller than the spread of the individual measures.
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import pandas
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
data = pandas.read_csv('brain_size.csv', sep=';', na_values='.')
# Box plot of FSIQ and PIQ (different measures od IQ)
plt.figure(figsize=(4, 3))
data.boxplot(column=['FSIQ', 'PIQ'])
# Boxplot of the difference
plt.figure(figsize=(4, 3))
plt.boxplot(data['FSIQ'] - data['PIQ'])
plt.xticks((1, ), ('FSIQ - PIQ', ))
plt.show()
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How to find which folder a bookmark is in
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This article describes how to find the folder in which a bookmark you've made is located.
Default folder
When you click once on the bookmark star to create a bookmark, it will be saved in the Unsorted Bookmarks folder.
Find the bookmarked page
If you know you've bookmarked a page, but can't find it:
 1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click View, select Sidebar, then select Bookmarks . The bookmarks sidebar will appear.
 2. At the top of the bookmarks sidebar, in the box labeled Search, type something from the bookmarked page's title, web address (URL), or tags.
The bookmarks that match the search terms you've entered will be displayed. When you find the one you want, click on it to go to the bookmarked page and continue to the next section to find what folder it is in.
Find the bookmark's folder
To determine the folder in which a bookmark is located:
 1. Go to the bookmarked page (see above) for instructions.
 2. Click on the Bookmark star in Location Bar. The Edit This Bookmark box will appear.
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Save the Moonflowers
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Margaret Mee (_PHONE_) was a botanical artist who often traveled up the Amazon River alone in search of rare flowers to collect and paint. Even at the age of 79, she planned to return to the Amazon for another excursion. On Thanksgiving Day in 1988, Ms. Mee was interviewed on the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour; she fascinated the television audience with her accounts of her travels. Tragically, she was killed in an auto accident less than a week later. Even after her death, however, she is still having a profound impact on the preservation of rare flowers in the rainforests. In this lesson, you will learn how Mee's activities are helping markets save the rare moonflower.
(image courtesy of Margaret Mee's
Amazon by Antique Collector's Club)
In this lesson you will describe how markets can be used to preserve rare flora and fauna. Also, given a resource, identify its alternative uses.
Go to the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation for a complete transcript of Margaret Mee's final interview:
Answer these questions based upon the interview above:
Ms. Mee is best known for her paintings. Besides creating beautiful images for people to enjoy, what purpose did her activity serve?
What was the urgency behind her work?
According to Mee, what percent of the Atlantic Forest remains today?
Describe some of the rare flowers that attracted Mee to the rainforest.
What flower did Mee seek in the spring before her death?
What was special about that flower?
What did she fear more than poisonous insects and snakes? Do you agree? Why or why not?
- What did Mee expect to see on her next visit?
View satellite images of deforestation around Santa Cruz, Bolivia at:
Make general observations about the satellite images of the region for 1984 and 1998. The forests are indicated by green regions; deforested areas are indicated by reddish-brown areas. (Note: It is not necessary to click on the links to the other image files or the Quicktime movie. They take a long time to download.)
What activities are leading to deforestation in the depicted region?
Why do you suppose this land is being changed from its natural condition in favor of alternative uses?
Make a list of ten possible uses (products) of this land. HINT: Visit _URL_
. Scroll down to review the "Economy" section to see the products exported from Bolivia.
How many of these ten products pass through markets (i.e. can be purchased)?
- Many products from the environment (such as pure air, rare plants, scenic vistas) are provided directly to people and do not pass through markets. Do you think the Bolivian government would support regulation to control deforestation? Why or why not?
Use the Amazon Boat Trip article to complete this Activity.
What is being marketed at this site?
If the organization selling trips could purchase the land where these tours are conducted, do you think it would be more or less likely to preserve the rare flora on that land?
How was Margaret Mee helping to preserve the rare moonflower?
- How are markets helping to preserve the rare moonflower?
- What do you know about endangered plants and animals? Is there one that particularly interests you? Create a travel brochure for a tour of the habitat that sustains that plant or animal.
- Can you think of any situation in which tourists cannot help preserve an area by paying to visit it? How can the area be preserved?
This lesson outlined the concepts of markets and natural resources while discussing the experiences of Margaret Mee. Rare flowers, such as the moonflower, have benefited from the activities provided by markets which are helping preserve their existence.


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The Hau'ula Community Resilience Model Village is a modular, scalable model that employs waste conversion in a unique process to produce high income commercial carbon, soil amendments for agriculture and food production, fuel, atmospherically harvested water and carbon credits. It is designed for island communities and integrated in their current economic development picture especially in the event of disaster.

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30 January 2014—Library services in England estimate that over 100,000 people with mental health problems have engaged with the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme since it was launched by English public libraries in June 2013 based on loan figures of recommended titles which have increased by 145% during the first three months of the scheme.
The Books on Prescription scheme is a key element of the library health offer in England. The initiative provides self-help reading for adults based on cognitive behavioural therapy for a range of common mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, phobias and eating disorders. The scheme supports people to self-manage by signposting to expert endorsed book based therapy available for free from public libraries either as a stand-alone treatment or alongside other approaches such as talking therapies or medication.
Popular titles on the Books on Prescription list include Overcoming Anxiety: A Self-help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques by Helen Kennerley, and Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers.
Following the great success of the RWBoP scheme, Arts Council England have agreed to fund further work on how libraries can support people with dementia.
Gill Taft, Books on Prescription user, said: "I've worried for so many years about why I get depression and anxiety but I've never had anyone explain it to me before. The books have helped me so much in understanding things like what can bring on a panic attack, and why it makes me feel the way it does. Now if I'm having a bad day, I drop in the library and pick up a book"
Norman Lamb, Minister of State at the Department of Health, said: "Mental health conditions like anxiety and depression are common and by helping people understand them, we can ensure they are better equipped to manage their own health. That's why this scheme is so valuable as it makes this vital information available in local libraries and free of charge so everybody can access it. I am delighted to see the scheme has got off to a strong start and I look forward to seeing it used by health professionals to complement the range of options for support available.
"We are working to empower people with mental health problems and improve the support available to them. Last week we launched our Mental Health Action Plan which outlines our priorities for the future."
Alan Davey, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, said: "This is a very positive outcome for the Books on Prescription scheme and Arts Council England is pleased to have supported such an important initiative. This outcome firmly demonstrates how libraries continue to be an essential part of our communities, and are able to apply their core purpose in innovative ways that support our partners, and more importantly, help support local people to support themselves"
Janene Cox, President of the Society of Chief Librarians, said: "This is an excellent result for the first stage of the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme and we are confident that take up of this offer will increase as more people learn about it. We are really pleased the Arts Council have recognized this project and have agreed to help libraries support people living with dementia"
Debbie Hicks, Direct of Research at The Reading Agency, said: "We are delighted to be working with SCL and health partners including the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Nursing and the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme to deliver this important early intervention community health service. The scheme works within NICE clinical guidelines and has got off to a strong start as more and more prescribers including GPs come on board. We are also finding that lots of people are using the scheme as a self-help service."
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, said: "I'm delighted to see the success of Books on Prescription. To reach more than 100 000 people in three months is an amazing achievement. I congratulate the Society of Chief Librarians on coming up with this excellent scheme and showing how libraries can still be the home of fresh life changing innovative ideas"
For more information contact:
Elizabeth Elford, SCL Advocacy Manager, +44 (0)7891 056114
Notes to editors
- The conditions covered by the Reading Well Books on Prescription list are: anger, anxiety, binge eating, chronic pain, depression, health anxiety, obsessions and compulsions, panic, phobias, relationship problems, self-esteem, sleep problems, social phobias, stress and worry.
- The book selection protocol supporting the development of the core list is available at _URL_
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommend cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-help approaches as a first step in the treatment of common mental health conditions including depression and anxiety. .
- For a review of the evidence relating to the effectiveness of self-help books based on the principles of CBT, go to _URL_
- The Society of Chief Librarians has worked in partnership with The Reading Agency on this scheme, with seed funding by Arts Council England's Library Development Initiative.
- The Reading Agency is an independent charity with a mission to give everyone an equal chance in life by helping people become confident and enthusiastic readers. It runs big programmes and partnerships across the whole library network. It is funded by the Arts Council. (_URL_)
- The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) is a local government association made up of the chief librarian of each library authority in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. SCL takes a leading role in the development of public libraries, through sharing best practices, advocating for continuous improvement on behalf of local people, and leading the debate on the future of the public library service. _URL_
- Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives. We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2010 and 2015, we will invest £1.9 billion of public money from government and an estimated £1.1 billion from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country. _URL_


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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Albany city officials say all six flood control gates to the Flint River remain closed for now, as they keep close watch on the River level. Those gates keep the Flint River from rolling into the city's drainage system.
They were controversial in the 1994 flood, because it made it more difficult to pump rain water out of the city. But new equipment has helped.
The Joshua Street flood gate near the water treatment plant and the other six gates were shut when the Flint River reached 25 feet, to keep the water backing up into the drainage system.
Albany Assistant City Manager Phil Roberson said, "Probably half of the city drains into the Flint River either through these canals or goes through the waste water treatment plant. So the canals serve a huge purpose in moving water out of Albany when you have rainwater."
In 2002, FEMA funds paid to build these flood mitigation structures. Huge pumps that will send water from the city around those closed gates.
"And we can actually cut those pumps on and pump around the structures into the river when those canals fill up, and keep the neighborhoods dry," Roberson said.
City planners have more pumps running at the Holloway Basin, emptying holding ponds and canals. With more rain forecast this week, city officials feel more confident today. "So there is a lot of things now going for us that will cause us to better able to handle these waters if we get storm water coming in, rain water, while the river is up."
Planners have taken what they learned from the 1994 and 1998 floods, and improved those river gates technology to keep flooding out of homes.


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Brussels Democratic Association
an international democratic organization uniting proletarian revolutionaries and advanced elements of bourgeois and petit-bourgeois democrats, mainly from the ranks of political émigrés. It was founded in the autumn of 1847. The German Workers' Society in Brussels, led by K. Marx and F. Engels and others active in the Communist League, played a large role in the establishment of the Brussels Democratic Association. The Polish revolutionary I. Lelewel, the Belgian democrats L. Jottrand (elected chairman of the association) and V. Tedesco, and others joined the association. On Nov. 15, 1847, Marx was elected vice-chairman. The association tried to unite the democratic forces and mobilize them for struggle against the reactionary monarchist regimes in Europe. The Brussels Democratic Association became a major center of the international democratic movement. It maintained ties with democrats in Great Britain, Germany, France, Poland, and other countries. During the February 1848 revolution in France, the revolutionary wing of the Brussels Democratic Association came out in favor of rapid arming of the Belgian workers and developing the struggle for a democratic republic. However, after the Belgian authorities took reprisals against the more revolutionary elements of the association and after Marx was expelled from Brussels (Mar. 4, 1848), the moderate bourgeois republican wing, which was unable to lead an antimonarchist movement of the laboring masses in Belgium, became dominant in the Brussels Democratic Association. In 1849 the association factually ceased to exist.
Kandel', E. P. Marks i Engel's—organizatory Soiuza kommunistov. Moscow, 1953.
Mikhailov, M. I. Istoriia Soiuza kommunistov. Moscow, 1968.
Bertrand, L. Istoriia demokratii i sotsializma v Bel'gii s 1830 g, vol. 1. Moscow, 1907. (Translated from French.)
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- 1 comprehensive guide for experts – complete course about kiln chemistry
- 2 If You Want to Download the Complete Cement Kiln Chemistry and All Complete courses and Expert Books in Cement Industry, Kindly click here NOW
- 3 Introduction
- 4 Burnability
- 5 Variability
- 6 Preheating and Calcination
- 7 Sintering
- 8 Mineralisation
- 9 Alkali Cycles
- 10 Chloride Cycles
- 11 Sulphates
- 12 Combustion
- 13 If You Want to Download the Complete Cement Kiln Chemistry and All Complete courses and Expert Books in Cement Industry, Kindly click here NOW
- 14 If You Want to Download the Complete Cement Kiln Chemistry and All Complete courses and Expert Books in Cement Industry, Kindly click here NOW
comprehensive guide for experts – complete course about kiln chemistry
If You Want to Download the Complete Cement Kiln Chemistry and All Complete courses and Expert Books in Cement Industry, Kindly click here NOW
Cement kiln energy efficiency and productivity. Introduction
Welcome to the Cemnet, cement kiln chemistry course, where we will provide an exploration of all the chemistry related issues connected with the cement kiln process.
The course content is intended to be suitable for chemists, quality control personnel, process engineers and all technical staff employed by a cement manufacturing company and also the product development and technical sales staff of the suppliers of specialist products and services relating to all aspects of cement kiln operations.
The aim is to cover theory and first principles in depth, together with an emphasis on the relevance of the theory to the every-day issues and problems arising when operating a cement kiln.
The intention is for the course to be of practical use to the people operating cement factories on a day-to-day basis.
During the course we will try to provide answers to all the cement kiln process chemistry questions which have arisen during more than 30 years operation of cement kilns.
The course is divided into 3 modules:
Module 1 will focus on issues relating to the efficiency and productivity of cement kiln operation:
- Burnability and combinability of kiln feed and clinker.
- Combustion, calcination and combination.
- Fluxes, mineralisation and inhibition.
- Recirculation and cyclic processes.
These topics will be covered in 10 sessions (including this one) and will be published over the first 2 weeks of the course.
Module 2 will focus on issues relating to clinker product quality:
- Phase equilibria and relations.
- Clinker mineralogy.
- Crystal form and polymorph.
- Minor species and compounds.
These topics will again be covered in 10 sessions published over the middle two weeks of the course.
Module 3 will focus on issues relating to emissions to the environment and their mitigation:
- Acid gases, NOx and SOx.
- Heavy metals.
- Dioxins and furans.
- Plumes and hazes.
Module 3 will be published during the final 2 weeks of the 6 week course.
Each module will consider the issues presented by the latest trends in the cement manufacturing industry:
- Alternative fuels and raw materials.
- Blended cement production
- Tightening emissions regulation and emissions trading.
Efficient, modern cement kilns achieve thermal energy consumption of less than 3000 kJ/kg of clinker produced. Higher thermal energy consumption of a cement kiln almost inevitably leads to lower clinker productivity. With higher fuel consumption the volume of exhaust gases to be vented from the kiln rises. Thermal load on the refractories in the kiln increases. The quantity of fuel which must be delivered to the kiln, per unit of clinker production, rises. This link between thermal energy consumption and kiln productivity is the reason these topics are considered together in module 1 of the course.
These kilns are equipped with 5-stage preheaters, precalciners and direct aerated coolers.
Addition of a 6th preheater stage can reduce this thermal energy consumption to less than 2900 kJ/kg clinker, but this increases capital cost and the resistance to drawing the exhaust gases out of the kiln.
5 preheater stages is currently considered the optimum, unless special circumstances dictate more or less stages.
Wet raw materials may require more heat in the exhaust gases for
drying and therefore 4 or less preheater stages. Shortage of water
for exhaust gas conditioning in desert climates may dictate the inclusion of a 6th preheater stage.
Development of a mass and energy balance of these modern, efficient kilns, reveals that only 1735 kJ/kg clinker (415 kcal/kg) is consumed by the chemical reactions involved in the conversion of the kiln feed into clinker. The remainder of the thermal energy input to the kiln is lost from the system as latent heat in the clinker and dust, in the preheater and cooler exhaust gases, and as radiation and convection from the kiln shell.
Further research reveals that the energy consumed by the chemical reactions in the cement kiln can vary from 1630~1840 kJ/kg clinker (390~440
kcal/kg). Why is that? The reasons for this variation in the heat of conversion of cement raw mix to clinker, otherwise known as burnability, will be explored in the first sessions of this module.
The precalciners of these modern cement kilns operate at temperatures ranging from 855~915°C.
Why does the temperature stabilise? And why does the temperature vary from kiln to kiln and factory to factory?
Again the reasons for the performance of precalciners will be explored in the early sessions of the module.
The clinker combination temperature and burning zone of some cement kilns have to be much hotter than other kilns. Why is this? The litre weight of the clinker produced varies from time to time and kiln to kiln. The grindability of the clinker produced from the kilns also varies from time to time and kiln to kiln, along with the litre weight. Again the reasons are explored in the middle sessions of this module.
Some trace components of the feed and fuel to the kiln recirculate within the kiln concentrating in the hot meal exiting the preheater to the rotary kiln.
The mechanism of this alkali cycle is discussed, and the interactions between the gaseous, liquid and solid minerals in the hot meal.
Which intermediate compounds are formed during the conversion from kiln feed to clinker? And how do these impact on the efficiency and productivity of the kiln? … by dusting, ring and snowball formation?
How and why do snowmen form in coolers? And how to prevent their formation?
In module 1 the implications on the clinker quality and kiln emissions, of the chemical and physical changes taking place in the kiln will not be covered. These equally important considerations will be covered in modules 2 and 3 of the course. However, the linkages between kiln thermal energy efficiency, productivity, clinker quality and emissions will be highlighted.
The kiln operation needs to be optimised to minimise thermal energy consumption and emissions, while maximising clinker quality and kiln productivity. No easy task, and the reason to be following this course!
Cement Kiln Feed Burnability
In the introduction we saw that the energy consumed by the chemical reactions in the cement kiln can vary from 1630~1840 kJ/kg clinker (390~440 kcal/kg). Explanation of this variation in the "burnability" of the kiln feed is the subject of this session.
Must remember that this energy consumption is the aggregate energy consumption (and liberation) of a sequence of reactions. Evaporation of any residual water in the kiln feed, dehydration of clay minerals, CaCO3 calcination, clinker flux formation and final combination of CaO and C2S to form C3S.
The evaporation of any residual water, dehydration of clay minerals, CaCO3 calcination and clinker flux formation are all endothermic and consume large amounts of energy.
The final combination of the C3S significantly reduces the overall energy required for cement clinker formation.
The aggregate of these individual heats of reaction varies from 1630~1840 kJ/kg clinker.
Measuring the energy consumed or liberated by these individual reactions by calorimeter is difficult. A relative measure of the "burnability" of a kiln feed can be obtained in the laboratory by measuring the residual free CaO content after heating a compacted sample to 1400°C for 30 minutes.
Higher residual free CaO indicates a kiln feed with a lower "burnability", i.e. one that is more difficult to burn to complete combination of the lime with the acidic oxides SiO2, Al2O3 and Fe2O3. However, this does not provide a measure of the kJ/kg of energy which will be consumed in manufacturing clinker. Modelling the aggregate energy consumption based on the chemical and mineral composition of the kiln feed is a means to make this prediction.
The following formula for the assessment of the energy of clinker formation is based on the work of H. zur Strassen:
kJ/kg = 3200xCaO + 2710xMgO – 2140xSiO2 – 250xFe2O3 + Residual Energy
CaO and MgO increase the energy consumption of clinker manufacture, while SiO2 and Fe2O3 reduce the energy consumption (all based on the clinker oxide composition). I.e. increasing lime saturation increases thermal energy consumption. The


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a racing sled for one or two people; it is raced down a chute of packed snow or ice, and the occupant(s) lie down on it with feet in the direction of motion.
move along on a luge or toboggan
an ice sculpture that has been specifically crafted so that beverages can be run through or across it and served ice cold
a sled set on two separate runners of steel metal blades with a pod seat set on a bridge in between them
French word for sled or toboggan.
A sled specially designed and built for racing. It rides on runners called steels, attached to two kufens, which are connected by the bridges. The slider rides in a pod that's suspended from the bridges. (French for "sled.")
winter sport in which athletes sled feetfirst down an icy track
A luge is small oneor two-person sled on which one sleighs supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners or pulling straps attached to the sled's runners. Luge is also the name of the sport which involves racing with such sleds.


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The solvgrid program creates bulk (or receptor) and explicit (or ligand) desolvation grids using the occupancy desolvation method (Luty et. al., J. Comp. Chem, 1995; Verkhiver et. al., J. Mol. Recog., 1999). The occupancy desolvation method is phenomenonlogical in nature where desolvation energy can be described pairwise additively. The desolvation energy due to interaction between a ligand atom and receptor atom can be calculated as the solvent affinity of a ligand atom weighted by the volume of the solvent displaced from the receptor atom due to binding and vice versa. Thus,
 Edsol = Si øDES,EXPL(xi) + fi øDES,BULK(xi)
Where the mobile atom i, has a solvation affinity of Si and a fragmental volume of fi. The solvent affinity of the ligand atom is calculated as:
Where qi is the charge on the ligand atom i, and alpha and beta are constants set at alpha = 0.25 kcal/mol and beta = -0.005 kcal/mol. fi is the volume of ligand atom i, calculated from the amber radius of the ligand atom. For the receptor, these can be precalculated and stored on a grid. øDES,BULK(xi) and øDES,EXPL(xi) are interpolated from grids calculated using the solvgrid program during docking. It requires the calculation of two separate grids:
where j is a rigid receptor atom, and Sj and fj are the solvent affinity and the fragmental volume of the receptor atom respectively. Bulk and explicit desolvation grids are calculated from fj and Sj at grid points p, distance rjp from the receptor atom multiplied by gaussian weighting of the distance. The solvgrid program calculates these grids from the charge and the volume of the receptor atoms.
USAGE: solvgrid
This programs require that an INRDSL file be created in the working directory, which contains the parameters to control the program. The INRDSL parameters for solvgrid are detailed below:
 receptor.pdb ; receptor pdb file
 parameters/ prot.table.ambcrg.ambH ; charge parameter file
 parameters/ vdw.parms.amb.mindock ; VDW parameter file
 box.pdb ; box pdb file
 0.33 ; grid spacing in angstroms
 1 ; es type: distance-dependent dielectric; 2: constant dielectric
 4 ; es scale for ff scoring
 2.3 2.8 ; bumping distances for polar and non-polar receptor atoms
 output_prefix ; output grid prefix name
 sol_op ; method for calculating desolvation grid
 solE_recep; solvation free energy of receptor
 * OUTRDSL _TAG_ of input parameters; messages pertaining to calculation of the grids
 * OUTPARM _TAG_ pertaining to parameterization of receptor atoms; net charge on the receptor molecule including any ions or waters in the receptor pdb file
 * PDBPARM _TAG_ which parameters have been associated with each atom in the receptor pdb file
 * output_prefix.bmp _TAG_ grid
 * output_prefix.vdw _TAG_ values for receptor
 * _TAG_ values for receptor
 * output_prefix.dsl _TAG_ and explicit desolvation grid for receptor


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With the services that autonomous robots are to provide becoming more demanding, the states that the robots have to estimate become more complex. In this paper, we develop and analyze a probabilistic, vision-based state estimation method for individual autonomous robots. This method enables a team of mobile robots to estimate their joint positions in a known environment and track the positions of autonomously moving objects. The state estimators of different robots cooperate to increase the accuracy and reliability of the estimation process. This cooperation between the robots enables them to track temporarily occluded objects and to faster recover their position after they have lost track of it. The method is empirically validated based on experiments with a team of physical robots.


text: The enigmatic nawamis have been known since Edward H. Palmer's early explorations in the Sinai. During the years 1972 to 1982. Ofcr Bar-Yoscf, Avner Goren. and other Israeli scholars made intensive field investigations of these structures. It is generally agreed lhat these well-preserved stone-built structures were constructed during the 4thmillennium b.c.by indigenous pastoralists and used as tombs at the end of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I A. The nawamis generally have the same rounded plan 3 to 6 m in diameter and approximately 2 m in height. They are usually double walled and built of local stone, either sandstone slabs, granitic, or metamorphic boulders. A wide range of burial offerings was found in the nawamis. These include beads (mostly dentalium, connus, carnelian, faience, bone, and ostrich eggshell), mother-of-pearl pendants, lambis-shcll bracelets, transverse arrowheads, tabular scrapers, and some copper points, Bar-Yoscf suggested that the nawamis were used as graves for family units. Both primary and secondary burials were found in the numerous fully excavated nawamis.


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Visual novels
Visual Novels are rather static games that do not feature a lot of gameplay, they are completely story-driven experience. Visual Novels focus on static graphics, sound and text that keeps moving and developing as you make choices that will affect the narrative. There are several ending options for most Visual Novels and you can reach each of them by altering the storyline once you are required to make a choice in the game. Your choices can do both lead you through the story in different plots or make you face the bad ending and you will have to replay. Visual Novels originated in Japan and most of the examples of them are anime-like.
As there are many different options and a lot of scenarios the novel can take once you start making choices, the games are likely to be huge (in terms of possibilities). The game takes the direction you choose. What will you do? It's up to you only.
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The purpose of this report is to provide educators working within primary, secondary, further and higher education with a guide to how learner voice is currently being used to shape policy and practice in education. Case studies have been chosen to illustrate the potential impact learner voice can make across the UK's education sectors. Although the case studies provided are from different sectors – we would encourage readers to explore the methods and activities used in each, as these may offer new perspectives that you may wish to consider in your own context. In addition, the report discusses how digital technology may be used to advance learner voice initiatives by enabling greater learner-driven practice, as well as engaging all learners, particularly those who are typically under-represented.
The main aims of this report are:
- To summarise the evidence from research, policy and practice for the promotion of learner voice engagement across the primary, secondary, further (FE) and higher (HE) sectors of education.
- To highlight current learner voice practice and the need to enhance the process.
- To outline the potential role of digital technologies to empower all learners to have their say.
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On 1 February 2019 Leicester City Council declared a Climate Emergency. In its declaration, the council committed to developing a new action plan to address the emergency through our own services and projects. We also want to inspire schools to join us and take action too.
The city council took the decision to declare a Climate Emergency for several reasons:
- We believe that climate change poses a very great threat to the well-being of present and future residents of the city, and to Leicester's future success and prosperity.
- Cities including our own have been estimated to be responsible for about 70% of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions. We believe that the council and the rest of the city has a responsibility to play our part in tackling the challenge.
- Leicester has a lot to gain from acting decisively now, rather than waiting for other cities and other countries to act first. For example, many of the clean technologies required will make the city a healthier place to live. By adopting them as soon as we can, we think this could help our economy get a head-start in the new emerging low-carbon economic sectors, and the jobs being created in them.
- This could be the last opportunity to put the world on the right path in a planned and manageable way, rather than in a chaotic way which risks causing negative impacts – particularly on the more vulnerable members of society. We think Leicester should plan for change now, not wait for outside events to force change upon us.
You can carry out a climate emergency consultation in your classroom:
- Download the instruction guide and PowerPoint presentation below.
- Read the instructions and select which topics you might like to discuss. We recommend one or two.
- Download the relevant activity pack below (background and explanation documents are also provided).
- Carry out the activities.
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What Needs To Be Included In An Incident Report?
What is considered an incident report?
What are five pieces of information that should be recorded in an accident incident form?
The incident report for an accident or injury such as a fall should include the following information:Circumstances of the incident.Date, time, and location of fall, and during which shift and on what unit the fall occurred.Witnesses', staff members', and resident's accounts of the incident.More items…•
When should an accident book be filled in?
You don't need an accident book until you've reached 10 employees in the business. In an office with 10 or more people, it is required by law to have a work accident book in the building. Any information recorded in the book should be held onto, in a safe place by the business, for at least three years.
Who is responsible for filling out an accident book?
The accident book can be filled out by anyone, but it should be checked by the qualified first aider in your workplace. It's more important that the details written in the accident book are accurate, rather than who fills it out. Ideally, someone with first-hand involvement in the accident would write the record.
Do you need an accident book by law?
Confidential Concerns. It's possible that your incident report could be used in court at some point, so avoid including confidential details that should not be made public. These may include the personal health history of someone involved.
What information should be recorded in an accident book?
Details of accidents that must be recorded include: The date and time on which it occurred. The person who was injured. Any witnesses.
What is an example of an incident?
The definition of an incident is something that happens, possibly as a result of something else. An example of incident is seeing a butterfly while taking a walk. An example of incident is someone going to jail after being arrested for shoplifting. A particular occurrence, especially one of minor importance.
How do you document an incident?
How To Document An Incident Efficiently and EffectivelyAlways date the document (even an email, headings can be removed). … State the specific date, day, time, and location of the incident.In addition to stating your presence and the presence of the person(s) involved directly in the event, state the names of any and all witnesses to the incident.More items…
What are the four steps in the incident investigation process?
4-Steps to Manage Incident (Accident) Investigations Preserve and document the scene. Collect Data. Determine root causes. Implement corrective actions.


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Musicians Boycott North Carolina Over Bathroom Law
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
 - celebrity: a famous person
 - boycott: to refuse to attend, use, or buy as a form of protest
 - high-profile: well-known, powerful
 - controversial: causing a lot of debate
 - correspond: to match
 - LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
 - violate: to not respect a rule, law, or space
 - NBA: National Basketball Association (US)
Celebrities Boycott North Carolina Over Bathroom Law
Several high-profile, including Bruce Springsteen, Demi Lovato, and Pearl Jam have canceled concerts in North Carolina recently to protest the state's controversial new bathroom. The new state law (HB2) bans individuals from using public that do not correspond to their birth gender. Some companies and organizations, including PayPal and the NBA, have also taken to show support for the LGBT community. Earlier this month, the US Department of Justice filed a suit against the state, saying that the bill violates.
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 1. What did Bruce Springsteen recently do and why?
 2. Why does the report mention PayPal?
 3. What did the US Department of Justice do?
Discussion Questions: Do you agree with singer Elton John who called North Carolina's bathroom bill "discriminatory" and "dangerous"? Why or why not?
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SEMANTICS: a technical term for meaning, used in opposition to the notion extension. The extension of an expression is the class of objects to which that expression refers, the intension is the abstract concept or property which determines the applicability of the expression and hence the extension. In intensional logic and Montague Grammar the intension of an expression is a function which gives the extension in every possible world.
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Why Bitcoin Acceptance Should Be A Litmus Test Of Liberty Proponents
Dear Michael,
Please read this below, and really, really consider accepting Bitcoin for donations.
Whether an individual, merchant or organization is a true proponent of liberty should largely be measured by whether they accept bitcoins for payment or donations. After all, actions are much louder than words; particularly actions that are tied to money and currency.
By accepting bitcoins merchants protect their customers from potential identity theft or political persecution from purchasing liberty orientated products and services. Failure to accept bitcoins casts aspersions on their sincerity towards the fight for liberty because it leaves open the possibility of them being a honeypot.
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Source: Trace Mayer, howtovanish.com
Failure to accept bitcoins for purchases or donations makes one either ignorantly, lazily or complicity a servant of the surveillance police state and tyranny and therefore accepting bitcoins makes an excellent litmus test for whether an individual or institution is a true liberty proponent.
A honeypot is a trap set to detect, deflect, or in some manner counteract attempts at unauthorized use of information systems. Generally it consists of a computer, data, or a network site that appears to be part of a network, but is actually isolated and monitored, and which seems to contain information or a resource of value to attackers. Honeypots are often used as bait to catch spammers and other malcontents nefariously using computing resources.
In the fight for liberty, an individual may become a honeypot either ignorantly or complicity. For example, suppose they sell a product or accept donations and use credit cards for payments. The transaction is stored, archived, databased and searchable forever with or without the consent of the merchant or consumer/donee.
Let us assume some malcontent wants to know who all the serious liberty supporters are so they can round them up and throw them in cages to later be exterminated. What would be the easiest way to identify and find them? Easy, query the transactional databases for how much money has been directed towards individuals or organizations that promote the ideas of liberties and sort by individual total.
Have you ever ordered The Law from Amazon, taken a Mises Institute course, bought Jim Willie's newletter, bought gold or silver from GoldSilver or GoldMoney, subscribed to Doug Casey's investing column, made a donation to LewRockwell.com, participated in Tom Wood's Liberty Classroom, bought Gerald Celente's Trend Research, bought from Alex Jones' various products, donated to Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty, donated to Stefan Molyneux, subscribed to the incredibly insightful Robert Wenzel of Economic Policy Journal, subscribed to The Dollar Vigilante Jeff Berwick, consulted with privacy advocate Mark Nestmann, donated to GATA, joined The Sovereign Society, been considering purchasing the highly anticipated Silent Circle by PGP creator and Internet Hall of Fame Inductee Phil Zimmermann, used the VPN CryptoHippie, donated to AntiWar and countless others.
Well, perhaps you can send them this article in an attempt to persuade them to protect their customers and accept bitcoins.
Well, all of these liberty supporters currently do not accept bitcoin payments and could be or may become honeypots. Do you purchase or want to purchase their goods or services but do not want to be trapped by a honeypot?
Want to know one group that is serious about liberty and shows it in their actions by accepting bitcoins? Libertopia 2012 where I will be speaking along with others like Doug Casey, Stefan Molyneux, Jeff Berwick and many others.
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Thanks Michael for at least trying this Bitcoin "thing"!!!
Congratulations on your fundraising drive! And thanks to all those who donated.
And for all the people who think bitcoin is "not anonymous" can you please tell me how much I donated!?! :)
Okay, I will answer for you... YOU CAN'T!
"Can I please donate to your organization?"
"No... we don't accept that form of payment."
Need I say more to drive the point home?
Donate to me in whatever form of payment you'd like... except perhaps cow dung and sea shells (Which have actually been mediums of exchange in the past/present depending on the culture/age).
When a competitor offers the same thing or better at a lower price the force of many individual decisions of many individual people, each having names, each trying to reduce their own costs, without sacrificing quality, are inspired to choose the lower price, which is a lower cost to all those people making all those choices.
That is the supposed Free Market, and the Free Market is just a term, not the actual people and not the actual decisions being made by all those people making all those decisions.
How much does it cost for anyone currently using Legal Fraud Money to stop using it?
The topic starter asks, in so many words, will is cost less to use something else instead?
If you do not "get it", then you may be one of two possible types of people, and there are as many types of people as there are numbers of grain in the sands on all the beaches on earth, but these two types of people are general characteristics shared by many of those people who belong in these groups because of those thoughts and actions that they share with each other as follows:
Group 1.
They prefer Fraud Money because they are Frauds and they make their living perpetrating Fraud upon the many victims.
Group 2.
The victims
So if you don't "get it", then go ahead and confess that you don't "get it", and when asked why, as you confess your state of thinking on this forum, in your own words, why do you shoot down the message, why do you shoot down the messenger? when asked why, confess even more if that is what you must do, and meanwhile this experiment in competitive Legal Currency, a choice, may grow, and if it does grow, and if it does challenge the Legal Frauds, then chances are those who are in Group 1 won't be using only words to shoot the message or the messengers, since these types of Free Money Market choices cannot be allowed to exist while Legal Fraud Money exists.
Check your wallet.
Check your "savings" accounts.
Check your "Retirement Accounts.
Check any investments of any kind that are denominated in the Single Legal Fraud Money produced by the Single Legal Group of Frauds at The Federal Reserve, those criminals who produce Federal Reserve Notes, and other fraudulent products, which you have bought, and which many have bet the farm on, and see what happens as those Frauds continue to enforce this:
That is THE FRN denominated account.
Fraud is precise in how well it moves POWER from those who produce POWER to those who steal it.
So, naturally, those who steal it HATE COMPETITION.
Confess all you who are frauds, please, since knowing better is by definition better than being victims - perpetually - and passing that condition onto the next generation.
If the Liberty Dollar failed.
If E-Gold failed.
Their failure may help in understanding how to make a better money that does not fail to provide the demand for it without having the "quality" of moving POWER from those who produce POWER to those who steal it.
Who is threatened by money competition and why?
Are there really people who claim that Their Money has to be used by Everyone or else?
I think it may be a good idea to know the facts on this question.
Section 4.
Those who share the desire for a Legal Money Monopoly POWER are those who plan on taking more power with the power they steal.
They can steal all the POWER they can, so long as their victims fail to know better.
Henry Ford
Someone commenting on this forum, discrediting a credible competitor in money markets, works for the Monopoly Fraud Bankers.
Pro bono, or for a price, knowingly, or unknowingly, they work FOR the Monopoly Fraud Bankers if they discredit, injuring, by resort to deceit, a credible money market competitor.
Joe,You hit the nail right on it's HEAD!
I totally agree with you, and seeing that this post now has -15 votes makes me really curious about all the FRAUD peddlers here!
You are right, all this post tries to do is to offer an option for people to choose. The article is trying to make a VERY HARD point, and all the opponents to this "litmus test" are quick to knock a strawman of Bitcoin, and even worse, completely FALSE, not even a "strawman", argument, and suggest that people somehow use their gold/silver stash to do what this article suggest: use a new system for supporting/donating/paying online, liberty proponents.
...i can hardly wait to see all the unfortunate negative voting for your and my comments... C'est la vie
I can help with that curiosity.
You spoke of litmus tests. I do the same thing. I can smell a rat with my litmus tests, and this is a very valuable skill.
This is the skill required to accurately distinguish, or discriminate, friend from foe.
Look here:
What constitutes the full measure of that which is censored?
I have a competitive perspective on the subject of political economy, as you may have already measured, doing so accurately if that is in your power to do.
My effort, as poor as it may have been, to offer my viewpoint is met with negative 14 votes.
Your effort is met with negative 15 votes.
What does your perspective challenge competitively and


text: Pharmaceutical tablets are formed by compressing powder in a die by metal punches until a compact is formed. The term 'Sticking' refers to a phenomenon that results in the adherence of material onto the punch faces and die wall even after the metal has left contact with the tablet. I am interested in getting opinions and recommendations from this scientific community on what you think is causing 'Sticking' and how to test or study the fundamental mechanisms by which this occurs. A brief introduction into this problem is appended below if you wish to know more on this. A brief introduction on 'Sticking' One of the most common oral solid dosage forms is the tablet, like TUMS® or TYLENOL®. Tablets are formed by compressing powder in a die by metal punches until a compact is formed. It sounds easy, but tablet compaction is often met with all kinds of issues that result in the formation of tablet defects. For example: air entrapment in the compacting powder, improper filling of the die, inhomogeneity of the density distribution in the compact, various kinds of breakage of the tablet after its been compacted and/or ejected, etc. One of the type of tablet defects that I study is called 'Sticking'. The term 'Sticking' refers to a phenomenon that results in the adherence of material onto the punch faces and die wall even after the metal has left contact with the tablet. Meaning, pieces of the tablet remain stuck on the punch face as the punch retracts off the tablet surface after it is compacted. This issue produces tablets with defective surfaces and ends up costing lots of time, money and delays to supplying medicines to patients. Typically, the powder that is compacted into a tablet consists of at least three main components: the active drug crystals (like acetaminophen in TYLENOL®), a very small quantity of solid lubricant (like magnesium stearate to improve the flow properties of the powder) and a filler material (like microcrystalline cellulose). To give you an idea, the composition of the powder may be 20:79:1 drug:filler:lubricant. Sticking is often a very gradual process. Meaning, you may see that the punch tip appears clean even after making 100 tablets but then it slowly forms a very faint powdery deposit after making ~500 tablets which will continue to accumulate and eventually become a clearly visible film. Typically, the adhered material is almost entirely composed of the drug. There are several factors known and/or hypothesized to play a role in the phenomenon of 'Sticking'. Some of these include: particle size, morphology, melt temperature of drug, crystal fragmentation, interaction energies between crystal facets and metal surface, triboelectric charging, crystalline to amorphous transformation upon deformation, moisture, punch surface roughness… and the list goes on. For this reason, 'Sticking' is known to be a complex multi-faceted issue that can be caused by various factors contributing at once. To date, there is no concrete understanding of 'Sticking' and how to mitigate this issue. In fact, many of the solutions are sort of shoot-in-the-dark not-so-scientific approaches which may work for one kind of drug and not for another. I am interested in getting opinions and recommendations from this scientific community on what you think is causing 'Sticking' and how to test or study the fundamental mechanisms by which this occurs. I would also love to get feedback from folks with different academic and industrial backgrounds than mine to help sort of think-outside-the-box.


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Corals generally need high maintenance to survive. However, plate corals require low maintenance compared to all the others.
If our plate corals are looking ill, we need to find out what's causing them to look like that. Finding the main cause is the actual challenge here.
How can you save your plate corals from dying?
There are 4 major issues that we need to keep in check if our plate corals start looking ill. They are water parameters, lighting, water quality, and pests.
Suppose these factors aren't in alignment with the corals' environment. Your plate corals could die.
You must be intrigued to know how to keep these 4 factors in check. Then, read along!
Consider the Type Of Plate Corals
Before we dive right into investigating the possible cause, let me tell you something!
Plate corals themselves have lots of varieties. Among such variations, the most generalized ones are the long and short tentacled ones.
Long tentacled ones tend to be more sensitive than short ones. They are also difficult to revive once they start getting adverse.
And, it's unlikely that they'll sprout offspring from their skeleton after they're dead.
Now, let's dig into why our plate corals are not doing so well.
4 Important Factors That Can Stop Plate Corals Dying
Plate corals comparatively require low maintenance. But there are certain ways you can take care of them routinely. This "routined care" will help prevent misfortunate situations.
Plate corals, also known as fungia are pretty sensitive to 4 factors in the aquarium. The factors in order of importance are water parameters, lighting, water quality, and pests.
What to do if we see our fungia shedding some tissues?
We should immediately check these factors. They fluctuate a lot. Once the factors are set within their respective correct range, leave the fungia. We can expect them to revive completely with time.
But what if the coral eventually dies? Don't take it out of the tank. Here's why:
The skeletons sometimes sprout to give their offspring. So we better give the skeleton a chance to leave its babies.
Now, without further adieu, let's dive into the main topic!
Factor 1 of 4: Water Parameters
The most important factor is salinity. If the salinity is off, pretty much all other factors are off. 1.023-1.025 is the best level of salinity.
The next important parameter to check is alkalinity. We must reduce the alkalinity or increase it when needed. Try to keep it within 9-11. There are many kits available to check for alkalinity.
You can also use them to set the alkalinity right.
Next, check the magnesium level. 1350-1400ppm works great for most aquariums.
Get a test kit to check the level. Add supplementary magnesium if it goes too below the minimum range.
However, magnesium levels naturally return to normal if it remains within 2000ppm. So, we don't need to worry much about the high level of it.
If it exceeds the 2000ppm mark, we need to look for ways to lower the magnesium level.
Lastly, we need to check the calcium level in the water. It should be within 395-415. Choose only from the best calcium kits to get the best result.
Accumulate the result for the last 3 factors. Then check the BRS calculator to determine the right level they should be kept in our tank. Then we can set them right accordingly with supplements.
Factor 2 of 4: Lighting
Too much light can be bad for plate corals. It can cause them to stress quickly, leading to their death within a few days.
On the other hand, too little light can gradually push them toward fatality. Within a few weeks, they would start to look ill. And within a few months, they'd be dead.
Plate corals turn brown, and their tentacles seem to reach upwards or towards the light source if it is not enough.
They tend to shrink and lose their tissues when they get too much light.
How can we fix this?
We should get a PAR meter that would help us handle the lighting with more accuracy. Hence, we should only get the best t5 bulbs to ensure a healthy life for corals.
We also need to change the placement of the coral. We could place it closer or farther depending on its needs.
Either way, it must be placed at the bottom of the tank. Make sure to leave it that way and not move it again.
Factor 3 of 4: Water Quality
Water quality may deteriorate due to low maintenance or the unintentional addition of contaminants.
These may come from lotions, soaps or oils, or any such residues in our hands. It can also come from aerosols or other such chemicals near the tank.
These things can mess up the pH level of the water.
But how do we identify our water's quality?
We need to look at the nitrate and phosphate levels using relevant test kits. There are many good phosphate test kits on the market.
However, you might want to think before getting a nitrate one.
If the water quality isn't up to par, change out the carbon filter. Our advice is to use a power filter this time. Wait for a day or two to see if things improve.
If things don't improve, get rid of the fancy mediums. Replace them with old-fashioned water changers. Get those water pollutants out ASAP.
Do 30-40% water changes at a few days' intervals and turn over most of the water in the tank.
Increase the percentage of water changes to 50-90% if things seem to deteriorate way too rapidly.
Factor 4 of 4: Pest or Fungal Infections
Even if fixing the water quality solves the problem we should do this step.
For that, we need to check for pests or other unwanted elements. This can be done by dipping the coral in iodine-based dips.
Next, we must look closely at the excretion (if any) from the fungia in the dip. If you find any, then you just saved your coral's life!
Question: Are plate corals hard to keep?
Answer: Plate corals require the least maintenance out of all corals—especially the short tentacled ones.
However, they must be handled regularly with proper care to prevent plate coral from dying.
Question: Do plate corals move?
Answer: Yes, they can move around or flip themselves upside down. If this happens, then you better get them out. This can cause the plate coral to die with time.
Question: Where do I put my coral plate?
Answer: Fungia's most suitable place inside a reef tank is at the bottom of it. Place them on an even grounded sand at the proper distance from other corals.
Check from time to time that it gets adequate light. Also, check that it doesn't bury itself in the sand. These would prevent the plate coral from dying.
Are you enlightened enough by this article? Then you better hurry and save your Fungia.
Don't lose hope too soon. Fungia often comes back to life after they seem dead.


Primary-level intervention to check exploitation of resources
The government has empowered panchayat-level Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) to keep tabs on the state of the environment at the local level and report violations of environmental laws and regulations.
A Government Order issued by the Principal Secretary, Environment, has handed down a fresh mandate to the BMCs to alert officials in the department to environmentally disruptive activities. The order translates into a grassroots-level intervention to ensure speedy action against unregulated exploitation of natural resources and arrest the depletion of biodiversity.
Citing the recommendations of the Assembly committee on environment, the order proposes that the BMCs be given the responsibility to act as 'Environment Protection Groups.' The committees have been directed to inform the authorities about violations of environmental laws and any activity that could result in ecological degradation, create a public health hazard, or pose a threat to human life. These include unauthorised sand-mining and illegal operation of quarries and development projects. The BMCs will also have to take the leadership to organise health and sanitation programmes. The order instructs the BMCs to restore, protect, and ensure the sustainable utilisation of water resources at the panchayat level. BMCs have been tasked with organising awareness programmes.
They have also been given the mandate to constantly monitor the state of the environment and alert the authorities and recommend conservation activities for inclusion in the panchayats' annual Plan. The district-level Technical Support Group constituted by the Kerala State Biodiversity Board will extend support to the BMCs to keep tabs on the environment. The order directs the government officials concerned at the local level to initiate timely action on the recommendations of BMCs.


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Nuchal Edema (Thickened Nape) and/or Cystic Hygroma
What is this and what is its significance?
This is edema of the fetus's neck caused by an accumulation of fluid, usually lymph. Usually lymphatic fluid collects at this site and is absorbed into the bloodstream. However, a delay in the development of the system that drains the fluid into the blood can result in an accumulation of superfluous fluid known as edema - this usually resolves with the completion of the development of the lymph drainage system. In cases of very marked edema, it resolves only at a later stage, and may leave a surplus of skin in the fetus's nape. In extreme cases, this surplus skin can be seen at birth by a pediatrician (parents will not notice it because it is not a very prominent sign).
The edema is significant if it covers the back and sides of the neck with more than 3 mm thickness up to week 14 of gestation, and more than 4 - 5 mm later. A thickening of the nape without edema of more than 5 or 6 mm between the 14th and 16th week of gestation is considered to be abnormal.
In some cases this is a transient finding without clinical significance, but in most cases it indicates a significant risk for a fetal disorder. The more marked the edema (or the thicker the nape), the greater the risk for the fetus. The edema itself does not have clinical significance, but it constitutes an indication for an increased risk of fetal problems.
The common causes of nuchal edema are:
 1. A chromosome disorder in the fetus. Many studies have reported a significant correlation between nuchal edema and chromosome disorders, especially Turner syndrome and Down syndrome. Different reports quote risks of 18% if the edema is an isolated finding and 33% if there are additional defects.
 2. Heart defects. In a significant percentage of cases in which there is significant edema, heart defects are diagnosed in fetal echocardiography.
 3. The onset of diffuse fetal edema (hydrops).
 4. Intrauterine infection by a virus or other pathogen. Common viruses such as CMV may cause cervical edema as part of the general picture of infection in the fetus.
Once these conditions have been ruled out, the risk for the presence of other defects and syndromes depends on the severity (the excess over 3 mm) of the edema/thickening. Usually, even when there is a significant degree of edema (see cystic hygroma below), the additional risk is only 3% - 4% higher than the regular risk.
If the edema is of moderate or severe degree, there is an increased risk of other defects or syndromes that cannot all be detected in additional tests. These include very short stature and many other conditions. In the case of translucency/edema in excess of 6 mm, the risk that a syndrome or other defects may be detected later is especially high, even in the absence of a chromosome disorder.
What should be done if this is diagnosed?
Genetic counseling should be offered so that the parents can receive a thorough explanation of its significance and to discuss whether further monitoring and investigation, particularly amniocentesis, is necessary. Counseling is especially important in the presence of additional defects. In such cases it is also important to refer the family for multidisciplinary counseling after ruling out other problems such as chromosome disorders, additional defects and maternal infection. This is because there is still a risk that the fetus might have a genetic syndrome even if the results of all the tests are normal.
Echocardiography should be performed between the 22nd and the 24th week of gestation. This can detect severe defects at a relatively high level of confidence.
A 3rd level ultrasound scan, directed mainly at the heart and nape, should be performed between the 15th and the 16th week and again between the 22nd and the 24th week of gestation. This is in order to look for additional defects and diffuse fetal edema.
The mother's blood should be tested for antibodies against common pathogens that may infect and damage the fetus (TORCH organisms), and also for a virus associated with fetal edema called Parvo-virus. If antibodies are found and the level and type raise concern that there has been a maternal infection, tests should be carried out to identify the virus/bacterium in the amniotic fluid.
What is cystic hygroma?
In more severe cases there may be a significant pooling of fluid in the nape, forming a cyst of lymphatic fluid known as a cystic hygroma. There are two types of cysts with differing clinical significance with regard to severity. One is known as a septated cystic hygroma, and the other is a non-septated cystic hygroma. In the former, the cysts are more structured and prominent, and the risk for chromosome disorders is much higher than it is in the non-septated type. Various studies have reported the presence of chromosome disorders in 50% - 90% of affected fetuses. The wide range is because of unclear definitions of the type of cyst and a lack of separation between cases identified in the first and second trimesters of gestation. When a cyst is identified in the first trimester of pregnancy, the most common chromosome disorder is Turner syndrome (45, XO). In the second trimester such chromosome disorders as Down syndrome and trisomy 18 etc. are more common.
It is important to note that even in cases where the cyst is reabsorbed, a chromosome disorder in the fetus cannot be ruled out because in most cases where a fetus has Down syndrome there are small cysts in the neck, which spontaneously disappear between the 15th and the 16th week of gestation.
In addition to chromosome disorders it is important to look for all the above-mentioned conditions including fetal heart defects and the onset of diffuse edema in the fetus.
As already mentioned, there is an increased risk for fetal defects and genetic syndromes even if the results of all the tests, including amniocentesis, are normal. In typical cystic hygroma, the risk remaining after completing all the tests, even when all the results are normal, is 15% - 30% for syndromes involving developmental delay.
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Asset Distance and Search Radius
For each polygon geofence that covers the asset position or is close to it, the Geofencing Extension API returns the geofence geometry together with the asset's distance to this geometry.
- The asset is outside of the geofence – the distance is the straight line to the closest border of the geofence. This is always the case for line and point geofences.
- The asset is inside the geofence – the distance is the straight line to the closest border of the polygon, with a negative sign.
- The asset is outside of the search radius – the geofence is not listed in the response.
- The asset is inside the polygon but further away from the border of the search radius – a special value indicating "far inside" is returned.
In your application, you can use the asset distance to generate events with different severity levels based on specific distance thresholds. You can also suppress superfluous events if the asset is moving along the geofence border, such as, entering or leaving the geofence frequently without a significant change in the asset distance.
- within the polygon 250m from the closest border
- within the polygon more than 20km from the closest border
- outside the geofence 333m from the closest border
- outside the geofence more than 20km from the closest border (this value applies to all non-listed geofences, when the asset is outside of the search radius)
Events such as entering, leaving, flickering along the border of the geofence, or re-entering the geofence do not receive an explicit response; only the asset distances. The same applies to a sequence of events, such as the asset entering the geofence for the third time or leaving for the second time on the same day.


Can You Sue For Future Medical Bills?
If you have been involved in a personal injury, you are not alone. So many people have been in your shoes, and many people worry that they don't have legal recourse for future medical bills. While you may be able to address medical bills you've already incurred, what can you do in the future?
This is what you need to know about future medical bills.
What Kinds of Cases Involve Future Medical Bills?
There are several types of cases that may involve medical bills you can expect in the future. You can pursue future medical bills for all types of personal injury cases, including falls, auto accidents, product liability, medical malpractice, and more.
Why Might You Have Additional Medical Bills?
When you go to court, you may be in a position where you know that you will need to pay additional medical bills in the future. For instance, you may have decided to pursue a personal injury case while you still have ongoing medical treatment, or perhaps you anticipate that your medical treatment will be ongoing for the rest of your life.
These future medical bills might include anything from medical bills for diagnostic tools and treatment to rehabilitation after surgery. This might also include additional tools you might need, including changes you might have to make to your house to accommodate your changing needs as treatment progresses.
How Can You Prove Future Medical Bills?
So, how can you demonstrate what your future medical bills will look like? This can be a difficult task, and it may require statements from expert witnesses, including those who work in the medical field.
For instance, an expert witness may reveal that you will have to have additional surgeries in the future. This means that you may be able to recover compensation for these additional surgeries and rehabilitation that are likely to occur in the future.
Consult With a Personal Injury Lawyer
Because proving your future medical bills is more difficult if you have future bills, you will find that hiring a personal injury attorney is your best way to move forward with a strong case. Your attorney will help you place value on your case.
A personal injury lawyer will help you determine if you have a case to address future medical bills. They will represent you in court and ensure that you have everything you need to build a strong personal injury case. Contact someone like the Law Office of Robert Karwin.


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Open SQL Server Management Studio as different windows user 1
Have you ever required to open SQL Server Management Studio Application (SSMS instance) as different windows user from your local machine? Sometimes we require to "Run SSMS instance as different Windows user" another machine which is not available physically to us. In such type of scenarios we can open our local SSMS instance as different windows user at our local machine. In this article we are going to learn how we can open SSMS instance as different windows user. If you are still not required this till now, may be sometime in future you will be required to do the same.
Now to accomplish this task i.e. to open SSMS as a different windows user, we have below approaches;
 1. Using Run as different user option in windows explorer
 2. Using runas command in command prompt
 3. Using runas command with ".bat" file
We will cover all the above techniques below.
1. Using
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Deterministic and non-deterministic functions in SQL Server 6
In this topic "Deterministic and non-deterministic functions", we are going to discuss the deterministic and non-deterministic functions in sql server. Lets start with "what is a deterministic function in sql server?". It's a common interview question also. I will elaborate the definition of deterministic as well as non-deterministic functions and also provide some good examples. So after reading this article you will be able to distinguish deterministic and non-deterministic functions.
Deterministic Functions
The functions which always return same output when they called with a particular set of input values in the same state of the database are known as deterministic functions.
SELECT ISNULL('ABCDEF', '1')
Above t-sql code will always return the output as 'ABCDEF' and thus ISNULL is a deterministic function. Below is the list of some other deterministic functions.
ISNULL, ISNUMERIC, DATEDIFF, POWER, CEILING, FLOOR, DATEADD, DAY, MONTH, YEAR, SQUARE, SQRT etc.
Non-deterministic Functions
The functions which may return … More
Finding dependencies of a table in sql server
Many a times we face the problem of finding the foreign key relationships, triggers and stored procedures that are referring to a particular table. The below query will help you in identifying the following things:
 1. Find the entire hierarchy of all the parent tables and the corresponding parent table column names and their respective child(s).
 2. Find the entire hierarchy of all the child tables and the corresponding child table column names and their respective parent(s).
 3. The name of the triggers the table is referring to.
 4. The name of the stored proc which uses the table.
Let me elaborate this with the help of an example to have better understanding.
Let's say I have created 3 tables as follows:
CREATE TABLE parent
(
parent_col1 int primary key,
parent_col2 int
)
GO
CREATE TABLE Child1
(
Child1_col1 int primary key,
Child1_col2 int Foreign key references parent(parent_col1)
)
GO
CREATE TABLE Child2
(
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Tracing deadlock with Extended events
In last two articles, we have learned how to capture deadlock using SQL Server Profiler and Tracing deadlock with Trace Flag 1222 and Trace Flag 1204. Now in this post we are going to learn a very useful method of tracing deadlock with Extended Events. These events are less resource intensive and light weight in comparison of SQL Server Profiler. We use these events to capture interested information to be analyzed now or later from heavy load servers (Like production server).
If we don't have any clue about deadlock being occurred in midnight at our production server and because of heavy load on server, we can not use SQL Server Profiler their. Extended events are very useful because of very few resource utilization. We can create a session and start it to capture only those events in which we are interested. Extended events are very useful in such types … More
Tracing deadlock with Trace Flag 1222 and Trace Flag 1204
In previous article, we have already learned that how we can trace a deadlock situation with SQL Server Profiler. In case you don't read, click here. And to understand locking, blocking and deadlocking in sql server, click here. In this post we will learn how we can use "trace flag 1204 and trace flag 1222" to trace a deadlock.
In this article we are going to learn how we can trace SQL Server deadlock and extract the deadlock information from captured data. We will use DBCC TRACEON command, Trace Flag 1204 and Trace Flag 1222 to capture the details.
What is DBCC (Database Console Commands)?
DBCC statements act as Database Console Commands for SQL Server. We can run it using TSQL programming language. It provides commands related to various categories like Maintenance, Miscellaneous, Informational and Validation.
Deadlock
As we know that Deadlock in SQL Server is a situation … More
Tracing deadlock with sql profiler 3
Hi folks, In this article "Trace deadlock sql profiler", we are going to learn, how we can capture a deadlock in a graphical form in sql server using an inbuilt tool of sql server named "SQL Server Profiler".
First of all note that, don't try to reproduce this sample deadlock and start SQL Server Profiler trace on your production server unless you are well versed of Profiler and event tracing. I recommend to do all these stuffs on you local machine to learn capturing deadlocks using SQL Server Profiler.
We are going to cover below points in this article;
 1. What is a deadlock?
 2. How to create a demo purpose deadlock?
 3. Using SQL Server Profiler to capture deadlock details and graphs.
 4. Understanding the deadlock important events in sql server profiler.
What is a deadlock?
A short note on deadlock:
Deadlock occurs when two sessions are waiting for a lock to clear … More
Get total number of rows for all tables
How to get total number of rows for all the tables in a particular database? In this post we are going to learn how we can get "total number of rows for all tables" in a database.
We will use the inbuilt system views of SQL Server to generate this list. Sometimes we need to pick some high record containing tables for some demo or any other purpose.
To get the desired output, first select the database for which you want to extract the list of tables with total number of rows as below;
USE AdventureWorks2012
GO

Now use the below query and have a look on its output;
SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(ST.schema_id) + '.' + ST.Name AS TableName, MAX(SP.rows) AS TotalRows
FROM SYS.Tables ST
INNER JOIN SYS.partitions SP on SP.object_id = ST.object_id
GROUP BY SCHEMA_NAME(ST.schema_id) + '.' + ST.Name
ORDER BY TotalRows DESC
OR
SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(ST.schema_id) + '.' + ST.Name
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SET XACT_ABORT in SQL Server 2
What is SET XACT_ABORT in SQL Server?
In this post "SET XACT_ABORT in SQL Server", we will discuss about the XACT_ABORT command. SET XACT_ABORT controls the atomicity of any user defined transaction. By default SET XACT_ABORT is OFF. It specifies whether SQL Server automatically rollback and abort a transaction if any error occurred in any statement of the transaction. If SET XACT_ABORT is ON, if any run time error occur in any t-sql statement of the transaction, entire transaction is terminated and rolled back. If SET XACT_ABORT is OFF, only that statement which raised the error is rolled back and transaction continues the processing of other statements.
Note that if the severity of the error is high, entire transaction can be rolled back even if SET XACT_ABORT is OFF.
Scope of XACT_ABORT
Scope of XACT_ABORT is at connection level and remains until either reconfigured or connection is closed. Note that … More
Locking, Blocking and Deadlocking in sql server 2
Lock vs Block vs Deadlock
Have you ever asked to differentiate lock, block and deadlock in sql server during your interview session? In this article we are going to differentiate these frequently confused terms – Lock, Block and Deadlock. So lets have a look on "Lock vs Block vs Deadlock"
These terms sound the same but are different in their meanings. Have a look on below definition to understand it.
Lock
When any session needs access to a piece of data from Database, a lock of some type is placed on that data to maintain the isolation property of database. Locking is different from blocking.
Block
When a session needs to wait for a resource being locked by another session, this process is called as blocking. e.g. If session "A" is waiting for a resource "R" being used by session "B", you can say that session "B" is blocking session … More


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Green Voices Bay Area Awards
Acknowledging Youth and organizations leading the way in eco awareness, social justice, sustainability and Peace.
Together in Action, we are making a difference!
As part of our mission, in 2011 One World One Voice launched the
Eco-Educational Program inviting schools, students,
teachers and educators to participate by attending Earth Day San Francisco. In addition,
we created Green Voices Bay Area. Earth Day SF community working in different communities nominated those with the most notorious
commitment to daily green practices.
Green Voices Bay Area Awards 2012
THE WINNERS HONORED AT
EARTH DAY SAN FRANCISCO
Woolman Semester School, Nevada City, CA
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an academic semester program for high school juniors, seniors and gap
year students who are passionate about peace, social justice and
sustainability. Woolman is located in the heart of the Sierra Nevada
foothills on 230 acres of orchard, gardens, field and forest."
Poder San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
PODER is a grassroots, environmental justice organization based in San
Francisco's Mission District. PODER's mission is to organize with
Mission residents to work on local solutions to issues facing low income
communities and communities of color. PODER believes that the
solutions to community problems depend on the active participation of
all people in decision-making processes. Improvements to our
neighborhood must be made through collective social action to bring
about social, economic and environmental justice.


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Mean Value Theorem
Date: 04/18/99 at 12:50:08 From: Matt Porter Subject: AP Practice Test We are in the process of practicing for the AP practice test. We starred questions that we didn't know and asked our teacher about them. Most, he said he still needed to teach us. Some he helped us with, but one we all didn't get, so I figured I would ask you. Here is the question: If f(x) = sin (x/2), then there exists a number c in the interval pi/2< x < 3pi/2 that satisfies the conclusion of the Mean Value Theorem. Which of the following would be c? (A) 2pi/3 (B) 3pi/4 (C) 5pi/6 (D) pi (E) 3pi/2 The answer we come up with is nowhere near what theirs is, which is D. We used a formula 1/(b-a) times the integral from 3pi/2 to pi/2 of sin (x/2). If you use this you don't get d. Please help!
Date: 04/18/99 at 18:02:25 From: Doctor Pat Subject: Re: AP Practice Test Hi Matt, I think you are confusing the mean value theorem with the average value of a function. The mean value theorem says that for a function that is continuous and differentiable everywhere between a and b, there is a point where the slope of the function is equal to the slope of the line through a,f(a) and b,f(b). Find the value of sin(x/2) at each end of the interval and find the slope of the line through these two points. Now take the first derivative and find the value of x that makes the slope equal to the slope of the secant. It may happen more than once (although not in this problem) but the theorem just guarentees that it will happen at least once. Hope that helps. - Doctor Pat, The Math Forum _URL_
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Ritual de sobrevida
In Cuba, the Virgin of Charity or Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre is venerated as their nation's patroness and holds the additional title of "Virgin for Cuban Independence." For Afro-Cubans who practice Santeria she is syncretized with the orisha Ochún. Does the image refer to the ritual crowning of the Virgin Mary, a Catholic ritual that often takes place in May, hence the expression Queen of May?
This handmade book is decorated with cotton wool and a sun and moon are added on the back. Behind the moon is a crown, decorated with a cross and a silver oval. The front sides depict a snake and the Vigía lamp, held by a hand that peeks out from behind the right cover.


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Computer Generated Islamic Star Patterns
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text: Although trends in substance use disorder (SUD) prevalence and treatment receipt have been relatively constant for the last decade, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could result in a substantial increase in the number of individuals seeking or referred to treatment. The impact of parity legislation, changing perspectives about the importance of SUDs as a health condition, the opioid epidemic, and activities associated with care integration could result in additional increases in demand. In contrast the SUD treatment workforce is already challenged to meet the existing demand for treatment. A significant number of facilities reported operating at or above capacity. Low wages make hiring and retaining qualified staff a challenge. A review of the services provided to clients indicated that current practice was often inconsistent with the scientific findings on evidence-based treatment. Credentialing experts and clinical directors expressed concern about training adequacy, and the best available information suggests, at most, a small increase in training program output in recent years. Thus, overall, the SUD treatment workforce appears to lack sufficient capacity to adequately address the possible short-run increases in demand.