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Easter does not arrive on the table of the Italians if "Colomba" (dove) is missing. The Easter cake takes its name from its shape of a dove, which in the Christian tradition is a symbol of peace and love and well alongside the egg that represents the Resurrection.
Behind the origin of this dessert, at least as we know it today, there is a mainly commercial operation of the Milanese company Motta, already specialized in the industrial production of Panettone. Milan, 1930s: the Mantuan artist and advertiser Dino Villani, creator of the competition that will later become Miss Italy, comes up with the idea of using the same machinery that Motta used for Panettone, to create a new Easter cake with a very similar recipe. This is how the Easter "Colomba" was born and success was immediate.
However, it is likely that Easter cakes in the shape of a dove already existed in Lombardy because there are various legends about this cake. The first in 572, when King Alboin besieged the city of Pavia. After three years, the Pavesi surrendered to the barbarians and, to avoid their fury, they gave them sweets in the shape of a dove. This gesture of peace averted the sacking and earned Pavia the title of capital of the new Lombard kingdom.
Also set in Lombard Pavia, another legend tells that, around 610, Queen Theodolinda hosted a group of Irish pilgrims led by San Colombano and offered them a sumptuous banquet. Since they were in Lent, the saint declined the offer but ended up offending the sovereign. The diplomatic incident was avoided because the saint blessed the banquet miraculously transforming it into white doves of bread.
According to the last legend, the origin of the dove dates back to the battle of Legnano (1176), when the Municipalities of the Lombard League defeated Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. The leader, after seeing two doves alight on the insignia of the League, interpreted it as a good omen and had his loaves in the shape of a dove, to encourage his men. And it worked.
Whatever the origin of this dessert, now in Italy on Easter day everyone buys and gives their loved ones a "Colomba".
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This guide explains how to create a domain redirect in cPanel. cPanel Redirect is a feature in the cPanel hosting control panel that allows you to redirect website visitors from one URL to another URL. This feature is particularly useful if you've changed the domain name of your website, or if you want to redirect visitors from one page to another.
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Medical Conditions That Can Cause Loss Of Taste (That Aren't Covid) – Health Digest
A cold isn't nearly as debilitating as the flu, but it can be annoying. Caused by several different viruses, the common cold lasts for about a week and causes stuffy nose, sore throat, sneezing, and fatigue (via the Mayo Clinic). You might even run a low-grade fever, but it doesn't knock you down like the flu or COVID-19 can. Since it causes inflammation in the nasal passages and throat, it can lead to a loss of taste and smell.
"Other viral infections, such as colds, can result in a loss of smell and taste," explains Dr. Melissa McBrien, an otolaryngologist (via Beaumont). "Sometimes this is just for the length of the cold when the nose is blocked, but other times the lack of smell can last weeks to months." The range of the loss of your taste depends on the severity of your loss of smell. FEMA Flavor noted that tasting is an experience of both the taste buds and smell, so it can make things taste off when the smell is affected.
Common colds don't have a cure, but you can get over-the-counter treatments to help alleviate some of the more annoying symptoms like runny nose.
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Building Pale Moon: GNU Linux
These instructions are for building Pale Moon 28.9.* and newer and assumes you want to build the latest release.
Prerequisites
 - GCC versions 4.9, 5.x, 7.x, 8.x or 9.x
 - GCC 6.x is not at ALL recommended and has been known to produce unstable binaries. It has been reported that Debian-based GCC 6.x seems to produce stable enough binaries. Your mileage will vary, of course.
 - GCC 9.x is still considered experimental at this time, however, it has thus far produced stable binaries.
 - Python 2.7.x
 - Exactly Autoconf 2.13
 - yasm 1.2.0 or higher
 - XZ
 - Plenty of free disk space
 - At least 6 GB RAM free depending on number of processor cores (limit using the
 mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-jN"
 option)
 - Various distribution specific development packages
 - General system requirements for running the application itself
Getting the Source
The Pale Moon source code along with the Unified XUL Platform are available on our self-hosted Gitea instance.
These instructions assume you are going to create a directory in your home directory (~) called palemoon-source. You can, of course, put the source code anywhere you want as long as the path does not contain any spaces.
Using git
This is the simplest method and git is readily available in all package managers.
 - Install git and/or open a terminal shell and change directory to the desired source location, e.g.
 cd ~/palemoon-source/
 - Execute the following commands:
 git clone _URL_ ./
 git submodule init && git submodule update
 git checkout release && git submodule update

 - Proceed to Distribution Specifics else to the Build Instructions below.
Using the source archives
This requires downloading source archives from both the Pale Moon and Unified XUL Repository and is more complicated:
 - Navigate to the release page on the Pale Moon repository and download the tar.gz archive for Pale Moon.
 - Extract the source code to the desired location e.g.
 ~/palemoon-source
 - Then using the link in "Built with the Unified XUL Platform - {Month} {Day}, {Year} release" navigate to the matching UXP release page and download the tar.gz archive for the platform source code.
 - Extract that archive to the platform directory inside the Pale Moon source directory e.g.
 ~/palemoon-source/platform
 - Proceed to the Build Instructions below.
NOTE: You will need to extract the contents of the Pale-Moon-XXX or UXP-XXX directory to the locations indicated above.
This is not recommended for linux. However, if you obtain the source archives in a non-tar form e.g. zip or 7z then you will have to correct file permissions on the source tree.
chmod -R 744 palemoon-source
Distribution Specifics
CentOS 7
The generic x86_64 GTK2 Linux package that we distribute is built on CentOS 7 with GCC 7.x.
Install the required build dependencies by executing the following commands:
yum install epel-release
yum install gtk2-devel dbus-glib-devel GConf2-devel autoconf213 yasm \
mesa-libGL-devel alsa-lib-devel libXt-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel \
sqlite-devel bzip2-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel
yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
yum install centos-release-scl
yum install devtoolset-7-toolchain
Because the system compiler is too old we need to activate the GCC 7 Software Collection environment before we can build. To do so execute the following command:
scl enable devtoolset-7 bash
Debian
Install the required build dependencies by executing the following command:
apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev autoconf2.13 \
yasm libegl1-mesa-dev libasound2-dev libxt-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev \
libsqlite3-dev libbz2-dev libpulse-dev libgconf2-dev libx11-xcb-dev \
zip python2.7 python-dbus
Arch
Install the required build dependencies by executing the following command:
pacman -Syu gtk2 dbus-glib desktop-file-utils libxt mime-types \
alsa-lib startup-notification python2 autoconf2.13 unzip zip yasm \
libpulse gcc5
Gentoo
Install the required build dependencies by executing the following commands:
# Compile time dependencies
emerge -n1 sys-devel/gcc:7.5.0 =sys-devel/autoconf-2.13 \
dev-lang/python:2.7 dev-lang/perl dev-lang/yasm
# Runtime time dependencies
emerge -n x11-libs/libXt app-arch/zip media-libs/freetype media-libs/fontconfig \
sys-libs/glibc virtual/libffi sys-apps/dbus dev-libs/dbus-glib x11-libs/gtk+:2 \
media-sound/pulseaudio net-wireless/wireless-tools
# Set the "x264" USE flag for virtual/ffmpeg and emerge it
(mkdir /etc/portage/package.use; \
echo "virtual/ffmpeg x264" >> /etc/portage/package.use/ffmpeg) || \
 echo "virtual/ffmpeg x264" >> /etc/portage/package.use
emerge -nN ffmpeg
Add the following to the .mozconfig file you will create in Build Instructions:
export CC=gcc-7.5.0
export CXX=g++-7.5.0
mk_add_options PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2
mk_add_options AUTOCONF=/usr/bin/autoconf-2.13
Build Instructions
Configure
Create a file called .mozconfig in the source folder you cloned or unpacked the source to. Make sure it contains at least the following for a close-to-official build:
.mozconfig file
# Clear this if not a 64bit build
_BUILD_64=1
# Set GTK Version to 2 or 3
_GTK_VERSION=2
# Standard build options for Pale Moon
ac_add_options --enable-application=palemoon
ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O2 -w"
ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=cairo-gtk$_GTK_VERSION
ac_add_options --enable-jemalloc
ac_add_options --enable-strip
ac_add_options --enable-devtools
ac_add_options --disable-eme
ac_add_options --disable-webrtc
ac_add_options --disable-gamepad
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --with-pthreads
# Please see _URL_ for restrictions when using the official branding.
ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
# For versions after 28.12.0
ac_add_options --enable-phoenix-extensions
# Processor architecure specific build options
if [ -n "$_BUILD_64" ]; then
 ac_add_options --x-libraries=/usr/lib64
else
 ac_add_options --x-libraries=/usr/lib
fi
export MOZ_PKG_SPECIAL=gtk$_GTK_VERSION
Note: LESS IS MORE! There are some pre-made build configs out there that have a lot of options listed, often with insane resulting build configurations. Do not use those and stick to the instructions here.
Build
Start the build:
./mach build
Be patient. Building could take a long time. Your PC will be fully occupied compiling and linking the browser (you can expect 100% CPU usage throughout and lots of memory use - provide ample cooling) and you should not be using it for anything else that is intensive at this time. Especially memory-intensive applications should be avoided because it can cause issues with the linker (memory fragmentation) resulting in a very unstable browser.
Strip/Package
After building is completed, you can take the resulting binaries for a test run in the object directory directly (see the on-screen instructions at the end of the build process) but it will not be complete yet. You


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A valuable book that initiates exploration and stimulates the reader's creativity and resourcefulness!
Physical education teachers and activity/recreation directors find GAMES for People With Sensory Impairments: Strategies for Including Individuals of all Ages to be practical, relevant, and realistic. Adapted physical education (APE) professors find it to be a valuable tool when teaching future APE teachers. For novices, this publication provides a wealth of information on what to do, how to do it, and why. The authors, Lauren Lieberman and James Cowart, draw on their extensive experience in teaching students of all ages who have visual impairments, blindness, deafblindness, and multiple disabilities.
The book's Game Finder helps teachers locate games and activities that are appropriate for their students. The Game Finder Key identifies each game by name, category, sport skill, physical and motor fitness, and fundamental motor patterns and skills. The games and activities included in the book are creative innovations submitted by 15 outstanding teachers, coaches, and leaders who work in schools or programs for students who have sensory impairments.
The binder allows game pages to be removed for easy use in the gym, on the field, or poolside. The game pages are printed on heavier paper stock to accommodate frequent handling. Both the large print and braille versions contain a CD-ROM with an HTML file.
Catalog Number: 7-08609-00
Click this link to purchase GAMES for People With Sensory Impairments.
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The big-ticket item on the electric bill, especially in cold climates, for the 30 percent of U.S. households with electric heat.
Average cost per year: $817
Today's most efficient models use half the power of units made before 1993.
So the cost could triple if you plug in the old icebox in the basement.
Average cost per year: $113
Energy use rises and falls with the intensity of screen images, but the popular 42-inch-screen TVs with plasma technology can burn three times the power of old cathode-ray tube sets.
Average cost per year: $50 - $60
The 42-inch LCD TVs use less juice than plasma but twice the power of an old tube TV. In November, new Energy Star standards should help consumers seek efficient models.
Average cost per year: $38 - $40
The cable or satellite converter box adds to the energy cost of TV viewing by sucking electricity at the same rate whether turned on or off.
Average cost per year: $27
Digital Photo Frame
Like many new gadgets, this adds just a little to each electric bill, but policymakers worry about the cumulative impact once the frames saturate the market.
Average cost per year: $9
Sources: Electric Power Research Institute, Energy Information Administration, Tacoma Power


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- If it exists, Rk is best neighbor if smallest D of all neighbors and and D < T.
- Check Rk's neighbors.
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- remove from candidate region set. (give all "small" regions a chance to merge with best neighbor before growing larger regions)
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 Carleer, et al: Assessment of Very High Spatial Resolution Satellite Image Segmentations, 2005 (Evaluates 2 boundary and 2 region based algorithms.)
 Bins, et al: Satellite Imagery Segmentation: A Region Growing Approach, 1996 (Describes approach taken in SPRING software.)
 Cheng et. al.: Color image segmentation: advances and prospect, 2000 (survey of segmentation methods and color spaces)
 G. Meinel, M. Neubert: A Comparison of Segmentation Programs for High Resolution Remote Sensing Data, 20?? (Includes timing to complete segmentation)


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Alaska Tours & Adventures
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Observe wildlife up close alongside naturalists. Gaze upon towering glaciers and snow-capped mountains. Watch the unique animals as they live in their native habitat. Explore some of the greatest national parks in the world.
For anyone who is delighted by the sight of nature at its most wild and spectacular, these Alaska tours are perfect for adults and seniors alike.
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Alaska's sightseeing tours through the Inside Passage and Glacier Bay National Park offer magnificent sights and sounds as our experts create opportunities to view glaciers up close. In addition, Road Scholar travelers will visit the newly renovated Alaska State Museum in Juneau and Skagway, a famous gold rush town.
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The journey begins in Seattle with a walking tour, and then travelers will transfer to Vancouver to board the Ocean Victory. Enjoy a relaxing sail offering gorgeous scenery through the Canadian Inside Passage before arriving at the fjords, national parks, and monuments of Alaska. Join naturalists in search of humpback whales and sea lions and learn about the brown bears of Baranof Island.
The Best of Alaska's National Parks
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Follow the trails of caribou through the tundra and try to spot Dall sheep on the mountainside. What's that soaring above you? It might just be a golden eagle. This Alaska tour will take you through Denali National Park and Kenai Fjords National Park over 11 days and 10 nights. You'll also hike through the Boreal Forest and learn about the state's cultural heritage.
Discover Alaska by Rail
Alaska is a vast state, so if you want to see and experience the most on your journey, hop aboard Discover Alaska by Rail: A Traveling Adventure. This 11-day tour will take you across the historic Alaska Railroad, from Fairbanks to Seward. At each stop, you'll learn about the state's culture, explore its top destinations, and participate in enriching activities.
Wander through Denali National Park, take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Alaska SeaLife Center, and visit Kanai Fjords National Park. This is a good option if you're looking for Alaska tours for seniors or if you've nurtured a lifelong love of trains. Nothing beats this unique experience.
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You'll discover Alaska by ferry, plane, boat, kayak, and tramway — using your own two feet, of course. Southeast Alaska will showcase its beauty as you kayak across azure waters in search of humpback whales and hike through old-growth forests. You'll also visit a bald eagle preserve, make new friends around the bonfire and dine on native salmon. This is an excellent option for active travelers who want to put some miles on their boots.
Wild About Alaska
Give your grandchild the adventure of a lifetime with this unique and special tour. Wild About Alaska: Glaciers & Wildlife with Your Grandchild is designed for grandparents and their grandchildren.
Bond with your grandchild over seven days of exploration and learning in one of the country's most captivating states. During this trip, you'll search for seals and other Alaskan animals on a wildlife cruise, glimpse massive glaciers, and enjoy one of the most beautiful train rides in the world. You'll also learn about Alaska's history and the heritage of its native people. But, most importantly, you'll create unforgettable memories with the next generation of your family.
This is an excellent option for anyone looking for Alaska tours for seniors.
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Ford Thunderbird makes sloshing water sound – causes and how to fix it
Sloshing sounds in the cabin of Ford Thunderbird should not be ignored. If the noise is due to accumulation of water somewhere, it can lead to unwanted bacteria growth like mold or mildew, which can cause musty odor in your vehicle.
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Ford Thunderbird – (Stasiuk / Shutterstock)
The most common causes of sloshing sound in Ford Thunderbird are clogged evaporator condensate drain, low coolant, air in coolant system, clogged door drain, and clogged windshield drain.
1. Clogged evaporator drain
When you turn on the air conditioning system in your Thunderbird, moisture develops along the evaporator coil and then drips down into a condensate drain pan, which then drips under the vehicle. If the drain is clogged or is not draining properly, water will accumulate in the pan and make sloshing sound when the vehicle is moving.
Risk of mold growth
The stagnant water in the evaporator condensate pan becomes a perfect breeding ground for mold growth and can also cause the water to leak on the floorboard of your Ford Thunderbird. When the AC is in operation, air passes through the evaporator area and if there is mold growth, the air from the AC vents will smell bad. Inhaling these unpleasant musty odors is not only irritating, breathing the airborne microscopic mold spores can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals; such as sneezing, runny nose, red eyes, nausea, and skin rash.
Symptoms of clogged drain
If the moisture/water is accumulating in the condensate pan due to clogged drain, you may hear a sloshing water sound coming from behind the dashboard and is especially noticeable when making turns and when braking. If left unchecked, the interior of your Thunderbird may develop bad moldy smell especially when you turn on the AC. Another symptom is damp floorboard; if too much water accumulates in the pan, it can overspill into the interior of your vehicle.
How to unclog the drain
The easiest method to unclog a condensate drain in Thunderbird is by using compressed air. Locate the evaporator drain tube under your vehicle and blow compressed air into the tube hole. Dirty moldy water may gush out as soon as you blow in compressed air, so wear safety glasses and keep your face away from under the drain tube.
If you don't have compressed air, you can try unclogging the drain by inserting a flexible wire into the tube hole. Give it a good wiggle to loosen up any caked-in dirt and grime in the drain.
2. Low coolant
Low coolant level in Thunderbird can cause sloshing sound from behind the dashboard when the engine is running. The sound is most prominent right after you start the vehicle.
Why low coolant causes sloshing sound in Thunderbird
The heating system in Thunderbird uses warm coolant/antifreeze from the engine block to heat the interior of the vehicle. The warm coolant is pumped through the heater core located behind the dashboard. When you turn on the heating, air gets blown through the heater core, warming the air in the cabin. When the coolant level is low, air bubbles may form in the system which can cause sloshing sound from the heater core.
Check the coolant level in your vehicle. If the level is low, pour some coolant into the coolant reservoir until its filled to the recommended level. If the coolant level goes down again after driving for a few days or weeks, there may be a leak in the cooling system.
3. Air in the coolant system
Even if the coolant level is normal in Thunderbird, air pockets can still form in the cooling system due to a leak (for example, when the radiator cap does not seal properly), and may cause sloshing sound from the heater core behind the dashboard.
Leaking radiator cap is one of the common cause of air leaks in the cooling system.
If the sloshing sound in your Thunderbird is noticeable when you start the engine or when idling (vehicle is stationary), the culprit is most probably air pockets in the heater core.
Is it safe to drive Thunderbird with sloshing sound from the heater core?
Since sloshing sound from the heater core indicates air pockets in the cooling system of Thunderbird, it can cause the engine to work at higher than normal operating temperatures. To prevent engine damage, it is recommended to bleed the air from the cooling system.
4. Clogged door drain
The doors on Ford Thunderbird are not waterproof, water can enter inside the doors from the window seals when its raining or when going through a carwash. The water then flows out of the vehicle from the drain holes at the bottom of the doors. Over time, dirt and debris can build up and clog the drains. If you hear sloshing sound when the vehicle is moving, especially when braking or accelerating, it could be due to clogged door drains.
How to check for clogged door drain
Checking for clogged door drain is easy. Park your Thunderbird in a quiet place. Open the doors and sway each door back and forth quickly. If you hear sloshing sound, it indicates water accumulation inside the door due to clogged drain.
How to unclog a door drain
In most cases, you do not need to open the door panel to unclog the drains in your Thunderbird. Locate the drain holes under the door and blow compressed air in each hole. If you do not have access to compressed air, you can insert flexible wire inside the holes and give it a good wiggle. Dirty water will gush out of the holes, so keep your face away from under the drains.
5. Clogged windshield drain
If you hear sloshing sound from the front of your Thunderbird or from behind the dashboard when the vehicle is moving, it could be due to clogged windshield drain in the cowl/firewall area.
If too much water accumulates in the cowl area of Thunderbird, it can leak into the vehicle interior and cause mustiness and fungal growth in upholstery and carpets. If this happens a lot, the floorboard will rust through from the inside. In the worst case, damage to control units is also conceivable.
Inspect the cowl area
If you suspect clogged windshield drain to be the cause of sloshing sound, disassemble the cowl components and inspect the area for water accumulation. Remove any dirt and debris that may be clogging the drain.
Conclusion
There are many reasons why your Ford Thunderbird makes water sloshing sound. When looking for the reason, you should start with the most obvious causes that are easy to diagnose: clogged evaporator drain, and clogged door drain.
In any case, it is advisable for laypersons to visit a workshop. A professional mechanic can swiftly diagnose the sloshing sound issue for you.
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|This article, X-13 Series, was written by Ajax 013. Please do not edit this fiction without the writer's permission.|
The X-13 Series engine is used as the primary engines on all UNSC transatmospheric aircraft. It allows the vehicle to operate both in atmospheric conditions and in exoatmospheric conditions without separate engines or fuels.
The engine is a pulsed detonation jet feeding a variable ramjet engine featuring a variable inlet spike and optional turbine. During low speed, atmospheric flight, the engine inlet opens to its widest setting and the inlet doors close around the internal turbofan spools up, using multiple high grade titanium composite compressor and turbine fan blades. This gives it excellent thrust to power ratios at lower speeds, being used from taxing to mach 3. At higher speed, the internal gates open up, the turbine shuts down and closes inlet and the forward inlet spike is left open, allowing air into the engine, where fuel is injected under pressure and combusted in the chamber. The inlet spike can move to make the inlet narrower or wider, conversely making the speed higher or lower. The combustion chamber's airflow can be modulated to allow it to achieve scramjet capabilities, allowing most engines to achieve speeds upwards from Mach 7 to Mach 13 in atmosphere, giving it sufficient ability to escape atmosphere. However, to achieve transatmospheric travel, where air is not available, it closes the inlet spike then adds a oxidative to the fuel, turning the jet engine into a rocket engine. The performance of both configurations are roughly similar it both the atmosphere of a planet and in space. In addition the X-13 can be fitted with afterburners to give it additional thrust. The resulting engine has high super cruising speeds, good fuel efficiency and the power necessary to preform transatmospheric flights. The engine is entirely computer controlled, allowing it to be adapted to changing conditions and airspeed in seconds, letting the engine maintain maximum thrust power for its current speed.
This engine has been in use for almost 100 years, with its powerful design being unlikely to be replaced for another twenty years.


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Cybersecurity for 7th-12th Grade Students and Parents
New technologies have changed nearly every aspect of adolescence, from playing games to interacting with friends to completing schoolwork. Young learners and their parents must understand how to protect themselves and their data as they share information and navigate an ever-changing digital world.
USF's five-hour course delivers vital cybersecurity concepts in an engaging format that is accessible for both adolescents and adults. Designed for students in 7th through 12th grade and their families, the course identifies important cyber hygiene practices for anyone using the internet or securing information online.
WHO SHOULD ENROLL
- Students in 7th through 12th grade
- Parents of students in 7th through 12th grade
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Each of the five modules contains interactive content, videos and quizzes to ensure participants complete the course with a firm understanding of fundamental cybersecurity concepts. While the content itself can be completed within three to five hours, participants are given a period of 30 days so they can finish the course according to their own schedule.
By enrolling in this course, you will:
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Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze'
Plant of the month: January
Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze' is a quite remarkable plant. For most people, the acacias or wattles (sometimes also erroneously known as mismosas) are recognisable by their cream or yellow-coloured flowers. Therefore it might come as a surprise seeing this cultivar in bloom as it displays crimson red flowers, which is unique among the wattles. 'Scarlet Blaze' is quite a recent discovery and arose from a single red-flowered specimen discovered by bushwalkers in a state forest north east of Melbourne, Australia, in 1995. Upon discovery, 12 cuttings were removed of which only two survived, which was just as well because the original plant has since died. It was from these two cuttings that thousands of plants would eventually be produced. Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze' is a medium to tall shrub or small tree with an erect or weeping habit. The flower clusters are globular in shape and in pairs. To maintain their crimson-red colour this plant needs to be propagated by cuttings, when grown from seed the red colouring reverts to the more traditional yellow flower.


1. The speed in meters per second the attached GameObject will move in on the X, Y and Z axes.
 2. The space the movement will take place in, either World or Self. The World space transforms a GameObject in Unity's world space, ignoring the rotation of the GameObject, while Self considers the rotation of the GameObject in its calculations.
Now, add the following to Update:
transform.Translate(movementSpeed * Time.deltaTime, space);
This is what actually moves the GameObject by using a translation, that's a geometric term that means to transform a point by a distance in a given direction. Basically, it means to move GameObjects in the context of Unity.
The Translate method takes two parameters: The first is the direction and speed, while the second is the space in which the movement happens. The movement is multiplied by Time.deltaTime to perform a smooth movement over an amount of time.
Save this script and return to the editor. Add a Move component to Hay Bale, set its Movement Speed to (X:0, Y:0, Z:20) and leave Space set to World.
Now, play the scene and you'll see the hay bale flying towards the bridges and off the screen, great!
Drag Hay Bale into the RW/Prefabs folder to make it into a prefab and delete the original from the Hierarchy. You'll now be able to reference this prefab to create more whenever you want.
To make the hay machine shoot out the bales, you'll need to do some scripting. Open the HayMachine script and add the following variable declarations right above Start:
public GameObject hayBalePrefab; // 1
public Transform haySpawnpoint; // 2
public float shootInterval; // 3
private float shootTimer; // 4
Here's a brief explanation of the variables:
 1. Reference to the Hay Bale prefab.
 2. The point from which the hay will to be shot.
 3. The smallest amount of time between shots. This prevents the player from being able to spam the shoot button and fill the screen with bales of hay.
 4. A timer that decreases steadily to keep track whether the machine can shoot or not.
Now, add the ShootHay method below UpdateMovement:
private void ShootHay()
 Instantiate(hayBalePrefab, haySpawnpoint.position, Quaternion.identity);
The Instantiate method creates an instance of a given prefab or GameObject and places it in the scene. It takes three parameters: a prefab or GameObject, a position and a rotation. In this case, the reference to the Hay Bale prefab is used to create an instance with its initial position set to the same as the haySpawnpoint Transform. Quaternion.identity is used for the rotation, this is the default rotation value and is similar to Vector3.Zero as it sets the rotation to (X:0, Y:0, Z:0).
To call the code above, you'll need some code to poll for input. Add the following method just above ShootHay:
private void UpdateShooting()
 shootTimer -= Time.deltaTime; // 1
 if (shootTimer <= 0 && Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space)) // 2
 shootTimer = shootInterval; // 3
 ShootHay(); // 4
Here's what this block of code does:
 1. Subtract the time between the previous frame and the current one from shootTimer, this will decrease its value by 1 every second.
 2. If the value of shootTimer is equal to or less than 0 and the space bar is pressed in...
 3. Reset the shoot timer.
 4. Shoot a bale of hay!
Lastly, add this line to Update, right below UpdateMovement();:
This calls the method above every frame.
Now, save this script and return to the editor. Select Hay Machine in the Hierarchy, unfold it by clicking the arrow to its left and take a look at the Inspector.
The new public variables you just added have become fields that can be assigned. Drag Hay Bale from RW\Prefabs onto the Hay Bale Prefab slot, drag Hay Machine's child Hay Spawnpoint onto the Hay Spawnpoint slot and set Shoot Interval to 0.8.
Now, save the scene and click the play button. Move the hay machine around with the arrow keys and shoot some hay using the space bar!
Everything should be working like the GIF above.
You may have noticed the bales never get destroyed and keep flying off endlessly into nothingness.
To fix this, you'll make smart use of triggers, tags and a line or two of code.
Tags and Reacting to Physics
To identify types of GameObjects, you can use tags. Tags are reference words like "Player" or "Collectible" you can assign to GameObjects to easily find them and differentiate them from other GameObjects. You can use any word or short sentence as a tag.
Creating a new tag is pretty easy, select Edit ► Project Settings... in the top menu and open the Tags and Layers tab in the Project Settings window. Now expand the Tags list and you'll notice the project already comes with two tags pre-loaded: DestroyHay and DropSheep.
Click the + button below the Tags list, name the new tag Hay and click the Save button to add this new tag to the list.
With the Hay tag added, close the Project Settings window and select Hay Bale in the RW\Prefabs folder. Open the Tag dropdown right below the name field and select Hay.
Now the difference between the bales of hay and other GameObjects is clear, you can add an area that destroys the hay when it comes into contact with it. Add a new empty GameObject to the Hierarchy and name it Triggers. Reset its Transform and add an empty GameObject as its child. Name this child Hay Destroyer.
Select Hay Destroyer, set its position to (X:0, Y:4, Z:68) and add a Box Collider to it. Check the Is Trigger checkbox on the Box Collider and set its Size to (X:60, Y:8, Z:12). Next, change the tag of Hay Destroyer to DestroyHay. You should now see a huge box-shaped collider appear in the Scene view, right outside of the camera's view.
Now, in order for this trigger to destroy any hay, you'll need to write yet another utility script. Create a new C# script inside RW\Scripts, name it DestroyOnTrigger and open it in a code editor. Remove the Start and Update methods completely and add this variable declaration in their place:
public string tagFilter;
This string will allow you to enter the name of any tag that will destroy this GameObject.
Now, add this method below the variable you just added:
private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) // 1
 if (other.CompareTag(tagFilter)) // 2
 Destroy(gameObject); // 3
Here's what's going on:
 1. OnTriggerEnter is a MonoBehaviour function, it's one of the special methods the Unity engine calls in specific circumstances. In this case, OnTriggerEnter gets called when a GameObject with a Rigidbody and a Collider enters the trigger area of a GameObject.
 2. Check if the GameObject that enters the trigger has the tag defined in tagFilter.
 3. Destroy the GameObject this script is attached to.
Save this script and return to the editor. Time to test it out!
Select Hay Bale in RW\Prefabs, add a Destroy On Trigger component and change Tag Filter to DestroyHay.
Now press the play button and try shooting some hay again. You'll notice any hay that hits the Hay Destroyer instantly gets obliterated.
Now that you have full control over the hay machine and its projectiles, it's time to introduce some fluffy friends.
Sheep Scripting
In the game you're creating, a bunch of sheep are panicking and running towards you, stopping at nothing. Unfortunately for them, that includes the ledge just behind the machine, yikes!
To start off, create a new empty GameObject in the Hierarchy and name it Sheep. Reset its Transform, set its Y rotation to 180 and add both a Box Collider and a Rigidbody. Check the Is Trigger checkbox of the Box Collider and change its Center and Size to (X:0, Y:1.4, Z:-0.3) and (X:2.5, Y:2, Z:4), respectively. Finally, check the Is Kinematic checkbox on the Rigidbody.
The Sheep should now look like this in the Inspector:
Now, drag the Sheep model from RW\Models onto Sheep to give it some visuals. Name the GameObject you just added Sheep Model, reset its Transform and set its X rotation to -90 so its head comes out of the ground.
Much better!
This sheep is now ready to be scripted!
Note: Up until now, you have created generic scripts that can be reused for any GameObject, or even other projects. The script you're about to write is a lot more specific because its interactions are quite unique and will get more complicated over time as you add more features to the game.
Create a new C# script named Sheep in RW\Scripts and open it in a code editor.
To get started, the sheep simply needs to run forward and disappear when it gets hit by a hay bale. Add the following variable declarations right above Start:
public float runSpeed; // 1
public float gotHayDestroyDelay; // 2
private bool hitByHay; // 3
Here's what these are for:
 1. The speed in meter per second that the sheep will run.
 2. The delay in seconds before the sheep gets destroyed after it got hit by hay.
 3. A Boolean that gets set


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Fatigue has a significant impact on the economy of a region. This is because it leads to absenteeism, decreased productivity, health costs, and accidents. It is something complex primarily caused by 2 factors, including work and non-work fatigue. The purpose of this study therefore is to determine the factors associated with the fatigue level in copper and gold ore processing workers. It uses a cross-sectional design with the Industrial Fatigue Research Committee (IFRC) questionnaire to measure the fatigue level and The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) of 260 respondents working in the copper and gold ore processing firm. The results showed that 1 worker (0.4%) experienced severe fatigue, and 12 workers (4.6%) moderate, 243 (93.5%) mild fatigue, while only 4 (1.5%) were not affected. Additionally, there is a significant relationship between fatigue levels with sleep quality. In conclusion, poor sleep has the potential to increase fatigue. Companies therefore need to provide training related to the management of fatigue and sleep quality for workers.
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"Cavity" refers to a space, or gap between the cladding and the structure. Cavities have been standard practice between brick veneer and timber framing for many years. This is because it has always been well understood that brick cladding gets wet, so it needs to be kept away from the wooden framing.
At the end of 2004 a new Building Act was enacted, which was part of a whole raft of changes introduced by central government, largely in response to the "leaky building crisis". The aim was to improve the Building Industry overall. One of the changes made in 2004 ensured that almost all monolithic claddings were installed over a cavity from then on.
This means the structural framing of the house is separated from the cladding, which reduces the chances of water reaching the framing. In houses built after 2004, the cavity is generally constructed with vertical battens (usually but not always timber) which space the cladding out from the framing by about 20mm. The bottom of each wall is then fitted with a perforated strip, intended to prevent vermin entering the cavity and allow air to circulate freely throughout the cavity, as well as allowing any accumulated water to drain away freely. In some systems the top of the wall has additional ventilation to increase the air circulation. Very few older monolithic clad houses have such a cavity, although some do have alternative means for providing at least some drainage and drying, for example rigid backing to solid plaster comprised of diagonal boards with gaps between


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Black Athletes Introduction
Black Canadian athletes often transformed discriminatory attitudes towards visible minorities by achieving excellence on the field of competition. As captain of the Canadian Olympic track and field team, Dr. Phil Edwards challenged Nazi-fuelled racism at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin with his leadership and athletic prowess, capturing bronze in the 800-m event. The first female black athlete to represent Canada, sprinter Barbara Howard captured medals at the British Empire Games in 1938 and later became the first black teacher to be hired by the Vancouver school board. The only Canadian ever inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, Ferguson Jenkins never forgot the barriers his father had faced only a generation earlier as an athlete in the era of racial segregation. These and the outstanding achievements of many other black athletes have enriched Canada's sport heritage immeasurably, affirming the power of sport to promote equality, diversity, and the universality of human potential.


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The influence of solar activity on the rainfall over India: Cycle-to-cycle variations
We use 130 years data for studying correlative effects due to solar cycle and activity phenomena on the occurrence of rainfall over India. For the period of different solar cycles, we compute the correlation coefficients and significance of correlation coefficients for the seasonal months of Jan–Feb (JF), Mar–May (MAM), June–Sept (JJAS) and Oct–Dec (OND) and,annual mean data. We find that: (i) with a moderate-to-high significance, Indian rainfall is correlated with the sunspot activity and, (ii) there is an overall trend that during the period of low sunspot activity, occurrence of rainfall is high compared to the period of high sunspot activity.
We speculate in this study a possible physical connection between the occurrence of the rainfall and the sunspot activities and, the flux of galactic cosmic rays. Some of the negative correlations between the occurrences of the sunspot and rainfall activities obtained for different solar cycle periods are interpreted as effects of aerosols on the rain forming clouds due to either intermittent volcanic eruptions or due to intrusion of interstellar dust particles in the Earth's atmosphere.
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An (x, y) coordinate pair can be transformed to another coordinate system by scaling, rotation and translation. The first two can be implemented using 2 x 2 matrices to hold the coefficients:
If the point P is (a, b) and it is transformed to the point Q (a', b')
P ⇒ Q or (a, b)? (a', b')
a' = pa + rb, b' = qa + sb.
Translation can be included in this if the points P and Q are regarded as 3-vectors instead of 2-vectors, with the 3rd element being unity:
The coefficients u and v specify the translation.
So, the six elements (
) of the 3 x 3 matrix contain all the transformation information. These elements are stored in a list in the graphics state slot
Transforms can be combined by matrix multiplication to effect successions of translation, scaling and rotation operations.
Functions are provided in Graphics Ports which apply translation, scaling and rotation to a transform, combine transforms by preor post-multiplication, invert a transform, and so on.


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Using interactive drama to explore solutions to workplace dilemmas
Forum theatre effectively promotes discussion and debate, helping individuals to explore how to improve outcomes in a safe, consequence-free environment.
Forum theatre is a drama technique which explores individual behaviour and motivation and its effects on others. Actors call on their formal drama training to play and replay scenarios, with direction from the audience, demonstrating a variety of behaviours and displaying appropriate emotions such as anger, interest and empathy.
Directed by an experienced Facilitator, actors illustrate how behaviour influences outcomes whether with a client, colleague, stakeholder or customer. Using stop-start theatre techniques participants begin to own the outcomes and be in a position to transfer the learning into their work life.
RoleplayUK employ a successful three stage strategy to Engage participants in the need for change, Explore options and opportunities to improve and truly Embed your learning objectives, to bring about lasting change in the workplace.
By acting out a typical workplace scenario, actors hold up a 'reality mirror' to the audience, depicting what current behaviour looks like; no naming or shaming but clearly reflecting the issues to be addressed.
Participants investigate and identify solutions to improve the scenario outcome. What could be done differently? What works? What doesn't? What would happen if you changed…?
Participants personally direct the actors to adjust their behaviours, choice of language and body language to reach a more successful outcome. In some instances they can physically step in to the action to demonstrate how they would prefer the scene to work.
Importantly the participants own the outcomes, which means they take them away with them to apply in the workplace.
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Definition of drawing noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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 1. 1[countable] a picture made using a pencil or pen rather than paint a pencil/charcoal drawing a drawing by Paul Klee a drawing of a yacht a collection of children's drawings He did/made a drawing of the old farmhouse. Thesauruspicturepainting drawing portrait print sketchThese are all words for a scene, person, or thing that has been represented on paper by drawing, painting, etc.picture a scene, person, or thing that has been represented on paper using a pencil, a pen, or paint:The children were drawing pictures of their pets.painting a picture that has been made using paint:a collection of paintings by Native American artistsdrawing a picture that has been made using a pencil or a pen, not paint:a pencil/charcoal drawingportrait a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders:Vermeer's "Portrait of the Artist in his Studio" a self-portrait (= a painting that you do of yourself)print a picture that has been copied from a painting using photography:a Renoir printsketch a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details:I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting.Patterns to draw a picture/portrait/sketch to paint a picture/portrait to make a painting/drawing/portrait/print/sketch to do a painting/drawing/portrait/sketch Topic CollocationsFine Artscreating art make a work of art/a drawing/a sketch/a sculpture/a statue/an engraving/an etching/a print do an oil painting/a self-portrait/a line drawing/a rough sketch create a work of art/an artwork/paintings and sculptures produce paintings/portraits/oil sketches/his most celebrated work/a series of prints paint a picture/a landscape/a portrait/a mural/in oils/in watercolors/on canvas draw a picture/a portrait/a cartoon/a sketch/a line/a figure/the human form/in charcoal/in ink sketch a preliminary drawing/a figure/a shape/an outline carve a figure/an image/a sculpture/an altarpiece/reliefs/a block of wood sculpt a (portrait) bust/a statue/an abstract figure etch a line/pattern/design/name into the glass mix colors/pigments/paints add/apply thin/thick layers of paint/color/pigment use oil pastels/charcoal/acrylic paint/a can of spray paint work in bronze/ceramics/stone/oils/pastels/watercolors/a wide variety of mediadescribing art paint/depict a female figure/a biblical scene/a pastoral landscape/a domestic interior have/express/depict/illustrate a traditional/mythological/historical/religious theme create an abstract composition/a richly textured surface/a distorted perspective paint dark/rich/flesh tones use broad brush strokes/loose brushwork/vibrant colors/a limited palette/simple geometric forms develop/adopt/paint in a stylized manner/an abstract styleshowing and selling art commission an altarpiece/a bronze bust of somebody/a portrait/a religious work/an artist to paint something frame a painting/a portrait/a piece/an artwork hang art/a picture/a painting/a piece/an artwork display/exhibit modern art/somebody's work/a collection/original artwork/ drawings/sculptures/a piece be displayed/hung in a gallery/museum install/place a sculpture in/at/on something erect/unveil/dedicate a bronze/marble statue hold/host/mount/open/curate/see an exhibition/exhibit be/go on exhibit feature/promote/showcase contemporary works/a conceptual artist collect African art/modern American paintings/Japanese prints restore/preserve great works of art/a fresco
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TUESDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Many first-year medical
students in the United States may have an unconscious preference
for white and upper social class people, but these biases don't
appear to affect patient care, according to the results of a survey
at one medical school.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers analyzed the
responses of 202 first-year medical students who took part in a
Web-based survey that included the Implicit Association Test (IAT),
used to assess unconscious (or "implicit") preferences.
The survey also included direct questions about the students'
race and class preference, and eight hypothetical patient
assessments, focusing on pain evaluation, informed consent, patient
reliability and patient trust.
The IAT results showed that 34 students (17 percent) had no
implicit race preference, 140 (69 percent) had a white preference,
and 28 (14 percent) had a black preference.
The test also showed that 174 students (86 percent) had an
implicit upper-class preference, 22 (11 percent) had no preference,
and six (3 percent) had a lower-class preference.
However, there was no link between implicit race or social
preferences and the students' performance on the patient
assessments, according to the study published in the Sept. 7
medical education theme issue of the
Journal of the American Medical Association.
Race and socioeconomic status are associated with health care
disparities among patients in the United States, Dr. Adil Haider
and colleagues noted in a journal news release. They said that
medical school could offer a good opportunity to decrease implicit
biases and possibly reduce doctor-related health care disparities,
although discussions with students suggest that may not be
"It has been recommended that medical education curricula focus on integrating cross-cultural education to reduce disparities; however, students have noted the existence of a 'hidden curriculum' in which what is taught about bias in the classroom differs starkly from in-hospital training experiences," Haider's team concluded.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more


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Address by Steven W. Koehn, Maryland State
Can you imagine Maryland without a state forest or state park? Well, a little less than one hundred years ago, in 1905, there was such a time.
John and Robert Garrett made a generous donation of 1,917 acres of forest land in Garrett County to the State of Maryland. The Garrett brother's original donation consisted of 3 parcels:
Records show that the Garrett deed was prepared on January 30,1907 and later recorded by Fred. W. Besley on April 10th, 1907 at 8 AM, "For the purposes mentioned in Sec. 3 Chap.294 of Acts of MD 1906" – what we call today the Forest Conservation Act of 1906. (Note: Governor Edwin Warfield signed it into law on April 5, 1906.
During the preliminary discussions with the State, the Garrett brothers imposed several conditions before they deeded over the land to the State. Some of these conditions were written into law in the Forestry Conservation Act of 1906.
The law in essence declared war on the Age of Forest exploitation. The law made it clear that the science of forestry would be the tool to heal Maryland's devastated landscape. The 1906 Forestry Conservation Act was so progressive and pioneering, that it quickly put Maryland in the forefront of the national forestry conservation movement at the State level. The law called for a "State Forester" to be in charge of carrying out its mandates. The first to fill that position was Fred W. Besley (_PHONE_).
As a result of the passing of the 1906 Forest Conservation, Maryland became third state in the country to have a State directed forest management program pioneering many scientific forest management programs that were later adopted across the country (the other two states were Wisconsin and Pennsylvania).
To fully appreciate the 1906 Forest Conservation Law, it is important to remember what the condition of the forests was like in the early 1900's.
The 1906 Forestry Conservation Act addressed a variety of additional environmental concerns of that time: over-cutting of timber, livestock grazing in woodlots, and wildfires. All of the above activities had a negative impact on forest regeneration.
The Law also provided guidelines for purchasing additional public lands. For example, in 1906 the State could spend no more than five dollars per acre when purchasing additional public lands.
Just consider one accomplishment of many resulting from the Garrett Brother's initial benevolence.
There were zero acres of state public land in Maryland before their donation in 1906; outdoor recreation did not exist on state public lands, simply because there were no state public lands in Maryland.
Today, as we celebrate the Centennial of the Maryland Forest Service and the Maryland State Park Service, there is just a little less than 500,000 acres of state public land, making up about 10% of Maryland's land base.
At the same time the forest land base throughout the state increased from a little less than 30% 100 years ago to 40% today. That's incredible, especially when you recognize that during the same time the population of Maryland tripled in size in 100 years, from about 1.8 million in 1906 to about 5.6 million people in 2006.
The Forest conservation leaders of the past proved that it is possible to have
economic growth while at the same time improving the forest resource base and
quality of life issues. Somehow, they figured out that delicate balance.
We can ask, "What will Maryland's forested landscape look like 100 years from now?" Well, what Maryland's forests will look like 100 years from now is up to us!
If the history of state and private forests in Maryland reveals anything, it is that land and people are intertwined throughout that history. It took 100 years of selfless dedication by a series of charismatic and influential forest conservation leaders to help restore the forest and develop a suite of forestry programs and services targeting our nation's state and private forestlands for improvement. In the past 30 years, user demands on State-owned forestland have dramatically increased as have the threats to the continued viability of privately owned forested lands. This is a pivotal time in the history of the state and private forestlands. It is a moment that cries out for a new cadre of charismatic and influential forest conservation leaders.
Now is the time for all of us to step forward and become the catalyst to lay the foundation for the next century of progress.
There's much work before us. We can't always depend on personalities to appear like John Garrett or Robert Garrett, or Fred W. Besley to bail us out. We have to get involved ourselves if we are to make a difference and have healthy and sustainable forests for today and tomorrow. Now, let's get to work!
Note: This centennial event was celebrated 100 years to the day Fred W.
Besley filed the Garrett land gift in the Garrett County Court House.
Photographs (top to bottom):
Garrett State Forest - Cradle of Maryland Forestry


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Park, Yeonkyung and Lee, Yong-hun. 2018. English Island Sentences by Korean EFL Learners. English Language and Linguistics 24.1, 153-172. This paper examined how Korean English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners processed English island sentences using an experimental method. Sprouse et al. (2012) demonstrated that English native speakers identified four types of island constraints in their language: whether, complex NP, subject, and adjunct. Kim (2015), on the other hand, applied the same strategy and revealed that Korean EFL learners did not identify complex NP and adjunct islands. This study performed the same experiments but used the magnitude estimation method (not Likert scale). The experiments and their statistical analyses clearly showed that Korean EFL learners clearly identified all the types of islands. The difference between this study and Kim (2015) might be originated from the measuring method of acceptability judgment scores and the statistical analyses.
Key words: island constraints, Korean EFL learners, magnitude estimation, generalized linear model, Likert scale


Thursday, January 13, 2011
What freediving does to the body
Two and a half minutes on one breath.
Filmed underwater in real-time for Human Planet, Bajau fisherman, Sulbin,
freedives on one breath to 20 metres to catch a fish.
From BBCNews
With sea levels rising, can humans adapt to a more watery world?
The Bajau people of South-East Asia live in stilt houses and fish underwater for up to five minutes on one breath.
What does this do to the body?
Take a deep breath in - how long until the urge to gasp for air becomes too much?
Perhaps it comes after 30 or 40 seconds.
But the bodies of habitual freedivers, who hold their breath for minutes at a time, can change to be better adapted to the water.
The Bajau people, sometimes known as the sea gypsies of Malaysia and Indonesia, are renowned natural freedivers.
Traditionally, they are born, live and die at sea, and fish by diving 20m (more than 65ft) underwater for minutes at a time on one breath.
At this depth, water pressure is almost three times what it is on the surface, squeezing lungs already deprived of oxygen.
Filmed underwater in real time for the
BBC's Human Planet (see exclusive series trailer), Bajau fisherman Sulbin demonstrates his techniques off the east coast of Sabah, Borneo.
Wearing hand-made wooden goggles and armed with a spear, he first prepares himself mentally.
"I focus my mind on breathing. I only dive once I'm totally relaxed," says Sulbin, who goes into a trance-like state before entering the water.
This degree of mind control is crucial, says freediving instructor
Emma Farrell, the author of One Breath, A Reflection on Freediving.
"You have to be warm and relaxed - you don't want to hyperventilate before taking your last breath."
A Bajau stilt village, built on a coral reef - some settlements are far off shore
The mammalian dive reflex - seen in aquatic animals such as dolphins and otters, and in humans to a lesser extent - helps, says Farrell.
"It's a series of automatic adjustments we make when submerged in cold water. It reduces the heart rate and metabolism to slow the rate you use oxygen."
During breath-holding, oxygen stores reduce and the body starts diverting blood from hands and feet to the vital organs.
Our bodies have a way to compensate.
Underwater pressure constricts the spleen, squeezing out extra haemoglobin, the protein in red corpuscles that carry oxygen around the body.
"Not enough research has been done to know if it wears off when you're not diving," says Farrell. "But I know people who do a lot of deep training - as Sulbin does - whose blood is like that of people living at high altitude."
In high altitudes, there is less oxygen and so the amount of haemoglobin in blood increases.
Seeing underwater
For most of their history, the Bajau have lived on houseboats, or in stilt houses built on coral reefs - some far from shore.
Many report feeling "landsick" on the rare occasions they spend time on dry land.
Thanks to time spent in the water as children when the eyes are developing, the Bajau, in common with other coastal dwelling people, have unusually strong underwater vision.
Their eye muscles have adapted to constrict the pupils more, and to change the lens shape to increase light refraction.
This makes their underwater eyesight twice as strong, according to Anna Gislen, of Sweden's Lund University, who from 2003 has compared the water vision of sea gypsy children of Thailand and Burma with that of European children.
A gap that can narrow with training.
One part of the Bajau body that hasn't fared well is the eardrum, which ruptures at a young age, says Human Planet director Tom Hugh-Jones.
"Sulbin's hearing is shot because he doesn't equalise the pressure in his ears as he dives. He's never had formal dive training. He was taught by his father to hold his breath."
There are evolutionary theories - not widely accepted, he adds - that an early ancestor of modern humans had to adapt to a partially aquatic environment.
The aquatic ape theory suggests this is why humans are largely hairless and have a subcutaneous layer of fat for underwater insulation, and so are better adapted to swimming than near relations such as the great ape.
Bajau children's underwater vision is less blurred than landlubbers of the same age.
But Sulbin and other Bajau divers have little body fat.
The wiry frame of these subsistence fisherman may actually help.
A lean physique is more efficient at using oxygen.
And having little body fat makes Sulbin less buoyant, able to walk across the reef bed with ease.
"This type of freediving - repeatedly diving to depths of 10 to 20m - carries the greatest risk of decompression sickness," says Farrell.
"But you are less likely to get the bends if you are lean, or very well hydrated."
Some Bajau die of the bends from diving - also a risk for compression divers in the Philippines encountered by the Human Planet team.
"Anyone who thinks this is an example of what a non-smoker's lungs can do will be disappointed," says Hugh-Jones.
"Sulbin smokes like a chimney. He says it relaxes his chest."
Links :
 - YouTube : Pa-aling divers, one of the most dangerous fishing methods of all. A 100 strong crew in the Philippines dive to 40 metres, breathing air pumped through makeshift tangled tubes by a rusty compressor.
 - TheGuardian : Unsustainable sea-farers, the last Bajau sea nomads


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Automatic Tool for Improving the Meshing Efficiency for Thin-Walled Objects-Mid-Surface Mesh Generation Utilizing Shape Recognition
ISSN: _PHONE_, e-ISSN: _PHONE_
Published April 03, 2018 by SAE International in United States
Citation: Jien, S. and Nishiura, H., "Automatic Tool for Improving the Meshing Efficiency for Thin-Walled Objects-Mid-Surface Mesh Generation Utilizing Shape Recognition," SAE Int. J. Mater. Manf. 11(4):361-372, 2018, _URL_
Thin-walled objects, such as sheet metals or resin parts, are modeled as mid-surface in finite element analysis (FEA), where the extraction of mid-surface mesh is still problematic especially for objects with complicated contours. In addition, market demand for more variety of new designs required the modeling to be done in much shorter time, which makes it indispensable to improve the meshing efficiency. As an attempt to improve the modeling efficiency for thin-walled objects, an automatic tool was developed to retrieve mid-surface mesh from an input 3D computer-aided design (CAD) data, which has its own shape recognition engine and mesh-rule knowledge database that enables it to recognize shape and generate and control mesh configuration/pattern at the mid-surface position. Moreover, this will provide the users with controllability over mid-surface generation and meshing process for various features such as ribs, fillets, holes, clips, and many others. This tool has the following advantages: (1) full automation with no human intervention, (2) controllability over mid-surface generation, and (3) controllability over mesh patterns. Full automation or unmanned operation allows it to run 24 hours nonstop and thus will eventually improve the meshing efficiency. Through an embedded shape recognition engine, the mid-surface generation process is controllable where various types of mid-surface patterns can be generated for one specific feature. Most of the time, the required shapes of mid-surface may vary between companies, depending on their experience and expertise in computer-aided engineering (CAE) analysis. In respect to the analysis objectives, the required mesh patterns are also different for crash, strength, and thermal analyses. This tool allows the users to select their analysis objective and define the mid-surface patterns for any specific shapes, thus making it close enough to the solver-ready model. For future implementation, this tool will provide easy accessibility for design engineers to transform between CAD and CAE domains and allow them to create reliable mesh models by their own, instead of relying on design analysts.
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What Is A Lamborghini
What Is A Lamborghini
What is a Lamborghini?
If you're into fast cars and luxury vehicles, chances are you've heard the name Lamborghini before. But what is a Lamborghini, exactly?
Lamborghini is an Italian brand of high-performance sports cars, founded in 1963 by Ferruccio Lamborghini. The first car to bear the Lamborghini name was the 350 GT, which was introduced in 1964.
Since then, Lamborghini has gone on to create some of the most legendary sports cars of all time, including the Miura, Countach, and Diablo. Today, Lamborghini's lineup includes models like the Aventador and the Huracán, which are known for their powerful engines, sleek designs, and incredible speeds.
Lamborghini History
To truly understand what a Lamborghini is, it's important to have some context about the brand's history.
As mentioned, Ferruccio Lamborghini founded his eponymous company in 1963. Prior to that, he made a name for himself as the owner of a successful tractor company, Lamborghini Trattori.
Legend has it that Lamborghini got into the sports car business after he had a disagreement with Enzo Ferrari, the founder of Ferrari cars. Lamborghini, who was also a car enthusiast, had purchased a Ferrari and was unhappy with its performance. He went to Enzo Ferrari with suggestions for how to improve the car, only to be met with a dismissive response.
Feeling insulted, Lamborghini decided to create his own sports car company—one that would outdo Ferrari in every way.
And thus, Lamborghini was born. From the beginning, Lamborghini's cars were known for their avant-garde designs and massive engines. The Miura, for example, was the first car to feature a mid-engine design, which put the engine in the middle of the car, rather than the front or the back.
What Makes a Lamborghini So Special?
So, what is it that sets Lamborghini's cars apart from the rest? There are a few things to consider.
First and foremost, Lamborghini cars are known for their speed. The Aventador, for example, can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 2.9 seconds, and has a top speed of 217 miles per hour. The Huracán, meanwhile, can hit 60 miles per hour in just 2.5 seconds, and has a top speed of 212 miles per hour.
But it's not just about speed. Lamborghini's cars are also incredibly stylish and attention-grabbing. With their sleek lines and bold colors, Lamborghini's vehicles are sure to turn heads wherever they go.
Finally, there's the sheer exclusivity of the brand. Lamborghini is a status symbol, a sign that you've made it. Owning a Lamborghini is a statement that you appreciate the finer things in life, and that you're not afraid to flaunt your success.
The Future of Lamborghini
So, what does the future hold for Lamborghini? Only time will tell. But one thing is for sure: as long as there are people who love fast cars and luxury vehicles, Lamborghini will continue to be a key player in the automotive industry.
As the company approaches its 60th anniversary, it's safe to say that the legacy of Ferruccio Lamborghini will continue to live on for many years to come.


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The U.S. and Canada are the 5th and 6th largest mink farming countries, behind Denmark, China, Netherlands and Poland.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (National Agricultural Statistics Service), there were 268 mink farms in operation in the U.S. in 2011. Leading states were Wisconsin, Utah and Idaho. Although the number of fur farms has decreased (there were 329 mink farms in the U.S. in 2001, and 683 in 1991), the total number of mink pelts "produced" has not decreased significantly. Over 3 million mink were killed on U.S. farms in 2011.
According to Statistics Canada (Canada's national statistical agency), there were 252 mink farms and 57 fox farms in operation in Canada in 2011 (farms raising both mink and fox were counted twice). Nova Scotia is Canada's leading mink farming province (over half of all mink killed in Canada were from Nova Scotia fur farms), followed by Ontario. Over 2.5 million mink and 9,000 foxes were killed on fur farms in Canada in 2011.
This directory includes farms that may have closed. This directory does not include chinchilla fur farms.
Although the majority (85%) of animals killed for their fur are kept captive in fur farms, each year trappers kill hundreds of thousands of muskrats, beavers, raccoons, coyotes, squirrels, marten and other animals. The United States and Canada are the world's leading suppliers of fur from trapped animals ("wild fur").
70,000 seals were killed during Canada's 2012 commercial seal hunt.
U.S. listings are in zip code order. Canada's farms and related businesses are listed east to west, and north to south, across each province/territory.


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Christianity most likely arrived in Ethiopia in the first century. The conversion of King Ezana in 330 c.e. led to its official acceptance and the minting of coins bearing one of the earliest uses of the cross as a Christian symbol. Although the silver pendant crosses in the Museum's collection are from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, their forms have a considerably longer history, as the much older copper, wood, and iron crosses here demonstrate.
Hand crosses, which are used by priests, are either hand-held or suspended from a cord around the neck. They are kissed by the faithful to receive a blessing. Processional crosses are carried on long poles in religious processions. Prayer staffs are used to mark rhythms during sacred dances and as supports to lean on while standing for long hours during Orthodox church services. Together, all of these crosses are emblems of the Ethiopian Orthodox church's ongoing authority.
This text refers to these objects:'1997.168.1; 2000.123.1; 79.72.3; 79.72.6; 79.72.30; 79.72.24; 79.72.20; 79.72.12; 79.72.27; 1998.126.4; 1998.126.3; 2000.95.1; 79.72.14; 79.72.11; 79.72.17; 79.72.13; 79.72.31; 88.192.4; 79.72.21; 79.72.18
- Culture: Amhara
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Place Made: Ethiopia
- Dates: 13th or 14th century
- Dimensions: 10 x 4 3/4 x 1 in. (25.4 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Arts of Africa
- Museum Location: This item is on view in South Gallery, 1st Floor
- Accession Number: 2000.95.1
- Credit Line: Gift of Eric Goode
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Amhara. Processional Cross, 13th or 14th century. Copper alloy, 10 x 4 3/4 x 1 in. (25.4 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Eric Goode, 2000.95.1. Creative Commons-BY
- Catalogue Description: Cast bronze processional cross with rectangular openwork superstructure and socket with decagonal cross section. The superstructure has a central motif of five small cutout Greek crosses arranged in a larger Greek cross design. Two sets of three crosses form the vertical edges of the composition. Condition: Good overall
- Record Completeness: Best (83%)


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Programme Title: Urban - Resilient Cities
Programme Leader: Professor Suzanne Wilkinson (The University of Auckland)
The Urban Co-Creation Laboratory will integrate, implement and build onto the knowledge and tools created in the Resilience Toolboxes to enable cities in New Zealand to adapt and transform with urban change whilst building their resilience to natural hazards. Resilient cities will be built via:
Contribution to Challenge Mission: This research reaches to the centre of the Resilient New Zealand vision by targeting solutions to our increasingly urban population base and lifestyles. Using the inputs from the multiple inter-disciplinary Resilience Toolboxes, this Urban Co-Creation laboratory will provide the tools and strategies for our fast-growing and/or rapidly changing urban areas to thrive in the face of natural hazard, despite changing needs, populations and urban forms. Auckland is the fastest growing urban environment in New Zealand (hosting more than 60% of New Zealandâs growth over the next 30 years). It is also prone to a wide range of natural hazards, with a range of frequencies, magnitudes and cascading chains of impact. These impact a diverse range of ethnicities, networks, age-groups and wealth.
Vision MÄtauranga (âVMâ) outcome: The programme will partner with the MÄtauranga MÄori Programme to decide which communities should be working with the priority programme are. The work will work with the MÄtauranga MÄori Programme to examine how MÄori businesses, communities can be made more resilient and how this contributes to increasing cities resilience.
10-year outcome: Through uptake of the research, Auckland and other New Zealand cities will be viewed internationally as some of the most natural hazard-resilient cities in the world.
5-year outcome: This Cities Programme will have produced a roadmap towards a Resilient Auckland, linking to the other key New Zealand Cities, and be further along the resilience trajectory towards a more resilient City and Country.
Specific Projects within Programme
1. Resilient Cities Network Development: This project aims to develop a consensus of solutions (resilience tools, measures and indicators ) that will create a New Zealand city resilient to natural hazard. We will establish a network that incudes and links the main cities in New Zealand with the science.
2. Resilient Auckland Planning: This project aims to place the Auckland Councilâs Strategic Plan under a resilience âlensâ to trace future land use under planned scenarios of population and economic growth, including testing longer-term simulated environments in Auckland, and reporting key resilience measures for the different options.
3. Resilient Auckland Communities: This project aims to develop resilient Auckland communities, with a focus on Pacific Island and Asian communities and migrant and refugee groups.
4. Resilient Auckland Businesses: This project aims to identify vulnerabilities in the business sector, and assist with the development and testing of mechanisms to make Auckland businesses resilient. We will develop a baseline for Auckland businesses and work with the more vulnerable businesses to assist with improving their resilience.
5. Resilient Auckland Infrastructure: This project aims to develop and test resilient indicators for infrastructure networks with an initial focus on transport for the Auckland region, then moving onto other infrastructure types (water, electricity, telecommunications).


Running Bitbucket Server as a Linux service
This page describes how to run Bitbucket Server as a Linux service, and only applies if you are manually installing or upgrading Bitbucket Server from an archive file. See the page Install Bitbucket Server from an archive file for more details.
Bitbucket Server assumes that the external database is available when it starts; these approaches do not support service dependencies, and the startup scripts will not wait for the external database to become available.
For production use on a Linux server, Bitbucket Server should be configured to run as a Linux service, that is, as a daemon process. This has the following advantages:
 - Bitbucket Server can be automatically restarted when the operating system restarts.
 - Bitbucket Server can be automatically restarted if it stops for some reason.
 - Bitbucket Server is less likely to be accidentally shut down, as can happen if the terminal Bitbucket Server was manually started in is closed.
 - Logs from the Bitbucket Server JVM can be properly managed by the service.
System administration tasks are not supported by Atlassian. These instructions are only provided as a guide and may not be up to date with the latest version of your operating system.

Using the Java Service Wrapper
Bitbucket Server can be run as a service on Linux using the Java Service Wrapper. The Service Wrapper is known to work with Debian, Ubuntu, and Red Hat.
The Service Wrapper provides the following benefits:
 - Allows Bitbucket Server, which is a Java application, to be run as a service.
 - No need for a user to be logged on to the system at all times, or for a command prompt to be open and running on the desktop to be able to run Bitbucket Server.
 - The ability to run Bitbucket Server in the background as a service, for improved convenience, system performance and security.
 - Bitbucket Server is launched automatically on system startup and does not require that a user be logged in.
 - Users are not able to stop, start, or otherwise tamper with Bitbucket Server unless they are an administrator.
 - Can provide advanced failover, error recovery, and analysis features to make sure that Bitbucket Server has the maximum possible uptime.
Please see _URL_ for wrapper installation and configuration instructions.
The service wrapper supports the standard commands for SysV init scripts, so it should work if you just create a symlink to it from /etc/init.d.
Using an init.d script
The usual way on Linux to ensure that a process restarts at system restart is to use an init.d script. This approach does not restart Bitbucket Server if it stops by itself.
 1. Stop Bitbucket Server.
 2. Create a bitbucket user, set the permissions to that user, create a home directory for Bitbucket Server and create a symlink to make upgrades easier:
 $> curl -OL _URL_
 $> tar xz -C /opt -f atlassian-bitbucket-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
 $> ln -s /opt/atlassian-bitbucket-X.Y.Z /opt/atlassian-bitbucket-latest

 # Create a home directory
 $> mkdir /opt/bitbucket-home

 # ! Update permissions and ownership accordingly
 (Be sure to replace X.Y.Z in the above commands with the version number of Bitbucket Server.)
 3. Create the startup script in /etc/init.d/bitbucket with the following contents (Ensure the script is executable by running chmod 755 bitbucket):
 #! /bin/sh

 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides: bitbucket
 # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
 # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
 # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6
 # Short-Description: Initscript for Atlassian Bitbucket Server
 # Description: Automatically start Atlassian Bitbucket Server when the system starts up.
 # Provide commands for manually starting and stopping Bitbucket Server.
 ### END INIT INFO

 # Adapt the following lines to your configuration
 # RUNUSER: The user to run Bitbucket Server as.
 RUNUSER=vagrant

 # BITBUCKET_INSTALLDIR: The path to the Bitbucket Server installation directory
 BITBUCKET_INSTALLDIR="/opt/atlassian-bitbucket-X.Y.Z"

 # BITBUCKET_HOME: Path to the Bitbucket home directory
 BITBUCKET_HOME="/opt/bitbucket-home"

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 # PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 DESC="Atlassian Bitbucket Server"
 NAME=bitbucket
 PIDFILE=$BITBUCKET_HOME/log/bitbucket.pid
 SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

 # Read configuration variable file if it is present
 [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME

 # Define LSB log_* functions.
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 . /lib/lsb/init-functions

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 if [ "$RUNUSER" != "$USER" ]; then
 su - "$RUNUSER" -c "export BITBUCKET_HOME=${BITBUCKET_HOME};${BITBUCKET_INSTALLDIR}/bin/$1"
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1878 - Born on the 2nd of January in Prague.
- After starting with architecture, Frankl studied art history in Munich.
1910 - He earned his Ph.D.
1921 - Became professor for art history in Halle.
1933 - His Jewish origin he was put on leave after the rise to power of Nazism.
1940 - He emigrated to the United States where he worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
- His most famous works are books on the architecture of Renaissance and Gothic.
1962 - Died on the 22nd of April in Princeton, New Jersey.
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July 12, 2019
Powder stickiness measurement
Interaction of powder particles with water vapor at certain temperatures can unexpectedly transform free flowing powders into cohesive or even sticky powders. This phenomenon causes all sorts of highly undesired issues during e.g. dosing of powders, storage of powders and even during production, such as in the case of spray drying. Think of sticky powder in spray dryers or sticky product during storage in big bags or hoppers leading to a cake-like structure and as a results poor dosing and flow properties. Powder stickiness, stickiness measurement and prediction thereof is not an easy task. The adhesion and adhesive forces between particles are influenced by a range of variables like particle size, particle shape, porosity, surface properties and of course the chemical nature of the material making stickiness measurement a challenging task.
Prediction of powder stickiness is key in preventing above-mentioned problems, but is not an easy assessment since every product will act differently towards variation in relative humidity and temperature of the environment to which the powder is exposed. The intimate relation between temperature and humidity makes predicting even more difficult. Accordingly, dedicated equipment and expertise is required to study this powder stickiness behavior.
We have two main instrumental methodologies available:
 - Water vapor adsorption isotherms at different temperatures and relative humidity of 0-95%. Use of the Guggenheim, Anderson, de Boer (GAB) model can help to determine the stickiness point from the isotherm at each temperature measured, although this is not always straightforward to determine.
 - Powder rheometry under real time conditions of temperature and relative humidity. Here we directly measure the stickiness point by changes in adhesive forces between particles and thus friction of the powder bed during fluidization upon changes in the powder properties. For this purpose we have greatly amended the powder rheometer to make it capable of stickiness measurement that has not been reported before. Since this stickiness measurement directly detects changes in powder flow it is highly preferred over the vapor adsorption method listed above.
We have recently published a scientific paper on powder stickiness measurement using the above-listed methodologies; a copy of the paper can be requested via this link.
Combination of the individual sticky points recorded at the different temperatures enables to construct a sticky diagram in which conditions of sticky and non-sticky behaviour can be discriminated and further predicted.


30 U.S. Code § 866 - Trailing cables
(a) Requirements established for flame resistant cables
Trailing cables used in coal mines shall meet the requirements established by the Secretary for flame-resistant cables.
(b) Circuit breakers; markings and visual observation of position of disconnection devices
Short-circuit protection for trailing cables shall be provided by an automatic circuit breaker or other no less effective device approved by the Secretary of adequate current-interrupting capacity in each ungrounded conductor. Disconnecting devices used to disconnect power from trailing cables shall be plainly marked and identified and such devices shall be equipped or designed in such a manner that it can be determined by visual observation that the power is disconnected.
(c) Distribution center junctions; safety connections
When two or more trailing cables junction to the same distribution center, means shall be provided to assure against connecting a trailing cable to the wrong size circuit breaker.
(d) Temporary splices; usable period; exceptions; quality
One temporary splice may be made in any trailing cable. Such trailing cable may only be used for the next twenty-four hour period. No temporary splice shall be made in a trailing cable within twenty-five feet of the machine, except cable reel equipment. Temporary splices in trailing cables shall be made in a workmanlike manner and shall be mechanically strong and well insulated. Trailing cables or hand cables which have exposed wires or which have splices that heat or spark under load shall not be used. As used in this subsection, the term "splice" means the mechanical joining of one or more conductors that have been severed.
(e) Permanent splices; quality
When permanent splices in trailing cables are made, they shall be—
(1) mechanically strong with adequate electrical conductivity and flexibility;
(2) effectively insulated and sealed so as to exclude moisture; and
(3) vulcanized or otherwise treated with suitable materials to provide flame-resistant qualities and good bonding to the outer jacket.
(f) Clamping of cables
Trailing cables shall be clamped to machines in a manner to protect the cables from damage and to prevent strain on the electrical connections. Trailing cables shall be adequately protected to prevent damage by mobile equipment.
(g) Making and breaking of connections to junction boxes
Trailing cable and power cable connections to junction boxes shall not be made or broken under load.
(Pub. L. 91–173, title III, § 306,Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 779.)
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Data for: Measurement and Modeling for Poly(vinyl stearate) in Supercritical Fluids
In this study, the cloud-points were reported for poly(vinyl stearate) (PVS) in several fluids and mixed fluids consisted of carbon dioxide (CO2), propane, propylene, butane, 1-butene, and dimethyl ether (DME). The cloud-points for the PVS solution are measured using high-pressure apparatus with variable-volume view cell. The measured cloud-point pressures for all systems show a LCST-type phase behavior. The cloud-points for ternary systems consisted of CO2, DME, propylene, 1-butene, and PVS are measured over the range of temperature from 333 K to 453 K and the pressure from 35 MPa to 203 MPa.


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A flow sensor capable of measuring flow rate, fluid type, fluid pressure, fluid presence, and flow direction has been demonstrated. This research activity demonstrates a very simple cap fabrication and assembly process that enabled the realization of a flow sensor with multiple sensing capabilities. A surface micromachined process is employed to fabricate the pressure sensors as well as the cap that defines the fluid channel. The sensor was configured in a way to successfully demonstrate two differential pressure sensing modes (i.e. sensors within the cavity and sensors in the flow channel). Both flow rate and viscosity measurements are based on the differential pressure sensing principle. Fluid presence is determined using an interdigitated structure which can also sense the fluid type based on permittivity of the fluid. The flow rate measured successfully has been as low as 0.01 ml/hr and showed very good linearity when compared to the theoretical model. The diameter of the pressure sensor diaphragm utilized was as low as 100 microns and depended on the flow rate required to measure.
Sensors, 2008 IEEE
Date of Conference: 26-29 Oct. 2008


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Before we explain the importance of a base year in commercial leases, it is important to understand the context in which the base year analysis is applicable.
There are many types of commercial leases but the two most common forms of a commercial lease are a triple net lease and a gross lease. A triple net lease (NNN) is a lease where the landlord passes through all of the expenses associated with the property to the tenant – expenses like property tax, maintenance and utilities. In a gross lease the landlord typically pays all of the property's expenses. The third category is what is called a modified gross lease. In that scenario the lease contemplates that there may be increases in the property's expenses by assigning a base year to the lease so that the landlord will have the ability to pass through increase costs to the tenant.
So why is base year important? In a gross lease or modified gross lease the landlord typically agrees to cover the tenant's share of the annual operating expenses. That said the landlord typically limits their annual exposure to the amount of expenses incurred in the base year of the lease – which is typically the first year of the lease. The landlord then continues to pay the property's expenses in the amount in the base year but the tenant agrees to pay its share (percentage) of any increases in the property's expenses going forward. Each year in the future the tenant is then responsible for their share of increased expenses beyond the base year level.
For help with your commercial lease or other leasing dispute, please contact us today. At Schorr Law, our team of real estate lawyers have litigated and assisted with literally thousands of real estate matters and we recognize the importance of detailed, experienced advice for our clients.
By Zachary Schorr, esq.
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