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Illinois State Museum Quaternary Studies Program
Scientists in the Museum's Quaternary Studies Program investigate the environments, plants, animals, and human adaptations of the Pleistocene (Ice-Age) and Holocene (last 10,000 years). This interdisciplinary research program examines past environments, biota, and human lifeways using the combined expertise of earth, natural, and social scientists. It's one of the few programs in the country that examines long-term trends in the climate, landscape, and biota of the Midwestern United States, with an emphasis on the period from 40,000 years ago to the present, while integrating changing human-land interactions over the last 11,500 years.
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Colombia, SC weather in August 1964
Temperature for August 1964
In August 1964 the average high temperature in Colombia, SC was 0.0°F, and this was 91.5°F cooler than the average of 91.5°F. The hottest day in August 1964 was 0 August when the temperature reached 0.0°F. Overnight the average temperature in August is 69.8°F and in 1964 the average overnight temperature was 69.8°F cooler at 0.0°F.
Precipitation for August 1964
In August the average monthly rainfall in Colombia, SC is 5.07 inches with rain usually falling on 11 days. In August 1964 there was a total of 0.00 inches of rain, that fell on 0 days.


Can an elderly person use an iPad?
Can an elderly person use an iPad?
The iPad is designed to make life easy for users of all ages. If you can change the settings and functions a bit, senior users will find the iPad easy to use. Yes, that's right.
Is iPad easy to use for seniors?
The iPad is a great device for seniors. It's easy to use, has a large selection of apps, and is easy on the eyes. Browse the top-ranked list of iPads for seniors below… along with associated reviews and opinions.
Why do old people use iPads?
They can download puzzle games that help improve memory and concentration and can connect more easily with friends. Accessibility devices can make it easier for seniors to communicate with people around them.
How do you teach an old person to use an iPad?
Setup the ipad to their individual needs. For example go into ipad settings and adjust brightness / volume can be adjusted. Ask family members to send lots of emails, photos and Face Time Calls. Setup reminders, calendars, shopping lists, contact details and appointments try to make the ipad as useful as possible.
How do I create an Apple ID for my elderly parent?
If you are getting a new Apple ID for anyone over the age of 13, getting set up is very simple. You can complete the entire process right on that brand new iPhone or iPad. Just open the Settings app and tap Sign in to your iPhone. The process to create an Apple ID will begin after you select Create Apple ID.
What is GrandPad and how does it work?
GrandPad is a simple and secure tablet computer that digitally connects a senior to their family and friends. The senior can easily view family photos and videos, play games, see weather for each family member, listen to music, check emails, make phone calls, place a video chat, and much more.
How can I use my iPhone as an older person?
On an iPhone: Go to Settings, Emergency SOS, and toggle Auto call on, then tap Edit and enter the pertinent information. It is activated by pressing and holding the Power button and one of the Volume buttons on an iPhone 8 or later, or by rapidly pressing the Power button five times on older iPhones.
Can a 14 year old have their own Apple ID?
Children under 13 can't create an Apple ID on their own. (This age varies by region.) But if you're the family organizer, you can create an Apple ID for your child.
Can I make an Apple ID for someone else?
Just open the Settings app and tap Sign in to your iPhone. The process to create an Apple ID will begin after you select Create Apple ID. Remember, you'll need to be able to check the email of the person you're creating the Apple ID for so you can confirm the process.
How does a grandPad work?
Are iPads easy to use?
iPads are generally easier to use and run smoother than tablets, although much of the time the difference is barely noticeable. In terms of overall user experience, Apple's iOS is clearly ahead of Google's Android OS system for the average user.
How do I clean up an old iPad?
Open the Settings app.
 - Choose "General."
 - Scroll down to the bottom of the menu.
 - Select "Reset."
 - Choose "Erase all Content and Settings."
 - You'll need to enter your device passcode if you have one set.
 - Tap Erase iPhone,then tap it again to confirm.
 - Is iPhone suitable for old people?
 iPhone SE 2020.
 - iPhone XR.
 - Samsung Galaxy S10e.
 - Huawei P Smart (2019) The Huawei P Smart (2019) might seem like an intriguing addition to a list of the best smartphones for seniors,since it's a little old at
 - Moto G8 Power Lite.
 - How to recycle your old iPad?
 – Once you received the box, pack your old I pad in that box (make sure its data is completely erased) and seal it securely. – Now, wait at least till the process of Ipad recycling is taking place. – in case you want to exchange your iPad instantly then take appointment form your near apple store and visit there.
 How to love your old iPad again?
 – No need to reset your iPad to transfer data – The existing data on your new iPad won't be deleted. – You can select what you wish to transfer from iPad to iPad. – Besides iOS to iOS, the tool can also transfer data between devices running on different platforms (like iOS to Android).


Network Scanner
The network scanner in Recon allows you to remotely enroll multiple Mac computers. It scans specified IP ranges and enrolls any computers that it can connect to over SSH (Remote Login).
There are two ways to specify the IP ranges you want to scan: choose network segments that are set up in the JSS, or manually specify IP ranges. If you manually specify the IP ranges, you can choose a building, department, and site to add computers to during enrollment.
Requirements
To enroll computers using the network scanner, SSH must be enabled on the computers.
Enrolling Computers Using the Network Scanner
 1. Open Recon and authenticate to the JSS.
 2. Select Network Scanner in the sidebar.
 3. Specify the IP ranges you want to scan:
 - To choose network segments that are set up in the JSS, click Network Segments below the list of IP ranges and select the network segment you want to scan. Repeat as needed.
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 - To specify IP ranges manually, click Add (+) below the list of IP ranges and specify information about the IP range you want to scan. Click OK and repeat as needed.
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 4. Specify one or more local administrator accounts that have SSH access to computers in the IP range.
 When the network scanner finds a computer on the network, it tries each account until it finds one that can be used to connect to the computer over SSH. The first valid account is used as the management account.
 1. Click Add (+) below the list of accounts.
 2. Enter credentials for a local administrator account that has SSH access to computers.
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 3. Click OK.
 4. If there is more than one administrator account in the specified IP ranges, repeat steps a through c as needed.
 5. To ignore computers that are already enrolled with the JSS, select the Ignore IP addresses of computers already in the JSS checkbox.
 6. To continuously scan for new computers, use the Rescan IP Ranges pop-up menu to specify how often Recon should rescan.
 7. To create a .recon file that contains the network scanner settings you just configured, click Save As. Then specify a name and location for the file.
 Double-clicking the file opens Recon (if it is not already open) and populates the network scanner settings.
 You can open the file at any time to have Recon automatically configure the network scanner settings.
 8. Click Scan.
 Recon scans the specified IP ranges and enrolls any computers that it can connect to over SSH. The progress of the scan is displayed on the Current Activity pane. The results of the scan are displayed on the Enrolled, Not Found, and Problems panes.
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Hornets are the main Ta'Elan warship class, and come in various forms to fit many roles, from all purpose, all weather fighters like the Black Hornet, to niche fitting fighters like the Shrouded (Shadow) Hornet. Hornets are so named because many of them are outfitted with "stingers" and other features that resemble those of the actual animals.
Hornets are named for their originating planet and for their role. So for example, the Calian HEAT Hornet was created on Calos, and is meant to operate in hot conditions (High Energy Attack & Transport). The Friorecytallian Ice Hornet was created by a collaborative effort between Friozha, the Recyclian Planets, and Titanium Tallide, and functions best in cold environments.
Most Hornets are way more powerful and technologically advanced than anything possesed by the the GCN, and most of them are also leaps and bounds ahead of the Axizian attack vessels (except for motherships of course). Also, most Hornets posses advanced cloak technology, force fields, and electronic counter measures unheard of in the ships of other civilizations.
Along with the normal Hornets, the Ta'Elans have also crafted close support units, called Wasps, that are a subclass of the Hornet class. These vessels follow a similar naming scheme to the Hornets, and have similar technology, though they are usually not as powerful. Wasps, unlike Hornets, also tend not to be missile ships, but rather gunships.
After meeting the Ta'Elans, the Axis had to create their own Hornet killer, the Venom.

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A Box Compression Tester is a crucial testing machine used in the paper and packaging industry to measure the compression strength of corrugated boxes, cartons, and other packaging materials. It determines the maximum force a packaging box can withstand before it gets damaged, ensuring that the package remains intact during transportation or warehousing.
Testing the crushing strength of boxes is essential to prevent damage to the products inside and avoid customer dissatisfaction. Additionally, Box Compression Tester packaging professionals use Box Compression Testers to check the proper filling of boxes, ensuring that there is no excess space or excessive weight on one side.
The importance of Box Compression Testers in the packaging industry cannot be overstated. By accurately measuring the compressive force a packing box can handle under practical stacking conditions, these testing machines help manufacturers ensure the quality of their packaging. This testing process guarantees that products reach their destination in perfect condition, minimizing waste of time, money, and effort invested in product construction.
Box Compression Testers not only assess the compression-resistance strength of packaging materials but also evaluate other factors such as product compatibility, maximum pressure strength, proper packing, product stability and consistency, and box fill capacity.
These testing machines enable packaging industries to create practical testing conditions in the laboratory, ensuring accurate assessment of box quality. For more information about Box Compression Testers, you can consult experts at Pacorr Testing Instruments by calling +91-_PHONE_ or emailing [email protected]. They can assist you in selecting the right testing device for your laboratory to test the quality of your packaging materials.
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EBA proposed guidelines on disclosure of information on non-performing exposures (NPEs) and forborne exposures. The guidelines specify the information related to non-performing exposures and forborne exposures and foreclosed assets that banks should disclose and provide uniform disclosure formats. The consultation ends on July 27, 2018. EBA aims to publish the final guidelines, taking into account the comments received during the consultation, before the end of 2018.
The guidelines include ten disclosure templates, of which four are applicable to all credit institutions and six apply only to significant institutions with a high level of NPEs. Overall, this uniform disclosure helps provide meaningful information to market participants on the asset quality of credit institutions. In addition, for institutions with high level of NPEs, the guidelines help gain a better insight into the features and distribution of their problematic assets, the quality and value of their collaterals, and the efficiency of their recovery function. The guidelines apply to credit institutions that are subject to all or part of the disclosure requirements specified in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). These requirements, including the frequency of the disclosure, are applied in a proportionate manner based on the significance of the credit institution and the level of NPEs.
The content of the uniform templates included in the guidelines has been developed in parallel with the amendments to the reporting framework on NPEs, which EBA will consult on. Although the two consultations will be run separately, EBA will ensure consistency between the disclosure guidelines and the amended FINREP framework. EBA has developed these guidelines following the conclusions reached by the Council in July 2017 to set up an Action Plan to tackle non-performing loans (NPLs) in Europe, wherein EBA was asked to contribute with a number of initiatives. The enhanced disclosure requirements developed in these draft guidelines form a part of these initiatives.
Comment Due Date: July 27, 2018
Keywords: Europe, EU, Banking, Non-performing Exposures, NPLs, Disclosures, Proportionality, CRR, EBA
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- To review colours and practise describing the colours of things.
- To practise describing a person's appearance.
Here are some of the frequent words used in this lesson that have appeared in previous lessons. Using the flashcards, check that you remember their meanings.
In Lesson 27 you learned the main words for colours. You are about to fine tune your command of these terms, so review Lesson 27 first to make sure you can automatically produce them. Here are two ways you can talk in a more nuanced, more precise way about colours.
1. In Indonesian, dark colours are "old" (tua) and light colours are "young" (muda).
|Blusnya kuning tua.
Her blouse is dark yellow.
|or||Blusnya berwarna kuning tua.
Her blouse is dark yellow in colour.
|Atap rumahnya biru muda.
His house has a blue roof.
Atap rumahnya berwarna biru muda.
2. In English you can use the suffix "-ish" to describe something that has a certain hue or tinge, for example "reddish", "greenish", "yellowish" etc. In Indonesian you produce a similar effect by 1 reduplicating the adjective and 2 nesting it between the affixes keand –an.
He has reddish hair.
Orang yang mempunyai penyakit hati kulitnya menjadi kekuning-kuningan.
A yellowish skin tone develops in people suffering from liver disease.
Here are some of the very common adjectives that can be used to talk about someone's appearance. (You have met and practised some of them already.) Check that you know the meanings of all of them.
|Someone's general proportions||tinggi, pendek, besar, kecil, biasa|
|Someone's general appearance||cantik, ganteng, jelek, biasa, kurus, gemuk|
|The appearance of someone's hair||botak, panjang, pendek, lurus, keriting|
|The colour of someone's hair||hitam, pirang, putih, kemerah-merahan, coklat tua|
|The colour of someone's skin||putih, kuning langsat, sawo matang, hitam manis|
|The colour of someone's eyes||hitam, coklat, biru, kehijau-hijauan|
Translate these sentences into good Indonesian. Remember two things: 1. with a tiny number of special exceptions, the adjective follows the noun in Indonesian, and 2. "to have" is often expressed with the possessive suffix –nya. First check the model below.
Cue sentence: She has very long hair.
You write: Dia itu rambutnya panjang sekali.
or (more commonly) Rambutnya panjang sekali.
Imagine that you are a police officer (polisi). You have to describe a fugitive criminal (penjahat) to journalists, to the public or to fellow police officers. Your description should cover sex, age, place of origin, height, whether the person is fat or thin, hair colour, eye colour, complexion and what the person is wearing. Your description might begin like this (as you repeat the role play, you should radically vary this opening):
Selamat pagi (siang/sore/malam) Bapak-Bapak dan Ibu-Ibu. Nama saya Ridwan. Saya kepala kantor polisi di sini. Kami sedang mencari seorang penjahat dari Wonosobo bernama Joko yang dicari karena mencuri mobil. Dia berumur kira-kira 25 (dua puluh lima) tahun. Tinggi badannya 170 (seratus tujuh puluh) sentimeter dan agak gemuk. Dia berkulit sawo matang dengan rambut lurus dan pendek. Ia memakai kemeja lengan pendek, (etc. etc. etc.) ….
The police officer should conclude by saying something like this:
Saya minta tolong kepada Bapak-Bapak dan Ibu-Ibu kalau melihat orang ini, segera hubungi kami di nomor _PHONE_ (dua empat lima tujuh dua tujuh delapan). Terima kasih. Ada pertanyaan?
The "audience" now quizzes the speaker, asking for clarification and more details. There are many kinds of questions you can ask, but two important ones that relate to recent lessons are:
1. use memakai to ask about what the fugitive is/was wearing. For example
2. Use –nya constructions to ask about what kind of personal features and clothes the fugitive has. For example
|Joko itu||rambutnya keriting?|
|Apakah||penjahat itu||berbaju biru?|
'Light Red' is, as we have learned above, merah muda. More common, however, is it to refer to a pinkish colour with the term merah jambu. Jambu air is the name of the fruit very closely related to the Malay apple, which in Hawai'i is known as the mountain apple. The fruit with the Latin name Syzygium aqueum is juicy and slightly sweet-sour and is often part of the spicy fruit salad called rujak.
Of course you should also try to re-cycle all the kinds of questions you have practised so far, for example questions beginning with:
Di mana ….
Siapa yang ….
Hari apa / Tanggal berapa / Jam berapa / Kapan ….
Apakah ada ….
and many more.
The prefix berforms intransitive verbs (that is verbs that cannot take an object) such as berangkat (to leave), bekerja (to work), berhenti (to stop), belajar (to study), berenang (to swim), bertemu (to meet), berpikir (to think), berdiri (to stand), berbelanja (to shop), bersiap-siap (to get ready), beristirahat (to rest), bersisir (to comb).
A large group of berverbs is based on nouns and has the general meaning "to have/own [base]":
bersuami to have a husband
berumur be aged
bernama be named
beranak have children
berguna to be useful
berhasil to have success, to succeed
A subgroup of this group means "to use, wear, travel by [base]":
bertopi to wear a hat
berdasi to wear a tie
bersepatu to wear shoes
berkacamata to wear glasses
berbaju to wear a shirt
berkuda to ride a horse
bersepeda to ride a bicycle
Adjectives or possessive nouns can be added:
berkacamata hitam to wear sunglasses
berbaju biru to wear a blue shirt
bertopi koboi to wear a cowboy hat
bersepeda balap to ride a racing bike
Instead of using berone can of course also use memakai or naik:
Anak itu berkacamata minus. / Anak itu memakai kacamata minus.
That child wears minus (myopic) glasses.
Toni setiap hari bersepeda ke kantor. / Toni setiap hari naik sepeda ke kantor.
Every day Toni goes to his office by bike.


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virt-format(1) Virtualization Support virt-format(1)
virt-format - Erase and make a blank disk
 virt-format [--options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img...]
Virt-format takes an existing disk file (or it can be a host partition, LV etc), erases all data on it, and formats it as a blank disk. It can optionally create partition tables, empty filesystems, logical volumes and more.
To create a disk containing data, you may be better to use virt-make-fs(1). If you are creating a blank disk to use in guestfish(1), you should instead use the guestfish -N option.
Normal usage would be something like this:
 virt-format -a disk.qcow
or this:
 virt-format -a /dev/VG/LV
disk.qcow or /dev/VG/LV must exist already. Any data on these disks will be erased by these commands. These commands will create a single empty partition covering the whole disk, with no filesystem inside it.
Additional parameters can be used to control the creation of partitions, filesystems, etc. The most commonly used options are:
Create an empty filesystem ("ext3", "ntfs" etc) inside the partition.
Create a Linux LVM2 logical volume on the disk. When used with --filesystem, the filesystem is created inside the LV.
For more information about these and other options, see "OPTIONS" below.
The format of the disk is normally auto-detected, but you can also force it by using the --format option (q.v.). In situations where you do not trust the existing content of the disk, then it is advisable to use this option to avoid possible exploits.
Display brief help.
-a file
--add file
Add file, a disk image, host partition, LV, external USB disk, etc.
Any existing data on the disk is erased.
-a URI
--add URI
This parameter sets the sector size of the disk image. It affects all explicitly added subsequent disks after this parameter. Using --blocksize with no argument switches the disk sector size to the default value which is usually 512 bytes. See also "guestfs_add_drive_opts" in guestfs(3).
Create an empty filesystem of the specified type. Many filesystem types are supported by libguestfs.
Create no filesystem. This is the default.
For example:
 virt-format --format=raw -a disk.img
forces raw format (no auto-detection) for disk.img.
 virt-format --format=raw -a disk.img --format -a another.img
Set the filesystem label.
Create a Linux LVM2 logical volume called /dev/VG/LV. You can change the name of the volume group and logical volume.
Create a Linux LVM2 logical volume with the default name (/dev/VG/LV).
Create no logical volume. This is the default.
Create either an MBR or GPT partition covering the whole disk. MBR is chosen if the disk size is < 2 TB, GPT if ≥ 2 TB.
This is the default.
Create a GPT partition.
Create an MBR partition.
Create no partition table. Note that Windows may not be able to see these disks.
Enable verbose messages for debugging.
Display version number and exit.
Normally virt-format does not wipe data from the disk (because that takes a long time). Thus if there is data on the disk, it is only hidden and partially overwritten by virt-format, and it might be recovered by disk editing tools.
If you use this option, virt-format writes zeroes over the whole disk so that previous data is not recoverable.
Enable tracing of libguestfs API calls.
This program returns 0 on success, or 1 on failure.
guestfs(3), guestfish(1), virt-filesystems(1), virt-make-fs(1), virt-rescue(1), virt-resize(1),
Richard W.M. Jones
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To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
When reporting a bug, please supply:
 - The version of libguestfs.
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Initial motivation of mentors in formal youth mentoring relationships
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Brumovská, Tereza J., & Brady, Bernadine. (2021). Initial Motivation of Mentors in Formal Youth Mentoring Relationships. Child Care in Practice, doi:10.1080/_PHONE_.2021._PHONE_
The paper presents results of a phenomenological longitudinal qualitative study undertaken with mentors associated with the Big Brothers Big Sisters programme in the Czech Republic. Ten mentors were interviewed during the first month and after 5 and 10 months of their mentoring involvement employing phenomenological in-depth semi-structured interviews. Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was subsequently applied using QSR NVivo software for data analysis. This paper reports the findings of an IPA analysis of one of the central theme of mentors' experience, common to all interviewed mentors: initial motivation to volunteer in formal youth mentoring relationships (FYMRs). The findings of the IPA analysis are discussed using the framework of self-determination theory (SDT) with its continuum of autonomous and controlling motivations. As a result, we argue that the initial motivations of mentors can be assessed according to the level of autonomy in mentors' motivation, in other words, congruence of their motivations with the authentic self. We argue that the level of congruence of mentors' motivation with the authentic self can be considered as the quality feature of the mentors' motivation. We conclude that, in theory, this feature has an impact on the subsequent dynamics and perceived satisfaction of formal youth mentoring relationships. We recommend that the mentors' motivation, and specifically, the level of autonomy in mentors' motivation to volunteer with socially disadvantaged children be assessed in mentoring programmes as a qualitative feature in mentorś training and recruitment.


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The training school is a 5-day international event sponsored by COST Action FP1105. It is the final event of the COST Action with a focus on addressing key scientific challenges posed by the Action.
The objective of the training school is to address one of the key challenges of the Action: to facilitate a broader, multidisciplinary understanding of the fundamental science underpinning cell and plant development and to translate this knowledge into new developments in plant biology and materials sciences.
Deadline for registration: 29th February 2016
Anyone wishing to participate in the training school should contact Dr Zurine Hernandez (_EMAIL_) with a short 1 page CV and brief summary (1 page maximum) of work/research activity and interests.


During a full switch deployment, the SwitchableLocalFileSystem must delete all file assets from the target site's inactive directory before updated content can be deployed from ATG Content Administration. On a large site, the deletion process can significantly delay updates to the live site. You can optimize deployment by configuring the SwitchableLocalFileSystem to enable background deletion: when switch deployment begins, the VFS simply moves the current inactive directory to a temporary directory and proceeds with deployment. Separately, it launches another thread that is responsible for physically removing files from the temporary directory—which it typically defers until system resources are more plentiful.
Note: By default, full deployment of file system assets is optimized through checksum verification, which minimizes disk reads and writes (see Cache Checksums for File Assets). This is usually faster than full deployment with background deletion, where checksum verification is disabled (see Requirements and Constraints), so all files eventually must be physically removed from disk. In general, full deployment with background deletion is appropriate when you must purge a target site of all file system assets.
Three SwitchableLocalFileSystem properties enable background deletion and control its behavior:
Requirements and Constraints
The following requirements and constraints apply to background deletion of file system assets:


How long does completing an Assessment take?
While the length of the Assessments varies, most test modules take 10 minutes or less. For example, if an employer has opted to combine two 10-minute test modules, your assessment could take you a total of 20 minutes to complete.
To ensure you have plenty of time, we recommend setting aside 30 minutes where you can focus uninterrupted.
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Why Does Wine Go Bad and How Long Opened Wine Lasts
One of the most common questions that I get from students in my Introduction to Wine classes is about bad wine. People want to know, why does wine go bad, how do you know if a wine has gone bad, and can you do anything to prevent it?
Why Does Wine Go Bad?
There are lots of reasons a wine can go bad. Poor bottling, microbial contamination and storage problems are just the beginning. Each of these issues has specific signs to look for, which makes it easier to tell a wine that's gone bad from a wine that's just not to your taste.
Signs of Bad Wine
- Smells like barnyard, sweaty horse, Band-Aids or manure: Brettanomyces, aka "Brett", in sommelier shorthand, is a bacteria that, in small doses, is not necessarily unpleasant. Left unchecked, wine becomes undrinkable.
- Tastes like sauerkraut: Lactic acid bacteria gone wild gives this nose-wrinkling smell.
- Has a strong vinegar quality: This is the smell of volatile acidity and acetic acid, which usually develops in wine after exposure to oxygen. But rogue yeasts can create this flaw in the winery.
- Has a damp basement, moldy cardboard, or wet dog odor: A sign of TCA contamination, aka "cork taint". TCA stands for 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole, which is a harmless, potent-smelling compound that most often occurs when chlorine-based cleaners come into contact with wood. Even in minute amounts (as in parts per trillion), it can affect the way a wine smells and tastes. If present in a barrel or winery equipment, entire lots of wine can be affected– meaning the cork is not always the culprit.
- Smells of rotten eggs, onions, cabbage: Wines that got too little oxygen during the winemaking process can develop volatile sulfur compounds, including ones called mercaptans. There's no mistaking this flaw, even if you've never smelled a rotten egg. These wines are said to be "reduced," meaning it was fermented without enough oxygen. Fortunately, this flaw often disappears shortly after the wine is opened. If it doesn't, you can add something copper to your glass (such as a pre-1982 penny), which reacts with sulfur compounds and can magically eliminate the stinky smell.
- Tastes like chemicals: A flawed fermentation can give off a strong paint thinner or acetone scent. Sadly, nothing can help make a wine with this flaw taste better.
- Looks dull and brownish; smells bitter, nutty or like balsamic vinegar: If you detect any of these symptoms, you're encountering oxidized wine, probably from a faulty closure. Oxygen seeped in and ruined it. Oxidation happens eventually to all opened wine.
- The appearance of fizz or bubbles in a still wine: Whoops, your wine has started to re-ferment. Someone bottled a wine without sterilization, and the yeasts began munching on leftover sugar.
- You notice the cork pushing up past the bottle rim, or a wine leak is visible on the cork: In still wines, this is a sign of heat damage. The smells and flavors of heat damage are often subtle, making a wine look and taste duller than it should. Just one day sitting in a hot delivery truck can damage a wine, even if it doesn't leave visible evidence.
A common reason that wine goes bad is that, after it was opened, no one drank it fast enough. (This is not usually a problem around my house, trust.) That's because the moment you pull the cork on a bottle, powerful chemical changes start to occur in the wine. Oxygen rushes in and sulfur dioxide, which is added to nearly all wines as a preservative, dissolves into the air.
In time-limited doses, exposure to oxygen can make a wine taste more harmonious and expressive, turning up the volume on its flavors and smoothing them out. But the clock is ticking: in as little as two days, oxidation can spoil a wine and, soon enough, this process will turn it to vinegar. First, the fruity aromas disappear, then its flavors turn dull and flat, with a sharp or bitter edge, and the color changes. White wines darken and turn brownish; reds get lighter and browner. Soon, a wine that used to smell like apples or cherries may smell like vinegar or cider.
Now that you know how oxidation affects your bottles, you're probably wondering how to extend the life of opened bottles.
How Long Opened Wine Lasts
How to store opened wine without it going bad depends on the type of wine and how you store it. The graphic below breaks it down. Generally, the lighter the wine, the faster it goes bad. Tannins in wine help preserve them as does alcohol—which is why robust reds and fortified wines last longest. Richly sweet dessert wines will also stay fresh longer than dry varietals.
My go-to method of slowing down the spoilage of opened wine—both red and white—is to decant it into as small a container as possible and stick it in the fridge. I keep a few empty half-bottles (375ml) and their corks handy for this, but any old jar will do (just make sure it doesn't still smell like kimchee or barbecue sauce or whatever you last had in your fridge). Presto! This step roughly doubles the shelf life of wine.
"Even reds?" you're asking. Yes, even reds. The bacteria that turn wine into vinegar (acetic acid, to wine chemistry geeks) feed on oxygen. By exposing the wine to less oxygen, you're starving the bacteria and slowing down spoilage. They also multiply like crazy at room temperature, so chilling the wine keeps their party to a dull roar.
Of course, there are lots of gadgets out there claiming to preserve wine, ranging from plastic vacuum pumps to spray cans of nonreactive gas. In my experience, with one giant exception, none of these make a huge difference. I recommend that, if you do pump or gas your wine, you also store it in the fridge.
The shining exception to these devices is the Coravin, which is easily the most effective—and expensive—tool ever invented to solve the problem of leftover wine. With Coravin, you don't actually open the wine at all—you extract it through the cork via a fine needle, which also pumps argon gas into the bottle as a preservative. You can dole out glasses of wine over a period of months from a bottle, with no notable difference in freshness. I've enjoyed white wines that were first poured via Coravin more than a year prior, then stored at room temperature, and they still tasted juicy and vibrant. At parties, I sometimes let guests have sips from several "Coravinned" bottles, then pick the wine they like best.
Remember: It can be tricky to decipher whether a bottle has gone bad from something that just isn't your taste. At the end of the day, if the smell and taste aren't to your liking, listen to your senses. This could be due to a poor pairing or perhaps the type of wine and where it's from just isn't pleasing your palate. At the end of the day, you should always drink wines you enjoy.
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The Boyd family is Australia's most remarkable artistic dynasty.
- The Boyds, Brenda Niall, 2002.
Arthur Boyd (_PHONE_) was part of a unique artistic dynasty. His grandparents Emma Minnie (nee a'Beckett) and Arthur Merric Boyd were both accomplished and recognised artists, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in London and in various galleries in Melbourne. Arthur Merric was a traditional landscape painter affiliated with the Heidelberg school.
They were quite well off, with money inherited from parents and grandparents. They lived a genteel life of travel and art, owned property in the UK and in Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Emma Minnie in particular was socially minded and active in helping the poor. She was very religious, shared bible stories, myths, legends and fairy tales with her children and grandchildren.
They had five children, the second being William Merric Boyd (Merric), known as the father of Australian studio pottery. He and his brothers and sisters were encouraged by their parents in the pursuit of art and music, in thinking of others and in helping the poor. Merric struggled with epilepsy throughout his life but was well loved and cared for by his family.
Open Country at Murrumbeena, in Melbourne was built in 1913 to Merric's design on land purchased by his parents. It was a home, workplace and meeting ground for the Boyd family and many outstanding, creative individuals for thirty years. In 1915 Merric married Doris Gough, a quietly strong and determined woman, already a painter she became wife, mother and business manager. Merric and Doris had five children: Lucy, Arthur, Guy, David and Mary.
Visitors to Open Country included Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Joy Hester, Yosl Bergner, John Perceval and many others. Merric's parents, Emma Minnie and Arthur Merric Boyd and younger sister Helen, lived next door during the years of World War I; and on the other side Doris' mother built a house she called Green Pastures.
When Arthur Boyd and Yvonne Lennie married in 1945 they lived at Open Country, and Arthur's first studio was built in the rambling garden from a modernist design by his cousin Robin Boyd. With their respective partners Arthur's siblings, Lucy, Guy, David and Mary Boyd also lived at Open Country during the 1940s and 50s. There were visits to Martin Boyd at The Grange (the a'Beckett family home) where the more genteel aspects of the Boyd and a'Beckett heritage prevailed. Arthur and Yvonne Boyd lived at The Grange for a time in 1948-49 as did Mary (nee Boyd) and John Perceval in 1951.
In late 1959 Arthur, Yvonne and their children went to London. Within six months Arthur's work was receiving great acclaim and being exhibited in major galleries. Over the next ten years the Boyd's travelled frequently between the UK and Australia.
In 1968 Arthur and Yvonne Boyd returned to Australia for a visit of six months. The open paddocks and rural atmosphere of Murrumbeena, where Arthur had grown up had disappeared under the tide of Melbourne's rapid suburbanisation. Open Country was destroyed to make way for a two storey block of flats.
From 1956 The Grange was at the centre of a blue metal quarry. The old house, an 1860s a'Beckett family home set in the rolling hills near Berwick out of Melbourne, with its family associations and Arthur Boyd's 1949 murals commissioned by Martin Boyd, was demolished by the quarry owners in the late 1960s.
With Open Country and The Grange so deeply etched in his makeup, Arthur Boyd experienced a profound sense of loss after his 1968 visit to the places of his early years, resulting in a determination to preserve the heritage of his family. His first tentative ideas for Bundanon had their origins in this experience and the decision to build a collection of works to represent his family was made at this time.
In 1971 Arthur was again in Australia doing a Creative Fellowship at the ANU when he and Yvonne were invited to visit a property on the Shoalhaven River called Bundanon by art dealer Frank MacDonald, then part owner of the property.
Bundanon had an immediate and profound effect on Arthur's thinking and work. This visit reignited his passion for landscape painting, a genre he had explored as a younger artist but moved away from during his career. In 1974 the Boyds purchased an adjoining property called Riversdale. They added two other lots of land and purchased a right of way. Then in 1979 the Boyds purchased Bundanon from the McGraths and MacDonald. They made this their home whenever they were in Australia.
Often quoted as saying "you can't own a landscape", from this time Arthur and Yvonne started work on how they could give it all away and at the same time protect it. Arthur, Yvonne, Sidney Nolan and then Arts Minister, Clyde Holding, all worked very hard to convince the Federal government to accept the gift. It was finally accepted by the then Prime Minister Paul Keating in March 1993.
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The magic that attends all beginnings, the pains that accompany all births - these are privileged memories that belong to our founding fathers. They were there when an emergent UAP burst into the light in, a news-born whose proud genealogy could be traced back to the Spanish era, the descendant of many transmutations of brilliants genes. Its parents were the best architects in this land who in their youthful energies conceived, nurtured and labored to give it birth. Lest we forget pure time, let us go back in time - to understand the proud origin of what we now casually call the UAP.
Filipino Architects And Their Works
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The architecture of the Philippines Filipino : Arkitekturang Pilipino reflects the historical and cultural traditions in the country. Most prominent historic structures in the archipelago are influenced by Austronesian, Chinese, Spanish, and American architectures. During three hundred thirty years of Spanish colonialization, the Philippine architecture was dominated by the Spanish influences. The Augustinian friars, along with other religious orders, built many grand churches and cathedrals all over the Philippine Islands. These were large houses built of stone and wood combining Filipino, Spanish and Chinese style elements.
Most were initially constructed with bamboo and nipa, but the friars realized that to instill a sense of awe, as well as to caution against the terrible menace of fire and earthquake, more grandiose buildings had to be erected. I dared to make a list of 40 indisputably famous 21 st Century architects who have shaped the iconic and memorable buildings of our generation. The free version of PDF Architect already allows you to view, rotate, delete and rearrange pages as well as merge multiple documents. Flat or shallow-pitched roofs, large expanses of glass, strong connections to outdoor space, and spare, unornamented walls are characteristics of Modern house plans. In the period after the second world war many of the destroyed buildings were rebuilt. Architects Philippines has created two new websites.
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Here are the top spots in the Philippines that architecture enthusiasts shouldn't miss. Known for its financial institutions and upmarket hotels, the area is home to some impressive skyscrapers; but nothing quite compares to the glistening sky-rise that is the Zuellig. Notable for its environmentally conscious design and modern technologies, the meter high building has daylight dimming sensors, rainwater harvesting facilities and a double glazed low emission curtain wall.
6 Must-Visit Architecture Spots in the Philippines
First colonized by Spain, then Japan and finally America, Filipinos joke that they spent years in a convent, five in a prison camp, and 45 in Hollywood. Leandro Locsin was in some ways a quintessential Renaissance man. A brilliant architect, interior designer, artist, and classically trained pianist, Locsin was also a keen art collector, amassing a sizable collection of fine Chinese art and ceramics during his lifetime. It is for his buildings, however, that he is remembered. From airport terminals to memorial chapels, arts centers to stock exchange structures, Locsin left his mark on the urban landscape of the Philippines. Locsin was determined to reconfigure western architectural mores for a Filipino audience. The theatre harks back to traditional Filipino dwelling huts, but on a monumentally modern scale.
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As the sun sets on another weekend, our crews will soon be settling in for the night to prepare for another day of working on the Battle Complex tomorrow.
FIRE BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT
The Fire Ban and OHV Restriction remains in effect for the Peace River Forest Area and most of northern Alberta.
Existing fire permits are suspended until further notice.
- All open fires including campfires in campgrounds, backcountry and random camping areas and backyard fire pits.
- Charcoal briquettes, turkey fryers and tiki torches.
- Fireworks and exploding targets.
- The use of off-highway vehicles for recreational use on all public lands.
- Portable propane fire pits that are CSA approved or UL certified.
- Gas or propane stoves and barbecues that are CSA approved or UL certified and are designed for cooking or heating.
- Catalytic or infrared-style heaters.
- OHVs for industrial use, agricultural use, and traditional use by Indigenous peoples, as well as use on private lands.
The Fire Ban and Off-Highway Vehicle Restriction will remain in effect until conditions improve.
Many nearby municipalities have advisories, restrictions or firebans in place. Please check _URL_ for more information and to view a map of the fireban/OHV restriction boundaries.
Thank you for your continued co-operation.
WILDFIRE UPDATE (current as of 9 pm on June 23, 2019)
There have been 89 wildfires this fire season in the Peace River Forest Area, all but three of which have now been extinguished:
Battle Complex- PCX-001 (formerly PWF 052 and 054):
This lightning caused fire remains BEING HELD at 55,179 hectares in size in the Manning/Notikewin area.
Thanks to the hard work of firefighters, aircraft and heavy equipment, 75% of the fire perimeter is now considered to be contained. A combination of crews, heavy equipment and aerial resources continued to target and action the hot spots today and will do so tomorrow as well. There is limited fire behaviour potential for the next few days with the forecasted unsettled weather.
PWF 070 remains classified as under control at 251 hectares in size west of Keg River. The fire has been completely surrounded by dozer guard. Crews continue to patrol the fire.
PWF 076 is under control at 37 hectares in size in the Cliffdale area (33 kms east of St. Isidore and 27 kms south of Cadotte Lake). Firefighters and air support continue to work on this wildfire.
For updates on fires in the High Level Forest Area, please visit _URL_
For updates on fires in the Slave Lake Forest Area, please visit _URL_
For information on the wildfire situation across the province of Alberta, visit: wildfire.alberta.ca.
For your safety and the safety of the numerous firefighters working to contain these wildfires, please obey the access restrictions and stay out of the area.
For more information on evacuation alerts, visit Alberta Emergency Alert or download the free Alberta Emergency Alert app.
The Chinchaga Road continues to be closed to the public. It can be accessed by commercial traffic but there are danger trees along the route so those using the road must stop at the checkpoints, drive 50 km/hr and drive straight through the area affected by the fire. No stopping is permitted while traversing the fire area.
For information on road closures and other access related hazards, visit Alberta 511 or download the free Alberta 511 app.
Smoke may be drifting into the area for the foreseeable future. Anyone with health concerns should check with Alberta Health Services or call 811 for 24/7 health advice from Alberta Health Link. For a smoke forecast map, visit Wildfire Smoke Forecasts for Western Canada .
Smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta may also cause reduced visibility. Please turn your vehicle headlights from auto to on when driving. For further information on air quality, visit: _URL_
For your own safety and the safety of firefighters, please do not enter burned over areas, as the roots of burned trees are weakened and can fall without any wind. Firefighters may also still be working in the area and be unaware of your presence.
FIRE PERMITS SUSPENDED
All fire permits have been suspended, effective on May 16 at 6 pm. No fire permits will be issued until the fire danger conditions improve.
Please call the Peace River Forest Area office at _PHONE_ if you have any questions about fire permits.
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Please continue to respect the fire ban and quad restriction currently in effect.
You can protect your home from wildfire
Protecting your home from wildfire starts with simple actions. Whether you are doing regular yard maintenance or making large scale changes during renovations or landscaping, you can make choices that will help protect your home from wildfire.
Learn more at firesmartcanada.ca.
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Jacob Teller
Jacob Teller was born in 1655. He was a younger son of New Netherland pioneers Willem and his first wife, Margaret Donchesen (Duncan) Teller. His parents were of Scottish origins and came to Beverwyck before Jacob was born.
Jacob grew up in a large family at his father's residences in Albany, Schenectady, and New York.
In October 1683, he married Christina Wessels at the New York Dutch church. By 1694, two children had been christened in New York. At the time of his marriage, he was called a young man from Albany.
In 1692, Jacob Teller was identified in the Albany city records as a trader who owned rum. However, he seems to have lived in New York.
In August 1696, he filed a will stating that he was sick but of perfect memory. It passed probate the following April. In September 1698, his widow filed her will. Jacob Teller was dead in his early forties!
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the people of colonial Albany Sources: The life of Jacob Teller is CAP biography number 6611. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.
first posted: 6/30/06


100% Vegan Fashion Verified by AMSlab and PETA
Vegan fashionVegan fashion is revolutionizing the way you are shopping and dressing. As more and more people join this new trend, (which more than a trend is a way of life), the industry is transforming to satisfy the demand of these consumers.
The products that make up the vegan fashion are all those that do not contain leather, skin, wool, exotic skins or any other tissue derived from animals.
AMSlab in collaboration with the organization PETA, has developed a control methodology to verify the absence of products of animal origin in clothing, footwear and accessories under the vegan standard. It is the "Vegan Product" seal, which allows consumers to quickly identify this type of item.
Betting on the concept of animal welfare, AMSlab offers the AMSvegan test kit, which allows fashion brands to identify on the label that a product is vegan, increasing its value and recognition by ensuring that it uses materials that are respectful with animals. At the same time, they will be protecting the end user, helping him to find vegan products effectively so they can make purchases that fit their values.
Today, AMSlab has positioned itself as one of the market leaders in the quality control sector with a high degree of specialization in matrices or high complexity components, for which they develop innovative methods that increase the specificity and quantification capacity of any compound, such as, for example, the 3 technologies with which they ensure the absence of any animal product:
1. Fiber test: verifying the absence of animal fiber through a specifically developed chemical analysis.
2. Test of materials: Through spectroscopy identify the absence of polymeric materials and synthetic leather, components of animal origin.
3. Chemical test: examining the absence of glues and adhesives of animal origin through chemical analysis tests.
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New Zealand's renewable share of total primary energy supply increased to 39 per cent in 2011, the highest on record, the Ministry of Economic Development reported today.
New Zealand ranks second in the OECD for the share of renewables towards total primary energy supply.
New Zealand's total primary energy supply is made up of renewable energy sources, domestically produced gas, domestic and imported coal, and imported oil.
The increase in renewable share was on the back of an increase in renewable electricity generation, which rose to 77 per cent in 2011.
New Zealand exports almost all oil produced here as it is economically beneficial for New Zealand to export our crude oil, and import less expensive foreign oil.
The data was reported in the Ministry of Economic Development's New Zealand Energy Data File 2012.
The New Zealand Energy Data File provides comprehensive statistics and supporting information on New Zealand's energy supply, demand and prices. It also includes international comparisons, and oil and gas reserves information.
Reported annual data also shows that oil production declined 14 per cent in 2011, to 17 million barrels. Total remaining oil reserves also declined 11 per cent due to on-going production and a downgrade of ultimate recoverable reserves at the Tui field.
However, the industry invested $1.2 billion in 2011, with 52 oil and gas exploration and development wells drilled in 2011, up from 45 in 2010.
Gas production dropped 10 per cent from 2010, mainly due to a decrease in demand for gas-fired electricity generation.
Total coal production was less than five million tonnes in 2011, down seven per cent from 2010 following a six month shutdown at the Spring Creek mine to make safety improvements.
The Energy Data File 2012 reports on a calendar year basis, and for some data sets as far back as 1970. The 2012 edition contains data until the end of 2011.
More information is available at _URL_


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Fact
This function, when calculated, returns the factorial of the specified number.
Syntax
Fact([Number])
Where:
Number is the number or the reference to a number, that you want to find the factorial.
Examples
Rule
Meaning
Fact(4)The Fact function will multiply the numbers between 1 and 4 together, to obtain the factorial. In this example the Fact function would perform the following calculation:
1 * 2 * 3 * 4
Example Outcomes
Number
Result of the Fact function
424
5.8120
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ArcObjects Library Reference (System)
Array CoClass
Generic array of objects.
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
The Array object enables ArcObjects to pass around arrays of object references in a cross platform manner; you can store and retrieve an array of object references in the same way regardless of which ArcObjects API you are using. Unlike the similar Set object, Arrays offer random access by indexed lookup. You can also insert, remove, or replace objects at any position in the Array. The array is heterogeneous, that is the objects in it do not need to be of the same type.
Array objects are used by several interfaces including IIdentify and IMapControl2.
Supported Platforms
Windows, Solaris, Linux
Interfaces Description
IArray Provides access to members that control a simple array of objects.
IArray2 Provides access to replace an object in the array.
IXMLSerialize Provides access to members that XML serialize and deserialize an object to/from XML.


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Ruins of the San Nicolas Hospital
If as a traveller you are one of those who appreciate the ruins of what used to be important buildings and are now historical spaces, we recommend visiting the ruins of the San Nicolás de Bari Hospital in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
This building, located on Calle Hostos on the corner of Calle Luperón, was the first hospital and health center in the Americas.
Its construction began in 1503 by order of the governor Fray Nicolás de Ovando (_PHONE_). However, at the beginning the hospital was a small building made of wood and straw that housed a few sick people.
The construction of the hospital continued during the next years, using more durable materials such as stones and bricks. Construction was completed in 1552. By this date, the hospital was one of the large public buildings in Santo Domingo, serving an average of 50 to 60 people a day.
The San Nicolás de Bari Hospital had a mixture of Renaissance and Gothic architecture. This structure consisted of three naves. The central nave functioned as a chapel, while the two lateral naves housed the sick. Its design served as a model for other hospitals in the New World.
This hospital complex was a structure so solid that it resisted centuries of earthquakes and hurricanes. It was one of the buildings that survived the attacks of the English corsair Francis Drake in 1586.
During the 18th century, it served as a military hospital.
By the end of the 19th century, the hospital was closed due to economic problems and lack of supplies and personnel.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the building was in such a serious state that it was declared a risk to the community.
In 1976, the ruins were renovated to make them accessible to tourists who wanted to explore the arches and columns of the San Nicolás de Bari Hospital, a project spearheaded by the Commission of Historical Monuments of the Colonial City.
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I've discussed the need to be a learner and lead learner in this era of education which includes maker education. What I find absolutely exciting about being a maker educator is that they need to be learners; dedicated and invested in attitudes and behaviors related to being lifelong learners as the maker movement is ever evolving with seemingly daily advances. I believe that being a lead learner involves documenting and reflecting on the iteration process that is common for maker education. I provided an example of this in my post, Educator as Lead Learner: Learning littleBits.
As a learner and maker educator who wants to keep developing my making skills, I decided to hack out an ugly Christmas vest. What follows is what I did and my reflections about the process of creating this vest:
Reflection on This Hack:
- None of the original hacks worked correctly the first time. It was very frustrating but I had a need to make it work. Failure was not an option even if it meant my hacks weren't as clean as I desired.
- Even though they weren't as clean as I originally pictured, there was joy in getting my hacks to work. It was rewarding and fun to see the finished vest.
- The most joy I felt was when I wore the hacked out ugly Christmas vest to my health club. It was fun to watch others reactions – their smiles, laughs, and comments were priceless when they realized all that was going on in my vest.
I have been offered an opportunity to teach maker education again at a local summer enrichment program during summer, 2016. Last summer was my first time around so I experimented with lots of different maker education activities to see what worked and didn't work with the 5 to 10 year old kids. I now have this foundation and can build upon this foundation. I love creating new learning activities and will be thinking of new ways to use the materials so my returning students will have new activities. I plan to blog about those activities as I formulate them so (1) I don't forget about them, (2) others will have access to them, and (3) folks will realize that maker education can be implemented with accessible, fairly cheap materials; that a makerspace is not required to do maker education.
- Laser Cut LED Nametag – _URL_
- Blinking LEDs
- Steel Wire or Large Paper Clips
- Coin Batteries
LED Throwies Meet the Magnetic Board
- LEDs (see _URL_
- Coin Batteries (I get mine in bulk from ebay)
- Magnets (I also get these in bulk from ebay)
- Electric tape
- Individual Magnetic white boards
- Dry erase markers
- Each learner is given the task to make 4-6 LED throwies (with the intent that they aren't going to be thrown.
- Directions from Make Magazine:
- Pinch the LED's leads to the sides of the battery, with the longer lead (the anode) touching the battery's positive (+) terminal, and the shorter lead (cathods) touching negative (–). It should light up.
- Cut a 7″ length of strapping tape or electrical tape, and wrap the leads tightly to the battery so the LED does not flicker. Wrap once around both sides of the battery.
- The battery's positive contact surface extends around the edges of the battery, so don't let the short lead (cathode) touch it or you'll short the circuit.
- More about LED throwies can be found at _URL_
- Each learner is then given a magnetic dry erase board and the task to create a design using both their LED throwies and dry erase makers (like the opening photograph).
- Since it is a dry erase board, learners can be encouraged to create multiple iterations of their LED-based art pieces. Photos can be taken so the learners feel comfortable with erasing and creating new art works.
- Learners can work with partners and switch around their LED throwies creating new and unique designs.
- Group Version:
- Small groups form a design on a larger classroom whiteboard. They all put their LED throwies on the larger magnetic, dry erase board. They all then use the dry erase markers to create a group mural.
This is a whole group example prior to me realizing they could have decorated their LED group creation with the dry erase makers.
LED Craft Foam Bracelets, Bookmarks, and Pictures
Bubble Casing with LEDs
An LED-Lit City
Painters Cap Hacked with LEDs
- White Painters' Caps
- Fabric Markers or Paint
- Cooper Tape or Lilypads (depending on age)
In the midst of the implementation of common core state standards and no relief in sight from all the standardized testing, there's been a breadth of fresh air in the form of maker education entering into many classrooms. The Maker Movement is not easily defined nor placed neatly into a nice little box. It can be high tech or low tech; hacking what is or creating from scratch; it can be creating from building and arts materials or creating on the computer. We have entered into a convergence of several factors that are igniting the maker education movement.
The rise of maker culture has been slowly bubbling out of sheds, science labs, tech workshops, in schools and learning spaces. But, suddenly it is very present. The Imagination Foundation that has emerged out of energy and excitement of Caine's Arcade is raising funds and investing in projects that support maker activities in education. The New Maker Education Initiative, backed by a range of organizations including Intel and Pixar, has just launched its first project called Maker Corps. There are initiatives like the Make2Learn which aims to "leverage DIY culture, digital practices, and educational research to advocate for placing making, creating, and designing at the core of educational practice". Makers and Teachers Unite!
Some maker-related educational movements that gained traction in 2013 and will most likely gain more momentum in 2014 include:
- A focus on STEM (science, technology, education, and mathematics) and STEAM (science technology, engineering, arts, mathematics):
At a time when many people are asking how we can get more students interested in STEM fields, we are hearing from teachers who have found making to be a great way to get students excited and engaged in their classrooms. We are seeing making occurring in subject classes such as math or science — in classes specifically listed as maker classes — and in a variety of less formal settings such as clubs and study halls. Many of these projects incorporate a variety of STEM topics. (Engaging Students in the STEM Classroom Through "Making")
- Economical, open source, and accessible robotics and electronics tools like Arduino, Rasberry Pi, Makey-Makey, Little Bits:
New open-source microcontrollers, sensors, and interfaces connect the physical and digital worlds in ways never before possible. Plug-and-play devices that connect small microprocessors to the Internet, to each other, or to any number of sensors mean that low-cost, easy-to-make computational devices can test, monitor, and control your world. They offer much more than just "hands-on" crafting—these tools bring electronics, programming, and computational mathematics together in meaningful, powerful ways. We must reimagine school science and math not as a way to prepare students for the next academic challenge, or a future career, but as a place where students are inventors, scientists, and mathematicians today. (How the Maker Movement is Transforming Education)
Think of the Maker Movement as DIY for technology. It's not just a passing fad – web tools like KidsRuby, Gamemaker, Scratch, Storify and Mozilla Webmaker make it possible for people of all ages to learn to code, build games, and re-mix media. For libraries and schools, the Maker Movement means new opportunities for promoting digital, media, visual, and critical literacies (21st century literacies). (Inanimate Alice and the Maker Movement)
- An interest in and focus on design thinking both in educational and corporate sectors:
Making is a way of bringing creativity, authentic design thinking, and engineering to learners. Tinkering is the process of design, the way real scientists and engineers invent new things. Such concrete experiences provide a meaningful context for understanding abstract science and math concepts while often incorporating esthetic components. Creating opportunities for students to solve real problems, combined with imaginative new materials and technology, makes learning come alive and cements understandings that are difficult when only studied in the abstract. (Why we're excited about the Maker Movement, maybe you should be too!)
3D Printing is one of the most disruptive technologies around. These printers are affordable, personal fabrication tools, compact enough to sit on any desktop, and allow anyone at any skill level to become producers, inventors and artists. Students participate in project-based learning that is experiential in nature and has real-world applications. 3D printing projects engage students in the world around them, kindles a curiosity about how machines work, how objects fit together, and how the designers, architects, and inventors who build the products, spaces and technology in their lives have found solutions to a variety of design problems. (Makerbot Curriculum)
- Global making initiatives like the Cardboard Challenge:
The goals of Imagination Foundation, who sponsors, the Cardboard Challenge is in line with many Maker Education Initiatives:
1. Instill Creative Thinking as a Core Skill and Social Value
Give kids the tools to develop as creative thinkers who can take on the jobs of the future, seek innovative and resourceful solutions, tackle social issues and find happiness.
2. Give Kids Opportunities to Create and Learn Based on their Passions
Help children find and develop their passions through play


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Greenly History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The Scottish surname Greenly is a habitational name taken on one of the places named Greenlees, in Lanarkshire. The place name comes from the Scots words "gre-ne" meaning "green," and "ley(s)," meaning a "a meadow."
Early Origins of the Greenly family
The surname Greenly was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow.
"[Greenlaw, Berwickshire] is supposed to have derived its name from the situation of the ancient village on one of those conical eminences of which there are several in the parish, which eminence, from its superior verdure, obtained the appellation of the Green Law."
Important Dates for the Greenly family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Greenly research. Another 145 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1574, 1689, 1729, 1820, 1696, 1354 and 1421 are included under the topic Early Greenly History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Greenly Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Greenlees, Greenleaf, Greenleas, Greenles and others.
Early Notables of the Greenly family (pre 1700)
More information is included under the topic Early Greenly Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Greenly migration to the United States
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Typical Greenly Emigration from the United Kingdom to North America
Greenly Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Steeven Greenly, aged 16, who landed in Barbados in 1635
Contemporary Notables of the name Greenly (post 1700)
- William L. Greenly (_PHONE_), American Democrat politician, Member of Michigan State Senate, 1839-40, 1842-43; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1846-47; Governor of Michigan, 1847-48; Mayor of Adrian, Michigan, 1858-59
- Thomas Greenly, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Madison County, 1817-19; Member of New York State Senate 5th District, 1823-25
You May Also Like
- ^ Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- ^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. _PHONE_ Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- ^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 13) . Retrieved from _URL_


text: Aeroflex's software for the 3500 1 GHz Hand-Held Radio Test Set supports Survey Technologies Field Test 6 Software. Now, users of the 3500 Series can improve and automate the acquisition, analysis and display of signal strength across a given terrain, as well as inside buildings. Field Test 6 has expanded the drive-test measurement concept to include indoor measurement and analysis for applications where GPS is not available. The hand-held capability of the 3500, along with the Field Test 6 software, allows users to map out their building or geographical areas and find any sections that contain a weak signal. Armed with this information users can improve critical communications within those areas.


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- Fulfil and fulfill are both correct spellings of the same word. It means "to put into effect," "to achieve," "to carry out," or "to realize."
- Fulfil is the spelling commonly used in English speaking countries like the UK and Australia.
- Fulfill is the spelling commonly used in the United States.
- In Canada, they use both spellings.
Fulfill is one of those words with multiple spellings. It can end with two l's or with one, depending on where the person writing the word is from.
Fulfil vs. Fulfill—What's the Difference?
We use fulfill to say that we did something we promised, that we carried out a duty, or that we realized or put into effect something that someone entrusted us to do.
There are two ways you can spell the word—fulfill and fulfil. Neither of the spellings is wrong. The longer one, fulfill, is the spelling you'll see people use in the United States:
In other English-speaking countries, people spell the word fulfil:
You can come across both spellings in Canada.
Most of the inflected forms of the word retain the double l, regardless of dialect. That's why you'll see fulfilling, fulfilled, and fulfiller in all English speaking countries. A notable exception is the word fulfillment, which follows the same rules as the root word:
Fulfill in the US
Fulfil outside of the US
American English and British English are different in many small, almost unnoticeable ways. When it comes to spelling, Americans usually prefer the shorter words, like "benefited" over "benefitted" or "check" over "cheque", but every once in a while they choose to use the longer spelling, like fulfill.


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The Excavator and Tractor Teach Us Shapes and Other Educational Car Videos
3D educational car cartoons are the new way to learn colours, shapes and songs! As the orange tractor brings by a truckload of playground balls, the excavator digs into the pile and pulls out a unique shape. Can you identify each shape he throws into the air? Guess what, you'll also get to sing your nursery rhymes along with this video! Check out many more free cartoons for boys and girls at SeeZisKids!


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from Georgia Family Connection Partnership:
Children Continue to Suffer from Pandemic-Related Mental Health Issues
Effects of the coronavirus crisis linger as 220,000 kids in Georgia report that they struggle with anxiety or depression, according to The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Georgia ranks 38th in the nation in child and family well-being for the fourth consecutive year, according to the 2022 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, released today by The Annie E. Casey Foundation. The annual report, for the first time in 33 years, focuses on youth mental health, concurring with the U.S. surgeon general's recent assessment that conditions amount to a "youth mental health pandemic." The Data Book reveals that children across the country are in the midst of a mental health crisis, struggling with anxiety and depression at unprecedented levels.
Children in more than 40 states and the District of Columbia, according to the report, were more likely to encounter anxiety and depression during the first year of the COVID-19 crisis than in previous years. The national rate jumped from 9.4% of children ages 3 – 17 (5.8 million kids) in 2016 to 11.8% (7.3 million) in 2020—the year the pandemic swept across the United States. That's 1.5 million more children who are struggling to make it through the day. In Georgia, 10.4% of children ages 3 – 17 reported anxiety or depression in 2020, up from 8.5% in 2016.
"Mental Health and trauma affect everyone in different ways, though it often takes years to unpack exactly how, why, and what is happening in different communities," said Resilient Georgia Executive Director Emily Anne Vall. "The social, economic, and physical conditions in which children live can affect their health and serve as a source of prolonged stress and childhood adversity. Having access to reliable data provides stakeholders with a way to effectively identify gaps, prioritize needs, and measure impact and outcomes to bolster preventative efforts and move toward improved health and resilience."
Racial and ethnic disparities contribute to disproportionately troubling mental health and wellness conditions among children of color. During the year previous to the most recent federal survey, 9% of high schoolers overall attempted suicide—but 12% of black students, 13% of students of two or more races, and 26% of American Indian or Native Alaskan high schoolers attempted suicide.
LGBTQ young people also are facing challenges as they seek mental health support. Among heterosexual high school students of all races and ethnicities, 6% attempted suicide. Among gay, lesbian, or bisexual students, 23% attempted suicide.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, heeding the surgeon general's warning, offers strategies for local and state-level leaders to ease mental health burdens on children and their families:
- Prioritize meeting kids' basic needs. Youth who grow up in poverty are two to three times more likely to develop mental health conditions than their peers. Children need a solid foundation of nutritious food, stable housing, and safe neighborhoods—and their families need financial stability—to foster positive mental health and wellness.
- Ensure that every child has access to the mental health care they need, when and where they need it. Schools should increase the presence of social workers, psychologists, and other mental health professionals on staff and strive to meet the 250-to-1 ratio of students to counselors recommended by the American School Counselor Association. They can work with local health care providers and local and state governments to make additional federal resources available and coordinate treatment.
- Bolster mental health care that takes into account young people's experiences and identities. It should be trauma-informed—designed to promote a child's healing and emotional security—and culturally relevant to the child's life. It should be informed by the latest evidence and research and geared toward early intervention, which can be especially important in the absence of a formal diagnosis of mental illness.
The KIDS COUNT® Data Book, which uses 16 indicators to rank each state across four domains—health, education, economic well-being, and family and community—to assess child well-being, sheds light on the health, economic, and other challenges that affect American children, as well as how those challenges are more likely to affect children of color.
"COVID-19 has intensified the struggles our children were already facing at school, in community, and in families," said Georgia Family Connection Partnership Executive Director Gaye Smith. "The pandemic brought to the forefront the barriers to success children and families in Georgia had been up against for decades, like high rates of child poverty, housing cost burden, and low-birthweight births."
The percentage of Georgia's children ages 3 – 4 not in school, 51%, is better than the national average of 53%. But Georgia continues to lag national averages on most indicators of child well-being. Nearly one-third of children still live in households that spend 30% or more of their income on housing—a high housing cost burden—while 20% of Georgia's kids in two-child, two-parent households live in poverty.
"The Georgia House and Senate during the 2022 legislative session made substantial investments in resources to address mental health issues," said Smith. "It's incumbent upon all of us to capitalize on the opportunities these investments present as we continue to advocate for systems changes that eliminate barriers and inefficiencies standing in the way of progress and positive outcomes for children and families. We must set universal goals for all children, disaggregate data by race to inform our decisions, and encourage authentic engagement in our communities so the neighbors we serve—especially those who have been historically marginalized—have a seat at our decision-making tables."
Download the 2022 KIDS COUNT® Data Book.
Journalists interested in creating maps, graphs, and rankings in stories about the 2022 Data Book can use the KIDS COUNT® Data Center at datacenter.kidscount.org.
Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP) is a public-private partnership created by the State of Georgia and investors from the private sector to assist communities in addressing the serious challenges facing children and families. GaFCP also serves as a resource to state agencies across Georgia that work to improve the conditions of children and families. Georgia KIDS COUNT provides policymakers and citizens with current data they need to make informed decisions regarding priorities, services, and resources that impact Georgia's children, youth, families, and communities. Georgia KIDS COUNT is funded, in part, through a grant from The Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. For more information.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation creates a brighter future for the nation's children by developing solutions to strengthen families, build paths to economic opportunity and transform struggling communities into safer and healthier places to live, work, and grow. For more information, visit aecf.org. KIDS COUNT® is a registered trademark of The Annie E. Casey Foundation.


Behind every number: A portrait of Canada
Catalogue number: Catalogue number: 11-629-x
Issue number: _PHONE_
Release date: June 26, 2017
Behind every number: A portrait of Canada - Transcript
Description of visuals
(The Statistics Canada symbol and Canada wordmark appear on screen with the title: "Behind every number: A portrait of Canada")
All across Canada, every day, things are changing.
(Landscapes of Canada appear such as a field, a lake, a city, and icy mountain terrains.)
Our population is increasing faster than it has in almost fifty years.
(A woman holds a baby in her arms. Numbers increase from 1971: 21,568,000 to 2016: 35,151,728)
Some of us were born here, and so were our parents and grandparents. We have strong connections to our land and history.
(Indigenous person walks alongside a lake, on-screen text appears: 600+ First Nations bands in Canada)
And some of us chose to come here from other places, to find work, to chase a dream, to build a better life.
(People in an airport, on-screen text appears: 1 in 5 people in Canada was born elsewhere and a man opens up a garage door.)
Canadians now live and work in cities and urban areas.
(Fast-forward shot of people walking on a busy intersection in a city and the following text appears: 7 of 10 Canadians live in cities.)
We work hard so that at the end of the day, we can play hard too.
(An office building is shown and the following text appears: Median total income of couples: $78,870; then, we see a couple kiss.)
Go watch the game and cheer for the home team.
(Outdoor hockey game is taking place, and the following text appears: 77% of Canadians believe that hockey is an important national symbol.)
See a play, or a movie, or take the kids to a concert.
(Mother, father and daughter watch a movie at the theatre.)
Many of us also live in rural settings.
(Top view of a farm with the following text: over 6.3 million Canadians live in rural areas.)
Some of us work on farms, growing food for tables at home and around the world.
(Combine harvester on a farm, and the following text appears with a pie chart animation: Cropland makes up 54.6% of total farmland.)
And we're doing it without increasing how much water we use.
(Sprinkler appears on-screen, and the following text appears: 1.7 billion cubic metres of water used to irrigate crops.)
That's good news for our most precious natural resources, and our environment.
(Rapids and landscapes of mountains appear on-screen.)
But we don't just grow things in Canada.We make things here, too.
(Man in a factory holds a ring, and the following text appears: Sales of transportation equipment: $113 billion.)
Like cars, and parts for airplanes, and metals to build products here and abroad.
(A man inspecting part of an airplane with the following text appears: Aerospace production: $19.9 billion.)
But what binds us together is our shared values. Canadians know that access to healthcare is the greatest gift of all.
(Older man opening the door to his home to a nurse, with the following text appearing: over 25 million have family physician.)
And ours is a country where education matters.
(Classroom appears; circles appear above desks that read: Diploma; the text on-screen reads: 9 in 10 Canadians aged 25 to 64 have completed high school.)
Where children have the opportunity to learn and grow.
(Little girl is writing on a piece of paper.)
Where higher learning and research are valued and taken seriously.
(An open book appears with the following text: 2 out of 3 Canadians aged 25 to 64 have completed postsecondary education.)
How do we know all of this? Because behind every number, there's a person, a family, a relationship. Together, we write Canada's story.
(Various scenes of cities, landscapes, families, and the little girl as she writes on the floor.)
(Canada 150 logo appears.)
(Canada wordmark appears.)
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Brian Switek: How did bones evolve?
Fossil fanatic Brian Switek explains what a bone actually is, and why they are so important in human history.
Brian Switek, the pen name of science writer and fossil fanatic Riley Black, this year released a book called The Secret Life of Bones: Their Origins, Evolution and Fate (£9.99, Duckworth). In it, she explains how and why we evolved bones, and explains the relationship we humans have with these sturdy struts of osseous tissue.
In this week's episode of the Science Focus Podcast, she helpfully explains what a bone is and how they turn into fossils, as well as how they revealed Richard III's diet and were historically used to justify scientific racism, and why Hollywood is getting aliens all wrong.
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Recorded Webinar | Assessing Water Use and Impacts using LCA
The recording of this SimaPro webinar covers new regionalized water flow data from the ecoinvent v3 database as well as new water footprint methods.
Contents of the webinar:
- Regionalized impact factors for water flows
- Eight new water footprint methods
- Spatially differentiated impact assessment


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Mystical Creatures are non-human life forms with a strong magical nature. Many of them can interbreed with humans and produce variable fractals. They can be devided in to three camps: true-mystical, non-sentient, and pseudo-mundane.
Types
True-Mystical Creatures
True-mystical creatures are defined by their magical nature, and their inability to exist without magic. All possess innate magical ability and many can shape-shift. Dragons are the most infamous, though unicorns come as a close second. While a dragon will not outright die if all magic is removed from an area, they will be severely weakened.
The truly mystical creatures include:
Pseudo-Mundane
The Pseudo-Mundanes are called this because, while they are magical in nature and mystical in origin (as opposed to artificially-created or "metal" creatures), they have a lifecycle and ways that are not governed by magic. Aten, for example, build spacecraft, while centaurs have been known to hold office and dwell in otherwise human cities. These beings do not shape-shift or benefit from innate magical abilities. They may have Magic of their own, but it must be learned like human magic.
Pseudo-Mundane:
Non-Sentient
Non-sentient creatures lack intelligence. They may possess innate magic but act primarily on instinct rather than thought. What seperates them from regular animals is their life-cycle. Basilisk, for example, "feed" by turning living creatures into stone. Galgan are effectively very large arachnids, and lack even a fully-developed brain. Kraken are in fact simply giant squid, with all of the same intelligence; but use innate magic to support their large size and gain a significant fraction of their energy requirements through magic (as opposed to eating).
Non-sentient:
History
Little is known about mystical creatures during Antiquity, though Dragons are presumed to have been teachers to humans during that time. There is also evidence that all the major species fought on one side or another, or sometimes both, of the Mythical Age.
Becuase no human records persist before the Age of Darkness, knowledge of Mystical Creatures began during that time. This is when the term was coined and most interactions began. The legends and myths about the different mystical creatures probably evolved during this time.
By the Mage Wars, many types of Mystical Creatures were actively hunted for different pieces of their anatomy, used as ritual components in spellcasting. In addition to causing most species of mystical creatures to fear and avoid humans, this had a significant impact on their numbers.
By the end of the Mage Wars, most populations of mystical creatures had withdrawn to less human-populated portions of the verse, with some species becoming so rare they faded into myth.
The exception, of course, was the dragons, who remained visible and protective of their lands.
Typographic Disagreement
The standard mystical creature types were established by the Gudersnipe Foundation and first published in the early Golden Age, but were based on extant manuals in regular use by the old Gudersnipe Army during the Second Chaotic Period of the Mage Wars. The underlying research to typify them has never been released for general review, and has caused numerous disagreements.
Dragons, for example, have a Centaur-form they can take, yet centaurs are not considered in the same class as the rest of the dragon forms. However, mystical creature typography is not based on dragonology.
Metal
A fourth category bears note, named in the Mage Wars as "Metal". These are beings, sometimes made of literal metals, that have a magical nature but of artificial creation. These are not true "mystical" creatures in a sense, as they are not natural.


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A novel method for planning liver resections using deformable Bezier surfaces and distance maps
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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Original versionComputer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 2017, 144 135-145. 10.1016/j.cmpb.2017.03.019
Background and Objective: For more than a decade, computer-assisted surgical systems have been helping surgeons to plan liver resections. The most widespread strategies to plan liver resections are: drawing traces in individual 2D slices, and using a 3D deformable plane. In this work, we propose a novel method which requires low level of user interaction while keeping high flexibility to specify resections. Methods: Our method is based on the use of Bézier surfaces, which can be deformed using a grid of control points, and distance maps as a base to compute and visualize resection margins (indicators of safety) in realtime. Projection of resections in 2D slices, as well as computation of resection volume statistics are also detailed. Results: The method was evaluated and compared with state-of-the-art methods by a group of surgeons (n = 5, 5–31 years of experience). Our results show that theproposed method presents planning times as low as state-of-the-art methods (174 s median time) with high reproducibility of results in terms of resected volume. In addition, our method not only leads to smooth virtual resections easier to perform surgically compared to other state-of-the-art methods, but also shows superior preservation of resection margins. Conclusions: Our method provides clinicians with a robust and easy-to-use method for planning liver resections with high reproducibility, smoothness of resection and preservation of resection margin. Our results indicate the ability of the method to represent any type of resection and being integrated in real clinical work-flows.


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Entering Professional Theatre
Chapter 3: Advanced Walking and Diet
By John Bent Jr. (MSW)
Advanced Sound Walking
It is a well documented fact, that almost all the sound effects used in theatre in the 1950s were chickens. Chickens clucking, chickens pecking, chickens flying (science would later discover that chickens can not in fact fly), and chickens cooking. In fact Sound Walking wasn't even called Sound Walking in the 1950's. It was known as "Dodging the Chicken".
Jack Apogee would have only have dealt with chicken sounds, and as a result, his repertoire of walking techniques was small. But today there are many sound effects, like thunder, automobiles, and flatulence.
This chapter shall deal with the advances in walking sound, and the many strides modern sound walking has taken.
Jack Apogee dodging the chickens
Designer – Walker Communication
Many aspects of technical theatre were borrowed from other sources, and one of these sources is the navy. Knot tying, rigging, wigs, and the underwear parade, are deep, rich naval traditions.
So when Sound Walkers found it difficult to take instructions from their designers, it was a naval technique that saved the day. Semaphore.
A Sound Designer on leave from HMS Sussex
Although the semaphore used in modern sound walking has it's roots in the navy, it was updated to suit the sound designer and sound walker's needs. Naval Semaphore is nothing but an alphabet, but because most Sound Walkers can't read, let alone spell, the Navy's semaphore just wouldn't do. Here are some examples of Semaphore for Sound Levels or "Flagging the Walker".
A Sound Walker Pretending to know how to read.
Examples of Flagging the Walker
Due to the rising cost of gaff tape, modern day theatres are reducing the set up time for shows. Where crews used to have weeks to set up a show, now they only have days. In the future, sound levels will be set during the closing performance of the previous show.
Crews have had to learn to multitask in order to utilise the time given. It's not enough to just be a sound walker any more. While walking sound, you may be asked to sew buttons on a costume, paint a piece of scenery, or choreograph the 2nd act. You must evolve to keep up with the times.
The Multitasking Sound Booth
Many new products on the market will help with this new "Time Crunch" that is infecting modern theatre. Here are some examples…
Why set levels on only 1 cue at a time when you can do 2?
This machine produces ideas on how to save overtime.
It costs 19 million dollars.
Sound Walking And Choreography
Try and ignore the distractions
Sound Walkers Diet
A lot of pressure has been put on sound walkers in recent years to slim down. High frequency sound waves are better represented on stage through thinner sound walkers.
Many of the sound walkers of the past were very large people who would trade their shiny beads in for greasy breakfasts in the theatre's cafeteria.
The 1956 "Sound walker Special" at the Lincoln Center
This new "Thinner Sound walker" movement has created a lot of controversy. "How thin is too thin" and "Respect the large walker" and "Give me back my fucking bacon" have been the cries heard from the N.A.S.W.A. in recent years.
Not only has the health of the sound walker come into question, but this new "Walk the thin line" call from producers has cost many sound walkers their sponsorships. "No more beads for you thin bastards" is the reply from long time sponsors McDonalds, Burger King, and Uncle Deans Deep Fried Pork Skins.
Eating to be thin has cost many a sound walker their sponsorships.
The next chapter will deal with instructions for certification through a correspondence course, including all forms necessary to complete your sound walker accreditation.
For more information on Sound Walking visit your local library or call the Apogee Sound Walking Institute at 1-800-Loudwalk.
Sound Walker Student During Examination at the
Apogee Sound Walking Institute in south-western Greenland
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