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Electrical Outlet and Voltage Information for Yemen
Yemen is located in the Arabian Peninsula and people who want to visit this country must know some basic information before going there. In using electronic gadgets and appliances, a tourist in Yemen should know the standard voltage and the types of electrical outlet and gadget present. In Yemen, the standard voltage is 220-240 volts with a frequency of 50Hz while the primary types of electrical outlet and plug are the Type A, Type D, and Type G.
In addition to the information about the standard voltage, electrical outlet, and plug, a tourist in Yemen should also prepare adapters and voltage converters. Adapters are used when the shape of the plug is not compatible with the shape of the electrical outlet present in Yemen. There are cases wherein different types of plugs are used together with an incompatible electrical outlet in Yemen and these can cause problems like damaged electronic gadgets and appliances as well as fire. There are particular adapters designed for specific plugs although there is also the universal adapter that could be used by all in Yemen. Aside from the adapters, there are also voltage converters that are used when the voltage of the electronic gadget or appliance is not compatible with the electrical outlet present in Yemen. Examples of voltage converters ideal in Yemen are network-resistor converter, step-up and step-down transformer, and combination voltage converters.
Type A NEMA 1-15 / JIS C 8303 North American (Non-grounded and Non-polarized) Plug, Electrical Outlet, and Adapter
The new design of the NEMA 1-15 changed so much that it will not fit in the old type of NEMA 1-15 electrical outlet in Yemen. With the NEMA 1-15 adapter, the receptacle end will accept any standard household plug in Yemen, aside from the Type M South African SABS1661 plug, which is also known as the Old British BS-546 Large plug. The blades of this adapter are 6.4mm long, 1.5mm thick, and are spaced 12.7mm apart. The NEMA 1-15 plug is also non-polarized and non-grounded which is very important. The NEMA 1-15 is a flat blade attachment plug that uses two flat parallel pins or blades. Older designs allow the blades to be inserted either way; however, contemporary NEMA 1-15 plugs in Yemen are designed with the neutral blade wider than the live blade allowing just one way of plugging and ensuring that the polarized plug is inserted appropriately into the electrical outlet. The NEMA 1-15 is mostly found in North America and in the east coast of South America as well as in other countries like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This is used for smaller devices that do not really need a ground connection. The NEMA 1-15 is also known as the Type A North American/Japanese 2-blade Electrical adapter plug and electrical outlet. It also has the technical name North American 15 A/125 V ungrounded.
Although the NEMA 1-15 looks similar to the plugs of the U.S. and Canada and the appliance and electronic gadgets might be manufactured in the said countries, an adapter might still be needed because of the grounding and polarization requirements in Yemen.
In the NEMA 1-15 plug and electrical outlet, grounding is done by the third, round pin located beneath the two vertical blades on the plug. On the other hand, polarization is done by the left vertical blade being taller than the right one. If the plug does have grounding or polarization and the electrical socket does not have one, it would be physically impossible to insert the plug into the electrical socket. If this happens to a tourist in Yemen and there is also no adapter present, that person might not be able to use his or her electronic gadgets and appliances. There is also another electrical outlet that is commonly used in Japan, the JIS X 8303 Class II (Japanese 15 A/100 V ungrounded) which is similar to the NEMA 1-15, the only difference from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the stricter dimensional requirements for the plug housing, marking, and mandatory testing and approval.
Type D Indian BS-546 Adapter Plug and Electrical Outlet
The receptacle end of this Type D Indian BS-546 plug is also compatible with common household plugs except the Type M South African SABS1661 (Old British BS-546 Large) plug. In this Type D Indian BS-546 Plug Adapter, the live and neutral pins are 5mm in diameter, spaced 22mm apart, and the grounding pin is 7mm in diameter with the plug being polarized and grounded. It is an old British standard electrical outlet which is still the primary household electrical outlet in countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Namibia, and Hong Kong.
The Type D Indian BS-546 electrical outlet is most compatible with the Type D Old British Plug Adapter that is sometimes used in Yemen. Although the Type D Indian BS-546 electrical outlet and plug is not the standard in Yemen and other countries, it is still used in various households. In terms of design and appearance, the Type D Indian BS-546 electrical outlet and plug is often confused with the Type M South African electrical outlet and plug. However, as similar as these two may seem, they are not compatible and must not be used together in Yemen or even in other countries.
Type G British BS-1363 3-pin Plug, Electrical Outlet, and Adapter
The Type G British BS-1363 electrical outlet and plug is a British 3-pin rectangular blade used widely in Yemen that has a protective fuse inside to protect cords from high-current circuits and, most of the time, the Type G British BS-1363 electrical outlet includes a safety switch. The Type G British BS-1363 also has a receptacle end that is compatible with most household plug types, except the Type M South African SABS1661 (Old British BS-546 Large) plug. The plug end is a British BS-1363 13-amp type. For the adapter, the live and neutral pins are 4 x 6 x 18 mm apart, with the grounding pin measuring 4 x 8 x 23mm. Also, through the Type G British BS-1363 adapter, a tourist could use his or her appliance or electronic gadget in Yemen. The plug of this Type G British 3-pin is polarized and grounded but not fused. Another name for the Type G British BS-1363 plug is the 13-amp plug and for safety reasons the Yemen requires electrical outlets in households that use the Type G British BS-1363 to have shutters over the live and neutral connections of the electrical outlet. In the insertion of the longer earth pin from the plug, the safety shutters of the Type G British BS-1363 are opened. The shutters are also present to prevent the use of incompatible plugs made to other standards in Iraq.
However, there are cases wherein the safety shutters of this electrical outlet in Yemen could be opened through a screwdriver in order to insert Type C plugs. But then, the usage of Type G British BS-1363 outlet along with another kind of plug is not recommended because these plugs do not have a fuse. The regulation about the safety shutters and fuse is then followed in Yemen and all the other countries that use the Type G British BS-1363 electrical outlet and plug like the United Kingdom, England, Ghana, Grenada, Macau, Malta, Malaysia, Qatar, Saint Vincent, Saudi Arabia, Scotland and Zimbabwe. With all the safety measures and features of this plug and outlet, it is considered as one of the safest in Yemen, even the world. However, with all its features, this type of plug is bulky and cumbersome.
Some people claim that the Type G British BS-1363 plug is mostly bigger than the appliances they are connected to but if tourists would want to use their electronic gadget or appliance in Yemen, then they must have a Type G British BS-1363 adapter. Although the adapter would not change the voltage used, it will enable the plug of the appliance or electronic gadget to be inserted to the electrical outlet used in Yemen. For the electrical outlet, the Type G British BS-1363 sockets are not compatible with other types of electrical outlet in Yemen. In terms of compatibility, the Type G British BS-1363 electrical outlet will work together with the Type G British BS-1363 plug and adapter in Yemen.
Voltage Converters and Adapters
In using an electronic gadget or appliance that has a different voltage requirement than the 110-120 volts used in Yemen, the best way is by using voltage converters such as resistor-network converters, transformers, and, in some cases, the combination of both. The resistor-network converters to be used in Yemen are usually advertised to support as much as 50-1600 Watts and are just ideal to use for short periods of time. The resistor-network converter is also not recommended for digital devices like laptop computers however it is great for lightweight electronics like hair dryers and irons. If a tourist would want to use a laptop computer or charge batteries for camera, mp3 players, camcorders, and radios in Yemen, the ideal voltage converter would be a transformer which lowers maximum watt rating. It could be used for long periods of time but is a little bit heavy because of the large iron rods and copper wires.
The last kind of voltage converter in order to use electronics in Yemen that are not compatible with the electrical outlet present in Ireland is the combination of a resistor-network converter and transformer. Most of the time, there is a switch that enables the changing of modes from resistor-network converter to transformer, depending on the tourist's needs in Yemen. There are also universal


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Grinding Performance and Physical Properties of Selected Biomass
Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan _URL_: Paper number 026175, 2002 ASAE Annual Meeting . (doi: 10.13031/2013.10464) @2002
Authors: Sudhagar Mani, Lope G. Tabil, Shahab Sokhansanj
Keywords: Hammer mill, wheat straw, barley straw, corn stover, switchgrass, grinding, and physical properties
Biomass residues such as straws, corn stover and energy crop - switchgrass were ground using a hammer mill with three different screen sizes (3.175 mm, 1.588 mm and 0.794 mm) for densification. Energy required for grinding these materials was measured at two different moisture contents. Among the four materials, switchgrass had the highest specific energy requirement to grind using a hammer mill. Corn stover used the least specific energy. Physical properties of ground samples such as moisture content, geometric mean diameter, particle size distribution, bulk and particle densities were determined. Second or third order polynomial models were developed relating bulk and particle densities of ground samples to geometric mean diameter within the range of 1.428 to 0.178 mm. Switchgrass had the highest calorific value and the lowest ash content among the materials used in the experiment.(Download PDF) (Export to EndNotes)

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from the movie:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
A Troll is a magical creature of prodigious strength and immense stupidity. Trolls generally reach a height of about twelve feet and weigh up to nearly a ton. They are dangerously violent and incredibly aggressive, and then engage in unpredictable behaviour; a bit comparable with giants. Trolls originated in Scandinavia, but are now found all across Europe. Trolls feed on raw flesh, and are not that fussy about what they eat, from animals to even humans.
Troll language is nothing more than simple grunts that only Trolls seem to be able to interpret, though skilled magical multi-linguists such as Barty Crouch can understand them. Trolls understand only a limited number of Human words, and some smarter ones can be skillfully trained as security Trolls. Professor Quirrell had a gift for communicating with Trolls, and then used it to set one loose in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991 in an effort to steal the Philosopher's Stone. A Troll was Quirrell's contribution to guarding the Philosopher's Stone.
Artemius Lawson was an outspoken advocate for the strict restraint of trolls. He thought it was wrong to allow them to roam free, stating that "they were creatures who weighed a ton, but had brains the size of a bogey".

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Derek Sivers
Projecting meaning
Projecting meaning into Chinese characters
Chinese characters look complicated, but they're mostly made up of smaller simpler characters.
I love learning these because every character is like a tiny poem.
language = words 讠+ five 五+ mouth 口
So a language is words that five mouths speak? Brilliant!
thanks = words 讠+ body 身+ inch 寸
Hmmm... so.... when you say thanks, you speak words that give a body an inch of space? Interesting.
name = evening 夕 + mouth 口
So your real name is what's spoken by a mouth in the evening? That's kind of romantic.
They're so vivid. I try to imagine the historical or cultural meaning behind each one.
Projecting meaning into Talking Heads lyrics
Talking Heads were a great band from the late-70s to mid-80s. Their lyrics were really evocative and mysterious. Specific but vague. Made you wonder what they were really about.
Here's an example:
Watch out - you might get what you're after
Cool babies - strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
All wet - hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown - dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hundred sixty five degrees
Burning down the house
I read an interview with David Byrne from the Talking Heads who said that many of their lyrics were just random. Literally!
They would write evocative phrases onto little pieces of paper, then throw them into a bowl, and shuffle them up. Then they'd pull them out in random order, and put them into the song in that order. They did this because they liked how the listener creates meaning that wasn't intended.
Hearing one phrase next to another makes you assume they're connected in a meaningful way. But nope. It was just random. You made that meaning yourself.
Back to Chinese.
I have a Chinese dictionary called Wenlin that tells the history behind every character.
I looked up,, and the rest, and found that those characters are just phonetic. Those composite character bits were not chosen for their meaning, just their sound.
So... it seems I've just been putting the meanings into them, myself. They actually had no meaning.
But even knowing that, I choose to keep doing it. It's poetic. It's beautiful.
Projecting meaning into everything?
How many other things in life really have no meaning?
She was born April 12. He was born September 22. What does it mean?
One day you ride your bike instead of taking the bus. That day your usual bus gets into a big accident. What does it mean?
Black cat crosses your path as you walk under a ladder on Friday the 13th. What does it mean?
Nothing at all.
Nothing has inherent meaning. It is what it is and that's it.
We just choose to project meaning onto things. It feels good.
Even if presented with proof that it's totally random or neutral, we decide it has meaning anyway. It makes life more poetic and beautiful.
(And what if you've projected some bad meaning onto something, and it's getting you down? Don't forget that none of it is true. You're the one that put the meaning into it. You can just as easily take all the meaning out of it.)
P.S. Appropriate video: "Double rainbow! What does it mean?" smile


Lennon's letters offer intimate insight
The cover of The John Lennon Letters.Photo / Supplied
The cover of The John Lennon Letters.Photo / Supplied
One of the main reasons Facebook, Twitter and other voyeuristic social networking tools are popular is pretty obvious - we like to spy on other people.
I've always been a fan of reading letters of long-gone celebrities. Many famous writers were also compulsive note-writers. There have been volumes of letters produced by Ernest Hemingway, J.R.R. Tolkien, Virginia Woolf, Abraham Lincoln, amongst others.
It might be a dying art form, but a handsome new book shows the fleeting beauty tossed-off notes and messages can have.
The John Lennon Letters, compiled by Beatles biographer Hunter S. Davies, features dozens of notes written by Lennon in his lifetime and is a cornucopia for both Beatlemaniacs and letter-spies.
"Lennon lived before computers and email and texts and his first reaction was to write things down," Davies writes.
"He saw them as a little performance."
The John Lennon Letters is a well designed book for die-hard Beatles fans, featuring nearly 300 of Lennon's letters extensively notated and reproduced with his own squiggly handwriting and scribbly cartoons. Each letter has had its history tracked down by Davies, and the context is invaluable, making this a kind of scrapbook biography of Lennon through his letters.
Its scattered contents include everything from letters to fans and other famous folks to mundane shopping lists and surreal insults. Many of the later letters get so lost in Lennon's cryptic wordplay that they're like reading James Joyce's Ulysses to decipher.
One curious omission in the book is any real letters between John and his wife Yoko Ono. Davies says they barely ever wrote each other as they were always together. However, there are plenty of letters that hint at real emotion from behind Lennon's joking, caustic exterior like the early letters to his first wife, Cynthia, or his friend Stuart Sutcliffe, who was briefly a member of the Beatles and died of brain haemorrhage at only 21.
In a 1961 letter to Sutcliffe, Lennon writes: "I can't remember anything without a sadness so deep that it hardly becomes known to me."
This was well before Love Me Do and She Loves You, but the darker Lennon of "Plastic Ono Band" is already evident.
And it's hard not to read a line from a 1979 letter without wincing, just a bit: "I'm 40 next year - I hope life begins."
Lennon's image has gone through many reinventions since his early death, from hippie saint to grouchy genius. What's great about The John Lennon Letters is every facet of his complicated, imperfect personality shines through.
The golden age of the letter may have passed, but a tome like this is a reminder of what a window into a person's mind they could be.
The best books of correspondence:
1. Fear and Loathing in America by Hunter S. Thompson: Thompson was a prolific letter-hack and this volume collects hundreds of letters from 1968 to 1976, as America rambled through the 60s, Vietnam, Watergate and more.
2. The Portable Abraham Lincoln: America's greatest president created some fine letters, speeches and other writings. A highlight is the letter to Lydia Bixby, a widow who lost five sons in the US Civil War.
3. Kurt Vonnegut: Letters: Published just in time to mark what would have been Vonnegut's 90th birthday, this massive tome is a treasure trove of wry wit and curmudgeonly observations, including a harrowing letter on his combat experiences in Dresden, Germany during World War II.
4. The Adams-Jefferson Letters: A joint book collecting the correspondence between the second and third American presidents in the final years of their lives, from 1777 to 1826. It touches on both the political and the personal in a take on American history by two who were there from the start.
The Yage Letters by William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg: A fascinating piece of druggy history, featuring letters written by Burroughs while on a South American trip to track down the legendary yage vine, which was claimed to possess strange powers. It's hallucinogenic travel tales and quite possibly halfway made up, but also terrific letter-writing.
* The John Lennon Letters, published by Little, Brown and Company is available now. RRP NZ$59.99.
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Clients may not wish to inform everyone in a room that they are typing and instead only specific users in the room.
13.5 Receipts
This module adds in support for receipts. These receipts are a form of acknowledgement of an event. This module defines a single acknowledgement: m.read which indicates that the user has read up to a given event.
Sending a receipt for each event can result in sending large amounts of traffic to a homeserver. To prevent this from becoming a problem, receipts are implemented using "up to" markers. This marker indicates that the acknowledgement applies to all events "up to and including" the event specified. For example, marking an event as "read" would indicate that the user had read all events up to the referenced event. See the Receiving notifications section for more information on how read receipts affect notification counts.
13.5.1 Events
Each user_id, receipt_type pair must be associated with only a single event_id.
13.5.1.1 m.receipt
Informs the client of new receipts.
Content Key Type Description
$EVENT_ID Receipts The mapping of event ID to a collection of receipts for this event ID. The event ID is the ID of the event being acknowledged and not an ID for the receipt itself.
Receipts
Receipts Key Type Description
m.read Users A collection of users who have sent m.read receipts for this event.
Users
Users Key Type Description
$USER_ID Receipt The mapping of user ID to receipt. The user ID is the entity who sent this receipt.
Receipt
Receipt Key Type Description
ts number The timestamp the receipt was sent at.
Example:
{
 "content": {
 "$1435641916114394fHBLK:matrix.org": {
 "m.read": {
 "@rikj:jki.re": {
 "ts": 1436451550453
 }
 }
 }
 },
 "room_id": "!jEsUZKDJdhlrceRyVU:example.org",
 "type": "m.receipt"
}
13.5.2 Client behaviour
In /sync, receipts are listed under the ephemeral array of events for a given room. New receipts that come down the event streams are deltas which update existing mappings. Clients should replace older receipt acknowledgements based on user_id and receipt_type pairs. For example:
Client receives m.receipt:
 user = @alice:example.com
 receipt_type = m.read
 event_id = $aaa:example.com
Client receives another m.receipt:
 user = @alice:example.com
 receipt_type = m.read
 event_id = $bbb:example.com
The client should replace the older acknowledgement for $aaa:example.com with
this one for $bbb:example.com
Clients should send read receipts when there is some certainty that the event in question has been displayed to the user. Simply receiving an event does not provide enough certainty that the user has seen the event. The user SHOULD need to take some action such as viewing the room that the event was sent to or dismissing a notification in order for the event to count as "read". Clients SHOULD NOT send read receipts for events sent by their own user.
A client can update the markers for its user by interacting with the following HTTP APIs.
13.5.2.1 POST /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{roomId}/receipt/{receiptType}/{eventId}
This API updates the marker for the given receipt type to the event ID specified.
Rate-limited:Yes.
Requires auth:Yes.
Request format:
Parameter Type Description
path parameters
roomId string Required. The room in which to send the event.
receiptType enum Required. The type of receipt to send. One of: ["m.read"]
eventId string Required. The event ID to acknowledge up to.
Example request:
POST /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/%21wefuh21ffskfuh345%_URL_.read/%241924376522eioj%3Aexample.com HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{}
Responses:
Status code 200:
The receipt was sent.
Example
{}
Status code 429:
This request was rate-limited.
Example
{
 "errcode": "M_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
 "error": "Too many requests",
 "retry_after_ms": 2000
}
13.5.3 Server behaviour
For efficiency, receipts SHOULD be batched into one event per room before delivering them to clients.
Receipts are sent across federation as EDUs with type m.receipt. The format of the EDUs are:
{
 <room_id>: {
 <receipt_type>: {
 <user_id>: { <content> }
 },
 ...
 },
 ...
}
These are always sent as deltas to previously sent receipts. Currently only a single <receipt_type> should be used: m.read.
13.5.4 Security considerations
As receipts are sent outside the context of the event graph, there are no integrity checks performed on the contents of m.receipt events.
13.6 Fully read markers
The history for a given room may be split into three sections: messages the user has read (or indicated they aren't interested in them), messages the user might have read some but not others, and messages the user hasn't seen yet. The "fully read marker" (also known as a "read marker") marks the last event of the first section, whereas the user's read receipt marks the last event of the second section.
13.6.1 Events
The user's fully read marker is kept as an event in the room's account data. The event may be read to determine the user's current fully read marker location in the room, and just like other account data events the event will be pushed down the event stream when updated.
The fully read marker is kept under an m.fully_read event. If the event does not exist on the user's account data, the fully read marker should be considered to be the user's read receipt location.
13.6.1.1 m.fully_read
The current location of the user's read marker in a room. This event appears in the user's room account data for the room the marker is applicable for.
Content Key Type Description
event_id string Required. The event the user's read marker is located at in the room.
Example:
{
 "content": {
 "event_id": "$someplace:example.org"
 },
 "room_id": "!somewhere:example.org",
 "type": "m.fully_read"
}
13.6.2 Client behaviour
The client cannot update fully read markers by directly modifying the m.fully_read account data event. Instead, the client must make use of the read markers API to change the values.
The read markers API can additionally update the user's read receipt (m.read) location in the same operation as setting the fully read marker location. This is because read receipts and read markers are commonly updated at the same time, and therefore the client might wish to save an extra HTTP call. Providing an m.read location performs the same task as a request to /receipts/m.read/$event:example.org.
13.6.2.1 POST /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{roomId}/read_markers
Sets the position of the read marker for a given room, and optionally the read receipt's location.
Rate-limited:Yes.
Requires auth:Yes.
Request format:
Parameter Type Description
path parameters
roomId string Required. The room ID to set the read marker in for the user.
JSON body parameters
m.fully_read string Required. The event ID the read marker should be located at. The event MUST belong to the room.
m.read string The event ID to set the read receipt location at. This is equivalent to calling /receipt/m.read/$elsewhere:example.org and is provided here to save that extra call.
Example request:
POST /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/%21somewhere%_URL_ HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
 "m.fully_read": "$somewhere:example.org",
 "m.read": "$elsewhere:example.org"
}
Responses:
Status code 200:
The read marker, and read receipt if provided, have been updated.
Example
{}
Status code 429:
This request was rate-limited.
Example
{
 "errcode": "M_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
 "error": "Too many requests",
 "retry_after_ms": 2000
}
13.6.3 Server behaviour
The server MUST prevent clients from setting m.fully_read directly in room account data. The server must additionally ensure that it treats the presence of m.read in the /read_markers request the same as how it would for a request to /receipts/m.read/$event:example.org.
Upon updating the m.fully_read event due to a request to /read_markers, the server MUST send the updated account data event through to the client via the event stream (eg: /sync), provided any applicable filters are also satisfied.
13.7 Presence
Each user has the concept of presence information. This encodes:
 - Whether the


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1.1 Explain what it mean to have a duty of care in own work role
 residents are safe
 data protection act
 monitoring our own behaviour
 working safely
 equality and diversity
1.2 Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals
 Avoiding potential hazards, which could lead to harm through accidents or spreading infections
 respecting the individual in thy dignity
 Risk Assessments
 Policies and Procedures
 Conforming to Legislation – by adhering to laws such as health and safety and safeguarding, I am working within the law which is there to protect adults in mental health and those who work in sitting .
2.1 Describe potential conflicts or dilemmas that my arise between the duty of care and an individuals right
 abusing drugs
 Staff falling out,
 Break confidentiality,
 Swearing and behaviour,
 Absent staff members,
 Lack of team work
 bulling and intimidating
2.2 Describe how to manage risk associated with conflicts or dilemmas between an individuals rights and the duty of care
 Talking to the patients
Example : If the individual wants to do something that is unsafe or risky that is their choice and you must respect their rights but you have a duty of care and must do all that you can to keep them safe.That is the dilemma.You can carry out a risk assessment that involves the individual so that they fully understand the risk they are taking. If they still want to take the risk you make it as safe as possible for them. You have then done all that you can be expected to do under your duty of care.
2.3 Explain where to get additional support and advice about conflicts and dilemmas
 Line manager
 Advocacy centre
 Health professionals
3.1 Describe how to respond to complaints
 listening to the patients complains.
 record and inform the nurse in charge and line manager.
3.2 Explain the main...
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Coaching in Business English – Workout
Robert Harris is a Certified Professional Trainer with nineteen years' experience coaching and training non-native English speakers. He has spent most of his professional life outside his native UK, gaining insight into and learning to work effectively in culturally diverse...
Top performing athletes exercise/ workout to prepare for a major sporting event or to maintain a satisfactory level of fitness, likewise, you as a senior executive could greatly benefit from "workouts" to exercise your Business English and as a result ensure that you are equally:
- confident when speaking English as you are in your own language
If you feel at a disadvantage when speaking in a language other than your own, be assured you're not the only one. It is a sentiment shared by many people and in many ways an entirely natural one. One way of overcoming this disadvantage is through coaching. Coaching encourages experimentation, "to try things out" before the real event and this together with input and guidance from an experienced coach can lead to a significant improvement in performance.
Our experience has shown that flexibility as to what is worked on in the sessions is a prerequisite for a successful collaboration. The session agenda is often set by the client who might want to prepare for something coming up in the near future for example:
- A presentation to Head Office or business partner
- A visit to an exhibition in Frankfurt
- A meeting with a foreign supplier, customer or colleague
- A difficult phone call or web conference
Workout is for professionals who want to:
- exercise their spoken English in order to overcome communication difficulties
- improve their capability to do business in English
- improve their relationships with their international business partners and English speaking colleagues
- feel comfortable expressing themselves in various business situations
Intermediate and above
By the end of the course participants will have improved:
- oral fluency in business situations
- their range of business vocabulary
- their level of confidence in doing business in English
Course outline typically includes:
- Cultural differences – the understanding of which will lead to better relationships with your international partners and colleagues.
- Presentations – Practice one of your own with your coach
- Change Management – In international environments
- Nonverbal negotiation skills – some researchers claim that 90% of face-to-face communication is nonverbal.
- Grammar – Conditionals don't usually inspire enthusiasm but their correct use in negotiations will.
- Small talk – additional benefits.
- Active listening – we don't want to miss something important.
- Understanding your negotiation partners – what to do when the other person's English is better than yours.
- Meetings – support your position with confidence
- Interpersonal skills – Added value
The Communicative Approach to Business English
Most students say during the interview phase of the needs analysis that they find speaking English the most challenging.
The primary goal of most Business English learners is to be able to speak and convey the message they want without misunderstanding (a misunderstanding can be embarrassing as well as costly). For this reason the majority of learners prefer to focus on improving their speaking skills, as especially when communicating with non-native speakers, getting the message across is more important than strict adherence to grammatical accuracy.
Another very good reason the focus is on spoken English is that when we're "talking business' in English there is no time to ask for help from our colleagues or friends, unlike written communication where
- the assistance of a colleague can be requested
- the enormous resources on the internet can be accessed
The Communicative Approach to Business English focuses on:
- Speaking and Listening
- Enhancing confidence
- Increasing oral fluency and range of vocabulary
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Based on the open source tool OpenFOAM, a self-developed solver qaleFOAM is applied to generate a focusing wave and simulate the interaction between the focusing wave and fixed/moving cylinder. With qaleFOAM, the focusing wave is generated by the external wave tank based on fully nonlinear potential theory (FNPT) and quasi-arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element method (QALE-FEM), and a relaxation zone is used for the wave propagation between the external wave tank and the internal Navier-Stokes domain. In this paper, the generation and propagation of focusing wave is tested first, and the wave elevation at different wave gauges is monitored to show the accuracy of focusing wave generation. Then, a cylinder fixed/moving in the incident focusing wave is simulated by qaleFOAM, the wave elevation near and away from the cylinder is monitored, and the pressure distribution on the cylinder surface is probed. The computed result is compared with the experimental result to validate the numerical method.
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Choosing the best method for verbal autopsy (VA) requires the appropriate metrics to assess a given method's performance, and researchers from IHME and the University of Queensland undertook a study to determine these metrics.
Because there are many different methods of performing VA, including physician review and computer-automated methods, there needs to be a way to evaluate the performance of each method. Currently used metrics to assess performance of VA methods, such as sensitivity, specificity, and cause-specific mortality fraction error, do not provide a robust basis for comparing methods. This study was designed to test metrics to compare the performance of all types of VA methods to help identify the best methods for estimating causes of death in a population.
The authors show that VA methods need to be evaluated across a set of test datasets with widely varying cause-specific mortality fraction composition. They propose two metrics for assessing the performance of a given VA method. For assessing how well a method does at individual cause of death assignment, they recommend the average chance-corrected concordance. For testing how well a method does across a population, the authors recommend testing the accuracy of cause-specific mortality fractions. Performance of a VA method in estimating cause-specific mortality fraction by cause can be determined by examining the relationship between the estimated cause-specific mortality fraction calculated by a VA method and the true cause-specific mortality fraction in a population.
The authors performed simple simulations of populations to demonstrate that most metrics used in VA validation studies are sensitive to the cause-specific mortality fraction composition of the dataset being used to test a VA method. They also conducted simulations to show that the composition of the test dataset must be varied, demonstrating that an inferior method for assessing VA can actually produce better results than a superior method on the basis of only one test dataset.
The metrics examined in this study are crucial for objective assessment of the range of VA methods currently in use. By utilizing the most robust metrics available, the best methods will be discovered in order to most accurately determine causes of death in populations without vital registration systems. These metrics will provide a basis of comparison so that different VA methods can be compared across different studies and in different populations. These standardized metrics will also facilitate innovation of new methods by providing a clear answer if a new method is leading to improved performance in assigning causes of death through VA.


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When in flight, the body can have trouble adjusting to stresses produced by rapid changing of speed or direction. In situations such as seat ejection, ditching, or parachute opening shock, the short duration of the excessive force has little effect on the body.
However, changing the direction of flight produces stress forces equal to several times the normal pull of gravity for much longer periods of time. These longer duration forces can have dangerous effects. At 5 g's (5 times the force of gravity), the aircrewman's body is exposed to a force that increases its weight 5 times.
This increased weight has many effects. Your body is pushed down into your seat. Your arms and legs feel like lead, and operation of equipment becomes more difficult. The extra weight on your internal organs causes stomach and chest pain. Most important, however, is the effect on your circulatory system. At 5 g's, your heart cannot pump enough blood to your head. When this happens, you will pass out. Wearing anti-g coveralls will help prevent this from happening.
The Navy uses two models of anti-g coveralls (commonly called « G » suits). These coveralls provide protection against blacking out, loss of vision, and lowered mental efficiency caused by high g-forces experienced in high-performance aircraft. Figure 11-4 shows a typical anti-g coverall. Anti-g coveralls compress your legs and stomach to prevent blood from pooling in your lower body.
This increases your stress tolerance an average of about 2 g's. Without an anti-g coverall, you may be able to withstand about 4.5 to 5.5 g's without losing vision or blacking out. With a coverall, you can withstand 6.0 to 7.0 g's.
This protection is available only for sustained accelerations of 4 to 5 seconds. Anti-g equipment does not offer protection in snap maneuvers where 10 to 12 g's are applied in about 1 second. Such extreme forces for a short time are not as harmful to the body as are lesser forces sustained for a longer time.
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About Buddhist Prayer Wheels:
A Buddhist Prayer Wheel is a hollow cylinder made of wood, metal, leather or coarse cotton. The mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" is traditionally embossed on the wheel. The mantra is particularly associated with "Shadakshari" form of legendary "Avalokiteshvara". As Dalai Lama is believed to do the incarnation of Avalokiteshvara so the mantra is specially respected by his devotees. Primarily used by Buddhists of Tibet and Nepal as hand held prayer wheels, it is believed that spinning a prayer wheel is as effective as reciting sacred text aloud.
The idea of spinning mantras originated from various Tantric practices where the mantras are visualized revolving around the "nadis" and meridian charkas such as brain and heart. The wheel is spinned clockwise with compassion and devotion. The practitioner should keep calm, meditative mind and repeat the mantra as many times as possible while spinning the prayer wheel to develop wisdom, "bodhichitta" (full enlightenment for benefit of all beings) and compassion. As per myth – spinning the wheel by one revolution evokes 50 blessing.
Inside the prayer wheel there is a scroll with the same mantra repeated fifty times. The prayer wheels come in different sizes and types. Some are small, attached to stick and made to spin by hand. Medium sizes are found at monasteries near the gate, devotees spin the wheel before passing gates. There are larger prayer wheels turned by flowing water. The water touched by the wheel is believed to be sacred.
Many Buddhists believe that prayer wheel is "Wheel of Law" that has been set in motion by The Buddha.


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 - Abstract: Adversarial reinforcement learning has been shown promising in solving games in adversarial environments, while the theoretical understanding is still premature. This paper theoretically analyses the convergence and generalization of adversarial reinforcement learning under the mean-field optimal control framework. A new mean-field Pontryagin's maximum principle is proposed for reinforcement learning with implicit terminal constraints. Applying Hamilton-Jacobi-Issacs equation and mean-field two-sided extremism principle (TSEP), adversarial reinforcement learning is modeled as a mean-field quantitative differential game between two constrained dynamical systems. These results provide the necessary conditions for the convergence of the global solution to the mean-field TSEP. The global solution is also unique when the terminal time is sufficiently small. Moreover, two generalization bounds are delivered via Hoeffding's inequality and algorithmic stability. Both bounds do not explicitly depend on the dimensions, norms, or other capacity measures of the parameter, which are usually prohibitively large in deep learning. The bounds help characterize how the algorithm randomness facilitates the generalization of adversarial reinforcement learning. Moreover, the techniques may be helpful in modeling other adversarial learning algorithms.
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Can Magnesium be absorbed through the skin? Some athletes believe that Homeopathic magnesium lotions can reduce muscle pain. I've tried this and it doesn't work nor can I see how it can.
Homeopathic magnesium lotions don't* contain magnesium, so it seems a little irrelevant whether or not magnesium can be absorbed through the skin. However, magnesium ions can definitely be absorbed through the skin. There's no reason why that should reduce muscle pain(especially because ions would disperse throughout the bloodstream etc etc), but magnesium can be absorbed through the skin fairly efficiently.
*Footnote: they do, but not on purpose. If correctly prepared they would contain zero atoms of magnesium(depending on what 'strength' they are), but that kind of purity is impossible.


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Why do egyptians believe in afterlife?
Egyptians are strong believers in afterlife. This belief can be traced back to the myth of the existence of gods and goddesses, who were believed to control the life of humans on Earth. Because Egyptians believed in the rule of divine kingship, the concept a king's death is attributed to the god of the underworld, Osiris and the concept of proclaiming a new king is attributed to Osiris' offspring, Horus. Their belief system of a soul was that each individual possessed two. One soul, known as ka, accompanied the body throughout life. After death, ka departed from the body and entered into the realm of the dead. The ka could not exist without the body and every effort was made to preserve the corpse through mummification.
However, life after death is not guaranteed, considering the beliefs and myths that Egyptians strongly believe in. Gaining immortality after one's death does not simply go by being judged whether one belongs to heaven or hell. In ancient Egypt, immortality entails proving oneself to be worthy of the life immortal in the land of Osiris. If proven otherwise, one is placed in non existence. Afterlife is one belief that Egyptians strongly and divinely believed in because they were given facts of its ancient history how critical it is to live on Earth in order to live a life after death. Since this belief has been handed down from Egypt's ancient beginnings, it still firmly exists until today.
Because of this concept, Egyptians live their life with the ultimate goal of having an excellent afterlife more than how one's life has been lived on Earth. During their life on Earth until the time of their death, Egyptians engage into practices and behaviors that only praise the god of life.
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A 3-D Object that Fits 3 Holes
Date: 06/03/99 at 20:25:08
From: Gretchen
Subject: Geometry
Dr. Math,
I have three shapes: a triangle with the same bisector length from
each vertex, a square with the same length as the bisector of the
triangle, and a circle with a diameter the same length as a side of
the square and the length as the bisector.
I have to come up with an object that can fit in the three different
holes blocking all light and sliding all the way through without
forcing it. I have come up with the coke can squash, but it doesn't
seem to work. What I did was create a cylinder and cut the two faces
so that it lay like this:
thus creating the triangle from the front, the cone from the faces and
the square from the bottom, only the square fit only halfway through.
Is there any other way to the problem, or is my venture correct?
Thank you for your time. Hope you have as much fun with this problem
as I have.
Date: 06/04/99 at 11:49:42
From: Doctor Rick
Subject: Re: Geometry
Hi, Gretchen. This is an interesting challenge!
In your description of the problem, is it possible that you mean for
the triangle to have a height equal to its base? The way you describe
it, it would be an equilateral triangle, with height equal to
sqrt(3)/2 times the base, but in this case either the square would
have to be a rectangle or the circle would be an ellipse. They
couldn't both have the same height and width.
If I understand your description of your proposed solution correctly,
the axis of the cone is horizontal in your triangle diagram. The two
tilted sides are ellipses where the cylinder was cut off. I don't know
quite what you mean when you say "the square fit only halfway
through," but you do have a problem in this direction.
Another way to think of the problem is in terms of the shadows cast by
a light directly above, in front of, or to the side of the object. The
shadow cast by the overhead light with your object will be a rectangle
with half ellipses stuck on the sides. This is what it looks like from
the top:
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This is obviously not a square, though its maximum width and its
height are correct so it will fit through the hole; it just won't fill
it so as to block the light.
There is a way to do it correctly. In fact, the shape I have in mind
came up recently in the answer to another question about why the
volume of a cone isn't half the base area times the height.
Stand your cylinder up vertically. It should have a height equal to
the diameter of the base circle. You will see a circle from the top
and a square from front and side. Only one view must be changed.
Draw a diameter of the top circle, front to back. Can you see what
parts have to be removed to give the correct front view without
spoiling the other views? There is more than one way to do this.
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- Provide light distribution specifically designed to enhance fish growth of many different fish species, including tilapia
- Fit any pond size and can Illuminate up to six hours after sunset
Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, has launched new Philips solar fish grow lights that help to optimize farming for ponds, while harnessing the power of the sun. It provides spectral light specifically designed to suit many fish species, including tilapia. The grow lights enable fish farmers to increase fish productivity and efficiency. Research by the South China Agricultural University in a commercial size trial at a tilapia farm using 60 solar luminaires in a 7,000 m2 pond confirmed a 10% increase in fish growth and a 10% reduction in feed conversion ratio (FCR), meaning that fish farmers need less feed per kilogram of fish.
Based on an earlier study in cooperation with the Ocean University of Shanghai1 , which showed similar results, South China Agricultural University started the trial in a live setting. This new trial, done at the tilapia farm in Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong in the south of China, proved the impact of the new solar fish lights, confirmed a 10% improved growth and found a positive effect on water quality. The commercial size trial lasted 117 days and resulted in an additional 1,770 kg of tilapia that was harvested compared to the reference ponds.


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Smartphone users have their own unique behavioral patterns when tapping on the touch screens. These personal patterns are reflected on the different rhythm, strength, and angle preferences of the applied force. Since smart phones are equipped with various sensors like accelerometer, gyroscope, and touch screen sensors, capturing a user's tapping behaviors can be done seamlessly. Exploiting the combination of four features (acceleration, pressure, size, and time) extracted from smart phone sensors, we propose a non-intrusive user verification mechanism to substantiate whether an authenticating user is the true owner of the smart phone or an impostor who happens to know the pass code. Based on the tapping data collected from over 80 users, we conduct a series of experiments to validate the efficacy of our proposed system. Our experimental results show that our verification system achieves high accuracy with averaged equal error rates of down to 3.65%. As our verification system can be seamlessly integrated with the existing user authentication mechanisms on smart phones, its deployment and usage are transparent to users and do not require any extra hardware support.
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A washing machine isn't actually that great at cleaning clothes. The problem, it seems, is fat. Grease and oil molecules stick to fabrics and make it hard to separate clothes from their dirty residue. To do this, detergents must add harsh chemicals such as surfactants, bleach, dyes, phosphates and other chemicals that pollute waterways and demand billions of gallons of hot water to work properly.
Yet a sprinkling of industrial diamond grit changes that. By binding with fat molecules, nanodiamonds loosen their hold on fabrics, making them easier to remove during a wash with detergent, even at lower temperatures. The particles remove twice as much fat as conventional detergents.
It's relatively cheap as well. Diamond grit is mass produced for about five cents per carat, or about $100 per pound. Each wash only requires about 1/10 of a gram per load (although this does add up when you're doing hundreds of washes per year).
But the greatest problem may the unknown health risks posed by nanomaterials. The only the problem is that we really have no idea about the risks of introducing nanoparticles into our lives. The National Toxicology Program sums it up (PDF) thusly:
"Should we panic? No. Is there reasonable cause for concern/caution? Yes. Is there a quick answer? No."
But the paper's lead author, chemistry professor Andrew Marsh at the University of Warwick in England, argues in ScienceOmega: "There are all sorts of other applications for which the improved ability to remove fat from surfaces would be advantageous. These applications might be in engineering, for example, but it would also be nice to have the ability to more effectively remove fat from surfaces around the home."


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location where you will export the car. Right? The charges of shipping a car in different countries may cost you additional expenses.
First of all, you have to determine the country where you are exporting your car. Do you personally know the buying agent or your friend or family members live there? Make sure you understand the country's language, or at least the government documentation in English.
Some countries have adopted English as a second language, and they don't practice English for documentation purposes. Hence, you will have some difficulty deciphering the paperwork!
In the country where you export the car, you must obtain some information about car exportation!
- Why would it be a JUST-RIGHT method to ship the car in their territory?
- Are there some taxes or importing rules prevailing?
- How will the distances affect your cost?
- What is the rule there for documentation?
- What is their import policy?
- What's the method of transitions?
- Will they pay you through cheque or Wire-Transfer?
No need to be overwhelmed with a lot of questions, the company you are taking assistance from has answers to all questions!
You will have to visit the nearer local office and know everything you need to know for export!
You may ask your Freight Forwarder to entertain you with the export costs in your desired countries.
What Is the Average Export Time for a Car?
The potential duration to ship your car overseas depends on how far it is going. The general shipping window of exported cars for some international destinations is one week after it's shipped out.
However, you must expect to wait as long as a month or two to get your car shipped to farther destinations. The auto transport company helping you export your vehicle can better estimate the car shipping timings.
Below we'll discuss some of the shipping methods with regards to their shipping timelines:
One of the significant factors that decide the exact time of your car's shipment is its shipping method.
The quickest way to export your car overseas is by booking a solo shipping container. It's pretty expensive, though. When you don't want to spend a lot of your $$$, you can go with a tight container, but this will add a boatload of waiting time on the receiver's calendar.
RORO shipping method is also an option worth considering if you don't mind waiting for a little longer for your car to reach its destination.
The Age of Vehicle: New or Used?
Some countries have specified the age of vehicles they allow importing in their country. So, it's best to learn about the rules and regulations of your car's destination country.
Exporting a New Car:
Are you going to export a new vehicle? Then it may not be possible to ship a brand new car, as this doesn't own the title!
But as we are already aware of exporting a vehicle, we need to show some critical documents, like the Vehicle's Title. If your car doesn't have a title, you may be restricted from exporting it!
New Vehicle means NO Title.
When you buy a brand new car from the franchise, their agreement requires you to restrict you to exporting cars overseas! But, in this case, if your dealer doesn't limit you to shipping the vehicle, you may export it!
However, exporting new cars is not restricted worldwide; some countries allow you to export new vehicles too.
Exporting a Used Car:
There is a huge market abroad for used cars! If you are going to export a used car abroad, that may be highly profitable for you and your buying agent. Exporting a used car is also easy. Just get your car ready with all the documents and follow the process cautiously.
Automated Export System (AES) and Its Role in Exporting a Car
If you're a US citizen, you would have to create an Automated Export System account with your social security number or your company's EIN.
The government uses this system to collect data on all exports leaving the country. Before anything leaves, exporters are required to file all shipment information, otherwise known as Electronic Export Information (EEI), into AES.
If you are a non-US citizen, you may have an authorized US agent to file to handle this for you.
You may be overwhelmed with the heaps of information on car exportation. But don't get drowned in the sea of information available online. Whether you're working with a freight forwarder or an auto transport company for your car's export, make sure you work with the one who fits in with your specific needs and budget. You'll make the vehicle exporting process a breeze for you by doing so.
If you're not sure of your reason for what will work and what won't while exporting your car, try talking to someone who has done it before! They can give advice based on their own experiences.
You also need to be aware of any restrictions or laws in the country planning on sending your vehicle. Many countries have strict regulations for importing cars, so make sure that everything is up-to-date before sending them off!


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Definitions of confessor
n. - One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith. 2
n. - A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution. 2
The word "confessor" uses 9 letters: C E F N O O R S S.
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There are numerous opportunities for student leadership at Prospect Ridge Academy. Our commitment to creating academic, social, and ethical leaders means that providing ample opportunities for our students to become effective leaders is a significant part of a PRA education.
Prospect Ridge Academy students help to create the school's culture and its sense of community and achievement. PRA is a welcoming and inclusive place, where individual abilities and personalities are celebrated from Kindergarten through the 12th grade, and where lifelong memories are made. Students experience and practice leadership in the classroom, and continue to develop leadership skills in groups outside of the classroom.
Beginning in 5th grade, students have the opportunity to take on leadership roles in the Elementary, Middle and High School student council. Each division has an elected student council which provides leadership at the school and encourages student involvement in maintaining and improving the school climate; and also sponsors social events and community service projects.
We encourage students in each division to participate in the many student activities, clubs, and organizations offered at Prospect Ridge Academy. New clubs and groups are formed each year, depending on student interest and initiative.


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(Yicai Global) Oct. 10 -- China's Ministry of Land and Resources has reiterated its stance on locations of new solar power plants in the country. Development of the facilities remains strictly prohibited in areas where such projects are banned by national laws and regulations, Chen Guoqing, deputy director of the ministry's Land Use Management Division said at a press briefing today.
Photovoltaic power generation projects must also comply with environmental construction and management requirements, he added. Unused land should be used for new projects rather than farming or arable land.
The law also does not allow permanent solar plants, in any form, to occupy basic farmland.
Regarding the management of farmland and unused land used for photovoltaic power generation projects, no installations apart from the pile foundation are allowed to damage any of a field's plowing layers, he added.
Local energy departments remain responsible for clearing away solar projects that are unable to be connected to the power grid. The land must then be restored to its original form, and those who violate these requirements will not only face punishment but also be added to an energy sector blacklist.


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A Pharmacist's Exclusion from Federal Health Plans
Author: Joseph L. Fink III, BSPharm, JD
When a pharmacist pleads guilty to charges related to controlled substances and is then notified by federal authorities that he will be excluded from participating in federal health programs, can he avoid the consequences of his guilty plea?
When a pharmacist is charged with a number of serious offenses related to controlled substances and enters into an agreement to plead guilty if the state will not oppose a deferred judgment, and subsequently is notified by federal authorities that he will be excluded from participating in federal health programs, can he avoid the onerous collateral consequences of his guilty plea?
A pharmacist who practiced on a part-time basis in a Midwestern state was the subject of a theft warrant. Upon his arrest, the police searched his vehicle and found 57 prescription containers. He initially told the police that he was a pharmacy technician and intended to destroy the medications. His employer had a different story, reporting to the police that the pharmacist did not have permission to remove the medication containers from the pharmacy. All this led to the pharmacist being charged with 3 felony counts of violating the state's controlled substances statutes.
Following negotiations with state prosecutors, the pharmacist entered into a plea agreement: he would plead guilty to 3 felony counts plus 1 misdemeanor if the prosecutors would agree not to oppose his request that the court grant him a deferred judgment. A deferred judgment means that the court will hold off entering a final judgment on the matter if the defendant meets certain stipulated conditions within a specified period of time. Those conditions could include probation, community service, some form of community supervision, or participation in a diversion program or treatment program. The pharmacist was on supervised probation for 2 years and had to undergo random drug testing. Typically, if such conditions are met, the court that originally dealt with the matter may dismiss the case or expunge the record.
Following the handling of the case at the trial court level and the court's approval of the plea agreement, the pharmacist received a letter from the federal government notifying him that he was being excluded "from eligibility to participate in any capacity in the Medicare, Medicaid, and all federal health care programs" as a result of his felony "convictions." The "practical impact of the letter was that the defendant was virtually unemployable as a pharmacist."
The pharmacist in the instant case did fulfill the conditions of probation and returned to the trial court to ask it to vacate the conviction. The trial court denied this request, and the pharmacist took the matter to the state supreme court. One of the arguments advanced on appeal was that he had ineffective assistance of counsel at the trial court level because he was not alerted to the possible collateral consequences of his guilty pleas (ie, exclusion from federal programs due to this state-level conviction).
The state supreme court looked at the relevant state statutes governing post-conviction relief and agreed with the decision of the trial court that the conviction should not be vacated.
The state's highest court presented a protracted and detailed discussion of the law of the state on the matter of post-conviction relief, but of greatest interest to pharmacy audiences is the discussion about collateral consequences. The court noted that "In recent years, there has been a striking growth of what is generally termed 'collateral consequences' that flow from a criminal conviction." Federal law imposes dozens of sanctions on persons with felony drug convictions.
Addressing the issue of effective assistance of counsel, the court noted that "Recent developments in the law of the right to effective assistance of counsel have recognized the need for lawyers representing criminal defendants to advise their clients of the direct collateral consequences of a plea bargain." It pointed to a US Supreme Court case in which an attorney failed to advise his client that entering a guilty plea to controlled substances offenses would result in his deportation, with that failure equating to ineffective assistance of counsel.
The bottom line for the state supreme court, after reviewing a long line of earlier case decisions, was that a guilty plea pursuant to a "deferred judgment" is not a conviction under the law of that state. It noted that some other states did indeed treat deferred judgments as convictions for purposes of post-conviction relief statutes, but that was not how the legislature in their state had approached the matter. As a result, the pharmacist had to live with the deal he had struck with the prosecutors.
Note: The Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services reported that as of April, 2013, there were in excess of 51,000 individuals excluded from participation in federal health care programs. Such exclusions are typically for a stated period of time (eg, 5 years). The lesson from this case is that a defendant considering a possible plea agreement should discuss with competent counsel all possible ramifications of that action.


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The default Internet Explorer options are very restrictive and do not allow web browsing or downloading of files for security purposes. To easiest method is to download another browser, such as Google Chrome, and use that browser to pull content from the internet.
To download Google Chrome, please follow these instructions:
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click into the Tools > Internet Options menu.
- Select the Security tab.
- Click Trusted Sites, then the Sites button.
- Add the following entry: *.google.com
- Browse to _URL_
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One more approximation approach to solution of the inverse problem of gravimetry for a set of bodies of L.N.Sretensky class
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An inverse problem of gravimetry is being solved when geological models are represented by a totality of bodies of L.N. Sretensky class. It means that each body is determined by position of the medium plane. Approximation construction has been chosen, which has to describe the position of the top and the bottom of the body. One of these approximation schemes was described earlier. Some other approach is being considered in this work. The problem is determination of parameters of specific approximation scheme.


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Peter Stradinger
I find in project after project I'm spending a lot of
time doing the same thing over and over again.
Particularly when building database front-ends for
various applications. My process goes something like this:
Create static text control
Create text entry
Line up the static text control with the top right edge
of the text entry
Rename the label for the text control to be something
like l_fieldname and the text to be Fieldname
Rename the name for the text control to be t_fieldname
and the value to ''
loop for every simple text field in the table.
Then I have to do a similar process for each multiline
text, and each choice box.
I'd like a wizard with a spreadsheet list that allows
me to just paste in, or type in, a list of fieldnames
and then specify whether they're text, multiline text
or choice and have boa space them along the left edge
so that I can drag them around into whatever format.
I realize I should probably just make this myself, but
I figure maybe if I throw it out there, one of you
might like the idea and do it for me.


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Bologna Conference: The Benefits of Non-Violent Struggle in Eritrea
I was recently invited to speak at a conference organised by EYSC (Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change) in the historic Italian town of Bologna held from 30th August to 1st September 2013. My presentation focussed on the merits of non-violent struggle against the tyrants ruling Eritrea from 1991 to present day.
EYSC is a diaspora based youth movement with a potential for effective contribution to the ongoing non-violent struggle inside and outside Eritrea. The youth group employs many technical skills in pursuit of change in the homeland, including facebook with a following of about 12,000 engaged in lively debates on issues of Eritrean concerns.
The theme of the Bologna conference was: Eritrean Solutions for Eritrean Problems. There were eleven scheduled speakers who presented inspiring messages. I was particularly touched by Dr. Rebka Sebhatu's presentation, which focused on the traditions of Eritrean oral history including the tradition of storytelling. She eloquently related the stories with our cultural values and identities that the ruling regime in Asmara has been trying to destroy.
The EYSC organisers clearly showed high organisational skills in pulling together a conference that was attended by Eritreans from around the world, including participants from as far as Melbourne, Australia and California, USA.
In my presentation, I explained that the method of struggle pursued by a people to achieve democratic change most likely determine the form of change they achieve. Experience has shown that, in general, using violent means to change a dictatorial regime into a democratic system of governance results in counter violence by the opponents. In essence, the message of democracy, justice and peace will be replaced by revenge, hate and unrest. Violence breeds violence, destroys lives and properties, silences dialogue and rationale, and eventually replaces one dictator by another or even leads to breakup of a nation into mini states ruled by several war lords who would act as local dictators.
As the ruling tyrants in Eritrea eventually grow weaker and lose support from within their rank and file, the best option is to reach out to these forces of change within the ruling party, including the army, the intelligence services, the police, civil servants and PFDJ ("ruling party" in Eritrea) members to play a decisive role in removing the tyrant and initiating the process of democratization. The best strategy is always to seek change to come from inside Eritrea and has to be fully operated by Eritreans from beginning to end. External support is greatly appreciated but should not compromise Eritrean sovereignty, unity, and strategic interests.
Non-violent resistance is a strategy that is more engaging and allows the people to participate in their cause and determine its outcome to be consistent with their dreams and hopes for change. Non-violent resistance requires a great deal of courage, sacrifice and dedication to a cause. Its principles are rooted on political defiance based on the power of the masses thereby requiring tremendous amount of patience and endurance of pain. In the Eritrean case, state institutions currently serving the ruling tyrants can be called upon to side with the people, to defend the people, and to help the people remove the tyrant and his cronies from power, and to help stabilize the country during the transition period to democracy and beyond. Targeted violence practiced by the current state institutions against the tyrant may therefore be justifiable provided it is limited in scope and purpose to achieve the end result called for by the masses. What is not justified and dangerous is for opposition groups based outside Eritrea to have violence as a strategic means of struggle, and hence have their own partisan "armed cadres/wings/militia/liberation army" to remove the tyrannical regime and to promote their own partisan politics and programs. In fact having different groups with their own armies is a recipe for failure and chaos.
It can be argued that the Eritrean opposition taken individually or combined does not have the necessary political public support or the means and capacity to wage a successful armed struggle against the current regime for various reasons. Nevertheless, one can observe the early symptoms of individualism and intolerance in their political rhetoric and outright condemnation and criminalization of independent Eritrean opposition activists who promote non-violent struggle. This suggests, if the culture of intolerance is maintained, the opposition camp may impose dictatorial rules by violent means in the future. It is for this reason that the pro-democracy non-violent movement should not shy away from peacefully challenging all adversaries including some leaders in the opposition camp. After all democratic change is not just about removing one party or leader and replacing them by another, but about spreading the culture of democracy both vertically and horizontally.
Non-violent struggle is deep rooted in the Eritrean contemporary political history. In 1940s the Muslim-League led Independence Bloc (an umbrella for pro-independence Eritrean parties) was a non-violent movement. The Bloc succeeded in rallying Eritreans from all walks of life for the cause of independence and in sowing the seeds for liberation from foreign colonialism. In 1958, when the Ethiopian monarch began consolidating its violation of the UN-imposed federal union between Eritrea and Ethiopia (_PHONE_), and decided to lower the Eritrean legitimate flag (blue ground with green olive branch emblem, which, ironically, is still detested by the current tyrants), Eritreans resolved to fight back through a non-violent trade union and political movement. It was at this time that the Eritrean Liberation Movement (ELM – commonly known as cell of 7 ማሕበርሸውዓተin Southern Highlands and as حركة movement in the lowlands) was launched as a non-violent pro-independence democratic patriotic movement. In post 1991, soon after Eritrea's full liberation from Ethiopian occupation, the ELF-RC, and later G13, G15, EPDP and other parties and groups have consciously took the decision to pursue non-violent strategies to challenge and expose the Eritrean regime. In addition to its numerous benefits, the non-violent strategy is therefore well rooted in the Eritrean struggle for justice and independent democratic state.
The following can be listed as summarized advantages of non-violent means of struggle:-
 It deprives violent tyrants of legitimacy and justifications to rule against their people's will
 It gives space for people to own the struggle as well as the outcome of the struggle, whereas in violence scenarios ownership of the means of struggle as well as the outcome often falls in the hands of the conflicting parties. Somalia, CDR (former Zaire) and Libya can be cited as examples of how violence between conflicting parties may lead to state failures
 It draws local and international public sympathy when the conflict is between tyrants and unarmed civilians, instead of tyrants and armed opposition groups
 It paves the way for smooth transition towards democratisation. In the absence of violence people and their legitimate representatives would be able to discuss and agree to manage transition towards democratisation without fear of repercussions from armed groups and war-lords
 It minimises bloodshed, hate and endless conflicts based on people's cultural, regional or religious identities (e.g. Lebanon/Somalia/Syria)
 It promotes mature political discourse, rule of law and justice mobilisation
Non-violence tools available to Diaspora Eritreans:-
1. Diaspora public mobilisation can effectively help deprive the pfdj tyrannical regime of the 2% income tax and other financial resources that they generate from Eritreans. Public awareness raising events such as holding rallies and demonstrations, seminars and conferences such as the Bologna conference to discuss and promote ideas and solutions for our country's problems contribute a great deal to the democratisation efforts. In recent years Eritrean activists have been using creative non-violent means to reach out to our people inside Eritrea through telephone calling campaign known as "Freedom Friday" ( ዓርቢሓርነትجمعة الحرية) where random calls are made to thousands in Eritrea encouraging them to express their rejection of tyranny by staying at home on Friday evenings.
2. Media the role of media is crucial in informing the public and raising awareness as well as exposing and challenging tyrants. Media tools include Radio, TV, CDs, DVDs, Internet, Arts (including drama, poem, music, paintings etc.). Dictators in general and the Eritrean tyrant in particular fear independent media more than any other opposition movement, e.g. PFDJ media avoidance of Arab-Spring news, banning of Aljazeera TV broadcasting in public places after the Forto 21 January 2013 movement can be mentioned as some examples of the regime's paranoia and fear of truth. Also the effective role played by cyber media outlets such as awate.com can not be underestimated in breaking the fear barrier as well as in promoting open political discussions among Eritreans.
The focus should therefore be on building media institutions that can effectively contribute to the struggle for change towards democratisation.
3. Diplomacy:This tool can be used based on two approaches:-
a. Institutional Diplomacy (e.g. lobbying governments, human rights organisations, parties through inter-party friendships


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Analyzing the educational achievement in Latino/a students in California
This qualitative research will examine factors that influence the educational achievement of Latino/a students in California. This research will provide a historiography of Latino/a education from the past to the present, with an emphasis on educational barriers such as limited access to a quality education, under-qualified teachers, poverty, limited English proficiency, citizenship status, and less demanding curriculums. The investigation will focus on the following areas: the percentage of Latino/a students that study in public schools compared to other ethnicities; the ways in which the language barrier of many Latino/a students and the lack of qualified teachers to tackle this problem affect their overall educational performance; how the low average income of Latino/a parents and their level of formal education affect the education of their children; the impact of undocumented students have on the Latino/a youth population in general and the programs and organizations that support Latino/a students in California.
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
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Objective: To report on the chiropractic care of a 6 year old female with subluxations, constipation and neck pain.
Clinical Features: A 6 year old female with constipation, neck pain, vertebral subluxations and gastrointestinal pain.
Interventions and Outcomes: High-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) adjustments at specific vertebral locations were administered at the areas of vertebral subluxation. Mother and patient reported bowel movements improving from once every 4-5 days to bowel movements every day along with resolution of neck pain.
Conclusion: Successful chiropractic care for a patient with a challenge in lifestyle due to irregular and sporadic bowel movements. Frequency of bowel movements was achieved as well as a decrease in gastrointestinal and cervical pain.
Author Keywords: Chiropractic, constipation, gastrointestinal tract, vertebral subluxation, pediatric
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This report, commissioned by the Stanford Planning Office, documents the original interior paint colors used in the Museum.
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This study investigated the diving behaviour and performance of the bimodally respiring turtle Elseya albagula within the Burnett River, central Qld, Australia. Diving parameters were recorded using pressure-sensitive time-depth recorders for turtles residing within a free flowing versus regulated reach. Maximum submergence time recorded for El. albagula (greater than 3 hours) is among the longest recorded for a voluntarily diving vertebrate, and is attributed to the turtle's ability to respire aquatically. Median dive times logged for El. albagula within the regulated reach (6.7 min) were threefold longer than values recorded for turtles residing within a naturally flowing creek (1.9 min), with discrepancies in dive duration possibly due to the variable hydrologic flows recorded below the weir. No correlation was observed between dive duration and subsequent surfacing intervals, suggesting that dives remained aerobic throughout the study. Despite considerable differences in the magnitude and daily variation of water flow between the two locations, similar diel activity and surfacing trends were recorded for El. albagula. Turtles undertook deep resting dives (>1.5 m) during the day before moving into shallower habitats (<1.0 m) for the night, while the crepuscular hours were characterized by elevated surfacing frequencies attributed to periods of increased activity possibly associated with foraging.


It's often useful to be able to identify the effects of specific provisions individually and not just the overall impact of a proposal with many provisions. Indeed, when revenue estimates of tax law changes are reported (such as this JCT analysis of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021), they are typically reported on a provision-by-provision basis. Finding the provision-by-provision revenue estimates is cumbersome with the Tax-Brain web application both because it's hard to iterate over many provisions and because the order matters when stacking estimates, so that one needs to keep this order in mind as parameter values are updated for each additional provision in a full proposal.
In the PSL Demo Day on April 5, 2021, I show how to use the Python API of Tax-Calculator to efficiently produce stacked revenue estimates. In fact, after some initial setup, this can be done with just 12 lines of code (plus a few more to make the output look nice). The Google Colab notebook that illustrates this approach can be found at this link, but here I'll walk through the four steps that are involved:
 1. Divide up the full proposal into strings of JSON text that contain each provision you want to analyze. My example breaks up the Biden 2020 campaign proposal into seven provisions, but this is illustrative and you can make more or less provisions depending on the detail you would like to see.
 2. Create a dictionary that contains, as its values, the JSON strings. A couple notes on this. First, the dictionary keys should be descriptive of the provisions as they will become the labels for each provision in the final table of revenue estimates we produce. Second, order matters here. You'll want to be sure the current law baseline is first (the value for this will be an empty dictionary). Then you specify the provisions. The order you specify will likely affect your revenue estimates from a given provision (for instance, expanding/restricting a deduction has a larger revenue effect when rates are higher), but there are not hard and fast rules on the "right" order. Traditionally, rate changes are stacked first and tax expenditures later in the order.
 3. Iterate over this dictionary. With a dictionary of provisions in hand, we can write a "for loop" to iterate over the provision, simulating the Tax-Calculator model at each step. Note that when the Policy class object in Tax-Calculator is modified, it only needs to be told the changes in tax law parameters relative to its current state. In other words, when we are stacking provisions, estimating the incremental effect of each, you can think of the Policy object having a baseline policy that is represented by the current law baseline plus all provisions that have been analyzed before the provision at the current iteration. The Policy class was created in this way so that one can easily represent policy changes, requiring the user to only input the set of parameters that are modified, not every single parameter's value under the hypothetical policy. But this also makes it parsimonious to stack provisions as we are doing here. Notice that the JSON strings for each provision (created in Step 1) can be specified independent of the stacking order. We only needed to slice the full set of proposals into discrete chunks, we didn't need to worry about creating specifications of cumulative policy changes.
 4. Format output for presentation. After we've run a Tax-Calculator simulation for the current law baseline plus each provision (and each year in the budget window), we've got all the output we need. With this output, we can quickly create a table that will nicely present our stacked revenue estimate. One good check to do here is to create totals across all provisions and compare this to the simulated revenue effects of running the full set of proposals in one go. This check helps to ensure that you didn't make an error in specifying your JSON strings. For example, it's easy to leave out one or more provisions, especially if there are many.
I hope this provides a helpful template for your own analysis. Note that one can modify this code in several useful ways. For example, within the for-loops, the Behavioral-Responses can be called to produce revenue estimates that take into account behavioral feedback. Or one could store the individual income tax and payroll tax revenue impacts separately (rather than return the combined values as in the example notebook). Additional outputs (even the full set of microdata after each provision is applied) can be stored for even more analysis.
In the future, look for Tax-Brain to add stacked revenue estimates to its capabilities. It'll still be important for users to carve up their full list of policy changes into sets of provisions as we did in Steps 1 and 2 above, but Tax-Brain will then take care of the rest behind the scenes.