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In recent years, KC students have proceeded to universities and art colleges, either directly after A levels or after taking a gap year. The careers programme aims to make students fully aware of the whole range of course and career possibilities so that they can make informed choices. At an early stage, students are introduced to the careers library, a range of software on higher and further education as well as details of relevant websites.
The advice and resources in school are supplemented by talks from visiting speakers, visits to universities and to a UCAS convention, and by opportunities to attend careers-based courses out of school. Early in the Lower Sixth, students are encouraged to take part in 'Centigrade', a computerised Higher Education guidance programme which matches interests to possible careers and courses.
The school's fully qualified Head of Careers and University Guidance give individual help and guidance through the process of choosing the right course and place to study, and making applications. Our structured Higher Education Programme (HEP) covers applying through UCAS, applying to overseas universities, interview technique, gap year planning, graduate employment and student finance. Academically able candidates are prepared for admission to Oxford and Cambridge, as well as for Russell Group universities and highly competitive courses such as Medicine, Fashion, Architecture and Law. Candidates for US, European and other overseas universities, are guided throughout their application processes. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13997 | {
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Starting in late August and continuing through September, the grapes are harvested. At this point in the year they are at their optimum sweetness. Bunches of grapes are handpicked by field workers and placed on paper trays, which are laid out on the ground between the vine rows. To provide a good surface for the trays, the soil between the rows is leveled.
Depending on the weather, the grapes are allowed to dry on the trays for two to four weeks. During this time, the moisture content of the grape is reduced from 75% to under 15% and the color of the fruit changes to a brownish purple. At night, the trays are rolled to minimize the accumulation of sand and protect against raisin moth infestation. The paper trays are embedded with a compound, which kills insects that can damage the grapes as they dry. After the fruit is dried, the paper trays are rolled up around the raisins to form a package. The rolls are gathered and stored in boxes or bins before being transported by truck to a processing plant. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13999 | {
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As an international and Olympic sport, badminton has specific rules that govern its play. These rules extend to the equipment used in the badminton. Racket size, court dimensions, net height and shuttle construction are all strictly controlled to provide the most fair and even matches for sanctioned play of the sport.
The frame of the badminton racket must consist of a handle attached to a shaft, which connects to the throat and head of the racket. The head must be strung with interwoven synthetic string. The head can be no bigger that 280 mm in length and 220 mm in width. The total length of the racket should be within 680 mm in length and 230 mm total width. The full weight of a strung racket frame must be between 80 and 100 g.
The shuttle, the small object hit back and forth across the net, can be constructed of natural or synthetic material. The ball-shaped base of the shuttle can be made of rubber or cork covered in leather and must be between 25 and 28 mm in diameter. The base holds the skirt of the shuttle to which 16 real or synthetic feathers that project backward and outward are connected. The feathers must be 62 to 70 mm in length. The shuttle must weigh between 4.74 and 5.50 g.
The badminton net can be natural or synthetic. The netting line be fine, dark and of even thickness with a mesh no larger than 20 mm. The dimensions of the net must be 2.5 feet tall and 20 feet wide. A white, folded, 3 inch wide tape must form the top edge of the badminton net with a cord running through the tape to hold the net. The top of the net must be 5 feet from the ground.
The posts that hold the net on either side of the court must be 5 feet tall and must stay vertical after stringing the net. The net must tie to the net posts so no gap appears between the net and the post.
The outside dimensions of the court must be 20 feet wide by 44 feet long and visibly marked. A center line must divide the court evenly lengthwise. The marked line at the end of the court serves as the singles long service line and a doubles long service line across both sides the court must be marked 2.5 feet closer to the net. A short service line must be marked across both sides of the court, 6.5 feet from the net. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14001 | {
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Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency estimate 73,000 adults are now living in the UK with HIV.
Of that figure, the agency said 21,600 remain unaware of their HIV status. Data gathered so far suggests there were approximately 7,800 newly diagnosed cased of HIV in 2006, 100 less than the previous year. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14002 | {
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Learning to code teaches you how to think; this is even true for early-learning kids and preschoolers!
We aspire to motivate and empower kids as young as 4 to code and problem-solve by delivering an imaginative, innovative and engaging program.
The journey to coding starts with basic coding, sequencing and mapping concepts. Then, using our friendly and easy-to-use robot, kids will learn to code artistic, musical and mathematical programs, which will assist in developing cognitive abilities, imagination & coding skills through hands-on play.
Enrol now to extend your child’s potential in this technology-dominated world. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14003 | {
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Diseases and pests diminish crop yields; find out what the current threats are and learn how to battle these yield robbers.
In another recently published study by Appel, she and collaborator Rex Cocroft studied how plants respond to vibrations caused by caterpillar chewing action.
As our weather continually becomes warmer, insects that have the potential to take profit out of forages will appear. In the southeastern U.S., the three forage insects that tend to get the most attention are the fall armyworm, grasshopper and bermudagrass stem maggot.
Spray it yourself or have it custom applied?
Some producers may be trying to decide whether they should apply agri-chemicals themselves rather than hiring a local supplier.
The sugarcane aphid is a new and widespread pest of grain and forage sorghums in the southern U.S. In 2014, the sugarcane aphid infested sorghums in 12 states from Texas to Florida and as far north as southern Kansas, Arkansas and Tennessee. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14005 | {
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An uninhibited island home to the loggerhead turtles Caretta Caretta.
On the uninhibited island of Pelouzo the turtles Caretta Caretta are free to lay their eggs undisturbed since the access is very difficult. It belongs to zone A of the National Marine Park where during summer months it is closed to both boats and fishing. The island is beautiful and untouched, slightly mountainous with dense vegetation and rocky shores. On the side that is adjacent to Dafni you will find Pelouzos only beach with fine, talcum power like sand and an old ruined building, on the opposite side the scene changes and there is a beautiful cave. During the Venetian rule Pelouzo belonged to the Catholic monastery of St. Francis and was given to the monk Angel Salviati, it was here where he built a monastery and church dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Evangelistria. Pelouzo later became the property of the family that today owns 'Komoutou'. The abbey and the church were bombed by the Germans during the second world war and then almost completely destroyed by the earthquake of 1953. These are the old ruins you can see on the beach. The best view of Pelouzo is to be seen from Dafni beach where Pelouzo dominates the view that of which overwhelms you! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14007 | {
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Insulating oil is an essential component in the electricity system and is primarily used in transformers. Altogether, we have millions of litres of oil contained in about 30,000 oil-filled assets.Over time, oil degrades and must be replaced to remain effective. We have oil facilities in the north and south of Tasmania where about 200,000 litres of oil is processed, after which it is recycled, disposed or used as fuel for other industries every year. This process is a significant saving in environmental and economic terms.
Accidental oil spills from transformers are dealt with quickly and professionally. We have specially equipped oil spill trailers located around Tasmania to facilitate the containment and clean-up process and field crews are trained in their deployment.
We recognise our community’s concern around the potential health impacts of electric and magnetic fields (EMFs). EMFs occur naturally in the environment but extremely low frequency EMFs (ELF-EMFs) result from the production and distribution of electricity. We’re all constantly exposed to varying levels of EMFs and they cannot be felt.
The strength of EMFs is highest close to the source, with the level dropping off rapidly with distance. The ELF-EMFs associated with the electricity network have a much lower frequency and energy level than microwaves or X-rays, and do not produce the same effects on the human body.
The question of whether there is a link between ELF-EMFs and disease remains unresolved despite more than 40 years of scientific research. There’s no conclusive evidence ELF-EMFs cause biological changes related to the development of cancer.
Until more information is available, we’ll continue to take a prudent avoidance approach to the design, location and operation of the electricity network to ensure ELF-EMF levels comply with the recommendations of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency and the EMF limits of exposure recommended by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection. Energy Networks Australia is working on behalf of the industry to monitor scientific developments and industry response.
One of the biggest challenges facing electricity networks worldwide is managing the impacts of climate change on assets to ensure safe and reliable service to customers.
To ensure climate impacts are adequately accounted for in our decision-making, we’ve identified the following impacts with potential to affect our electricity network. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14008 | {
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Local militias play an important role in Italian armies. These militias are organised around city quarters and surrounding towns. Whilst service is compulsory, it tends to be short and most serving it are sustained by a strong element of civic pride. These troops are armed with a short spear and shield and are known for their determination in battle. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14010 | {
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Public attitudes toward women may be understood in terms of two dimensions: inferiority and indifference. Some people (both men and women) believe that women are inferior to men, whereas others believe that the sexes are merely different. Factor analysis of the NORC General Social Survey shows that the inferiority stereotype explains political attitudes better than the difference stereotype.
Jelen, T. G. (1988). The Effects of Gender Role Stereotypes on Political Attitudes. The Social Science Journal, 25(3), 353-365. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14011 | {
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Why it’s better to learn to fly at a controlled airport?
Poznan International Airport is the largest airport in Greater Poland. It’s also one of the oldest in Poland, built in 1913. Every day thousands of passengers are checked-in. The biggest traffic occurs in the morning and afternoon. Most part of the day traffic is low enough to let us easily conduct our training flights. Our school is located in the General Aviation Terminal building. Location at Poznan International Airport has great advantages. Runway and taxi ways are always well prepared and free of any contamination what makes flying possible all time of the year. Air Traffic Control is provided 24 hours per day. Our students during basic training learn how to make ILS, VOR and RNAV approaches. No other airfield in the vicinity provides such convenient conditions for training like Poznan International Airport. Flight training in a controlled airspace helps to gain valuable knowledge and flight experience in real aviation environment. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14012 | {
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This is an old-favourite lesson of mine which always works well with teenagers or adults, from intermediate to advanced levels. It is a great collaborative writing activity and can work well if you have been studying newspaper language, reported speech or narrative tenses.
Aims: For groups of students to devise a newspaper story based on random pictures.
1. Put your students into groups, 3 is the best number I find.
2. Lie the pictures face down on a table and ask one member of each group to come and choose 4 pictures at random.
3. Tell the students that the 4 pictures they have were all in a newspaper to illustrate 1 story. Ask them to try and think of a story that would connect all the stories. Give them plenty of time to discuss and come up with ideas.
4. Ask them to nominate one student to write or type the story out. Make sure all the students are involved in this stage, you could even suggest they take it in turns to write. For lower levels, what they produce will often be more like a story but for higher levels try and encourage them to write it more in the style of a newspaper article (ie. clear time, date, factual information, quotes from important people). You may want to set a word limit here too.
5. When they have finished the story, ask all the students in the group to re-read it and check for any errors.
7. At this stage you might want to ask the students to read their articles to the class (make sure if one student has done most of the writing they don’t also read) while showing the pictures that inspired them, or you could make posters to display in class, or you could scan pictures in and put on a class blog or wiki. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14013 | {
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A panic attack, also called a panic disorder, can either be triggered or can occur unexpectedly. Unexpected panic attacks can happen without warning and be quite overwhelming. Thus, teens with panic attack symptoms are often unaware of the causes.
A panic attack is an intense behavioral reaction associated with an anxiety disorder. A person with panic disorder typically experiences extreme panic attacks. Severely unpleasant and frightening, panic attacks often have no obvious trigger. Given the lack of signs of panic attack, people afflicted by repeated panic attacks become overly worried about having another. Therefore, they tend to actively avoid places that feel connected to past panic attacks.
Panic attacks last on average for about 30 minutes. Panic attack symptoms include trembling or shaking, abdominal distress, pounding heart, and shortness of breath, to the point of choking. Often fearing that they are completely losing control, many people do not realize that panic disorder is treatable.
There is no single risk factor for panic attacks. However, through a combination of evidence-based treatment modalities, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, panic attacks can be effectively managed and eventually overcome. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14014 | {
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We know from our thread here and from discussing the matter on our Facebook page that all too often owners are not sure that their veterinary surgeon will give good and impartial advice on nutrition. Because of this, and due to the number of posts that we get regarding special diets for ill dogs, we are looking to compile a list of veterinary surgeons who have specialized, and/or have a particular interest in nutrition for cats and dogs.
In the case of illnesses such as renal or liver disease dietary control may fall under the remit of a veterinary surgeon who specializes in that particular disorder. However, very often owners do not actually get as far as referral and their pet's illness is managed by their own veterinary surgeon.
We know that individual, reputable food companies have customer service departments with staff who have some expertise in special diets and this can be very helpful to pet owners. However, in this instance we feel that what is required is a list of vets who have an interest in this subejct and if we can compile such a list it will be a useful resource for our members. If you know of anyone and can recommend them (with their permission of course), please could you add their details to this thread?
We heard of Breakthrough a few months ago when one of our members was trialling it on advice from a behaviourist. IIRC it was not successful. Is there a tie up between Breakthrough and COAPE? There is a reference to this on the website here. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14015 | {
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Are bed bugs capable of transmitting disease?
How are bed bug bites diagnosed?
Bed bugs are found across the globe from North and South America, to Africa, Asia and Europe. Although the presence of bed bugs has traditionally been seen as a problem in developing countries, it has recently been spreading rapidly in parts of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe. Bed bugs have been found in five-star hotels and resorts and their presence is not determined by the cleanliness of the living conditions where they are found.
It is hard to tell if you’ve been bitten by a bed bug unless you find bed bugs or signs of infestation. When bed bugs bite, they inject an anesthetic and an anticoagulant that prevents a person from realizing they are being bitten. Most people do not realize they have been bitten until bite marks appear anywhere from one to several days after the initial bite. The bite marks are similar to that of a mosquito or a flea -- a slightly swollen and red area that may itch and be irritating. The bite marks may be random or appear in a straight line. Other symptoms of bed bug bites include insomnia, anxiety, and skin problems that arise from profuse scratching of the bites. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14019 | {
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Gerhard Fasol: Ludwig Boltzmann - the revolutionary, Boltzmann's work, Boltzmann's constant and entropy - Ludwig Boltzmann. Measure information.
by Gerhard Fasol, Physicist, opto-electronics and spin-electronics. CEO, Eurotechnology Japan KK. Board Director of GMO Cloud KK. Served on the Faculty of Tokyo University, Cambrige University, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Boltzmann worked out the distribution of energy, thermal vibrations of atoms in a solid, thermal kinetic energy of atoms or molecules in a gas, or the thermal energy in more complex classical systems is distributed as a function of temperature in the case of equilibrium. Boltzmann has also worked on systems in transition, and has developed powerful mathematical tools, the Boltzmann Equations, to understand systems in transitions or flow.
For an ideal gas, the kinetic energy per molecule is equal to 3/2 k.T, where k is Boltzmann’s constant. Generalized, the energy is 1/2 k.T per degree of freedom. Therefore Boltzmann’s constant directly links energy and Temperature. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14022 | {
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Distance: 5.5 kilometres (3½ miles).
Pinkney Lane is a delightful, relatively traffic-free country lane bordered in places by high banks that form a hollow-way. It offers views of Foxlease, and passes beside the grounds of the now demolished Cuffnells mansion, and Wilverley House.
Brick Kiln Inclosure was first planted in 1810 and features a wide variety of broad-leaved trees, including many of the original oaks, beeches and sweet chestnuts as well as birch, hornbeam, and a relatively small block of conifers.
The name recalls an old brick kiln that was sited here from at least the late-18th century until well into the 19th century – the kiln was marked by Richard, King and Driver on their late-18th century map, and was also shown on an 1826 map of the New Forest. It had, though, disappeared by the time of the 1870s Ordnance Survey map.
Butts Lawn is a horseshoe-shaped piece of open land, the name of which possibly indicates the presence of Bronze Age barrows, which locally were known as Butts. None, though, are now visible.
The south-western arm is primarily heather and gorse-clad heath, whilst the base of the horseshoe supports heather and not much else. The north-eastern arm, through which this walk passes, is a mixture of heathland and rather wet grassland intersected by slow flowing water channels, the haunt of dragonflies and damselflies, sundews and Marsh St. John’s Wort, all of which provide summer splashes of interest and colour.
Philip’s Hill and Whitley Wood are ancient, unenclosed woodlands. Look out here for the browse lines created by commoners’ stock, and deer; and also for the many mature trees left to live out their natural life, creating valuable living places for hole nesting birds, insects and autumnal fungi.
Park Ground Inclosure was first planted in 1810, and contains many of the original beech and oak trees from those days, and also two small, later conifer blocks. Here can be found woodland birds aplenty, and also good numbers of fallow deer and occasional roe deer. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14024 | {
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Are You Throwing Up on Your Prospects?
You have all probably been a victim of this selling scenario. You are buying a product or service and share your challenges and/or goals you’d like to achieve. And then---the salesperson moves into ‘spray and pray’ mode. He sprays all his solutions and prays that one will resonate with you. Sound familiar?
So what’s the reason for this behavior? There are hundreds of sales books and audio’s about the topic of listening. Salespeople have been told they have two ears and one mouth for a reason. And sales trainers, coaches and managers preach the importance of asking good questions, provocative questions.
It’s the knowing and doing gap. Salespeople know what to do, however, when they hear a ‘buying signal’ they get excited and emotions start running the meeting, not consultative selling skills.
To close the gap, develop two emotional intelligence skills that will help you stop presenting too soon and too often: emotional self-awareness and impulse control.
Emotionally self-aware salespeople pay attention to the various triggers that show up, which cause their mouths to move. They recognize that statements such as, “We really need to…” or, “We are having a challenge with…” can trigger an emotional response to present and solve.
What is the impact of this problem to the prospect today?
What is the future impact if this problem continues?
This increased awareness helps you get back to a logical frame of mind to ask more questions and avoid the show up/throw up scenario.
Let’s look at impulse control which is defined as the ability to LOOK before you leap. Salespeople that have developed this EI skill control the impulse to LEAP into solutions. They control the impulse to present solutions before really figuring out the root cause of the prospect’s challenge.
Impulse control is also delayed gratification. Good salespeople have the ability to delay the impulse of presenting their solutions and hearing themselves talk. Quick fix is not in their vocabulary as they understand the presenting problem is usually not the real problem. They are systematic in their approach to learning their Prospect’s Story.
Take the time to learn your Prospect’s Story by applying your emotional self-awareness and impulse control. Let your prospect finish their story! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14025 | {
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Same’ach b’chelko literally means “happy or content with one’s lot.” In other words, this Jewish value reminds us that we need to be content with what we have. This not only refers to our belongings, but also implies that we should not envy what belongs to others, live in the present moment, be happy with our own talents and accomplishments, and accept who we are. There is no limit to what we don't have, and if that is where we focus, then our lives are inevitably filled with endless dissatisfaction.
In essence, we need to be grateful for what we have and who we are. Therefore, same’ach b’chelko is closely connected to another Jewish value, hakarat hatov, gratitude. When we are content with and grateful for what we have, we don’t feel threatened by the success and good fortune of others. We can celebrate what they have by appreciating what is our own. How we feel about ourselves can have an impact on our attitude toward others. As we give thanks, our practice needs to be to recognize and honor what we have received and to be grateful for its sufficiency.
Our own contentedness, then, truly is reflective on our perspective on life: the why and how, the meaning and purpose of our existence in the world. The rabbis of the Talmud teach that we should give thanks for the ability to give thanks. The very first words we are to speak in the morning are Modeh Ani—I am grateful to You. Beginning the day with thanks, our eyes are attuned to blessing and our spirit renewed.
We learn from Pirke Avot 4:3 that we should not underrate the importance of anything. What is the reasoning for not underrating the importance of anything?
Do you feel more content when you have a sense that all things have their place?
What makes you happy, and what are you grateful for?
How can you incorporate the value of same’ach b’chelko in your classroom? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14026 | {
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"Primo Secondo" is a fun and slightly silly tribute to the musical genre known as "piano four hands," which is music written for one piano played by two people. A piece written for two pianos is generally called a "piano duo." Piano four hands began in the 18th century and flourished in the Romantic era (1830 - 1900). Many famous composers wrote in this style, including Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, and more. Of course, some of the more "famous" and recognizable works include "Chopsticks" and "Heart And Soul." The basic idea is that two performers sit at one piano. The person on right side playing the upper register is the "Primo," and the person on the left playing the lower register is the "Secondo."
This short song is easy to sing but requires the singers to sing with great enthusiasm and over-the-top enunciation. Your choir should act and look very prim and proper, especially for the more goofy second verse. If you have two fairly decent student piano players (or a student and teacher, or two teachers) you could do a live performance. Each piano part requires a bit of skill, but neither is too difficult. If you don't have capable players at your disposal, you could use the provided recorded accompaniment and have two of your best piano "fakers" sit at a piano and pretend to play. If you go this route, your piano pretenders should really ham it up with lots of flamboyance and flourish. It would be really great to have them dress in formal attire. And a candelabra on the piano would be a nice touch.
For a really awesome example of the piano four hands repertoire, check out the piano duettists Weekley & Arganbright. They've dedicated their entire careers to bringing awareness to this unique genre. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14028 | {
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I’m getting rather tired of the whole ‘article of faith’ from many Linux folk (both users and developers) who maintain that you don’t need to defragment Linux file systems. People have taken “there aren’t many times you do need to defragment” as “you never need to defragment”.
The Linux file systems are designed to minimise fragmentation. They are much better at it than the Windows file system NTFS. Linux file systems also seem to suffer less degradation in performance when they are fragmented, than NTFS does.
However, all file systems are compromises. No-one has yet designed one that has great performance, assures you that your data has been 100% written to the disk in the event of an unexpected power-off or hardware fault, and doesn’t suffer defragmentation.
So under the right conditions, not only can even the newer Linux file systems become fragmented, but this fragmentation can impact performance. The conditions I’m most familiar with are having thousands of files that are being added to randomly. No matter how good the filesystem, you are either going to have to suffer performance hits, or it’s going to become fragmented over time.
Because of the ‘ancient wisdom’ of the ‘you never need to defragment’ concept, there aren’t any online defragmenters for the early file systems. This means that defragmenting usually has to be done offline. Time offline that some systems simply cannot afford.
Luckily, those that understand filesystems have been coming around to the idea that you sometimes need to defragment, and are not only providing utilities to do this, but building ‘hooks’ into the filesystems themselves to allow it to be done safely.
XFS, EXT4 and BTRFS are those I know of that have defragment utilities of varying degrees and abilities.
So, can we please stop saying you never have to degragmnent a Linux filesystem? Yes, it’s rare that most people will have to – but there are times it’s necessary. And when it’s necessary it’s much better to have proper tools to do it, rather than having to take a system offline, or potentially damage your filesystem. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14029 | {
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Many a times one needs an extra telephone ringer in an ad joining room to know if there is an incoming call. For example, if the telephone is installed in the drawing room you may need an extra ringer in the bedroom. All that needs to be done is to connect the given circuit in parallel with the existing telephone lines using twin flexible wires. This circuit does not require any external power source for its operation. The section comprising resistor R1 and diodes D5 and LED1 provides a visual indication of the ring. Remaining part of the circuit is the audio ringer based on IC1 (BA8204 or ML8204). This integrated circuit, specially designed for telecom application as bell sound generator, requires very few external parts. It is readily available in 8-pin mini DIP pack.
Resistor R3 is used for bell sensitivity adjustment. The bell frequency is controlled by resistor R5 and capacitor C4, and the repeat frequency is controlled by resistor R4 and capacitor C3. A little experimentation with the various values of the resistors and capacitors may be carried out to obtain desired pleasing tone. Working of the circuit is quite simple. The bell signal, approximately 75V AC, passes through capacitor C1 and resistor R2 and appears across the diode bridge comprising diodes D1 to D4. The rectified DC output is smoothed by capacitor C2. The dual-tone ring signal is output from pin 8 of IC1 and its volume is adjusted by volume control VR1. Thereafter, it is impressed on the piezo-ceramic sound generator. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14030 | {
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Although public concern and policy interest in the connection between the Internet and terrorism has been rapidly increasing, thus far there has been little empirically informed criminology research on the topic. One thing is clear: Both terrorism and the Internet have had profound effects on the world; from everyday life to the functioning of macro-level global political, economic, and social systems. In his influential book, essayist Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2007) identified both the coordinated terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the rise of the Internet as “black swan” events—those that fall outside the realm of usual expectations, have an enormous impact, and yet defy prediction. An important implication of black swan events is that however unpredictable and rare, they change the course of human history. It seems logical that if predicting the occurrence and understanding the effect of a black swan event is complicated, predicting the confluence of more than one may be especially challenging. The article by Paul Gill, Emily Corner, Maura Conway, Amy Thornton, Mia Bloom, and John Horgan (2017, this issue) is a welcome step toward identifying the behaviors, patterns, and processes of those who use the Internet to further terrorist goals. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14031 | {
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The Hebrew Bible, the central text of ancient Israel and the foundational text for Judaism through the ages.
The Rabbinic Period, when new Jewish sages and rabbis developed a profound legal and religious way of life.
The Medieval Period, where we will consider the remarkable achievements of Jews living under Islamic or Christian rule.
The Modern Period, wherein differing ideological viewpoints mirror issues facing Jews from the 18th century to the present. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14032 | {
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The Charter Oak Base Ball Club, founded in the summer of 1862, was the first baseball team to be formed in Hartford. Their stated mission was to “establish on a scientific basis the health-giving and scientific game of Base Ball, and to promote good fellowship among its players.” In the age of before national professional sports associations, the Charter Oak club stated it would play by “New York” rules, even though most of the teams it faced hailed from southern New England. Games were frequently played in Bushnell Park; as baseball continued to gain popularity through the latter half of the 19th century, Colt Park became a popular venue as well.
On this day in 1865, Hartford’s Charter Oak Base Ball Club celebrated a victorious season after their playing their final game of the year in Worcester, Massachusetts the night before. In honor of their winning record, the team was presented with an miniature bat with silver embellishments by J. G. Belden of Hartford. The bat came with a certificate certifying that it was made with wood from the Connecticut’s famous Charter Oak tree, which had been knocked down in a storm nine years before, and was presented in a rosewood box labeled “Emblem of the Championship of Connecticut.” On that day, a new tradition was born: the championship bat would remain in the possession of the most successful Connecticut baseball team until they lost to another.
By the turn of the century, the Charter Oak Base Ball Club had dissolved, but baseball was as popular as ever in Hartford, home to the state’s first professional baseball team in the 1870s, the Hartford Dark Blues. Today, minor league professional baseball teams are thriving across the state of Connecticut, thanks in part to the precedent established by amateur teams like the Charter Oak club over 150 years ago. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14038 | {
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1)Power supply: As desktops can be plugged in an outlet in the wall (AC Power) so can laptops with an AC adapter. But how a laptop is different from a desktop is that it is portable because batteries can also power laptops. The batteries are rechargeable; lithium, nickel-cadmium, or nickel-metal hydride.
2)Display: Also like desktops, laptops have some type of LCD display screen. Modern Laptops have 800 x 600 pixel resolution. This gives it a very clear screen and anything less should be avoided.
3)Input Devices: On a desktop computer you usually use a mouse and keyboard to enter data and navigate. With laptops keyboards are built in but since they are portable so they don't have a mouse. Instead they have one of three input devices in place of the mouse. A trackball, rotating the ball allows you to move the cursor. A trackpoint allows you to push your finger over the point to move the cursor. Lastly, a laptop may have a touchpad that you move your finger across to move the cursor.
4)Docking Connections: Many laptops come with a docking connection to make it more comfortable to use at a desk. You just plug your laptop in and use it as a desktop. The docking station comes with many peripheral devices: full size computer monitor, full size keyboard and mouse, disk drives and printer. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14039 | {
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The increased demand for computing power has lead designers to put an ever increasing number of cores on processor dies. This advance has been made possible through miniaturization and effectivization of the underlying semi-conductor technology. As a by-product, however, the resulting computer systems are more vulnerable to interference. This has made reliability a first-order concern and is treated both in software and hardware through some form of redundancy. Redundancy is however detrimental to performance leading to more resources spent re-computing. Efficient use of hardware requires software that can take advantage of the computer system. Compilers are responsible for translating high-level source-code into efficient machine-code. Transformations in the compiler can improve performance and/or reliability of the software. Prior to applying such transformation the compiler needs to verify the legality and benefit of this optimization through program analysis. This thesis develops program analyses for reasoning about performance and reliability properties and show how these synthesize information that could not be made available from previous approaches. First, I present an analysis based on abstract interpretation to determine the impact of a finite number of faults. An analysis based on abstract interpretation guarantees logical soundness by construction, and I evaluate its applicability by deducing the fault susceptibility of kernels and how a program optimization affect reliability. Second, I present the fuzzy program analysis framework and show that it admits a sound approximation in the abstract interpretation framework. Fuzzy sets allow non-binary membership and, in extension, a qualitative static program analysis that can perform common-case analyses. Furthermore this framework admits a dynamic analysis based on fuzzy control theory that refines the result from the static analysis online. Using the framework I show improvement on a code motion algorithm and several classical program analyses that target performance properties. Third, I present an analysis based on geometric programming for deciding the minimal number of redundant executions of an program statement while maintaining a reliability threshold. Often a fixed number of redundant executions per statement is employed throughout the whole program. To minimize performance overhead I exploit that some statements are naturally more reliable, and more costly, than others. Using the analysis I show improvement in reliability and performance overhead due to use of a redundancy level that is tailored for each statement individually. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14041 | {
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immunolocalisation disease of the small blood vessels of the kidneys and the lungs. This disease can occur at any age, but most often the syndrome occurs in young men. Goodpasture’s syndrome in children, adolescents and elderly people is rare and is found after a differential diagnosis.
death occurs after 1112 months as a result of pulmonary hemorrhage or renal failure.
if treatment is started promptly, the lifespan can range from 2 to 12 years.
autoimmune cause of the disease is the most common, it is production of antibodies to specific structures of the lungs and kidneys.
blood pressure rises from 14090 mm Hg. art. and above.
as a rule, in the sediment of the urine erythrocytes, leukocytes, erythrocyte and granular casts.
the reaction immunofluorescence (RIF) is a method of studying tissue samples of lung and kidney, taken with a biopsy based on the illumination of the special substances in ultraviolet rays, which binds to an antigen (any substance that the human body regards as foreign or potentially dangerous, and then begins to actively produce protective proteins) of the unknown microbe.
symptomatic therapy that includes the drug of iron and repeated blood transfusions.
the appearance of hemoptysis or the appearance of blood in the urine should immediately consult a doctor. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14048 | {
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HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam’s tra fish (pangasius) industry has been urged to strongly improve its quality so as to compete with not only traditional rivals, but also its biggest tra fish importer – China.
According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the domestic tra fish sector faces many rivals, including India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh – who each represents around 15-20 percent of global production.
The global production of farmed tra fish was estimated at 2.8 million tonnes in 2018, up 6 percent from the previous year, and about 45 percent of this total was sourced from Vietnam, mostly in the Mekong Delta.
As of March 2019, there were 20 tra fish processing factories in China whose production capacity had reached some 30,000 tonnes per year. This fact indicates that China is likely to become a big rival to Vietnam’s tra fish industry in the near future, VASEP said.
However, insiders said the competitiveness of Vietnamese tra fish should not be assessed through only quantity, but the quality of fish fry and products is the key.
To help address this issue, a high-tech tra fish farming project covering 600 ha will be carried out in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang in the fourth quarter of this year. When operational, it is expected to supply around 200,000 tonnes of high-quality raw materials each year for processing and subsequent export.
VASEP Secretary General Truong Dinh Hoe said once the quality of Vietnamese tra fish is improved and wins the trust of consumers in demanding markets, it will also have more opportunities to be sold well on the e-commerce platform of Alibaba of China, as well as on Amazon of the US.
“Through the e-commerce website (Alibaba), Vietnam’s tra fish products will have greater chances to enter this giant market,” he added. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14052 | {
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Hear the author talk about this course!
Core training and neurostabilization training are extremely popular, but as professionals, we must understand the science and technology behind current trends in exercise. Core training can be just another fad or it can be a scientifically-based methodology that involves a functional and progressive approach to movement re-education and performance enhancement. It is important you understand the necessary steps to develop a core training program. It is also important that you understand many variations of training. Many opinions will be presented to you; however, there is a neurological framework and musculoskeletal structure that require a special sequential approach. This lecture will discuss the sequence and the philosophy behind building a practical model for training the core. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14053 | {
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Ukraine is the biggest country geographically in Eastern Europe. The current population of Ukraine is approximately 45 million people. Ukraine gained its independence in 1991 from Russia, therefore it’s a young developing country that is in the process of political, economic and social transformations.
The health care system in Ukraine is considered to be social and provided free of charge according to the country’s Constitution. However, in real life, there is an opposite story. Patients need to pay for their medicines in most of the hospitals. Furthermore, "pocket payments" to doctors are also frequently practiced. At the same time the level of medical services is not always the best. Patients often complain about poor treatment by medical staff.
In the field of ENT, trained medical professionals provide services, the majority of whom are women. For a country of 45 million people, there are less than 5 surgeons who perform ear surgery, and the majority are located in the capital city of Kyiv. Most of the citizens of Ukraine are deprived of access to high-level otology services due to costs and geographical constraints, along with the lack of an adequate number of trained ear surgeons.
Global ENT Outreach’s first mission to Ukraine was in March 2012, when GEO went there to perform surgeries, give lectures and provide tutoring to local ENT doctors. The second GEO mission was organized February 2013 during which time GEO educated medical staff and provided medical care for patients.
As a result of cooperation between GEO and local partner in Ukraine, Dr. Roman Fishchuk, director of Ukrainian Foundation of Otology and the Training and Practice Hearing Center, education is advancing and care becoming more accessible for the underserved in the western part of the Ukraine. The center, which was opened in December 2014 at Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, provides diagnostic, medical and educational services for patients, their relatives, students and doctors. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14058 | {
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This is a charming little trifle with delightful piano interludes and a merry postlude. The poem, which is of no great import, has nine verses. Schubert wrote out the first verse, and added the words 'eight more verses' under the stave. This is a rare instance of a miscalculation. Schubert (perhaps unintentionally) trifled with the poet's words in the fifth line of the music and instead of Ermin's words 'du fröhliches Gewimmel' he expands it to 'mit deinem fröhlichen Gewimmel'. As he set the poem, did his eye perhaps stray up to the second line of the text in front of him, when he should have been looking at the third? This amplification of the text works very well for the first verse—the composer makes it fit, but it renders the other strophes unsingable with the music as there are too few syllables of text for the number of notes! On this occasion we have opted simply to repeat the words of the first verse which is short and charming enough to warrant a second hearing.
Der neubelebten Wesen um mich her.
with your spring, with your ocean of joy.
of newly awakened creatures around me. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14060 | {
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Kurt W. Rothschild was an Austrian Economist who died in 2010 at the age of 96. In 1938 he was forced to migrate to Glasgow (Scotland) where he was involved in the Keynesian debate from the very beginning. In 1947 he returned to Austria where he worked at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research for two decades before he became Professor of Economics at the University of Linz in 1966. Throughout his live Rothschild's academic endeavour was directed at issues of unemployment and distribution. Hereby he particularly considered the issue of power in economics. Rothschild called the power issue an iceberg problem: "The disregard of power aspects is greatly helped by the fact that concentration on the mechanics of economic and market adjustment within a given framework enables the economist to avoid the detailed occupation with facts which powerful social groups prefer to keep under a cloud of uncertainty. This desire for secrecy is in itself a real and objective difficulty. Nowhere is the analogy of the iceberg more appropriate than in this sphere: only a tiny fraction of the power play becomes visible (and that in a distorted form)."
The volume contains Rothschild's most important articles in scientific journals and edited volumes dealing with questions of power and distribution. It is amazing how topical even his older contributions in this field are for contemporary economics. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14063 | {
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Following are the important applications of artificial satellites.
The geostationary satellites are used for communication purpose like long distance telephone calls, telex, radio and T.V broadcasts etc. The satellites used for communication purpose are called communication satellites.
Artificial satellites are used by military for spying of enemy troops to locate their positions and movements.
Artificial satellites are used for weather forecasting. This is done by fitting special instruments and powerful cameras in the satellites which monitor various climatic factors such as air pressure, air temperature and humidity etc. The satellites used for weather forecasting are called weather satellites.
The artificial satellites are used for collecting information about other planets, outer space, stars, galaxies, asteroids etc.
Artificial satellites are also used for collecting information about natural resources of earth like oil wells, underground water, minerals, natural gas and coal deposits etc. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14068 | {
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Harrison Kelley (May 12, 1836 – July 24, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born William Henry Harrison Kelley in Montgomery Township, Ohio, Kelley attended the common schools. He moved to Coffey County, Kansas, in March 1858. During the Civil War Kelley enlisted in the Fifth Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and served through all grades to captain. He served as captain of Company B, Fifth Cavalry, for over two years. He returned to Burlington, Kansas, in 1865. Brigadier general of Kansas State Militia in 1865. He served as a member of the State house of representatives 1868-1870. He served as director of the State penitentiary 1868-1873. Receiver of the United States land office at Topeka in 1877 and 1878. He served in the State senate 1880-1884. Deputy collector of internal revenue. He served as chairman of the livestock sanitary commission of the State. Treasurer of the State board of charities in 1889.
Kelley was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Ryan and served from December 2, 1889, to March 3, 1891. He died in Burlington, Kansas on July 24, 1897. He was interred in Bowman Cemetery, Ottumwa, near Burlington, Kansas.
United States Congress. “Harrison Kelley (id: K000059)”. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14069 | {
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Interest can be both a best friend and an enemy...show your learners how it can manifest through this set of 10 word problems. For each, they calculate time, principle, interest, or rate and choose an answer from multiple choice questions. This worksheet is printable with or without answers, and offers great practice in this applicable skill.
Why Do Banks Pay YOU to Provide Their Services?
How does a bank make money? That is the question at the based of a lesson that explores the methods banks use to calculate interest. Groups compare the linear simple interest pattern with the exponential compound interest pattern.
How Do You Use the Formula for Simple Interest?
What is the Formula for Simple Interest?
I=prt is the formula for interest. What does each variable represent? I =interest, p =amount originally invested, r =rate of interest (usually in percent), t =time. Now all you have to do is plug in the numbers and do the calculations. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14071 | {
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Q. It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.
I disagree that any environment is central to raising children. We know that children belong in many environments. Where are they found mostly, walking. Children are found against the sidewalk. Sidewalks exist in most large cities and small towns. We keep children against the sidewalks regardless of upbringing.
Oh, what corporate gleaming strudels of a large city these skyscrapers mask actually. They rise upwards, their brochures declare their roominess, but we need much new arrival room. Put it in furnished apartments seems better than dropping them along residential corridors outside the city. In this fashion, we can all rank on an audience expectation spectrum while residing in a rigid metropolis. The city is an honest to goodness sign. Serviced apartments attract new skills and talented individuals from all over the nation. These buildings are fully laden with furniture, coverage and are usually cleaned and repaired. This means that problems are duly and quickly fixed.
In general, contact a real estate broker to find a fully furnished apartment for rent and be sure to request locations in the city that you favor. Attempting to find temporary corporate housing without a broker can be daunting. This is what the country will do. You should avoid this endeavor. Once you understand that brokers discover the best temporary corporate housing, signing the lease is simple. Your broker will facilitate the process and will help you through the hoops of processes of renting.
Yet another benefit to renting a fully furnished apartment is that you have no in-house worries. This is not true in the country, where in-house worries encroach. All dents and dings are usually covered, and all dust and dirty cleaned and swept away. In the country though, dust and dents invade. Children will have to preoccupy themselves with these tasks. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14073 | {
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Since the 1980s demand for outdoor recreation has been increasing in the United States. Growing income and change in lifestyles have been cited as factors contributing to the increase in demand. This period also coincided with a decline in timber prices and loss of income to forest land owners. Forest-based recreation has intensified as a part of forest management activities and has compensated the fall in timber demand and contributed income to forest land owners that enhanced rural economies. About 75% of Alabama is under forest cover but little is known about forest recreation utilization and its effects on local communities. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between forestry and hunting/wildlife watching and its impact on property owners and the multiplier effect on rural economies. Expenditure figures for hunting and wildlife watching from the 2006 National Fish and Wildlife Survey, and IMPLAN Alabama economic data was used for the analysis. The result suggested that a dollar spent in hunting and wildlife will generate $2.04 in the economy. Hurting and wildlife earns 55% and forestry earns 35% while the rest of the industries share 10%. Furthermore, value added distribution showed that 38% accrues to property owners in the form of proprietor's income and other properly income. It is fair to say that outdoor recreation is as good source of income to forestland owners and also has a multiplier effect on rural economies. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14077 | {
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Tropical Cyclone Colin is becoming an extra-tropical system in the Southern Pacific Ocean and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the transitioning storm.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued their final warning on Colin on January 15 at 1500 UTC/10 a.m. EST. At that time, Colin had maximum sustained winds near 35 knots/40 mph/62 kph and was weakening. It was centered near 31.8 south latitude and 77.7 east longitude, about 1,090 nautical miles/1,254 miles/2,019 km northeast of Kerguelen Island. Colin was moving to the southeast at 23 knots/26.4 mph/42.6 kph.
As NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Colin the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument captured a visible image of the changing storm on January 15 at 0925 UTC/4:25 a.m. EST. The MODIS image revealed that Colin had become slightly elongated as a result of increasing vertical wind shear. The visible image also showed that the bulk of cloud cover (and shower activity) has been pushed east of the center.
A conversion to "extra tropical" status means that the area of low pressure (Colin) eventually loses its warm core and becomes a cold-core system. During the time it is becoming extra-tropical the cyclone's primary energy source changes from the release of latent heat from condensation (from thunderstorms near the storm's center) to baroclinic (temperature and air pressure) processes. When a cyclone becomes extra-tropical it will usually connect with nearby fronts and or troughs (extended areas of low pressure) consistent with a baroclinic (pressure) system. When that happens it appears the system grows larger while the core weakens.
Colin is becoming embedded in the mid-latitude westerlies (winds) and is expected to be extra-tropical late on January 15. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14078 | {
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Your body is naturally in a slightly alkaline state, with a pH of 7.35 to 7.45. To maintain health, your body tries to stay within this narrow pH range.
Fruits and Vegetables are alkaline forming foods, while meat and starchy carbohydrates and especially sugars and sodas are acid forming. To neutralize these acids, your body must use its stored minerals such as calcium, magnesium, manganese, potassium and sodium.
Alkalizing products provide a boost to your body's reserves of alkalizing minerals. By taking these, your body becomes more resilient to the health effects caused by acidity.
Perfect Food Alkalizer & Detoxifier (Garden Of Life) 10oz. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14079 | {
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It is the height of paradox for a country where blackouts are more a norm than exception. Over 3 billion units of electricity, or a day's national consumption, were wasted in 2014-15 as congestion in the transmission highways blocked trading between surplus and deficit regions.
Data from various power exchanges show a higher wastage in 2013-14 at 5.3 billion units, or Delhi's consumption for roughly 56-60 days. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14080 | {
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With the intention to create a holding firm, the former LG Electronics was cut up off in 2002, with the “new” LG Electronics being spun off and the “previous” LG Electronics changing its name to LG EI. It was then merged with and into LG CI in 2003 (the legal successor of the former LG Chem), so the company that started as Goldstar does not at present exist.
Area-effect transistors : transistors are a very important class of semiconductor gadgets that, usually speaking, allow “weak” (low amplitude or excessive impedance) signals to regulate a lot larger currents flowing by means of the device – a sort of an electronically managed potentiometer.
Because the wire heats up, its resistance tends to rise – resulting in a self-limiting current movement that forestalls the gadget from overheating and being destroyed throughout the (often very generous) range of voltages it is designed for. Regulate or exchange faulty or improperly functioning circuitry or electronics parts, utilizing hand tools or soldering iron. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14081 | {
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Students should understand and be able to identify the unit rate associated with a ratio. They should recognize that equivalent ratios have the same unit rate.
Students develop the concept of a unit rate and how to use it to compare amounts in given different ratios.
As students explore unit rates, remind them that to find equivalent ratios, they must multiply or divide both terms of the ratio by the same positive number.
It took 7 hours to mow 4 lawns, each with about the same area.
a. What is the rate at which lawns were being mowed?
Answer: (7/4) hours to mow one lawn or 1 and (3/4) hours per lawn.
b. How many lawns could be mowed in 35 hours?
Students should pay attention to the words used to describe a rate such as per and each.
Work with students to explore how to partition one remaining bag of dog food into fractions of a bag so that it can be distributed among the dogs. Have students explore different ways to share the bags of dog food when they have fewer bags of dog food than number of dogs.
This lesson helps students to understand that ratios associate two or more quantities that vary together. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14082 | {
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Getting boys engaged in reading, and keeping them reading is our number one goal at Scotch Libraries. Reading is an essential skill and develops literacy proficiency, however reading for pleasure expands our horizons, builds empathy, develops resilience.
The main focus is the word - pleasure. Encouraging reading as a habit requires a combined approach to promoting and providing opportunities for reading. In Middle School boys have regular library sessions, but can also join the Co-Curricular 'Books n Bros Book Club' and visit the Senior School Library.
This year's Book Week was for teens too and Year 6 students had guest author and storyteller Glenn Swift perform some great stories. Currently Year 7 students are exchanging Book Review Postcards with overseas students. All these activities contribute to involving and connecting students with high quality and engaging books.
As well as all these great opportunities, the boys can also access great online resources such as where parents and students can access high quality ebooks and audiobooks that keep us reading and listening all year long! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14084 | {
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The reason high intelligence and anxiety are correlated.
Intelligence and anxiety may have evolved together as mutually beneficial traits, research finds.
This may help to explain why people with high intelligence also tend to have higher levels of anxiety.
The benefit may be that intelligence allows people to better imagine what might go wrong.
Worriers tend to keep out of danger so that their genes are the ones carried forward into the next generation.
Non-worries, meanwhile, starved to death because they didn’t prepare for winter or failed to anticipate an enemy raid.
“While excessive worry is generally seen as a negative trait and high intelligence as a positive one, worry may cause our species to avoid dangerous situations, regardless of how remote a possibility they may be.
In essence, worry may make people ‘take no chances,’ and such people may have higher survival rates.
For the study, people with high anxiety levels were compared with those with average levels.
Brain scans were carried out, along with tests of intelligence and anxiety.
In people diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, IQ was positively correlated with worry.
In other words, people who were more intelligent also worried more.
Brain scans found that activity in sub-cortical white matter correlated with both anxiety and intelligence.
Previous research has shown that people who are low in intelligence are also prone to worry — possibly because they achieve less in life.
Average intelligence show less of a link with anxiety.
The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience (Coplan et al., 2012). | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14087 | {
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Sunflower is a major source of vegetable oil in the world. Sunflower requires a cool climate during the germination and seedling growth. It requires warm weather from the seedling stage up to flowering stage and warm sunny days during flower to maturity. Sunflower Farm can be developed in a wide range of soils and tolerates a moderate pH range and some salinity. It thrives best on deep loam soils with good drainage and irrigation facilities. The optimum range of soil pH for this crop is 6.5-8.5. Sunflower seeds contain 48 to 53% edible oil. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra account for major share of Sunflower Production in India. Sunflower should be harvested when the plant attains physiological maturity i.e. when the back of the head turns from green to lemon yellow colour and the bottom leaves starts drying and withering. The oil must be extracted within 90 days of harvesting otherwise it becomes bitter in taste especially when stored under damp conditions. Sunflower is a drought tolerant crop due to its deep tap root therefore it is the best substitute to all rainfed commercial crops. Ideal land for sunflower planting is loose enough for water to drain, but compact enough to hold the plant stalks against the wind. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14089 | {
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1- What is the meaning of Islam?
In Arabic, when a warrior lays down his arms and surrenders because he knows he is defeated, we use the verb "aslama", which means "he submits." The word "Islam" comes from this verb and means "submission.".
So, in the widest sense, Islam means the religion of submission to God. A Muslim catechism says, "Islam is submission to God with all our being, with all our senses, with all our organs: the hands, the feet, the ears, the tongue, the stomach and the sexual organs. It is the submission of the inner life of each of us". (Cf. Qur'an: 2 Baqara 106/112).
2- What is the meaning of Muslim?
The word Muslim is derived from the same verb "aslama", and means "one who practices Islam". As we have seen above, this can be interpreted in two ways. Firstly, anyone who submits himself to God might be called a Muslim. Thus, for example, the Qur'an refers to Noah, Lot and the disciples of Jesus as "Muslims", in the sense that they submitted themselves to God.
But secondly, in everyday speech we give the name "Muslim" to one who follows the religion proclaimed by Muhammad. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14093 | {
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As crops remove nutrients from the soil, cover crops help put them back through nutrient recycling. One of the easiest and most economical ways to improve soil is to plant green manures, commonly called cover crops. Most soils can be maintained at their highest level of productivity by sound soil management practices that involve a combination of soil tillage, crop rotation, and most importantly, the addition of organic matter through green manures.
Organic matter is the food component of soil. Soil-dwelling fungi and bacteria work to break down organic matter. When these soil microorganisms eat organic matter, nutrients are released back into the soil in a form that is usable by plants. This process is called nutrient cycling. Nutrient cycling affects both the physical and chemical properties of the soil. The addition of organic matter builds soil structure, which increases water absorption and nutrient-holding capacity, buffers the soil pH, and improves aeration. Cover crops choke out weeds by restricting sunlight to the soil, stabilize the soil surface, and through their deep-reaching roots, help to break up hardpan and bring minerals to the surface for other plants to utilize. As part of a long-term rotation plan, cover crops can provide for a stable habitat within your garden for beneficial insects and microorganisms.
Green manures can be grown in the same year as a vegetable crop, such as a cover crop of white clover planted around a cole crop. They can also be grown as a perennial in orchards and vineyards. In mild climates (zones 6 and above), cover crops can be fall planted and tilled in the following spring just before planting. In harsher climates, cover crops can be grown in rows between the crops or as a component of rotation in your garden. Green manure crops are a superior source of organic matter when they are cut and turned under. In addition to this benefit, legume green manures (peas, beans, clovers, favas and vetch) act as a host for the bacteria that fix and make nitrogen available for your vegetable or fruit crops. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14097 | {
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A benefit (disbenefit) is a change in state such that the outcome has greater (lesser) value than the initial state, where improvement (deterioration) is determined by reference to a standard that defines improvement (deterioration), i.e. by the application of rules employing particular criteria.
A benefit (disbenefit) may be an increase in something desirable (undesirable) or a decrease in something undesirable (desirable); if more than one condition applies, there are multiple benefits (disbenefits).
Benefit and Disbenefit are defined terms of Enterprise Architecture. Benefit and Disbenefit are defined terms of Business Analysis.
Delivering benefits in general, and business benefits in particular, is the goal of all directed activity, which therefore requires management to ensure that as much benefit as possible is obtained.
Benefits are important elements in the rationales for action; they provide the connection to value that results in the motivation to do something.
Note that in these examples the values that make reduction in cost, power consumption, desirable are implicit: this is usually the case in reality because certain values are known to be shared or the chain of reasoning to a shared value is short.
In the case of “reduced operating cost” for example, there is still room for ambiguity: reduced costs may increase profitability which may increase shareholder value and hence share price at a time when the cost of capital is especially important to a business, or reduced costs might allow the business to reduce the price of its goods or services in order to gain greater market share or improve public perceptions of “value for money”.
For this reason, benefits should be traced to explicit statements of organisational priority and value as far as possible. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14098 | {
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This interdisciplinary project across semantics, computational linguistics and information visualization investigates stance in human communication. Stancetaking, which is crucial for the social construction of meaning, involves expressions of attitudes, feelings, perspectives, judgements, doubts, trust or certainty. It is a forceful factor in the communicative dynamics of Web-based social media like websites, blogs, communities, or forums.
StaViCTA focuses on analyzing stance in such real-world streaming language data. Our goal is to identify the resources that language offers, how these resources act together and how they evolve in large amounts of digital text over time. This goal is achieved through the development of innovative, computational and interactive information visualization techniques. We propose a visual text analytics approach for the description, explanation and interpretation of stance in digital text media that includes automatic analyses seamlessly interwoven with interactive visualizations. This combination will make it possible for human beings to make sense of large and dynamic text data and allows for exploration, control and final evaluation of the analysis processes and results. Such an approach for analyzing stance is crucial for many application fields, including intelligence and security analytics, early warning and crisis management systems, financial analytics and business intelligence, and social media monitoring. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14099 | {
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The crisis also diverted critical resources away from pregnant women, who already faced limited access to adequate health care. As a result, health risks have increased, particularly for those most vulnerable, which include pregnant women and children.
Maternal and infant deaths in the most affected countries are set to rise above their current alarming rates as fear of Ebola keeps pregnant women away from hospitals and makes already-scarce health workers reluctant to deliver babies.
The UN Mission for the Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) is working on the ground to fill urgent gaps by providing transportation, logistics and other essential supplies. Visit the UNMEER website to find out more about the global response and ways to get involved. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14100 | {
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My own grandmother, at 96 years of age, has quite the stories to tell about birthin' babies and raising kids in 'her day.' She has filled my quest for knowledge with stories of what it was like to mother little ones in times past. Her tales of parenting are enticing, and continuously prompt me to pose further questions... Never is there enough time during our conversations to cover all ground. And there is so, so much we can learn from the generations before us -- both from their successes, and from their mistakes.
At the age of 95, my grandmother read up on the prepuce and circumcision (there are some things that cannot remain un-discussed when you have me as a granddaughter). You may think intactivist issues would be an area a 95-year-old-woman couldn't care less about -- after all, she's not going to be birthing more babes or influencing anyone in this matter. But still, she read, and highlighted, and underlined, and made notes - devouring the information and knowledge that was never provided to her in the 1940s and 50s when she was having children.
She had a change of heart about the matter, indeed. Said that she 'never knew all of this' and that doctors surely should have provided such information to parents at that time... "We were told it was just a small tip of skin and that it did not hurt. They said it had to be done." She continued spreading the articles and books before her on the kitchen table, "I would think this would be something everyone should know about." Ah, yes.
And so, with that, a wise 95 year old woman - mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, became an intactivist in her own way for the first time in her life -- proving to the world that you are never too young, never too old, to become informed and have a change of heart.
This tender video below highlights another older couple - also in their 90s. Fran and Marlo Cowan have been married almost 63 years now, and they, too, have a number of stories under their belt to tell. This video was taken when the couple entered the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and found a piano in the lobby just begging to be played. In an impromptu show, Fran and Marlo entertained others at Mayo that day with their fun rendition of "Old Grey Bonnet."
If nothing else, it will bring a smile to your face. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14101 | {
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Lupine has been a surprise star player in recovery of former lake beds along the Elwha River, and chinook are reaching higher and farther into the watershed than ever before.
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — With easy road access to trails open for the first time in years, and the river valley in full summer splendor, the Elwha beckons as never before.
Where once there was a dam, today tourists are enjoying the newest interpretive attraction at Olympic National ark, about the world’s biggest-ever dam-removal experiment.
Visitors can perch on an overlook made from remnants of the former Glines Canyon Dam, and look down 210 feet to where the Elwha River now rushes past in a foaming green slide. Recordings and interpretive signs along the viewing platform explain the project that began with the removal of Elwha Dam in 2011 and continued with the takedown of Glines Canyon Dam, completed in 2014.
The Glines Canyon Overlook is handicapped-accessible, and offers expansive views of the Elwha River above and below the former dam site. A marked trail to the riverbed departs from the overlook.
It winds past stumps of old-growth trees cut before the dam was built, and the new forest rising on the former lake bed.
Lupine along the trail have been a surprising star of the recovery project. Purple, fragrant carpets of the flower in the former Lake Mills are alive with white-crowned sparrows, nesting and singing. The flowers buzz with pollinators. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14102 | {
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Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, has joined other faith leaders in advocacy for the world’s 40.5 million internally displaced people.
They published an open letter Sept. 20 as world leaders prepare for this year’s General Assembly meeting at the United Nations. While there, they plan to sign a new Global Compact on Refugees. The faith leaders welcome this new compact, but say that it applies only to people who have been forced to flee across borders and not those displaced within their own countries.
More than 57 leaders have signed the letter. The majority of them are from various Christian denominations, but signatories include Jewish and Muslim leaders. They challenge U.N. member governments to correct the exclusion internally displaced people from the new global compact.
The faith leaders say that if the world is to realize the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals, the international community must ensure that internally displaced people are neither forgotten nor ignored. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14110 | {
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The coast of North Carolina encompasses 325 miles of sweeping beaches, barrier islands, two national seashores, a National Estuarine Research Reserve, a National Marine Sanctuary, two shipping ports, and U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. It is full of extensive marshes, vast stretches of seagrass, and sheltered harbors that support a high concentration of fishing, recreation, and tourism. The region is also renowned for a wealth of academic and scientific institutions, research laboratories, and state and federal coastal management and fisheries agencies.
NOAA's North Carolina Sentinel Site Cooperative (the Cooperative) promotes a network of partners among the scientific and academic communities, resource managers, and nongovernmental organizations. Its active research and monitoring programs play a key role in understanding the coastal environment, including sea level rise, marsh ecosystems, and living shorelines. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14111 | {
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Superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities made of bulk niobium are currently used for particle acceleration in existing facilities such as SNS, CEBAF and CESR, and are a technology of choice for future machines such as Project X, XFEL, FRIB, NGLS, and ILC. Performance of such macrostructures as SRF cavities is almost entirely determined by a thin layer on the inner surface of about 40 nanometers thick. While the technology has matured to the point of reliably producing the quality factors of > 10^10 and larger than 35 MV/m accelerating gradients, the inner workings of most of the implemented "recipes" applied on the cavities (such as buffered chemical polishing, electropolishing, 120C baking, hydrofluoric acid rinsing) to achieve those remain unclear. Therefore the ways to improve cavity performance are not apparent. In this talk I will review my research targeted on filling this gap in knowledge as well as practical technological advantages coming from it. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14116 | {
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The giraffe symbolizes communicating in the empathic spirit of NVC.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC), developed by Marshall B. Rosenberg Ph.D. (1934-2015), is a process used for transformative connection, based on the philosophy of nonviolence and an empathy-focused language for its expression.
Fundamental to NVC is nurturing the natural state of compassion, where the heart desires no harm, and the recognition that all people share the same basic human needs. NVC points out that everything we do and each action we choose is in service of needs, and an attempt to serve life.
Conflict arises not from the needs themselves, but from the strategies used in attempting to meet those needs. Strategies that put one person’s needs above another one’s needs, or some needs above other needs, are very costly to our relationships, yet these are the typical strategies we have learned and the only ones we know. NVC offers a path to finding new strategies that are needs-inclusive and less costly; a path to authentic communication, reconciliation, listening and being heard, deeper connection, and harmonious interdependent relationships that support mutual well-being.
NVC practice deepens our understanding of how we think, what we observe outside and in ourselves, what we feel and why we feel what we feel, the underlying needs and values, and what choices we have. Our habitual methods of blame, threat and force shift to more powerful, sustainable and mutually beneficial strategies of communication.
NVC has been successfully used world wide to build peaceful and respectful family relationships, to resolve conflicts in communities, schools, businesses, and prisons, to achieve win-win policies in government, and to shape nonviolent strategies in social change movements.
Nevada County NVC promotes regional Nonviolent Communication trainings, activities and resources, striving to make NVC teaching, facilitation and practice available to everyone. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14119 | {
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JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- Asia.
JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical -- Asia.
China -- History -- 1861-1912 -- Juvenile fiction.
When siblings Adèle and Simon visit their uncle in China, he buys them each gifts for their trip. Simon picks out a hat, a flute, a fan, and other small items, while his sister selects a camera to photograph their journey. As soon as they're packed and ready, it's time to set off with Uncle Sydney to explore! In a series of postcards home to their mother, Adèle describes each of the places they visit and the adventures they have... and, of course, what item Simon managed to lose at each stop along the way. On a silk farm in Shanghai, he loses his scarf. Along the Great Wall, his hat blows right off his head. By the end of the trip, Simon has misplaced all of his belongings! But when Adèle develops her photographs, she and her brother discover that they can see each of Simon's lost items in the background of the pictures.Barbara McClintock's meticulous research and intricate pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations bring this book to life, capturing the essence of each of the culturally and historically significant sites that Adèle and Simon visit. Children will love poring over the pictures to find Simon's lost items, and parents will value the authenticity of the art and story.
PreS-Gr 3-This addition to the children's saga finds Adèle and Simon touring China with their uncle. Told through postcards written by Adèle, this adventure is a true delight. With stops in Hong Kong, Tongli, and Shanghai (to name a few locales), this is a beautifully blended masterpiece of art and history. As with the other books in this series, Simon loses items along the way, prompting a fun search-and-find aspect that readers will love. The endnotes contain blurbs about each location, including significant historical information. VERDICT The intricate, vintage-style illustrations and interesting historical facts will be sure to please a wide audience. Young armchair travelers will want to pore over this one.-Jasmine L. Precopio, Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14121 | {
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A verb requires an object after it completes its sense is called a transitive verb. Transitive verb needs object otherwise the sentence does not make any sense.
e.g. The man killed a tiger.
Here the verb 'kill' is transitive. Its object is 'tiger'. Without an object, the sentence seems incomplete.
Killed what or who? The question itself suggests the verb demands an object.
Make what? Hence the sentence is incomplete without an object. We'll write.
Please make a cup of tea.
1. The boy opened a window.
2. The girls carry water to their village.
3. Will you phone your brother?
4. I caught a cold.
It is just opposite to transitive verb. An intransitive verb does not need an object to complete its sense.
I walk my horse every day.
There are transitive verbs, like ask, offer, promise, tell etc., that have two objects i.e. indirect object and direct object.
Exercise: Pick out the verbs in the following sentences and check if these are transitive or intransitive.
1. Manisha received a prize.
2. We arrived around midday.
4. The boy killed a snake.
5. He copied my answer.
6. The policeman arrested a robber.
7. We waited but nobody came.
8. The sun shines brightly.
9. Some books were sold.
10. He saw her yesterday. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14123 | {
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Dreams often mirror real life experiences but can also include fantasies and frightening elements from the imagination or movies, books or even computer games. To avoid sleeping trouble, sleep problems or sleeping disorders ensure your sleep comfort in the beds that you sleep in. Take natural sleep aids for a good night's sleep, sleep in when you can and remember sleep disorders will be diminished with comfortable beds. The most common emotion experienced in dreams is anxiety and fear. Various systems were devised to develop a system of analysis and interpretation to reveal the meanings of dreams and skilful lists of the meanings of dreams formulated which included the subject of Powder.
Your dream about Powder may simply reflect events of the day providing an outlet and safe way of expressing pent up emotions. Refer to Sleep Help if you can't sleep or your dreaming leads to disturbed nights, sleeping disorders or insomnia. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14124 | {
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Volkswagen Group is working on a traffic management system using quantum computers.
MacLeod is the CEO of Switzerland-based data company Teralytics. His company is one of three partnering with the Volkswagen Group in developing a system, announced this week, to manage traffic by forecasting volumes in urban areas, as well as demand for various mobility options. The idea is to give public transportation departments, taxi and rideshare companies as well as those renting bicycles and electric scooters a better idea of where and when to place their fleets.
Quantum computer company D-Wave is providing the high-powered hardware, running the data created by Teralytics. Google completes the triumvirate.
In an interview Friday morning from his home in London, Teralytics’s MacLeod explained how that data is gathered--essentially by capturing where people are through their mobile phones.
To bring the concept down to a more granular level, he said, think of train passengers who need to find a way to their final destination, perhaps using a rideshare service.
“In the end, mobility at its highest level is humans moving around in patterns and needing to somehow match the mode of transportation that suits best the trip and the supply of those different modes of transportation for the demand,” said MacLeod.
A simple example is the explosion of electric scooter rental services in urban areas, such as Spin, the San Francisco-based scooter-rental company purchased by Ford Motor Co. Understanding where people are, where they’re going and when helps solve the issue of “where do you place the scooters so there’s always one where you need it, rather than just hoping there’s one when you need it,” MacLeod explained.
The work with Volkswagen is ongoing for Teralytics as part of what MacLeod characterized as a “long-term relationship.” The company is also working with Spanish automaker SEAT to understand traffic patterns in Madrid as it starts to roll out a car sharing service, “and how they can contribute to a more sustainable, more efficient mobile ecosystem,” MacLeod said. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14125 | {
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The role of tropical forests in climate is most often expressed in terms of the carbon they keep out of the atmosphere if deforestation is avoided or the carbon they remove from the atmosphere as they grow. The direct role of forests, particularly in the tropics, in maintaining low surface temperatures and relatively high precipitation has been underappreciated.
Recent studies in the Brazilian agricultural frontier indicate that tropical deforestation, for pasture and crop production, has led to significant regional climate change in the last 40 years of a scale much larger than that attributed to the carbon released from deforestation. Deforestation reduces net surface radiation and evapotranspiration, thus increasing sensible heat flux and land surface temperature. In Mato Grosso state, the temperature of the forested Xingu Indigenous Park is 3℃ cooler than the surrounding mosaic of pasturelands, croplands, and remaining forest fragments. In the neighboring state of Rondônia, rainfall has significantly decreased and the dry season lengthened as deforestation occurred.
Numerical model studies strongly suggest that Brazil’s agricultural frontier will be much warmer and dryer in coming decades as greenhouse gas concentrations increase. Thus, in Brazil, it is becoming clear that, because of their capacity to moderate regional climate, preserving tropical forests will be a key component of mitigating exogenously driven future climate change. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14126 | {
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Perhaps you’ve read this article about Steven Sasson, an Eastman Kodak engineer who invented the digital camera in 1975. Kodak, which at the time commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of camera sales, had no interest in developing digital cameras. Of course digital photography eventually disrupted Kodak’s business and the company filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
Many will read this story and criticize the foolish Kodak executives for their short-term thinking. The lesson learned on innovation is that if you’re going to be disrupted, isn’t it better to disrupt yourselves?
Well I would argue that the state of innovation at Kodak in 1975 was much better than 99% of companies today. At least they had a digital camera project! Take a moment to think about it – how many companies can say they are incubating projects that have the potential in 15 or more years to completely replace their current businesses?
Yes Kodak blew it by not placing a few chips on building a digital photography business but at least the patents they developed earned them billions of dollars after their film business began to wane.
So ask yourself – what is your company’s digital camera project? And if you have one, are you committed to nurturing it for the long term? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14129 | {
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How much can your lungs hold?
Why does lung capacity matter? Breathing deeply helps remove toxins from our lungs, keeps us mentally alert, helps us feel good about ourselves and improves mood and sense of well-being.
Try this deep breathing exercise several times a day and see how good you feel! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14132 | {
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Waste needs to be better managed around the world.
Observation plays a large role in my belief that waste should be reduced. Books, courses, experience, and research all influence my view point. For most people problems of waste are of little importance and can be pushed to the sides. Waste of of food, natural resources, and garbage can be reduced more. Environmental damage needs to be reduced by human impact. is the biproduct of humans being put on the side for someone else to deal with. Alot of waste goes on. Cool people don’t waste all the time. Dealing with waste problems early is a good idea in my opinion. Every one has a different view point. On the fringes of the worlds serious waste problems should be dealt with. Every one has their role to play in reducing waste.
The United Nations deals with important issues like the impact of Humans. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14134 | {
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This project examined how issues relating to Canadian citizenship, identity, and cultural belonging are understood and discussed among Canadian citizens within online environments. Specifically, it used reddit conversations relating to Quebec's proposed Charter of Values in order to understand how such socio-political phenomena as hate, violence, and oppression are manifested and negotiated online.
Tieja Thomas talks about hate speech, freedom of expression, radical democracy and agonism as an integral curricular strategy.
Drs. Tieja Thomas and Vivek Venkatesh introduce methods for approaching research in digital environments. In this video they provide an overview of popular digital research methods and important methodological considerations.
In order to showcase one emerging digital research technique, Dr. Thomas presents analytic snapshots from her doctoral research program, which used corpus-assisted (critical) discourse analysis (CACDA). CACDA allows the digital researcher to carry out rigorous inductive analysis of large volumes of electronically encoded data by combining conventionally quantitative corpus linguistic techniques with typically qualitative critical discourse analytic methods.
In the second video of the workshop, they guide participants through hands-on CACDA of e-data. Participants are invited to consider ways of developing innovative methods for studying online spaces, communities, and digital culture by considering, for example, the potential contributions of reflecting online site affordances within analytic approaches.
By the end of these videos, participants will come away with concrete strategies for thinking about, engaging in, and representing digital research.
Tieja Thomas is a researcher and educator who spends her time thinking, teaching, and writing about issues relating to citizenship education and educational technology. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14135 | {
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Stone carving is an essential art-form for the Balinese. Every kind of stone sculpture you can think of is produced on the island, from deities to demons, giant frogs to rearing stallions, and they line the roads outside the workshops all the way up from the airport.
Traditionally, stone carvers produced works for temple and palace gateways. Gateways represent the division between the inner and outer worlds, and even today it’s rare to see the entrance to any Balinese house, office or restaurant without at least one stone sculpture (normally in the form of a demon) to maintain security. The demon form is also designed to scare visitors into behaving well once inside.
The sandstone that’s used for carving, called ‘paras’, looks heavy, but in fact it’s light like pumice, and weathers quickly in the tropical climate – this means that statues in temples have to be constantly replaced. Moss also grows quickly in Bali, so in no time the carvings look as though they’ve been around for decades.
If you’re shopping for statues, be warned: some aren’t carved at all, but are produced from a mould and poured lava-stone concrete. One way to tell the real thing from a fake is from the lines a mould often creates, where two halves have been fitted together. The centre of stone-carving is the village of Batubulan, between Denpasar and Ubud, and also Singapadu, but there are several outlets in the immediate Ubud area. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14139 | {
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The thyroid gland is a small gland located under the skin at the center of the neck. It is controlled by another small gland called the pituitary gland located at the base of the brain. This gland signals the thyroid to produce and release thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormone affects many parts of the body, from the hair coat to individual cell functioning.
A condition caused by too little circulating thyroid hormone in the blood stream. This is usually caused by the thyroid gland ceasing to function properly. Most of the time, there is no biological reason why the thyroid gland is not working properly.
The most common sign of hypothyroidism is a loss of hair, often on the tail, hindquarters or flank that is not the result of scratching. It may range from a very thin hair coat to complete baldness. Other signs include dry scaly skin, dry brittle hair, bleaching of the hair coat, possibly oily skin, increased pigmentation of the skin, thickening of the skin, increased susceptibility to skin and ear infections, and high blood cholesterol. It also may predispose the pet to a condition called “dry eye” due to thickened tears.
Advanced cases of hypothyroidism may cause lethargy and obesity, even on a limited diet. The pet may not want to exercise, may seek out warm places, and may have cold clammy skin. Breeding dogs may have a lack of libido and/or irregular estrus cycles.
Hypothyroidism is confirmed by blood tests.
Hypothyroidism is supplementation with thyroid medications. You should see an improvement in the overall condition of the pet in 2-4 weeks, but changes in hair coat take 1-6 months, depending on the rate of new hair growth for the particular pet.
HYPOTHYROIDISM IS TREATABLE BUT NOT CURABLE!
The drug will need to be given for the rest of the dog’s life.
Blood tests to monitor the blood thyroid levels must be done on a regular basis to re-adjust the medication dosage as needed to maintain proper blood concentrations of the medication. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14140 | {
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As countries around the globe mark World Water Day on March 22, the crisis in Venezuela has reached a new level of urgency as safe drinking water becomes increasingly hard to find.
Deteriorating economic and political conditions under the former regime have triggered power outages that regularly shut down the country’s water treatment plants. Running water is now available only intermittently.
Recent data compiled by a national poll, the Encuesta Nacional de Hospitales, paints a grim picture of Venezuela’s health-care infrastructure. Hospitals are reporting a rise in deaths from an outbreak of amoebiasis, a form of dysentery transmitted by contaminated food or water.
The country’s daily blackouts are also driving many people to use filthy river water. In some cases, people are reduced to filling water buckets from sewage drains, contributing to the spread of preventable diseases.
According to the U.S. Agency for International Development, nearly 70 percent of Venezuela’s hospitals report ongoing power outages and lack of safe drinking water. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14144 | {
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1. Draw any number of variables from a joint normal distribution. 2. Apply the univariate normal CDF of variables to derive probabilities for each variable. 3. Finally apply the inverse CDF of any distribution to simulate draws from that distribution.
The results is that the final variables are correlated in a similar manner to that of the original variables. This is because the rank order of the variables in maintained and thus correlations are approximately the same though not exact. This methods follows a method I presented in a previous post coded in Stata. I am not aware of anybody else proposing this method previously.
# the simply correlations are largely the same.
# Perhaps the poisson count distribution is not exotic enough.
# into skewed normal distributions. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14148 | {
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Immersion tank washers immerse a part, or parts into solution. The type of parts that can be immersed into solution vary from very large parts like heavy-machine engine blocks, to small precision components with small passages or other hard to clean geometries.
Moving parts through the system can be automated, continuous or indexed and use a variety of material handling methods like drop baskets or other conveyor types. Once immersed, single or multiple tank stages are common, with unlimited combinations of agitation, ultrasonics, wash, rinse, oil separation and more. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14153 | {
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Video surveillance systems play an important role in maintaining public safety, manufacturing and business processes, infrastructure, transport, civil, and other objects. The surveillance systems are especially effective when supported by software&hardware analysis complex of real-time video streams. This will reduce the dependence from operator errors (human factors), quickly identify threatening situations and attract the attention of the relevant services to such cases.
BCC specialists were among the first developers in Russia to build model of possible threats and disaster scenario used in designing new and upgrading existing security systems. We designed a scalable «heart» of such systems — the central hardware and software system (CHSS) called «BCC Security». The CHSS supports an effective operation of safety systems of any large-scale objects. CHSS identifies and ranks threats quickly, according to previously modeled categories, allowing security personnel takes quick decisions in accordance with their departmental instructions and regulations.
IBM S3 (Smart Surveillance System) could be included as key component into «BCC Security» CHSS for maintaining security of large-scale facilities. IBM S3 software is offered by BCC on the Russian market as IBM business partner.
Geographically distributed video monitoring of RAO ES under construction facilities to ensure the effective management of the construction. Broadcasting of images directly to RAO ES website. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14158 | {
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This exciting career involves a range of duties, and job applicants must be organized, critical thinkers who undergo academic and practical training. To become a police detective, you need to have some college background, preferably a four-year degree. If you are accepted into a program, you will most likely need to participate in academy training if you haven’t already received related training.
Because detectives have more responsibilities than regular police officers, they need to meet higher educational standards. A college degree in an area like criminal justice, criminal law or psychology are especially useful. These degrees cover topics that police detectives encounter in the real world, including racial prejudices, juvenile justice, criminal behavior, the Constitution and others.
Duties of a Police Detective: What are the duties / traits of a successful Police Detective?
Police detectives have exciting careers and are dedicated to protecting their communities. Detectives investigate crimes, interview suspects and witnesses, conduct arrests, work with other law enforcement professionals and lawyers and manage evidence. Paperwork is another big part of the job, and most police detectives are assigned a specialized unit that focuses on one type of crime.
Police Detective Salary: How much does a Police Detective make?
On average, police detectives can earn around $54,000. That range extends to about $32,000 on the low end and up to $86,000 on the high end. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14159 | {
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Named in memory of Walter Sydney Adams (1876-1956), whose spectroscopic studies of sunspots and stars led to the discovery, with A. Kohlschutter, of a spectroscopic method for determining stellar distances, the relative intensities of spectral lines being used to determine absolute magnitudes of both giant and main-sequence stars. Adams identified Sirius B as the first white-dwarf star known, and his measurement of its gravitational redshift was taken as confirming evidence for the general theory of relativity. He served as director of the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1923 to 1946. Name proposed by F. K. Edmondson. Citation prepared by J. Tenn. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14161 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 140
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Many international students are choosing Australia as the study destination because of its friendly and welcoming environment, excellent education system, high standard of living and worldwide recognition of its qualifications.
The standards for educational qualifications in Australia and its acceptance by other countries are defined in the Australian Qualifications Framework (www.aqf.edu.au). Administered by the Department of Training, the AQF specifies the standards, education and training organizations that are authorized by accrediting authorities to issue a qualification. Introduced in 1995, the AQF encompasses higher education, vocational training, and secondary schools.
On a level 1 (certificate 1 qualification) to level 10 (doctoral degree qualification), the AQF framework is structured around descriptive criteria and appropriate duration. Diplomas are pinned at level 5, bachelor degrees at level 7, and master degrees at level 9. Foreign qualifications are assessed at the comparable or equivalent level for the purposes of admission to an Australian education institution or employment.
To enable greater education and training mobility, Australia has undertaken joint technical studies with foreign jurisdictions for the purpose of determining compatibility and equivalency. In the Comparative Analysis of the Australian Qualifications Framework and the European Qualifications Framework (https://internationaleducation.gov.au/News/ Latest-News/Documents/ED16-0165%20-%20693040%20-%20Joint%20Technical%20Report_ACC.pdf), the AQF and EQF levels up to 4 are similar, but an Australian bachelor degree AQF level 7 is comparable to EQF level 6; whilst an Australian Masters AQF level 9 is comparable to EQF level 7. The maximum EQF level is 8 for a doctoral degree.
On the other hand, AQF and the NZ Qualifications Framework are broadly compatible. Each framework has 10 levels and is comparable, making ease of mobility across the Tasman ().
Students pursuing a qualification in Australia are assured their studies will have worldwide recognition and acceptance. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14162 | {
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The thing about data encryption is that it's basically a flashing neon sign indicating "SENSITIVE DATA HERE!" A new technique lets you secure your data by customizing the way that data is fragmented across your drive.
The new method uses special software to place data on specific parts of your hard disc using a code instead of the disc drive controller chip. Your sensitive data is encoded into a binary value and used to modify the fragmentation patterns of an existing file. The conversion is based on whether or not sequential clusters of data are stored adjacently. If they are, it represents a binary 1; if they aren't, it's a 0.
The system was developed by Hassan Khan and his colleagues at the University of Science and Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan. They say that it can hide a 20MB message on a 160GB hard drive, and detecting its existence would be "unreasonably complex." This is important because the normal methods of encryption are so well known that they're dead giveaways that something is amiss, and often the fact that you have something to hide can be just as damning as the information itself. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14165 | {
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Back in October 2001, father-of-three Masood Ahmed from Thornbury lost the use of his kidneys.
In 2007 he had a transplant, but sadly in July 2014 he suffered another heart attack.
He said: “For five to ten minutes I was like a dead man. My whole system shut down. I was taken to hospital and they put me on a ventilator machine.
Masood is provided with transport to and from St Luke’s Hospital but the stress of waiting for a kidney donor is taking its toll on his family.
Masood wants more people to sign up to the organ donor register.
“The kidneys have to be healthy, but in Asian communities there are problems with diabetes and heart attacks,” he continued. “Everyone on my mother’s side is diabetic.
“At the moment I’m off the transplant list because of my heart problem in July 2015. Surgeons put some stents in my heart so the hospital took me off the list.
The NHS desperately needs more donors from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups.
Patients from such communities are more likely to need an organ transplant than the rest of the population as they are more prone to illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension, which may result in organ failure and the need for a transplant.
Masood says he is positive about his chances, even though he feels tired ‘all the time’ and had to leave his job working at a petrol station.
On average, patients from BAME communities will wait for at least a year for a kidney transplant due to the lack of suitable organs.
Blood and tissue types need to match for a successful transplant and organs from people from the same ethnic background are more likely to be a close match. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14168 | {
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We’ve all been there: turning to the fridge when feeling lonely or bored or indulging in seconds or thirds when stressed. But when you suffer from bulimia, to overeat is more like a compulsion. And instead of eating sensibly to make up for it, you punish yourself by purging, fasting, or exercising to get rid of the calories. Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of binge eating, followed by frantic efforts to avoid gaining weight.
Many things can cause bulimia such as; being bullied about your weight, not being able to accomplish your dream for being 1 size too large or just feeling insecure.
The bulimic symptoms are; swollen glands, puffiness in cheeks, or broken vessels under the eyes.
This vicious cycle of binging and purging takes a toll on the body, and it’s even harder on emotional well-being. But the cycle can be broken. Effective bulimia treatment and support can help you develop a healthier relationship with food and overcome feelings of anxiety, guilt, and shame.
There is no prevention for bulimia. Early treatment may be the best way to prevent this disorder from progressing.
During an average binge, you may consume from 3,000 to 5,000 calories in one short hour. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14169 | {
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The paper explores interiors and landscape through the lens of the Woodland Cemetery Stockholm created by Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, between 1915 -1940. The cemetery covers an area of one square kilometre South of Stockholm city centre. In1994 Woodland Cemetery was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site and in 2009 was the subject of a competition to design a new crematorium to replace the function of the existing, which is to be retained.
This paper re-examines relationships between interiors and landscape, focusing on indoor/outdoor continuities, transient and material; and the navigation of space through time, at a range of scales. The paper attempts to extend critical discourse through exchange of ideas and vocabularies The paper explores interiors and landscape through the lens of the Woodland Cemetery Stockholm created by Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, between 1915 -1940. The cemetery covers an area of one square kilometre South of Stockholm city centre. In1994 Woodland Cemetery was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site and in 2009 was the subject of a competition to design a new crematorium to replace the function of the existing, which is to be retained. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14170 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 243
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A big part of my inquiry this year is accelerating progress.
This means we are aiming for 18 months shift in 12. Which means I need to take it back, step by step, thinking about what are the big things these learners need to tackle to raise their achievement and understanding (and enjoyment of texts!). I am thinking about not back-filling in every gap, but looking at the bigger concepts the learners need.
As you can see from the example images below, looking at individual achievement of comprehension strategies as mapped by SchoolTalk, there are many areas of thinking critically and comprehending texts which have not been 'hit' by these learners yet.
For me, the skills here link back to the basic idea of comprehending text, thinking about what is happening in the story and visualising it. So this is where my starting point will be: going back to basics but aiming for an age-appropriate level through multi-modal texts. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14171 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 192
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What is a pd4 file and how do I open a pd4 file?
The .pd4 file extension is a Windows Live Photo Gallery Information File because it is used by database files used by Windows Live Photo Gallery. This program is popularly known to be used for the management of movies, photos and other images. This allows users to create an electronic gallery whether they fill it with their own pictures or pictures they have just taken. This is mostly used by photographers who want to create a photo gallery to showcase their works. The .pd4 files used in this file type contain descriptions of these images and videos such as properties, file names, and other user data and they are usually stored in this directory - %USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindows Live Photo Gallery. This file extension is also used by DFSee wherein these files are used as backup files for the boot sector and partition tables. There are also several applications used to open .pd4 files and these are Microsoft Windows Live Photo Gallery, Filesig Simple Carver Suite, Microsoft Windows Vista , and DFSee . | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14173 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 222
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Many American children receive unnecessary chest X-rays, a new study indicates.
"Chest X-rays can be a valuable exam when ordered for the correct indications. However, there are several indications where pediatric chest X-rays offer no benefit and likely should not be performed to decrease radiation dose and cost," said study author Dr. Ann Packard, a radiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Researchers examined the reasoning behind 637 chest X-rays given to patients ranging in age from newborns to 17 years at the Mayo Clinic between 2008 and 2014. Of those X-rays, 88 percent did not influence treatment, the investigators found.
X-rays were conducted on children with problems such as chest pain, fainting, dizziness, cyclical vomiting, a general feeling of being unwell or under distress (spells). Another cited problem was a condition called "postural orthostatic hypotension," in which blood pressure drops suddenly when a person stands up after sitting or lying down.
Thirty-nine of the X-rays for chest pain were positive for pneumonia, bronchial inflammation, trauma or other conditions, according to the findings scheduled for presentation in Chicago Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. But chest X-rays had no effect on treatment for any of the children with fainting, postural orthostatic hypotension, dizziness, spells or cyclical vomiting.
Packard noted that limiting radiation exposure and costs are important objectives in health care.
"This study addresses both of these issues, which is important not only for physicians but also for young patients and their parents," she said in a society news release.
"I would like this research to help guide clinicians and deter them from ordering unnecessary exams which offer no clinical benefit to the patient," she added. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14175 | {
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There are more than 4,000 glaciers — vast, ancient reserves of ice — dotted throughout the Alps, providing seasonal water to millions and forming some of Europe’s most stunning landscapes.
Under a situation where greenhouse gas emissions peak within a few years and rapidly recede towards the century’s end — a scenario known among climatologists as RCP 2.6 — they found that a third of Alpine glacier mass would survive. However, under RCP 8.5 — essentially a business-as-usual approach where man-made emissions continue to rise as the global population swells — the models turned up worrying results.
“In this pessimistic case, the Alps will be mostly ice free by 2100, with only isolated ice patches remaining at high elevation, representing 5 percent or less of the present-day ice volume,” said Matthias Huss, a researcher at ETH Zurich and study co-author.
The study came a day after European scientists said that the world’s glaciers had lost around 9000 billion tonnes of ice since 1961, contributing to a 27-millimetre rise in global sea levels. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14178 | {
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Artificial Intelligence: Freedom or Imprisonment?
There’s a big debate recently on the threat of AI (Artificial Intelligence). Will computers take all the human jobs? What will humans do? Will humans work for computers?
I hear analysts talk about how many jobs will disappear by 2030. Millennials already want meaningful work, the jobs made obsolete by AI are of no interest to millennials anyway. Many have noted that we don’t know how many jobs will be created to replace the jobs lost by machines.
Will we be imprisoned or freed by AI?
Freedom. The way I see it is that we are leveling up on the worker-food-chain. We are clearing our brain space and our time to be able to focus on higher-level thinking.
Life is not a set of transactions. If we believe that humans are a set of transactions and algorithms, then a computer can surely replace humans. Alternatively, if we believe that humans are spontaneous, creative and emotional, there are things that keep us valuable to each other.
Imprisonment. If we don’t move into higher level thinking, and creative work, we will be imprisoned by computers. As a matter of fact, how will we even afford the conveniences they will provide if no one is working?
What would the economy run on if no one needed to work? That would surely disrupt our whole concept of economics. If we are only consumers, does the computer come up with new product ideas? And we just buy them? Perhaps our whole job is to consume. This hearkens back to the movie Wall-E where the humans were boneless creatures unable to walk, living on a spaceship. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14182 | {
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Questions regarding the Sun and objects orbiting it.
Questions regarding the Milky Way Galaxy, the galaxy that Earth's solar system is in.
Questions involving basic astronomical concepts or information.
Questions regarding stars which increase suddenly in energy output due to an explosion which ejected much of its mass.
Questions about relativistic theory of gravity. General relativity describes gravity as a geometrical property of space and time.
Questions regarding the action of or an object rotating along an axis. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14185 | {
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"token_count": 96
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In part grade inflation is caused when instructors grade more leniently to discourage students from retaliating by giving low teaching evaluations.
“We’ve long known there’s an association between expected students’ course grades and how they evaluate teachers. However, our study is the first to show that grades influence evaluations much less, if at all, when students can see what fair processes instructors use to assign grades,” said lead author Thomas Tripp, Carson College of Business associate dean, WSU Vancouver. Tripp conducted this study with former WSU doctoral students, Lixin Jiang, University of Auckland; Kristine Olson, Dixie State University; and Maja Graso, University of Otago.
“Faculty may not feel a need to award artificially high grades, if they knew how students’ perceptions of justice might influence this relationship,” Tripp said.
The researchers found students’ perception of fair classroom processes revolves around four essential teaching practices: (1) following the course rules by using grading rubrics that match stated criteria, and by aligning their course presentation and expectations to the syllabus; (2) obtaining student feedback and incorporating their interests and voice; (3) being aware of bias and grading blindly; and (4) correcting grades by providing policies for make-up work and absences.
But students’ concept of fairness extends beyond just grades, the researchers found.
“The most interesting thing we found in our study is that perception of fair process completely eliminated the threat of student retaliation via low teaching evaluations,” Tripp said.
Use grading rubrics consistently, and share them with students.
Course policies, such as late assignment submissions, should be in writing and included in the syllabus.
Instructors should include grade-appeal procedures in their course policies, and if possible, have their students submit their appeals by their student ID numbers rather than by their names. Should a grade appeal move up to a panel, the panel could include students to increase representativeness. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14186 | {
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"token_count": 421
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Explores how cultural, social, political and economic conditions have shaped rock music's evolution. Familiarizes the student with the history of rock music from its origins in Blues through contemporary rock styles. Prominent players and groups of each era will be covered, as well as sociological, economic and cultural factors that shaped the many styles of rock music. Extensive classroom listening will enhance the student's learning experience. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14187 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 82
} |
Kidney stones are small, hard deposits that form inside the kidneys and affect the urinary tract. These stones typically form when the urine becomes concentrated, which allows minerals to crystallize and stick together. Passing kidney stones is incredibly painful, and, depending on the severity of your kidney stones, may even require hospitalization and fluid therapy.
A urologist is trained to treat patients who are experiencing pain from kidney stones; in some cases, surgery may even be necessary. Urologists also address other problems of the urinary tract, including incontinence and blood in urine. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14188 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 115
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The BC functions allow basic mathematical operations to be performed on very large numbers that would normally not be possible on standard computer architectures. With standard mathematical operations, computers can only process numbers of a certain size; when that maximum size is reached, the number wraps around to its lowest value. Of course, this can lead to mathematical errors in your code. Using BC functions fixes this problem. One issue with these functions, however, is that they're not available by default in PHP due to licensing restrictions, and must be downloaded separately from . As of PHP 4.0.4, license conditions for the library changed and it is now available as part of the PHP source. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14190 | {
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"token_count": 133
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Below are brief descriptions of the various eye conditions we commonly see and treat at Natick Eye Care in Natick.
There are many different types of eye conditions that could be affecting your eyesight or could have long-term consequences if not treated properly or promptly. We list some of the more common conditions below. If you think you or someone in your family has one of these conditions, please contact Natick Eye Care in Natick for an exam and recommendations.
Lazy eye is not always easy to recognize since a child with worse vision in one eye does not necessarily have lazy eye. Because of this, it is recommended that all children, including those with no symptoms, have a comprehensive eye examination by the age of three and sooner if there is a family history of any eye condition or disease. If you suspect a problem, or need to set up your child’s first eye examination, contact Natick Eye Care to set up an appointment.
Like some other skin conditions, blepharitis can be controlled but not cured. The main goals in treating it are to reduce the amount of bacteria along the lid margin and open plugged glands. Contact Natick Eye Care to assess the severity of your problem and the best treatment method.
Since computer monitors are typically 20 to 26 inches from your eyes, your regular glasses may not be the best option for computer work. This distance range is considered intermediate – closer than what you use to drive a car but farther away than what you use to read. Special lens designs for computer work provide you with a larger intermediate area for viewing the computer and your immediate work area like the top of your desk. Natick Eye Care can help you determine if these special lenses are appropriate for you.
Natick Eye Care has the experience and equipment necessary to diagnose and often treat the eye conditions detailed above at our office in Natick. For more information please schedule an appointment with Susan F. Tomasino, O.D., and we will be in touch with you shortly. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14193 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 405
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ABSTRACT: Community-based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) has been promoted as part of the development discourse on sustainable natural resources management since the mid-1980s. It has influenced recent water policy in Bangladesh through the Guidelines for Participatory Water Management (GPWM) where community-based organisations are to participate in the management of water resources. This paper reviews the extent of success of such participatory water management. It does so by first discussing the changing discourses of participation in Bangladesh’s water policy from social mobilisation to decentralised CBNRM. Second, Bangladesh is used as a case study to draw attention to how the creation of separate water management organisations has been unable to promote inclusive participation. It argues that the current form of decentralisation through a CBNRM framework has not resulted in its stated aims of equitable, efficient, and sustainable management of natural resources; rather it has duplicated existing local government institutions. Finally, it questions the current investments into community-based organisations and recommends that the role of local government in water management be formally recognised. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14195 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 215
} |
What is the Energy Impact of Ventilation?
Approximately 30% of the energy delivered to buildings is dissipated in the departing ventilation and exfiltration air streams. In buildings constructed to very high Standards of thermal insulation, the proportion of airborne energy loss can be much higher. This loss has important implications both at the consumer level, where the cost must be met, and at the strategic level, where it impacts on primary energy need and environmental pollution. The amount of energy consumed is dependent on the flow rate of ventilation and the amount of conditioning of the air that is necessary to achieve thermal comfort (see Figure 1.4). Additional energy is needed to drive mechanical ventilation systems, cool air by refrigeration or evaporation and maintain acceptable humidity levels. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14196 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 151
} |
For this project our class had to collect data about how many different colours of cars we could see. The teacher assigned us with one colour; the colour car I had to count was blue. Then we went outside to count the cars for two minutes. We did two rounds of counting the coloured cars that we were assigned.
What does mode mean? And what is the mode?The mode is finding the average of something in this case it means finding the highest frequency which is white.
What data is it?This is categorial.
In conclusion I found out that white was the highest frequency. I think the investigation could have been improved by the data been collected from multiple days at different times of the day. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14197 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 144
} |
Charlotte Gistelinck, PhD, Ronald Kwon, PhD, David Eyre, PhD, and Mary Ann Weis worked with researchers from Ghent University in Belgium to assess the extent to which human type 1 collagenopathies are repeated in mutant zebrafish.
In this study, several genetic mutations and modifications were introduced in zebrafish, as seen in patients with different forms of classical Osteogenisis Imperfecta and Ehlers-Danos Symdrome. These "mutated" zebrafish exhibited remarkably similar features as human patients, such as fractured ribs, bowed bones and facial deformities.
The similarities in the progression and development of the disorders in the mutated zebrafish and humans illustrates the future potential of zebrafish as a tool to further explore collagenopathies in humans, improve diagnostic strategies, and accelerate the development of new candidate drugs.
An important advantage of these zebrafish models compared to laboratory mice is that they are much easier, much more efficient and much cheaper to work with. Zebrafish are also faster to breed and can produce up to 300 eggs in one breeding. These advantages together with this study's findings can strongly reduce the number of experiments needed in mice, which is currently the main animal model for the study of skeletal development.
Results of the study have been recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14199 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 284
} |
A term used to describe the entire range of electromagnetic radiation from long wavelength*, low frequency*, low energy radio waves on one end to short wavelength, high frequency, high energy gamma rays at the other. Visible light* covers a small range in the middle of the spectrum.
Visual depictions of the electromagnetic spectrum are usually shown on a log scale to allow the visualization to encompass the entire range of values which, cover many, many orders of magnitude. For example, electromagnetic energy wavelengths range from 10’s to 100’s of meters for radio waves, down to femtometers for gamma rays. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14200 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 122
} |
Official Winter Olympics site: At the site, students can track and graph information as it is published. Each sport has its own link. History of previous Winter Olympic medals and winners for researching and graphing is found at /medal-history?year=2010. There is a dropdown menu from other olympics.
Australian Olympic Team: Winter Olympic Games Lesson Plans Terrific resource with numerous links and ideas for implementation; divided into age levels and curriculum subject. Printables available.
K-12 Teaching and Learning from the UNC School of Education (Physical Education): Winter Olympics – What a blast! This site has lesson plans that cover the full spectrum of learning for P.E. with several sports and provides ideas for applying to other subject areas.
Larry Ferlazzo: The Best Sites for Learning About the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games Larry always has a great compilation of resources, soon to be published. You can look at his past resources for previous games and find ideas. Keep checking back at the site! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14201 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 207
} |
LiveCode LessonsData GridLiveCode Data Grid Working With Data Grids (Forms & Tables)How Can I See What The Data Grid's Internal Array Currently Looks Like?
A data grid has a helper command that will print off the first line of each key in the internal data array. If you need to quickly see what the internal array looks like just send "PrintKeys" to the data grid (1). This will print the array in the message box (2).
Note: You should not rely on PrintKeys for anything other than taking a quick peek at the array. It only prints the first line of each key so it is not a 100% accurate view of the data. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14214 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 140
} |
I can’t think of any creature less scary than a comb jellyfish. They’re small, they don’t sting, they’re 95% water and they put on a pretty little light show. Lovely.
But you wouldn’t say that if you were a comb jellyfish. These hungry little creatures are voracious predators that like to eat each other. They’ll even attack and eat other comb jellyfish twice their size.
It a bit unfortunate that one of the few species whose population is set to increase due to global warming, would have to be one of the few species that likes to eat itself. But you can’t blame them for loving jelly I suppose. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14216 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 149
} |
Ars Technica promoted the following comment to this post about Sony's new audiophile microSDXC card which will hit Japanese-only shores soon enough.
First of all, let me start by saying I’m sure, just like everyone else, that these devices have no practical effect on the audio produced by pretty much any practical system. That said, people seem to be confused about the nature of noise in a system.
As the story correctly notes, digital systems are inherently noise resistant, and often include error correction. There is no SD card or cable in the world that will help improve digital transmission if all the data is already being successfully transmitted. However, analog systems are susceptible to noise. In fact, a significant amount of analog design is dedicated to dealing with noise. In addition to random noise, which is introduced by thermal movement or other random processes in the devices, analog signals are also susceptible to interference, or other nearby signals which can corrupt the analog signal. Nearby electromagnetic fields can couple to analog traces on the board, degrading performance. A significant effort goes into carefully routing and shielding analog traces, as well as moving sources of interference further away.
High speed digital systems are a large source of interference. The fact that digital systems involve several wires switching at “full swing” at high frequency means that it produces a comparatively large electromagnetic field in the immediate vicinity. Again, a significant effort goes into keeping digital and analog components apart from each other in high quality audio systems. If your analog trace goes next to a memory running at hundreds of MHz, it will effectively increase the noise floor of your audio.
And there really is nothing left to say until Sony get into the business of making porper hi-end ethernet cables. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14218 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 355
} |
The appropriate lighting and using light reflectance values to guide our decisions will ultimately lead to environments that are properly balanced. The incorporation of full-spectrum light is also ultimately important to a healthy environment.
Studies have illustrated the improved performance and increased academic scores that are achievable when the learning atmosphere is properly designed. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/14219 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 62
} |
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