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Contingent work, also sometimes known as casual work, is a neologism which describes a type of employment relationship between an employer and employee. There is no universally agreed consensus on what type of working arrangement constitutes contingent work, but it is generally considered to be work with at least one of the following characteristics:
Whether a person who does contingent work can be described as 'having a job' is debatable, but contingent work is usually not considered to be a career or part of a career. One of the features of contingent work is that it usually offers little or no opportunity for career development.
If a job is full time, permanent, and pays a regular salary or a fixed wage for regular hours, it is usually not considered to be contingent work.
Contingent work is not an entirely neutral term as commentators who use the phrase generally consider it to be a social problem.[citation needed] Employment agencies and classified advertising media are more likely to use the phrase casual work, particularly to attract students who wish to earn money during the summer vacation but who would not consider the work as part of a long-term career. All casual work is considered to be contingent work, but not all contingent work is casual. In particular, part time jobs, or jobs in organizations that have a high staff turnover, may be considered contingent work but may not be casual.[citation needed]
Industrial Revolution[edit]
The concept of what is now considered to be a job, where one attends work at fixed hours was rare until the Industrial Revolution. Before then, the predominant regular work was in agriculture. Textile workers would often work from home, buying raw cotton from a merchant, spinning it and weaving it into cloth at home, before selling it on.
In the 1770s, cotton mills started to appear in Lancashire, England, using Richard Arkwright's spinning jenny and powered by water wheels. Workers would often work in twelve hour shifts, six days a week. However, they would still often be paid on a piece work basis, and fines would be deducted from their pay for damage to machinery. Employers could hire and fire pretty much as they pleased, and if employees had any grievance about this, there was very little that they could do about it.
Trade Union movement[edit]
Individual workers were powerless to prevent exploitation by their employers. However, the realisation that all workers generally want the same things, and the benefits of collective bargaining, led to the formation of the first trade unions. As trade unions became larger, their sphere of influence increased, and started to involve political lobbying, resulting in much of the employment law that is now taken for granted.[citation needed]
20th century decline in manufacture[edit]
Manufacture has declined during the 20th century in the Western world. Many manufacturing organisations that employ large numbers of people have relocated their operations to developing nations. As a result, whenever they do hire staff in Europe or North America, they often need to be able to fire them quickly and keep costs as low as possible, to remain competitive. As a result, some employers may look for loopholes in employment law, or ways of engaging staff that allows them to circumvent union-negotiated employment law, creating what is now known as contingent work.[citation needed]
Contingent work in culture[edit]
Contingent work jobs are widely referred to as McJobs. This term was made popular by Douglas Coupland's novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, and stems from the notion that jobs in McDonalds and other fast food and retail businesses are frequently insecure, and that the hiring and firing is as fast as the food.
Critics of the concept[edit]
Critics[citation needed] say that it is unfair to tarnish all employment agencies with the brush of contingent work. Some say that temporary work patterns such as self-employment, consultancy and telecommuting can bring benefits of flexibility not just to employers but also employees, can improve work-life balance, and can make it easier for workers to manage family responsibilities. However, it is argued[citation needed] that such benefits are realized only in middle class jobs, whose entry barriers are too high for most workers with below-average earnings.
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How Robots Are Equipped with Smart 3D Sensors
Usually, the two methods we usually use are: one is installed on the frame, and the other is installed on the robot.
1. Mounted on the frame
First, smart 3D sensors can be mounted on the robot's frame. In a rack-mounted system, the sensor is in a fixed location separate from the robot. Sensors scan the work area to locate objects and send pose data to the robotic arm. Calibration is required to establish the relationship between the sensor coordinate system and the robot coordinate system (often referred to as "hand-to-eye" calibration) so that the robot can pick up objects identified in the 3D point cloud.
2.installed on the robotic arm
Let's take a look at the second method, which is to install intelligent 3D sensors on the robotic arm of the robot. In this configuration, sensors are mounted on the robot's end effector and guide the robot to perform real-time positioning and critical tasks such as seam tracking or assembly. While ensuring accuracy, the "hand-eye" system is highly flexible, can overcome the limitations of fixed work environments, and can inspect large targets with many occluded areas.

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Differences In Sarah Vowell's Shooting Dad
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Have you ever had a disagreement with someone about a difference of opinion? Sarah Vowell, in her book Shooting Dad, talks about how she has a very different viewpoint on guns. From a young age, she said that she does not like guns, while on the other hand, her father loves them. Vowell encounters obstacles with her father because of their differences but still learns to accept his passions, which proves how differences can be overcome.
Vowell and her father express their own opinions very vividly to each other, which sometimes causes problems. Though Vowell respected her father, she could not understand why the most important things to him were guns. She even mentions "All he ever cared about were guns. All I ever cared about was art"
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What are the real procedural costs of bariatric surgery? A systematic literature review of published cost analyses
Doble B., Wordsworth S., Rogers CA., Welbourne R., Byrne J., Blazeby JM.
This review aims to evaluate the current literature on the procedural costs of bariatric surgery for the treatment of severe obesity. Using a published framework for the conduct of micro-costing studies for surgical interventions, existing cost estimates from the literature are assessed for their accuracy, reliability and comprehensiveness based on their consideration of seven 'important' cost components. MEDLINE, PubMed, key journals and reference lists of included studies were searched up to January 2017. Eligible studies had to report per-case, total procedural costs for any type of bariatric surgery broken down into two or more individual cost components. A total of 998 citations were screened, of which 13 studies were included for analysis. Included studies were mainly conducted from a US hospital perspective, assessed either gastric bypass or adjustable gastric banding procedures and considered a range of different cost components. The mean total procedural costs for all included studies was US$14,389 (range, US$7423 to US$33,541). No study considered all of the recommended 'important' cost components and estimation methods were poorly reported. The accuracy, reliability and comprehensiveness of the existing cost estimates are, therefore, questionable. There is a need for a comparative cost analysis of the different approaches to bariatric surgery, with the most appropriate costing approach identified to be micro-costing methods. Such an analysis will not only be useful in estimating the relative cost-effectiveness of different surgeries but will also ensure appropriate reimbursement and budgeting by healthcare payers to ensure barriers to access this effective treatment by severely obese patients are minimised.

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Quota in Ozone
So far, we know that Ozone allows users to create volumes, buckets, and keys. A Volume usually contains several buckets, and each Bucket also contains a certain number of keys. Obviously, it should allow the user to define quotas (for example, how many buckets can be created under a Volume or how much space can be used by a Bucket), which is a common requirement for storage systems.
Currently supported
 1. Storage Space level quota
Administrators should be able to define how much storage space a Volume or Bucket can use. The following Settings for Storage space quota are currently supported：
a. By default, the quota for volume and bucket is not enabled.
b. When volume quota is enabled, the total quota of the buckets, cannot exceed the volume quota.
c. Bucket quota can be set separately without enabling Volume quota. The size of bucket quota is unrestricted at this point.
d. Volume quota is not currently supported separately, and volume quota takes effect only if bucket quota is set. Because ozone only check the usedBytes of the bucket when we write the key.
e. If the cluster is upgraded from old version less than 1.1.0, use of quota on older volumes and buckets(We can confirm by looking at the info for the volume or bucket, and if the quota value is -2 the volume or bucket is old) is not recommended. Since the old key is not counted to the bucket's usedBytes, the quota setting is inaccurate at this point.
f. If volume's quota is enabled then bucket's quota cannot be cleared.
 1. Namespace quota
Administrators should be able to define how many namespace a Volume or Bucket can use. The following settings for namespace quota are supported:
a. By default, the namespace quota for volume and bucket is not enabled (thus unlimited quota).
b. When volume namespace quota is enabled, the total number of buckets under the volume, cannot exceed the volume namespace quota.
c. When bucket namespace quota is enabled, the total number of keys under the bucket, cannot exceed the bucket namespace quota.
d. Linked buckets do not consume namespace quota.
e. If the cluster is upgraded from old version less than 1.1.0, use of quota on older volumes and buckets(We can confirm by looking at the info for the volume or bucket, and if the quota value is -2 then volume or bucket is old) is not recommended. Since the old key is not counted to the bucket's namespace quota, the quota setting is inaccurate at this point.
Client usage
Storage Space level quota
Storage space level quotas allow the use of units such as KB (k), MB (m), GB (g), TB (t), PB (p), etc. Represents how much storage Spaces will be used.
Volume Storage Space level quota
bin/ozone sh volume create --space-quota 5MB /volume1
This means setting the storage space of Volume1 to 5MB
bin/ozone sh volume setquota --space-quota 10GB /volume1
This behavior changes the quota of Volume1 to 10GB.
Bucket Storage Space level quota
bin/ozone sh bucket create --space-quota 5MB /volume1/bucket1
That means bucket1 allows us to use 5MB of storage.
bin/ozone sh bucket setquota --space-quota 10GB /volume1/bucket1
This behavior changes the quota for Bucket1 to 10GB
Total bucket quota should not be greater than its Volume quota. If we have a 10MB Volume, The sum of the sizes of all buckets under this volume cannot exceed 10MB, otherwise the bucket set quota fails.
Clear the quota for volume and bucket
bin/ozone sh volume clrquota --space-quota /volume1
bin/ozone sh bucket clrquota --space-quota /volume1/bucket1
Check quota and usedBytes for volume and bucket
bin/ozone sh volume info /volume1
bin/ozone sh bucket info /volume1/bucket1
We can get the quota value and usedBytes in the info of volume and bucket.
Namespace quota
Namespace quota is a number that represents how many unique names can be used. This number cannot be greater than LONG.MAX_VALUE in Java.
Volume Namespace quota
bin/ozone sh volume create --namespace-quota 100 /volume1
This means setting the namespace quota of Volume1 to 100.
bin/ozone sh volume setquota --namespace-quota 1000 /volume1
This behavior changes the namespace quota of Volume1 to 1000.
Bucket Namespace quota
bin/ozone sh bucket create --namespace-quota 100 /volume1/bucket1
That means bucket1 allows us to use 100 of namespace.
bin/ozone sh bucket setquota --namespace-quota 1000 /volume1/bucket1
This behavior changes the quota for Bucket1 to 1000.
Clear the quota for volume and bucket
bin/ozone sh volume clrquota --namespace-quota /volume1
bin/ozone sh bucket clrquota --namespace-quota /volume1/bucket1
Check quota and usedNamespace for volume and bucket
bin/ozone sh volume info /volume1
bin/ozone sh bucket info /volume1/bucket1
We can get the quota value and usedNamespace in the info of volume and bucket.
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Key points to know
- Stunting and yellowing are above-ground symptoms of SCN.
- Early senescence of fields is an indirect above-ground symptom of SCN.
- There can be serious yield loss due to SCN without any obvious above-ground symptoms.
- Root stunting, discoloration, and fewer nodules are below-ground symptoms of SCN.
- You can see SCN females with the naked eye.
1. Stunting and yellowing can be above-ground symptoms of SCN


- path - A string, starting with a "/", defining the URI that is expected to be called.
 - request_headers - Headers that are expected along with the request. This argument uses a hash format, such as { "Content-Type" => "application/xml" }. This mock will only trigger if your tests sends a request with identical headers.
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 _USER_ = { :id => 1, :name => "Matz" }.to_xml(:root => "person")
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 person = Person.find(1)
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Assessment by employers of newly graduated civil engineers from the Islamic University of Gaza
The evaluation process is very important to identify and recognize the strengths and the weaknesses of graduated students. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of the newly graduated civil engineers from the Islamic University of Gaza in Palestine. The methodology was based on questionnaires and informal interview. The population of this study consisted of 35 contractors and 7 Owners. The questionnaire was developed to evaluate the quality of the Islamic University civil engineers who have obtained their degrees in the past five years. The evaluation involved several aspects such as practical, social, ethical, technical writing, communication skills, and computer skills. The results indicate that most of the Islamic University civil engineers have some practical problems in construction sites. On the other hand, they have several strong characteristics such as computer skills, ability to develop themselves, and an understanding of ethical responsibilities. Some recommendations and suggestions are proposed to improve the performance of the graduate civil engineers in the practice.
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- What fortify means?
- How do you spell claim?
- Is Rawe a Scrabble word?
- What does a faint scent mean?
- Is JAWE a Scrabble word?
- Is Lawe a Scrabble word?
- How do you spell faint or feint?
- What does fortify yourself mean?
- What does it mean to fortify food?
- How do you fortify something?
- What color is faint?
- What is the meaning of feint?
- Is Faint a Scrabble word?
- How do you use feint in a sentence?
- Is Tawe a word?
What fortify means?
: to make strong: such as.
a : to strengthen and secure (a place, such as a town) by forts or batteries a city fortified by high walls.
b : to give physical strength, courage, or endurance to fortified by a hearty meal..
How do you spell claim?
Correct spelling for the English word "claim" is [klˈe͡ɪm], [klˈeɪm], [k_l_ˈeɪ_m] (IPA phonetic alphabet).
Is Rawe a Scrabble word?
RAWE is not a valid scrabble word.
What does a faint scent mean?
: not clearly seen, heard, tasted, felt, etc. We heard a faint noise. a faint smell/odor/aroma.
Is JAWE a Scrabble word?
JAWE is not a valid scrabble word.
Is Lawe a Scrabble word?
No, lawe is not in the scrabble dictionary.
How do you spell faint or feint?
Summary: Faint or Feint?As a verb and a noun, the word faint refers to a loss of consciousness. However, it can also be used as an adjective meaning "weak" or "dizzy."The verb and noun versions of feint both refer to a deceptive attack or movement. As such, this term is used when describing a fight or battle.
What does fortify yourself mean?
to make strong; impart strength or vigor to: to fortify oneself with a good breakfast.
What does it mean to fortify food?
A food that has extra nutrients added to it or has nutrients added that are not normally there. Examples are milk with vitamin D added and salt with iodine added.
How do you fortify something?
fortifyfortify something (against somebody/something) to make a place more able to resist attack, especially by building high walls. … fortify somebody/yourself (against somebody/something) to make somebody/yourself feel stronger, braver, etc. … to make a feeling or an attitude stronger.More items…
What color is faint?
The definition of faint is something without strength such as a very quiet sound or a very light color. An example of faint is a very pale yellow painted on a wall.
What is the meaning of feint?
: something feigned specifically : a mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really intends to attack The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook. feint. verb. feinted; feinting; feints.
Is Faint a Scrabble word?
FAINT is a valid scrabble word.
How do you use feint in a sentence?
Feint sentence examplesInvasion was but a feint, executed by an army too weak to do much harm. … Grant felt that this was a mere feint to screen some other move. … This game was not for the feint of heart. … This process is not for the feint of heart.More items…
Is Tawe a word?
No, tawe is not in the scrabble dictionary.


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Document Type : Original Paper
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Indasterial Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Department of Indasterial Engineering, Yazd, Iran
In recent years, the issue of energy consumption modeling techniques in the building sector has been widely considered by researchers and managers. Researches indicate that energy consumption in residential sector is one of the main parts of the total consumption. Moreover, the urban residence is supposed as a significant consumer of energy in every country and therefore a focus for energy consumption efforts. For over increasing building energy consumption there can be some causes including : climate change, increase in household electricity load, fast-growing household electrical appliances, huge energy consumption of the buildings, and the lack of strict government supervision. Recently the issue of assigning different prices to different time-periods of energy consumption has been taken into consideration for energy prices of consumers' bills. Therefore, in this paper a model for multi-prices and multi-periods single-type energy consumption in urban residential sector is presented; also an efficient heuristic method is provided for solving the mentioned model.


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The regeneration of a significant area of Hayle Harbour to a mixed use development will bring social, environmental and economic benefits to Hayle.
Greengage were involved in the Environmental Statement for a retail led, mixed use development at South Quay, Hayle Harbour, Cornwall. The team also developed a separate Environmental Statement (ES) for Hayle Footbridge, which will link South Quay to Penpol Terrace.
Through managing the Environment Impact Assessment process, Greengage helped to ensure that the proposed development accords with the sustainable development aims and objectives of both National and Local planning objectives. Specifically reducing the need to travel by car, addressing accessibility, promoting sustainable economic development and delivering a high quality safe environment which links to the surrounding townscape. The application site is adjacent a SSSI so ecological aspects were closely scrutinised by the team.
The work carried out by Greengage helped to promote the regeneration benefits of the scheme. A key one being the footbridge which will help to improve access and permeability for pedestrians and cyclists. The ES demonstrated that such improvements will promote trips between South Quay and Foundry centre and the shops at Penpol Terrace and improve the vitality and viability of the overall Hayle area.


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On families of categorial grammars of bounded value, their learnability and related complexity questions
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AbstractIn previous work, the learnability of several parameterized families of categorial grammar classes was studied. These classes were shown to be learnable in the technical sense of identifiability in the limit from positive data. They are defined in terms of bounds on parameters of the grammars which intuitively correspond to restrictions on linguistic aspects, such as the amount of lexical ambiguity. The time complexity of learning these classes has been studied. It was shown that, for most of these classes, selecting a grammar from the class that is consistent with given data is NP-hard. In this paper existing complexity results are sharpened by demonstrating W-hardness. Additionally, parameters are defined that allow FPT-results; roughly, this implies that if these parameters are fixed, these problems become tractable. We also define the new family Gk-sum-val , which is natural from the viewpoints of Parameterized Complexity, a flourishing area of Complexity Theory, and from Descriptional Complexity, a sub-area of Formal Language Theory. We prove its learnability, analyze its relation to other classes from the literature and prove a hierarchy theorem. This approach is then generalized to a parameterized family defined in terms of a bound on the descriptional complexity expressed as a Hölder norm. We show that both the hierarchy result and the property of finite elasticity (and thus learnability) are preserved under this generalization.


In line with the Queensland Government's COVID-19 restrictions, Queensland Museum (Brisbane), The Workshops Rail Museum (Ipswich) and Hendra Loans Facility is temporarily closed to the public and due to reopen 9.30am Monday 9 August. Learn more and view refund info.
Anzac Legacy Gallery
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How could an event on the other side of the world have had such a strong and lasting impact on us all?
The Anzac Legacy Gallery tells the fascinating story of the First World War in Queensland; the people and the things they held close – objects of war and warfare, and personal items belonging to those on the front line.
Nearly 58,000 Queenslanders enlisted, and more than ten times as many civilians supported their war efforts back home. As time has gone by, the ripples of the war have subsided, but the stories remain
Uncover the stories, objects and journeys that trace how the First World War changed the face of Queensland and continues to shape our lives, a century later.
Mephisto like you've never seen it before
In late 1917 the German Army produced 20 A7V Sturmpanzerwagen's which were deployed in combat the following year. Crewed with 18 men, the cumbersome war machines clambered into action in April 1918. The German tanks were engaged in actions at such places as Villers-Bretonneux, a small French village that was recaptured by Australian soldiers at the cost of 1,200 lives. The A7V's were involved in the first tank versus tank action.
Named Mephisto by its crew, this 30-tonne tank was part of an advance towards the French town of Amiens, resulting in the capture of VillersBretonneux and the temporary retreat of Allied forces. During the battle, Mephisto became stuck in a shell crater and was abandoned by its crew. It remained on the battlefield for months before troops of the 26th Battalion AIF, composed mainly of Queenslanders, regained lost ground and retrieved it, dragging the tank behind Australian lines under cover of darkness.
It was sent to Australia as a war trophy, arriving at Norman Wharf in June 1919 where it was towed by two Brisbane City Council steamrollers to the Queensland Museum, then located in Fortitude Valley. It remains the sole surviving A7V tank in the world.
Eventually Mephisto was shipped to Brisbane and preserved at Queensland Museum.
See inside Mephisto
Explore the hidden details of Mephisto. Take a virtual trip inside the tank or get up close and personal with inscriptions, a bird's eye view and bullet damage though interactive displays. Delve into the history and technology of the German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen Mephisto and explore the tank's combat history and understand how it operated.
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Monday January 28, 2013
Making a calendar – by hand
IRONICALLY enough, the printing of a calendar for the future begins with an ancient guidebook.
At the Royal Press, the printing of a traditional Peranakan calendar begins with the planning of calendar dates.
Tan Boon Kian, 52, the operations manager, leafs through a 160-year Chinese guidebook and locates the guide for the upcoming year. The making of this Peranakan calendar goes all the way to the very heart of the printing press.
Among the millions of lead blocks lining the walls, Foong Yoke Chan, 74, expertly selects a few blocks of different sizes and fonts. According to the guidebook, she composes them in a frame and deftly dabs printers' ink on the blocks. The entire thing goes into a proofing machine: she cranks a wheel, a cylinder turns and swallows the blocks whole, and a sheet of paper emerges with a clear imprint of the calendar.
After this copy is proofread and approved, the actual printing begins with the preparation of ink. Unlike offset printing, letterpress requires colours to be mixed and printed individually. The mixing of coloured inks is so precise that a colour guide and weighing scales are needed to obtain the exact hue required.
Adam Man Ful, 38, a Royal Press staff, then prints each colour separately in the Heidelberg platen press – a feat requiring a sharp eye and good instincts.
Next, the calendar goes to a stapling machine the size of a large desk. A worker operates this machine by foot, making a rhythmic "thunk" each time a staple is driven into paper. The final touches are done with a punching machine to make a hole in the calendar. An automatic eyeletter inserts a golden eyelet into the hole.
After countless hours of planning, composing, proofreading, mixing, printing, stapling, punching and eyeleting, 1,200 copies of this calendar are finally ready to be sold to the Baba Nyonya community for RM1.50 each. – By Hannah Khaw

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The Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR)'s National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) on Wednesday launched what it said was the country's first interactive online repository, IndAIR (Indian Air quality Studies Interactive Repository).
Dr Rakesh Kumar, Director of CSIR-NEERI said the aim of the project is to make air quality research available to everyone. NEERI has been working to develop a web repository of all the research that has been done on the subject in the country.
IndAIR has archived approximately 700 scanned documents from pre-Internet times (_PHONE_), 1,215 research articles, 170 reports and case studies, 100 cases and over 2,000 statutes to provide the history of air pollution research and legislation in the country. This includes all major legislation in the country dating back to 1905.
The endeavour will be the first comprehensive effort to inventorise surviving Indian research and analysis on air pollution, its causes and effects and present these studies in an easily accessible web format for the media, researchers and academics.
It took 22 people and 11 months to give shape to IndAIR. This included procuring archived material from various institutions across the country, looking into studies available outside the Internet domain, developing the website and interviewing experts across India to comprehend the scope of the history and the project. The endeavour received support from institutions such as the National Institute of Science, Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) and National Archives of India (NAI). Institutions such as The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) also partnered with NEERI for the project.
"Several documents related to the research on air pollution were not in the public domain. We have digitised them," Kumar said.
He further said there were examples when government agencies were able to regulate the emission of pollutants from industries. He cited an example of Chembur in Mumbai being critically polluted in the 1970s and 80s.
"After computer modelling, we arrived at estimates as to what was the likely amount of pollutants in the air due to emission from industries. We were able to set emission control limits for these industries, which later helped clean up the air," Kumar told The Indian Express.
He pointed out that previously, it was difficult to import anything and hence air quality instruments were fabricated and designed in the country. "Now we are getting sensors which are perhaps not tested and getting all kind of numbers related to air quality. We are creating a hotchpotch situation and need to be responsible when we are looking at numbers," Kumar said.
Referring to the current "emergency-like" situation due to severe air quality in Delhi, the NEERI director said it was an "episodic" situation.


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Dr Craig Newman, Mobile Health Tech Innovation Lead at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and Principal Clinical Psychologist at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, has been shortlisted in the 'Rising Star' category of the prestigious HSJ Awards 2016.
Craig has been recognised for his impressive achievements in the development of health apps which are of positive benefit to clinicians and patients worldwide.
He was instrumental in the development of ACEmobile - a free-to-use app to support the assessment of dementia, worldwide.
ACEmobile is the first of its kind; a mobile technology-based tool that supports the assessment of dementia. The tool provides support through the whole process, meaning more members of the clinical team can feel confident carrying out this type of assessment. Designed by clinicians for clinicians, ACEmobile also collects secure and anonymised data to allow the team to improve our understanding of dementia and our ability to detect it earlier.
ACEmobile guides the user through the gold-standard Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (ACE-III). The ACE-III is one of the most popular and commonly-used paper and pencil screening tools for dementia. The app removes the need for clinicians to learn the ACE-III manual and it also automatically calculates patients' scores and creates a report to go into their medical records.
Two years on from the launch of ACEmobile, Craig is now developing a new app resource based on it, called MiniACE. MiniACE takes the questionnaire aspect of ACEmobile and combines it with its score/data gathering and analysis system. As a result, MiniACE will become a useful tool for GPs and others in a primary care environment to assess their patients for dementia – resulting in even more people being diagnosed earlier.
Both ACEmobile and MiniACE are available free of charge to clinicians.
Craig has also developed an award-wining app in EpSMon (Epilepsy Self-Monitor). Launched last year in conjunction with epilepsy charity SUDEP Action, Cornwall Foundation NHS Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, EpSMon is a self-monitoring app aimed at people who experience seizures. It brings life-saving knowledge to the fingertips of people with epilepsy by allowing them to assess their risk every three months. It prompts them to see their doctor when their risks increase and suggests simple ways they can lower their risks.
It does this by asking the questions that formed part of the axed GP monitoring service, including information about an individual's last doctor's appointment and whether they have any other illnesses or conditions. The app analyses the answers and creates advice ranging from 'all clear, no further action required' to 'make an appointment with your doctor now.' The app analysis can be used by a GP to decide the best treatment regime for their patient going forward.
In essence it can be used by those with epilepsy in a similar way to which a patient with hypertension might use a domestic blood pressure device to monitor their condition.
Craig has a wide range of apps under development, in areas including; epilepsy in children, Parkinson's disease, headache management and chronic pain.Craig said:
"It is a great honour to be shortlisted for this award, and my thanks go to those who have nominated me and supported me in my work. In an environment where health professionals are under intense scrutiny and pressure to diagnose accurately, health apps are becoming valuable and essential tools. Accurate diagnoses are not just good news for patients – they are also vital in ensuring that health service research resources are deployed appropriately."Professor Robert Sneyd, Dean of Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, commented:
"We are extraordinarily proud of Craig's achievements and we are delighted that he has been shortlisted for such a prestigious award – it is greatly deserved. As an organisation training and developing the health professionals of tomorrow it is entirely appropriate that a member of our team has been recognised for his work in developing what is undoubtedly the technology at the centre of innovations in diagnosis and self-care."Dr Phil Hughes, Medical Director of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, added:
"This is a fantastic achievement for Craig and is real recognition of the innovative work benefiting both clinicians and patients. We really wish Craig all the best at the awards."Jane Hanna, Chief Executive for SUDEP Action, said:
"We are really excited to see Craig's contribution towards EpSMon being recognised in this way by such a prestigious nomination. We would like to congratulate Craig and wish him the very best at the awards ceremony."


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Department of Psychiatric Nursing
The Department of Psychiatric Nursing of the School of Nursing and Midwifery started its activities with four academic staff members in 1986. The department teaches students at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels. Numerous students have graduated with degrees at these three levels.
Highly qualified academic staff together with the theoretical teaching of courses, access to hospitals and psychiatric wards has established a suitable atmosphere for the clinical education of students.
All the academic staff members of the Department of Psychiatric Nursing are active in theoretical and clinical teaching and teach at the three levels. They transfer their valuable scientific experiences to the students.
The academic staff members of the Department of Psychiatric Nursing are also in charge of teaching international students.
A summary of courses offered at the Department of Psychiatric Nursing
- Individual and Social Psychology
- Psychology in Midwifery
- Diseases and nursing in mental disorders 1
- Diseases and nursing in mental disorders 2
- Ethics in Nursing
- Individual therapy
- Family Therapy
- Group therapy
- Psychiatry and psychiatric nursing in children and adolescents
- Curriculum design and planning
- Teaching education
- Nursing Seminar
- Psychological problems of the elderly
- Psychological problems in nursing
- Challenges in Nursing
- New teaching methods
- Research methods at the doctoral level
Research areas of the members of the Department of Psychiatric Nursing
- Life Skills
- Addiction and drug abuse
- Mental health
- Reproductive health
- Complementary medicine


text: AbstractBiocemented shale soils are composite materials, and their micromechanical properties are difficult to measure using common macromechanical tests. In this work, nanoindentation tests were conducted to study the effects of microstructures, crystal types of calcium carbonate, and locations of test points on the micromechanical properties of biocemented shale soils. The transformation process of crystal types of calcium carbonate during biogrouting was revealed using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction imaging techniques. The results showed that a significant amount of voids within the cementing body were generated due to the death of bacillus pasteurii. Vaterite and calcite were both detected in the same sample, where the vaterite gradually changed into calcite during the biogrouting process. The nanoindentation tests were carried out in locations with different surrounding conditions, and the micromechanical properties of biocemented soils were obtained through analysis of the load-displacement curves. The relationships between fracture toughness, elastic modulus, and hardness were found to be linear based on our test results. The established empirical relationships help understand the correlations between micromechanical properties and also provide a useful method for the characterization of fracture toughness of biocemented shale soils.


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Bedrock Linux: Run Multiple Linux Distributions On A Single System
The Ultimate Guide to Install and Use Bedrock Linux.
By sk
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Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution that allows users to mix and match components from other distributions, including incompatible ones. This means that you can have the stability of Debian's coreutils, the cutting-edge kernel from Arch Linux, and the init system of Void Linux, all on the same system. In this tutorial, we will explain what is Bedrock Linux, its features, how to install and use Bedrock Linux to run multiple Linux distributions on a single system.
1. What is Bedrock Linux?
Bedrock Linux is a unique and advanced Linux distribution that allows you to combine components from various other Linux distributions into a single, cohesive system.
Bedrock Linux is not a standalone distribution with its own package manager but rather a meta-distribution that lets you use packages, libraries, and other software from different Linux distributions simultaneously.
This can be useful for users who want to leverage the strengths of multiple distributions in one environment.
2. Key Features
 1. Mix and Match Distributions: Bedrock Linux allows you to use packages and components from multiple Linux distributions simultaneously. You can have software from Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and more all running within a single Bedrock Linux installation.
 2. Integration: Bedrock provides mechanisms for software components to work together, even if they come from different distributions. For example, you can have libraries from one distribution and applications from another coexist seamlessly.
 3. Strata: Bedrock organizes the different components of your system into units called "strata," with each stratum corresponding to a different Linux distribution. You can add or remove strata as needed.
 4. Package Management: You can use the package manager of each individual stratum (e.g., pacman for Arch Linux, apt for Debian/Ubuntu) to manage software within that stratum.
Warning: Please note that Bedrock Linux is not as user-friendly or straightforward as typical Linux distributions and is best suited for users with advanced Linux knowledge.
Mixing components from different distributions can lead to compatibility issues, and troubleshooting can be challenging. Additionally, because Bedrock Linux is a relatively niche project, community support may be limited compared to more mainstream distributions.
Before attempting to use Bedrock Linux, it's advisable to read the following steps or the Bedrock official documentation thoroughly and consider your specific use case to determine if it's the right solution for you.
3. Prerequisites
1. Install a Base Linux System
As stated already, Bedrock Linux isn't a standalone Linux system. It is a meta Linux distribution. Meaning - it should be installed on the top of an existing Linux distribution.
To use Bedrock Linux, you first need to install a base distribution. The base system can be any Linux distribution that Bedrock supports, such as Debian, Arch Linux, or Gentoo.
Once you have a base distribution installed, you can use the Bedrock hijack installer to convert it into Bedrock.
For the purpose of this guide, I will be using Debian 12 as my base system.
2. Backup Your Data
This is really really important. You must backup all the important data before attempting to install Bedrock Linux. We already have published many Backup applications in this blog. Check our Backup Tools archive and pick any suitable backup application of your choice.
3. Bedrock Linux is only for Advanced Users
It is important to note that Bedrock Linux is not for everyone. Once it is installed, it will replace your existing install. It is irreversible. If you're a beginner, stay away from Bedrock Linux.
4. Install Bedrock Linux
Before installing Bedrock Linux, check the Bedrock Linux compatibility page to verify that your base Linux distribution is supported.
If your Linux distribution supports, download the latest Bedrock Linux 0.7 Poki installer script corresponding to your CPU architecture from the official Bedrock Linux download page.
$ wget _URL_
Run Bedrock Linux installer with --hijack flag as root user or with sudo privilege like below:
$ sudo sh bedrock-linux-0.7.29-x86_64.sh --hijack
Type "Not reversible!" in the prompt without quotes and hit ENTER key to continue.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* *
* Continuing will: *
* - Move the existing install to a temporary location *
* - Install Bedrock Linux on the root of the filesystem *
* - Add the previous install as a new Bedrock Linux stratum *
* *
* YOU ARE ABOUT TO REPLACE YOUR EXISTING LINUX INSTALL WITH A *
* BEDROCK LINUX INSTALL! THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE REVERSIBLE! *
* *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Please type "Not reversible!" without quotes at the prompt to continue:
> Not reversible!
Install Bedrock Linux
Install Bedrock Linux
The Bedrock installer script will do the following:
 - Move your existing installation to a temporary location,
 - Install Bedrock Linux on the root of the filesystem,
 - and then add your previous installation as a new Bedrock Linux stratum.
The installation will only take a few moments to complete.
[...]
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\ \_________\ \____________\ \___
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 \___/\__/\__/ \_\ \___/\__/\_\_\
 Bedrock Linux 0.7.29 Poki
[1/6 ( 16%)] Performing sanity checks
[2/6 ( 33%)] Gathering information
* Using debian for initial stratum
* Using debian:/sbin/init as default init selection
* Using apt as pmm user interface
* Using en_IN UTF-8 for locale.gen language
* Using en_IN for $LANG
* Using Asia/Kolkata for timezone
[3/6 ( 50%)] Hijacking init system
[4/6 ( 66%)] Extracting /bedrock
[5/6 ( 83%)] Configuring
* Configuring bedrock stratum
* Configuring debian stratum
* Configuring bedrock.conf
* Configuring /etc/fstab
[6/6 (100%)] Finalizing
* Reboot to complete installation
* After reboot consider trying the Bedrock Linux basics tutorial command: brl tutorial basics
Bedrock Linux Installation is Completed
Bedrock Linux Installation is Completed
Reboot your system to complete the Bedrock installation:
$ sudo reboot
During boot process, you will see a new init selection menu. You will be prompted to choose the init number to use for this session. By default, it will automatically choose the init number of your base OS and continue booting the system. In my case, the base OS is Debian, which has an init number of 1.
Booting Bedrock Linux
Booting Bedrock Linux
If you have added multiple Strata, the init selection will display all the available entries as shown in the screenshot below.
Bedrock Init Selection Menu
Bedrock Init Selection Menu
We will explain about Stratum and Strata in detail in the subsequent sections.
Congratulations! We have successfully installed Bedrock Linux in Debian 12.
5. How to Use Bedrock Linux
Before getting started with Bedrock Linux, you need to understand two terminologies namely "strata" and "stratum".
In Bedrock Linux, "strata" and "stratum" are key concepts that refer to layers or components of the operating system. These terms are used to describe how Bedrock Linux allows you to combine and manage components from multiple Linux distributions within a single system.
5.1. What is Stratum in Bedrock Linux?
A Stratum in Bedrock Linux is an individual layer or component of the operating system. Each stratum represents a separate Linux distribution.
For example, you can have one stratum that includes software from Arch Linux, another from Debian, and another from Ubuntu. Each stratum has its own package manager and software repositories.
Bedrock Linux enables these strata to coexist on the same system, allowing you to use software from different distributions simultaneously.
5.2. What is Strata in Bedrock Linux?
The term "strata" is the plural form of "stratum." When you have multiple layers or components (i.e., different Linux distributions) integrated into your Bedrock Linux system, you refer to them collectively as "strata."
The ability to use multiple strata is a key feature of Bedrock Linux, as it enables users to leverage the strengths and software ecosystems of various distributions within a single environment.
In summary, a "stratum" is an individual component or layer representing a specific Linux distribution, while "strata" refers to the collection of these components from various distributions within your Bedrock Linux installation.
Bedrock Linux provides tools and mechanisms for managing and integrating these strata, allowing for a unique and flexible Linux experience that combines the best of multiple distributions.
5.3. The brl Command
Bedrock Linux provides a command-line tool called brl for system management and introspection. The brl command can be used to list, import, add, rename


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The Canadian Genetic Heart Rhythm Network: Innovative Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death using Novel Clinical and Population Approaches
The goal of the Canadian Genetic Heart Rhythm (CGHR) Network is to harness the expertise available across Canada to develop a strategy that will prevent deaths from Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). It is a unique opportunity to connect patients and their family members, health policy decision-makers, collaborators from medical industry, and health care providers to work together to help reverse the tide of the ravaging effects of SCD.
The overall goal of the program is to engage those known to be at risk, identify new patients that are at risk, understand their values and preferences, and develop detection and prevention strategies.
Phase one of the project, is detection of at-risk individuals with unrecognized inherited channelopathies, hypertrophic and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in the community through an active program to screen and identify disease in family members with these disorders. Individuals who test positive will undergo a standardized assessment that includes novel risk marker analysis coupled with lifestyle and medical/surgical intervention assesment. With consent, email-delivered patient questionnaires will be used to expand family pedigrees and obtain disease-related data for risk factor analysis. Phase two of the project will include monitoring of high risk individuals identified in phase one using an implanted cardiac monitor to identify asymptomatic non-sustained arrhythmias or symptom-related rhythms.
IMPACT: The impact of sudden cardiac death is second only to all cancers in terms of life-years lost. Among the causes of SCD, cardiac channelopathies and hereditary cardiomyopathies are the predominant causes of SCD in young adults and children, and this contributes disproportionately to life-years lost. Although these conditions are individually rare or uncommon, when taken together it is estimated that 1 in 300 individuals are at risk.
Dr. Andrew Krahn
University of British Columbia
Dr. Robert Hamilton
University of Toronto


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2. Select a Zambian child or we will find a child for you. There would be no direct contact or letters exchanged but you would receive a yearly report from their teacher
3. Match up a child with a Zambian child of approximately 2 years older who is extremely poor yet is showing great potential academically. Aims and interests can be
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If your little ones are obsessed with singing "Let It Go" or in love with that special little snowman then these Frozen crafts for preschoolers are just what they need! They can make their own Olaf, Anna and Elsa to play with or they can make something to decorate their room!
Fun Frozen Crafts
Your child will be entertained for hours with these Frozen crafts! Watch their imagination come to life as they work to create their favorite Frozen characters! We had no chill when putting together these 15 Frozen crafts for your preschooler!
The possibilities of these Frozen crafts are endless…
- Decorate the Christmas tree with Elsa and Olaf ornaments!
- Watch (and sing along to) Frozen as you wave your newly created Elsa wand around!
- Act out your own sequel to the movie once you have made your very own Frozen puppets!
- Add some decor to your bedroom with Frozen snow globes!
- Save your spot when reading about Elsa and Anna's adventures with your homemade Frozen bookmarks!
These are just a few of the many Frozen crafts that are in store for you and your family! You and your littles are guaranteed to have a great time together no matter which Frozen activities you make! Most of these crafts are very easy to put together and you probably already have most of the supplies on hand!
Supplies Needed to Create the Frozen Crafts
Each Frozen craft has specific items you will need, but here is a list of common supplies most of the crafts use! Be sure to grab these items and let the Frozen fun begin!
Make Your Own Frozen Crafts
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New functionality of psikit #Chemoinformatics #RDKit #Psi4
Happy new year! 'Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu' in Japanese!
I and @kzfm_ -san are developing a library which uses a rdkit & psi4 named psikit. You can find brief introduction the concept following URL.
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Today I added new function that can calculate RESP charge of give molecule. RESP charge means 'Restraints for Deriving
Atomic Charges'. Details can read from this link.
OK, I would like to show how to call new function. It is easy to use but it needs long time for large molecule. I used acetic acid as example. To calculate RESP Charge, user need to run optimization.
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# This code came from RESP branch, not master branch.
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from psikit import Psikit
smi = 'CC(=O)O'
# load smiles and perform optimzation
pk = Psikit()
pk.read_from_smiles(smi)
%time pk.optimize()
>Optimizer: Optimization complete!
>CPU times: user 21.6 s, sys: 920 ms, total: 22.5 s
>Wall time: 6.23 s
>-227.82082530474275
Now I can get HOMO, LUMO and RESP Charge. RESP charges are set as atomic properties of pk.mol object. Let's check before calculation and after calculation.
# Get Atoms from pk.mol object and check atom properties
atoms = pk.mol.GetAtoms()
print(list(atoms[0].GetPropNames()))
> []
# run the calculation
charges = pk.resp_charge
atoms = pk.mol.GetAtoms()
print(list(atoms[0].GetPropNames()))
> ['EP_C', 'RESP_C'] # EP_C means electro static potential, RESP_C means RESP charge.
Finally draw molecule with RESP charges.
from rdkit.Chem.Draw import MolDrawOptions
from rdkit.Chem.Draw import rdMolDraw2D
from IPython.display import SVG
view = rdMolDraw2D.MolDraw2DSVG(600,800)
op = view.drawOptions()
for idx, atom in enumerate(pk.mol.GetAtoms()):
 num = float(atom.GetProp('RESP_C'))
 op.atomLabels[idx] = "{}({:,.2f})".format(atom.GetSymbol(), num)
AllChem.Compute2DCoords(pk.mol)
view.DrawMolecule(pk.mol)
view.FinishDrawing()
svg = view.GetDrawingText().replace('svg:', '')
SVG(svg)
acetic acid with RESP charge 6-31G** basis
The results indicates Oxygen atom has the most negative charge and alpha carbon shows more negative than carbonyl carbon.
The library is now under development. We would like to release the package near the feature.
All code of the post can get from the URL below.
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User's Guide - HTML Calendar Maker Pro
User's Guide
Table of Contents
 Introduction
 Overview
 Why it was created
 Shareware vs. Registered Versions
 Features
 Overview
 Color Schemes
 Languages
 More Information
 How to Print
 Using HTML Within the Program
 Settings are Saved Elsewhere
 Anatomy of a .CAL File
 Advanced .CAL File Settings
 More Than One Calendar on a Page
 Purchasing
 How Registration Codes Work
 Where to Order
 License Agreement

Introduction
Overview
HTML Calendar Maker Pro is a program for Windows 95 through Windows 10 that creates monthly web page calendars with a small amount of time and effort required. With this program, one doesn't need to know the intricacies of web page design and programming to announce upcoming events on a web page.
Not only does this program help to display events online, it allows colors to be changed for each part of the calendar and inserts the web page code needed to include images and links to other web pages or sites. Fonts for both titles and events (as a whole) can be changed to add a personal touch. Headers and footers, if you know HTML, can be added to each calendar as well.
Why it was Created
This program was originally created to automate the steps involved in making a simple web page calendar for a school web site. It saved hours of designing by hand in a web page editor and typing lines of web page code. It helped to eliminate the chance of error and discontinuity between pages by reusing tried-and-true code for every calendar it made. After this benefit was realized, the program was released to the online public and has helped corporations, individuals, schools, and government agencies post their events on their Internet and Intranet sites with greater ease.
Shareware vs. Registered Versions
Shareware version Registered Version
Ten calendars can be created, the user is asked to consider registering when the program is started, and the footer contains information in order to register.
Download it here.
No limit of calendars exists and the user is not asked to register. The footer is cleared for use. Future versions are free.
Registration code: order online with credit card. (More Information)
There are two different "versions" of the program, but there is only one, the shareware version, of HTML Calendar Maker Pro available for download. It is allowed to make ten calendars before the user is asked to register to continue using the program. To register, you must order a registration code either online or by mail. Please refer to "Purchasing, How Registration Codes Work" for more information on registration codes. Once registered, the program changes itself to function as a registered version, allowing an infinite number of calendars to be created. The user is not asked to register if the program is proving to be useful, and the footer no longer contains instructions on how to register. We do ask, however, that a registration code be purchased for each person in a group who will be using the program. Details can be found in the license agreement.
For registered users, future versions of the program are free. Just download newer versions as they are released and install them– no re-registering is required. Why pay for something again after you've already purchased it once?
Features
Overview
The Calendar Window
The Calendar Window
HTML Calendar Maker Pro consists of a main window with 28 to 31 text boxes in the format of a traditional monthly calendar. Events (entered by the user) from these boxes will be placed into corresponding boxes when a web page calendar is created.
At the top of this window, a menu containing familiar Windows features like File and Edit actions can be found. A new menu item, however, is the Insert menu. Additional menus to the right let you change the calendar to a different month and year easily.

The Insert Menu Items
The Insert Menu Items
Within the Insert Menu, bullets (separators), images, and links can be inserted into any event box. Images and links are shown in web page code within the events in which they were inserted.

The Options Window
The Options Window
Color Schemes
HTML Calendar Maker Pro contains fifteen standard color schemes, or combinations of colors. Each color scheme is a different theme that instantly changes all seven parts of the calendar. This allows different "flavors" of calendars to be created to match the styles of different web sites and seasons throughout the year.

Included Color Schemes
Beach Evergreen Sea Green
Black & White Gray Simple
Blue Parchment Slate
Default Purple Wheat
Desert Rose White & Black
70 additional color schemes are available.Read about the Color Scheme Add-On Pack here.

Languages
HTML Calendar Maker Pro knows the full and abbreviated names of the days and months in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The language the program uses when generating a web page calendar can be changed in the Options menu:

The Days of the Week Tab in the Options Window
The Days of the Week Tab in the Options Window
The [ Windows Default ] button, as shown above, will decide which language to use according to your computer's preferred language settings ("Regional Settings" in the Windows Control Panel). Even if your version of windows is in a language that isn't listed, the program can use it anyway. It simply asks Windows for the names of days and months in your local language.

Full Days and Months
English French German Italian Portuguese Spanish
Sunday dimanche Sonntag domencia domingo domingo
Monday lundi Montag lunedi segunda-feira lunes
Tuesday mardi Dienstag martedi terça-feira martes
Wednesday mercredi Mittwoch mercoledi quarta-feira miércoles
Thursday jeudi Donnerstag giovedi quinta-feira jueves
Friday vendredi Freitag venerdi sexta-feira viernes
Saturday samedi Samstag sabato sábado sábado
Abbreviated Days and Months
English French German Italian Portuguese Spanish
Sun. dim. So. dom. dom. dom.
Mon. lun. Mo. lun. seg. lun.
Tues. mar. Di. mar. ter. mar.
Wed. mer. Mi. mer. qua. mié.
Thurs. jeu. Do. gio. qui. jue.
Fri. ven. Fr. ven. sex. vie.
Sat. sam. Sa. sab. sáb. sáb.

New Calendar Window
New Calendar Window
 For additional localization, when you create a new calendar (by clicking on the File menu and choosing "New…"), you can even change the starting day of the week.
More Information
How to Print
The program itself does not have the ability to print. Internet browsers, like Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator can print web page calendars created by HTML Calendar Maker Pro with excellent results.To print a calendar:
 1. Run HTML Calendar Maker Pro
 2. Open or create a new calendar
 3. Save it as a web page calendar
 4. Run Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator
 5. Choose "Print…" from the File menu
Using HTML Within the Program
When a web page is generated, the program takes the text within each day and inserts it within code used to make a calendar. That text can also include HTML code, which HTML Calendar Maker Pro will allow to be placed in the web page calendar. When links or images are inserted, the program simply turns them into HTML code and displays the code alongside the text within the calendar.

An Event Containing HTML Code and Text In HTML Calendar Maker Pro
An Event Containing HTML Code and Text In HTML Calendar Maker Pro

An Event Containing HTML Code and Text In a Web Browser
An Event Containing HTML Code and Text In a Web Browser

To make text bold, for example, the "tag" <b> is placed immediately before the words you wish to make bold. To turn it off, type </b>. Both tags are required. To use italics, use the <i> and </i> tags and to underline, use <u> and </u>.For more information on HTML and HTML tags, see our Help With HTML page.
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Many Settings are Saved With the Calendar
When a calendar file is saved, the information retained include the events within the current visible month as well as headers and footers. Saving a calendar file does not save colors or alignments. These settings, contained within the Options window, are stored in the Windows Registry, a centralized location for storing the attributes of most programs, when the program is closed. These settings will return when HTML Calendar Maker Pro is run again.
Anatomy of a .CAL File
.CAL files, the files HTML Calendar Maker Pro uses to save and recall calendars, are simply text files that are set up a special way so the program can understand them. They can be opened, viewed, and modified in a text editor like Notepad, which usually comes pre-installed with Windows.
To make a .CAL file yourself, follow this format, being sure to include the first line ("Subject","Start Date") in every file and keeping only one event and date on each line:

"Subject","Start Date"
"New Year's Day","01/01/2007"
"Product development meeting","03/03/2007"
"Vacation","04/10/2007"
"Vacation","04/11/2007"
When the .CAL file is opened from inside the program, it will ask which month you wish to open if the file includes events for more than one month. When a month is opened, the events are placed into the corresponding monthly calendar and a web page calendar can then be created by clicking the "Save As Web Page Calendar…" button.
Advanced .CAL File Settings
To insert linefeeds (typically made by


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Department of Integrative Studies
Divine Mercy University's (DMU) Department of Integrative Studies (DIS) promotes creative reflection, conferences, and publications that develop an integrated theoretical understanding of the human person, family, and society. It seeks to apply this vision of the person to research, formation, and practice in the fields of psychology, counseling, and mental health. From within the context of a multidisciplinary dialogue with contemporary scholarship, its projects seek to renew the Christian intellectual tradition and remain faithful to the rich teaching of the Catholic Church.
The Department of Integrative Studies' faculty is comprised of philosophers, theologians, psychologists, psychotherapists, and counselors.


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Most Tumski description and photos - Poland: Wroclaw. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Most Tumski.
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Tumski Bridge is a steel bridge over the Oder River in Wroclaw. The bridge was built in 1889 and replaced the old wooden bridge. In the past, the bridge was open to car traffic, but now it is a pedestrian bridge. Tumski Bridge is also called the Bridge of Lovers, as newlyweds often hang locks here, symbolizing their strong feelings, and the keys are thrown from the bridge into the river.
The first wooden bridge was built on this site in the 12th century and functioned until the middle 19th century, after which it was replaced by a modern steel bridge by the architect Alfred von Scholz. The two-span bridge is almost 53 meters long and 6.8 meters wide. The grand opening of the Tumski Bridge took place in the presence of the city authorities and Mayor Ferdinand Friedensburg.
In 1893, sculptures by Gustav Grunenberg appeared on the bridge: St. John the Baptist and St. Jadwiga. The bridge was lit by gas lanterns that can be seen today. In 1945, the first major overhaul of the bridge was carried out, required after the siege of the Breslau fortress.
In October 1976, the Tumskiy Bridge was included in the Register of Historical Monuments. Currently, Tumskiy Bridge is not only a tourist attraction, but also a favorite place for urban youth.
We also recommend reading Basilique de Saint-Denis description and photos - France: Paris
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Course INST 482: Issues in Education
There has always been a gap in adapting language between deaf and hearing students, because of the advantage that hearing students have over deaf ones, namely, the ability to hear sounds in words. If children have never heard sounds, then how are they to adapt to a spoken language that consists of phonemes and phonographs? How do deaf and hearing-impaired students experience primarily sound-based language development? To find out, I surveyed sign language interpreters, parents of hearing and deaf children, and deaf and hearing children. Overall, there is no adaptation to a sound-based language per se. Deaf and hearing-impaired children mainly adapt to a gesture-oriented overview of language that does not mirror the grammar of spoken English.
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In this paper, we propose a new architecture-level parameterized transient thermal behavioral modeling algorithm for emerging thermal related design and optimization problems for high-performance chip-multiprocessor (CMP) design. We propose a new approach, called ParThermPOF, to build the parameterized thermal performance models from the given architecture thermal and power information. The new method can include a number of parameters such as the locations of thermal sensors in a heat sink, different components (heat sink, heat spread, core, cache, etc.), thermal conductivity of heat sink materials, etc. The method consists of two steps: first, response surface method based on low-order polynomials is applied to build the parameterized models at each time point for all the given sampling nodes in the parameter space. Second, an improved generalized pencil-of-function (GPOF) method is employed to build the transfer-function based behavioral models for each time-varying coefficient of the polynomials generated in the first step. Experimental results on a practical quad-core microprocessor show that the generated parameterized thermal model matchs the given data very well. ParThermPOF is very suitable for design space exploration and optimization where both time and system parameters need to be considered.


Classifying and Detecting Plan-Based Misconceptions for Robust Plan Recognition
Randall J. Calistri-Yeh
My Ph.D. dissertation (Calistri 1990) extends traditional methods of plan recognition to handle situations in which agents have flawed plans. This extension involves solving two problems: determining what sorts of mistakes people make when they reason about plans and figuring out how to recognize these mistakes when they occur. I have developed a complete classification of plan-based misconceptions, which categorizes all ways that a plan can fail, and I have developed a probabilistic interpretation of these misconceptions that can be used in principle to guide a best-first search algorithm. I have also developed a program called Pathfinder that embodies a practical implementation of this theory. Pathfinder is a probability-based plan-recognition.
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Convergence results for solutions of a first-order differential equation
Abstract
We consider the first order differential problem: (Pn) { u′(t) = fn(t, u(t)), for almost every t ∈ [0, 1], u(0) = 0. Under certain conditions on the functions fn, the problem (Pn) admits a unique solution un ∈W 1,1([0, 1], E). In this paper, we propose to study the limit behavior of sequences (un)n∈N and (u ′ n)n∈N, when the sequence (fn)n∈N is subject to different growing conditions.
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@inproceedings{Florescu2012ConvergenceRF, title={Convergence results for solutions of a first-order differential equation}, author={Liviu C. Florescu}, year={2012} }


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Mining the GEO database for perturbation data sets
Suitable for small one off analyses of less than 10 GSE.
Suitable for large and repeated analyses including many GSEs.
See and contribute to the source code.
What is GEOracle?
GEOracle is a R Shiny app that greatly speeds up the identification and processing of large numbers of perturbation microarray gene expression data sets from GEO. It uses text mining of the GEO metadata along with machine learning techniques to automatically:
- Identify perturbation GSEs
- Cluster GSM samples
- Label clusters as control or perturbation
- Pair each perturbation cluster with it's control.
- Identify the molecule that is being perturbed and the direction of perturbation.
It provides this information via an interactive interface that allows the user to verify and change the details of the perturbation experiments. The work flow is described below.
- Make sure you have an up to date version of R (3.3+) and the Shiny package installed.
- Download GEOracle and then unzip it somewhere permanent
- Open server.R or ui.R in RStudio
- Click 'Run App' in the top right corner of the screen
GEOracle will then attempt to install all neccessary packages and download the full database of metadata from GEO (~5GB of space required). Once complete GEOracle will open as a Shiny app in a web browser or as a new R studio window. The user can then upload a list of GSE IDs and begin the analysis.
GEOracle analysis steps
- The user uploads a list of GSE IDs (simple.txt file, one GSE ID per line)
- The metadata for each GSE will then be analysed and clustering / labelling / matching will occur.
- The user decides whether to use the default filters for which GSEs to process, or manually set desired filters, then click "COMPUTE".
- GEOracle will now try to detect the names of the perturbed molecules and direction of perturbation for each GSE that passes filtering.
- Once the GSE IDs appear in the "Processed GSEs" table, the user clicks them one by one to modify / verify / remove the comparisons.
- Once the user is happy with the details of every GSE, they click "NEXT STEP" and enter a desired output directory.
GEOracle will then automatically perform differential expression using the limma method as implemented in NCBI's GEO2R. As well as differential expression results GEOracle will output a list of edges that can be used to instantly build a causal gene regulatory network based on the set of input perturbation experiments. This edge list can be loaded straight into Cytoscape or R's igraph package.
If you are having trouble installing or running GEOracle, please follow the below troubleshooting tips
- GEOracle works best on a relatively clean install of R (3.3+). You can perform a clean install of the latest version of R without removing your old versions.
- The most common problems occur from trying to use GEOracle with older versions of R (<3.3). Because GEOracle uses the latest features from Shiny, you will need to update your R and other core packages which Shiny depends on.
- Some users also encounter problems installing or updating packages due to permissions. Package install problems occur with R fairly frequently and are best managed by doing a clean install of the latest R with full administrator privilages.
- Some users report memory / lag issues after extended periods of time using the tool. If you have a long list of GSE IDs try to split them up into chunks of ~50 and process them individually. This will improve efficiency and make sure you don't lose any information in the case of a crash (R or web browsser).
- There are many cases where GSEs will not be represented in the final output. GEOracle will automatically remove GSEs which do not cluster confidently, or where a matched perturbation and control cluster can not be identified. Similarly many GSEs will not show significant results when using a standard differential expression approach. If you think some GSEs that should be present are missing, check the filters that were used and check for significant results using GEO2R on the GEO website for that particular GSE.
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How to Calculate the Net Present Value of Social Commerce
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Using the Net Present Value formula, you can show your CFO the value of consumer-generated content on your site.
How much is your customer-generated content worth?
Social commerce measures the impact of social interactions on your brand, bottom-line sales, and business success. One great way to assign a true monetary value to your brand's user-generated content (UGC) - like reviews, customer forums, and ask-and-answer entries - is to measure its net present value (NPV).
NPV is a metric widely-used in the financial world, and the management at your company (especially the CFO) will appreciate seeing the value of your social media program. NPV is commonly calculated as the profit your company gains from an investment is equal to sum of that investment's impact over time. When the NPV number is positive, financial teams will usually decide to make the investment; when the number is negative, it's not a good investment. There's more to the calculation then we're representing here, but the current value of future impact is the important concept to grasp.
Customer-generated content has a high NPV, because its positive impact on bottom-line sales increases over time. As social content grows - especially on purpose, through designing a participation chain - it drives a larger and larger amount of revenues. The more content your customers create, the more places you can leverage it (such as in e-mail and other marketing campaigns, in-store signage, etc.) and the more "findable" your site will become in natural Web searches, driving even more revenue. Each interaction, each piece of customer-generated content, is an annuity - and money in the bank for your company. This builds over time, and an original investment pays off handsomely in an NPV calculation.
If you compare social commerce to traditional advertising, you'll see the difference in NPV immediately. Traditional advertising isn't going away, but campaigns can cost a lot of money and return diminishing value over time. These campaigns have less and less impact on sales as time goes on. On the other hand, social commerce programs cost little to implement, grow organically with no further investment, and influence more and more sales over time.
The good news is, if you calculate the NPV of your proposed social media program and present it to your financial teams, they'll be eager to fund the project. Measuring the NPV of your social commerce program is relatively easy. You just need to do some basic financial calculations. Below, I'll walk you through a hypothetical NPV calculation for a social commerce program.
Say you generate $10 million in online sales annually.
 1. You've got a 20 percent return rate, resulting in $8 million total in net sales.
 2. You've got a conversion rate per session of 3 percent.
 3. You're processing 100,000 orders per year with an average order value of $100. That's an average of 8,333 orders per month.
 4. With 3 percent conversion resulting in 100,000 purchasing sessions, your site gets roughly 3.3 million total sessions a year.
Now, assume a few more things that I've learned from years working with large brands on their social commerce programs.
 1. Customer-generated content often raises conversion rates by 20 to 30 percent. Let's assume 20 percent, so your new conversion rate, after implementing social commerce, would be 3.6 percent.
 2. Customer-generated content can also reduce returns by 10 to 20 percent. Let's assume 10 percent, so your new return rate would be 18 percent.
Now, let's take all the above information and calculate the NPV of your social commerce program.
 1. With customer reviews, you'll average 10,000 orders per month instead of 8,333. This will gross you $166,700 in revenue per month, or an additional $2,000,400 annually.
 2. You'll also reduce returns from 1,666 orders returned to 1,500 orders returned monthly. This will net you an additional $16,600 per month, or $199,200 annually.
All in all, after one year of having customer reviews on your site, you would increase your total sales by 27.5 percent to $2,199,600. That is your core NPV number.
If you wait to implement a social commerce program, however, you'll lose out on substantial revenues, since the impact of user-generated content on sales grows over time. For example, if you only have a social commerce program live and running for three months of your operating year, you'll increase sales by 6.8 percent to $549,900. Six months of UGC would increase total gross sales by $1,099,800, or a 13.7 percent, while nine months of UGC would deliver a 20.6 percent boost in sales to $1,649,700.
If you don't add some high-NPV social commerce programs to your marketing portfolio, and your competition does, where will you be a year from now? The answer is clear: out tons of money you could have made.
Sam Decker
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Definition of genipapo in English:
noun (plural genipapos)
1A tropical American tree of the bedstraw family that yields useful timber. Its fruit has a jellylike pulp that is used for flavoring drinks and to make a black dye. Also called genip.
- Genipa americana, family Rubiaceae
- The heavy leaf fall of the genipap is important in improving the soil of the plantation.
- The Kayapo wear intricate beadwork and headdresses in ceremonies and decorate their bodies with dye coming from the plants genipapo and urucu.
- The hillsides are intensely covered by molle pepper trees, ferns and genipaps that make a deep contrast with the grey and pink coloured rocks.
1.1A drink, flavoring, or dye made from the genipapo fruit.
- They are famous for tattooing around their mouths with genipapo, a black dye made from an Amazonian fruit.
- They also collect large quantities of genipapo for body painting, vines for fishing, and a great variety of medicinal plants.
- They have their bodies painted with annatto dye and genipap.
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I came across a recipe for buttermilk yeast bread which includes:
pinch of ginger (helps activate the yeast)
I tried searching around for more information about that, and the best I came up with was this "ask a scientist" question which suggests that it's some unknown compound(s) that somehow affect the yeast's growth - and that cinnamon inhibits it.
Does anyone have any more information? How strong is the effect? Are there any other things which similarly affect yeast growth?
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Dextrous malt or malted barley increases gluten formation without extra yeast. With regards to ginger I don't know. – justkt Feb 12 '11 at 17:21
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From Cookwise, there's a table given from Wright, Bice and Fogelberg's "The Effect of Spices on Yeast Fermentation" from Cereal Chemistry, March 1954. where amount is the grams of the given spice with 2 grams of sugar and 1 gram of yeast in 30 ml of water, and the change in yeast activity is measured in ml of gas increase in 3 hrs. Here's the section for ginger:
Amount Change in Yeast Activity
0.1 + 87
0.75 +172
1.0 +136
2.0 + 72
Of course, cinnamon shows an even larger increase at the 0.1 gram addition (+103), it just starts hindering at larger increments.
update : and to answer the second part of the question; Cookwise only listed a few additives (cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, dry mustard, nutmeg, and thyme), and they weren't all tested in the same amounts; the only two that were inhibiters were cinnamon in larger amounts, and dry mustard (for which they only had one point). It's possible that there was more in the original article, as the lead-in to the table said "The accompanying table shows the effects of some of these spices".
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Very interesting--and I would note that the ginger appears to hinder production at higher volumes like cinnamon does. I wonder if what the spices at low volumes are adding is digestible free amino nitrogen or some kind of fatty acid--both of which are great yeast nutrients--but at larger volumes their other constituents come into play. – bikeboy389 Feb 15 '11 at 15:51
_USER_: they don't have enough data points. The benefit decreases for the amounts they tested, but it's not a hinderance in the amounts tested, where the yeast actually produced less gas. (which occured at 1g of cinnamon added, and 0.25g of mustard) – Joe Feb 15 '11 at 16:27
I don't think the Ginger helps activate the yeast. In fact, ginger has anti-fungal properties, and as yeast is a very simple fungus, it seems very unlikely to particularly thrive in the presence of ginger.
I don't think it's reputed to be outright bad for yeast like cinnamon is, but it is supposed to kill other fungi.
I also looked into the chemical components of yeast nutrients for brewing (baking and brewing yeast being so similar as the be almost indistinguishable in most uses), and couldn't find anything listed as a desirable nutrient that matched up to what ginger brings to the table.
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I did expect someone might say "that's an old wives' tale; it doesn't do anything," but I wasn't expecting it to be harmful to the yeast! Interesting! – Jefromi Feb 14 '11 at 21:40
Yeast grows at an exponential rate until its fermentation poisons catch up with it and start inhibiting growth. Ginger acts as a buffering agent in small quantities. Very small quantities. A buffering agent controls the pH of the dough. As long as the dough pH remains within a certain range, yeast will continue to grow at an exponential rate. The effect of small amounts of ginger added to the dough can shorten rise time approximately 50 percent. it also improves the quality of the rise, giving smaller, more consistently sized bubbles. The key here is very small quantities. I never use more than a pinch, added to the initial proofing of the yeast mixture.
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Jean-Georges Noverre, (born April 29, 1727, Paris—died Oct. 19, 1810, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fr.), distinguished French choreographer whose revolutionary treatise, Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets (1760), still valid, brought about major reforms in ballet production, stressing the importance of dramatic motivation, which he called ballet d'action, and decrying overemphasis on technical virtuosity. His first choreographic success, Les Fêtes chinoises (1754), attracted the attention of David Garrick, who presented it in London in 1755. After producing such masterpieces as Medée et Jason and Psyché et l'Amour (at Stuttgart, 1760–67), he was appointed ballet master at the Paris Opéra in 1776.
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Leon Scott Kannedy is the main character in this game, we can play with third person shoter. If you ever play RE2, then there we will find Leon S. Kannedy for the first time. Leon S. Kannedy is the US Govermnet assigned by the American president to rescue the child of the kidnapped president in the Spanish area (I think of it because I am listening from his language) in the village of Puebos.
Well, in this game we will experience a great adventure, starting from the beginning meet with the parasite infected population, met with various kinds of monsters and strange creatures, met a Spanish scientist, met a mysterious red woman who is not is Ada Wong (we can also see in RE2), managed to save Asley Graham (son of the president), then Asley was kidnapped again, then successfully rescued by Leon, then kidnapped again, and then rescued again.
Please note that in Resident Evil 4, we will see the difference from the previous RE series. In RE 4 enemies we will encounter are not people infected with viruses like the previous RE series, but are caused by a parasite called Las Plagas, and people infected with parasites and parasitic eggs have ruptured called Las Ganados. The difference is that people who are exposed to parasites basically still have little consciousness. They do daily activities, talking, running, and others. In contrast to people infected with a virus that can only go to and fro and just menggiggit people.
Well in the ending game we can see the story how people - people can be infected by parasites. So here's the story, originally Puebos village is a quiet village where the inhabitants live harmoniously. Quiet and peaceful village. Then came a cult leader (Los Illumiados) called Saddler. He provoked the hugs to follow him and then he injected the parasites to the entire population. It was then that the village of Puebos began to change. Their consciousness begins to disappear and eventually they are dominated by parasites. Puebos village was so terrible.
In the chaos Leon will come later to find the daughter of the kidnapped US president. It turns out that Asley (daughter of the American president) was kidnapped by Jack Krauser who was ruled by Saddler in order to take over America, because after Saddler controlled America he would easily rule the world.


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Lightworkers and Earth Angels are here to bring light, love and healing to the planet.
Think of Lightworkers like living, walking Spirit Guides and Earth Angels as living, walking Angels.
This doesn't necessarily mean that they are free of ego, pains and problems, but it does mean that deep down in their soul, they contain the memory of what it is like to guide people from the Divine realms.
Essentially, both Lightworkers and Angels have this knowledge buried deep inside of them because in their past incarnations this is what they spent their time doing.
The key difference between the two, is that Lightworkers would have guided people from Higher realms, whereas Earth Angels would have guided people from the Angelic realm.
This doesn't mean that one is higher than the other, it is just a different type of guidance.
Lightworkers would have:
- Guided people/animals on a more day-to-day level
- Helped people to know which path to take
- Steered and directed people towards following their passions and their purpose
- "Arranged" meetings of Soulmates and Twin Flames
- Provided comfort and support in times of need
- Offered guidance and intuitive advice
Earth Angels would have:
- Worked to create the soul path and soul contract with the person/animal before they were incarnated
- Helped the soul to find the perfect family to incarnate into
- Guided people/animals, so they could fulfil and understand their soul path and soul lessons
- Worked with people on a more subconscious level through their dreams and mediations
- Sent reminders of their soul journey and life path through angel numbers and Universal signs
- Offered physical protection and healing when needed
Both Lightworkers and Earth Angels would have worked as a team for the highest good of the various people, animals and plants that they were caring for.
Even though they have the power and knowledge to do this work, occasionally Lightworkers and Earth Angels are returned to Earth in order to do their work in human form.
They still carry this knowledge buried within, but in a way, they have to learn how to access it and use it while they are on their earthly journey.
Sometimes this knowledge may emerge subconsciously, and other times it can emerge consciously, but eventually it does always reveal itself.
Usually both Lightworkers and Earth Angels will find themselves drawn to the world of healing, metaphysics, plant medicine, intuition, mediumship, crystals, fairies and so on.
Both Lightworkers and Earth Angels may also appear wise beyond their years and carry an innate knowledge and understanding of energy, different dimensions and higher realms.
You can read about common Lightworker signs here and common Earth Angel signs here.
Just like Lightworkers and Earth Angels served a different purpose in the Divine realms, they also serve a different purpose on Earth.
On their Earthly journey Lightworkers are here to:
- Remind people about the "light" within
- Remind people of their innate healing ability
- Remind people of the healing power of plants, crystals, herbs etc.
- Remind people how to work with their intuition
On their Earthly journey Earth Angels are here to:
- Remind people about the temporariness of life
- Remind people that they are love and connected
- Remind people that there is more to life than this lifetime
- Remind people how to work with higher realms
Of course, what Lightworkers and Earth Angels are here to do is so much bigger than anything described on these lists and there is certainly a lot of crossover too.
Essentially, both of these beings are here to help bring faith, love, hope and gratitude back to the planet and the way that they do this will be as unique as they are.
In order to remind people of these things, Lightworkers and Earth Angels first need to remember all of this themselves. Eventually, Lightworkers and Earth Angels will be forced to remember all of this by going through some type of crisis or deep awakening process.
Once this awakening has occurred, there is often a deep knowing for both Lightworkers and Earth Angels that this is who they are. Even though Lightworkers and Earth Angels have this knowledge, they are still on their own Earthly journey and still here to learn things on a human level.
Lightworkers and Earth Angels are not immune from the human world, however the more they can access the hidden knowledge within, the easier it will be for them.
Read Next: An Angelic Prayer for Lightworkers
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- Memorials of a Southern Planter (transcription project)
- "A Southern Planter's Ideals of Honor" in Southern Life in Southern Literature (reprinted from Memorials of a Southern Planter, Chapter XX, The Crown of Poverty)
- A Southern Planter's Ideals of Honor (Chapter XX-The Crown of Poverty)
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