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General Information on European Masters Programme in Advanced Textile Engineering
 1. Registering at one of the participating universities
 Students eligible for this Masters programme have to fulfil the entry requirements of the universities participating in the European Masters Programme in Advanced Textile Engineering.
 Students have to pay the registration fee at the university where they register.
 2. Students having a higher education degree (BSc, BEng, etc.) in textiles or related areas (mechanics, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, general process engineering, materials engineering, etc.) can subscribe.
 Decision of acceptance will be discussed by the E-TEAM members but is primarily depending on the participating university (universities) in the country where the student was last studying in a course relevant to the requirements of E-TEAM. It is at that (these) participating university (universities) that the student has to enroll.
 Non-EU students should enroll at one of the participating universities.
 3. Requirements for progression through the programme
 Attending all courses and participating in all exams is compulsory.
 4. Topics for thesis
 Topics for the thesis will be chosen by the students during the 3rd semester. The location of the project will be at the university of the supervisor for the topic chosen by the students.
 Topics will be based on proposals of the lecturers involved in the programme.
 5. Evaluation of thesis
 There will be three professors for the evaluation of the thesis, the supervisor and two other qualified lecturers from different universities participating in the course.
 6. Graduating
 Students having passed the 3rd semester and the thesis will receive a degree or diploma of the university where they have registered in accordance with local legislation.
 Students also receive an E-TEAM certificate issued by AUTEX (Association of Universities for Textiles). This certificate is signed by the heads of the textile departments/institutes of the host universities and by the programme coordinator.


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Renée Richards Is the First Transgender Athlete Who Was Married to a Woman — Facts about Her
Born in 1934, Renee Richards is one of the most famous names ever to grace the tennis court with immense talent. She was born to a surgeon and psychiatrist, who were members of New York's Jewish intellectual elite.
The star began her amateur tennis career after graduating from Yale University and competed in various competitions. In 1955 and 1957, Richards competed in the US Open Men's Single, making it to the second round.
Although Richards, 86, amassed so much fame in the world of sports, she was more famous for one thing— her gender transformation. Let us take a deeper look into Richards' life as a trans person.
RICHARDS' TRANSFORMATION AND CHALLENGES
In 1975, at the age of forty, Richards made history after becoming the first trans woman to play professional sport. Reports had it that the former athlete underwent her transformational surgery at a New York City hospital.
Even though she had lived the first forty years of her life as a man, she was determined to enjoy her remaining years as a different person. However, a year after her gender reassignment surgery, Richards began facing challenges regarding her new sexuality.
In 1976, the US Tennis Association denied Richards entry into the US Open as a woman for failure to pass a Barr Body Chromosome Test known as the "woman born woman test." Richards put up a legal fight, as she sued the association to court for denying her a right to play.
Speaking about her experience in an interview, Richards revealed that the Tennis Association had top lawyers in New York and multiple witnesses for the case.
However, she had just one witness — Billie Jean King. After one year of legal battle, the court ruled in Richards' favor, and she competed in the 1977 US Open as a woman.
Even though it was a joyful time for Richards, many did not buy the idea of a transgender woman competing against other women. Tennis legend, Martina Navratilova, was one of those who penned down her thoughts about transgender athletes.
Navratilova explained to London Sunday Times that she had no issue addressing a transgender woman in any way preferred; however, she would not be happy to compete against her. Navratilova tagged the situation as "unfair and cheating."
Although many believed Richards would have been a threat to other women, she proved otherwise. In the 1977 US Open, the athlete was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by Virginia Wade but competed in the doubles with Betty Ann Stewart and reached the finals.
Richards quickly made a name for herself and became number twenty in the female rankings. The tennis star continued to play professionally until 1981 when she moved over to coaching.
FAME AND FAMILY
Amassing so much fame is one thing, but dealing with the negatives that come with it is another. For Richards, it appears fame cost her a lot, including her wonderful family.
Although several people are conversant with the star's name, many remain oblivious to the fact that she was married and had a son— Nick.
Richards once revealed that she is not friends with her ex-wife, Barbara Mole, and the two only talk when it's about their son. Also, Richards' father refused to come to terms with his child's sex change, and the icon's sister denied her existence to friends.
Richards still shares a good relationship with Nick, who refers to the former as "dad" in private. Although the 86-year-old has faced some criticism in the past, she has won several global headlines as a pioneer for trans-sexual rights.
Richards sees herself as a reluctant pioneer. The trans woman once noted that she was not an activist, but her act was a private one for her self-betterment. Nevertheless, she remains a source of inspiration for multiple transgenders all over the world.
LIFE AS A DOCTOR
After graduating from college, Richards enrolled in medical school at the University of Rochester, becoming an ophthalmologist specializing in eye-muscle surgery and correcting double vision. Following her divorce in 1975, she joined an ophthalmology practice in Newport Beach.
According to Richards, her most significant achievements are as an eye surgeon, operating on more than 20,000 children's eyes.
However, the tennis star once stated that her legacy would be more rooted in her career in human rights. Richards admits her life may seem hectic sometimes, but she has a pretty good one!

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The Rhetoric of Art and Commerce
A guide to resources for PWR 2JP: The Rhetoric of Art and Commerce. Course topics include: how consumer culture influences the work of the artist-and vice versa; how art and a market economy overlap; aesthetics, communication, sex, violence, and selling out. This research guide broadly covers the research process from researching refernce materials for broad subject reading to database searching for articles.
Listed below are Library of Congress subject terms, which search only the subject field(s) of the Searchworks catalogue. You can refine your results by using the limiting facets with the left frame. Narrow by SUL (Stanford University Libraries) location, publication year, language, etc.
- Advertising - Psychological Aspects
- Art (Media OR Consumer OR Advertising OR Marketing)/Social Sciences
- Body Language
- Commerce United States
- Consumer Behavior
- Consumption Economics
- Discourse Analysis
- Internet Marketing
- Nonverbal Communication
- Popular Culture
- Persuasion (Psychology)
- Persuasive Communication

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E.g. you have a file with 3 lines that are millions of characters long. What's the fastest/most efficient way to read the first N characters of line 2?
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Do you know how long line 1 is? – Ilya Kogan Apr 5 '11 at 6:53
"Millions of characters" (= dozens of megabytes) is not a lot by today's standard. When programming, concentrate on the algorithm and do not perform optimizations until the program works already and you have profiled the parts that actually need optimization. – Giovanni Funchal Apr 5 '11 at 11:19
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Either you have some insight into where the line breaks might be...
 - lines are equally long so divide the file size by three and seek to that address
 - only one line's long but you're not sure which, so read a chunk from the start and end of the file and work out which line it is
...or you're completely in the dark and have to just scan your way along until you find the first newline:
 - use memory mapped I/O for fastest-possible scanning speed, AND
 - tell the operating system (if it lets you) that you're doing a sequential read so it doesn't flood its cache with the file data you're scanning past and won't need again (e.g. on Linux, use madvise() - _URL_ )
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+1 for the cache hinting suggestion with madvise(). – Anders Abel Apr 5 '11 at 8:49
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There is no good way to do it. The line ending is just another character combination that you will have to scan the file for. Some performance tuning can be done on how the file is read e.g. using memory mapping.
If the file isn't changing between reads, creating a separate index file containing the positions of the line breaks will save the scanning time the next time. If you have control over the file writing you can of course create an index (in a separate file, or in a header) when you write the file.
Joel has written a blog post on the subject.
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Use ifstream::ignore().
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int main(int, char* []) {
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Right after reading all the characters of line 1?
Joking aside... how about matching your read size to the block size of the filesystem. You've still got to seek past that first line, but that's going to be the most efficient way to do it
If you knew the actual length of the first line, you could just seek past it without reading the data.
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I think seek and then read char by char is good, if you know lower bound of your lines, seek to that bound then start to read upto the next line (for line 2 of 3 line file).
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Troubleshoot Azure Files
This article lists common issues related to Azure Files. It also provides possible causes and resolutions for these problems.
If you can't find an answer to your question, you can contact us through the following channels (in escalating order):
- Microsoft Q&A question page for Azure Files.
- Azure Community Feedback.
- Microsoft Support. To create a new support request, sign into the Azure portal, and on the Help tab, select the Help + support button, and then select New support request.
|File share type||SMB||NFS|
|Standard file shares (GPv2), LRS/ZRS|
|Standard file shares (GPv2), GRS/GZRS|
|Premium file shares (FileStorage), LRS/ZRS|
General troubleshooting first steps
If you encounter problems with Azure Files, start with these steps. You can also use the Azure file shares troubleshooter, which can help with problems connecting, mapping, and mounting Azure file shares.
Check DNS resolution and connectivity to your Azure file share
The most common problem encountered by Azure Files customers is that mounting or accessing the Azure file share fails because of an incorrect networking configuration. This can happen with any of the three file sharing protocols that Azure Files supports: SMB, NFS, and FileREST.
The following table provides the SMB, NFS, and FileREST requirements for which of the network endpoints of a storage account they can use, and which port that endpoint can be accessed over. To learn more about network endpoints, see Azure Files networking considerations.
|Protocol name||Unrestricted public endpoint||Restricted public endpoint||Private endpoint||Required port|
To mount or access a file share successfully, your client must:
Be able to resolve the fully qualified domain name of the storage account (ex.
mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net) to the correct IP address for the desired network endpoint of the storage account.
Establish a successful TCP connection to the correctly resolved IP address on the correct port for the desired protocol.
You must use the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for your storage account when mounting/accessing the share. The following commands will let you see the current IP addresses of the network endpoints of your storage account, but you should not hardcode these IP addresses into any scripts, firewall configurations, or other locations. IP addresses aren't guaranteed to remain the same, and may change at any time.
Check DNS name resolution
The following command lets you test the DNS name resolution of your storage account.
# If you have changed the DNS configuration in your environment, it may be helpful to clear # the DNS client cache to ensure you're getting the updated DNS name resolution. Clear-DnsClientCache # Replace this value with the fully qualified domain name for your storage account. # Different storage accounts, especially in different Azure environments, # may have different suffixes than file.core.windows.net, so be sure to use the correct # suffix for your storage account. $hostName = "mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net" # Do the name resolution. Piping to Format-List is optional. Resolve-DnsName -Name $hostName | Format-List
The output returned by
Resolve-DnsName may be different depending on your environment and desired networking configuration. For example, if you are trying to access the public endpoint of the storage account that does not have a private endpoint configured, you would see a result that looks like the following, where
x.x.x.x is the IP address of the cluster
file.phx10prdstf01a.store.core.windows.net of the Azure storage platform that serves your storage account:
Name : mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net Type : CNAME TTL : 27 Section : Answer NameHost : file.phx10prdstf01a.store.core.windows.net Name : file.phx10prdstf01a.store.core.windows.net QueryType : A TTL : 60 Section : Answer IP4Address : x.x.x.x
If you are trying to access the public endpoint of a storage account that has one or more private endpoints configured, you would expect to see a result that looked something like the following. Note that an additional CNAME record for
mystorageaccount.privatelink.file.core.windows.net has been inserted in between the normal FQDN of the storage account and the name of storage cluster. This enables name resolution to the public endpoint's IP address when the user is accessing from the internet, and resolution to the private endpoint's IP address when the user is accessing from inside of an Azure virtual network (or peered network).
Name : mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net Type : CNAME TTL : 60 Section : Answer NameHost : mystorageaccount.privatelink.file.core.windows.net Name : mystorageaccount.privatelink.file.core.windows.net Type : CNAME TTL : 60 Section : Answer NameHost : file.phx10prdstf01a.store.core.windows.net Name : file.phx10prdstf01a.store.core.windows.net QueryType : A TTL : 60 Section : Answer IP4Address : x.x.x.x
If you are resolving to a private endpoint, you would normally expect an A record for
mystorageaccount.privatelink.file.core.windows.net that maps to your private endpoint's IP address:
Name : mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net Type : CNAME TTL : 53 Section : Answer NameHost : mystorageaccount.privatelink.file.core.windows.net Name : mystorageaccount.privatelink.file.core.windows.net QueryType : A TTL : 10 Section : Answer IP4Address : 10.0.0.5
Check TCP connectivity
The following command lets you test your client's ability to make a TCP connection to the resolved IP address/port number.
# Replace this value with the fully qualified domain name for your storage account. # Different storage accounts, especially in different Azure environments, # may have different suffixes than file.core.windows.net, so be sure to use the correct # suffix for your storage account. $hostName = "mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net" # Do the TCP connection test - see the above protocol/port table to figure out which # port to use for your test. This test uses port 445, the port used by SMB. Test-NetConnection -ComputerName $hostName -Port 445
If the connection was successfully established, you should expect to see the following result:
ComputerName : mystorageAccount.file.core.windows.net RemoteAddress : x.x.x.x RemotePort : 445 InterfaceAlias : Ethernet SourceAddress : y.y.y.y TcpTestSucceeded : True
Both Windows clients and Linux clients can use
AzFileDiagnostics to ensure that the client environment has the correct prerequisites.
AzFileDiagnostics automates symptom detection and helps set up your environment to get optimal performance.
Common troubleshooting areas
For more detailed information, choose the subject area that you'd like to troubleshoot.
- Connectivity and access issues (SMB)
- Identity-based authentication and authorization issues (SMB)
- Performance issues (SMB/NFS)
- General issues on Linux (SMB)
- General issues on Linux (NFS)
- Azure File Sync issues
Some issues can be related to more than one subject area (both connectivity and performance, for example).
If you still need help, contact support to get your problem resolved quickly.
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Duplication of the failure mode means verifying that the reported failure symptoms (failure mode) of the component can be reproduced.
The failure symptoms should be duplicated for several reasons, including: (1) to assure that the reported failure mode exists in the component being analyzed (and therefore ensure that the correct component is being analyzed); (2) to determine what electrical stimulus method(s) can be used to reproduce the failure mode during analysis; and (3) to assure that additional or different failure modes have not been introduced during the activities prior to analysis, such as system troubleshooting, component removal, or delivery of the component to failure analysis.
The failure mode can be duplicated in a variety of ways, dependent upon the type of test equipment or testing services available to failure analyst. The following are several examples of methods used to duplicate the failure conditions. For all of the methods, it is important to have as detailed a description of the electrical failure conditions as possible in order to ensure that correct and complete duplication is achieved.
For components manufactured by the same company performing the analysis, it may be possible to retest the component using the same test equipment and test programs used during the manufacture of the component. This is often most desirable, since it stimulates and evaluates the performance of the component in a manner as similar as possible to the conditions prior to failure. This method can can be very useful if there is concern that the manufacturing test process did not detect the failure mechanism or defect (in other words, the failure existed prior to the manufacturing test and was not detected by the test; it was a test escape). Another method is to use the production test vectors on a different test system. For example, the manufacturing test may have been performed on a Sentry test system and the component is retested during failure analysis with an HP82000 test system using the Sentry test vectors translated into the HP82000 format. Depending upon the complexity of the component and the failure mode,it may also be possible to reproduce the failure mode using simple benchtop equipment, such as an HP4145 and a switch box to set the power, input, and I/O pins into their appropriate states.
It is very important that the reported failure mode be reproduced as soon as possible during the analysis. Normally, failure mode duplication is the first activity after visual examination of the component to ensure that the correct component has been received for analysis.


ed = $SqlCmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
$SqlConnection.Close()
The code containing SqlClient classes is very much like the code with OleDB. These classes work in a similar way:
 1. An MSSQL server connection object is created;
 2. An object with an SQL query is created, and the connection object is assigned to it;
 3. Then in case of running a SELECT query, an adapter object is created and the query is executed in the context of this object;
 4. In case of running an INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE query, the object with the query (containing the connection object) executes the ExecuteNonQuery() method.
SQL Query in PowerShell Using SQL Server Management Studio Module
To use Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (SMO) classes, SQL Server Management Studio must be installed on your computer.
Load the SMO module, create a new server object and then run a SELECT query:
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo");
$serverInstance = New-Object ('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server') "contoso-sql01\testdb"
$results = $serverInstance.Databases['test'].ExecuteWithResults('select * from test_table')
foreach ($res in $results.Tables) {
$nbsp;echo $res
}
using SQL Server Management Studio module in powpershell to run SQL query
For an insert/update/delete query, run ExecuteNonQuery:
$db = $serverInstance.Databases['test']
$db.ExecuteNonQuery("insert into test_table (test_col) Values ('123456')")
Note. You can also install SMO libraries through the NuGet Package Manager:
 1. Download nuget.exe _URL_
 2. Run PowerShell as an administrator and go to the directory containing nuget.exe;
 3. Run: .\nuget.exe Install Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlManagementObjects.
 nnuget install Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlManagementObjects module
 4. Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlManagementObjects folder with all DLLs will appear in the current directory;
 5. Load the SMO library into your PowerShell session from a DLL file. Add it to your script:
add-type –Path "C:\Users\username\Downloads\Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlManagementObjects.150.18208.0\lib\net45\Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll"
Then SMO classes will become available for use.
Invoke-Sqlcmd Cmdlet from SQLServer PowerShell Module
To use the Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet, install the SqlServer for PowerShell module. Run PowerShell with the administrator privileges and execute the command:
Install-Module -Name SqlServer
(Press Y and then ENTER to accept the installer notifications.)
After the installation, you can make sure that the module has been installed correctly by running this command:
Get-Module SqlServer -ListAvailable
Install powershell Module SqlServer
The Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet is easier and more intuitive than other ways of connection to an Microsoft SQL Server from PowerShell. Invoke-Sqlcmd uses the same syntax for SELECT and INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE queries.
Here is an example of a Select query:
Invoke-Sqlcmd -ServerInstance "contoso-sql01\testdb" -Query "sp_who"
Using PowerShell Invoke-Sqlcmd to access SQL server
This is an example of an INSERT query:
Invoke-Sqlcmd -ServerInstance "contoso-sql01\testdb" -Database "test1" -Query "insert into test_table (test_col) Values ('123321')"
Unlike other methods, a query in the Invoke-Sqlcmd is always set in the –Query parameter.
Which SQL connection option should you use?
A choice between oledb/smo/sqlclient/invoke-sqlcmd is based on the task and the environment where you are going to run a PowerShell script.
If you want to deploy a script to multiple servers (for example, your script collects monitoring data locally), using SMO or SqlServer PowerShell module (Invoke-SQLcmd) is not reasonable, since you will have to install extra packages on the remote hosts to run the script, and it is better to avoid it if there are a lot of servers.
In its turn, the SqlServer for PowerShell module offers many other cmdlets to work with your SQL Server (you can learn more here: _URL_ The module contains more commands to manage SQL Server itself.
If your script will perform non-administrative tasks (is responsible for some part of business logic, for example), it is worth to use _URL_, as they provide more convenient development tools. An advantage of OleDB is that it can work not only with an SQL Server, but also with Access/Oracle/Firebird/Interbase.
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How to Remove Hidden/Ghost Network Adapters in Windows _URL_ _URL_ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 08:00:00 +0000 _URL_ When replacing a motherboard or a network card, during a P2V or cold migration of virtual machines between hypervisors/sites, or when configuring multiple VLANs on a single NIC in Windows, you can come across a problem of hidden (ghost) network adapters. In this case, you cannot set the previously assigned static IP address for a new network interface.
Windows automatically hides the devices that are present in Windows configuration, but are not physically connected to the computer. The hidden network adapter in Windows remains if you physically disconnect the previously installed network card (this can be either a physical NIC or a virtual network adapter). The previously installed network card becomes hidden and you cannot see it in the Device Manager.
Error: The IP Address Already Assigned to Another Network Adapter
The main problem of hidden network adapters is that you cannot assign an IP address of your old network adapter to a new network card. When you try to assign the old IP address, the following warning appears:
The IP address you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter
Microsoft TCP/IP
The IP address <IP address> you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter (Intel Gigabit Network Connection) which is no longer present on the computer. If the same address is assigned to both adapters and they both become active, only one of them will use this address. This may result in incorrect system configuration.
Do you want to fix the problem by entering a different IP address for this adapter in the list of IP addresses in the Advanced dialog box?
I often come across this issue in VMWare virtual machines with a VMXNet3 virtual network adapter. A new virtual NIC card is identified as a new device (unlike vNIC type E1000). If you have removed a network card (vNIC) on a VMWare virtual machine and added a new one, you won't be able to set your old IP address assigned to the removed network interface.
Also, the problem of hidden network adapters appears after migrating a physical server to a VM (Physical-to-Virtual — P2V), for example, using the VMware Converter. After the migration, disabled (physical) network adapters still remain in Windows, and you cannot use the old IP address settings for the new vNICs.
Prior to assigning an old IP address to a new network adapter, you must remove the configuration of disconnected NICs.
How to Remove a Non-Existent Network Card Using the Device Manager?
To uninstall hidden (physically removed) network adapters in Windows, open the Device Manager console in the special mode.
To do it in Windows 7 (or earlier):
 - Open the command prompt as an administrator;
 - Run the command: set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
 - Start the Device Manager console: devmgmt.msc
In the top menu, click View -> Show hidden devices (in Windows 10 this item is always available, and you don't need to enable the devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices mode via cmd).
devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices
Expand the Network adapters section. Hidden network cards should appear in the list (they have pale icons). Select the network card you want to remove, right-click it -> Uninstall Device.
ghost (hidden) network adapter on windows
Remove Network Adapter Settings from the Registry
If after removing an unused NIC in the Device Manager you still cannot assign the old IP address to a new adapter, remove the IP configuration of the old NIC from the registry.
The IP settings of your network interfaces are located under the registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces.
This registry keys contains some {Interface GUID} keys. Check them one-by-one until you find


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Lots of my workshop participants are government employees who don't have or can't find style guides and/or they're not allowed to download eyedropper tools to locate color codes. Microsoft Paint to the rescue!
Hi! I am Matt Feldmann with Goshen Education Consulting in Southwestern Illinois (near St. Louis). Ann asked me to write this guest blog post to show you how to look up specific RGB color codes with a program you likely have already pre-installed on your computer–Microsoft Paint. Ann has previously discussed how to use an Instant eyedropper program to look up these color codes and how to use those codes to change your color scheme in Excel. If you are like me, you don't like to download new software…and you don't need to if you use Microsoft Windows.
Take a Screenshot and Paste It Into Paint
- I use shortcut keys. Press: ALT+PRTSCN
- Open MS Paint.
- Paste your screen shot using either CTRL+V, right clicking on your mouse and selecting PASTE, or selecting the PASTE button in MS Paint.
The following is a pasted screenshot from an upcoming conference:
Use Color Picker to Identify a Color
Color Picker looks like an eyedropper and it is in the Tools section. It is identified below with my red arrow:
Select the Desired Color with the Eyedropper and Select Edit Colors
I selected the green color with the eyedropper and it automatically switched Color 1 to green.
Edit Colors is on the far right.
Record the RGB Codes for Future Use
The following is the screen that pops up when you edit colors. The Red, Green, Blue colors are on the right.
But wait–isn't Paint dead? Apparently not. However, if you want to use the newer MS Paint 3D program (which is preloaded with Windows 10), there also is an eyedropper that records your RGB codes. As a bonus, it will also give you a Hex code.
You can also paste the picture in PowerPoint and use the eyedropper there: _URL_
Thanks for the hint. I just tried it and learned something new.
Yes, in newer versions. When did they add the eyedropper, in the 2010 or 2013 version? I know it's been there a while now. I gave a workshop a couple weeks ago where staff were still using Office 2003 products. Yikes. And it's fairly common to see 2007 or 2010 software. Luckily there are workarounds, like using Paint, for just about everything.
Paint is a wonderfully simple and robust product. I just finished a report where I needed to shrink the file size of pictures, and paint made it pretty simple. I am NOT a graphic design expert. All I did was open the picture in Paint and shrink the picture size; I literally selected Resize and shrunk the size of the picture. This did what I can't seem to figure out on all the other graphics packages I own.
Matt, I used Paint just today to figure out the size of my image in pixels! Great tool.
Thank you for this tip. Paint has been my go to for photo editing for years, but I learned something new today.
FYI. Microsoft Paint will only be available via the Windows store in the future. They're nixing it as part of the default Windows package. _URL_
Christina, that means it doesn't come pre-downloaded anymore, right? My understanding is that it won't magically appear on our computers right when we buy them from the store, but that we can visit the Windows store for a free download. Side note: Do you remember the pinball game? And solitaire??
I believe so. It won't be a part of the set package people get with newer versions of Windows. Kind of a tragedy since I use Microsoft Paint for a variety of tasks. :/ Pinball game forever!
[…] Learn how to read your organization's style guide, locate your color codes with an eyedropper, or locate your color codes with Microsoft Paint. Then, enter your color codes in Excel or in […]
THANX! I was trying to find what would be truly 'bronze', and could not make up my mind from just looking at how the colors came out. Using a bronze statue from a Paint picture helped out fantastically, and gave me a range of ways to establish it.
(For my homemade 32nd anniversary card! 😉)
This was great! Thanks


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Model LDT Leak/Over Temperature Detection Relay
Shaft Seal Leak and Stator Temperature Monitor
The Dwyer Model LDT is used to monitor the shaft seal and the stator temperature of a submersible pump to detect a leak or over temperature before pump failure. A leak is detected by sensing the status of a float or conductivity switch installed in the seal cavity. When this resistance drops below the set sensitivity, the output relay energizes and the LED indicator illuminates. When the seal failure condition clears, the relay automatically resets. A normally closed temperature switch mounted on the stator detects over temperature. The temperature safety feature incorporates a bistable relay that retains its position during power loss and latches on until the remote reset button is pressed. The LDT has adjustable leak sensitivity from 1k to 35k ohm. Installation is made simple with a surface mount configuration.
Dwyer Model LDT Specifications
- Power Requirement:120 VAC, 50/60 Hz.
- Power Consumption:4 VA (approximate).
- Sensitivity: 1k to 35k ohm adjustable.
- Temperature Limits:Operating: -4 to 131°F (-20 to 55°C); Storage: -40 to 185°F (-40 to 85°C).
- Sensor Voltage:12 VDC.
- Switch Type:(2) SPDT.
- Electrical Rating:10 A @ 120 VAC resistive.
- Response Times:Leakage Trip: 1 s; Leakage Reset: 1 s; Temperature Trip: 0.1 s.
- Indicators:Green LED illuminates under normal operation. Red LED's illuminate when leak or over-temperature is detected.
- Enclosure: Polycarbonate dust cover.
- Mounting:Surface mount.
- Weight:17 oz (482 g).
- Agency Approval: cUL, UL.
- Model LDT-AS Leak/over temperature detection relay.


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In Germany and Austria, von is defined as of or from and goes before a surname (family name) to show the family relationship or the place of origin.(noun)
An example of von used in a name is in Ludwig von Mises, which means Ludwig of Mises.
See von in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Learn more about von

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Nomination Summary for Thiophene (N82308)
Nominated Substances: Thiophene
Nomination Date: 12/00/1981
Nominator: NCI
Rationale: Toxicological effects not well characterized, suspicion that thiophene moiety in methapyrilene may contribute to carcinogenicity of that antihistamine
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All About the Benefits of Owning A Ranch
Why do people buy ranches? Many people buy them for profit. Certainly, someone with the right knowledge and technical know-how can make money from the livestock or fishery a ranch produces. Proper ranch management is said to the key to a profitable ranch operation. Furthermore, ranches are subject to attractive tax incentives. As a ranch owner, you can donate your property into a conservation easement, and promise to not develop it. Doing this can give you significant tax deductions.
Investment experts, however, caution potential ranch owners about the income-generating capability of ranches. As with any other agricultural enterprise, the profitability of cattle and other ranch produce depends largely on market conditions. Also, while very attractive properties, ranches are not as easy to sell as other agricultural lands. Some financial experts categorize ranches as an alternative investment, that is, it requires a fairly large amount of capital that may yield profits only after a considerable period. Others see them as inflation hedges. A number of present ranch owners are also exploring other revenue-generating ventures such as opening their properties for recreation, or engaging their land in carbon trading projects.
However, experts are one in saying that the true benefits of owning a ranch come from its non-financial rewards: the satisfaction of owning acres of scenic property and wide open spaces that soothe the soul, a rural lifestyle of "living off the land", and the prestige one gets in the community from being a ranch-owner.


I modifying a gcode file with custom toolswap codee, and I need to replace every instance of "T0" (^T0$) with a large amount of text (19 lines), which is stored in a separate file. How can I do so quickly?
There are about 100 instances that need replacement, and I can see the need to do more in the future, so I need something that does it all at once.
I tried defining a macro with q to replace one instance, hoping to run it a certain number of times, but I could only run the macro once. The macro deleted the line, and then read (:r) from the other file.
Does that work for you?
It will replace every occurence of T0 with the content of filename.
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Critical Pin Optimization performs remapping of logical LUT input pins to faster physical pins to improve critical path timing. A critical path traversing a logical pin mapped to a slow physical pin such as A1 or A2 is reassigned to a faster physical pin such as A6 or A5 if it improves timing. A cell with a LOCK_PINS property is skipped, and the cell retains the mapping specified by LOCK_PINS. Logical-to-physical pin mapping is given by the command get_site_pins.


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The Bride of the Three Virtues
The Bride of the Three Virtues
This article was published on the well known Tibetan blog Choemey (Butter Lamp). The piece, published under a penname, concerns social change and shifting family dynamics inside Tibet.
The Bride of the Three Virtues
By Namkha
My internet friends may laugh when they first see the title of today's article. Possibly they haven't seen this title before. This is a new prize that is becoming popular in Tibetan areas. It reminds me of the time when I worked hard to become a young pioneer at the primary school, and worked hard to become a "student of the three virtues." The student of the three virtues must be: 1. A good student; 2. Have good discipline; 3. Have good hygiene. The student must have these three virtues.
In the twenty-first century, from this idea of "the student of the three virtues" spread this idea of "the bride of the three virtues" in the snowland, a place devoted to love and compassion and karma. I laughed when I first heard of this, but I also wanted to think on this idea and ask some questions about it.
I asked questions of the girl who was discussing this issue with me. She said, "It in't about identifying some prize winners as a result of improvement of thoughts and economy. Both in nomadic and farming areas, elderly parents experience a lot of sufferings." Later I clearly understood the meaning of "the bride of the three virtues."
Listen to what she had to say after this. At this point she took a long breath and said, "These days for both nomads and farmers, economic problems have been slightly relieved by the caterpillar fungus. Sons and brides, leaving their children with their elderly parents, go to the county and prefecture towns to hang out. The elderly parents not only take care of the children, but also do house chores and herd the livestock. They don't come home from the city for a few days. Husbands carelessly waste a few day drinking and playing mahjong. Some brides, disregarding the suffering of the children and the elderly parents, play mahjong and look for lovers."
Here she stopped speaking. Then she continued in a sad and quiet voice, "Last winter I went home for the New Year. As you know the weather in the nomadic areas is quite cold. I was born on the grassland. In the winter, most of the nomads settle in the town or near it. In many nomadic communities, they don't have plumbing at home, so they have to carry water in from outside. In winter the place where they draw water is covered with ice, so it is very slippperly. One day, I think just before noon, an elderly man from the community came to my house. He said they needed me to go with him to the town.
He said, 'The old grandma (Name) fell on the ice and broke her leg when she went to fetch water this morning. In fact, the full bucket of water spilled over her, and she nearly died. Fortunately, a bride (Name) from another family noticed and saved her. Otherwise, she would have frozen to death.'
This elderly couple have a son and two daughters. The two daughter married into another community. The son is the youngest among them. He is about 35 years old. He is a civil servant in the county. He has an attractive wife, a woman who is very proud of her beautiful skin. The result of leaving their son with the elderly 75-year old mother ripened that morning. The reason the old man wanted me with them was that they wanted someone who can speak Chinese when the grandma was treated at the hospital.
My father asked where the son and the bride were, but the the old man said they had gone to the main town for shopping seven or eight days ago. Honestly, the distance between that town and our county town is about one and half hours. Even if they had gone on a motorcycle, they could have reached home in a day. Moreover, there were many cars going back and forth between the county and town.
When I hurried there, the old grandma was in a car, covered in a warm blanket. The driver was the son of the old grandma's younger brother. He was also angry and abusing the the old grandma's son and bride, 'The couple's behavior is always the same. They don't take care of the parents. They bought an apartment in the county town and they live there.'
'They only visit a few times during the New Year and the holidays. I talked to them a few times. Now the parents are old. If you two stay in county town without caring for the parents, it is hard for them even to get water. Maybe you should take the parents to town to live with you. The son indicated that I should not give him advice.'
'Since then I dare not say anything, because I know they wouldn't listen to an illiterate person like me. However, on the one hand, she is my father's younger sister. On the another hand, his parents are old. It is hard for me to bear it in my heart, every time when I see them.' As the driver, with some anger, shared the couple' story, we arrived in the main town. We quickly found the hospital and brought the old grandma inside.
In the hospital, I tried to comfort the grandma and touched her hand, but there was no warmth in her hand. She said, 'My fate is very sad. I have no reason not to die" and tears fell down from her eyes. Her husband, the old grandpa, had also come to the hospital with their 5 year-old grandson. The grandma asked, 'Why did you come here? There is no one at home. Who is taking care of the livestock?' He said a neighbor's name and said that he would take care of the livestock.
What we needed then was a person to take care of the old grandma in the hospital, so we had to look for the son and the bride. The driver said, 'The son must be at the mahjong place, but the bride may be at the apartment' and went in the direction of the apartment. After a moment, he came back and said, 'The wife is not in the apartment. It is impossible to guess where she is. I called him many times but his phone was turned off.' That is true that he called many times while driving. The doctor said, 'Her (grandma's) leg is broken and it takes a while to reattach the bone. As she is in her old age, it is hard to recover as easily as a youth, but there is no need to worry.'
The old man who came to call me said, 'It is certain that we will need a woman in the hospital to take care of the grandma and to help her to the bathroom. We can call the two daughters' families and clearly explain the situation.' I strongly agreed with this idea. I had wondered about how well the son's bride might care for the grandma. At that moment, the grandma's nephew said, 'Let's go eat.'
The old grandpa stayed in the hospital, and we took the grandson with us. One the way to the restaurant, the driver asked someone where we could find the son and the bride. Someone said he didn't know about the son but said the wife was in a restaurant and gave us the name. When we arrived there, she was enjoying a meal with some civil servants from the county and her face was full of smiles. Once she saw us, she looked a bit uneasy.
I knew the driver was very angry. His face had become very red. However, he controlled his anger and explained what had happened to the grandma. He also said they had been looking for her and her husband.
She said she didn't know where her husband was. She left her son and walked out of the restaurant. It seems we were all aware that the 70 year-old grandma wouldn't die this time, so everyone felt very relieved. Everyone said they were hungry now. After everyone ate something they liked, we took some food for the elderly couple and went to the hospital. The bride was on a phone call with someone. After about an hour, the son appeared. His two eyes were very red. To us it looked like he was very tired. Once his father saw him he got very angry.
The father was so angry he couldn't even speak. The dishonest son started to say, 'I went to the prefecture town to run some errands for my bureau. My phone battery died.' Pointing his finger at his wife, he said, 'I told you to go back to the town. You told me you would go that afternoon.' At that, the wife also became angry and said, 'If it's ok for you to look for Chinese prostitutes and wander the streets like a homeless dog, why can't I look for lovers?' They pulled out all their dirty secrets in front of the parents. I was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, so I went to ask the doctor about the patient's condition.
Such things have happened and are happening in both the nomad and farming areas. Actually, there are many cases of parents being abandoned by sons and brides. Because of this, to ensure that the son and the bride would take care of the parents, they established this prize for "the bride of the three virtues" in every village. There are three criteria for "a bride of the three virtues:" 1. She must take good care of the parents; 2. She must have a good relationship with the villagers and neighbors; 3. She


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Theme: Preparing Preservice Teachers for Inclusive Practice
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Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children
The Small Special Education Programs Caucus (SSEPC) is seeking papers for its new monograph related to inquiry and practice of the preparation of preservice teachers for inclusive practice.
The increase in inclusive practice and changing service delivery models has had an impact on practice in special education. In response to this changing landscape, teacher educators have had to revise and restructure their programs to prepare undergraduate and graduate students to teach in a variety of classroom structures. This monograph will be a collection of current research related to preparing teachers for these structures, with a particular emphasis on teacher preparation in small college and university programs. All members of the Teacher Education Division are encouraged to contribute papers.
All papers must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word to Dr. Michele Kamens at _EMAIL_ by the deadline date of August 1, 2010. Early submissions are encouraged. All submissions are subject to blind review, and must adhere to the following guidelines in order to be considered:
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Access denial is a security tool used to limit access by persons who may be unauthorized. It uses an automated algorithm to determine if a user has permission to access a given resource or area. If the user does not, the system issues a warning about the access denial. The user may be able to enter additional verifying information or credentials to gain access.
A classic example of this security measure can be seen at secure sign in forms on the Internet. If a username is not known or someone enters the wrong password, the system uses access denial to prevent access to user accounts. It may provide a notice explaining what happened and inviting the user to try again, and will usually lock users out after a set number of failed tries for security reasons, to prevent attempts to brute-force a password.
Access denial can occur when someone enters an incorrect password on a web sign-in form.
Access denial can occur when someone enters an incorrect password on a web sign-in form.
Access denial can also be seen with an operating system, which limits administrative access for security reasons. Users who attempt to enter secured areas in a computer system will encounter errors. Likewise if they attempt to change settings that are beyond their permissions levels. Sometimes this is the result of an error; for example, a system may mistakenly refuse to allow a user to access an external hard drive, and an administrator may need to troubleshoot to determine the source of the problem.
It is also possible to use access denial in physical security, with pass codes, key cards, and other identifiers that keep unauthorized personnel out of secure areas. Posting a guard is also a form of access denial; the guard evaluates people who approach to determine if they should be allowed in, and can exclude them if they do not meet the parameters set by the parent organization. In physical security, access denial can also include the use of automatic locking gates and doors to limit movements through secured areas.
Systems that provide access denial services can operate at various levels of complexity. Basic security systems can reject incorrect passwords or identifiers, while others can send messages to administrators or alert law enforcement about attempts to tamper with physical facilities. This is only one aspect of security, which can also include encryption, internal password-protected areas, and other measures to control access and movement. If someone manages to penetrate an external security barrier, access to sensitive internal areas may be limited by layers of security.
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The Island Private School of Limassol in Cyprus opened for the first 500 students in September 2022, and is now looking for competent, experienced and, above all, passionate Extracurricular Primary Teacher to join the team for the current academic year and continue in 2023-2024.
We are also in the process of planning our new school campus on a beautiful 50,000 m2 site to be completed approximately by end of 2025, that will include kindergartens, elementary and high schools, an international boarding school, and accommodation for teachers. This is a great opportunity to join a growing school on the cusp of a major turning point.
Cyprus regulations require applicants to have a university degree in education recognised by KYSATS and the ability to pass a background check.
- Planning and preparing educational activities: Extracurricular teachers in primary education should be able to design and plan activities that are age-appropriate and engaging for children. They should create lesson plans that align with the curriculum and ensure that they have all the necessary materials and resources to facilitate the activities.
- Lead learning activities: Activities to be based on best practice PYP learning both individually and in groups
- Facilitating learning: Extracurricular teachers should lead activities that promote children's learning and development. They should encourage children to participate and engage in activities and facilitate discussions that encourage critical thinking.
- Supervising children: Extracurricular teachers are responsible for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the children in their care. They should maintain a safe and secure environment and supervise children to ensure that they are following the rules and behaving appropriately.
- Communicating with parents: Extracurricular teachers should regularly communicate with parents and keep them informed about their child's progress. They should be available to answer questions and provide feedback to parents about their child's learning and development.
- Creating a positive classroom environment: Extracurricular teachers should create a welcoming and positive classroom environment that promotes learning and engagement. They should foster a sense of community among the children and create a space that is conducive to learning.
- Continuing professional development: Extracurricular teachers should continuously seek to improve their teaching practice by engaging in professional development activities. They should attend workshops, training sessions, and other professional development opportunities to keep their skills and knowledge up-to-date.
- Learn and develop PYP childhood learning and teaching strategies and approaches.
- Participate in collaborative planning and add to PYP planners.
- Support children in personal hygiene and wellbeing routines.
- Maintain confidentiality about children's learning, development and care at all times.
- Monitor and ensure that students follow established routines and procedures.
- Collaborate with other team teachers (class and co-teachers) to ensure a seamless transition between activities and programs.
- Attend staff meetings, professional development sessions, and training as required.
- Follow all relevant policies and procedures regarding safety, child protection, and health and safety.
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Pedagogical is a must. Additional degrees would be considered an advantage.
- Professional Educator Diploma or other teacher qualification if available (e.g. QTS, PGCE).
- Has fluent English level C1.
- Familiar with technology use in teaching and learning.
- Is compassionate and attentive to students; knows how children learn and can support their learning.
- Remember how to be curious and awed by the world around.
- Can create and improvise and has a desire to co-create a child-centred curriculum and bring it to life.
- Has a mild allergy to sitting at the desk and strictly following the prescribed curriculum.
- A unique opportunity for a career in a fast-growing polysystemic school
- Competitive remuneration package based on qualifications and experience
- Modern & Professional Work Environment
- Optional participation in the Company's Group Medical Scheme
- Opportunities to learn and develop yourself
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7 Lessons Learned as a College RA
Anyone who has lived in a college dorm knows what an RA is. They are seen as either the bossy tools who go out of their way to keep you from having fun or the useless nobodies that get a free room to do nothing and let chaos run throughout the halls. Well, I worked as a college RA (Resident Advisor, or Resident Assistant in some universities) while in college, and eventually got promoted to an RD (Resident Director), and a lot of my college experiences happened from the point of view of those positions. Here are ten lessons learned from being an RA/RD:
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1. An RA isn't just that happy-go-lucky robot with a clipboard.
I thought I would start off by giving a clearer description of what an RA is and does, since I'm sure not many people are familiar. An RA is known as a Resident Advisor, or a Resident Assistant, in most colleges. The hiring process to become an RA is much more in depth than any other campus job (which I'll describe in more detail a bit later), as the responsibilities of an RA range in many areas. The following are the typical tasks an RA of your school would be responsible for:
– Rule enforcerProbably the most common task RAs are known for. They are in charge of abiding by the university residence hall policy and make sure students in their hall are following them as well. If they catch students not following policy, they are then to either give them warnings or write them up for a variety of punishments options.
– Room checksMaking sure that resident rooms in dorms and residence halls are clean, in proper living conditions, and ready for students to move in. Throughout the semester, they must ensure that the rooms continue to be in proper condition and do not present safety hazards to the students who live in it. They also must check the rooms when the students leave to make sure no damage has been done to it.
– AdvisingThis is where the "advisor" part comes into play. RAs are often put (whenever possible) in dorms with students in a major similar to themselves. RAs are trained to help students if they are having trouble with classes, with school, or even their personal lives. While not full-fledged counselors, RAs are given basic training to see if students are showing signs of depression, or giving basic counseling advice in emergency situations when a counselor isn't available.
From my experience, most RAs get the compensation of a paid room to themselves. In many schools, that's all they get (and sometimes they'll even have to share a room with another RA). In other schools, RAs get some better benefits. In addition to a free room, some schools give RAs a stipend (ranging from $20-$100 a week), free meal plans, free travel expenses for conferences, free goodies (like shirts, office supplies, mugs, caps, etc), and gift certificates/gift cards.
2. The RA hiring process is very selective and thorough.
Unlike other campus jobs, the position of RA holds a lot of power and responsibility, so it is no question that the interview process will be very comprehensive. Since I don't know how the interview process goes for every university in the country, I will merely provide the process for mine. I assume other schools are at least in a similar ball park.
The first step is the application. In addition to all the traditional application information that has to be provided, the RA application also puts you to answer essay questions that test your ethics and your desire to be an RA. If you hold the minimum GPA required and the questions show some ethical decision making and interest, you may be called to an interview. In that first interview, even more questions are asked in all sorts of different areas. You are given scenarios that RAs typically deal with and are asked how you would deal with them.
In addition, you are asked to prepare for the interview a 15 minute presentation of how your first RA 'wing meeting' will be (the initial meeting with your new residents at the beginning of the year). You are invited to be as creative as possible, and have decent knowledge of the housing policy handbook.
If you pass that interview, you will join a second group interview. All the candidates who have made it this far will be asked to participate in a one-day retreat kind of thing, where games will be played and team exercises will be performed. RDs and administrators will watch these games and see who works well with others and how these students perform in group settings. Being the loudest and most outgoing won't necessary land you the job. It's about being yourself, and not being afraid to take risks and talk to people. I would also recommend volunteering to be the first to do something in a game, even if you know you'll make a fool of yourself. In that initial time when they ask for volunteers and everyone is quiet, that is the best time to shine.
If you get selected to continue, you go through the last interview. This is usually with the assistant or associate director of housing. They tend to ask even more prodding questions to find out more about you, including experiences you've had that you think would be relevant to the job, and case studies to truly see how you think. If you can make it past this 3rd interview, you're almost an RA.
All that's left is the RA class. In some universities it's offered for elective credit, in others it isn't. This class ranges from 1 month to 3 months, once or twice a week, and the class covers just about everything an RA will do: administration, counseling, community-building, activities and events hosting, and even how to dress and nonverbal communication.
If you get through the class and manage to complete your assignments, you get placed in a residence hall and a room, go through another week of intensive training (the class is more on theory, and the training is more on practice) the week before school starts, and voila! You're an RA!
RA training is serious business.
RA training is serious business.
3. There are a lot of unadvertised perks of being an RA.
In my line of work, I've had several dinners with the university president, gotten backstage passes to Jeff Dunham and Tosh.O, and have even been picked as a volunteer for several hypnotists at my campus thanks to my VIP seating. In addition, I have been invited to complimentary trips to the Oshkosh aviation air show to represent our school, and other trips around the country for a variety of reasons.
The point I'm trying to make is that RAs receive many other benefits and opportunities than what you see in the job description. It really is a lot of fun and worth the experience. Plus, as student leaders, putting that you were an RA in college looks really good on resumes and grad school applications. It's one of the most versatile campus involvements you can have since they deal with so many areas.
In addition, you will be very well-known on campus. As an RA, you participate in orientation events, rallying up students for orientation activities, games, and programs. You usually get to know all the students in the building, and more importantly, they get to know you. If you're the super strict RA with the iron whip, the students will get to know you and avoid getting in trouble by you. If you make an effort to get to know the students, like saying hi in the hallway, going to the events you promote, etc., you will find that students will talk, and all of a sudden all sorts of people will be saying hi to you on campus, some you don't even know. This will continue to grow every year that you're an RA, until you become one of the most well-known students on campus, if you can handle that.
From personal experience, I went from a completely reserved, quiet student as a freshman on campus to one of the most well-known students in school. Case in point, I actually won Senior Class President my senior year and gave the graduation speech on graduation day. The biggest part of the popularity necessary to win that election was the people that I knew and the people that knew me.
It is a great feeling to have residents you had all year come back to you in their junior year and tell you thanks for helping shape their freshman year. Granted, many freshmen could care less, but there will be some that really appreciate your efforts.
4. Once you are an RA, you are always an RA.
Our university's housing department had a motto about being an RA: It's not a job, it's a lifestyle. The reason for this is because you are an RA 24/7, whether you want to be or not. You can't just "turn it off" when you go clubbing with your friends. Your residents will see you as their RA in the halls, and they'll see you as an RA in the clubs. They will also see you as their RA ten years from now when you encounter them and their kids at Disney World.
Many university staff members and student affairs professionals started out as RAs. Once they realize they could make an entire career out of doing stuff like that, they went for it. I'm one of those people. I became an RA for life, so to speak. So if you don't think you can handle the pressure of a job that becomes a part of your life, I wouldn't recommend being an RA. Otherwise, it'll be one of the most memorable jobs you'll ever have.
5. Being a Resident Director (RD) is pretty awesome too.
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The Origin of War Driving
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Why does "war driving" use the term "war?" Admittedly, the practice of war driving is an attempt to obtain information illicitly, but a better term might be something like "Eavesdrop driving."
The term "war chalking" seems to have come along as a Johnny-come-lately term for "war driving." War driving was already firmly entrenched in the Wi-Fi counter-culture, so when the newer grass-roots activity of marking Wi-Fi hotspots came along, perhaps it seemed natural to use the "war" word. But how was "war driving" named in the first place?
The term derives from "war dialing," which was the pre-broadband hacker practice of programming a computer to dial hundreds of dial-up access numbers, hoping to find one that was not protected (or could easily be cracked). It was popularized by the movie War Games (1983).


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Academy of Distinguished Alumni
Ray W. Clough Sc.D., N.A.E.
Inducted to the Academy of Distinguished Alumni as an Honorary Member on
Ray W. Clough received his received his B.S. (1942) degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington and his ScD. (1949) from MIT. Prof. Clough was a member of the Berkeley CEE faculty from 1949 to 1987, retiring as the Byron L. and Elvira E. Nishkian Professor of Structural Engineering. He served as a Director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) from 1973 to 1977. He also served for several years on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Earthquake Engineering. Prof. Clough died on October 8th, 2016 at the age of 96.
Prof. Clough is renowned for pioneering the field of structural earthquake engineering, and his most important research contribution as a member of the Berkeley faculty was as co-developer of the "Finite Element Method," which revolutionized the field of structural analysis and design of buildings and other structures such as dams, as well as finding application in many other disciplines that now use this method of analysis. He was an early visionary of the capability of using powerful computers to conduct complex structural analyses; analyses that would have been impossible only a few years before. In the 1960s, he developed a series of publications that contained pioneering methods for computer earthquake analyses of tall buildings. These methods were the forerunners of later commercial computer programs, such as SAP 2000, now standard in engineering practice. He co-authored the definitive text, still widely used today, Dynamics of Structures, with Joseph Penzien, in 1975.
Prof. Clough was recognized with many awards and honors including election to the National Academy of Engineering in 1968 and the National Academy of Sciences in 1979, one of only a very few individuals ever elected to both national academies. Among his many other awards, he received the George W. Housner Medal from EERI (1996) and the Prince Philip Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering in London. In 1994, President Clinton presented Prof. Clough with the National Medal of Science for his "outstanding contributions in the fields of finite element analysis, structural dynamics, and earthquake engineering which had extraordinary influence in the development of modern engineering." In 2006, Prof. Clough was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Civil Engineering "for revolutionizing engineering and scientific computation and engineering design methods through his formulation and development of the finite element method, and for his innovative leadership in applying the method to the field of earthquake engineering with special emphasis on the seismic performance of dams." In 2008, at the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Beijing, China, Prof. Clough was recognized as one of the "legends of earthquake engineering."


Below are the 10 primary benefits of using the Magic Link handwriting programme in both primary and secondary schools:
 1. School curriculum
The Magic Link Handwriting Programme can be used in both primary and secondary schools. This programme can be integrated into the school curriculum so the whole school can learn neat, cursive, joined-up handwriting. The non joined-up (pre-cursive) programme is for 5-year-olds, in year 1 and the cursive (joined-up) programme is for 6-18 years.
2. Whole class or groups
The programme can be used with a whole class as it can be incorporated as part of a classroom activity. Alternatively, it can be used with small groups of children, or individually with pupils who are finding particular difficulty with the letter and word formation. It is perfect for pupils of all ages including those in primary schools as well as secondary schools.
2. Colour-coded worksheets
The bright, worksheets use clear colour -coding and each vowel has its own colour. This is a motivator, which also improves reading and spelling. No further teaching resource is required.
colour coded worksheets
3. Handwriting intervention
The programme can be used with small handwriting intervention groups within the classroom or as specific tutorial lessons.
4. No teacher training
No teacher training is required; teachers, special educational needs coordinator (SENcos) or teaching assistants are simply required to supervise the children to ensure that the pupils are following the steps correctly. This makes the programme very easy to use as there is little scope for error.
5. Simple font
The Magic Link font makes learning how to write correctly a simple and achievable task. There are no confusing lead-in (entry) strokes. This font has been designed to promote speed and result in smooth, flowing joined up handwriting.
The simple magic link font
6. Multi-sensory
The Magic Link Programme incorporates a multi-sensory approach. The lively music, auditory instructions and visual tips are clearly presented and makes learning fun and interesting.
 7. Incremental Progression of Handwriting Strokes
The act of forming letters requires many steps. The steps in the Magic Link programme follow motoric incremental movements of handwriting, which are required to complete an action resulting in higher levels of motor planning. At the end of every steps, the learnt words are incorporated into 'silly sentences' to reinforce the motor movement and make handwriting practise fun.
Letters with arrows
 8. Perfect for all pupils
The Magic Link Handwriting Programme is perfect for all pupils including children with SEN i.e dyslexia, dyspraxia, have Asperger's syndrome, hypermobile and left and right handers. All pupils follow the pre-recorded video lessons to learn the correct formation of letters, words and sentences.
 9. Highly structured
This highly structured programme starts at the basic level and progresses through vowels and vowel combinations. All pupils are fully aware from the start, that at the end of 30 steps they will achieve neat, cursive writing.
10. Certificate of Achievement
For primary school children, a "Certificate of Achievement" provides an extra motivator. This can be given at the end of the programme or awarded in assembly and reward their new skill to make them feel proud and confident.
Benefits of using the Magic Link Handwriting Programme in school


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English title: Welfare state regimes, unemployment and health: A comparative study of the relationship between unemployment and self-reported health in 23 European countries
Author(s): C. Bambra - T.A. Eikemo -
Type: Journal article
Background: The relationship between unemployment and increased risk of morbidity and mortality is well established. However, what is less clear is whether this relationship varies between welfare states with differing levels of social protection for the unemployed. Methods: The first (2002) and second (2004) waves of the representative cross-sectional European Social Survey (37?499 respondents, aged 25–60 years). Employment status was main activity in the last 7 days. Health variables were self-reported limiting long-standing illness (LI) and fair/poor general health (PH). Data are for 23 European countries classified into five welfare state regimes (Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon, Bismarckian, Southern and Eastern). Results: In all countries, unemployed people reported higher rates of poor health (LI, PH or both) than those in employment. There were also clear differences by welfare state regime: relative inequalities were largest in the Anglo-Saxon, Bismarckian and Scandinavian regimes. The negative health effect of unemployment was particularly strong for women, especially within the Anglo-Saxon (ORLI 2.73 and ORPH 2.78) and Scandinavian (ORLI 2.28 and ORPH 2.99) welfare state regimes. Discussion: The negative relationship between unemployment and health is consistent across Europe but varies by welfare state regime, suggesting that levels of social protection may indeed have a moderating influence. The especially strong negative relationship among women may well be because unemployed women are likely to receive lower than average wage replacement rates. Policy-makers' attention therefore needs to be paid to income maintenance, and especially the extent to which the welfare state is able to support the needs of an increasingly feminised European workforce.
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To page no: 98
Journal: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health


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A type of animated, interactive graphics was famously presented to the world by Hans Rosling of the Gapminder Foundation in a TED talk. The bubble plots that were presented clearly showed changes for several variables over time. Paul Murrell produced an animated
ggplot2 plot based on the Gapminder bubble plots. This demonstration is perhaps more informative as it separates countries into different continents and draws a separate panel for each continent. In doing so we can more easily see the variation within continents.
We can see that over time, for all continents, the general trend is that as the number of children per woman decreases, it is associated with an increase in life expectancy. What is interesting is how it is possible to observe significant events such as wars occurring within each continent.


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Helpers > Teacher
| Child Care Providers
Holidays & Events
Teacher's Appreciation Week and National
May > Child Care Provider's Appreciation Day-celebrated the Friday before
Oct. 5th > World
Let's show our teacher's and child care
providers how much they mean to all of us: to our children, our
families and the community.
In 1984 the National PTA instituted Teacher's
Appreciation Week, the first full week in May and the second Tuesday in May is National
In 1994 the UNESCO instituted World
Teachers Day celebrated October 5.
Also, another important event is Child
Care Provider's Appreciation Day - celebrated the Friday before
If children are attending a part-time or full time preschool or a
child care facility this is a special activity in which the entire
family can participate to honor teachers and child care
The dedication and love that our children receive from teachers and
child care providers is immeasurable and affects the entire family,
with this mind this craft will express to them that the entire
family cares for their dedication.
Hand Flower Craft
This craft involves tracing the hand or doing individual handprints
of each member in the family. These handprint tracings or
paint handprints are placed to form a flower. Here are the
instructions to make it. On the materials column is the
template for the leaves and stem.
Have fun with this family project.
Note: This activity is also appropriate many other occasions
and they are listed in the craft's instructions page.
* something to color or paint with
*glue or glue stick


Vegetable sponges: how to grow them to say goodbye to plastic
Vegetable sponges: how to grow them to say goodbye to plastic
Vegetable sponges are also known as Luffas, they are the fruits of a plant of the cucurbitaceae family, related to pumpkin and cucumber and it is very easy to grow at home.
Luffa is a fruit that has many fibers inside and can perfectly replace the use of traditional sponges that are made of plastic. Vegetable sponges are natural and 100% biodegradable, unlike commonly used sponges, which makes them less polluting.
How is it grown?
This plant has more male than female flowers, so it is advisable to place more than 5-6 plants to have a reasonable production. Pollination is essentially carried out by bees and it is convenient to install 1 to 2 hives per hectare.
It can grow as a vine, climbing a wall or forming a pergola, incidentally, it will project a good shade.
Luffa adapts to many types of soil, but it thrives best in soils with a loamy or sandy texture, deep or well drained with organic matter, in addition to maintaining a pH of 5.5 to 7.5 preferably.
The plant grows best in areas with tropical and subtropical climates. They regularly flower on short days, but there are also long-day cultivars.
How is it used?
The main use of this vegetable is the production of natural sponges, but if it is harvested early, it can be eaten like zuchinis. The sponge is also used to make bath, beach and cleaning products, such as massage gloves, mops, hats and shoes. In addition, its flowers are delicious in salads or fried as well as pumpkin.
You can use it for the shower (it is a very good exfoliator), to wash dishes, wash the bathroom, etc.
Luffa also has medicinal properties as a laxative, topical, and diuretic.
Video: I Grow My Own Towels u0026 Sponges in My Garden - LUFFA (May 2021).


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The Western Connection began in 2003 as collaboration between Western Connecticut State University and the Danbury area school districts to provide students with disabilities opportunities in a college setting. This regional program, for students ages 18-21, provides academic opportunities, work experiences, and life skills instruction to assist students in developing the vocational, study and social skills necessary for future post secondary study, competitive employment and community living. Generally a two year program, students audit one class per semester (for a total of four class experiences), and have one different work experience per semester (for a total of four different vocational experiences). Graduates of this program have opted for a variety of settings after graduating from the program. They include: 4 year colleges, community colleges, or the work force.
Current on campus worksites include:
A significant emphasis is on developing social skills appropriate to college age students. Students participate in a social skills group for one hour weekly. Western Connection students are encouraged to join clubs and attend special college presentations. They take advantage of the fitness facilities and the game rooms.
There are at least two social or cultural events held per monthshared by both Western Connection and WCSC education, and social work students.
Activities at the college have included:
- Coffee Houses
- Football Games/Tailgating Parties
- Theater Productions
- Hikes, Bowling, Miniature Golf


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I saw this lesson on Artsonia in several variations.
- drawing sheet A4 size
- white pencil or silver gel pen
- black paper for background
Start this the lesson with a class discussion about witches. How can you recognize a witch? What things belong to a witch? What can you say about the clothing of a witch?
Students draw with pencil the lower half of the body of a witch: skirt and legs. Around this body they draw things that belong to witches. Draw a horizon line at about 1/3 part from the bottom. The drawing should be coloured with markers. Colour the background with markers or chalk pastel. The latter is obviously faster than colouring the background with markers.
Paste the drawing on a black background and decorate the rim with theme-related little drawings. Use a white pencil or a silver gel pen.
In the debriefing should be clear that you only need a half drawing to recognize a witch: Which witch is this?
Made by students of grade 3


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Charge Your Phone in 30 Seconds!
Charge Your Phone in 30 Seconds! You say magic? i say black magic! The technology conference held in Tel Aviv featured a battery that can be charged in under 30 seconds. The battery was created by an Israeli startup company called StoreDot at Microsoft's Think Next Conference.
For the demonstration, a Samsung S4 smartphone was used, and it's dead battery was fully charged in 26 seconds. At the moment, the battery is only a prototype and it will take about three years before it becomes commercially viable. The battery pack used in the demonstration was the size of a pack of cigarettes, so you can imagine why it would take years before it could be available in the market.
Founder of StoreDot, Dr Dorn Myersdorf, said, "We think we can integrate a battery into a smartphone within a year and have a commercially ready device in three years." The battery is bio-organic and utilizes self-assembling nano-crystals that were discovered while researching Alzheimer's disease in the Tel Aviv University 10 years ago.
These nano-dots are described by the company as "stable, robust spheres" with a diameter of 2.1 nanometers and are made up of peptide molecules. This new technology has the potential to impact a wide variety of industries and the team has also incorporated it into memory chips. These memory chips can write three times faster than traditional flash disks. Also the nano-dots can be developed as a replacement for cadmium in screens.
According to Dr Myersdorf, the batteries will be 30 to 40 percent more expensive to produce than traditional batteries and will be twice as expensive as the ones on today's market. The process by which the batteries will be made is said to be relatively easy. The ability to charge one's phone in half a minute is truly incredible. Lets hope that we see a commercial version of this new battery soon!


pppdist
0th
Percentile
Distance Between Two Point Patterns
Given two point patterns, find the distance between them based on optimal point matching.
Keywords
spatial, math
Usage
pppdist(X, Y, type = "spa", cutoff = 1, q = 1, matching = TRUE,
 ccode = TRUE, precision = NULL, approximation = 10,
 show.rprimal = FALSE, timelag = 0)
Arguments
X,Y
Two point patterns (objects of class "ppp").
type
A character string giving the type of distance to be computed. One of "spa" (default), "ace" or "mat", indicating whether the algorithm should find the optimal matching based on "subpattern assignment", "
cutoff
The value $> 0$ at which interpoint distances are cut off.
q
The order of the average that is applied to the interpoint distances. May be Inf, in which case the maximum of the interpoint distances is taken.
matching
Logical. Whether to return the optimal matching or only the associated distance.
ccode
Logical. If FALSE, Rcode is used which allows for higher precision, but is much slower.
precision
Index controlling accuracy of algorithm. The q-th powers of interpoint distances will be rounded to the nearest multiple of 10^(-precision). There is a sensible default which depends on ccode.
approximation
If q = Inf, compute distance based on the optimal matching for the corresponding distance of order approximation. Can be Inf, but this makes computations extremely slow.
show.rprimal
Logical. Whether to display a plot showing the iterative solution of the restricted primal problem.
timelag
Time lag, in seconds, between successive displays of the iterative solution of the restricted primal problem.
Details
Computes the distance between point patterns X and Y based on finding the matching between them which minimizes the average of the distances between matched points (if q=1), the maximum distance between matched points (if q=Inf), and in general the q-th order average (i.e. the 1/qth power of the sum of the qth powers) of the distances between matched points. Distances between matched points are Euclidean distances cut off at the value of cutoff.
The parameter type controls the behaviour of the algorithm if the cardinalities of the point patterns are different. For the type "spa" (subpattern assignment) the subpattern of the point pattern with the larger cardinality $n$ that is closest to the point pattern with the smaller cardinality $m$ is determined; then the q-th order average is taken over $n$ values: the $m$ distances of matched points and $n-m$ "penalty distances" of value cutoff for the unmatched points. For the type "ace" (assignment only if cardinalities equal) the matching is empty and the distance returned is equal to cutoff if the cardinalities differ. For the type "mat" (mass transfer) each point pattern is assumed to have total mass $m$ (= the smaller cardinality) distributed evenly among its points; the algorithm finds then the "mass transfer plan" that minimizes the q-th order weighted average of the distances, where the weights are given by the transferred mass divided by $m$. The result is a fractional matching (each match of two points has a weight in $(0,1]$) with the minimized quantity as the associated distance. The computations for all three types rely heavily on a specialized primal-dual algorithm (described in Luenberger (2003), Section 5.9) for Hitchcock's problem of optimal transport of a product from a number of suppliers to a number of (e.g. vending) locations. The C implementation used by default can handle patterns with a few hundreds of points, but should not be used with thousands of points. By setting show.rprimal = TRUE, some insight in the working of the algorithm can be gained. For moderate and large values of q there can be numerical issues based on the fact that the q-th powers of distances are taken and some positive values enter the optimization algorithm as zeroes because they are too small in comparison with the larger values. In this case the number of zeroes introduced is given in a warning message, and it is possible then that the matching obtained is not optimal and the associated distance is only a strict upper bound of the true distance. As a general guideline (which can be very wrong in special situations) a small number of zeroes (up to about 50 percent of the smaller point pattern cardinality $m$) usually still results in the right matching, and the number can even be quite a bit higher and usually still provides a highly accurate upper bound for the distance. These numerical problems can be reduced by enforcing (much slower) Rcode via the argument ccode = FALSE.
For q = Inf there is no fast algorithm available, which is why approximation is normally used: for finding the optimal matching, q is set to the value of approximation. The resulting distance is still given as the maximum rather than the q-th order average in the corresponding distance computation. If approximation = Inf, approximation is suppressed and a very inefficient exhaustive search for the best matching is performed.
The value of precision should normally not be supplied by the user. If ccode = TRUE, this value is preset to the highest exponent of 10 that the C code still can handle (usually $9$). If ccode = FALSE, the value is preset according to q (usually $15$ if q is small), which can sometimes be changed to obtain less severe warning messages.
Value
 - Normally an object of class pppmatching that contains detailed information about the parameters used and the resulting distance. See pppmatching.object for details. If matching = FALSE, only the numerical value of the distance is returned.
References
Hitchcock F.L. (1941) The distribution of a product from several sources to numerous localities. J. Math. Physics 20, 224--230.
Luenberger D.G. (2003). Linear and nonlinear programming. Second edition. Kluwer.
Schuhmacher, D. and Xia, A. (2008) A new metric between distributions of point processes. Advances in Applied Probability 40, 651--672
Schuhmacher, D., Vo, B.-T. and Vo, B.-N. (2008) A consistent metric for performance evaluation of multi-object filters. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 56, 3447--3457.
See Also
pppmatching.object matchingdist
Aliases
 - pppdist
Examples
# equal cardinalities
 X <- runifpoint(100)
 Y <- runifpoint(100)
 m <- pppdist(X, Y)
 m
 plot(m)

 # differing cardinalities
 X <- runifpoint(14)
 Y <- runifpoint(10)
 m1 <- pppdist(X, Y, type="spa")
 m2 <- pppdist(X, Y, type="ace")
 m3 <- pppdist(X, Y, type="mat")
 summary(m1)
 summary(m2)
 summary(m3)
 m1$matrix
 m2$matrix
 m3$matrix
 # q = Inf
 X <- runifpoint(10)
 Y <- runifpoint(10)
 mx1 <- pppdist(X, Y, q=Inf)$matrix
 mx2 <- pppdist(X, Y, q=Inf, ccode=FALSE, approximation=50)$matrix
 mx3 <- pppdist(X, Y, q=Inf, approximation=Inf)$matrix
 ((mx1 == mx2) && (mx2 == mx3))
 # TRUE if approximations are good
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Explore / Online Tours
The objects included in this tour are all related to religion in some way. They were selected, and the commentaries written, by a group of young people who worked together during a week-long programme of activities at the British Museum. One of the participants describes the project:
'Seventeen young people of seven different faiths joined together to create a faith trail in the British Museum. It has been a great experience through which people of different religions have been brought together in the common goal of improving inter-faith dialogue. We learnt a lot through the curators about the history of different faiths and the links to modern culture. We particularly enjoyed being behind the scenes and learning about the functioning of the museum. It has been interesting to connect people's interpretations of objects with their own and other religions.' Seeta, Hindu
The tour, which can also be followed in the museum's galleries, includes a wide range of objects - from contemporary art to an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus - all of which provoked strong reactions in the commentators.
This project was a working partnership with Save the Children as part of Diversity and Dialogue, an interfaith initiative to promote dialogue between people of different faiths.