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Within Corporate Finance, there is a focus area where management optimize their cost structure. There are several key measurement to identify business risk under the name of leverage. They use the term elasticity of one percent change in one variable with regard to unit percentage change in another variable. The most commonly used degree of operating leverage and degree of financial leverage.
Attached is a screenshot of how I derived the equation based on the definition.
In the end, the term degree of total leverage is defined as %change in net income over %change in units sold. Once should reach to the conclusion easily that DTL = DOL * DFL


text: Nicotine salt is the natural form of nicotine found in tobacco leaves. Nicotine derived from tobacco leaves is slightly acidic with a pH of approximately 5. However, the most commonly used form of nicotine in e-liquids is called freebase nicotine. Freebase nicotine is slightly basic with a pH of approximately 8. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14 where lower pH values indicate a more acidic substance, while higher pH values indicate a more basic substance. The chemical process for making the nicotine derived from tobacco leaves more basic is called de-protonation. This is the process that turns a natural nicotine extract into a freebase nicotine extract.

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Translation of mountebank in Spanish:
- [literary/literario] embaucador, (masculine, feminine), charlatán, (masculine, feminine)Example sentences
- Additional evidence indicates that it was a term used among medical mountebanks in Tudor times.
- The word toady comes from 'toad-eater': a quack's or mountebank's assistant who would eat, or pretend to eat, a toad so he could be cured by the medicine man.
- There had always been mountebanks and charlatans operating in the public squares, but they now dominated the marketplace.
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Crianza is a term which refers both to the process of ageing wines, and to a category of wines, vinos de crianza, which have been aged for a minimum of two years, first in barrels or the more modern stainless steel tanks, and then in the bottle.


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65 Byzantine tombs unearthed in ancient Greek city in Turkey (photos)
Stratonicea settlement 3,500 years old
Archaeologists have discovered a total of 65 tombs belonging to the Byzantine Era in the ancient city of Stratonicea (Caria) during excavations last year.
Professor Bilal Söğüt of Pamukkale University, the head of the Stratonicea excavations, talked to an Anadolu Agency correspondent and said the excavations in 2016 revealed new discoveries about the 3,500 years old settlement. He further informed that archaeologists discovered traces of different settlements belonging to different eras in the ancient city, also known as the "City of Gladiators."
The ancient city of Stratonicea is in UNESCO's Tentative World Heritage List located in Muğla and remained an important hub during the Hellenistic era as well as Roman, Byzantine, Turkic beylik, Ottoman and Republican eras.
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text: Tomato Fruit quality can be improved by the use of moderately saline irrigation water. However, decreased fruit yields may occur if the saline treatment is initiated early in plant development or the salt concentration is high. Another concern with the use of saline irrigation water is increased plant susceptibility to disease. Two processing tomato cultivars were grown under low salt (ECa=1.1 ds/m), medium salt (ECa=2.8 ds/m) and high salt (ECa=4.6 ds/m) regimes, and in the presence and absence of Phytophthora parasitica, the casual agent of Phytophthora root rot. Salinity increased Phytophthora root rot severity in UC82B, the susceptible cultivar, but had a limited effect on CX8303, a cultivar known to have a measure of resistance to Phytophthora root rot. Fruit acidity and percent total soluble solids were enhanced in both cultivars by increasing salinity. Infection by P. parasitica increased acidity and soluble solids in UC82B fruit grown under high salt. Sodium and chloride concentrations in tomato fruit increased in a manner proportionate to the salt treatment applied; however, in the absence of disease, fruit Na+ and Cllevels were markedly lower compared to other tissues in the plant, The presence of salt-enhanced Phytophthora root rot in UC82B increased fruit Na+ concentration by almost 100%. Fruit Ca2+ and K+ levels, in contrast, declined moderately with increasing salinity and were not affected by disease.

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In the Tepidarium, Lawrence Alma-Tadema (_PHONE_)
John Everett Millais, Spring (Apple Blossoms)
The Lady Lever Art Gallery is a museum founded and built by the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and opened in 1922. The museum is a significant surviving example of late Victorian and Edwardian taste. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is set in the garden village of Port Sunlight, close to Liverpool. It houses major collections of fine and decorative art that are an expression of Lord Leverhulme's personal taste and collecting interests. The collection is strongest in British 19th-century painting and sculpture, spilling over to include late 18th-century and early 20th works. There are also important collections of English furniture, Wedgewood, especially jasperware, and Chinese ceramics, and smaller groups of other types of objects, such as Ancient Greek vases and Roman sculpture. The majority of objects were part of the original donation, but the collection has continued to expand at a modest rate.
The Grade II listed gallery is now part of National Museums Liverpool.[1] In 2015 part of the museum was closed for building works, with little of the ceramics collections on display, but most of the other collections. A touring exhibition was visiting museums in Japan and elsewhere. The redeveloped areas are planned to re-open in Spring 2016.[2]
The museum displays mostly mix paintings, sculpture and furniture together, and there are five "Period Rooms" recreating typical period interiors from large houses.
Lever began collecting art in the late 19th century, largely to use in advertising for the popular Sunlight Soap brand (manufactured a few minutes walk from the gallery) that helped to create his fortune. As he grew richer his collections began to expand, his confidence grew as well and had developed a taste for collecting. He mostly collected British art, he was also fascinated by Chinese art i.e. Chinese porcelain,[3] Roman sculpture and Greek vases which he had chosen to collect to show styles that had influenced British artists in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries.
The Gallery has good representation of several trends in Victorian painting, including the Pre-Raphaelites, both during the period of the Brotherhood and in their subsequent careers. Concern with social conditions, classical revivalism and later historical painting are all represented. There are important works by Millais, Ford Madox Brown, William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Lord Leighton, and many others. The museum has what appears to be the largest display in any museum of paintings by William Etty. Earlier works include those by Turner, Constable, Gainsborough and Reynolds.
Much of the Wedgwood collection was from the collection of Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, bought in 1905. This in turn was partly formed from the collection of Charles Darwin, Josiah Wedgwood's grandson. It is probably the best collection of jasperware in the world.[4]
The collection includes:
The Building[edit]
Commissioned in 1913 from architects William and Segar Owen, the Lady Lever Art Gallery was built in the Beaux-Arts style. [5] The building was opened in 1922 by Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria.
See also[edit]
 1. ^ National Museums Liverpool
 2. ^ "Exciting plans for the Lady Lever Art Gallery", from National Museums Liverpool
 3. ^ "Chinese collection - online catalogue", A record of the collection formed by the 1st Viscount Leverhulme (_PHONE_)"
 4. ^ Collections, "Wedgwood",
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Research Associate in AI & Informatics Department
Jubilant Biosys is currently hiring for the position of Research Associate in the AI & Informatics Department.
Qualification: Master of Science in Chemistry / Computational Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry.
Experience: 2 – 4 yrs
Desirable Experience: Experience in a Drug Discovery Industry / CRO in Computational Chemistry Department.
- Docking & Molecular Dynamics
- Python Scripting
- Good knowledge of chemistry
- Enthusiasm to learn new skills and software relevant to the work
Roles & Responsibilities
- Collaborate with colleagues in medicinal chemistry and other teams for providing scientific knowledge obtained through molecular modeling, supporting preclinical drug discovery.
- Responsible for working along with team in computational chemistry to deliver modeling results.
- Responsible for optimal utilization of resources in his organization through monitoring, measuring and reporting on scientific issues, opportunities and developmental plans and achievements within agreed formats & timescales.
- Write and maintain records of observations and conclusions for every experiment in a timely manner.
- Conduct literature searches for the target, structures related to the target and any other relevant or key information.
- Communicate experimental results and provide routine updates to the reporting manager on the status of the work / tasks.
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Keywords: research associate, AI, informatics, chemistry, computational chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, CRO, docking, molecular dynamics, QSAR, python scripting.


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The dimensions of LEGO brick are documented well, but what about DUPLO bricks? If have only found the general statements that DUPLO is twice as large as LEGO but no exact numbers. What about the thickness of walls and the space that must be subtracted at each side (0.2mm for LEGO), is it also just doubled?. If you compare the bottom of a LEGO 2x4 brick and a DUPLO 2x4 brick, there are also additional small walls that I have not found documented.
Update: Some dimensions of a DUPLO brick can be derived from the dimensions of a LEGO brick, which have been documented by Robert Cailliau among others:
Above and below a DUPLO 2x2 brick one can put two LEGO 2x4 bricks (or four 2x2 LEGO bricks). The outer walls of such stack seem to align perfectly, so the width and length of a DUPLO 2x2 brick is equal to the width of a LEGO 2x4 brick, which is 31.8mm (32mm-0.2mm). By putting DUPLO and LEGO side by side, one can also see that the DUPLO height without studs is twice of the size in LEGO (19.2mm). The LEGO studs below the DUPLO brick touch DUPLO walls, so DUPLO wall thickness is the same as LEGO wall thickness (either before spline walls were introduced to LEGO bricks or LEGO wall thickness plus the length of LEGO splines), which is 1.5mm. The DUPLO tube height is the height of the brick minus the height of a LEGO stud (which is somewhere between 1.6mm and 1.8mm). I'd better use the larger value, so the tubes start 1.8mm above the floor of the brick. From the top, LEGO tubes fit into DUPLO studs, so the stud inner diameter should equal to 6.51mm (8*√2 - 4.8$). But if you carefully look inside a DUPLO stud, this fitting is only achieved by four additional lugs that give a minimal inner diameter around 6mm to facilitate snapping into.
The remaining dimension include:
- stud outer diameter
- stud height
- tube inner diameter (but DUPLO tubes are not fully circular inside on a closer look!)
- tube outer diameter (also occurs at some other elements for instance as stem at #6510)
- spline length
Spline length can be derived from wall width and stud outer diameter. Tube outer diameter and stud outer diameter can also be computed from each other. So basically three dimensions are left to be explained. Comments and insights are welcome how more of the remaning dimensions can be derived from standard LEGO/DUPLO dimensions.


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How many signs of spring have you spotted? Record your sightings on our survey
Completely bare except for shrivelled leaves
- Use mature trees (30 years old or more), as young trees show different responses.
Even trees of the same species, close to each other can behave very differently.
Record the trendsetters
- If you are finding it difficult to decide when to record, wait until the event is occurring in three trees of the same species in close proximity to each other. Record the trendsetters rather than the extraordinary.
- Leaves may fall off before you have recorded any significant colour change. This may be the species or the weather conditions. Don't worry! Just record when the tree is bare.

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12 Common Struggles Experienced Writers Still Deal With Almost Daily
You are not immune to struggle just because you've been writing for a while.
1. Writing a near-perfect first line on the first try. (It will never happen, will it? Sigh.)
2. Believing that even their worst ideas are worth considering.
3. Figuring out how to write when there are 5,000 other things going on, almost always all of equal importance (or so it seems).
4. Not letting imposter syndrome stop them from reaching their goals.
5. Worrying about what other people might think of them/their writing.
6. Feeling like they still aren't "good enough" and never will be.
7. Quieting their self-doubt just enough so that they can concentrate on the stories they're desperately trying to tell.
8. Asking for help.
9. Not letting other people's negativity or criticism stop them from writing.
10. Reminding themselves why they wanted to start writing in the first place … and letting that drive them forward even on their toughest days.
11. Facing their fears and writing about/doing things that absolutely terrify them.
12. Remembering that in one way or another, hard work does pay off. Eventually.
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1.) Daw your design on a sheet of paper. (It will shrink to more than half the size of your original drawing so play around and practice using shrink plastic)
2.) Prepare a sheet of shrink plastic and sand it down until the surface is rough enough to draw and colour on.
*finer sand paper works better.
-you can buy shrink plastic at your local crafts store or online Here.
3. Trace your design onto the shrink plastic and colour it in with pencil crayon or markers. Then, cut it out in the shape that you want. If you want to make it into a keychain, punch a hole at the top with a hole puncher.
4. Place your design in a mini oven and wait for it to shrink and curl up.
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Ever Wondered How Long Eggs Are Produced? Here You See!
1. In Their Natural State
The initial step, the eggs are first opened and divided into two halves.
2. High-Efficiency Egg-Cellence
Egg white and egg yolk are being separated by the help of a special machine.
3. Taking Out The Center
In a newly created hole, the inner part of the egg is removed and the yellow part is filled in.
4. Things Are Getting Hot
The egg yolk is then boiled in a beaker until it becomes hard.
5. Packing Up
After the yolk becomes hard, the production is complete, and the eggs are packed.
6. Going Into A Deep Freeze
At low temperatures, the eggs are then frozen.
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How To Spot A Trend Versus A Fad
How To Spot A Trend Versus A Fad
Nils Vesk (pictured below) is an innovation architect who's delivered programs for some of the most prestigious organisations in the world, including Microsoft, IBM, Commonwealth Bank and Nestle. In this guest post for B&T, he shows you how to spot a lasting trend that's not merely just another passing fad…
The importance behind learning to differentiate a trend from a fad is that no business wants to waste time and energy developing a new product, just for it to reveal itself further down the line as a short-lived fad. As such, a key skill any innovator must learn is how to identify the difference between the two early on.
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First things first, a fad can be defined as something that people believed would be a long-term trend, but that then disappeared as people quickly lost interest.
So, what is a trend? And why are they so important in business? Often when people hear of trends, they think of a something that appears overnight, becoming instantly popular, before disappearing in the same manner. In actual fact, trends can be longer-term, in some cases sticking around for many years.
In business in particular, it's crucial to be able to identify trends that will disrupt your industry and capitalise on them before your competition. The ability to do this will give you the head start, allowing you the opportunity to create new products and services and even create a new market by spotting a gap before others.
When it comes to trends, we can break them down into three compartments: uncertainties, disruptors and trends. In business, it's important to identify the key uncertainties that could impact our customers and industries as a whole. Following this, it is key to then be able to identify is what disruptors are arising, the impacts that they might have and then finally the specific trends that are emerging around or from these drivers and uncertainties.
Here are the five phases of a trend:
 1. Dawning – an emerging trend
 2. Developing – a trend that is gaining momentum and is being developed by various parties
 3. Developed – a trend that is fully fledged and has hit mainstream interest
 4. Decaying – a trend that has done it's time and is becoming 'old' in the mind of users or customers
 5. Discarded – a trend that is no longer in demand and has been superseded by something more exciting, superior, different or by adding new value
Clearly, it makes no sense to begin working on a developed, decaying or discarded trend, but instead to succeed it's imperative to jump on a dawning or even early stage developing trends. To become an innovator, we must learn how to scan the business world to discover these dawning trends and potential disruptors.
A number of determinants can affect a trend's duration, including:
 - Differentiation – This refers to how unique and memorable the new trending product or service may be. Differentiation is more important for some industries than others, and can be critical to their success. Essentially, when assessing an emerging trend ask yourself "Is this unique or really different to what currently exists?" as well as "Is this product/ service remarkable i.e. does it give me something to remark about?"
 - Superiority – How well does the product or service compare to its competitors? It's important to understand how effective and efficient a product is, whether it could be of more value to your audience, and whether it is more affordable than other similar products on the market.
 - Newness – How long has the product or service been on the market? Do your research and see if there are existing similar products on the market. If similar products do exist, when did they first come onto the scene?
 - Performance – How well does the product perform in relation to customer expectations? Does it do what it is advertised to do? Does this satisfy customer needs or desires?
 - Customer community – How does the user or customer community interact with and use the new product or service? How large is the potential audience of this trend? Communities can play a big part in the success of a product or service, and part of this can sometimes be made up by the 'why' of the product. Having a cause creates bigger community participation and trend duration and creates purpose for the product. Also ask yourself "Does the trend exclude a crowd?" Some trends are successful simply because they exclude people and therefore appeals a nice/specific customer group and caters to their specific needs/wants which in turn increases the loyalty of the trending product or service.
 - Aesthetics – This refers to how timeless the design of the product or service experience may be. Will the service and its design still be relevant in a few years?
 - Ground-breaking – Does the product cause a total revolution or a simple evolution? Does it solve/alleviate a problem? Will it change peoples' life in some way? Will this signal the end of an era or create a new one?
 - Market category – Does the trend, product or service create a new market category? Does it extend on current products and services and take a portion of market share, or does it create an entirely new category?
Once you've assessed the trend according to the above criteria, you can use a polar chart to map out the impact that a certain trend may have, which is crucial for businesses when deciding whether a trend is worth pursuing.
Vesk will be hosting 'The Next Big Thing' Masterclasses throughout May and June in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane where business leaders will discover the trends that will impact their industry, their team and their customers, and how they can capitalise on them.
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Denver — The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West recently awarded England's Wimbleball Dam Grouting Works project its Civil Engineering Project of the Year Award in the over £1 million Re-engineering category. The award celebrates the outstanding civil engineering achievement, innovation and ingenuity around the South West region.
Wimbleball Dam, a 50-meter-high concrete buttress dam constructed in 1978 on the River Haddeo, a headwater of the River Exe in Somerset, is a strategic water resource for South West Water and Wessex Water. Due to increasing leakage beneath the dam, the joint owners, South West Water and Wessex Water, turned to CH2M, to design and supervise the construction of an innovative solution to seal leaks in the dam foundation without taking the dam out of service and complying with strict environmental controls as the dam is located within a National Park. Using a 3D model of the dam body, foundations and drainage, CH2M identified a solution to construct a new grout curtain from the downstream side of the dam to ensure the community's water supply was not interrupted.
The grout mix was designed specially to cope with the challenging site conditions and included ultrafine cement, hyper-plasticisers, silica fume and accelerators. The techniques applied allowed a new grout curtain to be constructed with lower permeability, increased durability and reduced quantities of grout compared to previous grouting campaigns — resulting in major cost savings. Leakage has been reduced by approximately 70 percent to the lowest recorded rate since construction of the dam.
"The Wimbleball Dam Grouting Works project was highly successful in reducing leakage within difficult and challenging ground conditions," said Peter Nicol, CH2M Global Water Business Group President. "We are proud that the team's accomplishments in overcoming a significant technical challenge to ensure the long-term safety of the dam, with minimal impact to the surrounding National Park and water supply, were recognized with this prestigious award."


ESCAPE RATE OF SURFACE-STATE ELECTRONS ON LIQUID-HELIUM BELOW 1-K
K KONO*, K KAJITA, S KOBAYASHI, W SASAKI
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Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review
7 Scopus citations
Abstract
The escape rate of surface state electrons on liquid helium was measured in the temperature interval 0.56<T<1.0 K for electron areal density below 5×107 cm−2, where the rate is independent of density. It is found that the escape rate is dominated by the scattering from the helium gas atoms in the vapor phase above 0.8 K, while it is dominated by that from ripplons (surface wave quanta) below 0.8 K. Quantitative agreement is obtained between our experiment and the theoretical calculation by Nagano et al.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-203
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume46
Issue number3-4
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StatePublished - Feb 1982
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How do I use my Groundbreaker?
1. Remove the Groundbreaker from the bag
Yay! This is what pure plant power looks like.
2. Dig a hole
Just use your green fingers.
3. Push the Groundbreaker 2 to 5 cm into the soil
Smooth out the earth so you can't see it anymore.
4. Water the plant
And, go on, today you'll call out 'Keep the soil alive' while doing it!
Does it make sense to add a Groundbreaker to potting soil that already contains nutrients?
Yes, Groundbreaker also contain important bacteria that ensure that your plant can absorb the nutrients better.
How many Groundbreaker do I need in my pot?
Pots up to 15cm need one Groundbreaker mini, pots from 15cm to 20cm need one Groundbreaker maxi. Do you have larger pots? Use more Groundbreakers per pot. If you have any questions about how many Groundbreakers you need, please send us an email and we will be happy to help you.
Can I use Groundbreakers in winter?
Yes, the Groundbreaker works for a whole year. It doesn't matter if you use it in the summer or in the winter, the plant only absorbs the nutrients it needs.
Does my plant need extra nutrition in addition to the Groundbreaker?
If you stick to the recommended dosage your plant doesn't need any extra nutrition. Keep watering of course ;-)
What material is your packaging made of?
For now our packaging is (still) made of plastic, Groundbreakers react to water and must therefore be packed moisture-free. We are doing several tests with more sustainable packaging and hope to come up with a good alternative soon. Tips are always welcome!
Are Groundbreakers suitable for all my plants?
Yes, all plants need nutrients and bacteria.
Is it a good idea to crumble the Groundbreaker or to dissolve it in water?
No, that's never a good idea! Groundbreakers come as they are with a reason. They are composed of layers and slowly give nutrition to your plant throughout the year.


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Review of Lawrence Wright's Novel The End of October
The End of October reviewed by Nicholas O'Connell of The Writer's Workshop.
The End of October reviewed by Nicholas O'Connell of The Writer's Workshop.
Video interview with Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright
By Nicholas O'Connell
Talk about prescient. Lawrence Wright's new novel, The End of October, appeared in April, 2020, right as COVID-19 exploded across the U.S. and world. A medical thriller, the novel tells the story of a fictional pandemic caused by a mysterious new virus, Kongoli, which spreads like wildfire, threating to bring the world to its knees. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winner and best-selling author, Lawrence Wright, it tells the tale through the eyes of Dr. Henry Parsons, a microbiologist and epidemiologist, who travels to an internment camp in Indonesia where 47 people have died from acute hemorrhagic fever.
Like few others, Parsons understands the magnitude of the potential pandemic. Working on behalf of the World Health Organization, he wracks his brain to figure out how to combat the virus. By choosing a main character like Parsons, Wright is able to explain virology in all its complexity. Like his previous book, The Looming Tower, the novel displays amazingly skilled reporting, yielding surprising observations: "For Henry, the most surprising feature of viruses was that they were a guiding force behind evolution. If the infected organism survived, it sometimes retained a portion of the viral material in its own genome. The legacy of ancient infections might be found in as much as 8 percent of the human genome, including the genes that controlled memory formation, the immune system, and cognitive development. We wouldn't be who we are without them."
As readers follow Henry's attempts to stop the virus, we learn fascinating lessons about viruses, including Kongoli, and COVID-19 the current scourge.
Despite Parson's best efforts, he fails to prevent an infected Indonesian man, Bambang Idris, from joining the annual Muslim Hajj to Mecca. Wright describes the man's journey in rich, colorful, and terrifying detail, as the Bambang unwittingly infects millions of others. The novel throws into relief the varieties of global cultures, from Muslim Saudi Arabia to contemporary United States, and how the virus infects all of them.
As the pandemic rages, Parsons seeks to return to his family in the United States. He hitches a ride on a nuclear submarine to head back to the U.S. Predictably, the pandemic erupts in the close quarters of the vessel. Using his wits and expertise, he discovers an important breakthrough about the virus.
By the time he returns home, American civilization is collapsing. The novel paints a credibly dystopian picture of the destruction such a virus might cause. Though characters like the Parsons' wife Jill are insufficiently sketched and some of the dialogue is stilted, overall, the novel is a riveting page turner that warns what our future might look like if we don't get COVID-19 under control.
Nicholas O'Connell is the founder of The Writer's Workshop, a creative writing program that teaches writing classes.
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Would a higher albedo result in an overall cooler climate?
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Those who are looking for an answer to the question «Would a higher albedo result in an overall cooler climate?» often ask the following questions:
❗ A cooler climate film?
- A Cooler Climate is a 1999 American made-for-television drama film directed by Susan Seidelman starring Sally Field and Judy Davis. It is based on a book with the same name by Zena Collier and originally aired on Showtime on August 22, 1999.
- Can marijuana survive in a cooler climate?
- What climate zone is just cooler than subtropical?
- What is the duration of a cooler climate?
❗ Best air cooler for kerala climate?
Air cooler is not suitable in kerala climate. after some time of continuous usage our skin will sticky because the humidity(moisture) level will increase.
- Why does san francisco have a cooler climate?
- Why is the climate at the beach cooler than climate in the country or city?
- Why does atmosphere become cooler at higher elevations?
❗ Cooler temperatures are found at higher?
- Why does cooler water have higher oxygen level?
- Will a higher tser make my car cooler?
- Why do alaska has a cooler climate than hawaii?
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A higher albedo would mean that more energy would be returned to space. This would mean a cooler climate.
We've handpicked 24 related questions for you, similar to «Would a higher albedo result in an overall cooler climate?» so you can surely find the answer!
Why do places in coastal areas have cooler climate?
Because the sea and sea breezes have a cooling effect on the land.
Why does it get cooler the higher you go?
The basic answer is that the farther away you get from the earth, the thinner the atmosphere gets. The total heat content of a system is directly related to the amount of matter present, so it is cooler at higher elevations. The heating of the earth itself also plays a role.
Can a swamp cooler be used in a dry climate?
- Swamp or evaporative coolers are a great way to cool down your home, especially if you live in a dry climate. Swamp coolers add water to the air to cool it down, raising the humidity in your home. They work best in dry climates. To use a swamp cooler, you first must pick the right one for your home.
Why does canada have a cooler climate than the us?
Most of the United States is located in the mid-latitudes, where the climates are moderate. Canada is colder because so much of it lies far north in the higher latitudes.
Why is the climate cooler near a body of water?
because water absorbs heat when it evaporates, that's why you sweat.
Who would win cooler or cell?
Who would win, Cooler or Cell? - Quora. Now if we just have them one on one in their basic states Cell wins no contest. It took Gohan who was mastered Super saiyan to beat him. While Cooler could not even scratch newly obtained Super sayian Goku.
Why would my lg cooler leak?
Leaking is likely caused by improper installation of the air conditioner. If the unit is not tilted from front (inside) to back (outside) by ¼" to ½" water may leak inside the room. Check our INSTALLATION CHECKLIST below to make sure your unit is installed properly.
Do i live in the right climate for an evaporative cooler?
2. Do I live in the right climate for the evaporative cooler? In areas experiencing high temperatures and low humidity, evaporative coolers effectively lower temperatures to as low as 20 – 40 degrees Fahrenheit. However, in instances of high humidity, the cooler cannot cool you down effectively.
How much would a evaporative cooler cost?
Cheap evaporative coolers can go for as little as $100, but a good quality one would run around $500. If you contact the company of your choosing to purchase the evaporative cooler, I'm sure they could negotiate a business discount. This is not something that is for certain; some companies may only offer retail prices.
Why would a swamp cooler stop working?
Check the Fuses and Power
Because evaporative coolers have less electronic parts than air conditioners, the most common reason that the unit doesn't start is due to a blown fuse. Check the breaker and see if a fuse was blown. You may also have a breaker inside the unit that may need to be reset.
What is higher than an eagle but cooler than a penguin?
a lion :) so awesome
Which climate is characterized by hot dry days with cooler night temperatures?
Which coastal location experiences a cooler summer climate due to ocean currents?
southwest coast of South America
Why do temperatures become cooler as you go higher above sea level?
because as you go up the sea level gets higher
Why is it that the higher you go the cooler it becomes?
this is due to the reduction in the atmospheric air and therefore at higher elevations the heat holding capacity is reduced
Which is the best air cooler for chennai india climate what about symphony?
As climate of Chennai is humid and it is notrecommendtoo buy Aircooler, but if you dont have big budget you can go for somedomesticdehumidifier. Symphony is not having any good model airclloer for Chennai climate.Even though SYmphony Ninja is a good option overall.
Why does baguio have a cooler climate than other places in the philippines?
Baguio is cooler than in Manila because Baguio is in higher place than in Manila. As we move upwards from sea level the atmospheric pressure decreases so the boiling point of water also becomes decreased. Baguio is also a mountainous place. The higher the place is the cooler the climate.
Who would win king cold cooler or frieza?
Cooler is definitely stronger than Frieza but it isn't known exactly how strong King Cold is.
Because of this temperatures become cooler as you go higher above sea level?
Because of this, temperatures become cooler as you go higher above sea levelBecause of elevation temperatures become cooler as you go higher above sea level.
When you get higher in the exosphere does it get hotter or cooler?
If a person get higher to atmosphere he feels cooler, when he getting higher than atmosphere to exosphere he feels hotter.
A star much cooler than the sun would appear?
What symptoms would appear from a contaminated water cooler?
The disease occurs when a person drinks water contaminated with the LDB bacteria and accidentally inhales in the water or otherwise breathes the bacteria into the lungs.... Once the pneumonia symptoms settle in, they may progress to:
- a high fever.
- a dry then productive cough.
- shortness of breath.
- chest pains.
What would be a capacity of a water cooler?
Let's assume that a cooler having 50 liters per hour capacity means 50*79.8=3990 k cal /h and this means 3990/3024=1.319 TR is the actual design capacity.
Would shading a swamp cooler make it perform better?
You're going to get better cooling action without having the added evaporation of all of that direct sunlight on the water. So, it's a good idea to shade those units when it's physically possible to do that. And you're right: it's known both as a swamp cooler and an evaporative cooler… So it works better in the shade.


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This technique summons a small, gourd-shaped toad, called a "Gourd Toad" (瓢箪蝦蟇, Hyōtan Gama), a unique species of toad indigenous to Mount Myōboku. By using the toad's tongue to drag in whatever it wraps around, his technique is best used to capture and isolate a victim dragging them into the toad's stomach. Isolated from the outside world by a barrier, the space inside the Gourd Toad's stomach is far larger than the surface size of the Gourd Toad itself.
The environment inside the toad's stomach is a cavernous chamber, which includes a lake of strong corrosive gastric acid that can dissolve anything that should happen to fall into it, along with shores around the acid lake, and formations sticking out of the lake; the already-existing structures within the Toad's stomach are seemingly unaffected by the acid lake. Once trapped inside, an opponent is cut off from any allies and susceptible to attack, and can then be easily defeated.


Working with Dates in IBM BPM
Many of us (ibm bpm developers) are wondering on perform certain operation like comparing dates, find difference between dates and such stuff as Date not a simple type but is complex system object. But thanks to bpm suite, the implementation to do these operations are all already in place and if we give simple syntax which we use with simple types it will do the job. Here a some of the operations which I would like to illustrate in this post.
How to Comparing date1 and date2?
Comparing dates is as simple as comparing two integers.
Suppose I have two date variables tw.local.date1 and tw.local.date2.
In order to compare dates we just have to use the statements as shown below.
 tw.local.date1 > tw.local.date2 or
 tw.local.date1 < tw.local.date2
Above statement will be evaluated to true or false in the similar way when used with integers.
Above statements will consider time stamp as well. If you want to check this irrespective of time, then first set the hours, min and seconds for these dates to same values and then compare. You have to first set hours, seconds and then milliseconds.
How to Compare date to current date?
For this, first we need to get the current date and store it in a variable.
var currentDate= new TWDate();
then set currentDate and hours, seconds and milliseconds to same value and then compare like above.
To set the hours, minutes and seconds you can use script similar to the one shown below.;
How to increase the 'n' no of days to a date?
You can just get the date from and add number of days and set that value to again. This will increase the number of days automatically.Refer to below script. + X number of days)
Below scenarios will be automatically taken care when we add days.
scenario1: if = 3/12/2013, if we want to add 3 days to this date, the final date will become 6/12/2013
scenario2: if = 31/12/2013, if we want to add 3 days to this date, the final date will become 3/1/2014. We don't have to explicitly Change the month and year.
scenario2: if = 31/10/2013, if we want to add 3 days to this date, the final date will become 3/11/2013. We don't have to explicitly Change the month.
Hope you find it use full.
 1. Hi Anna
 please explain what is dojo toolit, how it is related with coach view
 2. Hi
 i can't able to set the hours and minutes and seconds value as you defined previously.
 var currentDate= new TWDate();
 Try this:
 var currentDate = new TWDate();"Current Date: " + currentDate);
 currentDate.setDate(currentDate.getDate() + parseInt(tw.env.Days)); = currentDate;
 currentDate.setMinutes(currentDate.getMinutes() + parseInt(tw.env.Mins)); = currentDate;"xxx: " +;


I need more than 250 individual pins for my project.(can't use multiplexing). so how can i get them? is there any good efficient and low cost modules for that. can MCP27017 do this?
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 Maybe you can tell us more about your project. Depending on what those 250 pins are used for and how they are connected the answer might be different. – kwasmich Jul 25 '17 at 9:06
 - You can't magically triple your physical pins without multiplexing them. The only reasonable choice i see is using another IC, which transmits results of it's GPIO's to the Pi via serial interfaces. Edit: In fact, the MCP seems to function that way, so yes, it can. – mystery Jul 25 '17 at 9:24
You can increase the effective number of GPIO pins on your Pi but using an appropriate external IC. I've never used the MCP27017, but it looks like it will do the trick.
But, there's a catch if you want to get a ton of pins. The Pi has limited ability to provide power through the GPIO header. If you string together enough external ICs, you might get 250 pins, but you probably cannot power them all simultaneously in any meaningful way. Whether or not that matters probably depends on your application. (In theory you might need 250 connections but only want to power a few at a time? You might also be able to get around this in some cases by providing a separate power supply to the external IC, but that would depend on what you're doing.)
Here's more information on the power limits of the Pi: What is the maximum current the GPIO pins can output?
One way would be to use external I/O units connected through USB. If you connect them through a powered HUB, this might help overcome power issues.
Have a look at _URL_ or _URL_
You will need to use an I/O peripheral (like the MCP27017) assuming the serial access time is not an issue. The GPIO pins on the RPi are nowhere as rugged as the I/O pins on an Arduino. At startup all GPIO pins are inputs. You need to configure in software how much current you intend to drive through an output pin. Total current from all outputs cannot exceed 50 mA (i.e: you can push 16 mA through three output pins). The following documents need to be understood before using the GPIO pins: _URL_ _URL_
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We read another version of The Gingerbread Man today. Mrs N explained that it's a very old story that has been retold many times and it was first published in 1875, which is 136 years ago! The version we read today was by Jim Aylesworth. It was a little different to the story we read online last week. The Gingerbread Man was still chased by a little old woman, a cow and a pig, but he never tried to cross a river. The fox took him by surprise and ate him up, instead of tricking him as he crossed the river.
We're starting to learn about writing narratives. We learned that a narrative is a made-up story and is usually written to entertain us. The Gingerbread Man is a narrative and we've decided to write our own version of the story, but it's going to be set in our school. We wrote the opening paragraph of it today. It's going to be fun!
Our Monday Munchies food today was snow pea shoots and we LOVED them! Every single person in the class thought they were delicious and would definitely like to eat them again.
Some of the words we came up with to describe snow pea shoots were:
Love from The Smarties and Mrs N


text: ||Person re-identification has received special attention by the human analysis community in the last few years. To address the challenges in this field, many researchers have proposed different strategies, which basically exploit either cross-view invariant features or cross-view robust metrics. In this work, we propose to exploit a post-ranking approach and combine different feature representations through ranking aggregation. Spatial information, which potentially benefits the person matching, is represented using a 2D body model, from which color and texture information are extracted and combined. We also consider background/foreground information, automatically extracted via Deep Decompositional Network, and the usage of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) features. To describe the matching between images we use the polynomial feature map, also taking into account local and global information. The Discriminant Context Information Analysis based post-ranking approach is used to improve initial ranking lists. Finally, the Stuart ranking aggregation method is employed to combine complementary ranking lists obtained from different feature representations. Experimental results demonstrated that we improve the state-of-the-art on VIPeR and PRID450s datasets, achieving 67.21% and 75.64% on top-1 rank recognition rate, respectively, as well as obtaining competitive results on CUHK01 dataset.


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ChristianAnswers.Net WebBible Encyclopedia
Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be "cast out as dung," a figurative expression (1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 9:37; Jer. 8:2; Ps. 18:42), meaning to be rejected as unprofitable.
Used as fuel, a substitute for firewood, which was with difficulty procured in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt (Ezek. 4:12-15), where cows' and camels' dung is used to the present day for this purpose.


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Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)
Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within one kilometer of the dwelling.
World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund, Joint Measurement Programme (JMP) (_URL_


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Durham University Parent-Infant Sleep Lab, with support from La Leche League, NCT, and UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, has launched a new website – Infant Sleep Information Source, or ISIS.
The website has been designed to provide parents and health professionals with clear, evidence-based information on 'normal' sleep, defining normal as "what is biologically expected for humans". It is hoped that this will help both parents who want to make informed choices about how their baby sleeps, and health professionals whose role is to support parents.
The website project is funded by a grant from the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) 'Follow-on Fund' to facilitate and support the translation of research conducted by UK and overseas researchers on issues regarding infant sleep (e.g. development, environments, safety) into an online informational resource.
The site contains information on:
- Why babies sleep the way they do
- Sleep development
- Sleep training
- Different sleeping environments
- Coping at night
- Research evidence
Click here to visit the website.


Instance Method
characterIndexForGlyphAtIndex:
Returns the index in the text storage for the first character associated with the given glyph.
Declaration
- (NSUInteger)characterIndexForGlyphAtIndex:(NSUInteger)glyphIndex;
Parameters
glyphIndex
The index of the glyph for which to return the associated character.
Return Value
The index of the first character associated with the glyph at the specified index.
Discussion
If noncontiguous layout is not enabled, this method causes generation of all glyphs up to and including glyphIndex. This method accepts an index beyond the last glyph, returning an index extrapolated from the last actual glyph index.
In many cases it's better to use the range-mapping methods, characterRangeForGlyphRange:actualGlyphRange: and glyphRangeForCharacterRange:actualCharacterRange:, which provide more comprehensive information.
See Also
Accessing Glyphs
- getGlyphsInRange:glyphs:properties:characterIndexes:bidiLevels:
Fills a passed-in buffer with a sequence of glyphs.
- CGGlyphAtIndex:
Returns the glyph at the specified index.
- CGGlyphAtIndex:isValidIndex:
Returns the glyph at the specified index and information about whether the glyph index is valid.
- setGlyphs:properties:characterIndexes:font:forGlyphRange:
Stores the initial glyphs and glyph properties for a character range.
- glyphIndexForCharacterAtIndex:
Returns the index of the first glyph associated with the character at the specified index.
- isValidGlyphIndex:
Indicates whether the specified index refers to a valid glyph, otherwise NO.
numberOfGlyphs
The number of glyphs in the receiver.
- propertyForGlyphAtIndex:
Returns the glyph property associated with the glyph at the specified index.
Beta Software
This documentation contains preliminary information about an API or technology in development. This information is subject to change, and software implemented according to this documentation should be tested with final operating system software.
Learn more about using Apple's beta software


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My question is about game loop design in opengl.
I believe that game loop can be spited in 3 main steps
- accept input - it may come from users click on the screen or system alert, or anything else.
- do logic
- update view
To make it simple let's just focus on step 2 and 3.
I think that it will be wrong to run them in parallel order or to mix them in to one step. I give you an example.
Lats say you are creating a war game, and you need to draw 100 soldiers fighting on the screen, the logic will be to update their position, to update the background area, and then you need to draw the result. You can't start drawing one soldier before updated the position of another soldier.
So according this simple steps, it is clear that step 2 and 3 need to be synchronized some how, and step 2 must be done before step 3.
Now tell me how it is possible to run game loop on more then one thread, and more then one process? Does opnegl use multiCore? How?
Edit: one way to use multithreading is to precalculate the game logic, or in another words using Vectors. But there are two big disadvantages in vectors that make them almost unrecommend to use.
- Some times you wan't to change your vector, so there were lots of calculation that you did and you are not going to use them
- in most of the cases you are trying to reach 60+ FPS witch mean 16 milliseconds for game-loop, switching threads requires some kind of synchronization, any synchronization is bad for performance, from what I saw, even a simple Handler.post() in android(just adding task to queue to run it on other thread) may take up to 3 milliseconds(18% from your frame rate time), so unless your calculation take longer then that, don't do it! For now I did not found anything taking so much time.


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In a recent study from the University of Minnesota, published in the Journal of Natural Resources & Life Sciences Education, researchers examined the effects of UV on bryophytes. According to report, although they generally are not used in undergraduate studies, an inquiry-based laboratory exercise for introductory students implemented a controlled experiment to investigate effects of increased ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure on the bryophyte liverwort gemmae. This exercise integrated the impacts of climate change on plant populations with experimental design and liverwort ecology.
According to the American Society of Agronomy, the researchers believe that studying the effects of UV radiation on bryophytes can help understand its impacts on crops, ecological systems and humans. Since plants to not have the same ability to move out of direct harm from UV radiation, they have developed a variety of systems to reduce its impacts through evolution. As bryophytes were the first plants to emerge from aquatic life, they represent a key link in this evolution.
Since the exercise was geared more toward the development research and testing skills in students, specific results were not discussed. However, the concept could be very relevant to skin care researchers and sun product developers.


std.variant.Algebraic may be, depending on allowed types
Customizing marshaling of struct types
Marshaling behavior can be changed for a struct type by adding the @dbusMarshaling UDA with the appropriate flag. The following flags are supported:
 - includePrivateFields enables marshaling of private fields
 - manualOnly disables marshaling of all fields
Marshaling of individual fields can be enabled or disabled by setting the DBusMarshal flag as an UDA. I.e. @Yes.DBusMarshal or @No.DBusMarshal.
Note: symbols Yes and No are defined in std.typecons.
After converting a DBus structure to a D struct, any fields that are not marshaled will appear freshly initialized. This is true even when just converting a struct to DBusAny and back.
import ddbus.attributes;
import std.typecons;
@dbusMarshaling(MarshalingFlag.includePrivateFields)
struct WeirdThing {
 int a; // marshaled (default behavior not overridden)
 @No.DBusMarshal int b; // explicitly not marshaled
 private int c; // marshaled, because of includePrivateFields
}
Modules
 - attributes: defines some UDAs (and related templates) that can be used to customize struct marshaling.
 - bus: bus functionality like requesting names and event loops.
 - conv: low level type marshaling methods.
 - exception: exception classes
 - router: message and signal routing based on MessagePattern structs.
 - simple: simpler wrappers around other functionality.
 - thin: thin wrapper types
 - util: templates for working with D type marshaling like canDBus!T.
 - c_lib: a D translation of the DBus C headers (you generally should not need to use these directly).
Importing ddbus will publicly import the thin, router, bus, simple and attributes modules. These provide most of the functionality you probably want, you can import the others if you want lower level control.
Nothing is hidden so if ddbus doesn't provide something, you can always import c_lib and use the pointers contained in the thin wrapper structs to do it yourself.
Concurrent Updates
If you want to use the DBus connection concurrently with some other features or library like a GUI or vibe.d you can do so by placing this code in the update/main loop:
// initialize Connection conn; somewhere
// on update:
if (!conn.tick)
 return;
Or in vibe.d:
runTask({
 import vibe.core.core : yield;
 while (conn.tick)
 yield(); // Or sleep(1.msecs);
});
It would be better to watch a file descriptor asynchronously in the event loop instead of checking on a timer, but that hasn't been implemented yet, see Todo.
Todo
ddbus should be complete for everyday use but is missing some fanciness that it easily could and should have:
 - Support for adding file descriptors to event loops like vibe.d so that it only wakes up when messages arrive and not on a timer.
 - Marshaling of file descriptor objects
 - Better efficiency in some places, particularly the object wrapping allocates tons of delegates for every method.
Pull requests are welcome, the codebase is pretty small and other than the template metaprogramming for type marshaling is fairly straightforward.
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The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) was organized in 1845 as like-minded churches joined forces to accomplish more together for Christ's Kingdom than what they could do by themselves. A distinctive of the denomination is that each church, association, and state convention or fellowship is autonomous, but agrees with basic beliefs (see the Baptist Faith and Message) and gives as led to the Cooperative Program which supports missionaries in North America and missionaries serving in countries around the world.
According to its Bylaws and in practice, the State Convention of Baptists maintains a cooperative relationship with the Southern Baptist Convention in all its work and agencies.
Find out more by visiting the following SBC organizations' websites:


The 13th technology on the manual reads:
After resolving one or more powerups gained from performing a Main action, you may pay 1 cocoa to gain an additional power-up (same Action Board)
While the main action part on the manual reads:
Pay the cost in gold as shown on the selected tile and place one of your Technology markers (wooden discs) on it to mark that you have acquired this Technology. Refer to the Appendix for an explanation of the ongoing benefit of each Technology tile.
After placing the Technology marker, advance once on one temple, depending on which column the selected Technology belongs to: for the left column, for the centre column, for the right column
Afterwards, power up one of your workers on the Alchemy (5) Action Board, unless you used the 3rd option when selecting the tile (you used a single power 4 or 5 worker to place your marker on a second-row Technology).
Therefore, you get the power-up after you have already received the technology, and advanced on a temple. Does this mean that when powering-up your die, can you immediately pay one cocoa to gain an additional power-up?
TLDR: Can you use the technology 13 power on the same die power-up you get from purchasing the technology?
No you can not.
From the FAQ file on BGG here the following Q and A is included.
Q: When do Technology benefits trigger? A: Each Technology triggers at most once during your turn. Most Technologies trigger after performing the Main action on the board (or boards) listed at the bottom of each Technology tile. No Technology will trigger during the turn when it was acquired.
I've tried to find evidence to back this up in the rules printed though and could not.
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Judging of awards will be based on the following criteria. If the delegate:
- Represents the assigned country realistically, conveying a thorough understanding of the country's policy.
- Conducts oneself in a diplomatic manner during formal and informal debate.
- Shows a willingness to negotiate through topics for the benefit of the committee.
- Understands and follows the rules and procedures adopted at MUN which are listed in the guide.
- Conveys knowledge of United Nations's structure and functions.
- Displays the ability to verbally present policy, ideas and questions during conference meeting.
At BME Model United Nations, the following awards shall be given:
There are also awards for the best Photographer and the best Journalist.


How do you program a ORP probe on a Sigma 950?
Document ID
Document ID TE8123
Version
Version 1.0
Status
Status Published
Published Date
Published Date 07/24/2017
Question
How do you program a ORP probe on a Sigma 950?
Summary
Programming the ORP probe on a Sigma 950.
Answer
 1. From the Main Menu select Options, Advanced Options, Datalog.
 2. Select the inputs by using the up and down keys, then press Select.
 3. Select the ORP probe by using the up and down keys, then press Select.
 4. Press Change Choice to cycle between logged and not logged, then press Accept for when your choice is highlighted.
 5. Enter a logging interval using the numerical keypad, then press Accept. Note: all valid intervals are in the status bar at the bottom of the screen.
 6. The meter is now logging the ORP probe. Press Return and then Main Menu to get back to the main menu.
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What The FAQ is a Residential Condo?
If you browse through enough home or land listings on Maui, you may encounter some terms that may leave you scratching your head. Words like residential condominium, condominium home or CPR seem out of place when it comes to home and land listings. That said, these aren't typos. Residential Condominiums are an increasingly popular form of ownership. This post attempts to define residential condos and answer some of the most frequently asked questions we receive from prospective residential condo buyers.
Frequently Asked Questions on Maui Residential Condos
What exactly is a residential condo?
I think it is safe to say that most understand how condos work in an apartment building setting. At a basic level, Residential condos takes the same principles and apply them to land that is zoned to allow multiple structures. For example, zoning rules for an agriculturally zoned lot allow the potential for a main house and a cottage. With the residential condo process, the main house and a surrounding area of land becomes one unit of the condo. The cottage and a surrounding area of land becomes the other unit of the condo.
I have seen the term CPR before in listing remarks. What does that mean?
CPR is not just an abbreviation for cardio pulmonary resuscitation. In a Hawaii real estate context, it is an abbreviation for Condominium Property Regime. The CPR process is how condominium homes are created. A CPR is the legal mechanism where a single property can be divided into two separate units of ownership. Each unit of ownership has its own deed, it may have its own mortgage and it has its own Tax Map Key.
How does a CPR process differ from a subdivision?
A CPR is not the same as a subdivision. The CPR process takes one property and divides it into two or more separate units of ownership. The process does not create additional entitlements to build more structures. For example, if you subdivided a five acre piece of agricultural land into to two lots, each lot would then have the potential for a home and a cottage. If the same five acre parcel were to go through the CPR process, one unit might have the rights to build a main house and the other unit may have the rights to the ohana unit.
Do I Own the Underlying Land with a Residential Condo?
The owners of the condominum units collectively own the underlying land. That said, limited common elements may be designated for the exclusive use of each unit. Exclusive is the key term. That means your partner in the condo can't just meander into your yard area when they see fit.
Do Residential Condos have Common Elements?
Sometimes. The most frequent common elements relate to water and access. Two or more condos will sometimes share a single water meter. Two or more units might share a driveway or a portion of a driveway. In some cases, they may share both. Some residential condo properties on island have an area of common land shared by all of the different condo owners. There are some condo developments on island where almost all of the property is considered to be common element. In those cases, each unit may have a very small limited common element around the structure.
Do Residential Condos have Maintenance fees?
It is typical to have a nominal maintenance fee. Most frequently, the fee goes towards liability insurance for any common areas and the maintenance and maintenance reserves for those common areas. The larger and more elaborate the common area, the higher the fee. If there is nothing shared between the units of a condo, there may be no fee at all.
Are There More Rules with Residential Condos than a conventional home?
That depends on the intention of the people who created the condo. Some condo associations impose rules above and beyond county zoning. That said, most of the residential condo bylaws create no additional rules or regulations above and beyond county code.
Can any property go through the CPR process?
Some homeowners associations restrict CPR properties. For properties with existing structures, all homes need to go through miscellaneous inspections with the county. The structures need to comply with county zoning with all necessary permits in place. If the improvements on the property aren't fully permitted, that could delay or prohibit the CPR process.
Is there a difference between a CPR property that is vacant land and a CPR property that has homes?
At a base level, they are similar. It is the same general process. I know some attorneys believe that CPRing raw land (sometimes called a spatial CPR) carries a little more risk. The risk is that one unit owner's construction efforts could impact the construction efforts of the other unit owner. An owner who builds too much home or uses too many water fixtures could limit the plans of the other owner.
Typically, units of land sold as CPRs come with defined entitlements. Again, I will use an agricultural lot as an example. One unit of land receives entitlements to build a main house. The other unit of land receives entitlements to build an ohana of 1,000 square feet or less. If the ohana unit owner were to build first, and to build a structure larger than 1,000 square feet of living space, the owner of the main house unit may find themselves in a situation where they aren't able to build over 1,000 square feet.
There is also some risk if the two unit owners share a county water meter. If the first person to build goes a little overboard with the number of plumbing fixtures for their unit, it could leave the other owner with fewer fixtures than anticipated.
I know of just one circumstance where the ohana side of the CPR overbuilt. I haven't heard first hand of any issues with someone hogging all of the water fixtures. That said, I want to help illuminate potential risks even if they aren't likely to occur. Condo documents should spell out the entitlements available to each unit. They should also offer some means to mitigate against the above risks. If there are any questions about the documents, hire a Hawaii Real Estate attorney to assist with document review.
Is there anything else I should know about the process of buying a residential condo?
There are a couple of things to note. If it is the first time the condo is being sold, the buyer has a 30 day rescission period. Not all attorneys are equal when it comes to the creation of condominium documents. More specifically, some do a great job and others write confusing documents with too many loop holes and ambiguities. Repeating the advice from the question above, it is worth the investment to hire a qualified Hawaii Real Estate attorney to review the condo documents. They can answer the legal questions about the condo documents that are outside the scope of your Realtor's services.
Why do people choose to CPR a property?
There are a number of reasons why people choose to condo.
 - Statistics show that the CPR process creates equity. The sum of selling the units of a CPR minus the cost of the CPR exceeds the value of a whole property that has not been through the CPR process.
 - Not everyone wants or needs all of the building entitlements that come with a property. Some don't want or need an ohana on their property.
 - The units of a CPR tend to create more affordable options for buyers.
 - CPRs allow for the split of a property in a tenants in common situation or among family members.
 - It does not typically require the improvements necessary for a subdivision.
 - It is typically faster than the subdivision process.
Are there any downsides to CPRing a property?
 - We mentioned the potential risk with a spatial CPR above.
 - The CPR process requires some sort of ongoing relationship between unit owners.
 - There is the potential for shared liability with building or zoning violations. The County could attribute the violation to the whole property instead of citing just the specific unit.
 - Taxes could go up on the property if you retain both units. This is particularly the case if you have a homeowner tax assessment.
Hopefully, this answers some of our reader's questions on CPRs. Special thanks to Jacob Wormser, Attorney at Law. His letter to prospective condominium clients helped clarify some of my own questions on the CPR process. Still have questions? Contact the Maui Real Estate Team and we will do our best to provide answers or direct you to the right resources if we can't do it ourselves.
Published August 13, 2019
Pete Jalbert
Maui Real Estate Blog
Cedar Cottage in Tropical Haiku
This beautiful cedar cottage is situated on approximately one acre in the Maui Ranch Estates neighborhood of Haiku. The home features, two beds, two baths, a two car garage and a large lanai. The home was built in 2003 and has been well maintained with strong pride of ownership. The one acre parcel provides, privacy yet still offers a sense of space. Maui Ranch Estates is located in tropical Haiku close to Makawao Town, Ho'okipa Beach Park, Paia Town and other North Shore amenities.
This is a residential condo. This home is co-listed with Maui Paradise Properties and offered at $559,000. You can see more photos and details on the 183 Kapuai, Haiku listing page. You may also contact the Maui Real Estate Team to arrange a showing or to discuss the property.
Pete Jalbert


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Sesame Street Walking Letters was one of the earliest lines of Sesame Street toys, produced by Educational Toys, Inc. (a division of Topper Corp.) in 1971. The sets featured plastic letters that "walked" on little feet down a ramp or across a table.
Big Bird's Basic Walking Letters Set included a ramp and a set of six walking letters.
Big Bird's Blunderproof Walking Letters Set was more elaborate, with twelve correcting keys, 7 letters (C, H, O, M, P, T, A) and a ramp with a box at the end that judged whether a combination of three letters spelled a word correctly. The child playing with the toy selects a picture of a three-letter word, like a cat, or the sun. The child inserts the picture piece into the slot, and then spells the word out with walking letters. If the word is spelled correctly, a figure of Big Bird pops out of the box to reward the child. If the word is spelled incorrectly, the offending letters fall off of the ramp.
The letters were also sold separately.


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Torsion balance method is one of the methods that determine the water content of the soil rapidly. The method employs an infrared lamp and torsion balance to determine the moisture content rapidly and with high accuracy. The test apparatus and procedure are explained briefly in this article.
Apparatus for Torsion Balance Method
The two main requirements for torsion balance method are:
- The infrared lamp: This is a 250 W lamp. The lamp operates on single-phase AC of voltage 220 to 230V. There is provision to control and regulate the input voltage in order to adjust the drying heat and temperature.
- The torsion balance: This unit is assembled over a magnetic damper which helps to reduce the pan vibration. The torsion balance is calibrated to give water content in a range of 1 to 100 percent with a least count of 0.2 percent. In order to read the temperature, a thermometer is placed in the pan housing with a range of 40 to 150-degree Celsius. In this method, there is no requirement for separate physical balance. The balance scale called a drum is divided into different moisture contents w' which is dependent on the weight of the soil mass.
Procedure for Torsion Balance Method
The moisture meter is calibrated by 25 gram of soil that has particles with size not less than 2 microns. Hence, the sample taken for the test must possess the same specification. The prepared sample is protected from external moisture by keeping it in a pan.
- The soil sample(25 gram) is taken and placed over the raised lamp housing. The soil is then evenly distributed on the sample plan.
- Once the soil sample is placed, the lamp housing is lowered.
- The infrared lamp is switched on.
- A thermometer is provided in its socket that records the drying temperature which is kept at a range of 105-degree Celsius.
- A drum drive knob is used to rotate the drum scale until its pointer moves to index.
- The drum scale gives the percentage of water content.
- When the pointer on the drum scale remains constant, it forms the final reading. This indicates that the soil has dried to a constant mass.
- The value of water content read from the scale is based on the initial weight of the soil w'.
The water content based on the wet weight of the soil is obtained from the test, i.e. w'. Then,
w' = Ww/W
Ww = Weight of water; W= Total Weight
We have to determine the water content based on the dry weight of the soil, i.e. 'w'. Then,
w = Ww/Ws;
Ws= Weight of solids or dry weight of soil.
w'= Ww/W = Ww/(Ww+Ws)
Then, (1/w') = (Ws +Ww)/Ww
= (1/w') = 1+ (Ws/Ww) = 1 + (1/w);
w = w' / (1-w')
The test result can be obtained within 15 to 30 minutes. The result is dependent on the type of soil and the amount of moisture present in the soil. The torsion balance method is a suitable test for soils that reabsorb moisture quickly after drying.


Why Do We Wear Black?
Can you wear all black to work?
It's really not terribly unusual to wear a lot of black.
It's an incredibly common color, especially for professional wear.
And you're not even in all black — you're wearing light-colored cardigans.
And you know, even if it were something like daily head-to-toe hot pink, your coworkers' behavior would still be crappy..
Why do people wear black?
Black. "Black is a color that is taken seriously" says a fashion and style expert, Karen Haller. … People who prefer to wear black clothing are ambitious, purposeful but also sensitive. As a rule, they are emotional and easily excitable, although they often try to hide it.
Is it bad to wear all black?
Nothing wrong with all black, but it can be a bit boring if you don't try to play with the silhouette, though perhaps the blue ocbd/khaki chinos combo is more boring than that. Black is also a very bold and stark color so it can be harder to feature in an outfit, but it's still fairly versatile.
What does it mean when a woman wears black?
Your girl may be habitually wearing black to show her awareness of the bad things in the world, like famine, animal testing, war, or sexual violence.
What does wearing all black symbolize?
Black represents power, elegance, discipline and mystery. Sometimes, it's associated with evil and grieving. Wear black to communicate an authoritative image or protect emotions. Since too much black can overwhelm some, don't wear it when you want to establish rapport.
What does it mean when a woman wears a black dress?
Women in particular often wear all black because they are trying to be "more than what they appear." They want to divert attention from how they look onto what they do, or who they are. … Black is the color to wear when you're trying to impress, reassure or woo.
Is black a bad luck color?
4.) Black is not the happiest of colors in traditional Chinese color symbolism, representing destruction, evil, cruelty, and sadness. The Chinese word for black is 'hei' which stands for bad luck, irregularity, and illegality.
Why is wearing black bad?
Black is simply hard to wear. It tends to accentuate fine lines, blemishes and dark circles when worn close to the face.
Is wearing all black attractive?
Now, a study has confirmed that wearing black makes you appear more attractive, intelligent, and confident, the Independent reports. The study surveyed over 1,000 people to find which colors they most associated with certain qualities. … Sixty-six percent of women thought black was the most attractive color on a man.
What colors do guys find most attractive?
Now, if you haven't guessed it already, the colour that most men and women find attractive is the colour red.
Does wearing black make you look older?
According to colour consultants, wearing black can dramatically age the face by highlighting dark lines under the chin, shadows around the eyes and wrinkles on the cheeks.
Is all black a good look?
It is not hard to… Black is elegant and chic; black is slimming; black looks good on all skin tones; black looks good with all hair colors; black looks as good on men as it does on women. The dress code makes clothes buying and getting dressed in the morning easier.
How do I stop my emo from wearing black?
If you're just tryna look cute out here, here are my tips on how to wear all black outfits without looking emo!…Add some dainty and feminine jewelry. … Put on a bright coloured lipstick. … Wear neutral eye makeup. … Throw on a coloured accessory or two. … Layer different textures.


"Industrial production is for people, so is the working environment. As a result, we hope that through meticulous design, people can enjoy the environment much pleasantly in their work" said Joshua Jih Pan, FAIA.
Taiwan Vernacular Architecture, one of the series of Phoenix Satellite Television(PST), secondly visited "Advantech Linkou Smart Campus". This project adopts "Smart Earth Facilitator" as new vision. It integrates the idea of delicate human technology into the corporate's spirit through the interweaving configuration and layout.
Through PST's interpretation, this program conveys Taiwan's diverse design capabilities, incorporating the elements of human-culture, arts, science fiction films into technological atmosphere, and demonstrating intelligent integrated thinking.


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Becoming an Empathic Civilization
Jeremy Rifkin, economist and founder of The Foundation on Economic Trends, believes it is possible to expand the reach of our empathy to the entire human race, and beyond. He cites new research showing that humans are soft-wired with mirror neurons that cause us to empathize with one another. This emotion has evolved over time: What began as a feeling reserved for those of the same family has expanded to those of the same tribe, to religion, to nation.
- We Are Hard-Wired to Care and Connect: Recent research has shown that our brains are made to support caring, cooperation, and service.
- Video: Brett Dennen's Empathy Song: Musician Brett Dennen sings for the Mosaic Project, a program focused on building positive relationships based on respect.
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flat biconic antenna
electric field strength
An interest to pulsed electromagnet fields emission is supported by a number of applications. These include ultra-wideband radio links and radiolocation as well as functional defeat of radioelectronics means. Ultra-wideband planar biconic antennas are the promising type of radiators for these applications. Methods enabling to pursue estimation of field time dependence of plane biconic antennas in a predesigned watch point are absent in literature. These methods are needed, for example, for the tasks solution of functional defeat, where necessary to know peak value and pulse duration of electric field strength in a point disposition of defeatable radioelectronics mean. The work goal consists in a development of the methods of estimation space-time dependence of electric field strength of the flat biconic antenna in far radiation zone at the he r initiating pulse. For the task solution plane conic antenna radiator are considered in the form of continuous totality of dipole antennas equi-distributed in sector of radiator aperture and electric field strength of antenna is calculated on the principle of superposition – such as resultant of vectors of fields tension are creating each dipole antennas. Electric field strength of dipole antenna was determined on the basis of antenna model in the form of transmission line. Calculations of temporal dependences of tension field components for antenna constrained parameters, initiating pulse and observing point coordinates were performed per designed methods. Consequently it is established that field amplitude-time characteristics subject to duration of initiating pulse and direction on to watch point. Also it is established dependence of antenna directional antenna properties from the initiating pulse duration.
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text: We investigated the thermodynamical properties of water exchanged in poly(L-glutamic acid)/poly(allylamine)hydrochloride (PGA/PAH) polyelectrolyte multilayers containing ferrocyanide. Oxidation/reduction of the ferrocyanide in the multilayer caused a reversible swelling/contraction of the film due to the uptake/release of counter ions and water. We used electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance and electrochemical microcalorimetry to correlate the amount of water with the accompanying entropy changes during electrochemical swelling of the multilayer for a series of different anions at different concentrations. The number of exchanged water molecules was highly dependent on the ionic strength and the type of anion in the buffer solution. However, the entropy change per exchanged water molecule was found to be independent of these two parameters. The water molecules in the polyelectrolyte multilayer have reduced the entropy compared to that of bulk water (≈−1 J mol−1 K−1). A comparison of hydration entropies for free polyelectrolytes and PGA/PAH multilayers suggests that such systems are mainly stabilized by water release during multilayer construction.


December 19, 2019
Select Committee Unanimously Approves Third Round of Recommendations
Washington, D.C. – Today the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress ("Select Committee") passed its third round of bipartisan recommendations aimed to make Congress work better for the American people. The recommendations were crafted to boost civility and bipartisanship in the House, save taxpayer dollars and increase the quality of constituent communication. The recommendations, 16 in total, passed unanimously.
"Since this committee was created, our mission has been to craft bipartisan solutions to make Congress work better for the people we serve. After today, we have a total of 45 bipartisan ideas that would improve the functions of the House, help Members better communicate with their constituents, encourage civility and bipartisanship throughout the House, and save taxpayer dollars, among other critical improvements that could be made to the People's House," said Chair Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Vice Chair Tom Graves (R-GA). "We are grateful for the continued support this committee has received throughout the year and are ready to hit the ground running in 2020 to turn our recommendations into results."
The approved recommendations can be seen below:
Encouraging Civility and Bipartisanship in Congress
 1. Create a bipartisan Members-only space in the Capitol to encourage more collaboration across party lines.
 2. Institute biennial bipartisan retreats for Members and their families at the start of each Congress.
 3. Update committee policies to increase bipartisan learning opportunities for staff.
 4. Establish bipartisan committee staff briefings and agenda-setting retreats to encourage better policy making and collaboration among Members.
Streamlining Processes and Saving Taxpayer Dollars
 1. Update House procedures to allow members to electronically add or remove their name as a bill cosponsor.
 2. Require Members to undergo emergency preparedness training to ensure our government is fully prepared in the event of a crisis.
 3. Identify ways the House and Senate can streamline purchases and save taxpayer dollars.
 4. Encourage House-wide bulk purchasing of goods and services to cut back on waste and inefficiency.
 5. Update travel expenditure policies to improve efficiencies, and boost accountability and transparency.
Increasing the quality of constituent communication
 1. Consolidate the regulations governing Member office communications, including digital communications, into one easy to find place.
 2. Rename the House Commission on Mailing Standards, also known as the Franking Commission, the House Communications Standards Commission to reflect 21st Century communications.
 3. Increase opportunities for constituents to communicate with their Representatives.
 4. Increase accountability and tracking for all Member-sponsored communications mail.
 5. Allow for faster correspondence between Representatives and their constituents.
 6. Update House social media rules to allow for better communication online between Members of Congress and their followers.
 7. Allow the public to better access and view the types of communication sent by Members of Congress to their constituents.
Last week, the Select Committee introduced legislation (H.Res. 756) to implement the 29 bipartisan recommendations that passed out of the Select Committee earlier this year. The text specifically addresses five sections of reform which include: Streamlining And Reorganizing Human Resources, Improving Orientation for Members-Elect and Providing Improved Continuing Education Opportunities For Members, Modernizing and Revitalizing Technology, Making the House Accessible to All, and Improving Access to Documents and Publications. The Select Committee does not have legislative authority, but each committee member co-sponsored this legislative text, led by Chair Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Vice Chair Tom Graves (R-GA), to signal their strong support for delivering real reform in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Select Committee will work with the Committee on House Administration and other relevant committees of jurisdiction to see these recommendations implemented once the legislation passes the House.
About the Select Committee
Created by an overwhelming bipartisan vote at the beginning of the 116th Congress, the Select Committee was tasked to produce recommendations on rules to promote a more modern and efficient Congress; procedures, including the schedule and calendar; policies to develop the next generation of leaders; staff recruitment, diversity, retention, and compensation and benefits; administrative efficiencies, including purchasing, travel, outside services, and shared administrative staff; technology and innovation; and the work of the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards.
Since March the Select Committee has held 14 hearings and numerous Member and staff-level briefings and listening sessions to solicit ideas and recommendations for reforming the legislative branch. On a rolling basis throughout the year, the Select Committee issued recommendations and shared ideas for reform on a bipartisan basis. Last month, after widespread bipartisan support throughout Capitol Hill, the Select Committee and its work was extended through the end of the 116th Congress. The rule that created the Select Committee originally had it set to expire on February 1, 2020. The extension allows the Select Committee to continue its work proposing bipartisan reforms to make Congress work better for the American people.


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The latest in a series of visits made by Hon. Owen Bonnici, Malta's Minister for Research, Innovation and post-COVID-19 Strategy, paid on Wednesday 19 May 2021, was to the University of Malta's Institute of Aerospace Technologies (IAT), where two revolutionary projects worth €400,000 are currently being undertaken.
These two projects, being jointly led by IAT and QuAero Ltd, and which Minister Bonnici got a closer look at, are 'TOUCH-FLIGHT' and 'SmartAP'.
TOUCH-FLIGHT is a patented concept allowing pilots to control their aircraft through a single touch-screen device and by voice command, thereby making for easier control of the aircraft's systems.
SmartAP builds upon TOUCH-FLIGHT, and will introduce changes in the way pilots currently control aircraft as well as their operational safety. It uses artificial intelligence to assist pilots in decision-making throughout the duration of their flight.
The work on these two projects follows on previous international cutting-edge research within the EU Frameworks Programmes. The University of Malta has been involved with European Industrial Primes such as Thales, Alenia and Airbus for more than 15 years. Through the Fusion programme, Maltese innovation is leading to the development of technologies of contemporary value and interest to global aviation.
Minister Bonnici explained how the Institute plays a crucial role in the field of aerospace technology and has already worked on various successful projects under the guidance of main investigator, Prof. Ing. David Zammit Mangion.
QuAero Ltd is a private company that conducts research while providing technical services in commercial aviation.
"Seeing such fruitful collaboration between the private industry and the academic world gives me great satisfaction", continued the Minister.
SMARTAP (R&I-2018-010-T) and TOUCH-FLIGHT (R&I-2012-065) are financed by the Malta Council for Science & Technology, for and on behalf of the Foundation for Science and Technology, through the FUSION: R&I Technology Development Programme.


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How does New Zealand's education system compare? OECD's Education at a Glance 2010
Every year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publishes Education at a Glance, a set of indicators that compares the education systems of its member countries, and participating partner countries.
The report How does New Zealand's education system compare? draws on the New Zealand data in Education at a Glance 2010 and summarises the characteristics and performance of New Zealand's education system in an international context.
Author(s): David Scott, Paul Gini, Strategy and System Performance [Ministry of Education]
Date Published: September 2010
Please consider the environment before printing the contents of this report.
Downloads / Links
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- At a glance
- 1. Introduction
- 2. New Zealand's investment in education
- 3. How many in our population are studying?
- 4. How educated are we?
- 5. The economic benefits of education in NZ
- 6. The social benefits of education in NZ
- 7. Our youth
- 8. NZ'ers in tertiary study overseas & overseas tertiary students in NZ
- 9. Staffing resources


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At the beginning of the second quarter of 2015, the LEO research project started. It will be supported through the European Union's Horizon 2020 support program.
The consortium includes Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH as the OLED manufacturer, research institutions in France (CEA) and Italy (CNR), ArcelorMittal as the substrate supplier and the Spanish company Fundacion Gaiker as the sustainability expert. As a market and technology leader in the field of iridium-free emitter systems for OLEDs, CYNORA will support the LEO project by contributing innovative emitter and host materials for OLEDs.
The name LEO describes the main aims of the research project: Low-cost/energy Efficient Oleds. During the project, cross-company testing in the field of OLED layer structure, among other things, will be pushed, such as the combination of various materials and manufacturing processes such as vacuum processing or solvent-based coating processes, for example.
"We are very proud to be part of the LEO project. The collaboration with the project partners is a great opportunity to settle the key questions in the field of OLED component development and to push the industry forward in general," said Dr. Thomas Baumann, CSO of CYNORA GmbH.


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It might seem rather peculiar that one of the kings of design, Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent spent most of his childhood growing up in Algeria. It only shows us that it does not matter where you were born or where you spent your childhood years, you can discover fashion anywhere in the world, and that is what Yves Saint Laurent did. At the delicate age of seventeen, the designer moved to Paris and had a brief stint in fashion school and afterwards was unexpectedly introduced to Christian Dior where he went to work until 1962.
Soon after his career at Dior came to an end, he decided it was time to set up his own fashion house with his then companion, Pierre Berge. Yves Saint Laurent went on to become one of the most influential designers of the late 20th century. He introduced us to le smoking, which was his legendary smoking suit, the reefer jacket, the sheer blouse, and the jumpsuit. These staple pieces are just as important to a woman's wardrobe today as they were when they were first introduced to women in the sixties.
It is undoubtedly apparent that this fall, the design world has demonstrated their concentrated approach to the classics, and the approach for Yves Saint Laurent is no different. Just as Prada and Ralph Lauren showed their adoration for the simple pieces like A-line dresses, streamlined pencil skirts, and essential white button down shirts, Yves Saint Laurent put their own interpretation on the classics by adding their chic panache to the timeless looks. As I blissfully explored the Fall 2010 collection, I began to see that Yves Saint Laurent put the final stamp of approval on the fashion world's regressive love of the classic look.
While acutely studying the usual slender and fair skinned models gathered on the catwalk, I could not help but be drawn to the collection of assorted shapes and silhouettes. Most of these shapes were covered in inky blacks or this season's celebrated jewel tones like vivid purple amethysts, deep blue sapphires, and rich jaded emeralds. My mind was eloquently engaged with two-piece suits, three-piece suits, modest sheath dresses below the knee, sheer blouses and even the infamous black jumpsuit. While an ebony-colored trapeze dress might seem ordinary to me or you, Yves Saint Laurent layered the same color black cape overtop for curiosity and then placed a silk floppy hat on the head that drooped almost below the jaw line covering most of the model's face. The pop of a pair of beaming cobalt suede stilettos added finality to the ensemble.
Antagonistic style of Masculinity
While Yves Saint Laurent's selection of womanly A-line frocks would make me think this entire collection teetered on the effeminate side, the designer would then present the antagonistic style of masculinity found in a jet-black three-piece suit complete with black patent leather gloves and a chunky gold chain necklace that carried a silhouette of a chic and dapper woman. An embellished white button down tucked into the simple black pencil skirt was out of the ordinary but garnishing the head with a nun-like covering called a wimple catapulted the look into uncommon fashion territory. Black capes seemed to be quite characteristic in this fall's show, but periodically you would catch an unexpected appearance of a blooming fuchsia pink cape, elongated hot pink silk gloves, and even a pair of sixties era spectacles finished with brilliant emerald green lenses.
Almost every model had a fresh clean porcelain face
If the models' hair was not masked under an extensive headpiece, then it was lackadaisically pulled straight back and bundled up into a messy knot as if it did not matter how it looked from behind. Almost every model had a fresh clean porcelain face with lightly painted copper eye shadow to contrast with the eyes and a delicate pink stain to slightly enhance the lips.
Timeless classics were yet again the primary focus of Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2010 collection, which was true for most autumn collections this year. I believe this makes every woman including myself feel a little closer to the runway apparel we usually stand back and admire thinking about how we might never be able to wear these looks in a typical setting. Now we can all participate in the celebration of the classics, bright suede shoes, sophisticated black suits, and pencil skirts but we might just leave the wimple wearing to the ladies on the runway.