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A Research Paper By Beth Ostrander, Life Coach, CANADA
Does Practitioners Specialization Have a Blind Spot Supporting Clients on Pleasure-Related Topics?
Within Positive Psychology, pleasure is listed as one of the controllable factors that increase happiness.1A2016 study aimed to replicate findings of 2011 study by Giannopoulos and Vella-Brodrick
Confirmed that interventions based on pleasure, engagement, and meaning are effective in increasing well-being and ameliorating depressive symptoms across different cultural settings and for longer periods than expected2
I have witnessed the positive impact of this with clients in my blended coaching practice as a Life Pleasure Coach. Unfortunately, I have heard from several clients that they could not speak about pleasure with other their previous Practitioners (e.g., coaches, counselors, therapists). As I noticed this coming up, I began to think perhaps some Practitioners were missing out on a powerful tool. In some cases, the clients did not feel safe bringing up the topic. In other cases, the clients were directed to take the issue elsewhere, sometimes without being provided with referrals. I wondered if Practitioners were expressing healthy professional boundaries or if there was more at play.
Over time, I chatted casually with many colleagues and have heard a common theme of concern about a client raising Pleasure-Related Topics. Since pleasure is taboo, it is no wonder that Practitioners experience some anxiety when Pleasure-Related Topics arise.
This has led me to explore with more intentionality the comfort level Practitioners have around Pleasure-Related Topics.
It is important to make two notes here:
Note #1: This research is not designed to confirm a Practitioners specialization. It is to explore a Practitioner's comfort level supporting their client with Pleasure-Related Topics. Not every Practitioner is going to specialize in Pleasure-Related Topics. However, Practitioners require a certain level of comfort providing general support for any topic a client raises. For example, if a client brings money up in the session, a Practitioner who isn't a money coach or a financial advisor would have a level of ease providing support on the topic. They would also be comfortable providing referrals if their client wanted to explore the topic more deeply.
Note #2: This research paper is not solely about sensual pleasure. The word "pleasure" is often translated to mean sensuality or sex only. In this research Pleasure-Related Topics include:
- Pleasure in General: for example, a client struggling to make time for self-care or making time to enjoy a date night when life is hectic.
- Body-Related Issues: for example, a client working through body image issues that are affecting their ability to select clothing for a work event or a first date.
- Intimacy: for example, a client grappling with the degree of vulnerability they want to show when sharing life details with a co-worker or with a loved one.
- Sex & Sexuality: for example, a client is concerned about telling friends and family members that they are questioning the state of their marriage or exploring their sexual orientation.
- Pleasure-Related Shame: for example, a client feeling guilty and shameful for having an abundance of things while others in the world go hungry or for desiring something that conflicts with their religious beliefs.
To explore this topic deeper, I conducted a 3-hour workshop for Practitioners called "Practitioners Workshop: Introduction to Authentic Pleasure". Twelve (12) Practitioners participated and received a pre-workshop questionnaire and a post-workshop feedback form. Some Practitioners also participated in a conversation before/after the workshop. The following demographics were represented ("Unconfirmed" = not disclosed or not asked):
- Practitioner Types: Social workers, Therapists, Coaches (ICA & other), Reiki
- Religions: Catholic; Jewish; Evangelical Christian; None; Unconfirmed
- Heritage/Cultures: Latin American, Filipino, British; Lebanese; Danish; German; Italian; New Zealander; Unconfirmed
- Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual; Pan-sexual; Unconfirmed
- Genders: CIS gender men; CIS gender women; Unconfirmed
Three main themes arose while exploring the Practitioners comfort level with Pleasure-Related Topics during client sessions.
- Raising the Topic
- Key Areas of Concern
- The blind spot around Pleasure-Related Topics.
Finding #1: Raising the Topic
Two of the indicators used to explore the Practitioners' level of comfort with Pleasure-Related Topics were related to how often the topic was raised with clients. First, the Practitioners were asked how often they raised Pleasure-Related Topics. Secondly, they were asked how often their client raised the topic. It was noticeable that 0% of the Practitioners "always" introduced Pleasure-Related Topics and 20% of Practitioners "never" introduced the topic. When it came to asking about the frequency that their clients raised the topic, the practitioners said that10% of their clients "never" introduced Pleasure-Related Topics. Overall, clients raise Pleasure-Related Topics slightly more often than practitioners.
The idea of "code words" for taboo subjects was introduced. When asked to consider what common "code words" their clients use in place of saying "pleasure", the Practitioners listed: Joy, Enjoyment, Desire, Happiness, Peace, Love, and Intimacy. When asked to consider what common "code words" their clients use in place of saying "pleasure-related shame", the Practitioners listed: Indulgent, Dangerous, Risky, Selfish, Destructive, Guilty, Sinful, Wrong.
After the Practitioners spent 3-hours in the workshop learning about and discussing Pleasure-Related Topics with their colleagues, they registered that their clients were bringing up Pleasure-Related Topics more than they had realized. Several Practitioners expressed that they likely have missed opportunities to support their client's self-awareness.
Pleasure wasn't even on my radar at all – professionally or even personally – and now I'm being more conscious. Pleasure is important to me, but it's never talked about. Therapist
Most Practitioners agreed they would now be more alert for "code words" and some Practitioners decided to include Pleasure-Related Topics in their client intake process.
Finding #2: Key Areas of Concerns
Three Key Areas of Concern showed up from this research:
- Information & Skill Gap
- Lacking Recognition of Pleasure-Related Issues
- Managing Personal Reactions.
Within each area, the Practitioners expressed the following specific concerns:
Key Area: Information & Skill Gap
- "Competency in addressing these topics"
- "An academic understanding of these terms/topics/areas"
- "Information about what pleasure is, what blocks pleasure, pleasure limits"
- "New approaches"
Near the end of the workshop, a coach put her pen down and asked to share. She had begun the workshop intending to gain information to support her clients more effectively. She shared that she now understood it was just as important to examine her awareness around Pleasure-Related Topics.
Key Area: Lacking Recognition of Pleasure-Related Issues
- "How to recognize when a client is experiencing pleasure-related shame."
- "Identifying and speaking about unidentified shame (they don't resonate with the word shame because its unconscious or they're too ashamed to admit being ashamed)"
- "Information about what pleasure is, what blocks pleasure, permission to feel pleasure"
- "How to speak with others to encourage them to explore and discover their pleasure."
- "A better understanding of pleasure, intimacy, and body-relatedness and how to recognize when a client needs help in one of these areas."
- "Bridging language for people who may be uncomfortable talking about sex and shame."
- "It has not come up so far with clients"
- "Most of my clients are business clients, we don't speak about these things and I know that they impact all areas of our lives."
Before the workshop, a therapist shared with me over the phone that she was nervous to bring up the topic with her all-female clients. She didn't think she had achieved enough success around pleasure in her own life. She shared her struggles taking time for herself as a solopreneur, her challenges with body-image issues, and her difficulties communicating with her partner about intimate issues.
Key Area: Managing Personal Reactions
- "Having an open mindset for the topic"
- "How to address my triggers when they arise in session."
- "Learning something that might relate to me personally in terms of intimacy in my partnership as well as how this topic can be useful in my coaching practice."
- "Feeling more comfortable and open when it comes to talking about Pleasure Related Topics with my clients."
- "Have a more positive attitude towards pleasure. Be better accepting of pleasure and drop the judgment."
- "More confidence."
During the case study debrief, a therapist shared that he had experienced a personal reaction when another Practitioner raised a Pleasure-Related Topic that he considered morally questionable. He was shocked by his judgemental reaction since he considered himself to be very open-minded.
Finding #3: Exposed Blind Spot:
The Practitioners all shared that they began the workshop with a "blind-spot" around supporting their clients with Pleasure-Related Topics.
The Practitioners shared the following specific blindspots that came into view for them:
- "Allowing others to truly tap into what are their pleasure, as well as my own."
- "Shame is often not explored in my practice."
- "My struggles with talking about pleasure with my clients."
- "Understanding of what I didn


How to Enter Setup on an Acer Aspire
Sometimes, you need to get into your Acer Aspire's setup menu. There are several reasons this might be necessary, from fixing your computer's clock to making tweaks, so that a program will run more smoothly. Whatever the reason, you might need to access your Acer's BIOS, but getting into it can be tricky, because it requires you to hit the right keys at just the right time.
What Is the BIOS?
The term BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System. The BIOS controls your computer's startup process, and it launches Windows once all the required system checks have been performed. For example, the BIOS makes sure that all your computer's drivers and hardware are functioning properly. If there's an issue, the BIOS throws out an error, and either pauses the startup process or it finishes the startup and then provides an alert on your desktop. Driver errors are one reason that a person might need to access the BIOS on the Acer.
Discovering Your Acer's Bios Key
To get into any computer's bios, you have to know which key to press to get to the setup menu. The BIOS key for an Acer Aspire is F2; however, depending on the model of Aspire you have, you might be required to perform an extra step.
Power Off and Then Restart
Perform a complete shut down of your computer by pressing the Windows Key, clicking the power button and selecting "Shut Down" from the menu. Once your computer has shut down and has turned itself off, wait a few seconds, and then turn the computer back on by pressing the power button.
Aspire Models: Quickly Hit F2
When the computer begins to reboot, start pressing the F2 key. This will pause the startup sequence, and will trigger the setup menu. Once the menu appears on the screen use the up, down, left and right arrow keys to navigate to the area you want to access.
Access the BIOS Key on an Aspire One
Pressing F2 might not work to access the setup menu, but hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del will pause the startup process and allow you to then press the F2 key to access the setup menu. You should try using just F2 first, but if it doesn't work, reboot and try the three-key process first. Once you have accessed the startup menu, navigate using the left, right, up and down arrow keys on your keyboard.
If All Else Fails, Call Acer Support
If neither of these processes launches the setup screen, contact Acer support for help. Also, going into a computer startup and changing BIOS settings can harm your computer's performance, so this task should be done only when necessary, and if you aren't sure of what to do, let an expert handle it.


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set introduced some Pokémon-ex with two different Resistances on the same card, such as Rayquaza ex. Resistances were initially fixed at -30 damage, meaning the Pokémon would take 30 less damage from an attack. Unlike Weakness, this rule was always printed on the card, either to the left of or above the Resistance-type in the form of "-30". As of the Diamond & Pearl set, Resistances are officially variables, though are always -20 (also printed on the cards) damage unless on a reprint of a Pokémon card that originally had a -30 Resistance.
- Main article: Retreat cost
When a player wants to move his or her Active Pokémon to the Bench, that player can retreat that Pokémon. Then, a Pokémon on the Bench must replace the previous Active Pokémon. Each Pokémon has a Retreat Cost: a specific number of Energy that must be discarded from the Pokémon being retreated in order to move it back to the Bench. Retreating can only be done once per turn. If the player doesn't have the required amount of Energy attached to discard or doesn't have any Benched Pokémon, his or her Pokémon is unable to retreat. Some Pokémon have no Retreat Cost and thus can retreat for free; others have a Retreat Cost of between one and five Energy inclusive. Any type of Energy can be used for retreating, as any Energy can count as Colorless.
A Restored Pokémon (known in Japan as Revived Pokémon) is a form of Pokémon that in the Pokémon games, is revived to life from a Fossil. As with the games, only nine Pokémon can be classified as Restored Pokémon; however, only Tirtouga, Archen, and Aerodactyl have appeared so far. In order to play a Restored Pokémon, the player must first play the respective Fossil card, search the bottom seven cards of their deck for the corresponding Pokémon, and then place into onto his or her Bench. This type of card was introduced in the Noble Victories expansion.
- Main article: Special Conditions (TCG)
A Special Condition is a result that some attacks have. Specific attacks may cause the Defending Pokémon to be affected by at least one of the five Special Conditions: Asleep, Burned, Confused, Paralyzed and Poisoned. Unlike status ailments in the video games, Special Conditions are not necessarily mutually exclusive due to the Poisoned and Burned Special Conditions being recognized by the placing of a marker on the afflicted Pokémon. However, between the other three, a Pokémon can only be affected by one at once.
- Main article: Stadium card (TCG)
A Stadium card is one of three types of "Trainer" card and is designed to change an aspect of gameplay for both players. Unlike Trainer cards and Supporter cards, Stadium cards cause a long-term change in gameplay which affects both players. Being competitive cards, they are often played in order to hugely help the player or hinder the opponent. For example, the Battle Frontier Stadium card would not be used by players whose decks included Colorless-type, Darkness-type or Metal-type Evolved Pokémon.
- Main article: Supporter card (TCG)
A Supporter card is one of three types of "Trainer" cards. Supporter cards are based on characters who are, more often than not, included in the Pokémon games, such as Scott, Professor Rowan and Bebe. A player can only play one Supporter card each turn, this is because they are usually very helpful to the player. They stay in play until the end of the player's turn—they are then discarded.
- Main article: Trainer card (TCG)
The Trainer card is the main type of "Trainer" card, was the first to be introduced, and was the only type of "Trainer" card until Supporter cards and Stadium cards were split into their own categories in Diamond & Pearl. Unlike these two, Trainer cards have subtypes, and thus have a wide range of effects. The two main subtypes of Trainer card are Pokémon Tools, which act very much like held items in the games, and Technical Machines, which include one additional attack usable by the Pokémon the card is attached to. Other set-specific types, such as Goldenrod Game Corner and Rocket's Secret Machine, also exist.
If a Pokémon has Weakness to a certain type, it means that if it is attacked by a Pokémon of that type, it will receive more damage. Most Pokémon have one Weakness, such as Diglett in the Base Set, but some have none, such as Togepi in the Neo Destiny set. The EX Sandstorm set introduced some Pokémon-ex with two different Weaknesses on the same card, such as Aggron ex. Weaknesses were initially fixed at ×2 damage, meaning the Pokémon would take twice the amount of damage dealt by an attack. Variable Weaknesses were later introduced in the Diamond & Pearl set, with Weaknesses of +10, +20, +30, +40 and ×2. Generally, Basic Pokémon will have a Weakness of +10, Stage 1 Pokémon one of +20, and Stage 2 Pokémon one of +30, with a select few having one of +40. There is no general pattern (except perhaps legendary Pokémon) of Pokémon with a ×2 Weakness; although, Pokémon SP always have a weakness of ×2. From HeartGold & SoulSilver onwards, Weaknesses return to ×2.

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Boy Names baby nameThan
What does the name Than mean?
The different meanings of the name Than are:
 - Burmese meaning: A million; An auspicious number
 - Greek meaning: Brilliant
 - Vietnamese meaning: Death
The meaning of the name "Than" is different in several languages, countries and cultures and has more than one possibly same or different meanings available.


Approved Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT)
406 MHz ELT Coding Protocols
The ELT coding shall conform to the following protocols:
 1. An ELT that is able to determine its own location, and transmit this location information in the beacon's message shall be coded:
 1. in the case of a Type AF, AP or AD ELT, using the Standard Location Protocol and the 24-bit binary aircraft identification assigned to the aircraft by Transport Canada when registering the aircraft to uniquely identify the ELT;
 2. in the case of a Type S ELT, using the Standard Location Protocol and unique serial number assigned to the ELT by the ELT manufacturer and the Cospas-Sarsat beacon type approval certificate number to uniquely identify the ELT;
 2. an ELT that is not able to determine its own location, shall be coded:
 1. in the case of a Type AF, AP or AD ELT, using the Serial User Protocol with the 24-bit binary aircraft identification assigned to the aircraft by Transport Canada when registering the aircraft to uniquely identify the ELT;
 2. in the case of a Type S ELT, using the Serial User Protocol with a unique Beacon Serial Number;
 3. the country code shall reflect the state in which the aircraft is registered.
Information note:
In the case of a change of aircraft ownership and/or registration, the onus shall be placed on the purchaser or lessee to ensure that any changes to the 406-MHz ELT coded information is completed, and that the revised information has been brought to the attention of the Canadian Beacon Registry. In the case of aircraft which are already equipped with survival type ELTs (ELT(S)), it is preferred that the country code be changed to reflect the state in which the aircraft is registered, and that the appropriate beacon registry be notified.
To receive Transport Canada approval an ELT shall comply
with the applicable design standard specified in Chapter 551,
paragraph 551.104(e) of the Airworthiness Manual (MN). These standards include:
 - TSO-C91a (or FAA TSO-C91) — Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) Equipment
 - TSO-C126406 MHz Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
In order for the ELT to be installed in an aircraft, the requirements of paragraph 551.104 of the AWM must be met and the appropriate installation approval received from Transport Canada.
It is the responsibility of the installer of an ELT to ensure that the ELT complies with any applicable Airworthiness Directives (AD), including Transport Canada AD CF-81-29R2Emergency Locator Transmitters" in respect of lithium sulfur dioxide (LiSO2) battery types. However, lithium battery technology has significantly improved in the last two decades and the FAA has issued TSO C-142 and TSO C-142a standards. TCCA has determined that batteries that are meeting the TSO C-142 standard or later revisions would have an acceptable level of safety. As a result Transport Canada has issued Alternate Means of Compliance (AMOC) – AARDG 2008/A13 to AD CF-81-29R2 – Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT).
Inquiries concerning Transport Canada approval of emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) and related batteries should be directed to the nearest Transport Canada Civil Aviation regional office.
The joint approval by Transport Canada and Industry Canada is required for the use of ELTs in Canada. The following list identifies those ELTs that have been approved by Transport Canada and which have been certified by Industry Canada.
Note: Those ELTs that show the applicable airworthiness standard as both TSO-C126 and TSO-C91a include the required functionality of each TSO within the same ELT. This is allowed for within TSO-C126.
Company Model Type Applicable Airworthiness Standard Industry Canada Certification Number
ACK Technologies Inc. ACK E-01 AF TSO-C91a 1863474101FP
E-04
AF
TSO-C126
TSO-C91a
1863A-E04
Ameri-King Corporation AK-450 AF, AP, P TSO-C91a _PHONE_
AK-451-(AF) AF TSO-C126
TSO-C91a
2474A-A451PLAFAPS
AK-451-(AP) AP TSO-C126
TSO-C91a
2474A-A451PLAFAPS
AK-451-(S) S TSO-C126
TSO-C91a
2474A-A451PLAFAPS
Air Precision ELT 97 AF, AP TSO-C126
TSO-C91a

4843A-ELT97

Technisonic Industries Ltd. (Formerly Allied Signal (Garrett) GARRETT RESCU 88 AF, AP, P TSO-C91 120473001F
RESCU 88C AF, AP, P TSO-C91

120473001F
RESCU 88L AF, AP, P TSO-C91 120473001F
RESCU 99 S TSO-C91 214472002W
RESCU 99 DAL F TSO-C91 214472003F
Artex Aircraft Supplies Inc. COMM.COMP CIR-11-2 AF, AP, P TSO-C91 312473007F
ELT 110-4 AF TSO-C91a 1215474017AF
ELT 110HM AF TSO-C91
TSO-C126
1215474017AF
ELT-200 AF TSO-C91a 1215474104AF
110-406 NAV AF TSO-C126 1215873100AF
110-406HM NAV AF TSO-C126 1215873100AF
ELT 110-406 AF TSO-C126 1215873100AF
ELT 110-406HM AF TSO-C126 1215873100AF
B406-4 AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215873100AF
C406-1 AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215873100AF
C406-1HM AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215873100AF
C406-2 AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215873100AF
C406-2HM AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215873100AF
G406-4 AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215873100AF
C406-N AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215B-C406NAF
C406-N HM AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215B-C406NAF
ME406 AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215B-ME406AF
ME406HM AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215B-ME406AF
ME406P AF TSO-C91a
TSO-C126
1215B-ME406AF
Bendix Avelex Inc. (Martech) EB-2B AF, AP, P TSO-C91 112472005
EB-2BC
EB-2BCD
Canadian Airmotive Ltd.
(ELT Unlimited Inc, DEFT Lab, Emergency Beacon Corp.)
DEFT-1 AF, AP, P TSO-C91 295473008FP
SHARC-7A F TSO-C91 295473014P
SHARC-7C F TSO-C91 295473014F
SHARC-7K F TSO-C91 295473004F
EBC 102 P TSO-C91 102473011P
EBC 102A P, AP TSO-C91 102473009P/AP
EBC 302 P, AP TSO-C91 102473010P/AP
EBC 302H P, AP TSO-C91 102473010P/AP
EBC 502 P, AP TSO-C91a 102473010P/AP
EBC 502H P, AP TSO-C91a 10247310PA
Dayton-Granger Inc. EB-2BW S TSO-C91 112472005
DME Corporation SRB-406-S S TSO-C126 4628A-P3030041001
Dorne and Margolin DM ELT 6 AF TSO-C91 379473008F
DM ELT 6C AF TSO-C91 379473008F
DM ELT 8 AF TSO-C91 37947301AF
DM ELT 14-1-1 AF TSO-C91a 379474102AF
ELTA A06V2 AP TSO-C91a 6675A-A06V2
A06V2 AP TSO-C126 6675A-A06V2
ADT 406 AF/AP AF, AP TSO-C91a 6675A-ADT406
ADT


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This year the provincial capital
water supply departments to further increase the water supply network transformation efforts, improve the pressure of Nanchuan Road, Nanshan Road sections.
December 6th, reporters from the Xining water (Group) limited liability company was informed that this year, the water sector to raise funds, on the one hand continue to increase efforts to transform water supply network synchronization, on the other hand with the municipal road construction, high quality pipe pre installed in the new road construction, expansion of water supply areas, increase the pipe pressure, to ensure the city to improve the water quality and water pressure.
According to reports, this year, the water sector invested 72 million yuan to transform the water supply pipe network, some sections of the water supply pipeline for a long time, the aging of the pipeline, the problem of serious leakage has been resolved
. During the year, 54 West Road, Haiyan Road, Nanchuan Road, Nanshan Road, Camp Street, 66 water supply pipe network renovation project, improve the water area, the tap water leakage rate. At the same time, gradually increase the proportion of surface water supply, reduce the water consumption of groundwater, so that the water table was picked up, improve the carrying capacity of water resources. (author: Zhang Pu)

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"The earliest evidence of humans along Turnagain Arm is at Beluga Point, which prehistoric hunters used as a view point to search for Beluga whales and sheep. The first white explorers arrived in 1778 aboard Captain Cook's ships, Discovery and Resolution. Cook sailed up Cook Inlet hoping to find the Northwest Passage, but had to "turn again", leading him to name the water body River Turnagain. In the late 19th century, miners and trappers began traveling into interior Alaska from Whittier and Seward along old trails that soon became established routes with roadhouses. In 1895 prospectors crossed from the south side of Turnagain Arm to the north and searched for gold from Girdwood to Rainbow Creek.
In 1903, the Alaska Central Railway began building a railroad from Seward to Fairbanks, but the company soon went bankrupt. The U.S. Government bought the railroad in 1915 and improved the trail along the arm to handle the horse and wagon traffic needed for railroad construction. The trail was also used to deliver mail between Anchorage and Seward. IN 1917 telegraph lines were laid along the Turnagain "road" and by 1918 the railroad extended from Seward to Anchorage, with flag stops at Bird Creek, Indian, Rainbow and Potter. Remnants of construction camps remain along the trail, but are barely discernible. Part of the original trail was covered by the highway which was completed in 1950 and paved in 1954."


- Attorney Joseph Soler
The police officer is lying: I never gave consent to search
It is becoming increasingly common to read police reports where evidence of drugs was allegedly found after a "consensual" search only to speak to the defendant who is adamant that he or she never gave the police officer consent to search. This is becoming common to the point that there is a judicially recognized phrase to define it; it is referred to as: "consent to search under objectively questionable circumstances."
If this has happened to you, do not give up all hope. Though it can be difficult to convince the judge that you are the one he or she should believe and not the police officer, it may not be impossible. This is because police officers often only know the law to a certain degree. They will think that they are saying and writing the "right" things to convict a person, but will overlook many details that, if accurately and properly presented to the judge, will indicate that any supposed consent to search was in fact not freely and voluntarily given.
There is a tremendous amount of case law detailing specific facts and circumstances that indicate when a search is consensual and when it is not. Whether a search was consensual or not turns on much more than the allegations of the police officer—various factors such as the amount of officers present, their specific words and actions, and where the officers were positioned are just a few variables that will affect whether a search was truly consensual or not.
The art and science of the criminal defense attorney involves discovering the necessary facts, presenting them to the judge in the proper fashion, and arguing the relevant case law.
If you would like to meet with one of our criminal defense attorneys for a free case evaluation, call _PHONE_.
Also, for an excellent article/commentary on this issue, see this from staugustine.com.
For more information on our law firm and how we defend drug possession cases, please visit the Soler & Simon Drug Crimes page.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Even though the calendar reads "August," viewers have been spotting patches of "fall-like color" across West Michigan.
The daylight is beginning to get shorter for our area and the temperatures are slightly cooler, but it is far too early for most trees to be undergoing a seasonal color change. So what is happening?
BLAME IT ON THE STRESS
While some species of plants change color earlier than others, a transition to a fall-like appearance is usually a sign of stress on a tree or bush. Just like humans can "go gray" after stressful situations, trees can also change color after a particularly difficult time.
Stressed plants will do everything they can to keep their core healthy. This can mean cutting off food to branches, and allowing the leaves to undergo an early transition to death. The most common causes of stress are dryness, disease or bug infestation.
According to Bert Cregg, a horticulture expert at Michigan State University, some plants do transition to fall colors earlier than others, but mid-August is too early.
According to work by Cregg, burning bushes can turn color and drop leaves early when infested with spider mites. Drought can also stress trees and plants heavily causing an early leaf change and drop.
Over the last 30 days there have been several areas in West Michigan that are trending drier, and likely starting to show spotty tree-change.
The lakeshore is particularly susceptible to early color change this year due to the dry stripe that runs down the shoreline. Some cities and towns have seen about half of their usual rainfall in the last 30 days.
WHEN DO LEAVES CHANGE FOR GOOD IN WEST MICHIGAN?
While several weather factors impact exactly when leaves change and how vibrant they become when they do, the seasonal leaf change is mostly a function of daylight loss.
As our days get shorter and the temperatures get cooler, the leaves begin to undergo their passage to fall. This makes planning for a fall color tour across our state a bit easier.
Generally, leaf change usually begins at higher elevations and latitudes in late September for our state. Most of the Lower Peninsula waits until October to begin the change. Many counties wait until early November to fully hit peak.


text: Purpose: To compare the antiquated x-ray system of Hoffmans and van Kleef (circa 1896) with modern x-ray equipment in terms of radiation dose, x-ray beam properties, image quality, and electrical parameters. Materials and Methods: The antiquated x-ray system consisted of a Ruhmkorff inductor, battery, and Crookes tube. The radiation dose rate, x-ray beam properties, and electrical characteristics of this system were determined. A modern computed radiography plate was used to compare images of a hand specimen obtained by using the antiquated system with images obtained by using the modern system. Results: A peak voltage of 73 kV was obtained with an 8-V battery. With Crookes tube number 9, the half-value layer of the generated x-rays was 0.56 mm Al. Pinhole images showed that the x-rays originated from an extended area of the glass wall, causing image blurring. When measured on the skin of a hand specimen, the radiation dose of the antiquated system was about 10 times greater than that of the modern system for the same detector signal. The estimated skin dose was about 74 mGy for the antiquated system and 0.05 mGy for the modern system. The corresponding exposure times were 90 minutes and 21 msec. Conclusion: Radiation dose and exposure time of the antiquated system were greater than those of the modern system by about three and five orders of magnitude, respectively. Images of the hand specimen obtained with the antiquated system were severely blurred but were still awe inspiring, considering the simplicity of the system.


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You see memes everywhere on social media. Many of them are hilarious, others share heartfelt sentiments, and others can be deemed downright offensive. However, memes that normalize bad eating habits and behaviors have been openly criticized by academics after a letter was sent to a British parliamentary committee recently.
According to CNN, researchers from Loughborough University wrote in a letter in which they outlined how some memes might actually be encouraging teenage obesity. The letter was submitted by Dr. Ash Casey, Dr. Martin Sykora, Dr. Suzanne Elayan, Professor Tom Jackson, and Professor Lorraine Cale.
This letter was sent to a committee "analyzing the effects of social media use on young people's health." In the letter they suggested that such memes could "have the potential to normalize undesirable behaviors" and this is why they were speaking out on the matter. There was also the concern that these sorts of memes were making light of serious health issues.
In the letter, the researchers pointed out that some memes that are popular can encourage bad eating habits by normalizing obesity or other food-related issues. They used an example of the obese child image with the caption, "Free food? Count me in!"
"A substantial number of individuals on Twitter share health-related Internet memes, with both positive and negative messages," they wrote in the letter.
They also suggest that by normalizing such issues, teenagers could become apathetic to potential health issues that can arise from long-term obesity.
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Some other memes that the researchers suggest could lead to teen obesity issues included a meme of a body made up of junk food standing next to images of standard bodies. This meme included the caption "Me" over the image of the person made from junk food.
"Just washed this chocolate bar with soap" was another meme also cited. This one included the hashtag _TAG_.
"Internet memes are generally viewed as entertaining but they also represent a body of cultural practice that does not account for the specific needs and rights of teenagers," the letter stated.
The researchers also suggest that the ill effects of such memes could eventually add further strain to the NHS bill every year.
As The Hill points out, the group of researchers is "calling for more investigation into the impact of memes and their impact on social policy initiatives." At this point in time, parliament has not publicly responded to their letter and it is unclear what form of action they will decide to take in the matter.

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blklist displays a list of event-based blocks and block identifiers in the model that you are debugging. The list includes all blocks for which blkinfo or blkbreak is valid, including controlled Simulink® blocks and the gateway blocks. The list excludes virtual subsystems but includes relevant blocks inside virtual subsystems. In the Command Window, you can click hyperlinks to highlight the blocks in the model window.
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Aspects of Task-Based Syllabus Design
Introduction and overview
Syllabus design is concerned with the selection, sequencing and justification of the content of the curriculum. Traditional approaches to syllabus developed were concerned with selecting lists of linguistic features such as grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary as well as experiential content such as topics and themes. These sequenced and integrated lists were then presented to the methodologist, whose task it was to develop learning activities to facilitate the learning of the prespecified content.
In the last twenty years or so a range of alternative syllabus models have been proposed, including a task-based approach. In this piece I want to look at some of the elements that a syllabus designer needs to take into consideration when he or she embraces a task-based approach to creating syllabuses and pedagogical materials.
Questions that I want to explore include: What are tasks? What is the role of a focus on form in language learning tasks? Where do tasks come from? What is the relationship between communicative tasks in the world outside the classroom and pedagogical tasks? What is the relationship between tasks and language focused exercises?
Task-based syllabuses represent a particular realization of communicative language teaching. Instead of beginning the design process with lists of grammatical, functional-notional, and other items, the designer conducts a needs analysis which yields a list of the target tasks that the targeted learners will need to carry out in the real-world outside the classroom. Examples of target tasks include:
Any approach to language pedagogy will need to concern itself
with three essential elements: language data, information, and opportunities for practice.
In the rest of this piece I will look at these three elements from the perspective of
task-based language teaching.
By language data, I mean samples of spoken and written language. I take it as axiomatic that, without access to data, it is impossible to learn a language. Minimally, all that is needed to acquire a language is access to appropriate samples of aural language in contexts that make transparent the relationship between form, function and use.
In language teaching, a contrast is drawn between authentic and non-authentic data.
Authentic data are samples of spoken or written language that have not been specifically written for the purposes of language teaching. Non-authentic data are dialogues and reading passages that HAVE been specially written.
Here are two conversations that illustrate the similarities and differences between authentic and non-authentic data. Both are concerned with the functions of asking for and giving directions. I neednt spell out which is which, because it is obvious.
A: Excuse me please. Do you know where the nearest bank is?
B: Well, the city bank isnt far from here. Do you know where the main post office is?
A: No, not really. Im just passing through.
B: Well, first go down this street to the traffic light.
B: Then turn left and go west on Sunset Boulevard for about two blocks. The bank is on your right, just past the post office.
A: All right. Thank you.
B: Youre welcome.
A: How do I get to Kensington Road?
B: Well, you go down Fullarton Road
A: what, down Old Belair Road and around?
B: Yeah. And then you go straight
A: past the hospital?
B: Yeah, keep going straight, past the racecourse to the roundabout. You know the big roundabout?
B: And Kensington Roads off to the right.
A: What, off the roundabout?
Proponents of task-based language teaching have argued for the importance of incorporating authentic data into the classroom, although much has been made of the fact that authenticity is a relative matter, and that as soon as one extracts a piece of language from the communicative context in which it occurred and takes it into the classroom, one is de-authenticating it to a degree. However, if learners only ever encounter contrived dialogues and listening texts, the task of learning the language will be made more difficult. (Nunan, 1999).
The reality is, that in EFL contexts, learners need both authentic AND non-authentic data. Both provide learners with different aspects of the language.
In addition to data, learners need information. They need experiential information about the target culture, they need linguistic information about target language systems, and they need process information about how to go about learning the language. They can get this information either deductively, when someone (usually a teacher) or a textbook provides an explicit explanation, or they can get it inductively. In an inductive approach, learners study examples of language and then formulate the rule.
Here is an example of an inductive exercise I use to review contrasting points of grammar. It is followed by the inductive reasoning of five of my students who carried out the tasks.
|In small groups, study the follow dialogues. Whats the difference between what Person A says and what Person B says? When do we use one form and when do we use the other? A: Ive seen Romeo and Juliet twice. B: Me too. I saw it last Tuesday and again on the weekend. A: Want to go to the movies? B: No, Im going to study tonight. We have an exam tomorrow, you know. A: Oh, in that case, Ill study as well.|
Student A: A use present perfect because something happened in the past, but affecting things happening now.
Student B: Present perfect tense is used only to describe a certain incidence in the past without describing the exact time of happening. However, it is necessary to describe the time of happening when using the simple past tense.
Student C: Simple past is more past than have seen.
Student D: We use present perfect tense when the action happen many times. B. focus on actual date and use past.
Student E: A use present perfect to show how many times A have seen the film. B use simple past to show how much he love the film.
Student A: A is talking about a future action which has no planning. For B, the action has already planned.
Student B: A is expressing something he want to do immediately. B is expressing something he want to do in the future.
Student C: For A, the action will do in a longer future. For B, the action should be done within a short time.
Student D: A doesnt tell the exact time. B confirms the studying time will be tonight. We use the verb to be plus going means must do something.
Student E: A is more sure to study than B tonight.
From these comments, you can see that learners, even those at roughly the same proficiency level, will be at very different stages in their understanding of grammatical principles and rules.
Some proponents of task-based pedagogy argue that an explicit, deductive approach is unnecessary, that it does not work, and that all. Although I am biased in favour of an inductive approach
The third and final essential element is practice. Unless you are extraordinarily gifted as a language learner, it is highly unlikely that you will get very far without extensive practice.
In designing practice opportunities for my learners, I distinguish between tasks, exercises and activities. A task is a communicative act that does not usually have a restrictive focus on a single grammatical structure. It also had a non-linguistic outcome. An exercise usually has a restrictive focus on a single language element, and has a linguistic outcome. An activity also has a restrictive focus on one or two language items, but also has a communicative outcome. In that sense, activities have something in common with tasks and something in common with exercises.
I distinguish between real-world or target tasks, which are communicative acts that we achieve through language in the world outside the classroom, and pedagogical tasks, which are carried out in the classroom. I subdivide pedagogical tasks into those with a rehearsal rationale and those with a pedagogical rationale.
These different elements are further defined and exemplified below.
Real-world or target task: A communicative act we achieve through language in the world outside the classroom.
Pedagogical tasks: A piece of classroom work which involves learners in comprehending, manipulating, producing or interacting in the language while their attention is principally focused on meaning rather than forms. They have a non-linguistic outcome, and can be divided into rehearsal tasks or activation tasks.
Rehearsal task: A piece of classroom work in which learners rehearse, in class, a communicative act they will carry out outside of the class.
Activation task: A piece of classroom work involving communicative interaction, but NOT one in which learners will be rehearsing for some out-of-class communication. Rather they are designed to activate the acquisition process.
Enabling skills: Mastery of language systems grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary etc. which ENABLE learners to take part in communicative tasks.
Language exercise: A piece of classroom work focusing learners on, and involving learners in manipulating some aspect of the linguistic system
Communication activity: A piece of classroom work involving a focus on a particular linguistic feature but ALSO involving the genuine exchange of meaning.
Examples of pedagogical tasks, communicative activities and language exercises from Expressions
Write the past tense form of these verbs: go, is, are, do, have, work, study, buy, pick, make, put, read.
Now think of four things you did yesterday. Write sentences in the blanks.
First I got up and _____________________________________________
Write three hobbies or activities you like / like doing.
Ask each person in your group what they like / like doing. Decide on a suitable gift for each person.
Pedagogical task rehearsal
Write your resume.
Now, imagine youre applying for one of these jobs. Your partner is applying for


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Registrations are now open for the workshops held as part of The Porto Sessions program. The entire program will be announced soon. The Porto Sessions have been conceived by Meg Stuart in cooperation with Ana Rocha. The list of tutors includes Anna Nowicka, who will hold her own workshops titled Dreamstates. The team of pedagogues will also comprise such artists Benoît Lachambre, Mark Tompkins and Meg Stuart, among others.
14.09 – 18.09, 16 pm – 20 pm _workshop fee: 90?
Anna Nowicka: Dreamstates
The work will focus on the practice of dreaming aware, and on becoming awake to the ongoing dreaming process that is accompanying our conscious existence, allowing this continuous flow of images to in-form the body, influence its? presence and become the source of actions. We will work on participants? night dreams, opening a dialogue with them and using their structure as a kaleidoscopic map for creativity. Employing the procedure of dream opening and the tool of shifting perspectives, we will discover ways of unfolding the body, expanding it into a multiple, ever flowing entity that playfully shifts between real and imagined, between being and doing, distance and proximity, aware of the continuous flow of impulses, able to choose which one to follow and embody. The aim of the workshop is to combine intuitive ways of creating with conscious choreographic decisions, in order to empower performers to connect with their dreams as legible sources of knowledge and foundations for creativity.
All the workshops will be held at the Rivoli Municipal Theater of Porto.
A discount will be applied in case of registration of more than one workshop:
10% ?in the registration of 2 workshops
20% in the registration of 3 or 4 workshops
For registration and more details: _EMAIL_
Please send a short biographical note along with the inscription.
THE PORTO SESSIONS
Invited artists: Anna Nowicka, Benoît Lachambre, Christian Breuer, Cristina Planas Leit?o, Gaëtan Rusquet, Giulia Paolucci, Hamish MacPherson, Jeroen Peeters, Jozef Wouters, Joana Von Mayer Trindade, Jo?o Costa Espinho, Mark Tompkins, Mariana Tengner Barros, Mor Demer, Michiel VandeVelde, Noha Ramadan, Varinia Canto Villa and Rodrigo Malvar
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With the support Goethe-Institut Porto, Maus Hábitos, STCP and Metro do Porto
MEZZANINE is a non profit cultural association financed by Governo de Portugal / Secretário de Estado da Cultura / Direcç?o-Geral das Artes
Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods is financed by the Flemish Authorities and Flemish Community Commission


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PVC spiral drainage is more and more widely used in the process of decoration. The following edition focuses on introducing the characteristics of PVC spiral drainage.
(1) Shaping a prominent triangular spiral rib with a height of 3 mm and the influence of diversion. The spiral pipe flow of the pipe wall falls down along the tube wall, forming a more stable and denser landing of the ultimate velocity of the outlet water of the air column in the control center of the water film cyclone, which significantly reduces the pressure fluctuation in the lifting pipe, remarkably improves the drainage ability and effectively enhances the pipe, strength and stiffness. 。
(2) Ordinary fittings of pipe fittings, the level of side water pipe risers are connected by special three or four pipe fittings to prevent the impact of the reduction of transverse flow, which is conducive to the rotation of water falling along the side wall.
(3)排水，噪音低。据建材是在上海和福建建材研讨院实地丈量，内壁润滑的PVC管排水的噪音比传统的铸铁管道4分贝。同济大学完善的研讨，在1996年10月，螺旋和光管的比照测试结果的螺旋焊管比光管，低50％，比铸铁管噪音小5到7分贝的噪音。曾经证明，大量的工程实例，螺旋只会听到沙沙作响的声音，真正起到消声器的作用。(3) Drainage, low noise. According to the measurement of building materials in Shanghai and Fujian Building Materials Seminar, the noise of drainage of PVC pipe lubricated by inner wall is 4 dB higher than that of traditional cast iron pipe. In October 1996, the noise of spiral welded pipes was 50% lower than that of smooth pipes and 5 to 7 decibels lower than that of cast iron pipes. It has been proved that in a large number of Engineering examples, the screw can only hear the rustling sound and really play the role of silencer.
(4) Avoid damage to leaky seals。 Because the drainage system stacks the center of an unblocked air column, the reduced pressure variation in the pipe is formed。 It looks like the negative pressure on the ordinary pipeline system, the damage of the low-value water seal。
(5) Drainage capacity, easy to obstruct, the total cost of the project is 20% to 30%, lower than the traditional cast iron pipeline。
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Geostationary satelites are essentially for ever. This is becoming a problem since there are a limited number of places you want to put a geostationary satelite and most of them are full. Any collisions/explosions in geostationary mean debris will also stay there for a long long time.
For low earth orbit satelites it depends on their shape, altitude and the space weather.
The worst case is a large object in low orbit with large solar panels and hence a lot of drag. The ISS loses 90m/day and must be constantly boosted as the orbit gets lower the drag is worse and the falling accelerates - when first launched the ISS would lose 500m/day at it's lower orbit. The minimum safe orbit is around 150km, anything that falls to this level will quickly succumb to atmospheric drag
edit: Hubble is at an orbit of around 600km, with no more service missions after the end of the Space Shuttle it will renter in between 10 and 20years, ie 2020-2030


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Astrium is an exotic element formed from remnants of the Empyreal known as Omega. It's a by-product of iriil decay. Over the millennia, it has coalesced upon the various gravitational bodies across the Starmourn Sector. It is highly sought after, and many races have set up mining and refining operations to acquire its power, mainly as an energy source.
It has three main forms: Low density, destabilized Astrium, the "natural" and inert form which is mined. High density, destabilized Astrium, an extermely volatile form produced by proton bombardment and often used for explosive devices. And high density, stabilized Astrium which is used as the energy source for quantum power cells.


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This may be a naive question, but after the Fukushima Daiichi partial meltdown and studying the aftermath of Chernobyl it seems they could be helped by this idea.
In Chernobyl, the liquidators that cleaned up the disaster tunneled concrete under the reactor core and covered the whole complex in a big containment unit. Why could they not have a 30 meter pit below a reactor filled with water with a trap door holding the reactor up? This pit could be very thick reinforced concrete similar to a missile silo If there were a meltdown or imminent meltdown and there were no other options the reactor core could be dropped into this pit by triggering the trap door and then perhaps have lead shot dumped on it or sealed in concrete.
This seems very simple but there must be some reason why this is not practical. I know that the core would still be hot and it would still be a problem but would this not be better than it being exposed to air?


use the glasses or your phone camera. Navigation tasks or anything you need to have your hands free for, are good choices for using the glasses.
Some users wear their phone on a lanyard, or place it in a pocket with the camera exposed. Many users prefer the phone camera at all times. The phone camera is sharper, and better for reading; the glasses are better for panning.
An agent can invoke a holding period if you're call is cut off before your task is complete, so that you'll get the same agent next time. Often, agents will take a photo of something so that they can enlarge it and see it more clearly, or transcribe it into an email and send it to you labelled. Students use it to have blackboard notes transcribed.
When you call in, the agent gets a dashboard. They see your camera image, a Google location map of where you are, and a Google Maps search box, so they can look for something for you. The agents' ability to multitask is truly impressive. They might be navigating an airport or describing an art installation.
IOS10 or later is what's required. AIRA has a partnership with ATT, which has global connections. When you sign up in Canada, you get a small My-Fi box that handles all your data, because this takes a lot of bandwidth. You can use Wi-Fi too. It doesn't use your data if you're using the glasses, but it does if you're using your phone camera. The charge on the My-Fi lasts about six hours, and the charge on the glasses lasts about two hours. For $89.00 U.S. you get 100 minutes per month, the glasses, and the My-Fi. This converts to $113. The calls aren't recorded, but you can arrange to record a call if you want to. Australia and Canada are the latest new additions, but the UK and Ireland are coming. You can still use it in other countries if you use your phone camera. It's not clear yet whether AIRA is available in parts of Canada that aren't covered by Rogers.
An agent can remote into your computer to help you through processes that aren't accessible to a screen reader. Some users use it for fashion sites, matching etc. At the end of each call you can rate the agent and leave comments. The community is still small enough to be pretty tight, so any bad behavior on the part of an agent would become known pretty quickly.
$329 is unlimited minutes. You can up your plan if you know there's a month you'll be needed it a lot. The minimum commitment is one month. Renewal will be automatic, so canceling requires you to take action.
When creating your profile, you can include photos of people important to you, which can help you find them in a crowd. You can ask an agent to favourite pictures, which means they're kept in your profile. This might be useful for taking a picture of your luggage, to make it easier to find at an airport. You require a phone to use the ap. You can't use it with just the glasses and My-Fi.
If you sign up today, you should have your glasses within approximately five days. As soon as you sign up however, your account is active, and you can use the service through your phone. The cost is explained by the fact that you're getting live time with a highly trained professional.
Agents will not speak while you're crossing a street; this is a very strict policy, from a liability perspective. There's a slightly gray area: if you're crossing and missing the kerb they might say something. It's an information tool, not a safety tool. The explorer agent relationship is emphasized; you can get as much information as you want.
An agent has the right to end a call if they're not comfortable.
Hearing aids can connect if necessary, and a text communication option is coming. This could be useful not only for hearing impaired users, but for times when you're in an environment where you can't speak out loud, but need information. The audio is rooted through your phone, so you can use whatever headphones you choose, or your phone speaker.
AIRA is connected to the prioritizing protocol of ATT, so if you're in a crowded environment, AIRA calls get prioritized just below emergency data transfer. Users must be 18 or older.
Greg explained that one of the challenges is trying to mediate the social impact of using AIRA, and having the public around you confused by what you're doing. People will still offer to help, and you have to figure out how to balance that. It makes a different and new kind of social interaction. One solution is to just say you're on the phone. There's a sighted-person social cue, point to your ear to indicate that you're on the phone, and people will go away.
When you sign up, you can gain access to the AIRA community. There's a mailing list and a Facebook group.
AIRA has partnerships with Uber and Lift. The agent can summon the car for you and help you find the car, or contact the driver for you. Work is in progress to have French-speaking agents available in the future.
You can go right to the AIRA site. There's a sign-up form. You can download the ap, then find the, become an explorer, button. This will take you to the sign-up process. It's a choice of whether you want to sign up on the computer or the phone. There's a referral program. If you refer someone, you each get a free month. Whatever plan you sign up for, is what you'll get as your second free month.
April 2018: Reflections on the CSUN conference
Jason opened the meeting by greeting participants who joined via the Zoom conferencing system. Tonight's guest speaker is Stephen Ricci. He will be speaking about his experiences at CSUN, which is the largest assistive technology workshop in the world. It's held annually in San Diego.
Jason interjected with a couple of comments and ideas. One thing that isn't happening as much in this group as we might like, is to have formal time to exchange questions or curiosity about specific technologies. Our meetings have generally consisted of a speaker, then social time, but the idea of GTT is to share information between members of different levels of knowledge and experience. This is what we'd like to encourage, so at the end of the meeting tonight, we'll have a go-around to ask if anyone has questions they'd like to ask.
Stephen then took over. The conference offers a pre-conference portion, which is a good idea if you're attending for the first time; it helps orient you to what's available and how to get the most out of the experience. It's often true that you learn more after-hours socializing, than you do in the formal workshops. Next year it's moving to Anaheim. Over 4800 people attended in 2016. It's not primarily a consumer show. Consumers do attend, but it costs over $500 U.S. to go, and it's really directed at businesses, high-end users, researchers, professionals and policy-makers. The conference has several aspects, and it's common for attendees to go with a specific agenda in mind.
The conference is launched on the first night by a keynote speaker. It's a good way to get into the groove. The speakers range widely, and are usually entertaining. The exhibit hall is a collection of display tables where venders can show their latest products. The exhibit hall runs for around 3 days.
Networking is a huge part of the experience. You meet people, learn about new products, and find out about trends. There are a lot of parties and receptions sponsored by venders. There's collaboration so that the largest organizations don't overlap, so you can attend as many as possible. Smaller ones might be hosted by manufacturers, larger ones might be hosted by someone like Microsoft. Awareness, inclusivity and accessibility are the principles of the conference.
Another aspect of the conference is announcements and unveiling. Often announcements end up not being surprises, as the community is a bit small.
Presentations, panels and workshops go on, with a wide range of topics covered. They are categorized by disability streams. The conference covers multiple disabilities, so it's necessary to focus on the area that's relevant to you. Stephen said that the presentations and workshops have become less important to him than the networking and exhibit hall.
What's new at CSUN this year? There are fewer venders, because there have been mergers. VFO was created by Freedom Scientific, Optelec, and AI Squared.
Notable products Steven saw included APH's new product called Graffiti, a full-page braille display. It's a tactile device that will render an image on a page-sized surface. It's not ready for release yet. It's not arranged in cells, so it can be more flexible in what it shows. Stephen asked around at CSUN about the braille Orbit, and the answer he got is that the problem at this point is inventory. The Orbit is a 20 cell display that's going to cost hundreds rather than thousands. It's an international project that has had setbacks, but intends to bring an affordable braille display to blind users, especially in developing countries.
Hims is a company Stephen likes. He finds them


Lead contamination of subarctic lakes and its response to reduced atmospheric fallout: Can the recovery process be counteracted by the ongoing Climate change?
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Mafraq Governorate
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Mafraq Governorate (محافظة المفرق)
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Mafraq Governorate
Country Jordan
Cities Ruwaished, Safawi
Capital Mafraq
 - coordinates 32°16′0″N 36°9′20″E / 32.26667°N 36.15556°E / 32.26667; 36.15556Coordinates: 32°16′0″N 36°9′20″E / 32.26667°N 36.15556°E / 32.26667; 36.15556
Area 26,551 km2 (10,251 sq mi)
Population 300,300 (2012)
Density 11.3 / km2 (29 / sq mi)
Governor Saleem Rawahneh
Timezone GMT +2
 - summer (DST) +3
Area code +(962)2
Urban 39.2%
Rural 60.8%
Mafraq (Arabic محافظة المفرق Al-Mafraq, local dialects Mafrag or Mafra' ) is one of the governorates of Jordan, located to the north-east of Amman, capital of Jordan. It has a population of 287,300 (2010 estimate)[1] making up 4.5% of Jordan's population. Its capital is Mafraq, which is known for its military bases.
The city hall of the town of Khalediyya
Nahias of Mafraq
Many Roman and Byzantine sites have been found throughout the governorate, most notably churches dating from the third century AD; believed to be two of the oldest purpose built churches in Christianity: and Roman water dams in Ruwaished and the city of Mafraq. Mafraq city also contains a Roman fort.
During the British mandate period, Mafraq housed a military facilities which are still in use today. The fifth division of the Jordanian Army is stationed in Mafraq.
The province is located in the eastern part of the kingdom of Jordan. It is the only governorate in Jordan that has borders with three countries: Iraq to the east, Syria to the north, and Saudi Arabia to the south. It is bordered by Irbid and Jerash governorates to the west, and by Zarqa governorate to the south.
Mafraq governorate covers the second largest area in the kingdom, but yet the second smallest population density (after Ma'an). The climate is dry most of the year. The western region of the province is part of the fertile Houran plateaus, that extend through southern Syria, the Golan heights and northern Jordan.
The Governorate is connected to Iraq through the Karameh Border Crossing, and to Syria through the Jabir Border Crossing.
The population of Mafraq Governorate according to the census of 2004 was 244,188 of whom 30% is considered urban and 70% is rural. Jordanian citizens made up about 94% of the population. The Jordanian Department of Statistics population estimate for the year 2010 is 287,300 with a female to male ratio of 48.17 to 51.83 and a population density of 10.8 persons per km2. In 2011 and 2012, the civil war in Syria resulted in the immigration of more than 180,000 Syrian refugees to Jordan, mostly settled in Mafraq and Irbid Governorates. In July 2012, the Zaatari refugee camp was opened in Mafraq Governorate for Syrian refugees.
Demographics of Mafraq Governorate 2004 Census [2] 2011 Estimate
Female to male ratio 48.0% to 52.0% 48.18% to 51.82%
Jordanian citizens to foreign nationals 93.9% to 6.1% N/A
Urban population 30.0% 39.2%
Rural population 70.0% 60.8%
Total population 244,188 293,700
Administrative divisions[edit]
Mafraq Governorate is divided into four districts (or departments) according to article 10 of the 46th Administrative Divisions System of the Kingdom of Jordan by the Ministry of Interior which was ratified in the year 2000:
District Arabic Name Subdivisions Administrative Center Population
Census 2004
estimate 2008
1 Mafraq Capital (Nafraq Casabah) District لواء قصبة المفرق includes 72 towns and villages Mafraq city. 101,712 114,550
2 Ruwaishid District لواء الرويشد includes 12 towns and villages Ruwaished 9,805 11,040
3 North Badiya (Badiah Shamaliyah) District لواء البادية الشمالية includes 67 towns and villages Sabh 57,706 64,990
4 West Badiya (Badiah Gharbiyah) District لواء البادية الشمالية الغربية includes 45 towns and villages Sama as-Sarhan قلايدالخيل 74,965 84,420
Agriculture forms a central element of the economy for Mafraq Governorate, especially in the Houran Plateau in the western part of the province. The total area of fruit farms in the province in 2008 was 48.676 km2, with a total production of 101874 tons of fruits mainly apples and peaches, according to the ministry of Agriculture.[3] The total area of vegetable farms in the province for 2008 was 8.295 km2 with a total production of 15540 tons, with cabbage, onions, garlic, and lettuce being the main products.[4]
There is one natural gas production field at Al-Reeshah, it is run by the Jordanian National Petroleum Company. In 2008, British Petroleum purchased the rights to produce natural gas in the field, and is expected to increase its capacity from 21 cubic feet (0.59 m3) to 300 million cubic feet per day in the next five years. The natural gas produced at Al-Reeshah is used entirely for producing electricity at a nearby electricity generating station with a capacity of 120 Megawatts, covering 12% of the total needs of the kingdom for the year 2008.[5]
The city of Mafraq hosts Al al-Bayt University, which is the only university in the governorate.[6]
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In an increasingly corporate industry, Ohio farmers seek the 'right to repair'
As agricultural technology advances, farmers want to reserve the 'right to repair' their own equipment. In Ohio, securing that right has a ways to go.
Earlier this year, John Deere signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation, promising to share tools and software with farmers so they could more easily repair their tractors and combines without the help of a company-authorized technician.
The memorandum of understanding with the country's largest farm equipment maker isn't legally binding or enforceable though.
Now, more than a dozen states are discussing legislation about the 'right to repair.'
Colorado and New York have already passed laws guaranteeing that right, but advocates for Ohio farmers say agricultural corporations hold so much power that a similar law is unlikely to come to fruition here.
They say that's not only frustrating for Ohio's farmers, but costly.
What is the 'right to repair' and why do farmers want it?
Modern farm equipment is high-tech and expensive.
Today's tractors and combines, equipped with advanced computers, GPS trackers and temperature and moisture sensors, can easily cost upwards of $400,000.
When that equipment breaks down, farmers need repairs quickly.
"Agriculture has to happen within a few fairly modest, limited windows of weather and crop maturity," said Joe Logan, president of the Ohio Farmers Union. "So when things are right, farmers need to be moving. They can't afford to have that half-a-million-dollar investment sitting in the middle of a field as inert as the ground upon which it works."
But as equipment becomes more sophisticated, farmers increasingly are not able to make repairs on their own. Instead, they have to wait for company-authorized dealers who control access to manuals, diagnostics and parts.
Waiting for company-authorized repairmen can take days. And as agriculture equipment providers consolidate, those wait times are stretching even longer.
"That farmer may have to wear out his patience before he can wear out his combine."Joe Logan, President of the Ohio Farmers Union
"There used to be dealers up and down the road, four or five of them that we could get to within half an hour," Logan said. "Now, there may be one or two."
Those remaining dealers serve more customers across larger areas.
"So when a farmer breaks down, he may be the sixth or seventh in line," Logan said. "That farmer may have to wear out his patience before he can wear out his combine."
The memorandum of understanding
Farmers want the 'right to repair' so they can bypass that line and fix their own equipment, limiting the amount of time wasted during busy planting and harvest seasons.
The memorandum of understanding between John Deere and the American Farm Bureau Federation seems to be a step toward achieving that goal.
"We look forward to working alongside the American Farm Bureau and our customers in the months and years ahead to ensure farmers continue to have the tools and resources to diagnose, maintain and repair their equipment," said David Gilmore, John Deere's Senior Vice President of Ag & Turf Sales & Marketing, in a statement.
But the MOU only goes so far.
Because the agreement isn't legally binding, it has no means of enforcement.
"Perhaps its intentions were noble," Logan says, "but, unfortunately, it included no language, no teeth to make sure that John Deere or any other equipment manufacturer would have to abide by this."
On top of that, the MOU also stipulates that the American Farm Bureau Federation cannot introduce, promote or support 'right to repair' legislation on either the federal or state level.
Logan says without the bureau's backing, passing meaningful 'right to repair' laws will be challenging.
"That made us suspicious," he said. "And when we started looking at it more closely, frankly, we feel that it's not the solution to America's technology problem on the farm."
'Right to repair' legislation
Ohio is one of 20 states with 'right to repair' legislation on the docket in early 2023.
But in Ohio, although this legislation applies to some digital electronic equipment, motor vehicles are excluded.
"With regard to agricultural equipment, this goes nowhere in terms of improving our right to repair," Logan said. "And it once again illustrates the incredible power of the corporations to make things happen."
Manufacturers, however, say the software and tools they use to build and repair high-tech equipment are intellectual property.
They also argue giving farmers too many tools would allow them to modify their equipment to the extent that it could no longer comply with safety and environmental standards.
Corporate power in agriculture
While there are about two million farmers in the U.S., most buy inputs like equipment and seeds from a very small number of companies. That concentration of corporate agricultural power has farmers like Logan worried.
"When you get down to that small cartel of global corporations supplying everything that we need, competition really doesn't exist. Market power dominates."Joe Logan, President of the Ohio Farmers Union
John Deere dominates sales for large farm tractors and combines –controlling more than half of North American market shares. And just four firms control 60 percent of global seed sales.
Logan says buyers of agriculture products have consolidated as well.
"We're selling into a market that consists of only two or three or four markets globally too," he said. "An individual buyer can put a great deal of pressure on an individual farmer. And so farmers are squeezed on both ends, both on the things we buy and the things we sell, because of the excessive consolidation that's going on in agriculture."
He says the free enterprise system has served American farmers well for centuries. But as technology advances, individual farmers have less and less control over their fields.
"When you get down to that small cartel of global corporations supplying everything that we need, competition really doesn't exist," Logan says. "Market power dominates."


Excel Conditional Formatting: Date Data
Turning your cluttered spreadsheet of data into living, actionable information can be as simple as adding visual cues. Unless you are really good at doing date calculations in your head, conditional formatting is especially helpful when determining ages or anticipating birthdays and anniversaries. The following steps show how to perform a common Human Resources task: Finding and Highlighting Birthdays.
Highlight Upcoming Birthdays
If you are in charge of sending a birthday message to every employee each month, you can use conditional formatting to quickly highlight who has a birthday in the current month without sorting or filtering.
How to Do It:
 1. Select the range of cells that contains the birthday data. Do not include headings.
 2. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting.
 3. Select New Rule.
 4. Select Use a formula to determine which cells to format.
 5. Use Excel's MONTH function to find the cells that contain birthdates in the current month. Use the TODAY function as your comparison date so the spreadsheet will always be current when you open it. (The example was written on April 20.) Your formula would be:
 1. Click the Format button to specify how you want the matching cell to appear.
 2. Click OK.
To follow using our example, download FPS_Conditional Formatting Date Data.xls
More Ideas:
 - Calculate birthdays occurring in the current week: =WEEKNUM(C2)=WEEKNUM(TODAY())
 (WARNING! Note that dates can fall on different weeks in different years just as your birthday won't be on the same day of the week each year. This method will work for highlighting upcoming birthdays on a regular basis, but may not be appropriate for other uses.)
 - Color code by department:
 - Use the AND function to specify multiple criteria for the condition. Specify the Department in the formula, and the formatting you want in the dialog box: =AND(MONTH(C2)=MONTH(TODAY()),D2="Sales")
 - Then, follow the steps above to create separate Rules for the other departments. Your results might look something like this image:
Highlight Specific Anniversaries Each Month
If you want to highlight specific upcoming birthdays – such as a 65th birthday – or anniversaries, that will take a little more formula work.
 1. Our first condition will find birthdays happening this month as we did above with the formula: =MONTH(C2)=MONTH(TODAY())
 2. Then we'll use the YEAR function to find birth years that are 65 years ago: =YEAR(TODAY())-YEAR(C2)
 3. The AND function combines the two for our conditional formatting result of: =AND(YEAR(TODAY())-YEAR(C2)=65,MONTH(C2)=MONTH(TODAY()))
Each time you open the workbook, you wil find the current month's 65th birthdays highlighted.
Hint! To make your birthday calculations even more visually appealing, highlight the entire row instead of just the date cell.
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Z-Wave Shades – Zipato Micromodule Motor Controller with Vera Controls
Looking to control some shades with Z-Wave? Worthington Distribution has a solution using a Somfy standard, 4-wire, AC motor with Zipato's Micromodule Motor Controller. This article will walk you through the shade installation as well as how to add the shade to your Vera controller.
- Somfy-powered shade using a standard, 4-wire, AC motor
- Zipato Micromodule motor controller, SKU ZIPPHPAN08US
- Vera controller
Pre-wiring recommendations –
It's recommended that you have your electrician run an AC wire to the left side of the window. Although a bare wire with wire nuts can be used, to pass inspection, the electrician will likely need to terminate the AC line. If there's no room for a standard outlet, your electrician can install a Sillites self-contained receptacle, SILSCRW.
Install the shade per the fabricator's instructions. Be sure that the shade is level to avoid any issues with the fabric "telescoping."
Install the Zipato Micromodule Motor Controller, following the diagram below:
Please note: Z-Wave is an RF communication. If your shade has a metal fascia or a cassette, make sure that the antenna of the micromodule is outside of the metal to ensure optimal Z-Wave communication.
Perform the following steps to learn the micromodule into your Vera controller:
- Log in to your Vera using your web browser.
- Go to Devices.
- Click on "+ Add device."
- Scroll down and click on "Generic Z-wave device."
- Click "Next" and "Next" again.
- When you see "Add device now" at the top of the page and there is a countdown on the screen, apply power to the micromodule. It should learn into your Vera controller.1
- Name the device and click "Finish."
- Give the module approximately 60 seconds to complete provisioning before proceeding.
- Click on Open or Close to ensure that the shade moves in the correct direction.2 Also, make sure that the shade stops at the correct upper and lower limits.3
1 If the micromodule has already been powered or was part of a previous Z-Wave network, you will need to perform an exclusion with the Vera controller. When on the screen with the countdown timer, click on "Retry." The message at the top of the screen will change to "Remove device now." Quickly click the button on the micromodule three times. The message will change to "Node finished" and the Vera controller will go back to inclusion mode. Click the button three times again to learn the micromodule into the Vera controller.
2 If the shade runs in reverse, power down the micromodule and swap the red and black wires coming from the motor. Make sure to re-apply power once the wires have been swapped.
3 If the limits need to be adjusted, refer to the shade fabricator's or the motor manufacturer's instructions.
Once you're certain that the directions and limits are correct, you will need to calibrate the micromodule to the shade. To do so, press and hold the button on the micromodule for 3-5 seconds and then release it. The shade will move up and down several times so that the module can learn its upper and lower limits.
Repeat these steps for any additional shades and micromodules you would like to control.
You will now have full control of the shade with your Z-Wave controller. To confirm, press Open, Close, or move to % to verify that the treatment now moves to this position.


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Kähler geometry of the universal Teichmüller space and coadjoint orbits of the Virasoro group
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The Kähler geometry of the universal Teichmüller space and related infinite-dimensional Kähler manifolds is studied. The universal Teichmüller space T may be realized as an open subset in the complex Banach space of holomorphic quadratic differentials in the unit disc. The classical Teichmüller spaces T(G), where G is a Fuchsian group, are contained in T as complex Kähler submanifolds. The homogeneous spaces Diff+(S 1)/Möb(S 1) and Diff+(S 1)/S 1 of the diffeomorphism group Diff+(S 1) of the unit circle are closely related to T. They are Kähler Frechet manifolds that can be realized as coadjoint orbits of the Virasoro group (and exhaust all coadjoint orbits of this group that have the Kähler structure).
KeywordsSTEKLOV Institute Symplectic Form Fuchsian Group Coadjoint Orbit Beltrami Equation
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Make provisions for college education when you divorce
No matter how old your children are when your marriage ends, you want to make sure they get the best possible start in life. In Illinois, state law actually requires parents to provide for their children as they pursue education after high school.
When negotiating your divorce and child support agreement, review the requirements about support during the college years.
What types of expenses qualify?
Illinois courts can mandate that parents cover the costs of vocational school, college, professional school or university for children ages 18 to 23. In addition to tuition and fees, the court order can include food, transportation, textbooks, health care costs, housing and other reasonable living expenses based on the average cost of living for a student in the current academic year at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
What factors does the court consider?
When deciding on a fair contribution to college education costs, Illinois judges make sure that parents can save for their own retirements. They review the financial resources of both parents and the child, the child's performance in college, and the family's standard of living before and after the divorce. The court allows parents to end monetary support if the child completes a bachelor's degree program, marries or becomes ill and cannot continue schooling. They cannot discontinue support if the child receives a jail sentence, joins the military or becomes pregnant.
Parents can make their own decisions about providing support for college when they negotiate a prenuptial or divorce agreement. The judge will review these documents and make sure they adhere to state law.


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A Brookings Institution study suggested that restoring the health of the U.S. Great Lakes could create $50 billion in economic benefit for the area.
The cost-benefit analysis showed efforts to improve the health of the Great Lakes -- beset by invasive species, sewage contamination toxic pollution and other threats -- would generate nearly two times the economic gains compared with such a project's cost.
"A tremendous opportunity exists to restore the lakes, reinvigorate the region's economy, and boost the competitiveness of the nation," said Robert Litan of the Kauffmann Foundation, a Brookings senior Fellow who led the study. "The report makes a compelling case for Congress to act now to restore the lakes by passing the Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act."
The researchers determined the Great Lakes region could gain at least $50 billion in long-term economic benefits from a restoration investment of $26 billion. That's a net gain of at least $24 billion from increases in tourism, the fishing industry, recreational activity and home values, the study said.
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