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Philippine Jeepney
The jeepney is one of the most common modes of public transportation in the Philippines. Originally built from surplus US military jeeps used during the World War II, jeepneys have become a symbol of Filipino culture with their colorful outer design and efficient seating system. The term "jeepney" came from the combination of the words "jeep" and "knee", which pertains to the vehicle's seating arrangement. Passengers are often seated face to face with their knees almost touching one another's.
Filipino locals got hold of surplus jeeps when the Americans began leaving the country at the end of World War II. To increase the jeep's seating capacity, the new local owners stripped down their purchased vehicles. They also added metal roofs to shade their passengers and installed colorful ornaments on the external casing of the jeeps.
The use of jeepneys reestablished the public transportation that was destroyed during WWII. After recognizing the widespread use of jeepneys, the government started placing rules that placed restriction on their use as means of public transportation. Licenses, fixed routes, and standard prices were imposed by the new jeepney system.
Local jeepney manufacturers started making jeepneys that have bigger bodies and that run on diesel engines. This improved Philippine jeepneys by increasing their passenger capacity and lowering the drivers' fuel expenses. Soon enough, the army jeeps originally used as public vehicles were completely replaced by their locally-produced counterparts.
From Metro Manila, where using jeepneys as a public vehicle started, this newly-improved jeepney system started spreading to the provinces. Up to the present time, jeepneys are known to be among the commonest and cheapest modes of public transportation in the Philippines.
Modern-day Philippine jeepneys are now produced by local workshops and factories in the country. In the past, jeepney manufacturers were concentrated in Las Pinas City and Cavite. However, due to a noticeable decrease in sales, smaller manufacturers have gone bankrupt.
There are basically two types of jeepney manufacturers in the country: the backyard builders and the large volume manufacturers. Backyard builders, which are notably small businesses, are able to produce around five vehicles per month. Larger manufacturers, usually owned by bigger international corporations, have a bigger monthly production output.
A recent study compared the fuel consumption of a regular 16-passenger jeepney and a 54-passenger bus. The study found out that both use almost the same amount of fuel. Due to this, different restrictions have been imposed to limit jeepney production and route. The increase in the prices of raw materials used to produce these vehicles also contribute to the lower number of jeepneys being produced every month.
Cultural significance
With the colorful decorations installed on the exterior of the vehicles, jeepneys have turned into one of the most common expressions of Philippine folk art. Lights, mirror and reflectors, paintings and different installations render almost no two jeepneys the same.
In addition to the external decor, the interior of the vehicle is also decked with curtains and paintings. A wooden money box which holds the day's earnings, and a miniature statue of a saint are often found on the vehicle's dashboard.
Upon riding a jeepney, the passengers instantly enter a communal relationship, which is very apparent in the culture of passing the fare from passengers to the driver. [Can you explain/express this better? There was an article some time ago that made much of it being an "honor system."]
With the advancement of technology, traditional jeepneys are slowly being replaced by sleeker and more eco-friendly counterparts, especially in Metro Manila. In the provinces, however, the jeepneys with their paintings and decorations continue to showcase Filipino artistry.


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The history of the Obertauern skiing region
Skiing on historic grounds in the Salzburg region of Austria
The history of Obertauern starts long before the first skiers discovered the dreamy slopes in the region. About 2400 years ago Celtics settled at the border between the Pongau and the Lungau district. With the arrival of the Romans, the Roman State roadwas created, which lead via the Tauern pass and connected Italy with Juvavum, today's Salzburg region. From approximately 100 B.C the Romans used the road via the pass for frequent merchant's traffic.
After the breakdown of the Roman Empire at around 500 AD, mainly Bavarian tribes settled in the region of Obertauern. Until the early middle ages Bavarian Lords reigned over the Tauern Mountains, the region of Salzburg only became independent in the 13th century. The first documented mention of the Radstadt Tauern mountains is dated in the year 1207. A document from the year 1224 confirms the existence of the little church by the Tauernscharte. In the year 1517 two taverns are first mentioned at the Tauern. The first written proof of tourism in Obertauern mentions the "twee hosts at the Tauern Mountain". Those are still known to this day as the taverns Gasthof Schaidberg and Gasthof Wisenegg.
During the high time of baroque in Salzburg, the region Obertauern also experienced a boom: 1764 was the year the very first post office in Untertauern was opened, which was responsible for the letter exchange across the Alps for years to come.
The first tourists in Obertauern were – how could it be different – skiing folk. Although it was mentioned for the first time in 1902, tourism only came to flourish after the end of World War 1. In the 1920s the skiing tourists still embarked on the strenuous ascent on foot to Obertauern, and enjoyed the following descent on skies even more. Interestingly the first tourism in Obertauern was not connected to the winter season, as most tourists poured into Obertauern during the summer months. Between 1925 and 1927 the first Tauern races for cars and motor cycles took place.
The birthday of winter tourism for Obertauern is on the 8th December 1929. On this day the first regular winter schedule started via the Tauern pass. World War 2 marked a cornerstone for the development of winter sports in Obertauern. From 1948 until into the 1960s ski and piste fun still meant hard work: the pistes were trampled hard by skiers, who received 3 free rides per hour for their efforts. By 1950 the first tow lifts were installed, as well as the first avalanche protection buildings. Between 1952 and 1961 the first set of modern cable cars and tow lift facilities were erected.
In 1962 the transformation was complete: Obertauern was the official name of the township and was entered into the history books. In the following year the first motorized snow cat in Austria started running in Austria's Obertauern.
The skiing primary school of Obertauern was getting famous, after including next to 7 main subjects the subject of skiing into the school's regular schedule.
Fame of a different kind honoured Obertauern in the year 1965: The Beatles produced parts of their legendary movie "HELP" in front of the dreamlike backdrop of Obertauern. Two years after this, the modern snow cats change the way pistes are groomed and built and to make wider ski runs possible with extensive territory changes. From then on more tourists were able to enjoy the winter fun in Obertauern. Through the connection of all lift facilities in 1969 the first form of the nowadays Tauern Loop Trail was created. Not much later than that Obertauern came to fame as a modern and popular winter sports destination, with its reputation reaching far beyond the borders of Austria.
In 1985 the first snowmaking machines in Obertauern were introduced. From now on skiing tourists had guaranteed snow during the whole of the winter season. Between 1991 and 1998 the building of a floodlight station made an international furor and resulted in well filled pistes – until late in the night.
Obertauern became a stronghold of alpine ski sports: with 100 kilometres of extremely well cared for pistes, 26 modern lift facilities, artificial snowmaking facilities and a touch and go ski pass system. On top of that bridges over the Katschberg A road make sure that you experience uninterrupted skiing fun in Austria. Equipped with the latest infrastructure, the region of Obertauern in Austria presents itself as a world famous skiing region and one of the best ski areas in Austria, not to mention one of the most popular.

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February 29, 2024
For more than five years, scientists at the South Pole Telescope in Antarctica have been observing the sky with an upgraded camera. The extended gaze toward the cosmos is picking up remnant light from the universe's early formation. Now researchers have analyzed an initial batch of data, publishing details in the journal Physical Review D. The results from this limited dataset hint at even more powerful future insights about the nature of our universe.
Located at the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, the telescope received a new camera in 2017 known as SPT-3G, which was constructed and now operated by a collaboration led by the University of Chicago.

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Application for Membership
Per our constitution:
Membership shall be open to any person who subscribes to the aims and objects of the association and who pays the prescribed fee for a membership year (currently free of charge).
To apply to become a member of the Association a person must:
- submit an application for membership to the Committee:
- (i) in a form approved by the Committee (this online form); and
- (ii) signed by the person
Objects and purposes
The purpose of the Association is to be a focus for multidisciplinary activity in support of primary health care in remote and Indigenous Australia.
The objects of the Association are as follows:
- To improve health and medical services available to people living in Central, remote and rural Australia.
CARPA shall advance its objects by the following means:
- To provide expertise and governance for the maintenance of a standard treatment manual for use in central and northern Australian practice.
- To provide opportunities for multidisciplinary education and training.
- To provide a multidisciplinary forum to address primary health care issues in Central Australia.
- To provide a place for multidisciplinary interaction on primary health policy.
- To provide a vehicle for primary health care workers to play a public health advocacy role
- To do any other legal activity to further the mission of CARPA

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Whittlesey and District Neighbourhood Watch
Whittlesey and District Neighbourhood Watch
Creating safer, stronger and active communities
NHW Ethics and Standards Guidance
Neighbourhood Watch Network
Ethics Guidelines March 2018
The Neighbourhood Watch movement aims to build safer, stronger and more resilient communities.
To further these aims and to ensure public confidence in Neighbourhood Watch, it is appropriate that Neighbourhood Watch members adhere to these Ethics and Standards Guidelines, and Policies adopted by the Neighbourhood Watch Network.
1. Honesty and integrity
You are truthful and trustworthy. You always do the right thing. You will be honest and act with integrity at all times.
2. Fairness, Respect and Courtesy
You act with self-control and tolerance, treating everybody with respect and courtesy. You respect the rights of all individuals.
3. Leadership, Objectivity and Openness
You lead by good example. You make choices based on facts and your best judgement. You are open and transparent in your actions and decisions.
4. Selflessness
You act in the public interest.
5. Responsibilities and Accountability
You will be diligent in the exercise of your responsibilities. You are answerable for your decisions, actions and omissions.
6. Confidentiality
You will treat information with respect, and in accordance with the law.
7. Equality and diversity
You act with fairness and impartiality. You will not discriminate unlawfully or unfairly.
8. Conduct
You will behave in a manner which does not bring discredit upon Neighbourhood Watch or Neighbourhood Watch partners, or undermine public confidence.


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The 52 noisemakers in the exhibition, were collected by Colleen and Richard Fain over 20 years from around the world and were shown publicly for the very first time. The diverse styles of the noisemakers reflect different regions and cultures and are as varied as the materials they are made from. Grogger, the Yiddish word for rattle, is associated most often in popular culture as the noisemaker used in the Jewish Holiday Purim.
In addition, groggers, rashanim in Hebrew, have a long history spanning different communities, and were used for different purposes. Medieval Christians used a noisemaker in place of bells during what was known as the "silent days," the three days before Easter. These noisemakers are known today as the crotalus, which means rattle in Greek.
Whatever the purpose, groggers were used for throughout history. The idea was to make noise. They were used by the patrol men in the mid-17th century in what was then New Amsterdam (today New York) as an alarm and the patrol men became known as the Rattle Watch. Boston was using the rattle for the same purpose and for the next two centuries, rattles were supplied to the police force. Portable, inexpensive, loud and easy to use, the rattles were used in both the Americas and Britain.


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SPECIALIZATION COURSES (English)
Creativity and innovation in the kitchen (English)
The work in the kitchen is a constant investigation. Dates: 17/02/20 – 27/03/20
Theoretical – practical course comprised by four work areas: concept and characteristics of creativity, experiences and innovation and creativity trends, knowledge and practice of the techniques of new technologies and molecular cuisine, and introduction to the research in the cuisine by institutions and persons with experience in the field of R&D+i.
- Duration: 5 weeks, from February 17th to March 27th, 2020.
- Language: The classes will be given in English.
- Schedule: From Monday to Friday from 15:00 to 20:00. Additionally, some classes might be in the mornings.
Creativity and Innovation in the Kitchen, 8 ECTS
- Introduction to creativity in cooking
- Experiences of innovation and future tendencies in cooking
- Innovation and Creativity
- Master Sessions of Great Chefs and experts
Completion of the module entitles students to the Specialization Diploma in Kitchen Creativity and Innovation in the kitchen by the University College of Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts of Sant Pol de Mar.
To study the Specialization Courses, it is necessary to follow the admission and enrolment process:
- Make the request of the course by means of the website form.
- Submit to the Admissions Department your Curriculum Vitae, stating your previous experience in gastronomy.
- If considered necessary, you can have an Admission interview with the Academic Director.
- Complete the Admission and Enrolment Form.


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MPhil in Fine Art
Burren College of Art
2 - 3 years
Full time, Part time
EUR 18,650 / per year
Earliest start date
The MPhil (Fine Art) is a practice-based postgraduate research programme. The aim of the programme is the generation of a contribution to knowledge and understanding in the discipline of Fine Art.
Students will undertake a programme of enquiry conducted through a combination of practice-based research and other research methods as appropriate. Students undertaking the programme are required to produce a significant body of work supported by a written thesis with a word count of approximately 20,000, providing a critical account of the research process undertaken. The student's work will be presented in the form of a final exhibition of work at Burren College of Art.
The MPhil (Fine Art) provides a similar experience to years 1 and 2 of the PhD fulltime programme, providing the opportunity to undertake an extended body of research through fine art practice supported by a written text. It will also allow students to progress to the PhD (Studio Art), where the research being undertaken is adjudged to be sufficiently robust to meet the requirements for a PhD programme. Alternatively, it can also provide an exit route from the PhD programme, which provides recognition for the research completed in situations where a student is unable to complete the requirements of the PhD programme through personal or other circumstances.
Assessment & Examination
Assessment is conducted at the end of each semester by an Internal Examination Board, who is the Dean and faculty teaching on the programme. At the end of each academic year, and in the final examination, they are joined by an External Examiner, an independent academic appointed by NUI Galway, to assure critical distance and objectivity in the examination process. Upon completion of the external examination process, an Examination Board meeting is convened, comprising of the Dean, External Examiner and a representative from the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies at NUI Galway, who formally approve final marks.
The final examination comprises:
- the submission of a body of work that embodies a contribution to knowledge and understanding, normally by exhibition;
- a written reflective analysis of the theoretical and historical context of the research subject to a maximum word count of 10,000 words and a minimum of 5,000 words;
- a written critical review of the process of the research subject to a maximum word count of 10,000 words and a minimum of 6,000 words;
- a 500-word summary of the contribution to knowledge and understanding together with documentation of the work;
All elements of the examination must be passed. The submission is examined with reference to the initial aims of the research project.
Please note that in the event of a failure to progress, or a voluntary withdrawal from the program, tuition is non-refundable.
Award of the MPhil
The MPhil is awarded by the National University of Ireland, Galway, within the regulations and terms for the MPhil degree and subject to the guidelines and protocols of the University, as published in the General Calendar of the University and other sources as may be in place from time to time.
The objective of the programme is to allow students to undertake practice-based research related to the following aspects of fine art:
- Drawing and painting as processes of enquiry;
- Art & Ecology;
- Creative methods and methodology in art;
- Public, site-specific, political, social and relational aspects of art;
- Performance and live art, including video;
- Feminism in art;
- Interdisciplinary art research that promotes collaboration across academic boundaries.
Learning Outcomes for the Programme
On the successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:
- Pursue a defined key research question through studio research;
- Investigate cognate studio research undertaken by others internationally;
- Evaluate the practical dimensions of practice-based research;
- Provide a reflective analysis of the process of research in fine art;
- Critique the process of the research and its contribution to the process of creating art.


Editing Worker Configurations - Veeam Backup for Google Cloud User Guide
Editing Worker Configurations
In this article
 For each worker configuration, you can modify settings specified while adding the worker configuration to the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud infrastructure:
 1. Switch to the Configuration page.
 2. Navigate to Workers > Network.
 3. Select the worker configuration and click Edit.
 4. Complete the Edit Worker Configuration wizard:
 1. To modify the VPC network and subnet to which the related worker instances are connected, and to change the firewall rule associated with the specified network, follow the instructions provided in section Adding Worker Configurations (step 4).
 2. At the Summary step of the wizard, review configuration information and click Finish to confirm the changes.
 Note
 If there are any worker instances created based on the selected configuration that are currently involved in a backup or restore process, the changes will be applied only when the process completes.
 Editing Worker Configurations


Arrested for Christianity
Two Christian men who were visiting a Christian family in a Laotian village were arrested on charges of spreading the Christian faith, according a Laotian religious-freedom advocacy organization.
The example of one of the detained men, Bountheung Phetsomphone, led 300 people in a nearby village to become Christian in 2012, according to the report.
Laos is a Communist nation of 6.8 million in Southeast Asia; 67% of Laotians are Buddhist, 1% are Protestant, and less than 1% are Catholic.
They say that the example of one Christian led 300 people to become Christian. What kind of an example are we giving? How many people are we bringing to Christianity?
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Some plant magic is more green, while some is more brown, like hardwood.
Associated Bloodline: Verdant.
Bloodline Arcana
Your powers of compulsion can affect even plant creatures. Whenever you cast a mind-affecting or language-dependent spell, it affects creatures of the plant type as if they were humanoids that understood your language.
This ability replaces the Verdant Bloodline Arcana.
Bloodline Powers
Your nature powers create tough, resilient minions.
Lush Summoning (Su): At 3rd level, whenever you summon creatures with a conjuration (summoning) spell, you can decide that they appear green and leafy. The natural armor bonus of such creatures is increased by +2, and they gain a +4 bonus on saves against paralysis, poison, polymorph, sleep, and stunning.
This bloodline power replaces photosynthesis.
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African-Native American Research Forum Archive
Re: Oklahoma Black Seminole Indians
In Response To: Oklahoma Black Seminole Indians ()
Much has been written about the Oklhoma Black Seminoles. These books will assist you:
-Africans and Seminoles-Daniel Littlefield
Note that before 1907 Oklahoma was known as Indian Territory and so many of the references in these books to Indian Territory and the Freedmen from the Seminole are really the Oklahoma Black Seminoles.
Note also that the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is located in Wewoka Oklahoma. There are 14 bands within the nation. Of the 14 bands 2 of them are the black---the Freedmen bands. These are descendants of the Africans who lived among the Seminoles. The two bands are known as the Dosar Barkus Band and the Caesar Bruner Band.
I hope this information is helpful to you.
[29 Mar 2000]


How to Grease a Mini Excavator
Proper maintenance of your mini excavator is crucial for ensuring long-lasting performance. Regular greasing prevents wear and tear, reduces noise, and keeps your machine running smoothly. This guide walks you through the process of greasing your mini excavators work arm, helping you maintain your equipment with ease.
(Reading Time: 5-8 Minutes)

Why Greasing is Important?
Greasing your mini excavator isnt just a good ideaits crucial. Without proper lubrication, the pivot points on the work arm face constant stress, leading to increased friction and faster wear. If you skip greasing, youre inviting noisy operation, rough performance, and costly repairs down the line. Keep things smooth and extend the life of your equipment by making greasing a regular habit.
Greasing your mini excavator isn't just a good idea—it's crucial
When to Grease?
To keep your mini digger's work arm in optimal condition, grease the moving pins and pivot points:
 - Initial Use: Grease the work arm's pivot points the first time you use your mini excavator.
 - Regular Maintenance: After the initial use, grease the pivot points every 8 hours of operation. This regular maintenance schedule ensures your machine stays in top working order.
What Tools and Materials Do You Need?
Before you start, gather the following tools and materials:
 - Lithium-based grease #2: This is the recommended grease for heavy machinery like micro excavators. It's included with your equipment in small amounts.
 - Grease gun: A grease gun is essential for applying grease to the work arm's pivot points. AHM mini excavator typically comes with one.
best mini excavators come with tool box
Key Areas to Grease
There are 11 critical pivot points on the work arm that require regular greasing to maintain smooth operation:
 - Pivots between the bucket and connecting rod
Pivots between the bucket and connecting rod
 - Pivot at the base of the boom
Pivot at the base of the boom
 - Pivots of the boom cylinder
Pivots of the compact excavator boom cylinder
 - Pivot between boom and arm; pivots of arm cylinder; pivots of bucket cylinder
Pivots of the boom cylinder

Step-by-Step Guide to Greasing the Work Arm
Greasing the Slew Bearing
Step-by-Step Guide to Greasing the mini excavators
 1. Position the small excavator on level ground.
 2. Lower the bucket to the ground.
 3. Allow the engine to idle at low speed for 5 minutes.
 4. Switch the ignition OFF and remove the key.
 5. While the upper structure remains stationary, apply grease to the two grease nozzles until the old grease overflows.
 6. Initiate the engine to raise the bucket clear of the ground. Rotate the cab by 45 degrees (1/8 circle).
 7. Repeat the steps 26 until the bucket rotates a full circle.
DO NOT over-grease, as it can damage the seal of the swing support, leading to grease leaks and the entry of dust, exacerbating wear and tear.

Lubricating the Meshing Gear of the Slew Bearing
 1. Park the excavator on level ground.
 2. Lower the bucket to the ground.
 3. Allow the engine to idle at low speed for 5 minutes.
 4. Switch the ignition OFF and remove the key.
 5. Ensure the grease is stored free from contamination on top of the external meshing gear of the slewing bearing.
If necessary, add approximately 0.5 kg of grease. Any contaminated grease should be replaced with fresh grease.
Note: Lithium grease is recommended.

Conclusion
Regularly greasing your mini excavator is crucial for maintaining its performance and extending its lifespan. By following this guide, youll ensure that your equipment operates smoothly with minimal wear and tear. Remember, at AHM, we offer high-quality mini excavators and top-notch support for all your equipment needs.

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I'm David Johnson, an engineer with experience in mechanical engineering. I specialize in construction machinery and have worked with heavy machinery like mini excavators for a long time. My aim is to simplify difficult technical ideas so that everyone can grasp them. Whether you work in construction or just want to learn more, I'm here to help make things clear.
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MIT scientists study spider web structure by translating it into music
April 15, 2021 by No Comments
Now you can walk through a virtual spider web, using VR headset and controllers to interact with a web sonification model.
A spider weaving its intricate web is a bit like a person composing a song, at least in the eyes of MIT materials engineer Markus Buehler, whose research involves translating web structure into musical melodies. Together with his collaborators, he has devised a way for humans to "enter" a 3D spider web and explore its structure both visually and aurally via a virtual reality setup. Buehler described the ongoing project during a talk at the (virtual) meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) this week.
The work may one day lead to a means of rudimentary communication with spiders in their own "language" of web vibrations, such as when they stretch a strand of silk while building a web or when the strands vibrate in response to a gust of wind or to the presence of trapped prey. "The spider lives in an environment of vibrating strings," Buehler said during an online press conference. "They don't see very well, so they sense their world through vibrations, which have different frequencies."
As we've reported previously, several years ago, Buehler led a team of MIT scientists that mapped the molecular structure of proteins in spider silk threads onto musical theory to produce the "sound" of silk in hopes of establishing a radical new way to create designer proteins. The hierarchical elements of music composition (pitch, range, dynamics, tempo) are analogous to the hierarchical elements of a protein structure. Much like how music has a limited number of notes and chords and uses different combinations to compose music, proteins have a limited number of building blocks (20 amino acids) that can combine in any number of ways to create novel protein structures with unique properties.
That work inspired a sonification art exhibit, "Spider's Canvas," in Paris in 2018. Artist Tomas Saraceno worked with MIT engineers to create an interactive harp-like instrument inspired by the web of a Cyrtophora citricola spider, with each strand in the "web" tuned to a different note. To create the harp, the team scanned a spider web with a laser to capture the 2D cross-sections and then reconstructed that 3D network with computer algorithms. Next they assigned specific frequencies to the web strands to serve as musical notes. Combine those notes in various patterns in the web's 3D structure and you can generate melodies.
"The sounds are very complex, and they don't sound like conventionally tuned instruments, because of course a spider does not use the same tuning system we do in musical creation," said Buehler. "Rather, the spider has tuned the web to their own idea of how the web should be tuned as the optimal sensor, an optimal prey-catching apparatus. It's quite haunting in its sounds—unusual, but quite beautiful."
In 2019, Buehler's team subsequently developed an even more advanced system of making music out of a protein structure—and then converting it back to create novel proteins never before seen in nature. They assigned each amino acid a tone based on its natural resonant frequency—actually more akin to a chord, since amino acids vibrate at several overlapping frequencies. The different 3D structures of the molecules determined the duration of each tone.
Enlarge / Cross-sectional images (shown in different colors) of a spider web were combined into this 3D image and translated into music.
Isabelle Su and Markus Buehler
Since there are 20 amino acids, this produced a 20-tone scale. The team also developed a free Android app, called the Amino Acid Synthesizer, so users can create their own protein "compositions" from the sounds of amino acids. And last year, Buehler's lab applied the same approach to model the vibrational properties of the spike protein responsible for the high contagion rate of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Buehler's presentation at the ACS meeting focused primarily on the virtual reality environment that allows the user to enter a virtual spider web and wander through its structure The idea is that one might be able to pick up more interesting structural features by combining both vision and hearing, since it gives the user a much richer sensory experience of the spider web.
While most people are familiar with two-dimensional spider webs, according to Buehler, most spiders actually build three-dimensional cobwebs, and it was those structures he was most interested in exploring through sound. He thinks of spiders as "autonomous 3D printers," constructing their webs without any supportive scaffolding, unlike manmade 3D printing processes. "So we have a material that is created or spun by the spider in real time with a very low energy consumption, creating these very complex structures in three-dimensional space," Buehler said.
Some of the MIT experiments involved scanning a spider web as it was being constructed, translating each stage into music so the team could study the process in audible form. "We can create a harp for each construction state, so you can begin to see how the spider harp actually changes during the construction, almost like a living musical instrument," said Buehler. The researchers were also able to virtually study how the web's sound changes in response to different mechanical forces, such as stretching a particular strand and increasing the tension until the strand breaks, producing a snapping sound.
The ultimate aim is to learn to create similar synthetic spiderwebs and other structures that mimic the spider's process. "We're interested in changing the overall paradigm of how we think about materials," said Buehler. "A spider is able to sense the integrity of the web through the vibrations. If it's damaged, they can repair it. They have a whole different relationship to the structure they built; they are actually a part of it." He imagines future manmade structures, such as bridges, designed with a similar built-in repair mechanism. "You wouldn't build something and wait for it to break, but continuously repair it," he said. "It would become a living organism."
Spiders use their webs to catch prey, but they also use them to collect sensory information via the vibrations of the various strand and as a means of communication, tapping the web to produce vibrational patterns. In other experiments, Buehler et al. recorded the various web vibrations as the spiders went about different activities: constructing their webs or sending courtship signals, for example. They designed a special machine-learning algorithm to distinguish between the various sounds, since the frequencies pretty much all sound alike to human ears.
"Now we're trying to generate synthetic signals to basically speak the language of the spider," Buehler said. "If we expose them to certain patterns of rhythms or vibrations, can we affect what they do, and can we begin to communicate with them? Those are really exciting ideas."
Spider web sonification during construction, first premiered at Saraceno's OnAir exhibition, Paris, 2018.
Listing image by Isabelle Su and Markus Buehler
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Make a multi-coloured bat craft using a few simple materials:
What you need:
Paint the clothespin a dark colour (brown, black or purple will do). Have the kids use their darker watercolor paints to paint the coffee filter halves. Once the paint has dried, insert the coffee filter into the head of the clothespin.
Add some googly eyes, and hang your bat from a string if you like and attach it to a ceiling fan or ceiling so that it looks like it is flying!


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The Negative Effect of Policy Restrictions on Consumers' Post-purchase Reactions to Price-Matching Guarantees
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
Price-Matching Guarantees (PMGs) are a mechanism by which retailers can reassure consumers of the competitive price of products they offer. While current research in marketing has studied consumers' pre-purchase perceptions of the retailer as a result of offering price-matching guarantees, research on the post-purchase impact of PMGs has been relatively limited. While price-matching guarantees are typically assumed to result in positive consumer perceptions of the retailer, no study to date has examined the potentially negative post-purchase impact of PMGs. This paper examines the potential negative effect of policy restrictions which may prevent the disbursement of a price-matching refund, on consumer perceptions. Two experiments (Experiment 1 n*=*120, Experiment 2 n*=*50) are utilized to dissect the impact of policy restrictions on consumers' perceptions of service quality, price, and loyalty. The paper concludes with a discussion of the managerial implications of the findings on price-matching guarantee policies
Estelami, Hooman, Dhruv Grewal and Anne L. Roggeveen. 2007. "The Negative Effect of Policy Restrictions on Consumers' Post-purchase Reactions to Price-Matching Guarantees." Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 35, no. 2: 208-219.


How To: Easily Lock Any App on Your iPhone or iPad Behind Passcode or Biometric Authentication
Easily Lock Any App on Your iPhone or iPad Behind Passcode or Biometric Authentication
Some iOS and iPadOS apps give you an option to lock them behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode, but there aren't many.
While there's no setting on iOS and iPadOS to lock any app behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode, some third-party developers incorporate the feature themselves. Still, they are few and far between, but a few workarounds can help fill the gap.
Many argue that locking your iPhone or iPad should be enough to keep people out of your apps, but if you share the device, accidentally leave it unlocked for anyone to glance at, or don't use a passcode on it, other people could open and use your apps. Apps like Messenger, Outlook, Signal, and WhatsApp let you lock them behind biometric authentication, but you'll need to use Shortcuts for other apps.
Apple has no action for using biometric authentication or your passcode in a shortcut or automation, but there are other ways to add more security to your apps. In a previous article, we showed an app-locking method in Shortcuts that used the AppDefense and AuthKit, but it's likely too complicated or daunting for most users. Here are a few easier alternatives that don't require extra shortcuts:
Method 1: Use a Timer Automation
Usually, when you set a timer in the Clock app, a sound goes off when the timer ends. If the timer sounds off when you're using your iPhone or iPad, you need to tap the notification to silence it.
However, you can set the timer to stop playing audio on your iPhone or iPad instead. When the timer ends, your music, podcast, or other playing audio will stop, and it'll take you to the lock screen. Even better, you'll still be taken to the lock screen if there wasn't any audio playing. When you land on the lock screen, you need to re-authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode to continue. And that's how we can use it as an app lock in a Shortcuts automation.
To make your iPhone or iPad stop playing audio when a timer ends, open the Clock app, tap "When Timer Ends" for the "Timer," choose "Stop Playing," and hit "Set."
Now, to use the timer as an app lock, jump to the "Automation" tab in the Shortcuts app and start a new personal automation. From the list of triggers, choose "App."
To configure the trigger, tap "Choose" and select the app or multiple apps you want to lock from outside intruders. Then, ensure "Is Opened" is checked and tap "Next."
In the editor, tap "Add Action" or the search bar, then find and select the "Set Timer" action. In the new action box, set the value to "1" and change "minutes" to "seconds." Then, tap "Next."
Using the shortest possible time will make the automation run immediately, taking the person who opens the app to the lock screen. If you make it a large amount of time, that's how long they will have access to the app.
Finally, disable the "Ask Before Running" toggle and tap "Don't Ask" when the confirmation message appears. To finish, tap "Done."
The automation is now set. When you or someone else tries to open the app you indicated during the automation setup, your iPhone or iPad will automatically jump to the lock screen and lock itself after one second. To use the app, close the lock screen, re-authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode, and you'll be back in the app.
The automation in action (left); The notification you get if a sound is set for the timer (right).
Caveats:
 - You'll have to exit the lock screen and re-authenticate yourself every time you want to open a linked app.
 - When you need to time something, the timer is less useful since it won't play a sound when it ends. To work around this, you can play audio during the timer and wait for it to stop, using that as the indicator.
 - Another workaround is temporarily changing "When Timer Ends" to an actual sound effect. However, you have to remember to change it back to "Stop Playing" when done so that the app lock automation still works. If you don't, your device will display a timer notification and play a ringtone or alert tone whenever a linked app opens.
 - One second is still long enough for someone to see something in the app they shouldn't, but it depends on the app.
 - Anyone familiar with Shortcuts can open that app and disable the automation.
Method 2: Use an 'Ask for Input' Shortcut
While there is no authentication action in Shortcuts, you can make your own version using the "Ask for Input" action and a new home screen icon for the app.
Basically, you create a shortcut that asks for a passcode or password to open the app you want to protect. Then you save a bookmark of that shortcut to your home screen with the same app icon and name as the app itself. Hide the actual app, and the fake app will open the real app when authenticated or do nothing if it's the wrong passcode or password.
Open the Shortcuts app to start setting it up. Then, add a new shortcut from the "My Shortcuts" (iOS and iPadOS 15) or "Shortcuts" tab (iOS and iPadOS 16) and name it as the app you want to lock.
In the editor, tap "Add Action" or the search bar, then find and select the "Ask for Input" action. In the new action box, tap "Text" to see your available options.
 - Text: Set an alphanumeric password with or without special characters.
 - Number: Set a simple numeric passcode.
 - URL: Set a web address (real or fake) as the password.
 - Date: Set a specific day as the answer.
 - Time: Set a specific time as the answer.
 - Date and Time: Set a specific time and date as the answer.
Using text, number, or a URL requires input from the keyboard when opening the app. Utilizing the date or time options will open a picker where they can choose the date, time, or date and time. I'll be using a number to set a simple passcode; To do the same, select "Number."
No matter what you go with, tap "Prompt" to enter text to explain what you expect whoever opens the app to enter. I went with "Enter Passcode," but it can be anything you want.
Now, add the "If" action. You can find and select it from the "Add Action" or search bar, or it may already be available as a suggestion you can tap at the bottom of the workflow. In the "If" action box, tap "Condition" and choose "is," then hit "Number" and type the passcode you want to use.
Then, add the "Open App" action and place it between the "If" and "Otherwise" actions. Tap "App" in the action box, and choose the app you want to lock.
At this point, the shortcut already works. It will open the app you choose if the passcode is correct and do nothing if it's not. However, if you want to make it more interesting, you can have the shortcut take a selfie every time an incorrect answer is given so that you can know who's been trying to open the app.
Take a Selfie if the Passcode Is Incorrect (Optional)
Add the "Take Photo" action and place it right after the "Otherwise" action. By default, the action will show the camera interface whenever an incorrect answer is given, so whoever tried opening the app can take a picture, but that's not what we want. Instead, tap the arrow icon to expand the submenu and disable the "Show Camera Preview" option so that the shortcut snaps a picture immediately.
Next, tap "Back" and change it to "Front" so the shortcut uses the front camera to take a selfie.
To be able to see the selfie, add the "Save to Photo Album" action and place it below the "Take Photo" action. By default, it will save the selfie to your "Recents" album, but you can tap that to change it to a different one.
That's all you need to take and save the selfie. But you can also add a prompt letting the person know they entered the wrong passcode.
Add a 'Wrong' Prompt if the Passcode Is Incorrect (Optional)
Add the "Show Alert" action below the "Save to Photo Album" action. Then, replace "Do you want to continue?" with any prompt you want, such as "Incorrect passcode, try again."
Add the Shortcut to Your Home Screen
To add the bookmark for the shortcut to your home screen in iOS and iPadOS 15, tap the options icon next to the shortcut's name in the editor. In iOS and iPadOS 16, tap the arrow next to the name in the editor instead and hit the share icon. After, tap


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Tom Johnson (University of York) has published the following article: "Soothsayers, Legal Culture, and the Politics of Truth in Late-Medieval England," Cultural and Social History (published online on 31 Aug. 2020). Here's the abstract:
Soothsaying or divination has generally been understood by historians within the context of magic, popular culture, and lay religion. This article considers what it might be able to tell us about legal culture in late-medieval England. It argues that soothsayers not only offered people an alternative to the pursuit of justice in law-courts, but also different means of conceiving what justice was: they did not necessarily aim at the conclusion of peace between parties, but rather claimed to unveil the truth. Elaborating this comparison, it argues that this casts a different light on the publicity of late-medieval legal culture.
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dihedral_style table style Ntable
dihedral_style table spline 400 dihedral_style table linear 1000 dihedral_coeff 1 file.table DIH_TABLE1 dihedral_coeff 2 file.table DIH_TABLE2
The table dihedral style creates interpolation tables of length Ntable from dihedral potential and derivative values listed in a file(s) as a function of the dihedral angle "phi". The files are read by the dihedral_coeff command.
The interpolation tables are created by fitting cubic splines to the file values and interpolating energy and derivative values at each of Ntable dihedral angles. During a simulation, these tables are used to interpolate energy and force values on individual atoms as needed. The interpolation is done in one of 2 styles: linear or spline.
For the linear style, the dihedral angle (phi) is used to find 2 surrounding table values from which an energy or its derivative is computed by linear interpolation.
For the spline style, cubic spline coefficients are computed and stored at each of the Ntable evenly-spaced values in the interpolated table. For a given dihedral angle (phi), the appropriate coefficients are chosen from this list, and a cubic polynomial is used to compute the energy and the derivative at this angle.
The following coefficients must be defined for each dihedral type via the dihedral_coeff command as in the example above.
The filename specifies a file containing tabulated energy and derivative values. The keyword specifies a section of the file. The format of this file is described below.
The format of a tabulated file is as follows (without the parenthesized comments). It can begin with one or more comment or blank lines.
# Table of the potential and its negative derivative
DIH_TABLE1 (keyword is the first text on line) N 30 DEGREES (N, NOF, DEGREES, RADIANS, CHECKU/F) (blank line) 1 -168.0 -1.40351172223 -0.0423346818422 2 -156.0 -1.70447981034 -0.00811786522531 3 -144.0 -1.62956100432 0.0184129719987... 30 180.0 -0.707106781187 -0.0719306095245
# Example 2: table of the potential. Forces omitted
DIH_TABLE2 N 30 NOF CHECKU testU.dat CHECKF testF.dat
1 -168.0 -1.40351172223 2 -156.0 -1.70447981034 3 -144.0 -1.62956100432... 30 180.0 -0.707106781187
A section begins with a non-blank line whose 1st character is not a "#"; blank lines or lines starting with "#" can be used as comments between sections. The first line begins with a keyword which identifies the section. The line can contain additional text, but the initial text must match the argument specified in the dihedral_coeff command. The next line lists (in any order) one or more parameters for the table. Each parameter is a keyword followed by one or more numeric values.
Following a blank line, the next N lines list the tabulated values. On each line, the 1st value is the index from 1 to N, the 2nd value is the angle value, the 3rd value is the energy (in energy units), and the 4th is -dE/d(phi) also in energy units). The 3rd term is the energy of the 4-atom configuration for the specified angle. The 4th term (when present) is the negative derivative of the energy with respect to the angle (in degrees, or radians depending on whether the user selected DEGREES or RADIANS). Thus the units of the last term are still energy, not force. The dihedral angle values must increase from one line to the next.
Dihedral table splines are cyclic. There is no discontinuity at 180 degrees (or at any other angle). Although in the examples above, the angles range from -180 to 180 degrees, in general, the first angle in the list can have any value (positive, zero, or negative). However the range of angles represented in the table must be strictly less than 360 degrees (2pi radians) to avoid angle overlap. (You may not supply entries in the table for both 180 and -180, for example.) If the user's table covers only a narrow range of dihedral angles, strange numerical behavior can occur in the large remaining gap.
The parameter "N" is required and its value is the number of table entries that follow. Note that this may be different than the N specified in the dihedral_style table command. Let Ntable is the number of table entries requested dihedral_style command, and let Nfile be the parameter following "N" in the tabulated file ("30" in the sparse example above). What LAMMPS does is a preliminary interpolation by creating splines using the Nfile tabulated values as nodal points. It uses these to interpolate as needed to generate energy and derivative values at Ntable different points (which are evenly spaced over a 360 degree range, even if the angles in the file are not). The resulting tables of length Ntable are then used as described above, when computing energy and force for individual dihedral angles and their atoms. This means that if you want the interpolation tables of length Ntable to match exactly what is in the tabulated file (with effectively nopreliminary interpolation), you should set Ntable = Nfile. To insure the nodal points in the user's file are aligned with the interpolated table entries, the angles in the table should be integer multiples of 360/Ntable degrees, or 2*PI/Ntable radians (depending on your choice of angle units).
The optional "NOF" keyword allows the user to omit the forces (negative energy derivatives) from the table file (normally located in the 4th column). In their place, forces will be calculated automatically by differentiating the potential energy function indicated by the 3rd column of the table (using either linear or spline interpolation).
The optional "DEGREES" keyword allows the user to specify angles in degrees instead of radians (default).
The optional "RADIANS" keyword allows the user to specify angles in radians instead of degrees. (Note: This changes the way the forces are scaled in the 4th column of the data file.)
The optional "CHECKU" keyword is followed by a filename. This allows the user to save all of the the Ntable different entries in the interpolated energy table to a file to make sure that the interpolated function agrees with the user's expectations. (Note: You can temporarily increase the Ntable parameter to a high value for this purpose. "Ntable" is explained above.)
The optional "CHECKF" keyword is analogous to the "CHECKU" keyword. It is followed by a filename, and it allows the user to check the interpolated force table. This option is available even if the user selected the "NOF" option.
Note that one file can contain many sections, each with a tabulated potential. LAMMPS reads the file section by section until it finds one that matches the specified keyword.
Styles with a cuda, gpu, omp, or opt suffix are functionally the same as the corresponding style without the suffix. They have been optimized to run faster, depending on your available hardware, as discussed in Section_accelerate of the manual. The accelerated styles take the same arguments and should produce the same results, except for round-off and precision issues.
These accelerated styles are part of the USER-CUDA, GPU, USER-OMP and OPT packages, respectively. They are only enabled if LAMMPS was built with those packages. See the Making LAMMPS section for more info.
You can specify the accelerated styles explicitly in your input script by including their suffix, or you can use the -suffix command-line switch when you invoke LAMMPS, or you can use the suffix command in your input script.
See Section_accelerate of the manual for more instructions on how to use the accelerated styles effectively.
This dihedral style can only be used if LAMMPS was built with the USER-MISC package. See the Making LAMMPS section for more info on packages.


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Cost per order (CPO), sometimes called cost per acquisition, is the dollar amount spent on advertising or marketing in order to end with a sale. The cost per order is an important part of any web-based business, especially those which are just staring out, or have a very strict budget. The cost per order price is figured by dividing the marketing expenses by the number of orders that the company prepares, and can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a certain type of marketing, as well as seeing what type of marketing is working well with the targeted consumer demographics.
Cost per order figures are used in decision making for Internet companies. It can have an effect on many different parts of the company, from the employee benefits to how much the products cost. Some of the decisions that can be made based on cost per order figures include:
How much to pay employees who put products together or get them ready to be shipped
What types of equipment for product production can be used or purchased
Shipping methods that can be used to get orders to customers in a timely manor
The price asked for a product
The types and amount of marketing that can be used and utilized
While cost per order is a very important part of Internet businesses, there are experts that also suggest taking cost per order information with a grain of salt. The numbers can be misleading because they do not take into account factors like decision making time on the part of the consumer.


Quick Answer: What Is Medical Term Swath?
What does it mean to cut a swath?
cut a swathe through pass through something causing great damage, destruction, or change.
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(ĕk-sten′siv) [L. extendere, to stretch out] Widespread. In cancer, widely metastatic.
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This fall Kat Ran Press will be issuing an interesting little book reproducing samples of paste papers made by 19 bookbinders, collected and presented by binder David Bourbeau.
"In his introduction to [Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley], the late David P. Bourbeau gives a fascinating history of fine printing and binding in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, with special attention paid to decorated and paste papers. This precedes full-page reproductions of nineteen paste papers with short biographies of their makers—many of whom are the unsung hero-binders of books from fine press publishers such as Gehenna Press, Pennyroyal Press, Cheloniidae Press, Warwick Press, ELM Press, The Lone Oak Press, and Double Elephant Press."
The book (48 pp, 6 x 8.25 inches, $30) reproduces one paper by each binder (including HM's friends Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton). It is published in collaboration with Catawba Press, which a quick Google search suggests is the imprint of binder Barbara Blumenthal (a handful of titles were issued in the first half of the 1980s, but it seems to have been in abeyance since). This would make sense since she is making the boxes for the deluxe edition of 20 copies, issued with large, matted samples of each paper reproduced in the book ($950).


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Spring 2011 Edition
Best Practices for Creating and Using Terrain Datasets
- For lidar data, use LAS rather than ASCII formatted data.
- Because personal geodatabases have a 2 GB limit, use a file or enterprise geodatabase.
- Terrain datasets must be stored in a feature dataset.
- Use projected coordinates; geographic coordinates, such as decimal degrees, are not supported.
- Z-values should be in the same units of measure as the x,y values.
- Do not build or perform schema editing on a terrain in an edit session.
- The data in the terrain dataset should be contiguous.
- Use terrain dataset groups to boost performance at smaller scales.
- Don't use large single-point feature classes. Instead, use a multipoint feature class for large point collections (i.e., any collection of more than 500,000 points).
- Ensure feature classes that contribute to the terrain dataset have correct extents.
- Avoid adding polygon features using polygon-based SFTypes where possible; they are more expensive to enforce than breaklines.
- Use as few feature classes as possible. For example, instead of using a feature class with 50 features, use one with multipoint features instead.


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Odyssey of the Mind is an international creative problem-solving program for K-12 and college students. Pennsylvania has a long, successful history with the program since 1979. Odyssey of the Mind provides students the opportunity to learn to express themselves creatively, while developing life-long problem-solving skills. Students learn the value of brainstorming and teamwork, as they grow their self-confidence and appreciation for the ideas and strengths of others while in an encouraging team-focused atmosphere. Their unforgettable experiences as an Odyssey team build their skills to succeed in their personal lives and future careers.


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This land is my land: rebellion in the West (2020)
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This work traces three periods of conservative rebellion against federal land authority over the last 40 years - the Sagebrush Rebellion (_PHONE_), the War for the West (_PHONE_), and the Patriot Rebellion (2009-2016)-showing how they evolved from a regional rebellion waged by westerners with material interests in federal lands to a national rebellion against the federal administrative state. It explains how Western federal land issues were integrated into national conservative politics, and how federal land issues became inseparably linked to a wide range of constitutional issues, such as freedom of religious expression, private property rights, and gun rights. As a result, federal land issues became flashpoints in conservative status politics and American civil religion, leading to armed standoffs between citizens and federal law enforcement officers in 2014, 2015, and 2016.


Octopus Deploy Documentation
Authoring an Octopus Server extension
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This is the key NuGet package you will need in order to build an Octopus Server extension.
This namespace contains the interfaces and structures an extension can implement, which the Octopus Server will go looking for.
The key interface to be aware of is IOctopusExtension, as this forms the entry point for your extension and without it the server cannot load your extension. An example of its usage is as follows:
 [OctopusPlugin("Directory Services", "Octopus Deploy")]
 public class DirectoryServicesExtension : IOctopusExtension
 public void Load(ContainerBuilder builder)
The second important component here is the OctopusPluginAttribute, which provides the description and author metadata for the extension.
Octopus Deploy itself uses Autofac as its IoC container, and as such the extensions are provided with the container builder during startup, so they can register their own internal services.
Extension configuration
Many extensions will want to store configuration related to their own specific functionality, certainly all of the Octopus Deploy extensions do. To facilitate this, the server provides the extensions the ability to register their need to store a configuration object in the Configuration table in the database. Below is an example of a configuration object and its mapping class:
 public class DirectoryServicesConfiguration : IId
 public string Id { get; set; }
 public bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
 public string ActiveDirectoryContainer { get; set; }
 public AuthenticationSchemes AuthenticationScheme { get; set; }
 public bool AllowFormsAuthenticationForDomainUsers { get; set; }
 public class DirectoryServicesConfigurationMapping : IConfigurationDocumentMapper
 public Type GetTypeToMap() => typeof(DirectoryServicesConfiguration);
Things to note here are:
 - The configuration object is a POCO stored as serialized JSON in the database, so properties that are enums (as above) or POCOs themselves are supported.
 - The configuration object itself must implement IId, to provide the Id for the JSON data. This is typically a constant unique to your extension.
 - The mapping class must be registered as an IConfigurationDocumentMapper in Autofac when the extension is loaded.
Configuration stores and the configure command
Now that your extension has configuration, how do you set the configuration values? The pattern we're using involves a Configuration Store and a class that implements the IContributeToConfigureCommand interface. The IContributeToConfigureCommand interface is the key part. The store is a pattern that we've found works well for us (because in some cases we have data that may need to be migrated from the server.config into the DB), but is not mandatory. An example of an extension contributing to the configure command is as follows:
 public class DirectoryServicesConfigureCommands : IContributeToConfigureCommand, IHandleLegacyWebAuthenticationModeConfigurationCommand
 readonly ILog log;
 readonly IDirectoryServicesConfigurationStore activeDirectoryConfiguration;
 public DirectoryServicesConfigureCommands(
 ILog log,
 IDirectoryServicesConfigurationStore activeDirectoryConfiguration)
 this.log = log;
 this.activeDirectoryConfiguration = activeDirectoryConfiguration;
 public IEnumerable GetOptions()
 yield return new ConfigureCommandOption("activeDirectoryIsEnabled=", "Set whether active directory is enabled.", v =>
 var isEnabled = bool.Parse(v);
 log.Info($"Active directory IsEnabled set to: {isEnabled}");
 yield return new ConfigureCommandOption("activeDirectoryContainer=", "Set the active directory container used for authentication.", v =>
 log.Info($"Active directory container set to: {v}");
 yield return new ConfigureCommandOption("webAuthenticationScheme=", "When Domain authentication is used, specifies the scheme (Basic, Digest, IntegratedWindowsAuthentication, Negotiate, Ntlm)", v =>
 var scheme = (AuthenticationSchemes) Enum.Parse(typeof(AuthenticationSchemes), v);
 log.Info("Web authentication scheme: " + scheme);
 yield return new ConfigureCommandOption("allowFormsAuthenticationForDomainUsers=", "When Domain authentication is used, specifies whether the HTML-based username/password form can be used to sign in.", v =>
 var allowFormsAuthenticationForDomainUsers = bool.Parse(v);
 log.Info("Allow forms authentication for domain users: " + allowFormsAuthenticationForDomainUsers);
Services provided by the host
This section contains the interfaces and structures related to'services' that the extensions can consume from the Octopus Server itself. In this section, we'll detail a couple of interfaces you're most likely to need. To use them install the relevant NuGet package and take a dependency in your extension constructor.
ILog from Octopus.Diagnostics
This interface provides access to the server's logging infrastructure, so your extension can log Info, Warnings, Errors etc.
IKeyValueStore from Octopus.Configuration
This interface provides access to the server.config XML file, should your extension need to read/write configuration values there.
Building the extension
An extension is simply a.NET dll, so you can build it in any way that you would normally build your.NET code.
Extension points
At the moment you can only extend Authentication but we plan to expose more of Octopus internals in the future so stay tuned and check this page every now then for updates.
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Asset building organizations use Money Habitudes as a teaching tool, instructional game, conversation starter, and money personality assessment. Asset building is the process of supporting and encouraging low-income and moderate-income (LMI) earners, and those living in poverty, to accumulate, develop, and preserve all types of assets (including credit, savings, housing and education).
Organizations using Money Habitudes in an asset building context include:
- Housing agencies (pre-purchase, post-purchase, foreclosure prevention, transitional housing)
- Tax preparation organizations (EITC, VITA)
- Unemployment agencies, job readiness, welfare-to-work (and those involved with TANF and SNAP)
- Credit counseling and credit repair agencies
- Parenting programs: Head Start, Social Services, and Healthy Marriages and Responsible Fatherhood grantees
- Microloan, microenterprise and entrepreneurship programs
- Prison re-entry programs
- Community financial educators, including Cooperative Extension and universities
- Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and other matched savings accounts
- Are easy to learn and to use as a facilitator.
- Are non-threatening.
- Provide countless helpful conversation starters.
- Appeal to men and women. They are tactile and hands-on format. People associate cards with fun and being social.
- Are a way to get couples to talk about finances and make joint financial decisions. This leads to them managing their money better. This may mean feeling comfortable to make a budget, share duties like paying the bills or meeting with a financial planner.
- Work across the spectrum of age, income and education to fit most asset building programs.
- Complement other skills programs (e.g., communication, budgeting, saving, etc.) and can be used as an icebreaker, integrated module or standalone activity.


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ASIC's priorities for supervision of market intermediaries in 2019–20
- To realise ASIC's vision for a fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians, seven principal strategic priorities were developed by ASIC for the year 2019–20.
- This letter outlines how we are implementing these strategic priorities in our supervision of market intermediaries.
- Plan for the year ahead by assessing your governance framework against these priorities.
In our supervision of market intermediaries, we have focussed on three of these strategic priorities:
- High-deterrence enforcement action
- Improving governance and accountability
- Protecting vulnerable consumers.
While the projects outlined below are not an exhaustive list of what we plan to do, they represent the most significant pieces of work that we will undertake in supervising market intermediaries to achieve our strategic priorities.
1. Fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) markets – managing threats to the real economy
- Discrepancies exist in the practices of FICC market participants and market operators across supervision and surveillance, risk controls, governance, conflict management and culture.
- Our FICC strategy addresses threats to these markets, which may cause harms to the real economy and consumers.
- We're expanding our oversight of these markets through proactive surveillance, enhancing standards and driving behavioural change.
Fixed income, commodities and currency (FICC) markets are global, directly link to the real economy, and are considerably larger than exchange traded markets. These are wholesale markets, but many of the transactions are to fund or manage risk for businesses and superannuation funds.
Fixed income markets generally have lower transparency than their equity equivalents. Low visibility of the pricing and dealing mechanisms used by market professionals means that investors can't proactively validate the effectiveness of the organisation's controls, which are used by firms to maximise opportunities for their clients.
- Targeted transaction reviews – We're continuing our program of targeted reviews of large transactions to assess if the intermediaries are complying with the law, are fit for purpose, and are delivered fairly and honestly.
- Enhanced oversight of bank bill markets – Following the implementation of the new regulatory framework for benchmarks, we're increasing our focus on the bank bill market and the formation of the Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW).
- Continue expanding our program of onsite reviews – We'll continue to undertake onsite reviews of a selection of intermediaries' fixed income businesses, and also undertake reviews of intermediaries' conflicts of interest arrangements. We'll use these to assess non-compliance with the law and improve behaviours in the market.
- Foreign Exchange (FX) and BBSW Court Enforceable Undertakings – We'll continue to monitor compliance with FX and BBSW court enforceable undertakings and court orders.
- Review allocation practices for debt capital markets (DCM) transactions - Building on our findings in REP 605 Allocations in equity raising transactions, we're undertaking a review of market practice for allocations in DCM transactions and co-leading work with international peers through the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
- Monitor impact of global LIBOR transition – We're undertaking work to understand and monitor intermediaries' management of contracts that currently reference LIBOR and need amending to a new reference rate.
- OTC trade reporting – We're continuing work to improve existing data quality and address non-compliance by reporting entities.
2. Enhanced supervision for market intermediaries
- We're continuing to embed and expand our enhanced supervision model for the most high-risk and complex entities.
- We're also tailoring our proactive and reactive supervision approach for intermediaries assessed as medium and low risk.
- We expect all firms to have a professional and robust approach to conduct – to operate with integrity and to act in the best interest of their clients.
We'll continue to implement our enhanced supervision model for market intermediaries. Firms that have the most significant market presence, or pose the greatest risk to our priorities, should expect a more intensive level of supervision across all areas of their business. We'll test that market intermediaries meet their regulatory requirements and require remediation of non-compliance.
We'll continue to undertake thematic and sector reviews to inform future surveillance work and the establishment of regulatory expectations. We also expect firms to have a professional and robust approach to conduct, including:
- proactively identifying conduct risks
- encouraging accountability for conduct across all areas of the firm
- supporting staff to improve conduct
- board and executive oversight of conduct, and a focus on the conduct implications of the decisions that they make.
We'll periodically test these themes and we expect firms to demonstrate how they have addressed them.
Culture and conduct – We'll assess the strategy, culture and behavioural drivers of conduct of market intermediaries, including through our conduct review themes.
Breach reporting – We'll test compliance with breach reporting obligations.
Technology and operational risk management – We'll undertake reviews to check that risk management is embedded in planning, project management and performance management in technology, and other operational risk areas.
Coordination with global regulatory authorities – We work closely with our regulatory colleges around the world to achieve consistent regulatory outcomes and to identify emerging regulatory concerns. We also participate in international and domestic supervisory colleges to inform our supervisory approaches for major banking and financial groups.
3. Risky OTC derivatives – protecting vulnerable retail consumers and raising standards
- Certain OTC derivatives products are aggressively marketed to retail investors, resulting in significant investor losses.
- We'll test that providers of retail OTC derivatives products comply with their regulatory requirements, including when providing services outside Australia.
- We'll also consider using the range of our regulatory and enforcement powers where there are retail OTC derivatives products, issuers or marketing that is causing consumer harm.
OTC derivatives are highly risky for most retail investors, often resulting in significant investor losses. There have also been several recent instances of retail OTC derivatives providers not complying with their regulatory requirements.
We're seeking to protect retail investors by educating them about the risks of trading these products, holding individuals and licensees to account for poor conduct, and raising industry standards.
- Industry benchmarking – We will examine and benchmark the size and nature of the Australian market, and the extent of investor losses and other harms.
- Onsite surveillance – We'll undertake onsite surveillances of product issuers, with a focus on cold calling and pressure selling tactics, licensees acting outside the scope of their license, and misleading and deceptive conduct.
- Improve industry standards – We'll seek to raise standards in the retail OTC derivatives industry, including by consulting on implementing the IOSCO Regulatory toolkit to enhance conduct standards.
- Consider use of a range of our regulatory and enforcement powers – Where we see that products or practices in this sector have resulted in, or are likely to result in, significant consumer harm then we will consider which of the range of powers available to us should be used to address this harm and we will also address past misconduct.
- Remind retail OTC derivatives providers to comply with foreign law – Following the April publication of ASIC 19-088MR Some AFS licensees may be breaking overseas laws, we'll continue to test with firms that they comply with foreign regulatory requirements, and we may act against firms that do not.
4. Other priority projects
- Safeguarding retail client money – We'll test market intermediaries' compliance with client money requirements, including as part of our enhanced supervision under item 2. We'll undertake a review of practices and provide practical guidance where needed.
- Suspicious activity reporting – We want to improve the quality and quantity of suspicious activity reports to ASIC, particularly in wholesale FICC markets. These reports are a valuable source of information, and their improved use will strongly contribute to our ability to identify and action market misconduct.
- Checking intermediaries are prepared for ASX CHESS replacement - ASX is replacing the CHESS cash equities clearing and settlement system with a platform based on a private permissioned distributed ledger. Market intermediaries should be planning now and making the necessary arrangements for the implementation of the replacement system to facilitate a smooth industry transition. We'll be monitoring this process. We will also be supervising ASX's implementation of the system against its clearing and settlement facility licence obligations.
- Intermediary resilience and capital adequacy – We'll consider whether any changes are needed to our approach for early detection of the potential failure of market intermediaries and the steps we and they take to mitigate client losses. The protection of client assets is our priority, in addition to the potential impact of failures on market integrity.
- Financial advice by stockbrokers – We'll continue to consider the application of financial advice laws to stockbrokers and review the appropriateness of advice and control frameworks for the provision of advice by market intermediaries.
- Improving governance, accountability and compliance – We'll assess the compliance and broader non-financial risk management models across a sample of intermediaries (including those subject to enhanced supervision – item 2) and market operators and determine if changes are needed to industry standards or our supervisory approach.
- Equity capital raising allocations and sell-side research – We'll test market intermediaries' implementation of Regulatory Guide 264 Sell-side research, to check compliance and to better understand how the arrangements are applied in practice.
- Trade surveillance – We'll continue to rigorously pursue market misconduct, including market manipulation and insider trading.


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Crops are a short type of whip without a thong used in horseback riding, also known as riding crops.
Feathers are plumage from a bird or other animal. Some feathers are synthetic with plastic spines. Ticklers are flexible wands with rubber strands or feathers.
Floggers are lightweight whips with a handle and multiple lashes.
Paddles are flat blades, usually in the shape of an oar, with a handle. Some are paddles are padded and some have words that leave impressions.
Slappers are two paddles bound together at the handle. When struck against a person, the two paddles hit one another and create a loud sound.
Whips are sticks or handles with lashes or tassels attached to the end.


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Buy cassava flour (Lafun)
Difference between lafun and fufu
For lafun, during the processing, the fibers in the roots are not taken out as in the case of fufu. After cooking, this makes the texture of lafun more coarse than that of fufu.
What is lafun made from
Lafun is made from fermented cassava roots that's sun dried and milled into flour.
Health benefits of lafun
Calories in lafun
100g contains 105kcal
Nutritional value of lafun
Lafun contains the following nutrients
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin A
Whats the difference between cassava flour for baking and the one for "elubo lafun"?
Cassava flour for baking is usually processed from unfermented cassava (the processing of the cassava begins on the same day its harvested), while elubo lafun is produced from cassava that's left to ferment for atleast 3 days.


The volume of an expanding sphere is increasing at a rate of 12cubic feet per second. When the volume of the sphere is cubic feet, how fast, in square feet persecond, is the surface area increasing?
Note: ( )
(A) 8
(B) 6
(C) 8π
(E) 10
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I kind of remember this kind of question, but not sure if I did itright.
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Introduction
Renewable energy sources, such as solar and geothermal power, have gained significant traction in recent years as a cleaner and more sustainable alternative to traditional energy generation methods. One area where renewable energy integration holds immense potential is in HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems. This article explores the benefits, challenges, and strategies for effectively integrating renewable energy sources into HVAC systems.
The Benefits of Renewable Energy Integration in HVAC Systems
Integrating renewable energy sources into HVAC systems offers a range of benefits, both in terms of environmental sustainability and economic advantages. Let's examine some key benefits:
1. Reduced Environmental Impact
The primary advantage of renewable energy integration in HVAC systems is the significant reduction in environmental impact. Renewable energy sources, such as solar and geothermal power, produce clean electricity without relying on fossil fuels. By replacing traditional energy sources with renewables, HVAC systems can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to mitigating climate change.
2. Energy Cost Savings
Renewable energy sources provide a long-term cost-saving potential for HVAC systems. Once the initial investment is made in renewable energy infrastructure, such as solar panels or geothermal heat pumps, the ongoing operational costs are relatively low. With proper design and integration, HVAC systems can utilize renewable energy to offset electricity consumption from the grid, resulting in reduced energy bills and long-term cost savings.
3. Energy Independence
By integrating renewable energy sources, HVAC systems can achieve a certain level of energy independence. Solar panels or geothermal systems generate electricity on-site, reducing reliance on the grid. This increased energy self-sufficiency can be particularly advantageous during power outages or in remote locations where grid access is limited. It also provides a sense of resilience and stability in energy supply.
Challenges and Considerations for Renewable Energy Integration
While the benefits of renewable energy integration are substantial, there are some challenges and considerations to keep in mind. Addressing these factors is crucial to ensure a successful and efficient integration process.
1. System Design and Sizing
Proper system design and sizing are critical for effective renewable energy integration in HVAC systems. Factors such as building energy requirements, available renewable resources, and space limitations need to be carefully evaluated. HVAC professionals and renewable energy experts can assist in determining the appropriate system size and configuration to meet energy demands efficiently.
2. Integration Complexity
Integrating renewable energy sources into HVAC systems requires careful coordination and compatibility between different components. The integration process involves connecting renewable energy generators, such as solar panels or geothermal heat pumps, to the HVAC system. This may involve the installation of additional equipment, such as inverters or energy storage systems, to ensure seamless energy flow and compatibility.
3. Variability of Renewable Energy
Renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, are inherently variable due to weather conditions and natural fluctuations. This variability poses challenges for HVAC systems that require consistent energy supply. To address this, advanced control systems and energy management strategies can be implemented to optimize energy usage, store excess energy, and supplement with grid power when necessary.
Strategies for Effective Renewable Energy Integration
To ensure effective renewable energy integration in HVAC systems, consider the following strategies:
1. Energy Auditing and Efficiency Measures
Before integrating renewable energy sources, conduct an energy audit of the building to identify areas for energy efficiency improvements. Implementing energy-saving measures, such as insulation upgrades, efficient lighting systems, and optimized HVAC controls, reduces overall energy demand, making renewable energy integration more effective and cost-efficient.
2. System Compatibility and Sizing
Work with HVAC and renewable energy professionals to ensure proper system compatibility and sizing. Consider factors such as the building's energy requirements, available renewable resources (solar potential, geothermal feasibility), and the HVAC system's capacity. Proper sizing ensures that the renewable energy system can meet the HVAC system's demands while maximizing energy production and efficiency.
3. Smart Energy Management Systems
Implement smart energy management systems to optimize the integration of renewable energy into HVAC systems. These systems leverage advanced algorithms and data analytics to monitor energy production, consumption, and demand. By analyzing real-time data, smart systems can automatically adjust HVAC operation, prioritize renewable energy usage, and optimize energy flow within the system.
4. Energy Storage Solutions
Integrate energy storage solutions, such as batteries, into the HVAC system to store excess renewable energy for later use. Energy storage enhances system efficiency by capturing surplus energy during peak renewable generation periods and utilizing it during periods of high demand or low renewable energy production. This helps balance energy supply and demand, reducing reliance on the grid.
5. Grid Interaction and Net Metering
Explore opportunities for grid interaction and net metering. Depending on local regulations and utility policies, excess renewable energy generated by the HVAC system can be fed back into the grid. Net metering allows for energy credits, reducing overall electricity costs and promoting a more sustainable energy ecosystem.
Case Studies: Successful Renewable Energy Integration in HVAC Systems
Examining real-world examples of successful renewable energy integration in HVAC systems can provide valuable insights and inspiration. Here are a few case studies:
1. Solar-Powered HVAC System for a Commercial Building
In this case study, a commercial building integrated a solar power system to meet a significant portion of its HVAC energy needs. The solar panels were strategically placed on the building's rooftop to maximize energy production. An intelligent control system was implemented to balance the HVAC load and optimize solar energy utilization. The system achieved significant energy cost savings and reduced carbon emissions.
2. Geothermal Heat Pump Integration in Residential HVAC
In this residential case study, a geothermal heat pump was integrated into the HVAC system. The heat pump utilized the stable temperature of the ground to provide heating and cooling. The system was designed to take advantage of the renewable energy source, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and achieving energy cost savings. Smart controls and zoning strategies further enhanced system efficiency and comfort.
Conclusion
The integration of renewable energy sources in HVAC systems presents a tremendous opportunity to enhance sustainability, reduce environmental impact, and achieve long-term energy cost savings. By addressing challenges such as system design, integration complexity, and variability of renewable energy, and implementing strategies like energy auditing, smart energy management, and energy storage, successful integration can be achieved. Case studies demonstrate the effectiveness of renewable energy integration in both commercial and residential settings. As the world continues its transition to a greener future, the integration of renewable energy in HVAC systems will play a vital role in creating more sustainable and energy-efficient buildings.
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Finnish Canadian Culture
Finnish Canadian Culture – An Educational Resource
This multimedia DVD is to be used in conjunction with the book, "A History of Finnish Businesses in the Thunder Bay Area" published by the Thunder Bay Finnish-Historical Society.
The Finnish settlers who came to the Thunder Bay area have left a lasting legacy that has contributed immensely to the cultural and economic growth of the region. History has shown that once the Finns started settling in the region, they opened their own businesses. Today, various businesses still have a distinctively Finnish character that continues to shape social and economic aspects of northwestern Ontario and Canada.