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We had dreams of Sugarplums—-of the ballet variety—- dancing in our heads this week! Going to the Nutcracker ballet is a tradition for many people this time of year so we thought it would make a perfect theme. Our sensory group explored a variety of colorful boxes related to the ballet, the fine motor groups made Nutcracker art projects, and the language group hosted a holiday party—-like the one in the ballet!
One of the first scenes in the Nutcracker ballet is a Christmas party. This box, with its base of plastic pine needles and holly, contained symbols of Christmas.
Of course we included a little plastic toy nutcracker! It was a squeaky toy too which made it even more fun.
Needless to say, the students had a little fun with the santa hat and goofy glasses 🙂
Lots of fun!!!!!
Associate an object with a person or event is a social studies access point.
This box had a variety of shiny garland, tulle, and chiffon squares that reminded us of the colorful costumes and scenery found at the ballet.
The colors and textures were very intriguing to the students—-it was a very inviting box!
We really addressed the science access point recognize and respond to different types of sensory stimuli!
We put one BIG mouse and one LITTLE mouse in these turquoise beans (picked because we thought the color looked a little icy). So…… perhaps our mice looked a little more rat like, but sometimes you have to work with what you have on hand 🙂
Recognize similarities and differences in size of common objects is a math access point.
Our purple kinetic sand became "SugarPlum fairy" sand this week! The purple color made it especially inviting and we added a ballerina crown cookie cutter which turned out to be pretty intriguing as well.
Total fun as usual!
Recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move is a science access point.
Since the Nutcracker takes place in the winter we HAD to bring out our snowflake umbrella.
White pompom yarn, foam snowflakes, and silver beads make this ordinary umbrella something pretty cool. When we added some pink craft foam ballerinas it became even more special!
We also recorded music from the ballet on a voice output device. All in all, a pretty magical winter wonderland!
The science access point track objects in motion can be addressed here.
Silver glitter added extra sparkle to this box of Insta Snow, making it extra inviting! There was a spoon and a little measuring cup for scooping fun.
It was also fun to watch as it drifted down while sifting through fingers!
Apply a push to move an object is a science access point.
We don't get much snow down here in Florida—-so for us it is pretty fascinating stuff 🙂
Let it snow! Let it snow!
Our water play helped rinse some of the glitter off the student's hands—-that stuff gets EVERYWHERE! They also had fun scooping, pouring, and finding a craft foam letter N using the measuring cup and funnel.
Recognize differences in sizes of containers that hold liquids is a math access point.
We used the perfect scent for our water play and lotion—–sugarplum swirl from Bath and Bodyworks! Our students left the group smelling like yummy little sugarplums 🙂
The students used communication symbols to indicate whether they "liked" or "didn't like" the scent—–for almost all of them it was a hit!
Recognize and respond to one type of sensory stimuli is a science access point.
FINE MOTOR GROUP
On Tuesday our students painted a magical snow scene for their nutcrackers. We used this: nutcracker-template-1
First they used communication symbols to identify the color of the paper we were going to use—-purple!
Sometimes blocks make excellent pointers 🙂
Identify objects by on observable property, such as color, is a science access point.
Then they spread white paint around their paper.
The science access point recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move, is addressed here.
Glitter was added for some sparkle—–we never pass up the opportunity to use glitter!
The math access point recognize when an object is added from a situation, is addressed here.
Then the students glued a Nutcracker with their faces onto their paper.
Recognize a change in an object is a science access point.
TA DA! These Nutcrackers are ready to join the ballet!
On Wednesday the students used paper plates to make nutcracker masks. A great big thank you goes out to our interns Rachel and Nicole for helping set up this project! We used this to complete the mask: nutcracker-template-2
First we discussed the semi-circle we had cut out from the paper plate. We showed the students how 2 semi-circles made a circle and asked students to use communication symbols to identify a circle.
Recognize parts of whole objects is a math access point.
Then they glued pieces of yarn onto their semi-circles.
The math access point solve problems involving small quantities of objects or actions using language, such as enough, too much, or more can be addressed here.
Next the students glued a mustache onto the middle of the plate.
Match one object to a designated space to show one-to-one correspondence is an access point.
Then they pulled apart ONE piece of polyester fiberfil to make TWO pieces and glued them to each side of the plate.
Recognize that pushing and pulling makes an object move, is a science access point.
Ta DA—-meet our Nutcrackers!
Ready for their performance 🙂
We decided to have a Nutcracker Ballet party for our language group this week. We always love to be able to get together and interact with our friends and coworkers and this was the perfect time.
Our language group students dressed up in Christmas and ballerina attire so that we could have a Nutcracker parade.
We even had a harlequin dancer 🙂
The other classes in the elementary building were the participants in the parade—–some of them got into character also!
We had so much fun going down the halls and inviting our friends to the Nutcracker party.
Once we got to the party room, our students got to choose some treats.
We had ice cream with different colors of sprinkles to eat and fizzy lemonade to drink.
Our students conveyed if they LIKED what they got or if they did NOT like it. Usually, their facial expressions are a pretty good indicator 🙂
One of the most fun things that we had was the photo booth. Our students got to choose which prop they wanted to wear/hold for their picture. We had SO MUCH FUN with this!
And not only the students had a great time, but the adults did too.
While the party was going on, the Nutcracker Ballet was playing on a smart board so that our students got to experience this incredible ballet.
Some even did a little dancing of their own 🙂
A big thanks goes to our fabulous interns—–Nicole and Rachel for decorating the room and serving all the guests!
You ladies were wonderful and we will really miss you!
It was a wonderful time, filled with good food, company, and music. What a wonderful way to start this holiday season!
We hope your holiday is filled with happiness and laughter. Join us in the new year for more fun and learning—–Group by Group!


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Prioritization Schemes for V2V Broadcast Content in Caches
EasyChair Preprint no. 13066
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Abstract
 With the proliferation of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication systems, the efficient allocation of limited cache space in vehicles for broadcasting content becomes crucial. This abstract proposes various prioritization schemes aimed at optimizing the utilization of cache space while ensuring the timely dissemination of relevant information to vehicles.
The prioritization strategies discussed encompass multiple factors including urgency, relevance to specific locations, and prevailing traffic conditions. Urgent messages, such as emergency alerts or real-time hazard warnings, are given precedence to ensure immediate dissemination and enhance safety on the road. Furthermore, content relevance to specific locations is considered, allowing vehicles to store and broadcast information pertinent to their current or upcoming routes.
Traffic conditions also play a significant role in prioritization, with congestion-related updates and alternative route suggestions being prioritized during peak traffic periods. Additionally, the scheme may dynamically adapt based on the available cache space, reallocating resources to accommodate the most critical information at any given time.
By implementing these prioritization schemes, V2V communication systems can optimize cache utilization, ensuring that vehicles receive and broadcast the most relevant and timely information while efficiently managing limited resources. Such prioritization enhances overall system efficiency, traffic safety, and user experience in connected vehicular environments.
Keyphrases: cache management, Prioritization Schemes, relevance, resource allocation, traffic conditions, urgency, V2V communication
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Reconstructing the state-space
The first problem in modelling a time series like the one described by Equations (2.6) and (2.7) is to try to reconstruct the original state-space or its equivalent, i.e. to find the structure of the manifold $ M$.
Two spaces are topologically equivalent if there exists a continuous mapping with a continuous inverse between them. In this case it is sufficient that the equivalent structure is a part of a larger entity, the rest can easily be ignored. Thus the interesting concept is embedding, which is defined as follows.
Definition 1 A function $ f: X \rightarrow Y$ is an embedding if it is a continuous mapping with a continuous inverse $ f^{-1}: f(X)
\rightarrow X$ from its range to its domain.
Whitney showed in 1936 [62] that any $ d$-dimensional manifold can be embedded into $ \mathbb{R}^{2d+1}$. The theorem can be extended to show that with a proper definition of almost all for an infinite-dimensional function space, almost all smooth mappings from given $ d$-dimensional manifold to $ \mathbb{R}^{2d+1}$ are embeddings [53].
Having only a single time series produced by Equation (2.7), how does one get those $ 2d+1$ different coordinates? This problem can usually be solved by introducing so called delay coordinates [53].
Definition 2 Let $ \phi$ be a flow on a manifold $ M$, $ \tau > 0$, and $ h: M
\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ a smooth measurement function. The delay coordinate map with embedding delay $ \tau$, $ F(h, \phi, \tau): M
\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ is defined by
$\displaystyle \mathbf{s}\mapsto \left( h(\mathbf{s}), h(\phi^{-\tau}(\mathbf{s}...
...h(\phi^{-2\tau}(\mathbf{s})), \ldots, h(\phi^{-(n-1)\tau}(\mathbf{s})) \right).$
Takens proved in 1980 [55] that such mappings can indeed be used to reconstruct the state-space of the original dynamical system. This result is known as Takens' embedding theorem.
Theorem 3 (Takens) Let $ M$ be a compact manifold of dimension $ d$. For triples $ (f, h,
\tau)$, where $ f$ is a smooth vector field on $ M$ with flow $ \phi$, $ h: M
\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ a smooth measurement function and the embedding delay $ \tau > 0$, it is a generic property that the delay coordinate map $ F(h, \phi, \tau): M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{2d+1}$ is an embedding.
Takens' theorem states that in the general case, the dynamics of the system recovered by delay coordinate embedding are the same as the dynamics of the original system. The exact mathematical definition of this ''in general'' is, however, somewhat more complicated [46].
Definition 4 A subset $ U \subset X$ of a topological space is residual if it contains a countable intersection of open dense subsets. A property is called generic if it holds in a residual set.
According to Baire's theorem, a residual set cannot be empty. Unfortunately that is about all that can be said about it. Even in Euclidean spaces, a residual set can be of arbitrarily small measure. With a proper definition for almost all in infinite-dimensional spaces and slightly different assumptions, Sauer et al. showed in 1991 that the claim of Takens' theorem actually applies almost always [53].
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If you've never heard of cubic Hamiltonian graphs before then take a look at Christopher Manning's wonderful cubic Hamiltonian graph builder. No, really, do! We too had never heard of them and now we think they are the bee's knees!
But what is a cubic Hamiltonian graph, you ask? A graph, of course, is just a bunch of points (vertices) connected by lines (edges). A cubic graph is a graph where every vertex has 3 edges – that is, each vertex is connected to exactly three others in the graph. And a Hamiltonian graph is a graph which has a closed loop of edges (a cycle) that visits each vertex in the graph once and only once, (this is called a Hamiltonian cycle). So a cubic Hamiltonian graph is a graph where each vertex is joined to exactly three others and the graph has a cycle visiting each vertex exactly once.
What has made us so excited about cubic Hamiltonian graphs is watching Manning's cubic Hamiltonian graph builder in action. The builder starts from the Hamiltonian cycle in the graph. This loop of edges accounts for two out of the three edges for every vertex in the graph. The builder then starts adding in the third edge for each vertex, knitting the graph together before your eyes. The creation of a torus is particularly beautiful to watch.
Manning uses something called the LCF notation to build the graphs. This ingenious notation succinctly describes the structure of cubic Hamiltonian graphs by describing how you add the extra edge to each vertex by counting backwards or forwards around the Hamiltonian cycle. For example our torus has the LCF notation 150. This means that every vertex is joined to another 10 edges along the cycle, and this process is repeated 150 times, once for each vertex, to complete the graph. (The 1st vertex is joined to the 11th, the 2nd to the 12th, the 3rd to the 13th, and so on...)
A graph represented by the LCF notation [10,7,4,-4,-7,10,-4,7,-7,4]2 starts with a cycle of 20 vertices – inside the square brackets is a list of instructions for 10 edges, and these are repeated twice, giving the total number of extra edges, and therefore vertices, as 20. In this graph the 1st vertex is joined to the 11th (a distance of 10 edges), the 2nd to the 9th (a distance of 7), the 3rd to the 7th (a distance of 4), the 4th to the 20th (a distance of -4, or counting backwards 4 edges), the 5th to the 18th (distance of -7), and so on. This graph is knitted into a dodecahedron.
Watching Manning's program knit together these graphs is beautiful to watch. But this mathematics has many important uses as well. Not only are Hamiltonian cycles important mathematically, they also have many useful applications. You can read more about graphs on Plus, and about the role Hamiltonian cycles play in bell ringing and DNA analysis. And you can read more about Christopher Manning's work on his blog.

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A British Explorer Spent 60 Days on the Streets and Decided He'll Never Give Handouts to the Homeless Again
Ed Stafford is a former captain of the British Army, an adventurer, and an explorer. For his new TV documentary project 60 Days on the Streets on Channel 4, he left his son, wife, and their cozy home for 2 months so that he could live the life of a homeless person for this period of time. He had to live without food, money, and shelter in the middle of winter. By doing this, he wanted to figure out why people end up on the streets and how they manage to get by.
At Bright Side, we found Stafford's experiment really interesting and would like to tell you about it in this article.
The problem of homelessness is not just relevant in developing countries. According to 2018 research, 320,000 people in Great Britain alone have no home, which is approximately one out of every 200 people. More than a half of these people live in London and many are ex-military.
Ed Stafford, who is currently 43 years old, decided to find out why these people end up on the streets. In order to do this, he lived on the streets of London, Manchester, and Glasgow for 60 days.
New extreme experience
Ed has done a lot of things in his life, he walked the entire length of the Amazon River (approximately 4,000 miles) and he appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2012 for being the first man who had ever done a trip like that. When filming for a Discovery Channel project, Ed had to live on Orolua Island (an uninhabited Fijian island) without food, water, clothes, or tools for 60 days. Sometimes, his courage failed him and he was ready to cry over the smallest problem. But it was the life a homeless man that became the most nerve-racking and scary for him.
He gained 11 pounds.
The life of a homeless man was more profitable that Ed thought it would be. In just one night, he could make between £100-200, more than the average Londoner could make having a regular job.
There was no lack of food either: volunteers gave out free burgers and other fast food to the homeless, and the quantity of food was much more than people actually needed.
In Glasgow, for example, Ed counted 26 volunteers giving out food, while there were only 2 homeless men. One of the vagabonds even complained that he was overfed.
Despite his initial concerns that he would starve and lose weight, Ed put on 11 pounds over the course of the 60 day project. Tests later showed that he would get heart problems if he continued to eat like this.
However, Ed took a risk and tried eating out of a trash can. He found a pretty good salad in there once. Unfortunately, he couldn't properly enjoy this lunch because he found a piece of used chewing gum inside the food.
Also, Ed had to wash himself with the water from the toilet bowls sometimes. Being inside a toilet cubicle was the only way he could get fully undressed and clean his itchy body.
Some of them earn £100 — and then go home to take a hot shower.
Ed thought that no one in their right mind would decide to spend nights in the freezing cold, but in reality many homeless people preferred to streets to temporary shelters. One of the beggars could earn £20 in about 20 minutes by saying that he needed this money to pay for his shelter but then he would turn around and spend it all on drugs.
And to his surprise, Ed wasn't the only fake beggar. Some had homes of their own, but they still worked on streets to make easy money. They begged for money for a living, and then spent it all on drugs and alcohol. One of these fake beggars, Darren, said that he could earn up to £600 per night by asking for money from drunk pub-goers. But usually he went home to have dinner and take a hot shower after he had collected £100.
Another fake beggar received an apartment from the government after he had been released from prison. He was going to get a proper job in the beginning. But his potential employers offered him £8 an hour, which he found unacceptable. So, he chose an easier way to earn money for a living.
According to Ed, even the real homeless people didn't really need the money as much as they needed the psychological support to be able to adapt socially. He also said that despite the fact that he found some good friends on the streets of London, he would never give handouts to either the real beggars or the fake ones.
How do they end up on the streets?
Ed and his new friend Dina in her "beautiful boudoir" as she calls her shelter
Despite the difficulties of living on the streets, by the end of the experiment Ed began to enjoy his freedom in this new life that had no schedules or limitations. Still, he underlined that even those who had accepted their homeless life didn't really want to stay vagabonds forever.
Some of them had run away from their drug-addicted parents, or escaped violence in their families. In Manchester, Ed met Dina who was the mother of 6. She claimed that she used to be a model, who did campaigns for Debenhams and M&S. Her life went in the wrong direction when she was 13. Her parents got divorced and she stayed with her drug-addicted mother. When Dina was 15, she fell in love with a guy who became the father of her children. Currently, her children live their father while she has to live in a temporary shelter made of old tents and trolleys. Despite the fact that Dina is a drug-addict, she misses her children very much.
Dina was happy to invite Ed into her shelter and even shared her cookies with him.
Dina drying her socks on the wall of a police station
During the experiment, Ed encountered a lot of aggression and drug addiction, he witnessed a fight between 2 beggars for a better spot, and he was also threatened by the police to be arrested for begging. Once, his sleeping bag even got wet because someone peed on it and this wasn't even the worst case scenario, since the sleeping bags of some of the other homeless people were burned.
After a while, Ed returned to the spot where Dina's shelter was set up and it was gone, together with its owner.
Do we need to give handouts to homeless people? Who should take care of them, in your opinion? Maybe you've witnessed an interesting story yourself? Share it in the comments below.

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Definition of the noun Agonita tricolor
What does Agonita tricolor mean as a name of something?
Agonita tricolor is a species of Agonita, described by Chûjô in 1933.
- synonym: species Agonita tricolor
- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Coleoptera
- family: Chrysomelidae
- genus: Agonita
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Brady Creek Reservoir is located three miles west of Brady in McCulloch County, Texas. It's on Brady Creek, a tributary of the San Saba River which is a tributary of the Colorado River. The reservoir is owned and operated by the City of Brady for municipal and industrial water supply as well as for recreational purposes. The State Board of Water Engineer issued Water Right Permit (No. 1953) for this project on May 2, 1960. Construction of the Dam began on December 27, 1961 and was completed on May 14, 1963. Deliberate impoundment of water started on May 22, 1963.
Brady creek, which has flowing water throughout most of its course, is dammed in its upper reaches at Camp Billy Gibbons, a Boy Scout camp belonging to the Comanche Trail Council, and again at the Brady Reservoir, three miles west of Brady in McCulloch County. (Texas State Historical Association)
In 1962 a significant rain event threatened construction by filling the reservoir ahead of schedule,. It had originally been predicted to take two years of regular rainfall to fill. The dam is an earthfill embankment 8,400 feet long and 104 feet high with an elevation at the top of 1,783 feet above mean sea level. The uncontrolled emergency spillway is located at the right end of the dam with crest elevation at 1,762.4 feet above mean sea level. The reservoir has a conservation storage capacity of 30,430 acre-feet encompassing a surface area of 2,020 acres at the conservation pool elevation (crest of service spillway) of 1,743 feet above mean sea level. The dam controls a drainage area of 508 square miles. The USGS has a gage measuring the reservoir levels on the south-east side of the reservoir at the dam: USGS: 08144900.
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What to Expect During a Barber School Inspection
Inspector(s) will arrive and introduce themselves and present state ID.
Inspector will ask to speak to the owner or manager. If neither is available, the inspector will notify the person in charge that the inspection will proceed.
The inspection will consist of the following:
Check for required postings:
- Consumer complaint sign
- Sanitation Rules
- Foot spa log (if applicable)
- Most recent inspection report
- Current school license
- Current instructors licenses (with current photo of licensee attached)
- Outside building in at least 10-inch letters "BARBER SCHOOL--STUDENT BARBERS."
- Signs containing "BARBER SCHOOL--STUDENT BARBERS "on each inside wall of the school.
Check building requirements:
- Square footage
- Classroom and practical areas
- Required equipment
Inspector will confirm there is a minimum of 10 student work stations that include a chair that reclines, a back bar, a wall mirror and a sink behind every two work stations.
Barber school must have one barber chair available for each student in attendance on the practical floor.
- A barber school must have at least one instructor for every 25 students on the school's premises.
- A school may not enroll more than three student instructors for each licensed instructor.
- Check that hours are being recorded in SHEARS.
- Check display of Student Permits at work stations, and in album.
- Check that the school is properly accounting for hours granted to students through monthly progress reports documenting daily attendance.
- Check that monthly progress reports are being retained in student file for 48 months.
Check for the implementation of Health and Sanitation standards and practices:
- Work stations
- Implements cleaned and sanitized before use on each client
- Wet disinfectants
- Dry storage areas
- Towel storage (clean, soiled)
- Shampoo bowls
- Hair swept up as soon as practicable
- Single use items being discarded after each use
- Trash receptacle covered
Check restrooms. (hot and cold running water, clean and in good repair, and no chemicals stored in restroom)
Check that furniture, floors, windows, ceilings, and equipment are clean and in good repair in accordance to sanitation rules.
Check manicure/pedicure area and facial area (if applicable) for compliance.
If school is providing manicure or pedicure nail services an autoclave, dry heat sterilizer or ultra violet sanitizer is required.
Check that prohibited products and not in the school and no prohibited practices are being performed.


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Learn of life and survival on Niagara Frontier
Old Fort Niagara invites the public to imagine life as a soldier on the Niagara Frontier in the 1700s by attending its annual "Snowshoe Patrol" on Saturday, Feb. 4.
The fort's staff, volunteers and re-enactors will offer programs and hands-on activities about winter survival, the Great Lakes fur trade, historic games and trades. Visitors will also learn about the history of the snowshoe, and march into the woods to witness a skirmish between re-enactors.
The day's activities are scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be suitable for all ages. Visitors are encouraged to dress for the weather, as most events will happen outdoors. Demonstrations will happen at the following times:
-11 a.m. and noon - Artillery firing demonstration by Schuyler's Company
An artillery re-enactment unit will fire a cannon.
-11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. - Powder horn engraving demonstration
Learn about the usefulness of horns and antlers in creating tools for soldiers and civilians.
-12:30 p.m. - Staying Warm in a Cold World
How did people survive a Niagara winter before electricity and central heat? This program will examine winter clothing, bedding and heating.
An Old Fort Niagara boulangerie. (Photo by Lee Gugino)
-1:15 p.m. - Great Lakes Trade
Demonstrations and hands-on activities about the workings of the 18th century fur trade on the Great Lakes. Learn about the Great Lakes' earliest business enterprise, the lives of Native Americans and hivernants (winter traders), and examine popular trade goods and furs.
-2-4 p.m. - History of the Snowshoe and Woods Patrol
Join educators from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to learn about the history of the snowshoe. After a brief program, visitors will be invited to wear a pair of traditional wooden snowshoes (weather permitting) to accompany a patrol into the woods east of the fort. In the woods, watch a skirmish between re-enactors, then enjoy complimentary hot chocolate prepared over an open fire while mingling with re-enactors.
Snowshoes are provided first-come, first-served, or bring your own.
-Ongoing activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Learn about the soldier's life (clothing, personal kit, weapons and equipment; storing, preparing and cooking food); enjoy 18th century games; and participate in hands-on demonstrations of quill pens.
All activities and programs are included with regular admission to the fort: ($12 for adults, $8 for children ages 6-12) and free to members of Old Fort Niagara.
Old Fort Niagara recognizes the volunteers who participate in this event and share their knowledge with the public: Brant's Volunteers, Hoisington Rangers, New York Provincials, Schuyler's Company and Shroth's New York Company re-enacting units.
Old Fort Niagara (_URL_) is located in Fort Niagara State Park in Youngstown. The fort is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admissions end 30 minutes before closing.


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Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.
Altman Z-Score is calculated with this formula:
Z = 1.2X1 + 1.4X2 + 3.3X3 + 0.6X4 + 1.0X5
X1 = working capital/total assets,
X2 = retained earnings/total assets,
X3 = earnings before interest and taxes/total assets,
X4 = market value equity/book value of total liabilities,
X5 = sales/total assets.
The zones of discrimination were as such:
Distress Zones - 1.81< Grey Zones< 2.99 - Safe Zones
Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.
X1: The working capital/Total Assets
ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities.
X2: Retained Earnings
: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.
X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
(EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firms assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors.
X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firms assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.
(S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firms assets.
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Firm Inattention and the Transmission of Monetary Policy: A Text-Based Approach
63 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2021
Date Written: August 4, 2021
This paper provides direct evidence of the importance of firm attention to macroeconomic dynamics. We construct a text-based measure of firm attention to macroeconomic news and document firm attention that is polarized and countercyclical. Differences in attention lead to asymmetric responses to monetary policy: expansionary monetary shocks raise stock returns of attentive firms more than those of inattentive firms, and contractionary shocks lower returns of attentive firms by less. We interpret the findings using a quantitative model of rationally inattentive firms and calibrate parameters for information frictions using our text-based measure. In the model, firms invest in attention endogenously and face heterogeneous information costs. Less attentive firms adjust prices slowly in response to monetary innovations, which yields non-neutrality. As average attention varies over the business cycle, so does the efficacy of monetary policy.
Keywords: Rational inattention, monetary policy, natural language processing
JEL Classification: D83, E44, E52
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Morocco has harvested an estimated 2 million tons of olives this season, an increase of 28 percent compared to the crop last year.
During his visit to El Attaouia province in El Kelaa des Sraghna, in the Marrakech-Safi region, at the 5th National Fair of the Olive Tree on Saturday, Minister of Agriculture Aziz Akhannouch said that the increase in olive production is due to the "favourable weather conditions."
The olive tree thrives in the Mediterranean climate with yearly temperatures between 15 and 20 degrees Celsius, rainy winters followed by sunny springs, and hot summers.
Akhannouch emphasized the significance of the main fruit tree cultivated in Morocco. A real conscious green effort by the African country. It covers more than 1.07 million hectares, accounting for 65 percent of the tree species in the country.
The olive sector is also a major source of employment, providing 380,000 permanent jobs. Women make up 20 percent of workers in the field.


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In ABAP OVERLAY statement is used for overlaying the characters of string on another string. Overlayed string characters will be replaced by the other string characters according to the position.
Dont be confused, you will get more idea after seeing one examples.
- Take two strings,
- Command for OVERLAY is "OVERLAY string1 WITH string2."
- After this, string1 will becomes 12345F.
- The first 5 characters of string1 have replaced by the string2.
- string1=A B C D E F
- string2=12 3 4 5
- After the command OVERLAY string1 WITH string2.
- string1 will becomes 12B3C4D5
- Each character is replaced with the characters of string2 as per the position.
- In this example blank spaces of string1 also replaced.
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I install oracle 11g with unicode char set option. And I found that I can insert unicode character into CHAR datatype column. So my question is that: what is the difference between CHAR and NCHAR datatype when installing oracle 11g with unicode option ?
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There are two main differences.
 1. The default for the length semantic. By default
CHAR(30) != NCHAR(30) but CHAR(30 CHAR) = NCHAR(30).
The default length semantic (as specified by the NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS parameter) is used for CHAR but not for NCHAR. The default value for this parameter is byte. The length of NCHAR is always in characters. This is important because NCHAR(30) will always hold 30 unicode characters - as will CHAR(30 CHAR) - but CHAR(30) will only hold 30 bytes by default which may or may not equal 30 unicode characters.
 1. AL32UTF8 (the database characterset unicode default) and AL16UTF8 (the NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET default) are not equivalent. Both are variable length unicode character sets but store characters differently so storage requirements between the two vary with the former using 1, 2, 3 and sometimes 4 bytes per character and the later 2 and sometimes 4 bytes per character). Your mileage will vary depending on the characters you store.
Additionally NCHAR support is limited in many client applications and some Oracle components so if you use AL32UTF8 for the database character set, Oracle's advice is to just stick to CHAR and not use NCHAR at all.
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Ecological situation and state of health of population of southern aral sea Area
AbstractTo the article the estimation of ecological situation of region of Southern Aral Sea Area is driven, andalso the results of cross-correlation analysis are presented between the levels of some parameters of compositionof drinking-water and atmospheric air with general morbidity of adult and child's population ofKarakalpakstan. The linear trend shows a decrease in the proportion of specific weight of non-standardsamples of tap water by chemical indices. The linear trend of indicators of non-standard samples of tapwater in terms of bacteriological indicators shows a certain stability of the indicators of pollutants.
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МAМБЕТУЛЛAЕВA, С. М.; КУРБAНИЯЗОВ, А. К.; КУРБAНИЯЗОВA, С. А.. Ecological situation and state of health of population of southern aral sea Area. Journal of Geography and Environmental Management, [S.l.], v. 46, n. 3, p. 115-119, feb. 2018. ISSN _PHONE_. Available at: <_URL_ Date accessed: 19 oct. 2018.


Sailor's Life at Sea & A Little Poetry
Lesson Plan
 1. Students learn about sailors' everyday life around 1900 by analyzing a poem and recruiting poster.
 2. Students interpret poems and poster art as historical evidence.
 1. Read background sheet, poem, and poster.
 2. Discuss question sheet in groups or complete answers individually.
 3. Classroom discussion to follow.
 4. Students use the historical poem as a model to compose their own poems.
 These poems may be e-mailed to the Museum.
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First awarded at the 2011 annual meeting, the Martin A. Klein Prize recognizes the most distinguished work of scholarship on African history published in English during the previous year. Focusing primarily on continental Africa (including those islands usually treated as countries of Africa), books on any period of African history and from any disciplinary field that incorporates a historical perspective are eligible. The prize committee pays particular attention to methodological innovation, conceptual originality, literary excellence, and reinterpretation of old themes or development of new theoretical perspectives.


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Paper: Entrepreneurialism and Affectivity: Selling Poverty and Childhood in Cusco
Cusco, Peru is one of Latin Americaâ€™s leading tourist destinations. With Machu Picchu and other nearby Inca ruins as the main attractions, tourism has become the principal economic and development strategy for the city. This is apparent not just through numerous public and private investments in tourism infrastructure, and the popularity of guiding as a profession, but also because of the many families who participate in an informal street economy, vending souvenirs and artisanal products to tourists. Local children compose an active group of the most successful vendors, often because of the entrepreneurial strategies they have developed for engaging their clients. Child vendors creatively draw on their own discourses of poverty and childhood to encourage both cultural and economic exchanges, with the affectivity of children enabling them to earn as much asâ€"or more thanâ€"their parents. This dissertation project investigates the interactions between children and tourists in Cusco in a number of spaces, including the streets and in aid centers. Focusing on interactions in this first space, this paper will explore several of the strategies that children use, including their development, how they are passed on between vendors, and their success. The economic roles that children play within their families, and the motivations children offer as to why they sell, will also be discussed. This project contributes to anthropological and interdisciplinary studies of childhood, poverty, and tourism, by exploring the economic and cultural exchanges that occur between local children and foreign tourists. In focusing on the childrenâ€™s perspectives on their own labor and viewing their strategies as entrepreneurially supportive of their families, the project allows a nuanced understanding of child labor as both a global phenomenon and a real issue that many different actors are negotiating in Cusco.


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IoT-Based Quiz App for Multiple micro:bits
Run a quiz by connecting a bunch of BBC micro:bits, via Wi-Fi, to the Ubidots IoT platform using a single XinaBox IoT Starter kit.
BeginnerFull instructions provided45 minutes369
IoT-Based Quiz App for Multiple micro:bits
Things used in this project
Hardware components
CW01
XinaBox CW01
Wi-Fi Core (ESP8266/ESP-12F)
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BM01
XinaBox BM01
A bridge to connect your XinaBox xChips to a micro:bit
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IP01
XinaBox IP01
An interface module equipped to power and program other modules via a USB A connector.
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XC10
XinaBox XC10
This SKU is a 10 pack - we only need 2 for this project, although I use 3. These are standard uBus connectors.
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BBC micro:bit board
BBC micro:bit board
You need 1 to act as a gateway then 1 or more others to send data to the gateway
×2
Software apps and online services
Ubidots
Ubidots
You will need an UbiDots account - I use a free 30 day trial account in this blog
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Code
Code for the Classroom Micro:bit
MicroPython
Edit then flash this microPython code onto one of the classroom micro:bits you are using
from microbit import*
import radio
radio.on()
radio.config(length=64, queue=8, channel=11, power=6)
# NOTE - radio settings are identical to those in the gatewayMicrobit.py code
thisMicrobitID = 0
# EDIT GUIDELINES: remember to name each classroom microbit with a unique integer. Start from 0 and count upwards.
while True:
 display.show(str(thisMicrobitID))
 if(button_a.was_pressed()):
 radio.send(str(thisMicrobitID) + "_a")
 display.show("a")
 sleep(500)
 if(button_b.was_pressed()):
 radio.send(str(thisMicrobitID) + "_b")
 display.show("b")
 sleep(500)
Code for Micro:bit Gateway
MicroPython
Work through the code and edit is where you see "# EDIT GUIDELINES:~. Then flash it on to your micro:bit gateway.
from microbit import *
import radio
radio.on()
radio.config(length=64, queue=8, channel=11, power=6)
# NOTE: radio settings are identical to those in the classroomMicrobit.py code
uart.init(baudrate=9600, bits=8, parity=None, stop=1, tx=pin20, rx=pin19)
# NOTE: gets the uart (serial / USB) port on the micro:bit ready to communicate with the CW01
numberOfClassroomMicrobits = 10
# EDIT GUIDELINES: change the '10' above - enter the number of classroom microbits in your network
# NOTE: start numbering your clssroom microbits at 0. so, if you have 3 in total their 'thisMicrobitName' will be 0, 1 and 2 and you must enter 3 above.
global countOfButton_A # NOTE: Count the number of classroom mirobits that have sent a message indicating their a-button was pressed. Similar below.
global countOfButton_B # NOTE: For these counts we restrict each microbit to 1 'vote'. Counts and votes are reset when the A-button is clicked.
countOfButton_A = 0
countOfButton_B = 0
global voteRecorded # NOTE: Use this list to keep a check on who has voted & prevent repeat.
voteRecorded = [numberOfClassroomMicrobits]
for i in range(0, int(numberOfClassroomMicrobits)): voteRecorded.append(False)
global testMode
testMode = True
# NOTE: each classroom micro:bit can only vote one time per separate quiz... only 1 time until the a-button is clicked.
# NOTE: but, for testing purposes and to set up our dashboard we want lots of data to be sent to Ubidots
# NOTE: so, when testMode = True we allow each classroom micro:bit to vote as many times as they like.
# NOTE: set this to False to limit each to 1 vote per quiz.
def resetVoting(numberOfClassroomMicrobits): # NOTE: when the a-button on the gateway is clicked voting resets.
 global voteRecorded

 # NOTE - there is no point resetting if no votes have been cast;
 if((countOfButton_A + countOfButton_B) == 0): return

 sendMessageToCW01("+4@YOURMICROBIT@resetVote@1$") # NOTE: tells Ubidots a new vote is starting
 sendMessageToCW01("+4@YOURMICROBIT@CountOf_A@0$")
 sendMessageToCW01("+4@YOURMICROBIT@CountOf_B@0$")

 # NOTE: below is a workaround - in Ubidots when we trigger an event it is easy to show the last value receieved.
 # NOTE: so we send it a value we can use in our email alert:
 percVotesForA = countOfButton_A / (countOfButton_A + countOfButton_B) *100
 sendMessageToCW01("+4@YOURMICROBIT@SummaryOfVote@" + str(percVotesForA) + "$")
 sendMessageToCW01("+4@YOURMICROBIT@SummaryOfVote@-1$") # NOTE: reset the value that triggers our email.
 for i in range(0, int(numberOfClassroomMicrobits)): voteRecorded[i] = False
def sendMessageToCW01(parm):
 display.clear()
 uart.write(parm)
 sleep(500)
 data = uart.readline()
 while(data is None):
 data = uart.readline()

 if(len(str(data)) >0):
 uartMessageID = getIntegerFromString(data[:1])
 if(uartMessageID == 1): display.show(Image.YES) # NOTE: a tick is displayed when data is being transmitted correctly to the CW01
 else: display.show(Image.NO) # NOTE: this means that a cross is displayed when an attempt to send data fails
 sleep(500)
def processRadioSignal(radioSignal, numberOfClassroomMicrobits): # NOTE: a 'valid' signal looks like this "0_a" or this "11_b"
 global testMode

 if(len(str(radioSignal)) < 3): return False # NOTE: valid radio signals are at least 3 or more characters long

 locationOfUnderscore = getLocationOfUnderscore(radioSignal)
 if(locationOfUnderscore == -1): return False # NOTE: valid radio signals contain an underscore
 currentMicrobitID = getIntegerFromString(radioSignal[0:locationOfUnderscore])
 if(currentMicrobitID < 0): return False # NOTE: valid radio messages begin with an integer starting at 0.
 if(currentMicrobitID >= numberOfClassroomMicrobits): return False # NOTE: IDs should go from 0 to (numberOfClassroomMicrobits - 1)
 # NOTE: In the line below you will see why we named the classroom microbits as integers - it allows us to use currentMicrobitID as a list reference.
 # NOTE: this also means we need to be very careful using them - the validation above prevents an invalid list reference being passed in.
 if((not testMode) and voteRecorded[currentMicrobitID]): return False
 # NOTE: the above line ensures that the same classroom microbit can't vote twice for the same quiz, UNLESS we are in testMode

 # NOTE: If we've reached this point of the code the radioSignal has passed all our validation checks. It is 'safe' to process it.
 return sendValidMessageToCW01(radioSignal, locationOfUnderscore, currentMicrobitID)
def sendValidMessageToCW01(radioSignal, locationOfUnderscore, currentMicrobitID):
 global voteRecorded
 global countOfButton_A
 global countOfButton_B
 messageType = str(radioSignal[locationOfUnderscore +1 : locationOfUnderscore +2])
 # NOTE: you could experiment with sending new types of data from the classroom microbit - how about temperature ("0_c_25")

 sendMessageToCW


Difference between Independent and Dependent Variables
Key difference: The independent variable is the one that just happens; it does not rely on anything else, whereas the dependent variable is usually dependent on the independent variable.
Independent and dependent are two terms that are actually antonyms. Essentially, that means that they are opposites.
Dictionary.com defines Independent as:
 - Not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
 - Not subject to another's authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free: an independent businessman.
 - Not influenced by the thought or action of others: independent research.
 - Not dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc.
 - Not relying on another or others for aid or support.
 - Rejecting others' aid or support; refusing to be under obligation to others.
 - Possessing a competency: to be financially independent.
 - Sufficient to support a person without his having to work: an independent income.
 - Executed or originating outside a given unit, agency, business, etc.; external: an independent inquiry.
 - Working for oneself or for a small, privately owned business.
 - Expressive of a spirit of independence; self-confident; unconstrained: a free and independent citizen.
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Whereas, Dependent is defined as:
 - Relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
 - Conditioned or determined by something else; contingent: Our trip is dependent on the weather.
 - Subordinate; subject: a dependent territory.
Essentially, independent is when one does not have to rely on something or somebody, It is when they only rely on themselves. Dependent, on the other hand, is when someone does have to rely on somebody else. They may not be able to get by without whatever or whoever they are dependent on.
In experiments or mathematical modelling, variables are used. Variables are essentially anything that plays a factor in the experiment or modeling. For example, if we were conducting an experiment to see the relation between sunlight and growth of plants; sunlight and the growth of plants would be the variables.
Variables can be divided into three types: independent variable, dependent variable, and other. Essentially, the independent variable is the one that just happens; it does not rely on anything else, whereas the dependent variable is usually dependent on the independent variable. It performance or instance of happening relies on the presence of the independent variable.
Let us look at the example again: In the experiment to see the relation between sunlight and growth of plants; sunlight just exists. It does not rely on the growth of the plants, hence, in this experiment, sunlight is the dependent variable. The growth of the plants does rely on the presence of sunlight; if there would be no sunlight, plants would not grow. Hence, the growth of the plants is the dependent variable, because it is dependent on the amount of sunlight present.
In a graph, the independent variable is always graphed on the x-axis (horizontal, bottom one); whereas, the dependent variable is groups on the y-axis (vertical, side one). This is mainly because the value plotted on the y-axis, always corresponds to the x-axis. The x-axis is always independent of the y-axis.
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convergence line
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Any horizontal line along which horizontal convergence of the airflow is occurring. Also known as asymptote of convergence.
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During the week, a very prominent convergence line developed, both on the surface, and up to about 25,000 feet.
Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a global leader in the direct marketing of PCs, today announced that it is now shipping PCs with the new Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98 operating system on select systems across its desktop, portable and convergence line of PCs.
This trough follows the convergence line more or less from Ruacana to Aroab.
Were one to look up, the thin layer of cloud showed that the upper air flow was from north-west to south-east, following the convergence line which is typical for Namibia, and very typical for the season.
This is called the convergence line and it loosely defines the interface where the South Atlantic high pressure cell meets the reciprocal lower pressure airflow from the north-east.
When the low pressure from the north meets the opposing high pressure from the south, it creates a visible convergence line with fresh winds blowing from the north-west.
This separation line is known as a convergence line.
It did move somewhat further south than expected on Thursday with the triangle Windhoek Gobabis Mariental, forming the core of the intense trough that formed just north of the convergence line.
The convergence line played a big part in this week's rainfall which, for the greater part, remained west of the convergence line, following the western escarpment.
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3.24.71 timefmt
This command applies to timeseries where data are composed of dates/times. It has no meaning unless the command 'set xdata time' is given also.
Syntax:
 set timefmt "<format string>"
 show timefmt
The string argument tells 'gnuplot' how to read timedata from the datafile. The valid formats are:
 Format Explanation
 %d day of the month, 1--31
 %m month of the year, 1--12
 %y year, 0--99
 %Y year, 4-digit
 %j day of the year, 1--365
 %H hour, 0--24
 %M minute, 0--60
 %s seconds since the Unix epoch (1970-01-01, 00:00 UTC)
 %S second, 0--60
 %b three-character abbreviation of the name of the month
 %B name of the month
Any character is allowed in the string, but must match exactly. \t (tab) is recognized. Backslash-octals (\nnn) are converted to char. If there is no separating character between the time/date elements, then %d, %m, %y, %H, %M and %S read two digits each, %Y reads four digits and %j reads three digits. %b requires three characters, and %B requires as many as it needs.
Spaces are treated slightly differently. A space in the string stands for zero or more whitespace characters in the file. That is, "%H %M" can be used to read "1220" and "12 20" as well as "12 20".
Each set of non-blank characters in the timedata counts as one column in the 'using n:n' specification. Thus '11:11 25/12/76 21.0' consists of three columns. To avoid confusion, 'gnuplot' requires that you provide a complete using specification if your file contains timedata.
If the date format includes the day or month in words, the format string must exclude this text. But it can still be printed with the "%a", "%A", "%b", or "%B" specifier. 'gnuplot' will determine the proper month and weekday from the numerical values. See 'set format' for more details about these and other options for printing time data.
When reading two-digit years with %y, values 69-99 refer to the 20th century, while values 00-68 refer to the 21st century. NB: This is in accordance with the UNIX98 spec, but conventions vary widely and two-digit year values are inherently ambiguous.
See also xdata and 'Time/date' for more information.
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 set timefmt "%d/%m/%Y\t%H:%M"
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A scientific marvel in the field of art? Or an artistic marvel in the field of science? Either way, mystery still surrounds these glass models of marine invertebrates made in 1880 by the famous German father and son team, Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka.
For over 150 years, artists have attempted to uncover the unique methods used to create such intricate and beautiful models. Some have succeeded but some mysteries still remain.
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With hardwoods, the story is quite different. Hardwoods are sold by the board foot, which is a calculation of the cubic size of the board. A board foot is 12 inches by 12 inches by 1 inch, or one-twelfth of a cubic foot.
To begin, one must first understand the thicknesses of hardwoods. Typically, board thicknesses will be listed in fourths:
- 3/4 =.75 inch in thickness
- 4/4 = 1.00 inch
- 5/4 = 1.25 inches
- 6/4 = 1.50 inches
- 7/4 = 1.75 inches
- 8/4 = 2.00 inches and so on...
(length x width x thickness)/144
All of the dimensions in this formula are in inches. For instance, a 10-inch wide, 3/4 board that measures 96-inches in length would come out to five board feet: (96 x 10 x.75)/144 = 5
In another example, a 6/4 board that is 8 inches wide and 6-feet long (72 inches) would be six board feet: (72 x 8 x 1.50)/144 = 6
If you know the board feet measurement of each board and you know how much the lumberyard charges per board foot, you can determine the cost for that board. For instance, if the two boards above were oak, and you know that the lumberyard charges $18 per board foot for oak, in the first example above, the cost for the board would be $90 (5 BF x $18 per BF = $90).
In the second example, the price for that board would be $108 (6 BF x $18 = $108).
It's important to verify the price per board when you buy or sell lumber, because some yards like adjust to round numbers. In other words, if you try to buy three boards of oak that measure out to 6.72 BF, 5.69 BF and 7.71 BF, the lumberyard might try to round each board up to 7, 6 and 8 respectively. This seemingly minor adjustment would end up costing you an additional $15.84 over the actual BF prices for the three boards.
When going to buy hardwoods, don't be afraid to challenge their measurements. It doesn't hurt to keep a small calculator in your pocket and calculate the prices to check their figures. Most lumberyards will calculate it properly, but as you can see, just a small rounding can end up costing you quite a bit in the long run.


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Destination parameter rewriting with jQuery: fixing the AHAH link destination bug
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 - 7:59pm -- Isaac Sukin
Soon after I first implemented AHAH-based form refreshing in my Facebook-style Statuses module for the Drupal content management system, I realized that the process created something of a workflow problem. Users would go and post a message like normal, and then the form -- and the links on it -- would refresh via AHAH. Essentially, when a user clicked the submit button on the form, some JavaScript would silently open another page (the "callback" page) in the background. That page would generate a new copy of the form, which would then be copied and pasted over the form that had just been submitted.
The problem was, that new copy of the form was generated on the callback page, and it had no way of knowing from what page it had been called. In other words, if the script generating the form wanted to know what the current page was, instead of getting the URL of the page on which the form originally appeared, it would get the URL of the callback page. This became a problem when dealing with links, because links often include a "destination" parameter so that when a user takes an action after clicking the link they will be returned to the appropriate place. For example, an "edit" link for a message would typically have a "destination" parameter in the URL so that when a user saved the edits, the browser would automatically send the user back to the page on which the edit link was clicked. In HTML, such a link would look like this:
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std::set stringSet;
This is possible because the compiler, when finding the C-string "ABC", looks for a way to convert the C-string to a const reference to a std::string object. It then finds that basic_string (the template base class of std::string) has a constructor basic_string(const char *s). The compiler uses this constructor to create an unnamed temporary object of std::string out of "ABC", and passes it to std::set.insert(). The line
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is slowly varying (\cite[Propos-\linebreak ition~1.5.9$\MK$(b)]{BGT89}), while when $\ga = 1$, the sequence $(\sum_{j=0}^ n \bar K(j))_{n\in\bbN}$ is slowly varying (\cite[Prop\-os\-itions~1.5.10 and~1.5.9$\MK$(a)]{BGT89}). The proof of the statement for $\ga = 0$ is in~\cite[Theorem~1.1]{Na2012}, for $\ga \in (0,1)$ in~\cite[Theorem~1.1]{GL63}, for $\ga = 1$ in~\cite[Theorem~8.7.5]{BGT89}, while for $\ga > 1$ it is the Renewal Theorem. \begin{prop}\label{pr:transient.inter} Let $\tau$ and $\tau'$ be two independent copies of a recurrent renewal process that satisfies~\eqref{eq:defK_regvar}. If $\ga < \frac{1}{2}$, or $\ga = \frac{1}{2}$ and $\sum_{n\geq1} n^{-1} L(n)^{-2} < \infty$, then $\tau \cap \tau'$ is transient. \end{prop} \begin{proof} Use that $\bE^{\otimes 2}(|\tau \cap \tau'|) = \sum_{n\geq0} \bP(n \in \tau)^2$, in combination with Prop\-os\-ition~\ref{RMassFunctionProp}. \end{proof} Before stating the next lemma, we recall that an $\ga$-stable random variable $X$ has three parameters $\kappa\in[-1,1]$, $\sigma\ge 0$ and $m\in \bbR$ (skewness, scale and shift, respectively) appearing in its characteristic function: \begin{equation} \label{eq:stable.cf} \bE(e^{i\theta X}) = \begin{cases} \exp(-\sigma |\theta| (1 + i\kappa (2/\pi) \sign(\theta) \log|\theta|) + im\theta) & \text{if }\ga = 1,\\[4pt] \exp(-\sigma^\ga |\theta|^\ga (1 - i\kappa \sign(\theta) \tan(\pi \ga /2)) + im\theta) & \text{if } \ga\in(0, 1)\cup(1,2), \end{cases} \end{equation} see Definition~1.1.6 in~\cite{ST94}. If $\kappa =1$ (resp.\ $-1$), $X$ is said to be totally skewed to the right (resp.\ left). \begin{lemm}\label{lem:conv.power.tauk} If $r > 0$, then \begin{equation} \bE(\tau_k^{- r}) \sim \begin{cases} (\mu k)^{- r} & \text{if } \ga > 1,\\[4pt] \bE(X_\ga^{- r}) k^{- r/\ga} & \text{if } \ga \in (0,1), \end{cases} \qquad k \to \infty, \end{equation} where $X_\ga$ is an $\ga$-stable random variable totally skewed to the right, with scale parameter $\gs > 0$ depending on the distribution of $\tau_1$ and shift parameter $0$. \end{lemm} \begin{proof} If $\ga > 1$, the result follows by bounded convergence since, by the Renewal Theorem, $(\tau_k/k)^{- r}$ converges $\bP$-a.s.~to $\mu^{- r}$ and is bounded from above by $1$. If $\ga \in (0,1)$, we use that $\tau_k/k^{1/\ga}$ converges to an $\ga$-stable random variable $X_\ga$. The only complication is that $(\tau_k/k^{1/\ga})^{- r}$ is not bounded, but the result still holds by uniform integrability, namely, by Exercise~3.2.5 in~\cite{Du10}. It is enough to show that for some $\gga > r$ we have \begin{equation}\label{eq:UItau} \sup_{k\geq1} \bE(\{\tau_k/k^{1/\ga}\}^{- \gga}) < \infty. \end{equation} To show this, first note that \begin{equation}\label{ExpectationTail} \bE(\{\tau_k/k^{1/\ga}\}^{- \gga}) = \int_0^\infty \bP(\{\tau_k/k^{1/\ga}\}^{- \gga} > t) \, \dd t = \int_0^\infty \bP(\tau_k < k^{1/\ga} t^{- 1/\gga}) \, \dd t. \end{equation} With the use of Chernoff's bound, the probability inside the integral is bounded as \begin{equation}\label{LDPBound} \bP(\tau_k/k < k^{(1/\ga) - 1} t^{- 1/\gga}) \leq \exp \Big\{ - k \sup_{\gl\leq0} \{\gl k^{(1/\ga) - 1} t^{- 1/\gga} - \log M(\gl)\} \Big\}, \end{equation} where $M(\gl) := \bE(e^{\gl \tau_1})$. A standard Tauberian argument~\cite[(5.22) of Chapter~XIII]{Feller71} shows that there exists a constant $C > 0$ such that $M(\gl) \leq \exp({- C |\gl|^\ga})$ for all $\gl \leq 0$. This implies, for $x > 0$, the following bound \begin{equation} \sup_{\gl\leq0} \{\gl x - \log M(\gl)\} \geq \sup_{\gl\leq0} \{\gl x + C |\gl|^\ga\} = C_1 x^{- \ga/(1 - \ga)}, \end{equation} where $C_1 := (1 - \ga) C^{(1 - \ga)^{-1}} \ga^{\ga (1 - \ga)^{-1}} > 0$. Consequently, the probability in~\eqref{LDPBound} is bounded from above by $\exp\{- C_1 t^\frac{\ga}{(1 - \ga) \gga}\}$, which completes the proof. \end{proof} \begin{lemm}\label{FreeEnergyU} Let $I$ be a compact subset of $(0,\infty)$, $\{K_\gga \colon \gga \in I\}$ a family of transient renewal inter-arrival laws with $K_\gga(\infty) = 1 - e^{- \gga}$ and mass renewal function $\{u_\gga(n)\}_{n\ge 0} = \{\bP_{K_\gga}(n\in\tau)\}_{n\ge 0}$ for each $\gga \in I$, and such that there are $\ga \geq 0$, $c_1,c_2 > 0$ and a slowly varying function $L$ so that \begin{equation


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Objectives The objectives of this study are twofold. First, to examine the direct effect of psychosocial work characteristics (as measured by job autonomy and work-related pressure) in relation to self-reported psychological morbidity symptoms and early retirement intentions among a sample of hospital consultants in the National Health Service (NHS). Second, to investigate burnout as mediating variable (ie, indirect effect) of these postulated associations.
Design A cross-sectional observational study.
Participants 593 NHS consultants (male=63.1%) from hospitals in England, Scotland and Wales.
Measures Self-reported online questionnaires on work-related pressure and job autonomy (Job Demands-Resources Questionnaire); emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation (Maslach Burnout Inventory); depressive and anxiety symptoms (State Trait Personality Inventory) and a single-item on early retirement intention.
Results This study observed high prevalence rates across all adverse health measures: emotional exhaustion (38.7%), depersonalisation (20.7%), anxiety symptoms (43.1%) and depressive symptoms (36.1%). Multiple linear regressions examined the postulated direct and indirect effects. Job autonomy had significant negative direct effects on the frequency of NHS consultants' anxiety and depressive symptoms, and their intention to retire early. Both emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation mediated the relationships that work-related pressure (full mediation) and job autonomy (partial mediation) had with self-reported symptoms of psychological morbidities. Only emotional exhaustion mediated the relationships where early retirement intention was the outcome. In terms of sociodemographic factors, age and years' experience predicted both burnout dimensions and psychological morbidity.
Conclusions This is the first study to observe job autonomy to be associated with the number of self-reported psychological morbidity symptoms and early retirement intentions in a sample of NHS consultants. Burnout dimensions mediated these relationships, indicating that interventions need to focus on enhancing working conditions and addressing burnout among NHS consultants before more severe symptoms of psychological morbidity are reported. This study has implications for NHS policy makers and senior leadership.
- psychological morbidity
- working conditions
- retirement intentions
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Funding This study was funded by a study grant from the Research & Development Department Hywel Dda University Health Board. Publication costs were supported by Hywel Dda University Health Board R&D Department
Competing interests None declared.
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British English: septic tank /ˈsɛptɪk tæŋk/ NOUN
A septic tank is an underground tank where faeces, urine, and other waste matter is made harmless using bacteria.
- American English: septic tank
- Arabic: غُرفِةُ تَفتيش
- Brazilian Portuguese: fossa sética
- Chinese: 化粪池
- Croatian: septička jama
- Czech: septik
- Danish: septiktank
- Dutch: septic tank
- European Spanish: pozo séptico
- Finnish: saostuskaivo
- French: fosse septique
- German: Faulbehälter
- Greek: σηπτικός βόθρος
- Italian: fossa biologica
- Japanese: 浄化槽
- Korean: 정화조
- Norwegian: septiktank
- Polish: szambo
- European Portuguese: fossa sética
- Romanian: fosă septică
- Russian: септический резервуар
- Spanish: pozo séptico
- Swedish: septiktank
- Thai: ถังปุ๋ยหมัก
- Turkish: septik çukur
- Ukrainian: септичний резервуар
- Vietnamese: hố rác tự hoại
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As I was playing in the Summit Forest level (which has a 'Hitman' kind of vibe to it), trying to take down enemies as stealthily as possible, this got me thinking: How do the stealth elements of the game work and how does the enemy AI detect the player?
Specifically, I would like to know:
 - Do the sounds you make matter? (from gunfire, walking on different types of floor, or through water, knocking over objects or bumping wind chimes)
 - Will walking instead of running lessen sound and likelihood of detection?
 - Are some guns or weapons 'quieter' than others? Does the bow and arrow, and a silenced pistol have the same or different noise levels?
 - Does sight or light levels matter? Will having a lit torch make you easier to detect? Can I lurk in the shadows? Sneak behind people? Hide behind objects? Being on a different level (a floor up or down)?
 - Once you're spotted, is hiding effective, or will the enemies instantly and constantly know where you're hiding?
 - Do enemies alert each other when of them has spotted you?
 - Will enemies be alerted when they come across a body you killed? How does this change their behavior and their likelihood of detecting you?
 - Any enemies with unique behavior when it comes to player detection?
 - Does difficulty matter?
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 To the downvoter(s): Could you please comment on why you downvoted this question? This is so I (and others) would know what was wrong with it, and so I could address that concern or edit the question to improve it. When downvotes are left without comments and the reasons for doing so are unclear, you'll often see users (like myself) wanting to know the reason why. – galacticninja Mar 12 '13 at 3:59
I'll try to answer your questions based on my experience with the game.
 - Walking/running and different types of floor don't matter. Not sure about water though, but I don't think it would matter. Changing arrow from normal to flaming also doesn't matter (not sure about if they can see, but a guard didn't hear it yesterday when I accidentally switched arrows behind his back). I also managed to knock some objects quit near enemies and they didn't notice. However, gunfire matters, they will hear you and immediately know where you are. Also, hanging salvage boxes that you can ignite draw attention when they drop on the ground (this happened to me yesterday).
 - As for lightning and sneaking, the game seems to be pretty forgiving about those. As long as you don't run directly in front of enemies, they don't appear to notice you. Stay in cover if they walk your way. Sneaking on people is easy for as long as they look different direction (it's even possible partially from the side, although that's risky), but the sound of your movement doesn't attract attention.
 - if you are revealed, I didn't find a way how to get back into stealth mode. They are pretty much after you and won't stop until they see your corpse.
 - enemies alert each other when they spot you or when you injure them; they start yelling for help. One of the game tips says that you can see in survival instincts view which enemy will get help (should be marked red), but I never saw it working.
 - if enemies find a body, they will move in to investigate and then stay alert and search the immediate area, but they will remain oblivious to you. No idea what happens then sorry, maybe they'll go about their business shortly (can anyone confirm that?).
 - I believe there are areas where it is not possible to sneak around, they will detect you as soon as you enter which triggers gunfight. You will know it because enemies will shout "That's her, kill her!" In other areas you can sneak in, eavesdrop on conversations and try to remove the opposition silently.
 - I only played on Normal difficulty so far, cannot say if difficulty changes something
Additional tips:
 - Bow is silent, I use this for stealth kills. One headshot kills most enemies (you get a diamond-shaped headshot-crosshair), but there are enemies with armour that cannot be one-head-shot or at least I couldn't do it (even with fully charged headshot). They can probably be killed with melee sneak attack, I didn't try it yet.
 - Silenced weapons are also quiet enough for when the guards are not too close to your position
 - You must one-shot the enemies silently otherwise they start yelling for help. If you can sneak behind an enemy, use melee attack to kill them silently.
As for the Summit Forest, you can kill all guards silently there, just make sure to wait until the initial conversation ends. After a few first guards are taken care of, you can assume position in the trees, observe their patrol paths and kill them from up there. Good hunting.
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 Also (from a tip on the loading screen) when looking at enemies with survival instincts on a red glow means that killing that enemy will alert another enemy – Steven Cunningham Mar 11 '13 at 16:05
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 Worth noting, you'll only get the headshot reticule if you put a point into the Bow Expert skill. – Niro Mar 11 '13 at 17:39
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 I've opened a locker (the mash-X loot kind), and they could hear that. A mook came strolling up to where the locker was. – Twon-ha Mar 12 '13 at 14:40
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 The tip referred to by Martin and Steven Cunningham is: If you look at an enemy in Survival Insticnt mode, they will glow yellow or red. If they are yellow, you can kill them silently (such as with the bow) and other enemies won't be alerted. If they are red, killing them will alert other enemies (usually because they are close to your victim or looking at your victim). If you wait long enough, the enemy might wander off and both will turn yellow. – Colmarr Mar 13 '13 at 2:22
 - _USER_-ha What area did that happen in? – galacticninja Mar 30 '13 at 3:01
In addition to the first answer:
 - In certain parts of the game lighting your torch with alert the enemies. e.g. at:
... the Chasm Stronghold level, when there are dozens of enemies around and you have to remain undetected. Lighting your torch is a sure way to get killed. screenshot
 - Comments in the first answer mention that using your 'Survival Instinct' (Q by the default in the PC) will highlight enemies in yellow or red, where yellow won't alert anyone else when that enemy is killed while red will alert other nearby enemies. In my experience, this isn't true in all cases. I have successfully killed enemies highlighted in red in Survival Instinct mode without alerting anyone. Just be sure to check if the enemy you want to kill has no one facing him.
 - In the Summit Forest, I have missed an enemy with my pistol with silencer attached and hit a nearby surface instead, but no one was alerted. It seems that even the projectile effects themselves are silenced if you have the silencer attached.
 - Also, in the Summit Forest: enemies will utter something like "in the water!", if they hear you splashing around in the water, but I haven't noticed any behavior changes. They weren't alerted and I wasn't spotted.
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Authors: Mitchell SA, Fisher CA, Hastings CE, Silverman LB, Wallen GR
Title: A thematic analysis of theoretical models for translational science in nursing: mapping the field.
Journal: Nurs Outlook 58(6):287-300
Date: 2010 Nov-Dec
Abstract: The quantity and diversity of conceptual models in translational science may complicate rather than advance the use of theory. This paper offers a comparative thematic analysis of the models available to inform knowledge development, transfer, and utilization. Literature searches identified 47 models for knowledge translation. Four thematic areas emerged: (1) evidence-based practice and knowledge transformation processes, (2) strategic change to promote adoption of new knowledge, (3) knowledge exchange and synthesis for application and inquiry, and (4) designing and interpreting dissemination research. This analysis distinguishes the contributions made by leaders and researchers at each phase in the process of discovery, development, and service delivery. It also informs the selection of models to guide activities in knowledge translation. A flexible theoretical stance is essential to simultaneously develop new knowledge and accelerate the translation of that knowledge into practice behaviors and programs of care that support optimal patient outcomes.
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Accents and job prospects in Ireland: Check out the RTE website on how accents may affect job prospects in Irish society. The piece comes in the context of a new bill aiming to ensure that employers do not discriminate against job applicants or employees because of their accent.
In the piece it reads that "In Ireland, it would appear that we are somewhat behind the UK when it comes to accepting that this is an issue. There, received pronunciation refers to the form of dialect adopted typically by those viewed as being from a middle-and upper-class, or southern region upbringing."


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Can silence before arrest be used against defendant? Supreme Court to decide
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a defendant who refused to answer an officer's question before a formal arrest can have his silence used against him at trial.
The case is Salinas v. Texas, report the New York Times and the Washington Post. The cert petition (PDF) by Stanford law professor Jeffrey Fisher argues that the Fifth Amendment's right against self-incrimination protects a defendant's pre-arrest silence. State and federal courts are "openly and intractably divided" on the issue, according to the petition.
The case is an appeal by Genovevo Salinas, identified as one of the people who attended a party hosted by two brothers the night before their murders. Salinas accompanied officers to the police station and answered their questions until he was asked whether a shotgun turned in by Salinas' father would match shells at the murder scene. Salinas did not answer.
"When law enforcement agents question someone about his or her potential involvement in criminal activity," Fisher wrote, "the individual has two choices: speak or remain silent. If the latter necessarily creates evidence of guilt, then the right the Constitution grants him to remain silent is little more than a trap for the unwary."
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You have maintained a particular Number Range for the Materials but you are able to create Materials with ID which is more than the length maintained in the Business Configuration.
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Business Configuration work center.
- Select Implementation Projects view.
- Highlight the Implementation Project or Change Project and select Open Activity List button.
- Go to Fine Tune phase.
- Search and open fine tuning activity Number Range for Materials.
- Here, for example: you have maintained Begin: M00000001; End: M99999999.
- But while creating a Material, you can able to create material with IDs like M000000011, M00000001123, M00000001732727.
The below explanation is based on the above example number range.
You have defined an alphanumeric interval with the begin number as M00000001 and end number as M99999999.
For alphanumeric intervals, the check is a lexicographic check, meaning that the id is checked character by character from left to right. And in case one number has more characters than the other number, the missing characters (at the end) are considered as space characters.
So when checking whether Id M000000010 lies within interval M00000001 - M99999999, this looks as follows
Check of M000000010 against the boundary M00000001: -> lexicographic check on M00000001 against M00000001 When comparing them character by character from left to right, these "numbers" are identical till we get to the last character.
At the end we compare the character against character "1", and according to the ascii table the character has a smaller value than the character "1" (see also _URL_ Hence M00000001 is smaller than M00000001.
Check of M000000010 against boundary M99999999 shows that M000000010 is smaller than the end boundary.
Result of the lexicographic check: M00000001 < M000000010 < M99999999
Hence ID M000000010 lies within the defined interval and is a valid ID!
So in case of intervals which are not purely numeric, please take note of these peculiarities of the lexicographic check!
Due to the lexicographic check for this alphanumeric interval entering a product id with more characters than the you wants is possible, as long as the check determines that the ID is still within the defined range.
Regarding the number of characters used within his ID, the lexicographic check checks that the ID does not exceed the total length defined for this number range type. So, IDs for products (i.e. materials, entitlements, service and individual material) cannot be larger than 40 characters.
So the concept behind this is different to what has been identified as a issue.
In case, if you wants to have not more than 10 characters used as ID for his products, we would currently recommend that the user has to check at your end.
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Independent Knee
Hey Fellow Fighters,
I usually post articles in the Muay Thai section, but thought this area would be more fitting.
I posted an article about properly using the Independent Knee. Videos are located at the following link:
Independent Knee Article
One of my favorite knees to teach students is the Independent Knee (IK) and is the foundation I teach the other knees. An IK is a knee without the use of a clinch or leaping off the ground (AKA Flying Knee). I teach it one of several ways; grabbing the shoulder, the top of the head or nothing at all. Like most "advanced" techniques the IK should be set up with some other technique, i.e.; punch, kick, etc. The time that you may not have to set up the IK with another technique is if you're fighting someone that pushes their way forward with their head down, i.e.; an unskilled boxer turned Muay Thai Kickboxer.
Here's how to do the basic Independent Knee:
1. Punch or kick your opponent and when you see they have ducked or covered.
2. Reach out with your right hand and grab their right shoulder or top of their head.
3. Tuck your chin and have your left arm come across your face covering your right temple.
4. Push your knee out (not up - VERY IMPORTANT)
5. Lean your torso back
6. Pull the shoulder/head with you
7. Drive your knee with your hips
You can do this without grabbing anything. Just drive your knee out towards your opponent.
Some of the problems that I've seen with this technique are:
1. Not setting up the Independent Knee and just throwing it out there.
2. Not throwing it like you mean it - If you're going to use the IK, use it forcefully.
3. Not leaning far enough back to get the hips into the motion.
4. Not protecting your melon.
Here are two videos that use the Independent Knee. See if you can determine who uses the technique more effectively. Why is one technique better than the other? What did they do right? What did they do wrong? What could they do to improve their technique?
Buakaw vs. Kalakoda, K-1 Max Elimination, 05Apr06
Zambidis vs. Drago, K-1 World Max, 26Jun07
A blog to help reinforce the lessons I teach my students by seeing actual fighters using the same technique. Feel free to post constructive feedback.
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"The PAR or Philippine Area of Responsibility was plotted by PAGASA so that our National Weather Office would have an exact area to monitor for weather disturbances. Once a weather disturbance becomes to near the borders of the PAR or crosses it, it could become a national or provincial issue of safety.
Some weather disturbances affecting our neighboring countries may pass near our territory but they are not declared as a threat to the people since they are not within the PAR. The duration of storms, low pressure areas, and tropical depressions are also monitored by checking if they are still within the PAR or how close they are to crossing the outermost borders of the PAR.
You must remember that even if it is called Philippine Area of Responsibility, there are portions of that overlap with the areas of responsibility of other countries such as Japan, Malaysia, Palau, and Taiwan. There are also Philippine territories that are not included in the PAR and that is the southernmost parts of Tawi-Tawi."


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- give suggestions on how we can develop an inclusive NZSL community
The information shared is relevant for others who know and work with Deaf people with disabilities in education, in services, in the workplace or within your family.
The six topics are:
1. Being Deaf and Disabled
Describing experiences and feelings as Deaf people with additional disabilities.
2. Our Identity
Talking about identities and self-awareness insights
3. Different Worlds
Sharing experiences when navigating the Deaf world, hearing world and the disability world
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YouTuber Makes a Folding Bike and Now So Can You
The video shows steps by step instructions to making a folding bike that are surprisingly easy to follow.
They say that necessity is the mother of invention and such is the case for Laura Kampf, a YouTuber that found herself unable to travel on a train in Germany due to having her bike with her. Kampf did some further research and discovered that you can take a bike with you on a train if it is folded.
She then decided to make her own folding bike. How did this YouTuber make such a bike from a regular bike? With a lot of creativity and some heavy duty tools.
First, she used chain saws to cut the bike in two. Then, using parts of a bike chain, she connected two rectangular pieces of metals.
She used those two pieces to connect the two parts of the bike together in a way that they can actually fold. How ingenious! She even installed some locks to keep the bike perfectly in place when it is put on bike mode.
The end result is a folding bike that can be carried anywhere as a folded accessory. Watch the video to see this incredible transformation. Do you think you can make your own folded bike?
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Forestry Minister Michelle O'Neill has launched a new Tree Safety Management Practice Guide aimed at maintaining a safe environment for visitors to Forest Service woodland.
Publishing the document Minister O'Neill said: "Our forests are a vital community resource and recent research has indicated that there are approximately 4.7 million visits to Forest Service woodlands annually.
"We are publishing the Tree Safety Management Guide because we want to keep forest visitors informed about how they may be affected by our tree safety management activity. It is also a useful source of advice to other forest owners and managers with similar obligations."
The Minister added that tree safety management does not seek to eliminate risk but to reduce it to an acceptable level.
She said: "People enjoy trees in what they regard as 'natural' or 'unmanaged' places and will accept a degree of risk because of the value they bestow and the pleasure they derive from visiting or participating in leisure activities in our woodlands."


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What is the Practicum Administration System (PAS)?
The PAS is an online database which uses an algorithm to match students with interviews and practicums based on student selections from the available opportunities. Each student has a profile on the PAS. Students use the PAS to view descriptions of available practicums, make their interview selections, view finalized practicum assignments and submit their self-evaluation. Field instructors use the PAS to provide information about their practicum, view assigned student names, and submit evaluations.


bastard + -ize
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bastardize (third-person singular simple present bastardizes, present participle bastardizing, simple past and past participle bastardized)
 1. To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
 The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. — Blackstone.
 2. To reduce from a higher to a lower state; to debase.
 The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.
 3. To introduce debased elements into.
 4. To beget out of wedlock.


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Canada's Agricultural Hub – An Economic Impact Of Agriculture In Abbotsford
May 25, 2022
The Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce, under academic guidance of the University of the Fraser Valley and the University of British Columbia, with financial support from the City of Abbotsford and TD sponsors, presents its 2022 report "Canada's Agricultural Hub – An Economic Impact Analysis of Agriculture in Abbotsford."
Click HERE to read the report's one-pager summary (PDF)
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The report found that Abbotsford is one of the most intensely farmed areas in North America and has the highest farm sales per hectare of any other City in Canada, directly contributing to the economy, creating jobs, and food security in the province and country. Today, Abbotsford agriculture is responsible for $3.83. billion in economic activity, up from $1.8 billion in 2008. As one of the primary employment drivers for the region, agriculture accounts for over 16,000 full-time jobs, equating to 23% of all jobs in the city. Agriculture has been the driving force behind growth and a stable, expanded local economy.
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"This report highlights the significant economic impact the agricultural sector plays in Abbotsford's local economy while also highlighting the sector's broader value to our region, country and ongoing food security. The Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce supported Abbotsford farmers through the hardships of the past years – from the pandemic to the disastrous floods of 2021 – and will continue to be the voice emphasizing the critical importance of this sector."
– Abbotsford Chamber CEO Katerina Anastasiadis
"Dairy production and processing contribute greatly to the economic activity in Abbotsford, and Vitalus Nutrition is proud to be headquartered in this community. Abbotsford truly is the 'Hub" of agriculture in the Fraser Valley including agriculture support services and value-added businesses in the Fraser Valley."
– Phil Vanderpol, President & CEO, Vitalus Nutrition Inc.
"The Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce's Report, Canada's Agricultural Hub – An Economic Impact Analysis of Agriculture in Abbotsford, does a great job highlighting the incredible role agriculture plays in our community and across the country. Through the COVID pandemic, the City of Abbotsford fared better than other municipalities, due in large part to our agricultural community. Abbotsford has the most productive agriculture land in Canada on a per hectare basis and we are the number one agriculture producer approaching $1 billion in sales annually. Agriculture is truly the heart of our community."
– Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun


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Michigan Jewry During Depression and War
June 20 - September 23, 2012
The Great Depression and World War II had significant impact on every American during that era. American Jews had a unique experience. While many enjoyed success and popularity, they were also aware that anti-Semitism was an ever-present threat. The rise of Nazi Germany and the horrors of the Holocaust were further sources of stress.
Uneasy Years: Michigan Jewry During Depression and War explores the dilemmas and successes of Michigan Jews during the decades of the 1930s and 1940s. The exhibit's photographs explore how Jews, many of whom were recent immigrants or refugees, adjusted to American life, made it through the Great Depression, and participated in the American war effort.
A series of oral history interviews with members of the Kalamazoo Jewish community brings a local dimension to the exhibit. Artifacts reflecting local religious observances will also be on display.
This traveling exhibit was made possible with financial support from the Congregation Shaarey Zedek of East Lansing, Michigan State University Jewish Studies Program, Michigan State University Museum, the Michigan Humanities Council, the Ben Teitle Foundation, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and private donors.


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To generate a washout curve, set up the respirometry system as it is normally used (but without an animal) at the flow rate used for measurements. Make a recording of gas concentration, starting at equilibrium levels. After establishing a baseline, deflect concentration by rapidly exhaling into the incurrent flow upstream from the chamber (or quickly inject a bolus of some gas with different concentration than reference gas). Continue recording as gas concentration rapidly peaks, slowly declines, and eventually returns to equilibrium concentration. Save the data. In LabAnalyst, correct the baseline to zero, even for oxygen files (it will probably help to smooth the data also). Mark a block in the washout curve as it returns to equilibrium. Usually it is best to select from the middle of the washout curve. Then select the effective volume option. LabAnalyst will request the flow rate and compute effective volume.