Being human, we always concern about our privacy. Privacy plays a significant role in our lives, right from starting on the day till the end of the day. As part of privacy, we want our data, messages to be secure. A common example is when we send a text message mostly expecting that only intended recipients should receive it.
So being intelligent, humans started manipulating a message in such ways that only the intended recipient should understand it. Manipulating a message is a very old technique to make sure data is secure. If we look back into history, In 44 BC Julius Caesar uses the technique now called Caesar Cipher to send secret messages. He used to shift the message letter by three positions down the alphabet. So, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on.
Basically, secret writing is called Cryptography. From ancient times to this modern world, Cryptography has evolved rapidly. In today’s era almost every application, every message which we sent, the phone call we make, TV, the Internet everything uses Cryptography.
Now manipulating message or data in such ways that apart from the intended user no one can read it, is an Art. It has its own challenges and different, unique ways to hide the actual message data.
Earlier the Cryptography depends on mathematics. We can call Mathematics as Art but not Science. Modern cryptography is the intersection of mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering, communication science. So Modern Cryptography is not only limited to mathematics anymore, it’s a required a bit of experiment and systematic study to understand Cryptography.
Today perfect security is not present, we called system secure until there is no efficient algorithm available to break the system. So, to make sure there is no efficient algorithm needs experiments. I would say Modern Cryptography is a mixture of Art and Science. Art helps to invent a new system, Science helps to prove its ability to it.


Animal Emotions: How They Drive Human Behavior gives a concise overview of ancient mammalian emotions deeply rooted in the human brain. Jaak Panksepp, a world-renowned neuroscientist, dedicated his life career to the study of mammalian emotions and he carved out seven distinct emotional systems he called seeking, lust, care, and play (positive emotions), and fear, anger, and sadness (negative emotions), all exerting a tremendous influence on human behavior.
Christian Montag, a neuroscientist and psychologist, and a long-time collaborator of Jaak Panksepp, revisits together with Kenneth L. Davis, one of Jaak’s PhD students, Panksepp’s theories and provides the reader with new insights into the nature of emotions and their role as survival tools, both for animals and for humans. They also raise new questions about the background of the research field Jaak Panksepp coined “Affective Neuroscience.” How are personality and psychopathology linked to animal emotions? Do animals feel the same way as we do? What are our emotional needs in a digital society, and what is key to a happy life?
About the Authors
Christian Montag is Professor of Molecular Psychology at Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. He is an expert in the molecular genetics of personality and emotions. Moreover, he investigates the impact of digital societies on human brains. He has published numerous articles in journals. Animal Emotions is his first popular science book in English. Get more information on his current projects at his website.
Kenneth L. Davis completed his PhD with Jaak Panksepp on Opioids and the Social Behavior of Dogs. He has continued his work with Panksepp on developing the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS), and has since focused on adjectives closely related to the six primary emotions measured in the ANPS. He has recently developed a short adjective personality assessment called the ANPS-AR consisting of 24 adjectives, which can be used to self-rate personality but which can also be used by observers to rate the personalities of others such as therapy patients. With Panksepp he authored The Emotional Foundations of Personality: A Neurobiological and Evolutionary Approach (W.W. Norton, 2018).
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Forty-nine is not a Prime number because it is also divisible by seven. Prime numbers are only divisible by one and themselves.
forty, forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty
40 dollars is spelled out 'Forty dollars.'
forty and forty-four thousandths.
forty forty-one forty-two forty-three forty-four forty-five forty-six forty-seven forty-eight forty-nine fifty fifty-one fifty-two fifty-three fifty-four fifty-five fifty-six fifty-seven fifty-eight fifty-nine sixty
I bet I can do forty pushups and forty situps.
$47,646 (forty-seven six hundred forty-six)
A quarter (not quarter) of forty eight (not forty eight) is twelve.
Forty-one Forty-two Forty-three Forty-four Forty-five Note: 4 = Four 14 = Fourteen 40 = Forty as in letter u is omitted in 40
The number is forty one (41). When you use it as an adjective, hyphenate it as in "forty-one dollars."


Small microscopic visible particles move randomly around in water.
If water were continuous, this shouldn't happen. Therefore this serves as one important evidence of atomic theory.
The amount it moves also quantitatively matches with the expected properties of water and the floating particles, was was settled in 1905 by Einstein at: investigations on the theory of the Brownian movement by Einstein (1905).
This suggestion that Brownian motion comes from the movement of atoms had been made much before Einstein however, and passed tortuous discussions. Subtle is the Lord by Abraham Pais (1982) page 93 explains it well. There had already been infinite discussion on possible causes of those movements besides atomic theory, and many ideas were rejected as incompatible with observations:
Further investigations eliminated such causes as temperature gradients, mechanical disturbances, capillary actions, irradiation of the liquid (as long as the resulting temperature increase can be neglected), and the presence of convection currents within the liquid.The first suggestions of atomic theory were from the 1860s.
Tiny uniform plastic beads called "microbeads" are the preferred 2019 modern method of doing this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbead
Original well known observation in 1827 by Brown, with further experiments and interpretation in 1908 by Jean Baptiste Perrin. Possible precursor observation in 1785 by Jan Ingenhousz, not sure why he wasn't credited better.


In an axial piston-type hydraulic pump, several essential components are utilized to ensure its proper operation and functionality. Let’s explore these key elements and understand their roles in the construction and functioning of this type of hydraulic pump.
- Cylinder Block: The cylinder block is a crucial component that houses multiple cylinder bores. It rotates within the pump housing, allowing the axial movement of pistons.
- Pistons: The pistons are positioned within the cylinder bores of the cylinder block. They reciprocate back and forth as the cylinder block rotates. The pistons create the necessary suction and pressure cycles to generate hydraulic flow.
- Swashplate: The swashplate is mounted at an angle to the cylinder block. It converts the rotary motion of the cylinder block into the axial movement of the pistons. By adjusting the swashplate angle, the displacement of the pump can be varied, enabling flow control.
- Valve Plate: The valve plate is located between the cylinder block and the pump housing. It contains a series of valve ports and channels that control the flow of hydraulic fluid to and from the cylinder bores.
- Control Mechanism: Axial piston pumps feature a control mechanism, such as a servo or control piston. This mechanism enables the adjustment of the swashplate angle, allowing for variable displacement and precise flow control.
- Inlet and Outlet Ports: The hydraulic pump has designated inlet and outlet ports for the entry and exit of hydraulic fluid. These ports are connected to the hydraulic system, allowing the pump to draw in fluid and deliver pressurized output.
- Bearings: Bearings support the rotating components of the pump, such as the cylinder block, ensuring smooth rotation and reducing friction.
- Seals: Sealing elements are used throughout the pump to prevent leakage of hydraulic fluid. These seals maintain the integrity of the hydraulic system and enhance the efficiency of the pump.
Each of these components plays a vital role in the functioning of an axial piston-type hydraulic pump. The cylinder block, pistons, swashplate, valve plate, control mechanism, inlet and outlet ports, bearings, and seals work in harmony to generate hydraulic flow, control the displacement, and provide reliable hydraulic power. Understanding the construction and interplay of these components helps in appreciating the complexity and efficiency of axial piston-type hydraulic pumps.


Coastal enhanced silicate weathering
Investigating the potential for CO2 drawdown in coastal environments
Preventing the release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere will not be enough to meet set climate targets (The Paris Agreement, UNFCCC). Active removal using negative emissions technologies (NETs) will be essential.
When silicate minerals are chemically weathered, a slow dissolution process is initiated. By artificially increasing the weathering rate of silicate minerals, “enhanced silicate weathering” aims to speed up the natural CO2 neutralization process.
The potential of enhanced silicate weathering in coastal environments (coastal ESW) is being investigated within an interdisciplinary Belgian-funded project involving three research institutions and three commercial partners.
Unique mesocosm facilities enable close tracking of silicate dissolution dynamics in a natural setting, while offering the possibility to test different application scenarios.
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2. “To fade…oh I’m fading that or I’m fading you, that’s a term in my frat and its commonly used. To fade means to like leave or disengage from. If we are hanging out and I walk out of the room.. I’m fading you, I’m leaving you. Or if its like I’m fading class, I’m skipping class.”
3. For my interpretation of this term, I associate fading or being faded to a term that is associated with marijuana. I have heard people say they are faded when they are high, but I have never heard of it in this way, so that’s interesting. Because this term is common in fraternities, I could gather that because fraternities are not new, this term has been around for quite some time and is not just used at USC. By the google definition of the word fade, it means to gradually disappear or come in or out of view. With this in mind, thinking historically, in the fraternity environment I would think it is common to come of with slang like this. Moreover, throughout history the word fade has been used and changed in so many different ways, but seem mean the same thing. For example, when getting a hair cut, one can ask for a fade and basically the length gradually gets thinner and thinner to create a fading sort of look. I think this is cool to think about.


Note that you need to be using a computer on the University network, or be connected to the virtual desktop in order to access the SQL Server
Connecting to your database
- Open up SQL Server Management Studio (Start > Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2016 > SQL Server Management Studio).
For ‘Server type’ select ‘Database Engine’.
⚫ For ‘Server name’ select ‘sql-server’.
⚫ For ‘Authentication’ select ‘SQL Server Authentication’ and enter your details within the ‘Login’ and ‘Password’ boxes. Your password will be issued to you at a support desk, or from your lecturer.
⚫ Click the ‘Connect’ button to connect to the server.
2. Once you have connected to the server expand the ‘Databases’ node to see a list of all the databases on that instance.
3. Scroll down until you find your database (your user ID). Expand this node and you will see a list of folders as shown in the image below.
Creating a table
1. To create a table expand the tables node, right-click ‘Tables’ and click ‘New Table’:
2. Enter the column names and data types you want in your table then under ‘Properties’ in the ‘Identity’ section, for the ‘(Name)’ value enter a name for your table, save the changes you have made to create the table, then close it.
1. To run queries against your database, right-click on your database (your username then click ‘New Query’.
2. This will bring up a window for writing SQL statements, write your SQL in the window then click the ‘Execute’ button. This will run the code and the results will be shown in the ‘Results’ window below.


The American Psychological Association (APA) conducted its annual “Stress in America” survey to examine how Americans feel and how much stress they are experiencing and why.
Of those surveyed, 63% said that the future of the nation is a significant source of stress, 62% indicated that money stresses are significant, and 61% said that work was a significant source of stress, according to the news release.
APA has conducted the annual survey for more than a decade, and money and work
have consistently topped the list of stressors. In 2017, however, after adding a question with a list of additional stressors, the survey revealed a common new source of significant stress: the future of our nation. While the public’s overall stress level remains the same, on average,
compared to last year, Americans are more likely to report symptoms of stress, which include anxiety, anger and fatigue, said the announcement.
The survey was conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of APA.
The full report is available at http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/index.aspx
The APA Help Center also includes: 10 tips for dealing with the stress of uncertainty and Managing conversations when you disagree politically.
Data was weighted to reflect proportions in the population. The online survey included 2,047 women, 1,376 men with political affiliations of 1,454 Democrats, 698 Republicans, and 672
Race of the respondents was 1,088 White, 810 Hispanic, 808 Black, 506 Asian and 206 Native American adults.
About a third (1,122) fell at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level and 2,087 were above.
Parents made up 1,182 and those without children were 2,258.
Data was collected online. Because the sample is based on those who were invited and agreed to participate in the Harris Poll online research panel, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be determined.


Accessible technology is designed to be inclusive of the needs of all users; assistive technology is created to enhance the daily lives of people with specific disabilities. Both types of technology are vital to a library’s ability to address barriers to information for its patrons. This exhibit provides an overview of past and present forms of accessible and assistive technology used on Stanford’s campus.
Curated through a collaborative effort of Stanford University Libraries (Natalie Jean Marine-Street, Oral History Program Manager, Stanford Historical Society; Rebecca Pernell, Associate Director & Head, Access Services; Josh Schneider, University Archivist; Hilary Thorsen, Resource Sharing Librarian; Kristen Valenti, Exhibits Coordinator, Silicon Valley Archives), the Office of Digital Accessibility (Auston Stamm, Digital Accessibility Instructional Specialist), the Office of Accessible Education (Robin Cole, Alternate Format & Assistive Technology Manager), as well as former Telesensory Inc. employees & the Optacon community (Judy Adams; Joan Bliss; Steve Brugler; Richard Oehm; Noel Runyan).
This exhibit is free and open to the public. Learn more about visiting Stanford Libraries on our website.
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A report from Ireland discussing mesothelioma cancer in woman, points out the global reach of this disease. The most disturbing finding of the study from the National Cancer Registry, was that wives of men who worked in asbestos-using industries are at risk for developing mesothelioma.
They found 90 percent of female mesothelioma victims were married. While men vastly outnumber women with mesothelioma diagnoses, with five times as many male victims, most of the women who developed this deadly cancer picked it up from their husbands. These men worked in shipyards or building construction, as pipefitters, electricians and other trades, and handled asbestos-laden materials day after day.
And at the end of the day, they came home wearing clothing covered with the dust containing the deadly asbestos fibers. After handling these clothes for decades, they too, developed asbestos-related diseases, like mesothelioma and asbestosis.
These women may not suspect they were even exposed, let alone could fall victim to an insidious disease like mesothelioma. Because it can take 20 to 40 years for the disease to be diagnosed, women today may be carrying the deadly fibers within their lungs from dust they inhaled decades earlier.
Ireland, as part of the European Union, did not ban use of asbestos until 2004, with limited restriction phased in from 1994, but that still means thousands of workers were exposed. And it means that Ireland, like the United States, still has tons of asbestos material in use, wrapping steam pipes and air vents, as electrical insulation, and in floor and ceiling tile in tens of thousands of buildings.
If you suspect your husband may have been exposed to asbestos during his working years, you could be at risk. You should discuss this with your doctor if you have any of the symptoms of asbestos-related diseases.
Source: Irish Independent, “Wives victim to cancer from asbestos on husband’s clothes ,” Eilish O’Regan, January 14, 2013


Alcohol is a drug that can either be enjoyed responsibly or irresponsibly. Although most people know their limit, even these individuals may inaccurately assess their driving abilities after consuming any number of alcoholic beverages. When these individuals get behind the wheel, they may put themselves and others at risk of serious harm or even death.
Why? Simply put, alcohol can drastically affect an individual’s ability to drive. Research has shown alcohol can slow an individual’s reaction time, which may lead to him or her failing to stop at a stop sign or red light, yield to pedestrians or slow for stopped traffic. Alcohol can also alter a motorist’s concentration, making it hard for him or her to remain attentive while behind the wheel. Coordination and comprehension can also be altered, resulting in trouble maintaining hand-eye and hand-foot coordination as well as one’s ability to make good decisions.
Of course, the amount of alcohol necessary to impair an individual’s driving ability is dependent on a number of factors. His or her weight, the type of alcoholic drinks consumed and the number of drinks consumed can all play a role. However, someone who weighs 160 pounds is probably over the legal limit after having consumed three alcoholic drinks. Someone who weighs 200 pounds, on the other hand, may only reach the legal limit after having four drinks.
It is important to note, though, that if alcohol contributes to a car accident in any way, regardless of whether the driver was within the legal limit, a victim of such a crash may be able to impose liability. This is critical to know, as these victims can be left with extensive damages that can include medical expenses, lost wages and pain and suffering. Those who want to learn more about how to competently pursue a personal injury lawsuit may want to contact an experienced attorney of their choosing. This can help protect their rights and interests along the way.


In 1915, New York Giants manager John McGraw saw John Donaldson pitch for the All-Nations and remarked, “If Donaldson were a white man, or if the unwritten law of baseball didn’t bar Negroes from the major leagues, I would give $50,000 for him and think I was getting a bargain.” Donaldson had a sharp-breaking curveball, a lively fastball, and excellent control. He hit his peak with the All-Nations just before WWI. The club, founded in 1912 by J.L. Wilkinson and J.E. Gall, was composed of blacks, whites, Latins, Japanese, Hawaiians, and Native Americans. But it was more than a novelty – it was a competitive, successful team.
Donaldson was reported to have struck out more than 240 batters over a 12-game span in 1916. In one 18-inning game, he struck out 35; in a 12-inning contest, he fanned 27 more. He threw three consecutive no-hitters against semi-pro teams. He led the All-Nations to three victories in four games against that year’s Black World Champions, the Indianapolis ABC’s. In the fall, the All-Nations beat Rube Foster‘s Chicago American Giants two games out of three, with Donaldson earning both wins.
The All-Nations disbanded in 1918 when most of their quality players were drafted for WWI. Donaldson went to play for the Detroit Stars. Wilkinson regrouped his troops after the war, renamed them the Kansas City Monarchs, and entered the newly formed Negro National League. Donaldson rejoined the team as a centerfielder and pitcher. The solid rotation of Donaldson, Bullet Rogan, Jose Mendez and Rube Currie formed one of the most feared pitching staffs in the annals of black baseball.
After leaving the Monarchs in 1923, Donaldson formed the John Donaldson All-Stars and toured the Midwest against local and semi-pro teams. He went on to scout for the Chicago White Sox.


river bank ne demek?
- Irmak kenarı, nehir kıyısı
- Havza, ırmak bölgesi
- Irmak yatağı.
- Nehir yatağı
- Çoğunlukla parklarda ve bahçelerde oturulacak sıra.
- Bk. sığdip
- Park bench.
- Bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
- Mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
- Steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
- Financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; 'he cashed a check at the bank'; 'that bank holds the mortgage on my home'.
- The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
- Sloping land ; 'they pulled the canoe up on the bank'; 'he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents'.


Aerial remote sensing is useful for spotting indicators in the survey of mine-suspected areas and minefields. Because the detection of landmines in the soil and under the vegetation cover is not yet practical, the minefield indicators and their electromagnetic signatures provide means for detection of the mine-suspected areas and minefields. The minefield indicators can be natural (e.g., vegetation cover) over a large spatial extent, or else artificial or man-made (e.g., trenches, bunkers, demolished objects) over a small spatial extent. The dimensions of artificial minefield indicators require use of multi-spectral sensors and aerial images with spatial resolution below one meter. Due to a mixture of natural and artificial minefield indicators, aerial survey should provide wide-area coverage, with very high spatial and spectral resolution. Two different approaches were applied to resolve this conflict. One approach used very high spatial resolution sensors (in the range of five to 10 cm), four wavelengths (green [G], red [R], near infrared [NIR] and thermal infrared), and image acquisition at low heights above terrain (starting with 30 m). Due to a large number of images, a serious problem was mosaicking and fusing the images acquired by used sensors (spatial accuracy and matching the radiometry). Another approach used three different sensors: multispectral line scanner (12 channels), synthetic aperture radar (Experimental SAR, four wavelengths) and photogrammetric camera RMK (color infrared photography [CIR], [G], [R] and [NIR]). Both cases used digital sensors, while aerial photography was used in one of them, but only as an auxiliary source of ground truth and contextual information.
"Fusing Aerial Multispectral Imagery and High-Resolution Photography,"
Journal of Mine Action
: Vol. 8
, Article 45.
Available at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol8/iss2/45
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Airbus will Design the New Concept of Fetch Rover to Bring the Mars Soil Sample Back
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) has been working on a project to bring back the samples of soil from Mars. This collaboration has been since April. With a budget of $5.2, ESA has approved for Airbus to design a concept of the rover that will be able to collect the Martian soil. Airbus has already been working on a project of their own naming ExoMars which is bound to go to the red planet in 2021. This project is the reason ESA granted the project to the Airbus team in Stevenage, England. This fetch rover has one task only that is to collect the canisters left behind by NASA’s 2020 Mars rover. This operation is quite different from ExoMars’s rover that will have a range of scientific equipment. But this does not mean the task to design it will be easy.
The Mars 2020 rover’s task is to dig and contain the soil sample into 30 tubes and dropping them at various point around the planet. Then the fetch rover’s task will include to detect and fetch these containers by going to them autonomously grabbing them by a robotic arm and store them in a secure containment. The fetch rover is expected to leave for our neighboring planet in 2026.
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The developer’s team at Airbus has explained that the rover will be small in size about 130 kg but the rover will have to travel very long autonomous distances figuring out the waypoints on its own each day.
It’s estimated that the total operation time of collecting these tubes will take 150 days for the rover. The next and last big task for this rover has located the spacecraft it came in. It will then deliver the tubes to the spacecraft and film it while it will launch and head back to the Earth. The rocket will then join an orbiter to bring back the sample.


Scientific Name: Myotis septentrionalis
Classification: Mammal, Order Chiroptera
- Species of Greatest Conservation Need-Tier 1a on the Virginia Wildlife Action Plan
Habitat: The northern-long eared bat hibernates in caves during the winter but has been found in artificial habitats such as mines and dams. These bats show a preference for tight slots and small out-of-the-way places in which to hibernate, but they may also be found in the open. They are most frequently observed hanging individually or in small groups of two or three bats crammed into a small crevice. In addition, they can be found hibernating in mixed clusters with other species such as little brown and Indiana bats.
Diet: The northern long-eared bat is unique in its feeding habit, as it snatches food from leaves, twigs, and the ground. This form of feeding is referred to as gleaning, and food items include moths, flies, beetles, caddisflies, and spiders.
The northern long-eared bat is very similar in appearance to the little brown bat and several other Virginia Myotis species. The northern long-eared bat measures 3–3.5 inches in length and weighs 0.17–0.35 ounces. This species can be distinguished from other Myotis species by its dagger-shaped tragus and long ears. The ears of this bat are 0.5–0.7 inches in length and, when laid flat along the muzzle, they extend past the nose by about 0.2 inches.
Little is known about reproduction in this species. Mating apparently takes place in the fall, and delayed fertilization presumably results in the birth of one pup in the spring. Small maternity colonies are formed consisting of fewer than 100 females. Maternity sites have been found under exfoliating bark of trees, in barns and other buildings, and even under bridges. Males and females swarm near and in the entrances of caves in August and September.
White-nose syndrome is the primary threat to this species. Protection of hibernacula and maternity colonies are conservation priorities.
Last updated: October 15, 2020
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Anselme, ANTOINE, a celebrated French preacher, b. at l’Isle-Jourdain in the Comte d’Armagnac, January 13, 1652; d. at Saint-Sever, August 8, 1737. His father was a distinguished surgeon. Anselme studied at Toulouse and became a priest. As a child he was called the “Little Prophet”, because he would repeat with appropriate gestures sermons which he had heard only once. The sobriquet clung to him up to his death. After his ordination he preached in Toulouse, and the Marquis de Montespan was so delighted with his eloquence that he made him instructor to his son, the Marquis d’Antin, and brought him to Paris. Pere Anselme’s eloquent sermons there soon procured him such repute as a sacred orator that parishes wishing to secure him had to do so two or three years in advance. In 1681 the French Academy chose him to deliver before it the panegyric on St. Louis. Two years later (1683) he preached at ‘Court. Mme. de Sevigne in one of her letters (April 8, 1689) speaks in warm praise of his intelligence, eloquence, charm, and devotion. He became a member of the Academy of Inscriptions in 1710. He died at the age of eighty-five, in the Abbey of Saint-Sever which Louis XIV had given him in 1699. Father Anselme’s writings are some odes printed in the “Recueil de l’Academie des Jeux Floraux de Toulouse”; “Panegyrics of Saints and Funeral Orations at Paris in 1718″ (3 vols. 8vo., with his portrait); “Sermons for Advent, Lent, and Various Occasions” (Paris, 1731, 4 vols. 8vo. and 6 vols. 12mo.); diverse dissertations inserted in the “Meinoires de l’Academie des Inscriptions” from 1724 to 1729.
JOHN J. A’ BECKET


Interest is a basic classification of aspects that capture the attention of individual or groups. The bigger the attention, the greater the probabilities that the respective target groups deal with a topic and engage oneself. For people, who are interested in people, it is not so interesting to pay attention to a project calendar - especially, if the calendar does not contain person-oriented statements.
Focus consists of five areas: person-, object-, time-, location-, and process-oriented.
If the interest is on people, it is advantageous to place individuals or groups into the spotlight. This includes for example introductions, characterizations, allocations and qualities of people, e.g. skills. In this context, visualizations (e.g. photo, diagrams, charts) are recommended, as well as short and simple descriptions or tables of any kind.
If the interest is object-oriented, objective, measurable things are located in the center. This includes for example articles, products, facts and qualities like e.g. size, worth. In this context, detailed texts and numbers are recommended that describe the issues.
In time orientation, the interest is on all aspects of time. This includes dates, periods and qualities like e.g. punctuality. In this context, detailed texts and numbers should include points in time and periods.
If the target group thinks location-oriented, the interest is on all geographical aspects. This includes accommodations, buildings, sites, countries, regions, continents and other geographical aspects, like e.g. distance, time zones. In this case, detailed texts and numbers should always be related to locations.
If the interest focus is on the process, the attention follows the flow. This includes process steps, sequences, procedures, workflows, interfaces and on qualities such as process security, value adds, bifurcations, cycles etc. In this context, the emphasis should be on process visualizations and detailed verbal descriptions as well as key figures.


Phase 1 (1-2 months): Initial Research for Individual Psycho-educational Plan and System Establishment
Upon completion of the registration in the Active Learning program, clinicians analyze the data from the Comprehensive Psycho-educational Evaluation results to set initial clinical and psycho-educational treatment goals and write detailed initial treatment plans.
During the course of this phase, Dr. Cho and his team set the top priority clinical treatment goals and initial psycho-educational goals to help improve the child’s language and learning development. They then develop psychological module and individually tailored psycho-educational strategies to achieve the goals.
These initial treatment goals and treatment strategies are written in an Individualized Psycho-educational Plan, called IPEP, by the child’s primary clinicians. The treatment team then sets the treatment procedures and guidelines and starts conducting structured sessions.
In order to objectively observe the child’s cognitive and behavioral progress development, the treatment team takes the behavioral modification approach in all sessions with the Behavior Charts. The Behavior Charts are composed of the Clinical Chart and Psycho-educational Chart and used to reinforce the positive behaviors incorporated into the initial clinical goals.
Once the child becomes used to the Behavior Chart system, the Home Chart is provided to the parents to target the child’s primary clinical goals.


New Delhi (Sputnik) — In what could be India's biggest achievement in space exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is experimenting with potential structures for lunar habitation, the Indian space minister informed the nation's parliament on Wednesday.
"ISRO along with academic institutions are performing experiments on potential structures for lunar habitation," Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, responsible for the Department of Space, informed the lower house of the parliament.
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Suman Balka, a member of the house, had asked him whether the ISRO had started working on building igloo-like habitats on the lunar surface for potential future missions and whether it was is planning to use the Moon as an outpost, like missions in Antarctica.
"Various options are being studied about the requirements and complexities of habitats. The study is more towards futuristic developments," Singh responded.
Several new technology elements have been developed indigenously and tests are being carried out for verification.
"Orbiter has completed the thermo-vacuum test, which is one of the major milestones. Lander sensors and actuators are tested on the ground to validate the performance and the results are satisfactory. The rover flight model is being assembled. Payloads are in various stages of delivery for spacecraft integration," Minister Jitendra Singh had said on 14 March when asked about the progress of the mission in Parliament.
ISRO had launched its first moon mission, Chandrayaan-I, in October 2008. Though the mission was expected to last for two years, it only lasted for roughly 10 months after the orbiter stopped communicating with the station in August 2009.


- Review the same case study you selected from last week’s Assignment.
- Use the Analysis of a Theory Worksheet to help you dissect the theory. Use this tool to dissect the theory and employ the information in the table to complete your Assignment.
- Review attachment theory and the following article listed in the Learning Resources: Foley, M., Nash, M., & Munford, R. (2009). Bringing practice into theory: Reflective practice and attachment theory. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Review, 21(1–2), 39–47. https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol21iss1-2id318
Write the assumptions of attachment theory.Identify the problem in your chosen case study to be worked on from an attachment theory perspective.Explain how attachment theory defines and explains the cause of the problem.Develop two assessment questions that are guided by attachment theory that you would ask the client to understand how the stress or distress, bond, and/or environment is affecting the client.Identify two interventions to address the problem. Remember, the theory should be driving the interventions. In other words, you would not identify systematic desensitization since this is not an intervention guided by attachment theory.Write one self-reflective question that is influenced by attachment theory that you can ask yourself to gain greater empathy for what the client is experiencing.
Submit also, as a separate document, your Week 3 Analysis of a Theory Worksheet.
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Response to The Bridge of San Luis Rey
By Thornton Wilder ©1927
[A novel consisting of Four Novels]
This is a short–but full and fascinating–novel about the lives of the five people who happened to be on the old, old bridge on the day that it fell, killing all of them. The narrator tells us about Brother Juniper, who was in Peru living with the Indians and witnessed the accident. He believed that we either live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan.
Brother Juniper researches and records the life stories of the Marquesa, Pepita, Esteban the twin of Manuel, Uncle Pio, and Don Jaime the little son of Perichole. Each of the “four novels” tells the life story of one or two of the five in complete detail. But his book about these people, and about his judgment of their morals and character, is considered heretical, and he and his book are burned.
The narrator concludes that there is a certain grace, an amazing grace (my words), that accompanies living and dying, and this grace springs from death to later bless those that remain.
The last words of the story are the words of Madre Maria: “Even now,” she thought, “almost no one remembers Esteban and Pepita, but myself. Camilla alone remembers her Uncle Pio and her son; this woman, her mother. But soon we shall die and all memory of these five will have left the earth, and we ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten. But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead, and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.”
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Wire bonding is the part of the fabrication that allows an electrical component to communicate with the outside world. A thin electrically conductive wire – typically gold, aluminium, copper or silver – is used to allow electricity to flow from contacts on the component to, or from, its packaging. There are two commonly used types of wire bonding – wedge and ball. Which one is more suitable depends on the substrate, the contact material, the bonding material, and a number of other physical factors. Bonders can be manual or automated, and some can feature pattern recognition software to help speed the bonding process up.
Bonding a wafer to another wafer is a step commonly used when packaging components in an micro or nanoelectrical device. It can help a form new functions in a device, or can ensure mechanical and hermetic encapsulation of devices and electronics. The result is irreversible.Common bonding methods include using heat or with an adhesive for thermally sensitive samples.
Annealing is a process that can reduce residual stress in a substrate that has accumulated during prior processes such as deposition.The material is heated to high temperatures and allowed to cool at a controlled rate. This allows the material’s crystal structure to relax into a less intrinsically stressed state, and to settle into a more desirable microstructure as it cools.


Butter contributes milk solids and water to a cookie, both of which soften it. Brown sugar contributes molasses – again, a softener. Using lower-moisture sugar (granulated) and fat (vegetable shortening), plus a longer, slower bake than normal, produces light, crunchy cookies.
Why are my cookies tough? The most common reason that cookies are tough is that the cookie dough was mixed too much. When flour is mixed into the dough, gluten begins to form. Gluten helps hold baked goods together, but too much gluten can lead to tough cookies.
Adding melted butter to your recipe will change your cookies’ and cakes’ structure, density, and texture: Adding melted butter instead of the traditional softened butter will result in a chewier cookie. Softened butter in cookie dough will give you a more cake-like cookie.
How to Make Crispy Cookies. While brown sugar keeps your cookies moist and soft, white sugar and corn syrup will help your cookies spread and crisp in the oven. Using more white sugar in your cookies will result in a crispier end product. To achieve a crispy cookie, skip the rest in the fridge.
Adding chopped nuts stiffens the dough and makes it easier to form. If the dough gets too soft, add a tablespoon or two of flour and mix in well. Cookies made from refrigerated dough can be frozen. Let cool completely and then store in an airtight container.
Store them at room temperature in an air-tight container, like Tupperware. Store different flavors separately. Over time, strongly flavored cookies like molasses or mint will seep into other cookies, so if possible store each flavor in its own container.


Many people have been told throughout their life that they need to take care of their teeth, which can be done by brushing and flossing your teeth twice a day, monitoring your sugar intake, and seeing a periodontist in Fairfield County, CT every 6 months for deep cleaning. These are all easy, yet important, steps to have healthy oral hygiene, but do we really understand the importance of taking care of our teeth? Here are some of the advantages of maintaining healthy oral hygiene.
Reduce Risk of Diseases
When a person has gum disease, the bacteria from the mouth can get into the bloodstream. It will then produce a protein that causes the blood to thicken, which can result in a heart attack. Gum disease may also cause a stroke because of the inflammation of blood vessels. Even more, gum disease increases the chance of a person getting cancer, including breast cancer, lung cancer, and skin cancer.
Full Set of Teeth
If you do not take care of your oral health, it could lead to tooth decay or gum disease. If you get severe tooth decay, not only can it cause pain and infection, but it can lead to tooth loss. If you experience tooth loss, we have dental implants in Stamford Ct available, but the best way to keep a full set of teeth is to take preventative measures.
Studies have shown that women with gum disease have a higher chance of giving birth to pre-mature or low-birth weight babies. This is because gum disease raises the levels of the chemicals that bring on labor.
A bright, healthy smile will boost a person’s confidence. A smile is one of the first things a person notices about someone else, so whether it’s a new friend, love interest, or possible employer, you don’t want their first impression of you to be a negative thought about your teeth. When you maintain healthy hygiene, it also reduces the chance of bad breath, which is caused by a buildup of plaque.
At Periodontics & Implant Dentistry Center, our periodontist in Fairfield County, CT will help you maintain your oral hygiene by deep cleaning your teeth, looking for any signs of decay, and performing any necessary procedures to help you maintain healthy oral hygiene.


A few weeks ago, our blog talked about how having a negative mindset can affect our physical health in a negative way. This week we’re going to flip the coin and talk about how being kind can have a positive effect on your health. Kindness is one of the most overlooked things we can do to stay healthy. Not only that, researchers are now finding that it can prolong our lives as well.
A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has recently found that kindness may help slow the effects of aging. While this study is not conclusive, it makes sense. If negative emotions affect us negatively, positive emotions should affect us positively.
In this study, 150 middle aged volunteers were separated into three groups. One group did mindfulness meditation training, the second group learned about loving kindness meditation, and the third group served as the control group. The researchers measured each volunteers’ telomeres (caps on the end of your chromosomes that protect your DNA) at the beginning and end of the study. As we grow older, our telomeres get shorter. The shorter they get the shorter your life expectancy is, so they are a good marker for longevity.
At the end of the experiment all three groups had shorter telomeres, but the group that had practiced loving kindness had less shortening than the other two groups. The control group’s telomeres were the shortest. The researchers concluded that practicing kindness for just a few weeks slowed aging slightly, prompting hopefulness that we can slow our own aging process by doing the same thing in our daily lives.
This week we challenge you to willfully practice kindness. Make a point of being kind to others and being kind to yourself. Not only will you slow the aging process, you’ll feel great about yourself while making others feel good too. If you need a hand getting into the proper mindset for being kind to others, BrainTap can help. Listening to a positive, motivating creative visualization audio session will help you release stress, sleep better enabling you to be kinder to yourself and others.
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Cats have a bad reputation for being ill-tempered. Their demeanour towards their humans are more of a tolerated existence. Part of their bad rap may be due to the contrasting behaviour of canines who cannot contain their excitement when they see their owner walk in through the door. Cat-behaviour expert at the University of Bristol in England and author of Cat Sense, John Bradshaw says cats behave the same way they do with humans as they do with other felines. Actions like rubbing around a person’s leg, grooming their person, putting their tails up, and simply sitting beside someone are things they do with other cats. Still, cats have feelings towards their owners and being apart from them causes them a lot of stress and affects the “quality of their mental lives and their health,” according to Bradshaw.Every day for the last year, the fur ball is fed by a family but leaves them to return to this area.
Instead, she visits her human’s grave daily. She also sleeps there.
“I thought she was homeless and tried to help but every time she wold keep returning to the same place,” says Prayitno.
“It’s very sad to see. It shows just how close animals are to their owners,” Prayitno reflects.


Using C, Sherlock and Array Solution
Watson gives Sherlock an array of integers. His challenge is to find an element of the array such that the sum of all elements to the left is equal to the sum of all elements to the right.
8 is between two subarrays that sum to 11.
The answer is  since left and right sum to 0.
You will be given arrays of integers and must determine whether there is an element that meets the criterion. If there is, return
YES. Otherwise, return
Complete the balancedSums function in the editor below.
balancedSums has the following parameter(s):
- int arr[n]: an array of integers
- string: either
The first line contains , the number of test cases.
The next pairs of lines each represent a test case.
- The first line contains , the number of elements in the array .
- The second line contains space-separated integers where .
Sample Input 0
1 2 3
1 2 3 3
Sample Output 0
For the first test case, no such index exists.
For the second test case, arr+arr=arr , therefore index 2 satisfies the given conditions.


What is the importance of Christian baptism? Jesus experienced baptism; He practiced baptism during His…
Among the Old Covenant ceremonies that foreshadow the Christian’s covenant with Christ is the water of purification. Consider how this ritual pre-figures Christian baptism.
Baptism by immersion was practiced by first century Christians. Their burial in water connected with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
John records a conversation between Jesus and a Pharisee, Nicodemus. Jesus reveals to this esteemed teacher how one must be born again to enter the kingdom of God.
John the Baptizer introduced the concept of baptism prior to the arrival of Jesus. What made John’s baptism different from the baptism later taught and practiced by the disciples of Jesus?
Ceremonial washings were found in both pagan and Jewish rites. What makes Christian baptism different?
When Paul met the disciples in Ephesus for the first time, he asked, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit?” Amazingly, these disciples of Jesus had never heard of the Holy Spirit. Paul then asked, “Into what were you baptized?” What does baptism have to do with having the Holy Spirit?
You’ve heard the gospel, but have you heard all of it? Maybe not. In fact, many people have never heard the whole truth about Jesus. Time has certainly taken its toll on the truth. Not that the truth can be changed, but it can be forgotten. This article explores some of the most important facts about the Christian faith that are often overlooked or ignored.


effect: Meaning and Definition of
Pronunciation: (i-fekt'), [key]
- something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect.
- the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect.
- a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech.
- meaning or sense; purpose or intention: She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect.
- the making of a desired impression: We had the feeling that the big, expensive car was only for effect.
- an illusory phenomenon: a three-dimensional effect.
- a real phenomenon (usually named for its discoverer): the Doppler effect.
- His silence was in effect a confirmation of the rumor.
- for practical purposes; virtually:His silence was in effect a confirmation of the rumor.
- essentially; basically.
- operating or functioning; in force:The plan is now in effect.
- The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.
- to go into operation; begin to function.
- to produce a result:The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.
- to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen: The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.


Data from: Neo-allopatry and rapid reproductive isolation
Montesinos, Daniel; Santiago, Gilberto; Callaway, Ragan M. (2012), Data from: Neo-allopatry and rapid reproductive isolation, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.97g9b
Over the last three centuries many species have been dispersed beyond their natural geographic limits by humans, but to our knowledge reproductive isolation has not been demonstrated for such neo-allopatric species. We grew seeds from three species of Centaurea (C. solstitialis, C. calcitrapa, and C. sulphurea) that are native to Spain and have been introduced into California, and tested to what extent seed production was affected by pollen source. Compared to within- population crosses, seed production decreased by 52 and 44 percent when C. solstitialis and C. sulphurea from California were pollinated with conspecific pollen from native populations in Spain. This implies rapid evolution of reproductive isolation between populations in their and native and non-native ranges. Whether reproductive isolation has evolved following the introduction of other species is unknown, but additional cases are likely considering the large number of neo-allopatric species.
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Calm Kids’ Feelings Diary
Calm Kids is a popular app designed to help children develop healthy habits and coping skills to manage stress and anxiety. One of the standout features of the app is the feeling diary, which allows kids to track and reflect on their emotions in a safe and private space.
The feeling diary is an interactive tool that guides kids through a series of prompts and activities to help them identify and label their emotions. It starts with a simple question: "How are you feeling right now?" From there, kids can choose from a list of emotions, ranging from happy and excited to sad and worried.
Once they select an emotion, the feeling diary offers a variety of activities to help kids explore and express their feelings. For example, they can write a journal entry, draw a picture, or complete a mindfulness exercise. The feeling diary also includes a section for kids to reflect on the events or experiences that may have contributed to their emotions.
The feeling diary is not only a great way for kids to learn about their emotions and how to manage them, but it can also serve as a valuable resource for parents and caregivers. By encouraging kids to regularly record their emotions and experiences, parents can get a better understanding of what is going on in their child's life and how they are coping with stress and challenges.
In addition to the feeling diary, the Calm Kids app includes a range of other features to support kids' emotional well-being, including guided meditations, breathing exercises, and stories designed to promote relaxation and calm.
Overall, the feeling diary is a valuable tool that can help kids develop self-awareness and emotional intelligence, as well as provide a safe and private space for them to express themselves and cope with the ups and downs of life. So, it is a must have feature for every kid's app.


Barcelona: It has become customary to take dinner late at nights especially in marriage functions and valima dinners. If someone eats early, he becomes the target of ridicule among his friends.
According to a tradition of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), after Isha prayer, one should finish his dinner and go to bed without talking. This will be beneficial not only in this world but also in the hereafter.
After carrying out long researches, the expert Dieticians have found that if dinner is taken early in the night, the risk of prostate cancer in men, breast cancer in women get reduced.
Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Spain conducted a research on 4000 volunteers out of which 2500 were women and 1500 men. Half of them had prostate /breast cancer. They were examined in detail.
The analysis of questionnaires about their eating and sleeping habits revealed that those who used to eat early and go to bed, the risks of occurrence of prostate/breast cancer were found to be less.
The research findings published in the latest issue of International Journal of Cancer revealed that if dinner is taken two hours before sleeping in the night, it has many benefits. Such persons have lesser chances of getting cancers.
It may be mentioned that many earlier researches were carried out only about eatables but this is the first time, a research has been conducted on eating and sleeping habits.


Protect Jaguars, the apex predator of the Amazon
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Jaguars control animal populations in rainforests to maintain a balanced food chain and healthy ecosystem. These apex predators once roamed freely from southern North America to central and south America.
Since the 1970s, their only natural predators—humans—have senselessly poached them and deforested their natural habitat. They are now completely eradicated from the United States and are highly vulnerable in their remaining territories.
Although some regulations are in place, the species has still lost nearly half of its historic range and over the last two decades alone, Jaguar populations have dropped by 25%.
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African American thought is encompassed by a lot of attempts to resist racialization. If we agree with the Fanonaian argument that negritude is a logical antithesis of that insult which the white man flung at humanity, we can consider Afrocentricity arouse due to the same reason.
Afrocentricity is considered one of the contemporary theories emerged as a response to the devastating impact of 400 years of racialization and oppression of African Americans. Despite its negative consequences, racialization can increase racial pride and knowledge of the self among the radicalized. Thus, Afrocentricity could retrieve the traditional principles and values of ancient Africa and use them to reconstruct an Afrocentric cultural identity of African Americans.
Asante defined Afrocentricity as a frame of reference wherein phenomena are viewed from the perspective of the African person. He described it as a quality of thought and practice rooted in the cultural image and interest of African people. He believed that it could encourage African Americans to understand their cultural identity through revitalizing black culture and consciousness among African Americans. In an attempt to re-humanizing the dehumanized, Asante developed an Afrocentric cultural identity as a source of self-assertion of African American’s cultural identity and pride.
This study aims at analyzing the evolution of Afrocentricity as a reaction to racialization process experienced by African Americans and the impact of promoting Afrocentric cultural identity on African Americans to recover the negative effects of racialization.
Keywords: Afrocentricity, Consciousness, Afrocentric, Cultural identity, Racism, Euro-centrism.


An investigation of grade 7 pupils' understanding of non christian religions in religious education in 2 selected Serenje district primary schools
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The study investigated grade 7 pupils’ understanding of non-Christian religions in selected primary schools in Serenje District. The study began by highlighting how the current pluralistic Zambian Religious Education has come about in order to implement and achieve objectives in the Education policy documents and also in the Constitution of Zambia. The study was conducted in Serenje District at two primary schools. One school was situated in the District Administrative centre, hereby stated as Abesu school while the other school was situated in the outskirt of the District, hereby stated as Balulu School. The study used the qualitative approach and case study research design in order to effectively achieve the research objectives and provide descriptive findings. In data collection, individual interviews, focus group discussions, short one-word answer exercise and lesson observation were used. The instruments for data collection were semi structured interview guides, focus group discussion guides and filling in the gaps questions. The target population was all the grade 7 pupils in Serenje District primary schools. Simple random sampling was used where all pupils of a grade seven class in a selected school were drawn as respondents. The study was backed with Goldman’s theory of religious thinking and Jean Piaget’s theory on child’s cognitive development. Grade 7 pupils being of ages between eleven and thirteen years were in their concrete stage of development and as such learners were only capable to make sense of concrete information. Similarly, the social environment surrounding primary schools created either a positive or a negative re-enforcement to the knowledge learners obtained in their classroom. The findings of the study were that pupils at grade 7 in primary schools in Serenje District of Zambia, had limited, distorted and weird understanding of non-Christian religions. Findings proved that the general outcomes for Religious Education were not being achieved. It was therefore recommended that production of appropriate teaching and learning aids in form of charts, videos, models, film slides, pictures and posters to support learning needs have be maximised. Additionally, Religious Education books should adequately be supplied in rural primary schools and they should contain as much information about religions in picture form.
The University of Zambia
- Education


Lever & Ecker, PLLC March 17, 2012 Construction Accidents
When a construction company fails to follow established OSHA safety regulations, construction worker injuries often result. Welding, brazing and soldering metal work are all hazardous activities that pose many risks for both health concerns and serious injuries.
The process of working with metal can cause harmful gases and fumes emissions. Base metal coverings contain filler metals, inks, and fluorides are present in the fluxes. These gases and fumes can create problems with construction workers’ eyes, skin, and hair; and on a more serious level, brazing accidents can create respiratory illnesses and negatively affect the nervous system.
Working with metal and brazing also requires excessive heat, which puts individuals at a risk for serious burn injuries.
Here are some safety precautions for brazing to prevent serious injuries during the process, please contact an experienced NYC construction accident attorney if your employer is not following these safety precautions or you become injured due to a lack of safety on the job:
Proper ventilation – when working in a confined area, it must be ventilated properly with fans and exhausts.
Base metal cleaning – before use, base metals should be cleaned to prevent unknown contaminants from being added to the fume hazards.
Knowledge of the metal types – workers involved in brazing should understand what type of metal they are working with and whether it will produce fumes when heated. Some coatings should be removed before the metal is heated.


An AHRC-funded project is looking for members of the public to contribute to efforts to gather detailed information on the rich treasure trove of illustrated material, illustrators and authors, currently locked away in Victorian Natural History publications.
Zooniverse, the premier citizen science platform, has today launched Science Gossip– a new crowd sourcing platform to investigate the use of illustrations in scientific publications. This is based on a unique collaboration between Zooniverse, the Biodiversity Heritage Library and the AHRC’s Science in Culture theme large grant project Constructing Scientific Communities: Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries.
It is hoped that members of the public will be able to help identify and tag illustrations currently in the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s online database. Once a page has been identified as containing an illustration, citizen scientists will then be asked to add relevant information from the image itself. This information will create essential data for historians to understand Victorian illustrating practices at a crucial moment in scientific history when Darwin was developing his theories of evolution.
In participating in this digital project, the ‘citizen scientists’ will also be helping academics to better understand the 19th century origins of the citizen science movement itself. Visitors to Science Gossip will be uncovering the names and characters of people who contributed to the growing visual culture of science publications.
Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and the Principal Investigator for the Constructing Scientific Communities project, said:
“This is the first time Zooniverse, or any of the project partners, have tried to use today’s citizen scientists to help map the contributions to science made by ‘citizens’ in the past. The public really can help to make a difference to our understanding of the culture of these nineteenth-century publications. I would very much like to harness the huge popular interest in natural history to further our research into this crucial area of modern scientific advancement.”


|Zeledon's antbird (Hafferia zeledoni)|
Isler, ML, Bravo & Brumfield, 2013
Hafferia is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The genus contains three species:
- Sooty antbird (Hafferia fortis)
- Blue-lored antbird (Hafferia immaculata)
- Zeledon's antbird (Hafferia zeledoni)
These species were formerly included in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera these three species were moved to the newly erected genus Hafferia with the blue-lored antbird as the type species. The name of the new genus was chosen to commemorate the German ornithologist Jürgen Haffer.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3717 (4): 469–497. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3. PMID 26176119.


It’s becoming more and more clear that the key to a child’s success is learning a wide variety of skills—including non-academic skills, like communication, compassion, and empathy. But what do we call these skills?
To answer this question, NPR has created a glossary that summarizes 7 key skills as well as the language around them. The confusion over what language to use—soft skills? 21st century skills? growth mindset?—comes from the fact that these skills are gaining recognition due to emerging evidence that non-academic, social, and emotional skills really make a difference in a child’s life.
See the full glossary here.
One key skill that we’d add to their list is “emotional intelligence”: the ability to understand your own emotions and recognize the emotions of others. Daniel Goleman and Peter M. Senge use it when talking about their successful model for creating a caring classroom. This is a learning environment that emphasizes “building empathy into the classroom setting, and developing emotional intelligence[, which] is key to success inside and outside of the classroom.”
For example, in Madison schools, preschoolers are being taught the “Kindness Curriculum,” which focuses on social and emotional learning, emotion regulation, and pro-social skills. Tthe preschoolers who took the Kindness Curriculum scored higher on tests of attention and social competence than children who didn’t receive the curriculum.
More recently, three Jefferson County Public Schools will begin teaching “compassion classes.” The superintendent says that the new curriculum is “really about building capacity within our students to self-regulate and make great choices,” which will “foundationally cause them to be able to achieve more.”
No matter what they’re called—you can take your pick from NPR’s list— these non-academic skills are increasingly becoming some of the most important ingredients in nurturing a successful child.


We previously discussed the rapidness in which the COVID-19 vaccine was created and explained all steps have been taken to ensure its safety and effectiveness. However, many are still left wondering! Here are new developments since the vaccine was first administered at the beginning of this year:
- The 1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1, B.1.427 and B.1.429 variants circulating in the United States are classified as variants of concern. Based on current data, the B.1.1.7 variant is the most common variant across the country.
- Recent data suggest that the COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the United States right now offer protection against most variants currently spreading in the United States.
- Evidence is limited on how the new COVID-19 variants will affect how COVID-19 vaccines are working. However, the CDC is continuing to monitor how vaccines are working to see if variants have any impact on how well COVID-19 vaccines work.
The most important take-away being – the process it took to create the COVID-19 vaccine so quickly. The government financially aided pharmaceutical companies so developers could solely focus on the COVID-19 virus. Vaccines aim to expose the body to antigen that will not cause the disease but will provoke an immune response that can kill the virus if the body become infected.
mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine to protect against infectious diseases. That immune response, which produces antibodies, is what protects us from getting infected if the real virus enters our bodies. Researchers have been working with and studying mRNA for decades. DNA and RNA can be thought of as cousins. The way the vaccine works is our cells are made up from messenger RNA. The vaccines make a spike in proteins in our bodies. Large-scale (Phase 3) clinical trials are in progress or being planned for three COVID-19 vaccines, one of which is Moderna’s mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine.
Along with the CDC, we recommend getting a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is available to you so you can protect yourself and others.
For more information on COVID-19 vaccines visit henryjaustin.org/covid-19-vaccine-explained/.
This information was originally posted on cdc.gov.
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Majority of the parent’s focus is on the extracurricular activities and academics of their children. But because of this, we tend to forget giving some time and effort in nurturing how our children will turn out to be a better person as they grow up. Though not so obvious, this is a critical component for the development and success of your little ones in the future.
You might kind of forget the significance of countering pervasive messages of consumerism, selfishness and instant gratification that is prevalent in our society nowadays.
Empathy or emotional intelligence is the ability of a person to put themselves in someone else’s situation. Through this, they get to understand that person’s thoughts and feelings. Additionally, it is among the critical foundations of a good person.
According to studies, it showed that high emotional quotient or EQs is an essential aspect to achieve success in life.
In an effort to encourage empathy, you have to encourage your children to talk about their feelings and ensure that they know you love and care about them. Whenever there’s a conflict with a friend, always ask them to see how their friend may feel and show them ways on how to manage their emotions and work on a positive resolution.


EMC director Anna Margolis compiled a list of books and teaching materials that help make teaching math to kids fun.
Here she shares some of her favorites:
• Multiple free resources with sample problems from Math Kangaroo competitions from previous years: https://mathkangaroo.ca/samples/en ,
• Books that teach out-of-the-box thinking. Anna really likes the ones written on the basis of mathematical clubs held in America. They can be found on Amazon using keywords “Math circle” or MSRI Mathematical Circles Library.
Among them, Anna especially recommends the books of Anna Burago.
• Anna also highly recommends Yuliya Gippenreyter’s works about the general psychology of communication with children for those able to read in Russian. For those who read in English, here is a good book: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (there is a whole series there too).
• Great workbooks for little kids from Zhenya Katz.
• There are also many math games for toddlers that the whole family can play such as SET, 7 ate 9, Ghost blitz, and Clumsy thief.
Looking to learn more? Want your kids to enjoy learning math? Come to our school! You can schedule a free evaluation here: https://www.emc.school/free-math-evaluation


Waking up drenched in sweat in the middle of the night is an uncomfortable and sometimes alarming experience. It can be caused by a variety of factors, from environmental conditions to underlying medical conditions. Understanding the causes of night sweats can help you take steps to reduce their frequency and intensity.
Sweating Through the Night
Night sweats refer to episodes of excessive sweating during sleep. The sweating is usually severe enough to require a change of clothing or bedding. They can occur on their own or in combination with other symptoms, such as fever and chills. Night sweats can be disruptive to sleep and can lead to fatigue during the day.
Causes of Night Sweats
Night sweats can be caused by a variety of factors, including:
-Environmental factors: Extreme heat or humidity can cause excessive sweating at night. Wearing too many layers of clothing or sleeping in a room that is too warm can also cause night sweats.
-Medications: Certain medications, such as some antidepressants, can cause night sweats.
-Hormonal imbalances: Fluctuations in hormone levels, such as those associated with menopause, can cause night sweats.
-Infections: Bacterial and viral infections, such as tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria, can cause night sweats.
-Cancer: Night sweats can be an early symptom of certain types of cancer, such as lymphoma.
-Other medical conditions: Other medical conditions, such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, and sleep apnea, can cause night sweats.
Night sweats can be an uncomfortable and disruptive experience. If you experience frequent or severe night sweats, it is important to talk to your doctor to determine the cause and find ways to reduce their frequency and intensity.


Why are medical clothes blue or green
The everyday form of clothing for doctors in most specialties is a white coat. But surgeons prefer colored suits. And many are interested in the question - why are medical clothes blue or green?
In operating rooms, surgeons work under strong lighting conditions. A white suit reflects light well and can not only create an additional strain on the eyes, but also blind the doctor for a moment, which can lead to a serious error, so doctors choose clothes of cold, dim shades for operations.
Another reason why doctors wear green or blue surgical suits is the peculiarities of the functioning of the human eye. During the operation, the doctor concentrates for a long time on objects of one color (most often red is blood and internal organs). Long-term focusing on such bright objects leads to the fact that a person loses sensitivity to small details. In order to relieve the load on the elements of the retina and preserve color vision, doctors wear a form of contrasting red - blue or green.
In addition, green-blue clothing has a calming effect on a person, helps to concentrate better. If you shift your gaze to the green form , your eyes rest a little, the load decreases. That is why the walls of operating rooms are often painted in soft shades of blue or green.
The assortment of TM "People in White" includes a large selection of women's and men's surgical suits in green and blue shades. Everyone can choose stylish and comfortable medical clothes to their taste. Medical polos are also very popular among surgeons.


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Just like when youre plotting y = f (x) you need to do two things – define f and define x (x is usually defined using linspace) Defining f: You can do this as an anonymous function. Start with something simple: f (s, t) = cos (s) * sin (t) Defining s and t: Were going to do this in two steps. First, were going to define the values s and t go over: s = linspace (0, 4*pi, 200);t = linspace (0, 2*pi, 100); The naive thing to try is just evaluating f (s, t) and plotting it z = f (s, t);surf (s, t, z); What happened? What error message did you get? What are the matrix dimensions of s, t, and z? Now try plot3 (s, t, z) What did that plot? Why? The problem is that we need a grid of values to pass to f, not just two arrays. This is where the meshgrid function comes in: [S, T] = meshgrid (s, t);Z = f (S, T) What are the matrix dimensions of S and T? Z? Now try plotting


Exercise Movement Techniques
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Methods or programs of physical activities which can be used to promote, maintain, or restore the physical and physiological well-being of an individual.
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Doves, in the Jewish narrative, are a symbol of tiding, of humbleness, peace and loyalty. in the center of the Ketubah you will find a peaceful rose garden with two loving Doves behind the Jerusalem walls. under it the quotation from the Song of Songs 6 3 " i am my beloved's and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the Lilies ".
On the bottom center, three windows overlooking the unique architecture of Jerusalem depict views of the city and an olive tree in the center, a symbol of royalty and richness of the land of Israel, one of the seven species.
On the bottom, under two entwined rooted trees, the quote " I shall betroth you to me with faith, with grace, and with justice" , paraphrased from Hoshea.
Surrounding the delicate white lacy design, the whole book of Song of Songs is written in micrography by the masterful calligrapher, Izzy Plodwinsky. Embracing the text are a group of flying doves.
On four corners of the Ketubah, inlaid with 24Karat gold leaf, are David's harps .
Framing the whole design in blue colors is the strong Jewish symbol of the Star of David, the pattern being inspired by the walls of an old Spanish Synagogue, one of the rare Synagogues that survived the war.
Love, music, loyalty and tradition are the themes of this Ketubah.
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Twenty years ago, on 11 January 1994, the Hon. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Roméo Dallaire, then Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, sent his infamous ‘genocide fax’ to UN Headquarters warning that Hutu extremists were stockpiling arms and preparing lists of Rwandan Tutsis to be exterminated. Between 7 April and 19 July 1994, after Dallaire’s warnings of impending atrocities went unheeded, over 800,000 Rwandans were killed during the genocide. The horrific events that transpired during those 100 days later served as the impetus for all UN Member States to commit in 2005 to the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
The commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide is an important opportunity for the international community to honor the victims. In this spirit, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect calls upon all UN Member States to take concrete steps during this period to demonstrate their commitment to the prevention of mass atrocity crimes and R2P.
States can do this by:
The Rwandan Genocide was a preventable tragedy. Conscientious reflection and determined action by all UN Member States during the 20th commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide will make it clear that the world will no longer tolerate genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
Dr. Simon Adams
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
The Graduate Center, CUNY
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New York, NY 10016-4309, USA


The Golden-crowned Kinglet returns to the Arboretum every year to spend the fall and winter months. This beautiful little bird always warms my heart when I catch a glimpse of it on a cold winter’s day.
They are pale olive above and gray below, with a black-and-white striped face. The males have a yellow-orange crown patch which is often concealed. During the breeding season, the male will flare his orange patch when chasing off male intruders in his territory. The females are similar and only have a yellow crown patch.
This is a tiny bird. All About Birds lists its length as 3.1-4.3 in. To help locate this bird, listen for the call notes that males and females give to stay in contact with each other. Peterson describes it as a “high, wiry see-see-see.” Another helpful hint to help find the Golden-crowned Kinglet is that it travels around in mixed flocks. Out at the Arboretum, you will see it palling around with chickadees, nuthatches, Bushtits, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and Brown Creepers.
The Golden-crowned Kinglet mostly eats insects, insect eggs, and spiders. I see it glean insects everywhere on the tree—the bark, leaves, moss, and lichen. It will also hover to capture prey under leaves or hawk for aerial insects.
Under “Cool Facts,” All About Birds has this miraculous bit of information: “The tiny Golden-crowned Kinglet is hardier than it looks, routinely wintering in areas where nighttime temperatures can fall below –40° Fahrenheit.”
Nature is an inexhaustible source of wonder. Hope to see you out there.
See more of Bryan’s work here.
Golden-crowned Kinglet Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golden-crowned_Kinglet/overview. Accessed 15 Dec. 2022.
Peterson, Roger Tory, et al. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America. 4th ed, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.


There is widespread support in New Mexico for getting kids outside to learn. This is evidenced by the bipartisan 2022 Legislative Session passing what will create an outdoor learning program at the New Mexico Public Education Department (Senate Bill 32, incorporated into House Bill 2).
Outdoor and environmental education programs, curricula, camps, and opportunities are more dispersed for teachers and students in rural areas, and the providers available face unique challenges in reaching and serving rural youth and schools.
In response, Environmental Education of New Mexico and the Conservation Science Center at New Mexico Highlands University will be hosting the free Fostering Connections to Grow Outdoor Learning Symposium. Focused on northern New Mexico and rural communities, it will take place by Zoom on Monday, April 18, from 9 am to 1 pm.The half-day symposium includes a panel discussion about knowledge equity in outdoor learning, emphasizing attention to local knowledge and perspectives that participants bring and offer as learners, educators, and community members. Following the panel, participants will take part in a series of networking activities and opportunities to build relationships to help maximize limited resources and expand capacity to serve rural youth, families, teachers, and program providers with relevant and meaningful outdoor and environmental learning opportunities in and out of school.
Just in time for Earth Day, these organizations will help make connections among diverse individuals interested in increasing opportunities for outdoor learning. This includes teachers, youth, families, outdoor and environmental educators, youth camp coordinators, public lands staff, and agriculture program providers.
Join us to hear inspiring speakers, participate in interactive workshops, and take the opportunity to build relationships that help increase outdoor and environmental learning in rural northern New Mexico.
This symposium is grounded in northern New Mexico, but rural communities across the state face similar challenges. Thus, all are welcome to work toward a model for expanding and resourcing our student communities.
Everyone is welcome and can register at no cost. Go online to eenm.org/symposium. This program was made possible by the generous support of the Los Alamos National Labs (LANL) Foundation Education Enrichment Grant. For more information, contact Tallie Segel, firstname.lastname@example.org, (505) 395-6178.


Three previously undescribed craters in southeastern Idaho were investigated to determine their origin. The craters, 80m, 28m and 10m in diameter, are spaced 713 m and 432 m apart. They tare situated on pediment above the Snake River flood plain. The largest crater is 31 m deep with wall slope ranging from 32œ to 45œ ; the intermediate crater is 10m deep with wall slope ranging from 28œ to 40œ. Crater walls are composed of unconsolidated colluvium ranging from silt to meter-size dolostone boulders. Loess of variable thickness overlies the area. The trend of the craters is subparallel to and lies northeast of the Grand Valley fault. Crater morphology and structure, together with results from metal detector and magnetometer surveys, fail to yield evidence to support origin by meteoritic impact. The structures are interpreted as tectonic collapse associated with the Grand Valley fault, possibly aided by solution of underlying limestone and dolostone.
- Greeley R. et al. (1969). Swan Valley Craters // Meteoritics 4:55.
- Jarmo Moilanen (2009). Impact Structures of the World.
- D. Rajmon (2012).
Meteorite crater near Swan Valley (flickr).


An Unfoldable Polyhedron
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To unfold a polyhedron, cut it along some edges and flatten it out to form a net. (Allowing cuts on faces as well as edges is called a general unfolding.)[more]
This Demonstration shows a "spiked tetrahedron" of Bern et al. . It can only be unfolded with overlaps since one quarter of it (a "hat") can be unfolded only with overlaps.[less]
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In  a polyhedron that can be edge-unfolded only with overlaps, is called an unfoldable polyhedron. The proof of the unfoldability of the spiked tetrahedron can be found in .
 M. Bern, E. D. Demaine, D. Eppstein and E. Kuo, "Ununfoldable Polyhedra," in Proceedings of the 11th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG'99), Vancouver, 1999 pp. 13-16. www.cccg.ca/proceedings/1999/fp38.pdf.
 E. D. Demaine and J. O'Rourke, Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 318–320.
"An Unfoldable Polyhedron"
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Air Traffic Controllers
Description : Control air traffic on and within vicinity of airport and movement of air traffic between altitude sectors and control centers according to established procedures and policies. Authorize, regulate, and control commercial airline flights according to government or company regulations to expedite and ensure flight safety.
JobTitles : Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS), Air Traffic Controller, Certified Professional Controller (CPC), Air Traffic Controller (Enroute Option), Air Traffic Controller (Tower Option)
- Issue landing and take-off authorizations or instructions.
- Monitor or direct the movement of aircraft within an assigned air space or on the ground at airports to minimize delays and maximize safety.
- Monitor aircraft within a specific airspace, using radar, computer equipment, or visual references.
- Inform pilots about nearby planes or potentially hazardous conditions, such as weather, speed and direction of wind, or visibility problems.
- Provide flight path changes or directions to emergency landing fields for pilots traveling in bad weather or in emergency situations.
- Alert airport emergency services in cases of emergency or when aircraft are experiencing difficulties.
- Direct pilots to runways when space is available or direct them to maintain a traffic pattern until there is space for them to land.
- Transfer control of departing flights to traffic control centers and accept control of arriving flights.
- Direct ground traffic, including taxiing aircraft, maintenance or baggage vehicles, or airport workers.
- Determine the timing or procedures for flight vector changes.


Everyday we encounter intersections in our lives whether we are driving or as pedestrians. Statistically speaking, it has been stated that 40% of all fatality related accidents happen at or near an intersection. To understand why so many intersection accidents occur one needs to be aware of what an intersection is; most commonly an intersection is thought of as a junction of two or more roads. In fact, every place were vehicles and pedestrians cross paths can be thought of as an intersection: driveways, parking lots, residential areas, etc.
Most intersections have some type of controls — either lights or signs –which are used to maintain the orderly flow of traffic through theintersection. If drivers or pedestrians do not heed these controls a collision may occur. For example, running red lights and striking bystandesr has become so common place that the government is now using unmanned camera systems to monitor and ticket offenders. Also, drivers that disregard the flashing red lights and stop signs on school buses strike scores of students every year.
Intersection accidents comprise a large portion of the case load for experts who perform accident reconstruction. When reconstructing an incident there are many questions that are often asked, including: Who had the right-of-way?; What color was the traffic light? How fast were the vehicles going? Could either vehicle have avoided the accident? To answer these questions, the reconstruction expert would analyze the physical evidence: tire marks, signal timing, post impact travel directions and distances, post impact trajectory of pedestrians, and, if available, airbag computer accident data.
For over two decades, CED engineers and certified accident reconstruction experts have analyzed many intersection accidents. The answers to the relevant questions about the accident are researched, documented and backed by sound scientific and engineering analysis.


On September 21, 1874, James Lick established a trust of $540,000 to endow the California School of Mechanical Arts, now commonly referred to as "Lick." George Merrill was hired to create and manage the school as the first director. Lick opened in January 1895, offering free education to boys and girls. The curriculum combined a general intellectual preparation with technical and vocational instruction. Merrill's goal was to create the "educated craftsman."
In 1894, Jellis Clute Wilmerding left $400,000 to the Regents of the University of California to establish and administer another school, the Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts, a school for boys specializing in building trades and architecture drafting. The Regents eventually situated the school next to Lick and, after only a year, invited George Merrill to become the Director of the Wilmerding School, in addition to the California School of Mechanical Arts.
A nationally recognized pioneer in vocational education, George Merrill was eventually asked to found and administer one more school, the Lux School for Industrial Training for Girls. Miranda Lux died in 1894, leaving money in her will to establish a school. Lux began operating in August 1912, when 120 girls entered its program using the Lick facilities. The curriculum was organized around five subjects: sewing and textiles, food, health, art, and retailing and merchandising. Lux opened its own building the following year, on land purchased from the Lick and Wilmerding Schools. The original Lux building still stands today at the corner of 17th and Potrero Streets in San Francisco.
Until 1939, the schools shared facilities, faculty and George Merrill, while maintaining independent trusts, boards and curricula. The Lux motto, "To do common things uncommonly well," expressed the educational philosophy which bound the schools together. Lux closed in 1952, but its early contribution to women was a significant accomplishment and model nationally.
In 1955, Lick-Wilmerding High School moved to its current campus on Ocean Avenue and became a boys only school, while beginning to develop its outstanding college preparatory curriculum. In 1972, LWHS became co-educational once again and, shortly thereafter, began charging tuition for the first time in its history.


I would like to create a model or write a script that will complete the following geoprocess:
If I have a layer of polygons, I need to place two random points in each polygon, create a line from those two points, and then check if that line falls within the polygon or not.
I am using ModelBuilder, and I am able to build a model that will create two random points within each polygon and then create a line between them. I am confident that I can figure out how to do the spatial join, but I am not sure how to use that to give me an output that essentially counts if it is inside the polygon or not.
I am unsure how to correctly set up the for - function and collecting the output data that I need.
for i=1 to 10000
Create two random points inside each polygon
Create line between those two points
Check if line falls completely within the polygon
Keep a count for each polygon if the line falls within polygon or not for each round through the loop
I figured I would ask if anyone had any examples they might be able to share that accomplished something similar, or if anyone had any suggestions as to how to build this model.


Our mind informs our body; and our body informs our mind, explains Dr. Johnson, our guest of the week. With this 2-way connection, we can consciously control our physiological functions to affect our health positively.
In biofeedback, medical instruments are used to measure the patient's physiological functions, such as muscle tension, which may be a cause of discomfort. Armed with this knowledge, that is the feedback, the patient can learn to change his actions, thus releasing the health symptoms. Dr. Johnson equates this to a driver using the readings from his odometer to adjust his driving speed. Overtime, the practice of adjusting bodily functions can teach the body to reset itself back to balance. Biofeedback is commonly used for stress management, and treatment for headache and TMJ.
Biofeedback therapy was initially used for peripheral analysis. The technique has evolved. Nowadays, neurofeedback, which involved monitoring the brain activities as a means of feedback, is being used to treat behavioral based issues, such as trauma.
Biofeedback and neurofeedback evoke our innate power of healing. The therapies are now used to treat many conditions, noted Dr. Johnson, such as countering the side effects of cancer treatment, and sleep disorders. Athletes are also using therapies to help improve performance.
This new year, instead of looking for resolutions, try evolution. Help your body and mind evolve to achieve optimal wellbeing. A discussion of what biofeedback is and how it can help to improve health and achieve optimal wellbeing.
Listen to broadcast 01/28/14
Margo Johnson, RN, PhD, Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Services, President Emeritus of Biofeedback Society of Washington State