grip may require blowing compressed air in the end between the grip and the bar, injecting brake cleaner fluid, or cutting it off. 3. Clean the handlebar where the grip was removed with alcohol or a solvent to remove all residue and dry with a clean cloth. 4. Determine where the Clutch side heater will be mounted. Take the heater marked "Clutch" and place it on the handlebar approximately ½" from the end and decide the position of the wires. It is recommended to mount the heater so the wires are at 9:00 o'clock or they can be positioned on the bottom for appearance. Peel off the release paper and adhere the heater to the handlebar with the wires toward the headlight. 5. Apply a high temperature adhesive (such as JB Weld) to the inside of the Clutch side grip. Install the grips over the heaters and let the adhesive cure as instructed by the adhesive manufacturer. 6. The Throttle side heater is installed on the throttle sleeve under the rubber cover. Remove the rubber cover that is installed over the throttle sleeve so the Throttle side heater can be applied. Some of the throttle sleeves have ribs which need to be cut or ground off so the heater can make full contact with the sleeve surface or it will over heat in the void areas. 7. Determine where the throttle side heater will be mounted. Take the heater marked "Throttle" and place it on the throttle sleeve approximately ½" from the end and decide the position of the wires. It is recommended to mount the heater so the wires are at 3:00 o'clock with a loop to allow for the twisting motion of the throttle. Peel off the release paper and adhere the heater to the throttle sleeve with the wires toward the headlight. 8. Apply a thin coat of adhesive (such as J.B. Weld) to the surface of heater only and reroll the rubber hand grip over the entire throttle sleeve. Wipe off any excessive adhesive that may have rolled out
1994 HARLEY DAVIDSON FXD (DYNA) PASSENGER FLOOR BOARDS AND RELOCATION ARMS INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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1. Beginning on the RIGHT side, use a 9/16″ wrench to remove the bolt from the back of the passenger peg mount. Remove entire peg assembly. 2. Remove the new floorboards and mounts from their packaging. Notice the Left and Right markings on the backside of the floorboard mounting plates. 3. Install the supplied Right floorboard support (the longer one) with the round mounting face for the floorboard towards the upper-right using the supplied 7/16 x 1 º" long bolt. Apply blue Loctite to the threads. Insert the bolt from the backside where the original peg was mounted. Use a 5/8″ wrench & tighten securely. Note: If also installing with optional Relocation Arms (#FXD005-5) skip step 4 and go onto step 5. 4. Installation of Right Floorboard only. There are two sets of alignment holes on the floorboard support. Insert two of the four dowel-pins into the dowel pinholes at six and twelve o'clock. Place the right floorboard onto the mount and dowel pins so that it is parallel (horizontal) to the ground. Insert the supplied 5/16 X 1″ socket head cap screw through the floorboard mount & thread into the floorboard support. Use a º" hex key wrench & tighten securely. 5. Remove Right Floorboard – Installation of Right Floorboard with Relocation Arm. There are two sets of alignment holes on the floorboard support. Insert two of the four dowel pins into the dowel holes 180 degrees apart. Notice the L & R markings on the backside of the relocation arms. Install the Right relocation arm so marking (R) is facing inward and the threaded hole is facing toward the front of the motorcycle. There are two sets of alignment holes on the relocation arms. Place the arm onto the mount (Match dowel pin holes) in desired upper or lower position. Insert the supplied 5/16 X 1″ socket head cap screw through the relocation arm & thread into the floorboard support. Use a º" hex key wrench & tighten securely. 6. At the other end of the relocation arm there are two sets of alignment holes. Insert two of the supplied dowel pins into the set of dowel pin holes 180 degrees apart that will allow the floorboard to be horizontal or parallel to the ground. Insert the supplied 5/16 X 3/4″ socket head cap screw through the floorboard mount & thread into the link arm. Use a º" hex key wrench & tighten securely.
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HARLEY DAVIDSON PASSENGER HANDRAIL GRIP KIT INSTALLATION MANUAL
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This kit fits all 1999 through 2005 Electra Glide model motorcycles with passenger handrail. Kit Contents See Figure 1 for a list of the kit contents. No Service Parts are available for this kit. INSTALLATION NOTE The passenger handrail grips are side-specific. Install the grips so that the Bar-and-Shield logo is oriented properly. 1. See Figure 1. Obtain a rubber grip insert (4) from the kit. 2. Open up the rubber insert along the horizontal split (A), and fit it over the forward curve of the handrail. Ensure that the insert is positioned to fit the curve properly, with no kinks or gaps. 3. Obtain an inner grip (1), the correct-side outer grip (2 or 3), and six screws (5) from the kit. 4. Position the inner and outer grips over the insert, pressing them firmly together and lining up the holes. 5. Insert a screw through one of the holes in the inner grip, and carefully thread part way into the mating hole in the outer grip. Repeat for the remaining five screws. 6. Use the hex socket wrench (6) provided to tighten all six screws securely. 7. Repeat Steps 1 through 6 for the opposite side
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Conversion plugin phpdocx
Debugging LibreOffice
Debugging LibreOffice
If you use LibreOffice as the transformation tool for the conversion plugin and the example of the library doesn't create the output file, follow these steps to find out the source of the error:
1. Execute the LibreOffice conversion from the command-line interface.
For example, in Linux, type this:
Replace /opt/libreoffice4.3/program/soffice with the path to LibreOffice in your operating system, and replace document.docx for an existing document.
2. Execute the transformDocument example included through the CLI mode.
3. If the PDF file is generated through the CLI mode, but not with a web server like Apache, the error is due to a security or permission problem.
To call LibreOffice using Linux, the server:
 - Needs read and write permissions in the.config folder of the user's HOME directory.
 - Needs to delete the possible blockage of SELinux or the blockage of the execution settings of external programs.
So, for example, if the user of the web server is www-data, and the HOME directory of this user is the default /var/www, then you must provide the user www-data with read and write permissions in the directory /var/www/.config.
A custom HOME folder can be set when doing the transforming. For example, to set it to /home/web:
On common problems and possible errors page are detailed the most common issues when working with LibreOffice and how to solve them.
4. Check the server and system log files to detect other possible problems related to the configuration of any program or the lack of permissions.
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MFR, MFI, and MI
When talking about plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene, we often use the terms MFR or MI. This describes how fast the plastic flows when heated to a certain temperature under a certain weight. The weights and temperatures vary depending on the testing method applied. The most common are the ASTM D1238 and ISO 1133.
Most of the information I've seen thus far are treat these acronyms as being synonymous with each other. I've heard however that MFR should be used with polypropylene while MI should be used when talking about polyethylene.
If you're interested in the more technical side you'll find that the MFR of a material is an indirect measure of a materials molecular weight. Thinking of spaghetti is often helpful. A bowl of long noodles will 'pour' a lot slower than a bowl of short noodles.
To learn more about the test itself, both Wikipedia and Intertek have good websites.
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A bit of background:
The Common sense: Common safety review by Lord Young in 2010 recommended ways for removing unnecessary bureaucracy in health and safety, and tackling the compensation culture. In his report, Lord Young identified that schools have been prevented from taking pupils on educational visits, citing health and safety as a 'reason for non-participation'. He goes on to say the process 'involves a huge amount of form-filling – ranging from consent forms to risk assessments – and the valuable time of education officials including the school governors, the head teacher, group leaders and the educational visits coordinator.'
In order to tackle these issues, Lord Young made recommendations to:
- Simplify the process that schools and similar organisations undertake before taking children on trips.
- Introduce a single consent form that covers all activities a child may undertake during his or her time at a school.
- Introduce a simplified risk assessment for classrooms.
- Shift from a system of risk assessment to a system of risk–benefit assessment and consider reviewing the Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974 to separate out play and leisure from workplace contexts.
In March 2011, the Government commissioned an independent review of health and safety legislation, chaired by Professor Ragnar Löfstedt, to make proposals for simplifying the existing legislation. The findings were published in a report; Reclaiming health and safety for all, in November 2011.
In this review, Professor Löfstedt went further to recommend a reduction in the burden of unnecessary regulation in health and safety and also made it clear that care must be taken to ensure that 'regulations do not prevent children from being exposed to new or exciting activities that contribute to their education and development'. One of the report's headline findings was that a key problem lies less with the legislation itself and more with the way the legislation is interpreted and applied.
Government revised Health and Safety Guidelines for education – July 2011:
Following the Lord Young review the Government published revised health and safety guidelines and showed its commitment to making it easier for schools to take pupils on trips, removing paperwork and taking steps to reduce teachers' fears of legal action. Teachers should be confident that they know best how to look after pupils and keep them safe.
The new guidance reduces a 150 page document to just 8 pages, and replaces a number of documents on health, safety and security in schools, including Health and Safety: Responsibilities and Powers (2001) and Health and Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits (HASPEV 1998).
The key points within the guidance state:
- Children should be able to experience a wide range of activities. Health and safety measures should help them to do this safely, not stop them,
- It is important that children learn to understand and manage risks that are a normal part of life. Common sense should be used in assessing and managing the risks of any activity. Health and Safety procedures should always be proportionate to the risk of activity.
- Staff should be given the training they need so they can keep themselves and children safe and manage risks effectively.
Announcing the changes, Education Secretary Michael Gove said: 'Children should be able to go on exciting school trips that broaden their horizons. That is why we are cutting unnecessary red tape in schools and putting teachers back in charge'.
These guidelines will be reviewed in Summer 2012.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) high level statement for school trips:
In July 2011 the HSE published a high-level statement; Tackling health and safety myths, which sets out its position on applying health and safety legislation to school trips.
The statement makes it clear:
- That the focus should be on how the real risks arising from such visits are managed and not on paperwork;
- The need for a proportionate and sensible approach for planning and organising off-site activities;
- That those organising visits should simplify the planning process and authorisation arrangements for visits that involve everyday risks;
- That HSE's primary interest is real risks arising from serious breaches of the law. Any HSE accident investigation will be targeted at these issues.
National Guidance on health and safety for educational establishments and young people's services
The Outdoor Education Advisors Panel has produced guidance that provides a reference for sound planning for learning and recreational activities that involve taking groups of children and young people away from their usual operational base. The guidance should be implemented when an establishment or setting uses places such as:
- the establishment's own grounds
- the local environment
- places further afield e.g. visits to local libraries, museums and theatres, etc.
- residential venues
- learning ventures abroad.
View the Employer Guidance website.
What CLOtC is doing:
CLOtC was set up to help schools gain freedom and confidence to incorporate more learning outside the classroom into the curriculum.
The Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge is the national benchmark for the provision of educational visits, recognising organisations offering good quality educational experiences where risk is effectively managed.
The LOtC Quality Badge has been designed to give schools assurance regarding the safety and quality of LOtC and to reduce bureaucracy when planning educational visits. The LOtC Quality Badge is the only accreditation scheme for all types of LOtC provision from adventurous activities and farms through to museums and expeditions overseas – meaning that you only need to look for ONE accreditation when planning visits.
Teachers can find venues accredited under the LOtC Quality Badge scheme at _URL_. The LOtC Quality Badge website is one of only a few sources of additional information mentioned in the new government guidance.

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A common question we hear: What is the difference between a wet suit and a dry suit?
Wearing either one of these types of special suit is a major element to scuba diving safety, as they can prevent a swimmer or diver's body temperature from dropping too low, also called hypothermia, which is an extremely dangerous condition that can result in death.
While the function of wetsuits and drysuits are the same — i.e. to keep a person comfortable and warm while submerged in water — the means through which they each achieve this are different.
To really highlight the similarities and differences between them, we will compare and contrast a wetsuit vs drysuit — delving into the design, material, and situations in which each is most often used.
Let's dive right into it. (Get it?)
Difference Between a Wetsuit and a Drysuit
In order to understand the differences, let's look closely at how both types work.
A wetsuit is a unique suit worn for water-based activities, usually when in cool or cold temperatures.
The best wet suits are tight around the body (for better effectiveness), made with neoprene — a type of rubber — and can cover the entire body or just the torso (called a "shorty"). They are often worn with fins and a mask (such as these great full-face dive masks). There are several thicknesses to choose from, with thicker suits providing more warmth than their thinner counterparts.
How Wetsuits Work
You may have already guessed that, with a wet suit, the wearer gets wet. A layer of water is trapped inside the suit, between the rubber and the diver's body, and the person's body temperature then heats the water. Essentially, this is how a wetsuit works (and how the suit got its name, obviously): the trapped, body temperature-warmed water keeps the diver warm.
Just like its wet counterpart, a drysuit is a special suit worn in the water to keep the wearer warm.
As you can see from the photo (U.S. Navy divers wearing drysuits, preparing to dive) drysuits are usually much more intricate and thick (and thus more restrictive), but they are very necessary when diving in frigid water.
They are composed of a waterproof "shell" that is usually made with either some sort of membrane, neoprene, or both. Other necessary pieces include an undersuit, gloves, boots, and hood, not to mention the scuba tank and other crucial equipment. These pieces are usually attached to the suit and sealed using special attachment rings.
How Drysuits Work
In contrast to wetsuits, a drysuit does not let any water inside it. Rather, it shields the wearer from water completely. While the suits do keep water out, layers often need to be worn beneath the shell for insulation purposes.
Wetsuit or Drysuit — Which Should You Use?
Now that you know the differences between a wetsuit and drysuit, which should you use?
Unfortunately, there's no universal answer to this question. It depends entirely on what you're going to do, how long you plan on being in the water, and your personal sensitivity to cold.
Generally, however, really cold water temperature requires the use of a drysuit. For example, somebody who is scuba diving in the Arctic would most definitely wear a drysuit.
A good guideline to follow — though again it will vary by individual — a person should wear a drysuit when the water temperature is colder than 50 degrees F.
Any warmer than this, and the diver may be fine wearing a wetsuit (though a very thick one may be preferred). However, the duration of the water immersion must be taken into account as well.
Either way, one of these suits is an important piece of equipment for anyone going in a body of water that's cooler than tropical waters. After reading this wetsuit vs drysuit article, you should have a better idea of whether you should be using a drysuit or wetsuit.
Enjoy your dive! And as always, be safe.

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Moving a window from a disconnected monitor to connected monitor
Consider a laptop that runs a Windows Operating system. (We have found that this applies to Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 as well.)
Let's say, when at work, I connect a monitor via USB to the "left" of the laptop monitor. It's identified as monitor 3.
At home, I use a monitor that sits to the right of the laptop monitor. It's monitor 2.
Monitor 1 is the inbuilt laptop monitor.
Now at home I open a window, any window, on monitor 2. Then I come to work and plug in monitor 3. Anything I had open on monitor 2 is now stuck in un-retrievable land. It keeps attempting to display on a monitor that is no longer connected.
If you look closely, you'll see that you still get the icon for the app down in your task bar. If so, do the following:
 - Select the icon for the app and hit ALT+ SPACE and then M.
 - This will select Move for the Window selected.
 - Now use your keyboard arrow to move the window in the proper direction to the active monitor.
Once you have hit at least on arrow key to start the move, you can them use the mouse for the rest, which unless the resolution of the screen that isn't present is small is usually a bit quicker.
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Date: 5/19/2021, 10:00 am—11:30 am
County: Training Offerings
Location: DISTANCE LEARNING
Sponsor: Seneca Family of Agencies
The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.


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Tooth decay is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. While oral hygiene and dietary choices promote tooth decay, genetics are also a factor in cavity formation. A new study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation reveals that keratins, proteins associated with strong hair, are important for tooth enamel integrity. Maria Morasso and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health found that individuals with mutations in hair keratin genes are prone to cavities. Tooth enamel from individuals with keratin mutations had abnormal structure that resulted in weakness. The results from this study reveal a link between hair disorders and cavity formation.
Hair keratin mutations in tooth enamel increase dental decay risk
NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, USA
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 }
 });
}
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 - Answer is good, but i want to know is it different from @Rameez SOOMRO's answer? May 10 '16 at 12:41
 - Similar end result, only this way you don't change the value of the checked checkboxes.
 – IgorAgatti
 May 11 '16 at 15:14
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I would prefer collate the $_POST
if (!$_POST['checkboxname']) !$_POST['checkboxname'] = 0;
it minds, if the POST doesn't have have the 'checkboxname'value, it was unckecked so, asign a value.
you can create an array of your ckeckbox values and create a function that check if values exist, if doesn't, it minds that are unchecked and you can asign a value
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Example on Ajax actions is(':checked') used jQuery instead of .val();
 var params = {
 books: $('input#users').is(':checked'),
 news : $('input#news').is(':checked'),
 magazine : $('input#magazine').is(':checked')
 };
params will get value in TRUE OR FALSE..
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Checkboxes usually represent binary data that are stored in database as Yes/No, Y/N or 1/0 values. HTML checkboxes do have bad nature to send value to server only if checkbox is checked! That means that server script on other site must know in advance what are all possible checkboxes on web page in order to be able to store positive (checked) or negative (unchecked) values. Actually only negative values are problem (when user unchecks previously (pre)checked value - how can server know this when nothing is sent if it does not know in advance that this name should be sent). If you have a server side script which dynamically creates UPDATE script there's a problem because you don't know what all checkboxes should be received in order to set Y value for checked and N value for unchecked (not received) ones.
Since I store values 'Y' and 'N' in my database and represent them via checked and unchecked checkboxes on page, I added hidden field for each value (checkbox) with 'Y' and 'N' values then use checkboxes just for visual representation, and use simple JavaScript function check() to set value of if according to selection.
<input type="hidden" id="N1" name="N1" value="Y" />
<input type="checkbox"<?php if($N1==='Y') echo ' checked="checked"'; ?> onclick="check(this);" />
Checkbox #1
use one JavaScript onclick listener and call function check() for each checkboxe on my web page:
function check(me)
{
 if(me.checked)
 {
 me.previousSibling.previousSibling.value='Y';
 }
 else
 {
 me.previousSibling.previousSibling.value='N';
 }
}
This way 'Y' or 'N' values are always sent to server side script, it knows what are fields that should be updated and there's no need for conversion of checbox "on" value into 'Y' or not received checkbox into 'N'.
NOTE: white space or new line is also a sibling so here I need .previousSibling.previousSibling.value. If there's no space between then only .previousSibling.value
You don't need to explicitly add onclick listener like before, you can use jQuery library to dynamically add click listener with function to change value to all checkboxes in your page:
$('input[type=checkbox]').click(function()
{
 if(this.checked)
 {
 $(this).prev().val('Y');
 }
 else
 {
 $(this).prev().val('N');
 }
});
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@cpburnz got it right but to much code, here is the same idea using less code:
JS:
// jQuery OnLoad
$(function(){
 // Listen to input type checkbox on change event
 $("input[type=checkbox]").change(function(){
 $(this).parent().find('input[type=hidden]').val((this.checked)?1:0);
 });
});
HTML (note the field name using an array name):

 <input type="checkbox" checked="checked">
 <input type="hidden" name="field_name[34]" value="1"/>

 <input type="checkbox">
 <input type="hidden" name="field_name[35]" value="0"/>

And for PHP:

 <input type="checkbox"<?=($boolean)?' checked="checked"':''?>>
 <input type="hidden" name="field_name[<?=$item_id?>]" value="<?=($boolean)?1:0?>"/>

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All answers are great, but if you have multiple checkboxes in a form with the same name and you want to post the status of each checkbox. Then i have solved this problem by placing a hidden field with the checkbox (name related to what i want).
<input type="hidden" class="checkbox_handler" name="is_admin[]" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="is_admin_ck[]" value="1" />
then control the change status of checkbox by below jquery code:
$(documen).on("change", "input[type='checkbox']", function() {
 var checkbox_val = ( this.checked ) ? 1 : 0;
 $(this).siblings('input.checkbox_handler').val(checkbox_val);
});
now on change of any checkbox, it will change the value of related hidden field. And on server you can look only to hidden fields instead of checkboxes.
Hope this will help someone have this type of problem. cheer :)
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You can add hidden elements before submitting form.
$('form').submit(function() {
 $(this).find('input[type=checkbox]').each(function (i, el) {
 if(!el.checked) {
 var hidden_el = $(el).clone();
 hidden_el[0].checked = true;
 hidden_el[0].value = '0';
 hidden_el[0].type = 'hidden'
 hidden_el.insertAfter($(el));
 }
 })
});
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The problem with checkboxes is that if they are not checked then they are not posted with your form. If you check a checkbox and post a form you will get the value of the checkbox in the $_POST variable which you can use to process a form, if it's unchecked no value will be added to the $_POST variable.
In PHP you would normally get around this problem by doing an isset() check on your checkbox element. If the element you are expecting isn't set in the $_POST variable then we know that the checkbox is not checked and the value can be false.
if(!isset($_POST['checkbox1']))
{
 $checkboxValue = false;
} else {
 $checkboxValue = $_POST['checkbox1'];
}
But if you have created a dynamic form then you won't always know the name attribute of your checkboxes, if you don't know the name of the checkbox then you can't use the isset function to check if this has been sent with the $_POST variable.
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function SubmitCheckBox(obj) {
 obj.value = obj.checked ? "on" : "off";
 obj.checked = true;
 return obj.form.submit();
}
<input type=checkbox name="foo" onChange="return SubmitCheckBox(this);">
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If you want to submit an array of checkbox values (including un-checked items) then you could try something like this:
<form>
<input type="hidden" value="0" name="your_checkbox_array[]"><input type="checkbox">Dog
<input type="hidden" value="0" name="your_checkbox_array[]


text: ||Abstract In the study of animal emotions, emotional valence has been found to be difficult to measure. Many studies of farm animals' emotions have therefore focussed on the identification of indicators of strong, mainly negative, emotions. However, subtle variations in emotional valence, such as those caused by rather moderate differences in husbandry conditions, may also affect animals' mood and welfare when such variations occur consistently. In this study, we investigated whether repeated moderate aversive or rewarding events could lead to measurable differences in emotional valence in young, weaned pigs. We conditioned 105 female pigs in a test arena to either a repeated startling procedure (sudden noises or appearances of objects) or a repeated rewarding procedure (applesauce, toy and straw) over 11 sessions. Control pigs were also regularly exposed to the same test arena but without conditioning. Before and after conditioning, we measured heart rate and its variability as well as the behavioural reactions of the subjects in the test arena, with a special focus on detailed acoustic analyses of their vocalisations. The behavioural and heart rate measures were analysed as changes compared to the baseline values before conditioning. A limited number of the putative indicators of emotional valence were affected by the conditioning. We found that the negatively conditioned pigs showed changes that were significantly different from those in control pigs, namely a decrease in locomotion and an increase in standing. The positively conditioned pigs, however, showed a stronger increase in heart rate and a smaller decrease in SDNN (a heart rate variability parameter indicating changes in autonomic regulation) compared to the controls. Compared to the negatively conditioned pigs, the positively conditioned pigs produced fewer vocalisations overall as well as fewer low-frequency grunts but more high-frequency grunts. The low-frequency grunts of the negatively conditioned pigs also showed lower frequency parameters (bandwidth, maximum frequency, 25% and 50% quartiles) compared to those of the positively conditioned pigs. In any of the statistically significant results, the conditioning accounted for 1.5–11.9% of variability in the outcome variable. Hence, we conclude that repeated moderate aversive and rewarding events have weak but measurable effects on some aspects of behaviour and physiology in young pigs, possibly indicating changes in emotional valence, which could ultimately affect their welfare. The combination of ethophysiological indicators, i.e., the concurrent examination of heart rate measures, behavioural responses and especially vocalisation patterns, as used in the current study, might be a useful way of examining subtle effects on emotional valence in further studies.


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Indonesia climate efforts surpass Australia
A top climate change advisor in Jakarta says Indonesia can slash carbon emissions by more than three times the rate in Australia.
The announcement follows today's recommendation by the Climate Change Authority to keep Australia's current renewable energy target - the percentage of electricity generation to come from renewable sources - fixed at 20 per cent by 2020.
The head of an Indonesian climate change taskforce, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, says the country can achieve its ambitious emissions reductions targets despite corruption hindering efforts to reduce deforestation.
Indonesia plans to reduce carbon emissions by cutting deforestation, using international carbon markets and providing incentives to protect forests to achieve its goal to cut domestic emissions by between 26 to 41 per cent by 2020.
When methods of calculation are compared, the figures are more than three times Australia's domestic efforts.
Mr Mangkusubroto says forestry accounts for more than 60 per cent of Indonesia's carbon emissions, and a law is being introduced to crack down on corrupt forestry deals to prevent local officials grant logging licences in order to get cash support for their re-election.
Opponents of Australia's renewable energy target say it should be cut because power use is declining.
But the authority's David Karoly has defended the decision to keep the current target.
"While there is an increased cost, that's part of the fact that there's in fact an increased reduction in greenhouse gas emissions," he said.
The authority says adjusting the target would also hurt investor confidence.


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Ce(IV) Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles and the Effect on Proliferation of BEL7402 Human Hepatoma Cells
To investigate nanoparticles' antitumor effect, a globose 30~35nm Ce(IV) doped Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (CDT) were prepared by impregnation method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy(TEM). Proliferation of BEL7402 human Hepatoma cells was studied in vitro by using fluorescence microscopy and Flow Cytometry. The results show that cerium elements doping enhanced thermal stability of nano-size titanium dioxide to 800°C. With UV irradiated for 8min, BEL7402 were induced a dose-dependent apoptosis by CDT, about 28.2% , 41.5% and 88.3% cells were induced apoptosis after 24h at concentration of 60, 120 and 180ug/ml respectively, relative to 3.9% of that of control group cell just only in the presence of UV.
Xingdong Zhang, Xudong Li, Hongsong Fan, Xuanyong Liu
L. Wang et al., "Ce(IV) Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles and the Effect on Proliferation of BEL7402 Human Hepatoma Cells", Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 330-332, pp. 307-310, 2007

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Real Talk for Real Teachers with Dr. Becky Bailey and special guest Tiffany Taylor
School violence leaves teachers and schools with unique challenges in providing for students' physical and emotional safety. The goal of active shooter drills and school lockdowns is to keep schools safe, but teachers often feel under-equipped to manage the sense of danger, anxiety, uncertainty and stress that occurs during and after these events.
Classroom teachers are charged with unique responsibilities, from physical protector to emotional caregiver for their students—all while experiencing their own fears and feelings. As you plan your classroom's approach, it is helpful to consider both you and your students' social-emotional health when practicing, enacting and recovering from lockdowns and drills.
Listen as Kindergarten teacher Tiffany Taylor and 5th grade teacher Kristin Abel share helpful ways they prepare themselves and their students for active shooter and lockdown drills.
- Always relate the procedures back to safety
- Create and practice visuals for the drill's steps and procedures
- Practice your own composure and self-regulation in order to help students do the same
- Provide time and space for students to talk about their experience after drills, but before returning to learning activities
Steps For Tomorrow
- Practice your personal composure and rehearse helpful inner speech before, during, and after drills and lockdowns
- Create and strengthen connections with students
- Explore more about creating and implementing a Safe Place in your classroom
- Conscious Discipline: Building Resilient Classrooms
- Webinars: Understanding Trauma with Dr. Becky Bailey
- Feeling Buddies for Classroom Toolkit
- :19 What is Conscious Discipline?
- 1:44 Definition of trauma
- 3:00 Introduction of Tiffany Taylor, Kindergarten teacher
- 4:11 Monthly lockdown drill procedures with young children
- 5:33 Tiffany's experience with nearby gunshots and a lockdown during school hours
- 9:20 Suggestions for early childhood teachers
- 9:50 Three specific tips for tomorrow
- 13:50 Introduction of Kristin Abel, K-5 resource teacher and former 5th grade teacher
- 16:32 Lockdown drill procedures at Kristin's school
- 18:17 Preparing students for drills through procedures and self-regulation
- 20:17 What about classrooms who are not practicing Conscious Discipline?
- 22:42 Kristen's story of helping a child experiencing high emotions during a lockdown
- 24:19 Reflecting on the lockdown experiences at two different schools
- 27:53 Helpful suggestions for after a lockdown drill
- 28:25 What happens after a real lockdown situation?
- 31:21 Connecting with students who slip into daydream states after lockdowns
- 35:02 Top three things for teachers to know
- 38:10 What's Becky Bailey up to now?
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The m10 OEM transceiver operates with the ORBCOMM low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite network, providing global coverage with no blockage. ORBCOMM are a global satellite data communications company, focused on M2M communications. ORBCOMM satellite network provide low cost, reliable, two-way data communications services around the world through a global network of low-earth orbit satellites and accompanying ground infrastructure.
The system can send and receive short messages, between six bytes and several kilobytes, in near real-time, allowing users to access critical information readily, often from areas beyond the geographic reach of terrestrial systems. It can improve asset utilisation by allowing automated monitoring, tracking, and management of fixed and mobile assets around the world.
Possible application areas for MobiApps satellite transceivers include remote asset tracking, utility monitoring, mining, agriculture, livestock management, water management, military and homeland security.
The m10 OEM transceiver is suitable for high volume applications equipped with a controller requiring only low-cost satellite communications. Its two-chip revolutionary design includes the analogue devices, BlackfinDSP and MobiApps' m1375 RF module, creating a fully integrated satellite transceiver, ready to connect serially to an application processor. Additional field-proven features make the m10 OEM transceiver suitable for managing and monitoring remote and mobile assets. Developers and system integrators can leverage the m10 OEM transceiver low operations.
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Palinopsia (Greek: palin for "again" and opsia for "seeing") is a visual disturbance defined as the persistent or recurrence of a visual image after the stimulus has been removed.[1] Palinopsia is not a diagnosis, but a broad term that describes a heterogeneous group of pathological visual symptoms with a wide variety of etiologies. Visual perseveration is synonymous with palinopsia.
In 2014, Gersztenkorn and Lee comprehensively reviewed all cases of palinopsia in the literature and subdivided it into two clinically relevant groups: illusory palinopsia and hallucinatory palinopsia.[2] Hallucinatory palinopsia, usually due to seizures or posterior cortical lesions, describes afterimages that are formed, long-lasting, and high resolution. Illusory palinopsia, usually due to migraines, head trauma, prescription drugs, or hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD), describes afterimages that are affected by ambient light and motion and are unformed, indistinct, or low resolution.
Differentiation from physiological afterimages[edit]
Palinopsia is a pathological symptom and should be distinguished from physiological afterimages, a common and benign phenomenon.[1][3][4] Physiological afterimages appear when viewing a bright stimulus and shifting visual focus. For example, after staring at a computer screen and looking away, a vague afterimage of the screen remains in the visual field. A stimulus consistently produces the same afterimage, which is dependent on the stimulus intensity and contrast, the time of fixation, and the retinal adaptation state. Physiological afterimages are usually the complementary color of the original stimulus (negative afterimage), while palinoptic afterimages are usually the same color as the original stimulus (positive afterimage). There is some ambiguity between illusory palinopsia and physiological afterimages since there are not concrete symptomatic criteria which determines if an afterimage is pathological.
Illusory vs Hallucinatory[edit]
For more details on this topic, see Illusory palinopsia and Hallucinatory palinopsia.
Illusory palinopsia is due to an abnormality in the original perception of a stimulus and is similar to a visual illusion: the distorted perception of a real external stimulus. Hallucinatory palinopsia is due to an abnormality after a stimulus has been encoded in visual memory and is similar to a complex visual hallucination: the creation of a formed visual image where none exists.
External conditions such as stimulus intensity, background contrast, fixation, and movement typically affect the generation and severity of illusory palinopsia but not hallucinatory palinopsia. Illusory palinopsia consists of afterimages that are short-lived or unformed, occur in the same location in the visual field as the original stimulus, and are continuous or predictable. Hallucinatory palinopsia describes formed afterimages and scenes that are life-like, high-resolution, long-lasting, occur anywhere in the visual field, and are unpredictable. Illusory palinopsia are caused by diffuse neuronal pathology such as global alterations in neurotransmitter receptors, while hallucinatory palinopsia is typically caused by focal cortical pathology.
The clinical characteristics that separate illusory from hallucinatory palinopsia also help differentiate and assess risk in visual illusions and hallucinations. Complex (formed) visual hallucinations are more worrisome than simple visual hallucinations or visual illusions.
Associated symptoms[edit]
People with palinopsia frequently report other visual illusions and hallucinations such as photopsias, dysmetropsia i.e. Alice in Wonderland syndrome (micropsia, macropsia, teleopsia, and pelopsia), visual snow, oscillopsia, entoptic phenomena, and cerebral polyopia.
Etiology and pathophysiology[edit]
For more details on this topic, see Hallucinatory Palinopsia and Illusory Palinopsia.
Posterior visual pathway cortical lesions (tumor,[1] abscess,[3] hemorrhage,[5] infarction,[1] arteriovenous malformation,[6] cortical dysplasia,[7] aneurysm[1]) and various seizure etiologies (hyperglycemia,[8] ion channel mutations,[9] Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease,[10] idiopathic seizures,[11] etc.) cause focal cortical hyperactivity or hyperexcitability, resulting in inappropriate, persistent activation of a visual memory circuit.
Illusory palinopsia is a dysfunction of visual perception, resulting from diffuse, persistent alterations in neuronal excitability that affect physiological mechanisms of light or motion perception. Illusory palinopsia is caused by migraines, HPPD, prescription drugs, head trauma, or may be idiopathic. Trazodone,[12] nefazodone,[13] mirtazepine,[14] topiramate,[15] clomiphene,[16] oral contraceptives, and risperidone[17] have been reported to cause illusory palinopsia. A patient frequently has multiple types of illusory palinopsia, which represent dysfunctions in both light and motion perception. Light and motion are processed via different pathways, suggesting diffuse or global excitability alterations.
Future research[edit]
Research needs to be performed on the efficacy of the various pharmaceuticals for treating illusory palinopsia. It is unclear if the symptoms' natural history and treatment are influenced by the etiology. It is also not clear if there is treatment efficacy overlap for illusory palinopsia and the other co-existing diffuse persistent illusory phenomenon such as visual snow, oscillopsia, dysmetropsia, and halos.[2]
Future advancements in fMRI could potentially further our understanding of hallucinatory palinopsia and visual memory. Increased accuracy in fMRI might also allow for the observation of subtle metabolic or perfusional changes in illusory palinopsia, without the use of ionizing radiation present in CT scans and radioactive isotopes. Studying the psychophysics of light and motion perception could advance our understanding of illusory palinopsia, and vice versa. For example, incorporating patients with visual trailing into motion perception studies could advance our understanding of the mechanisms of visual stability and motion suppression during eye movements (e.g. saccadic suppression).
 1. ^ a b c d e Bender, MB; Feldman, M; Sobin, AJ (Jun 1968). "Palinopsia.". Brain : a journal of neurology 91 (2): 321–38. doi:10.1093/brain/91.2.321. PMID _PHONE_.
 2. ^ a b Gersztenkorn, D; Lee, AG (Jul 2, 2014). "Palinopsia revamped: A systematic review of the literature.". Survey of ophthalmology 60: 1–35. doi:10.1016/j.survophthal.2014.06.003. PMID 25113609.
 3. ^ a b Arnold, RW; Janis, B; Wellman, S; Crouch, E; Rosen, C (Jan–Mar 1999). "Palinopsia with bacterial brain abscess and Noonan syndrome.". Alaska medicine 41 (1): 3–7. PMID _PHONE_.
 4. ^ Stagno, SJ; Gates, TJ (1991). "Palinopsia: a review of the literature.". Behavioural neurology 4 (2): 67–74. doi:10.3233/BEN-_PHONE_. PMID 24487436.
 5. ^ Hayashi, R; Shimizu, S; Watanabe, R; Katsumata, Y; Mimura, M (Mar 2002). "Palinopsia and perilesional hyperperfusion following subcortical hemorrhage.". Acta neurologica Scandinavica 105 (3): 228–31. doi:10.1034/j._PHONE_.2002.1c217.x. PMID _PHONE_.
 6. ^ Kupersmith, MJ; Berenstein, A; Nelson, PK; ApSimon, HT; Setton, A (Jan 1, 1999). "Visual symptoms with dural arteriovenous malformations draining into occipital veins.". Neurology 52 (1): 156–62. doi:10.1212/wnl.52.1.156. PMID _PHONE_.
 7. ^ Ogunyemi, A; Adams, D (May 1998). "Migraine-like symptoms triggered by occipital lobe seizures: response to sumatriptan.". The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques 25 (2): 151–3. PMID _PHONE_.
 8. ^ Michel, EM; Troost, BT (Aug 1980). "Palinopsia: cerebral localization with computed tomography.". Neurology 30 (8): 887–9. doi:10.1212/wnl.30.8.887. PMID _PHONE_.
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: FamilyTree/Surname/5th.viscount.html for the sub-tree descending from the 5th Viscount. That is, URLs that I hope fully describe what will be found there, and that I hope will stay working as the tree grows and changes. Whereas with an address like: FamilyTree/41639.html one has a lot less confidence that this will always point to the same thing (what if the database reorganises, and re-numbers its pages?).
I am not sure this is the ideal Web site file structure, however. For instance, what if you are dealing with ancient families, before surnames? There are many other minor implementation issues. For instance, what if I want to include a brief sketch of an in-law's family? Currently I would use the address: FamilyTree/Surname/othersurname.html but other schemes could be imagined. Tompsett [10] discusses naming conventions in URLs.
Automatic numbering 1, (1), 1a, 1b,..
Currently I number the offspring by using the "ordered list" tag in HTML, and then listing each child after a "list item" tag. This automatically numbers the list from "1." to "n." without the author having to keep track of the numbers. Even better, the numbers are automatically recalculated as siblings are added to or removed from the list.
Now it would be nice to be able to replicate the system used in Burke's Peerage, where successive indented generations are numbered 1, 1, (1), 1a, 1b, etc. That is, we automatically change the numbering scheme depending on how many levels we have recursed into. [The non-technical reader may wish to skip at this point to the section "Conclusion" below.]
Currently in HTML the tag supports the numbering schemes 1, I, i, A or a. We can write a style sheet like the following, called hyper.css:
 ol { list-style-type: decimal }
 ol ol { list-style-type: lower-roman }
 ol ol ol { list-style-type: lower-alpha }
 ol ol ol ol { list-style-type: decimal }
put the following line in the section of each web page:

and then all subsequent use of the tag will have the following properties. It will automatically use the numbering 1,2,3,4,... for the first level, i,ii,iii,iv,... for the next level, a,b,c,d,... for the next level, and 1,2,3,4,... for all lower levels. The style sheet can be altered to implement other combinations of the basic schemes 1, I, i, A and a.
We are nearly there, but it is still not quite the same as Burke's. The Burke's format would be 1,2,3,4,... for the first level, 1,2,3,4,... for the next level, (1),(2),(3),(4),... for the next level, 1a,2a,3a,4a,... for the next level, 1b,2b,3b,4b,... for the next level, and so on. It seems to me that Burke's, by keeping the decimal number throughout, is still the more readable format. It is not clear to me how such a scheme may be implemented in HTML at present (apart from just using and numbering them all by hand). We want to use the decimal value calculated by the tag, but append "a" or "b" to it. Perhaps there is some way of doing this.
8. Conclusion
The Burke's Peerage format was the product of well over a century of hard experience, and contains within it all the basic ideas of hypertext, that simply had to wait for recent technology to come along.
Hypertext gives the Burke's IN format a new lease of life, and brings out one of its lost and forgotten strengths - variable resolution. A Hypertext Indented Narrative allows us see at a glance what the major components of the pedigree are. And gives us, for the first time in history, the ability to draw these structures properly by hand - a welcome alternative to having to enter them into some inflexible database.
It may surprise many in this age of databases that you can still draw a multi-thousand member family tree by hand. You can even start with a single page and just start writing, splitting off extra pages if and when the need arises as your tree grows. Unlike a graphical chart, you never have to rewrite or redraw any of it as it grows. Unlike a database, you are free to insert pictures, small histories, hyperlinks and diversions of all sorts at any point whatsoever.
One could not recommend constructing pedigrees in this format, of course, were it not for the fact that hypertext browsers are now so universally available, and also the confidence that, if necessary, the HIN format can still generate a reasonably comprehensible printout - for long-term archives, and for those readers without any computer equipment at all.
[1] Christian, Peter (1996), Genealogical Publishing on the World-Wide Web, Computers in Genealogy 5(9): 381-7. Online at:
[2] Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edn, 1999.
[3] "Reader's Guide", Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 1999, pp. il-li.
[4] Review of Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 1999, The Baronage Press,
[5] Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976.
[6] "Guide to the Reader", Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976, pp. xxvii-xxix.
[7] Genealogy of the British Royal Family, presented by Brian Tompsett on the Web at the University of Hull, at:
[8] William IV, in the Genealogy of the British Royal Family, presented by Brian Tompsett on the Web at:
[9] Discussion of the GEDCOM 2 CGI software used to present the Genealogy of the British Royal Family, Brian Tompsett,
[10] Problems of distributed Genealogical Databases, Brian Tompsett,
[11] Limitations of the GEDCOM to Web Experiment, Brian Tompsett,
[12] Cooper, Chris Shearer (1998), Display Your Family on the Web With JavaGED, Journal of Online Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 9 (March 1998). Online at:
[13] JavaGED Genealogical Display System,
[14] Genealogy of the British Royal Family, on the Web at Penn State University, at:
[15] William IV, in the Genealogy of the British Royal Family, on the Web at Penn State University, at:
[16] History and Genealogy Web pages of Mark Humphrys,
[17] Descendants of John Blennerhassett, of Ballycarty, Co.Kerry, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[18] Descendants of Capt. Robert Blennerhassett, of Castle Conway, Co.Kerry, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[19] Descendants of William Gibbon, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[20] Descendants of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[21] Discussion of problems with permanent URLs when using the GED2HTML program, Eugene W. Stark,
[22] Humphrys, Mark (1999), Why on earth would I link to you?, The Irish Times, 15th Feb 1999. This is online at:
[23] Howells, Mark (1998), Link Rot in your Family Tree?, Computers in Genealogy 6(8): 365-72. Online at:
[24] Nielsen, Jakob (1997), The Need for Speed, The Alert Box, 1st Mar 1997. Online at:
[25] Nielsen, Jakob (1998), Nielsen's Law of Internet Bandwidth, The Alert Box, 5th Apr 1998. Online at:
[26] Family of Elizabeth Fitz-Hugh, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[27] Family of Elizabeth Cheyne, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[28] Family of 2nd Baron Vaux, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[29] Eagar family tree, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[30] Foster, Joseph (1887), The Royal Lineage of Our Noble And Gentle Families, London.
[31] "Descent from Adam" site, Luke Stevens,
[32] Legend of "Descent from Adam" site, Luke Stevens,
[33] Descendants of Charles I, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[34] Descendants of Arthur Gibbon, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[35] Ballyseedy House, presented by Mark Humphrys on the Web at:
[36] Humphrys family tree,


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ARMS, CRESTS & MONOGRAMS
Publishers of crests were quick to espouse new fashions as they emerged, and a number of attractive crests have been encountered for bicycling. The lady on the tricycle, which allowed the retention of the long dress for modesty, was found in a French album. Whilst the dress of the gentleman on the right has a European look to it, the early cycling clubs wore uniforms on their club outings.
The comic crest is by James Macmichael of London, heraldic engraver to Queen Victoria, and was executed for the frontispiece of a crest and monogram album published by Stanley Gibbons & Co.
The crests of the Temple and the Leamington & South Warwickshire clubs both have depictions of a penny-farthing cycle; these were in use in the 1870s and 80s. It is interesting to note that though the two have sufficient differences to indicate that they are not from the same die they are almost identical, an indication of the faithfullness of the engravers in recording their subjects.
crest to the left shows the badge of the Cyclist Touring
Club, which was founded in 1879.
Cycling was not only a pastime as the two military crests (Hampshire Cyclist Battalion and 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion) show,
Three cycle manufacturers. The Rudge-Whitworth company had its origins at the very beginning of cycling, in 1868, when Tom Rudge was producing velocipedes.


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Quick Start 0.5: Meeting with Girls for the First Time
When you first get together with girls (and this meeting may also include parents/guardians, or you may decide to hold a separate meeting for the adults), you'll want to get to know the girls, and give them a chance to get to know one another.
Ice-breaker games that let girls share simple details about themselves are a great way to start off your first gathering. Journeys often start with such an icebreaker, so if you're digging in to a journey right away, you'll be all set. You can also check your council's resources or search the Internet for "ice-breakers for kids" to find more ideas.
If you already know which journey the girls want to do, you'll find it useful to accomplish some of the following during this meeting. (Note that all these points are detailed in the adult guide for each journey, too). If your girls haven't chosen a journey yet, you can spend time during the first meeting talking about the themes of the three journeys that are available for their grade level and find out which one the group would like to do. You can then discuss these points in the next meeting, if you run out of time.
- Introduce the journey, its theme, and its ties to leadership. Each journey's adult guide gives you ideas for talking with girls and their parents/guardians about the journey's theme and the three keys to leadership.
- Find out what interests the group (and be sure to include the other adult volunteers) so that you and the girls can begin to customize the journey. Do the girls want to dig deeper into a particular aspect of the journey? Without promising anything (yet!), ask the girls to talk about what they're passionate about, what they've always wanted to do, and how they would spend their time if money or other barriers were no object. Build off the ideas shared, but be sure to include opinions from all the girls. Ask direct questions of those who seem to be holding back or are unsure about answering, so that no one is left out.
Get the girls talking about how they want to schedule their time together. Use the planning pages from their journey (referring to the draft calendar you started only as needed, so that girls are allowed to lead). Consider questions like these:
- Can girls organize and plan a field trip or longer travel opportunity that will allow them to learn more about a particular journey topic of theme?
- Is there an event that meshes with this topic or area of interest?
- Can the girls locate and communicate with an expert in the field via email or social media?
- Can they invite a guest speaker to answer specific questions or demonstrate particular skills?
- Which badges can the group choose to work on that will deepen their skills in this particular area?
- If they are Juniors or older, are they interested in pursuing their Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, or Gold Awards?
- Do they have ideas for activities that will involve younger or older girls?


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We want to study the statistical properties of evolving networks (networks that change the number of nodes/connections/weights). What are the invariants? What properties change over time?
For example, for dynamic food webs (which interest Jonathan Cannon), a change may result from an adaptive modification of species diet in response to circumstance or the addition and extinction of species. We will look for the structural and dynamic effects of these mechanisms, including the formation of characteristic motifs and stabilization.
For evolving gene regulatory networks, new regulatory units are created by duplications, destroyed by deletions, and the weights can change due to point mutations. (Borys Wrobel) has built an artificial life platform (right now, it uses a genetic algorithm) that can generate a large number of gene regulatory networks that have evolved to perform certain computations (for example, process signals). Borys would be interested in investigating what are the statistical (or other) properties of these networks and how they change with time. Here is a paper that describes (a version) of the model.
We are also interested in asking what is needed for a system dynamics to be preserved despite changes in network topology.


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Drugs and Human Lactation - 96 edition
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Summary: Now in its second edition, Drugs and Human Lactation is a comprehensive guide to the content and consequences of xenobiotics and micronutrients in human milk, and remains by far the most thorough and extensive work available on this subject. The excellent methodology used for the compilation of the 1st edition has been retained.
It begins with an outline of the processes by which substances enter milk during its formation, the effects of drugs on the milk product moreion process, the main determinants of drug excretion into milk and their disposition in the child. There follows an analysis of current data on 234 individual drugs, describing the extent of their passage into human milk, and assessing the risk to the suckling infant. Vitamins and essential trace elements, and radiopharmaceuticals are similarly reviewed. Also included is an account of the factors that influence the passage of environmental and occupational chemicals into milk. The result is a complete overview of what is known and proven, with clear pointers to matters which require further study, and brings the various subject areas up to date. Risks, uncertainties and false alarms which exist have been defined in such a way that they can be avoided.
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Building thermal mass can be used to reduce the peak cooling load. For example, in summer, the building mass can be pre-cooled during non-peak hours in order to reduce the cooling load in the peak hours. As a result, the cooling load is shifted in time and the peak demand is reduced. The building mass can be cooled most effectively during unoccupied hours because it is possible to relax the comfort constraints.While the benefits of demand shift are certain, different thermal mass discharge strategies result in different cooling load reduction and savings. The goal of an optimized discharge strategy is to maximize the thermal mass discharge and minimize the possibility of rebounds before the shed period ends. A series of filed tests were carefully planned and conducted in two commercial buildings in Northern California to investigate the effects of various precooling and demand shed strategies. Field tests demonstrated the potential of cooling load reduction in peak hours and importance of discharge strategies to avoid rebounds. EnergyPlus simulation models were constructed and calibrated to investigate different kind of recovery strategies. The results indicate the value of pre-cooling in maximizing the electrical shed in the on-peak period. The results also indicate that the dynamics of the shed need to be managed in order to avoid discharging the thermal capacity of the building too quickly, resulting in high cooling load and electric demand before the end of the shed period. An exponential trajectory for the zone set-point during the discharge period yielded good results and is recommended for practical implementation.
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What Is Intel Delayed Launcher and Should I Disable It?
Boot time is a common complaint among PC users. Or, to be more specific, how slow it is. You've probably faced it too – you boot your PC, and it takes forever to get all the programs and apps in order. Now, the obvious solution is for you to disable some of these startup apps. One of those happens to be the Intel Delayed Launcher. If you would like to learn more about what it is or if you should disable it, and if so, how to do it, then you came to the right place.
So, What Exactly Is Intel Delayed Launcher
Before we get to the Intel Delayed Launcher, we need to mention what it's a part of. Namely, there's the so-called Rapid Storage Technology, which contains Rapid Recovery Technology, where you will find the delay launcher, or "iastoriconlaunch.exe." For the curious among you, "iastoriconlaunch.exe" is a short form of Intel Array Storage Tech Icon Delayed Launch.
So, what does Rapid Storage Technology do? Simple – it promises you faster drive speed, as well as a faster app launcher. The latter is the same with single SATA drivers as well as multiple RAID storage. If you're the user of the second option, the Rapid Storage Tech will improve the safety of data by mirroring it on every drive. That way, you won't lose any data should the drive die on you.
How Does It Work
This .exe delays your Windows OS boot-up for a period between 30 and 60 seconds as it uses the local – or run – registry settings to automatically execute a user log-in. It does this before a virus, or any malware, have a chance to get to the system files. That way you can use Intel's Rapid Recovery Tech (also a part of Rapid Storage Tech) to recover the hard drive from its recovery partition. Of course, if the OEM has managed to establish one, and if the said partition is maintained with RAID 1 type of mirroring. The partition should also be invisible to the user.
After this little delay, the number one process to launch happens to be "IAStorIcon.exe." It will make the Rapid Storage Tech icon appear, but what it's really there for is delaying the OS. You can, of course, disable this particular Windows service using msconfig, however, be prepared for no delay in recovery.
To put it in simple terms, this little program is a system recovery measure. You are able to enter your OS before a single system file susceptible to virus or malware intrusion. It is effectively there if a virus that's loading during the booting enters your system.
However, what it gives you in protection, it takes away in boot time. If you never use it, you're essentially wasting a good minute of your life per booting sequence. Though fear not if you're running a smaller server or a tiny, multi-drive data storage.
So yeah, whether or not you should disable it might be a difficult decision to make. The best way to put it is this: is your computer protected from viruses? Disable it. Is it prone to infections? Keep it on and power through the boot time.
Listed below are the different methods for disabling the Intel Delayed Launcher, should you opt for option one.
Method #1: Remove Intel Delayed Launcher From All Startup Programs Using Msconfig (For Windows 7 Users)
Before you start, ask yourself: will I need Rapid Storage Tech at a later date? If the answer is "yes," simply disable it right there at startup. Then re-enable it again at a later date when you need it using this same method.
 1. Press Windows + R. This should get you to the Run window.
 2. To open the system config window, type msconfig and press Enter.RUN - msconfig
 3. Scroll down until you locate Intel Rapid Storage Technology. Click to uncheck it, then follow that with Apply and OK. Keep your primary antivirus software on during this step.
 4. Restart your computer. The booting should be faster after all of this.
Method #2: Remove Intel Delayed Launcher From Startup Programs in Task Manager (For Windows 8 and 10 Users)
If you have any of the two OS's that we mentioned above, method #1 won't work. When you do it, you get to the task manager. Follow these steps to successfully disable Intel Delayed Launcher:
 1. To open your task manager, press Ctrl + Shift + Escape.
 2. You should get a window with an expand option that says More details. Click it.Intel Delayed Launcher
 3. Enter the startup tab.
 4. Scroll down and find "Delayed Launcher." To select it, click it once. You will notice how high its startup impact is. Hence, the startup time will be longer.
 5. In the lower right corner click on Disable.
 6. Restart your computer. It should be booting faster after this method.
But What if I Want to Completely Uninstall the Intel Delayed Launcher?
Good question. If you feel like getting rid of Intel Delayed Launcher indefinitely, or rather the Rapid Storage Technology, the procedure is simple. First, you should change your drive from RST RAID back to SATA, all of this from BIOS. Next, go to "Disk Drivers" and uninstall all of the drivers for RST. You can also do this from your programs and features window.
One final pro tip near the end, though. Intel Delayed Launcher might not be what's causing your boot time to lag. Think it through before you decide to disable it.
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Serbian: Isn't my language your language?
This chapter discusses the occurrence of two variants of the Serbian language: Montenegrin and Serbian. The constitutional status of the two Serbian alphabets and pronunciations are summarized. With its two alphabets and two pronunciations, the Serbian language displays an identity prone to disputes and controversies. The factions in Serbian linguistic circles are described including: the status quo linguists, the neo-Vukovite linguists, and the Orthodox linguists. The chapter details the orthographic chaos from 1993 to 1994 resulting from competing orthographic manuals. The orthographic controversy for the Montenegrins is merely a symptom of a more fundamental suspicion that the Serbian language can no longer fully support its two equal pronunciations—ekavian and ijekavian. The internal debate among the Serbs regarding the co-official status of the ekavian and ijekavian dialects/pronunciations has a long and emotional history. Academics lead language planning and the formulation of language policy for the Serbian language.
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Lifestyle Physical Activity Intervention for Depressed Alcohol Dependent Women
Brief description of study
Building on the large body of evidence for the effect of exercise in decreasing depressive symptoms and the few preliminary findings of its effect on craving and drinking outcomes, the purpose of this study is to develop a lifestyle physical activity (LPA) intervention that harnesses the technological advantages of the Fitbit tracker (plus its web and mobile platforms) for depressed women with alcohol use disorders (AUDs). The intervention will provide women with an acceptable, flexible and effective alternate coping strategy during early recovery, when relapse risk is highest. The overall objective of this work is to fully develop this LPA+Fitbit intervention, modify it based on initial piloting and feedback to ensure its feasibility and acceptability for depressed women with AUDs in early recovery, propose potential mechanisms of its effect, and to obtain preliminary data on its efficacy.
Detailed Study Description
Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are the 3rd leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. and are associated with significant economic burden and health-related negative consequences. While women may be less likely to develop AUDs, they experience more significant negative health consequences of alcohol use than men. Due to stigma, shame, and child care issues; women are less likely to receive specialty addiction treatment. The comorbidity of depression and AUDs is much higher in women, and compared to men, women depression often has a temporal onset prior to an AUD. Relapse rates are very high in both men and women but significant gender differences emerge in the predictors of relapse. Women are more likely to relapse in unpleasant, negative emotional states and depressive symptoms and negative affect mediate the relationship between these stressors and drinking outcomes. More so than men, women with AUDs report drinking to cope with negative emotions. Therefore, intervention approaches that help women develop alternate coping strategies can have an important role in decreasing alcohol relapse among depressed women with AUDs. Given the demonstrated benefits of exercise for decreasing depression, negative affect, and urges to drink, helping women engage in a flexible and acceptable lifestyle physical activity (LPA) intervention may provide them a tool they can utilizing "in the moment" to cope with negative emotional states and alcohol craving during early recovery when relapse risk is highest. Exciting new digital fitness technologies (e.g., Fitbit activity monitor with web and mobile applications) have emerged in recent years that include features able to further enhance critical components for increasing physical activity - goal setting and self-monitoring. The investigators propose to develop a 12-week LPA+Fitbit intervention for depressed women in alcohol treatment. This will include:
 1. an in-person physical activity (PA) counseling orientation session; 2) 4 brief, phone-based PA counseling sessions focused on increasing PA and strategically using bouts of PA to cope with affect and alcohol cravings; 3) use of the Fitbit fitness tracker for physical activity goal-setting and daily self-monitoring; and 4) weekly supportive messages delivered by text message. The overall objective of this application is to develop this LPA+Fitbit intervention, modify it based on a initial open pilot (n=20) and feedback to ensure its feasibility and acceptability for depressed women with AUDs in early recovery, propose potential mechanisms, and to obtain preliminary data on its efficacy in a small randomized clinical trial (n=50). The LPA+Fitbit intervention proposed in this application is simple, low-cost, and easily transportable to the varied clinical settings women with AUDs receive treatment. If women with AUDs find the LPA+Fitbit intervention feasible, acceptable, and helpful during early recovery, they could be afforded with a much needed alternate coping strategy that would reduce relapse risk and decrease the overall negative impact of alcohol use on their health and well-being.
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This lesson focuses on the diffusion of gas molecules across the cuticle membrane of sea spider legs and the role body size plays in the ability of sea spiders to uptake gases. Students construct model sea spider legs of varying diameters and use them to investigate the relationship between surface area-to-volume ratios and diffusion.
In a "March Madness" game of survival of the fittest, will your microbe and its genes survive the test of changing conditions on Planet Earth and beyond? Students choose genes from a "toolbox" and pit their microbe against their classmates', using critical thinking and argument writing to determine the microbe with the best chance of success. Based on PolarTREC
Analogs are used in science investigations to better understand systems we can't access ourselves. In this lesson, students explore the Dry Valleys of Antarctica to better understand microbial communities on early Earth and what might have been possible on ancient Mars. Students will examine photographs, written descriptions, and artistic renderings of early Earth, the Dry Valley lakes, and


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Academic discourse is the gateway not only to educational success but to worlds of imagination, discovery and accumulated wisdom. Understanding the nature of academic discourse and developing ways of helping everyone access, shape and change this knowledge is critical to supporting social justice. Yet education research often ignores the forms taken by knowledge and the language through which they are expressed. This volume comprises cutting-edge work that is bringing together sociological and linguistic approaches to access academic discourse.
Systemic functional linguistics (SFL) is a long-established and widely-known approach to understanding language. Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) is a younger and rapidly growing approach to exploring and shaping knowledge practices. Now evermore research and practice are using these approaches together. This volume presents cutting-edge advances from this inter-disciplinary dialogue, focusing on state-of-the-art work in SFL provoked by its productive dialogue with LCT. It showcases work by the leading lights of both approaches, including the foremost scholar of SFL and the creator of LCT. Chapters introduce key ideas from LCT, new conceptual developments in SFL, studies using both approaches, and guidelines for shaping curriculum and pedagogy to support access to academic discourse in classrooms.
The book is essential reading for all appliable and educational linguists, as well as scholars and practitioners of education and sociology.
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. Academic Discourse: An Inter-Disciplinary Dialogue
J.R. Martin, Karl Maton And Y. J. Doran
Part I: Legitimation Code Theory: Opening Ideas
Chapter 2. Specialization Codes: Knowledge, Knowers and Student Success
Karl Maton And Rainbow Tsai-Hung Chen
Chapter 3. Semantic Waves: Context, Complexity and Academic Discourse
Part II: Systemic Functional Linguistics: Responses To LCT
Chapter 4. Revisiting Mode: Context In/Dependency in Ancient History Classroom Discourse
J. R. Martin and Erika Margulis
Chapter 5. Revisiting Field: Specialised Knowledge in Secondary School Science and Humanities Discourse
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Part III: Bringing SFL And LCT Together to Explore Knowers and Values
Chapter 6. Seeing Values: Axiology and Implicit Evaluation in Australia's 'Invasion'
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Chapter 7. Historical Events and Processes in The Discourse of Disciplinary History and Classroom Interaction
Part IV: Academic Discourse in the Classroom
Chapter 8. Live Lectures: The Significance of Presence in Building Disciplinary Knowledge
Chapter 9. Building A Pedagogic Metalanguage, I: Curriculum Genres
Chapter 10. Building A Pedagogic Metalanguage II: Knowledge Genres
Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) first emerged as a framework for the study of knowledge and education and is now being used to analyse a growing range of different practices. It builds on the ideas of Bernstein and Bourdieu and integrates insights from diverse fields including linguistics, literary criticism, physics and anthropology. Taking an innovative multidisciplinary approach, this series presents work that uses LCT to explore and generate knowledge-building in education. The books focus on everything from cutting-edge developments in theory to new forms of educational practice, and spring from a wide range of disciplines – from physics to ballet, and dentistry to design.


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Finally, it is important to inspect the Seckel pears regularly for signs of rot. If any rotting fruit is found, it should be removed immediately to prevent the spread of rot to other pears.
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Answer: Monoamniotic triplets, 3x "very upset"
This scan demonstrates three intrauterine fetuses sharing the same gestational sac (mono-amniotic), early second trimester. There is no evidence of free fluid in the pelvis, and all three fetuses have identifiable heart beats.
 - Monozygotic triplets occur at a rate of 22.6 to 82.9 per million births, and monochorionic triplets are the least common.1
 - Although clearly the patient is unlucky with these odds, you can tell your patient that she was far more likely to get struck by lightning (1:12K) or die in a shark attack (1:18K).2,3
 1. Imaizumi Y. A comparative study of zygotic twinning and triplet rates in eight countries, _PHONE_. J Biosoc Sci. 2003;35(2):287-302.
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Rain this week has improved rangeland for cattle grazing in Central and Southern California. Dry conditions forced some ranchers to haul both feed and water to their animals. The rain varied in amounts, but most ranches received enough moisture to stimulate grass growth. With additional rain in the forecast for later this week, ranchers are relaxing a little as they know their animals should have more food available from revived pastures.
Wheat farmers who have been waiting for rain in Southern California say the recent storms came too late to save their entire crop. Farms in the region depend on rain, rather than irrigation, to nourish their wheat. Extremely warm temperatures in February and a lack of rain dried out about half the crop. However, the "dryland" farmers hope this week's rain may provide enough moisture to germinate seed for later plantings.
Artichoke harvest continues at its early pace. The main growing region around Castroville escaped heavy rain and the plants continue to produce the tasty thistle in abundance. But, marketers suggest that consumers take advantage of the heavy volume while it lasts. The California Artichoke Commission says the peak harvest may taper off as soon as mid-April or around Easter. Usually, the peak spring production continues until mid-May.
Researchers have found that a lack of proper nutrients causes insects such as Mormon crickets to migrate in swarms. When the researchers placed Petri dishes containing diets high in protein and salt, many of the crickets ceased moving to get to the food. Scientists plan to use their findings to develop control measures to keep the insects from destroying crops and garden plants. Swarms of the insects have been measured up to six miles in length.Top


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The History and Origins of Joker Cards in Playing Card Decks
Playing cards have been a popular form of entertainment for centuries, captivating people of all ages and backgrounds. One intriguing aspect of playing cards is the presence of joker cards, which add an element of surprise and excitement to the game. These unique cards have a rich history and fascinating origins that date back several centuries.
The exact origins of joker cards are shrouded in mystery, with various theories and speculations surrounding their creation. One theory suggests that joker cards were first introduced in the late 19th century as part of the game of Euchre, which was immensely popular in the United States at the time. Euchre required an extra card, known as the "Best Bower," which eventually evolved into the joker card we know today.
Another theory suggests that joker cards were inspired by the court jester, a figure known for their unpredictable and humorous nature. Just as the court jester brought laughter and amusement to the royal court, the joker card adds an element of unpredictability and excitement to the game.
Regardless of their exact origins, joker cards quickly gained popularity and became a staple in playing card decks. They were initially used as wild cards, allowing players to substitute them for any other card in the deck. This added a new level of strategy and unpredictability to the game, as players had to carefully consider when and how to use their joker cards to their advantage.
Over time, joker cards evolved beyond their role as mere wild cards. They began to feature unique designs and illustrations, often depicting a jester or clown-like figure. These whimsical and colorful designs added a touch of visual appeal to playing card decks, making them even more enticing to players.
In addition to their role in traditional card games, joker cards have also found their way into various forms of entertainment and popular culture. They have become iconic symbols in movies, literature, and even in the world of magic. The joker card's association with unpredictability and mischief has made it a favorite among writers and filmmakers, who often use it to symbolize chaos and the unexpected.
Today, joker cards continue to be an integral part of playing card decks, loved by both casual players and serious card enthusiasts. They add an element of surprise and excitement to any game, keeping players on their toes and ensuring that no two games are ever the same.
In conclusion, the history and origins of joker cards are fascinating and mysterious. Whether they were inspired by the court jester or evolved from the game of Euchre, these unique cards have become an essential part of playing card decks. Their role as wild cards and their whimsical designs have made them beloved by players and a symbol of unpredictability in popular culture. So, the next time you play a game of cards, remember to play your joker cards right and claim your fortune.


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dc.description.abstract A process for rigorous inspection of concurrent systems using tabular specification was developed and applied to the classic Readers/Writers concurrent program by Jin in [15]. The process involved rewriting the program into a table and then performing a manual "column-by-column" inspection for safety and clean completion properties. The key element in the process is obtaining an invariant strong enough to prove the properties of interest. This thesis presents partial automation of the proposed approach by combining theorem proving and model checking. Model checking is first used to validate a formal model of the system with a small, xed number of concurrent process instances. The verification of the system for an arbitrary number of processes is then performed using theorem proving together with model checking on the earlier model to quickly validate potential invariants before they are used in the formal proof. This method was used to check the manual proof of the Readers/Writers problem given in [15], discovering several random and one systematic mistake of the proof. Then, a new, significantly automated proof was performed. en
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The County of San Bernardino will clean up any perchlorate in local groundwater for which it is found responsible. It is that simple.
The county has already spent $13million over the past several years treating perchlorate and supplying clean water to Rialto residents. The county's treatment system is in place to capture any perchlorate determined to be emanating from county property purchased in 1993 for the future expansion of the Mid-Valley Landfill. Over the next several decades, the county will likely spend more than $60 million on the operation of the treatment facility.
Perchlorate was first detected in groundwater in the Rialto Colton Basin in 1997. But to date, the county is the only potentially responsible party to start a groundwater cleanup.
From day one, the county has focused its resources on fixing the problem, rather than litigation. That is why the county has settled with the cities of Rialto and Colton.
That is why the county has a draft settlement with the State Regional Water Quality Control Board to memorialize the county's ongoing efforts to capture and treat the western perchlorate plume. That is why county lawyers are playing an active role in settlement negotiations between the state and the other potentially responsible parties on finding a solution to the eastern perchlorate plume.
The county is leading this cleanup even though the county never manufactured any perchlorate-containing materials and never introduced any perchlorate into the soils. It is just the right thing to do.
I have held elected office long enough to understand that doing the right thing does not protect one from criticism or false allegations. All I can do in response is continue to tell you the truth about the county's efforts to protect Rialto and Colton's water supply.
The latest unfounded claim is that the county illegally demolished and buried a hazardous waste-disposal facility that Broco Inc. once operated on a portion of the county property.
Before the county purchased property in north Rialto for the future expansion of the Mid-Valley Landfill, the county hired an expert to test the land for hazardous materials. Those tests did not find significant contamination in the soil or groundwater.
These tests were conducted, however, before perchlorate was identified as a potential pollutant.
Once perchlorate became known as an issue in the area in 1997, the county proceeded to test all of its groundwater wells and hired an expert environmental consulting firm to test the soils at the site. This testing indicated that the county expansion property was not a threat to groundwater from perchlorate or other substances.
After an extensive public permitting process, contractors began to prepare the county property for future landfill expansion.
Former storage bunkers were demolished and some of the material from the bunkers was used to create visual berms around a sand and gravel mining operation. The site is being mined to create holes that will eventually hold trash. Those holes will be lined to protect the groundwater from potential contamination from the trash.
Clean dirt has temporarily been stockpiled on top of the former Broco burn pit, which is a suspected source of perchlorate.
The soil stockpile limits the risk of water flushing any perchlorate in the soil under the burn pit into the groundwater supply.
Unfortunately, the county did not learn until 2002 that Broco did not properly close its site. Since then, the county has worked closely with the state on a final plan for the closure of the Broco site.
More than 200 soil samples, collected under state oversight, have not detected perchlorate. In three percent of all the soil tests, perchlorate was detected in trace amounts or in low concentrations.
These test results are public documents for anyone to review. The county's closure plan will fully protect human health concerns and the environment.
And, if for any reason perchlorate from the Broco site has reached the groundwater beneath it, the county's treatment system has been in place for nearly three years to capture and treat it.
The county remains strongly committed to finding a solution to the perchlorate problem in the basin, avoiding the continuing drain of public and private resources on litigation, and working closely with others towards this important goal.
Supervisor Josie Gonzales represents the 5th District, which includes Rialto, Bloomington and parts of Colton, Fontana and San Bernardino.