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Paris Saint-Germain registered their first Ligue 1 win of the season at the second attempt, beating SC Bastia 2-0 at Parc des Princes on Saturday. Lucas Moura and Edinson Cavani got the goals for the French champions, but the real talking points came with the early injury to star man Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the ugly altercation after the final whistle between PSG's Thiago Motta and the Corsicans' Brandao. The Swede was substituted after 15 minutes, complaining of a rib problem, and the Italian was left nursing a fractured nose after he was the victim of a brutal attack in the tunnel.
- Report: Ibrahimovic suffers back injury in win
- Report: Brandao head-butts Thiago Motta
- Report: PSG return to winning ways
Although the afternoon ended positively with the French champions' first three-point haul of the season, it started badly. Inside of a quarter of an hour, Ibrahimovic went down after turning to avoid Bastia's El-Hadji Ba and was immediately left clutching his side. Several minutes after receiving some treatment, PSG coach Laurent Blanc made the sensible decision to withdraw the 32-year-old and instead sent on Ezequiel Lavezzi. Considering the form that Ibrahimovic has been in since returning to action, scoring eight goals in his last four games -- two of those in the 2-2 draw at Stade de Reims on opening day -- his potential absence could prove to be a major blow for le Championnat's titleholders over the coming weeks.
One thing Ibrahimovic's injury could do, though, is spur strike partner Cavani back into permanent life. The Uruguayan provided a timely reminder of exactly why les Parisiens paid such a princely sum for his services last summer by latching onto a quickly taken Marco Verratti free kick, snatching the chipped pass out of the air before finishing with aplomb. The 27-year-old seized his opportunity to impress in the Swede's absence and, although the severity of the PSG No. 10's injury will not be known until early next week, the chances are that Cavani will have to go it alone for the next game or two at least.
Based on how he performed without Ibrahimovic in the side toward the end of last season -- when Ibra was also injured -- El Matador has his work cut out if he wants to make a good impression this time around. Should Ibrahimovic be ruled out for a considerable period of time, though, this could prove to be the making of Cavani in the French capital.
Another player doing his best to impress is Moura, who scored the opener at Parc des Princes with a wonderful cushioned finish from a deep Gregory van der Wiel cross. The Dutchman would go off with a back injury at halftime -- another victim of Brandao's inexplicable aggression -- but Moura enjoyed a good 77-minute performance before making way for Yohan Cabaye. After his performance at Reims, where he incurred the wrath of Ibrahimovic at one point, the 22-year-old responded well and justified his continued selection.
The Brazilian was not the only PSG player to catch the eye though, as Javier Pastore continues to impress and looks like a new signing. The Argentine delighted the crowd at one point with some sublime close control and a clever nutmeg on Romaric, while continuing to thrive as part of Blanc's three-man midfield unit. Lucas Digne was also excellent at left-back, posing Bastia a constant threat and putting in a number of inviting crosses in a similar manner to van der Wiel's from the right.
However, Ibrahimovic and Motta's injuries will likely be preoccupying Blanc in the wake of the victory, and the thought of missing either -- along with captain Thiago Silva -- for the next few weeks is not a pretty one. The Italian's damage was sustained off the pitch and not on it, though. Made PSG captain once Ibrahimovic came off injured, the PSG No. 8 was walking down the tunnel when Bastia's Brazilian striker Brandao approached his opponent and viciously head-butted him before running to the visitors' changing room. Motta was left with a fractured nose and now could miss one or two games because of the unwarranted show of aggression, while PSG are calling for a lengthy ban for the player who has developed a reputation for laying into the capital club's stars since he arrived in France.
Despite the sour turn of events after the final whistle, it was a well-deserved victory for a PSG side that is not near to reaching its physical peak yet. It was comfortable enough for the hosts -- aided by a poor showing from Claude Makelele's men -- and the 2-0 scoreline accurately reflected the dominance of the capital side who twice found a way past their impressive on-loan goalkeeping prodigy Alphonse Areola. David Luiz also enjoyed a solid debut at the heart of the Parisien defence alongside Marquinhos and rarely looked troubled. As PSG's FIFA World Cup stars return, the champions will get stronger and their play will be more fluent but, for now, it was an adequate performance that produced the right result.
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A western diplomat and three regional security sources said Wednesday that Israel Air Force warplanes struck a target on the Syrian-Lebanese border overnight, hours after Lebanon reported a series of three overflights by Israel in its airspace.
Israel has expressed increasing concern over the fate of Syrian chemical and conventional weapons as the country slides further into chaos after almost two years of civil war.
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One reason the convoy was struck (reports) was that it was carrying Chemical Weapons.
There were reports of people donning gas masks.
I hope a lot of sand maggots got their virgins.
The moron mayor of NYC thinks BIDEN has balls? Whatta laff.
BIBI is the only leader west of Jordan with a pair of testicles. I wish we had a grown up man in the White House.
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A Lebanese news agency is now denying that there's been an Israeli strike on its border with Syria.
A Lebanese military source has told me he heard sonic boom from jets last night, but no boom of an explosion.
Very scary headlines in Arutz Sheva( INN News) with gas masks being handed to civilian Israeli's as fears Hizbollah will claim the gas missiles. I was sort of hoping Russia would make the rats pound sand but it sounds like absolute anarchy in many cities.
Debka is reporting it was a missile convoy in Syria destined for Hezbollah.
The FoxNews article seems to support the Debka article. (Missiles were in the convoy.)
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The Boltzmann equation is a nonlinear evolution equation first put forward by Ludwig Boltzmann to describe the configuration of particles in a gas, but only statistically. However, this equation and related equations are used in other physical situations, such as in optics. The corresponding linear inverse problem is also used in tomography
In reality, the Boltzmann equation is not a single equation but a family of equations, where one obtains different equations depending on the nature of the interaction between particles (see below). Although there has been a lot of progress in the analysis of the Cauchy problem under many circumstances, the broad understanding of the equation and the dynamics of its solutions remains largely incomplete. For an overview of the mathematical issues revolving around this equation see for instance
The classical Boltzmann equation
As explained originally by Boltzmann in the probabilistic description of a gas, we assume that the probability that a particle in a gas lies in some region $A$ of phase space $\mathbb{R}^d\times \mathbb{R}^d$ at time $t$ is given by some function
\begin{equation*} \int_A f(x,v,t) \, \mathrm d x \mathrm dv. \end{equation*}
Then, under certain (natural) physical assumptions, Boltzmann derived an evolution equation for $f(x,v,t)$. In particular, if one imposes $f$ at time $t=0$ then $f$ should solve the Cauchy problem
\begin{equation}\tag{1} \left \{ \begin{array}{rll} \partial_t f + v \cdot \nabla_x f & = Q(f,f) & \text{ in } \mathbb{R}^d \times \mathbb{R}^d \times \mathbb{R}_+,\\ f & = f_0 & \text{ in } \mathbb{R}^d \times \mathbb{R}^d \times \{ 0 \}. \end{array}\right. \end{equation}
where $Q(f,f)$ is the Boltzmann collision operator, a non-local operator given by
\begin{equation*} Q(f,f)(v) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^d}\int_{\mathbb{S}^{d-1}} B(v-v_*, \theta) \bigg( f(v'_*)f(v') - f(v_*)f(v) \bigg) d\sigma dv_*. \end{equation*}
here $d\sigma$ denotes the differential of surface on $\mathbb{S}^{d-1}$, and given $v,v_* \in \mathbb{R}^d$ and $\sigma \in \mathbb{S}^{d-1}$ we write
\begin{align*} v' & = \frac{v+v_*}2 + \frac{|v-v_*|}2 \sigma, \\ v'_* & =\frac{v+v_*}2 - \frac{|v-v_*|}2 \sigma. \end{align*}
and $B$, which is known as the Boltzmann collision kernel, measures the strength of collisions in different directions. The angle $\theta$ corresponds to $\cos \theta = \sigma \cdot (v-v_*) / |v-v_*|$.
The notation $f' = f(v')$, $f_\ast = f(v_\ast)$ and $f'_\ast = f(v'_\ast)$ is customary.
Collision Invariants
The Cauchy problem (1) enjoys several conservation laws, which in the Boltzmann literature are known as collision invariants. Take $\phi(v)$ to be any of the following functions
\begin{equation*} \phi(v) = 1, \;\;v,\;\; \tfrac{|v|^2}{2} \end{equation*} \begin{equation*} \text{(the first and third ones are real valued functions, the second one is vector valued)} \end{equation*}
and let $f(x,v,t)$ be any classical solution to (1), then we have
\begin{equation*} \frac{d}{dt}\int_{\mathbb{R}^d\times \mathbb{R}^d} f(x,v,t) \phi(v)\;dx\;dv = 0 \end{equation*}
according to what $\phi$ we pick this equation corresponds to conservation of mass, conservation momentum or conservation of energy.
Typical collision kernels
The collision kernel $B(v_*-v,e)$ should depend only on the distance $|v-v_*|$ and the deviation angle $\theta$ given by \[ \cos \theta = \frac{(v - v_*) \cdot \sigma }{|v-v_*|}.\] We abuse notation by writing $B(v_*-v,e) = B(|v_*-v|,\theta)$.
The case $B(r,\theta) = Kr$ is known as Maxwell molecules.
From particle models interacting by inverse $s$-power force, the collision kernel has the form \[ B(r,\theta) = r^\gamma \theta^{-d+1-\nu} b(\theta),\] where \begin{align*} \gamma &= \frac{s - (2d - 1)}{s-1}, \\ \nu &= \frac 2 {s-1}, \\ \end{align*} $b(\theta)$ is some positive bounded function which is not known explicitly.
The operator $Q(f,f)$ may not make sense even for $f$ smooth if $\gamma$ is too negative or $\nu$ is too large. The operator does make sense if $\gamma \in (-d,0)$ and $\nu \in (0,2)$.
In the case $s = 2d-1$, we obtain that the collision kernel $B(r,\theta)$ depends only on the angular variable $\theta$. This case is called Maxwellian molecules.
Grad's angular cutoff assumption
This assumption consists in using a collision kernel that is integrable in the angular variable $\theta$. That is \[ \int_{S^{d-1}} B(r,e) \mathrm d \sigma(e) < +\infty \text{ for all values of } r. \]
The purpose of this assumption is to simplify the mathematical analysis of the equation. Note that for particles interaction by inverse power forces this assumption never holds.
Stationary solutions
The Gaussian (or Maxweillian) distributions in terms of $v$, which are constant in $x$, are stationary solutions of the equation. That is, any function of the form \[ f(t,x,v) = a e^{-b|v-v_0|^2}, \] is a solution. In fact, for this function one can check that the integrand in the definition of $Q$ is identically zero since $f' \, f'_* = f \, f_*$.
The following quantity is called the entropy and is monotone decreasing along the flow of the Boltzmann equation \[ H(f) = \iint_{\R^d_x \times \R^d_v} f \ \log f \ \mathrm d v \, \mathrm d x. \]
The derivative of the entropy is called entropy dissipation and is given by the expression \[ D(f) = -\frac{\mathrm d H(f)}{\mathrm d t} = \frac 14 \iint_{\R^{2d}} \int_{S^{d-1}} B(v-v_\ast,\sigma) (f' f'_\ast - f f_\ast) \left( \log (f'f'_\ast) - \log(f f_\ast) \right) \, \mathrm d \sigma \, \mathrm d v \, \mathrm d v_\ast \geq 0. \]
Without Grad's angular cut-off assumption, and for a rather general family of cross-sections $B$, the entropy dissipation is bounded below by a fractional Sobolev norm in terms of the velocity variable minus a small correction
The Landau Equation
A closely related evolution equation is the Landau equation. For Coulomb interactions, the corresponding collision kernel $B$ always diverges, instead in this case, one uses an equation (which is an asymptotic limit of Boltzmann equation) first derived by Landau,
\begin{equation*} f_t + v \cdot \nabla_y f = Q_{L}(f,f) \end{equation*}
where now $Q_{L}(f,f)$ denotes the Landau collision operator, which can be written as
\begin{equation*} Q_{L}(f,f) = \text{Tr}(A[f]D^2f)+f^2 \end{equation*}
where $A[f]$ is the matrix valued operator given by convolution with the matrix kernel $K(y)= (8\pi|y|)^{-1}\left ( I -\hat y\otimes \hat y)\right )$, $\hat y = y/|y|$.
Note that when $f$ is independent of $x$ the above equation becomes second-order parabolic equation where the coefficients depend non-locally on $f$, in particular, one has an apriori estimate for all higher derivatives of $f$ in terms of its $L^\infty$ and $L^1$ norms (via a bootstrapping argument).[citation needed]
- ↑ Bal, G. (2009), "Inverse transport theory and applications", Inverse Problems (IOP Publishing) 25 (5): 053001
- ↑ Villani, C. (2002), "A review of mathematical topics in collisional kinetic theory", Handbook of mathematical fluid dynamics (Elsevier) 1: 71–74
- ↑ Cercignani, Carlo; Illner, R.; Pulvirenti, M. (1994), The Mathematical Theory of Dilute Gases (Applied Mathematical Sciences vol 106), Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag
- ↑ Alexandre, R.; Desvillettes, L.; Villani, C.; Wennberg, B. (2000), "Entropy dissipation and long-range interactions", Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 152: 327--355, doi:10.1007/s002050000083, ISSN 0003-9527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002050000083


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Objective: The students will be able to use measures of central tendency in real life situations.
Big Idea: This lesson will be connecting mean, median, mode and range to real life. It will allow students to make sense of problems by using previously taught strategies.
The students will be looking at a calculating mean question to get them ready for the day's lesson. The question involves the amount of cans of soda 6th grade student's drink in a day. They will be asked to calculate the mean and explain how they got their answer along with deciding if the mean is a good way to describe the data(SMP2) This problem is an informal assessment of how well the students can find the mean of a data set.** In this problem, I'm looking to see if students can calculate the mean and then be able say that the mean is not representative of the data. The mean in this problem is 2.5 and some students drink much more and some much less. The data itself is symmetrical with a small spread.*** I will be watching to see that students use the data value of zero in their mean calculation.
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The middle part of this lesson will consist of a power point presentation on applying the measures of central tendency and following up with an Around the room. The power point will focus on three concepts: choosing the best description for the data, exploring the affects of an outlier, and applying mean to real life scenarios. Slides are presented so there is one direct instruction with answers and one similar problem for students to grapple with on their own. It might be best to allow students time to talk over and explain their answers with their tablemates.
Following the instruction, the students will be participating in an around the room activity with a partner. The ATR (around the room) will consist of 13 problems for the students to solve. The questions will focus on the measures of central tendency and what they tell us and how they can be affected.
- Have students number their paper from 1 – 13. ( I like to have them fold the paper in half three times as this allows boxes for work space)
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In a few days it will be the first holiday weekend of 2011. What a better way to spend that weekend than with a little bit of history, a little bit of romance, and a beautiful place to stay. Colonial Williamsburg is open year round and offers discounted tickets in the winter. Fine Restaurants in Merchant Square are open and reservations are available. Enjoy some post holidays shopping at the Premium Outlets or Merchant Square. Stay with us at A Williamsburg White House and enjoy a beautiful room, great down comforters, a wood burning fireplace in the common areas along with afternoon wine and baked goods. A Full Breakfast in the morning to complete your stay is offered in the JFK Library or the Reagan Dining Room. Walk down the Street to enjoy a horse drawn carriage ride or stroll the historic area, you never know who you may meet, Thomas Jefferson perhaps? Need more history? Turn left out the driveway and right down the street you will find the Jamestown Settlement, complete with Indian Village, ships to explore, the fort and an outstanding museum. For more information, go to www.awilliamsburgwhitehouse.com
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What is a Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) crisis?
A Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) crisis can occur when a susceptible patient is exposed to triggering anesthesia agents.
This exposure can lead to deranged muscle function, producing muscle rigidity, very high fever, deranged function or failure of other organs (kidney, lung), abnormal blood clotting and other life threatening complications.
If treatment with dantrolene and other measures is not started promptly, up to 7 out of 10 patients may die from a MH-crisis and its complications.
How common is Malignant Hyperthermia (MH)?
It is unknown how many people in the U.S. are susceptible to Malignant Hyperthermia since most of them are otherwise healthy.
A MH-crisis during anesthesia is a rare event; it is estimated to occur once in 15,000 anesthetics in children and once in 50,000 anesthetics in adults.
However, if a person is known to be susceptible, anesthesia with triggering agents must be avoided at all times.
Who gets Malignant Hyperthermia (MH)?
Susceptibility to MH is an inherited condition.
Presently it is unclear how many people in the U.S. actually have this condition, because they are otherwise healthy and do not have any symptoms as long as they are not exposed to triggering anesthesia agents.
If a person is susceptible to MH each of his/her children has a 50% chance to inherit this condition.
What is Dantrolene?
Dantrolene was introduced in the U.S. in 1979 as a treatment for MH. Today it is still the first-line drug to treat a MH-crisis.
Dantrolene is given through an intravenous line and is thought to reverse the effects of triggering agents on muscle function, thereby interrupting a chain of events that otherwise would likely lead to serious damage to multiple organ system and possibly death in the untreated patient.
If dantrolene therapy is started promptly in a MH-crisis, the risk of complications or death is substantially reduced.
What are "trigger" agents?
Trigger agents are drugs used to give general anesthesia that can cause an MH-crisis in a susceptible person.
Trigger agents do not necessarily trigger a crisis every time a susceptible patient comes in contact with them. That means an uneventful anesthetic in the past does not rule out MH-susceptibility.
Trigger agents currently in use in the U.S. are:
What are "non-triggering" agents or alternative anesthesia techniques?
Simply put: any anesthesia agent that is not a trigger agent. A few of the most commonly used are: propofol, thiopental, nitrous oxide, fentanyl, midazolam, vecuronium, and many others.
Alternative techniques avoid general anesthesia and trigger agents. Examples include: spinal & epidural anesthesia, nerve blocks and local anesthetics.
Why not use "non-triggering" agents for all patients?
The so-called triggering agents are used in thousands of patients every day, and they are generally very safe with the exception of the rare patient with susceptibility to MH. Therefore it would not be practical to avoid these agents in all patients, regardless, since an MH-crisis is such a rare occurrence in the operating room (as rare as 1 out of 50,000 anesthetics)
Also, under certain circumstances many anesthesiologists may prefer using one of the triggering agents provided the patient is not MH-susceptible.
Is Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) associated with any other medical condition?
People with certain rare neuromuscular diseases have a high likelihood of also being susceptible to MH. Examples of those diseases are central core disease and King-Denborough-Syndrome.
What is MHAUS?
MHAUS stands for "."
MHAUS was founded in the mid-80s as a non-profit organization by individuals and professionals interested in MH.
MHAUS is active in the education of patients and healthcare providers about MH. It operates a medical identification bracelet program, a 24 hour phone hotline for health care professionals, and a register of MH-susceptible persons.
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Disclaimer: The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified health care provider.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 30, the White House confirmed on Tuesday, noting that the two leaders would discuss peace talks with the Palestinians, and issues in Iran and Syria.
The two leaders last met in Israel in March.
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Adult care center closes suddenly in Montgomery County
Adult care center closes suddenly in Montgomery County
An adult care center closed Thursday morning without warning, leaving families looking for new homes and employees looking for new work.
The Tillery Chase Mental Health Facility in Mount Gilead closed suddenly even though the facility is supposed to give 30 days' notice before a potential closure, state officials told WCNC. Employees said they had no warning of the closure, either.
The center had gone from a 3-star rating to zero stars, and it was issued 31 demerits during its recent inspection, state officials said.
Patients will likely be moved to care centers in other counties, state officials said.


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Subway has long promoted its foot-long sandwiches. So when customers caught the company serving up shorter sandwiches, they took their complaints to Facebook, grabbing media attention. The company has issued a statement saying, "We have redoubled our efforts to ensure consistency and correct length in every sandwich we serve."
Consumer Reports' Tod Marks says that's not the only product that's disappointing shoppers.
The Allergy Luxe Premium Bed Bug Mattress Protector says it provides "luxurious fabric protection against bed bugs, dust mites & allergens." But if you turn the package over and read the fine print at the bottom, it says "the manufacturer makes no claim that this product will prevent or inhibit human exposure to insects, allergens, mold, or other microbial matter."
The packaging for the Cuddly Sherpa Throw shows cute lambs. But look closer! The throw is made from "100% polyester." No lambs' wool whatsoever!
Looking for products that are "made in America" can be confusing as well. Just because you see a symbol such as an American flag, that doesn't mean it was American-made at all. The American Glove Company says "We Glove The USA." But look below? made in Vietnam! And you'd think dish towels made by American Mills were also manufactured in the U.S. Wrong! They're made in China.
Unfortunately, confusing words and images aren't necessarily forbidden by the Federal Trade Commission, which is responsible for monitoring deceptive product claims. All they ask is, "What would a reasonable consumer think?" And even there it's not clear- cut.
Consumer Reports says that means reading labels closely is a good habit to get into. And if you believe you've been mislead about a product, complain to the manufacturer directly. And file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at consumer.ftc.gov.
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If only these nursing books would be writtenOctober 09, 2012
This past summer, Medscape had an article titled "The Top 15 books for Nurses." They were "heavy" reads and not the self-help books I thought would have been on their summer "must-have" list. I've been thinking about writing some books of my own and thought I would share what my "Top 10" list would look like.


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Accreditation and Quality Improvement Partners
In addition to NACCHO, the following partner organizations actively support the development of the voluntary national accreditation program for state and local health departments.
American Public Health Association (APHA): Through its strong and diverse partnerships and alliances, APHA strives to strengthen and improve the nation's public health, including endorsing efforts to establish a national accreditation program for public health services. APHA has a resolution supporting accreditation, and continues its involvement with Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) and the development of the national accreditation program.
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO): Through its Accreditation and Performance Standards projects, ASTHO is committed to supporting continuous quality improvement and securing excellence in state-based public health practice. ASTHO supports state health departments in their efforts by providing tools and resources as well as comprehensive technical assistance to prepare states to better position themselves for accreditation under the voluntary national accreditation program. Through forming effective collaborations with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other partners, ASTHO assists in the development, evaluation, and implementation of the National Public Health Performance Standards, and provides training and funding for states to learn about and use the National Public Health Performance Standards Program state instrument.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): The CDC recognizes accreditation as an essential approach in strengthening the public health infrastructure in its strategic development process, the CDC Futures Initiative. CDC efforts to support accreditation and promote continuous quality improvement (QI) include providing funding for projects such as Exploring Accreditation, the National Public Health Performance Standards Program, the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships program, NACCHO's accreditation preparation and QI projects, and the creation of the Public Health Accreditation Board. CDC is also funding research on accreditation and public health systems.
National Indian Health Board (NIHB): NIHB represents and advocates on behalf of 562 federally recognized tribes throughout the country. In 2008, NIHB received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct a project to assess the feasibility of the promotion of voluntary public health accreditation and public health standards in Indian Country. Through outreach and education at national conferences focused on Indian health, the NIHB has found that public health accreditation is feasible in Indian Country, and that there is significant enthusiasm for public health accreditation by tribal leaders and public health professionals. Accreditation is consistent with Native Vision of healthy communities and improving health broadly.
National Network of Public Health Institutes & Multi-State Learning Collaborative (NNPHI & MLC): NNPHI supports collaborative efforts aimed at improving public health structures, systems, and outcomes. NNPHI is engaged in the National Public Health Performance Standards Program and manages the MLC project sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which will further advance the efforts of states already conducting systematic performance and capacity assessment or accreditation programs and quality improvement activities with their public health departments.
Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB): PHAB is the non-profit entity charged with developing and overseeing the national accreditation program. It was founded as a result of the findings of Exploring Accreditation project, which determined that a voluntary national accreditation program was both feasible and desirable. In 2005-6, a Steering Committee comprised of 25 representatives from public health organizations at local, state, and federal levels established a model for voluntary national accreditation program, incorporating public comment and feedback. PHAB was incorporated in May 2007 and anticipates accepting applications for accreditation in 2011.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF): RWJF has been engaged in supporting programs that help improve upon and ensure high quality public health systems and services, in order to further its mission to improve the nation's health status and health care delivery. RWJF is committed to improving the health and health care of all Americans. To achieve its mission, RWJF has sponsored such projects as the Multi-State Learning Collaborative program, NACCHO's accreditation preparation and QI efforts, On Common Ground, various quality improvement initiatives, and more. In addition, RWJF was a supporting partner in the Exploring Accreditation Project and continues to be a partner and funder in the development of PHAB.
Public Health Foundation (PHF): PHF is a principle contributor in efforts to improve health status of communities by providing a variety of tools and resources, including research, training, and technical assistance to health departments and organizations in order to enhance performance and workforce capacity. PHF is a partner in the NPHPSP and provides tools and resources related to performance and quality improvement.
Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII): PHII led a collaborative project involving representatives from local health departments nationwide, as well as NACCHO, from September 2005 through May 2006, entitled "A Collaboration to Define Local Public Health Business Processes." The project defined a set of business processes that local health departments can use as a means to build and improve their information systems to meet their needs. Business process analysis can be used to encourage quality improvement in local health departments.


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Introducing Function Graphs: Day 1 of 3
Lesson 1 of 30
Objective: SWBAT interpret and sketch graphs of real world events.
Big Idea: Interpret graphs to win big and create the best motion detector function graph in the class. Vote to win!
Bellringer Warm-up
Previous Preparation:
Follow the link to Dan Meyer's Blog and print the GraphingStories Graph Paper - one sheet per student. This will be their bellringer paper for the next week.
You may also want to open the two videos you plan to use today early so they can buffer on your screen and run smoothly without pausing for your students. I suggest using one elevation vs. time and one distance vs. time graph today to open the unit
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Beginning the New Activity
Wrapping-up + Homework
Assign the walking directions as homework. Each partnership was given two graphs so each partner can take one home and finish the walking directions for that one graph, if it was not completed during class. Inform students that the competition begins tomorrow so finishing the homework is vital to team participation. I would encourage students to talk that night in Edmodo.com or other means to ensure they both agree with final product.


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FORT JACKSON, SC -- The Army is revamping basic training for the first time in 30 years to incorporate lessons learned in the field and cater to a younger generation of soldiers that is more sedentary than past recruits.
"The major problem is that they are coming to us in [worse] physical shape than their predecessors," Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, Training and Doctrine Command's deputy commanding general for Initial Military Training (IMT), said at the Army's recent IMT forum held at Fort Jackson, SC. "This has nothing to do with who we are recruiting today. It's just a reflection of what's going on in American society right now."
To prevent physical training related injuries from happening during basic training, the Army plans to gradually increase soldiers' fitness levels so they'll be ready for more rigorous training later.
"We are seeing more stress fractures, a greater body fat percentage and a decline in the ability of many new soldiers to perform one minute of push-ups, one minute of sit-ups and make a one-mile run," Hertling said.
The attrition rate for new recruits in recent years has been between 10 percent and 15 percent, Hertling said, and much of it was caused by stress fractures and other serious injuries.
Additional calisthenics to build core body strength, as well as agility and strength, will be a part of the new standardized basic training regimen, Frank Palkoska, head of the Army's Fitness School at Fort Jackson, told the Associated Press.
The new 10-week basic training system is expected to be in place by July. Additional focus also will be placed on marksmanship.


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Manufactured 'Border Crisis' Has Real Human Consequences
Former SP publisher Tom Herriman recently visited the US southern border and filed the attached report in his podcast. (See News Digest.)
Husky Fans: Tired of Being Turned Away with your Pet from UW Events?
This costume may be the solution to your problem.
Latter Day 'Greetings'
Greetings from the President of the United States!
Your friends and neighbors have selected you to help make America great again by participating in an innovative program in international relations.
Along with other selected citizens, you will receive an all-expense paid trip from a designated US point of departure to Russia, where you will be interrogated by friendly officials of the State Security Service (AKA KGB, GRU, or whatever replacement euphemistic acronym they may choose).
Prepare now! You will be notified when to arrive at the point of departure (you will be responsible for costs of travel within the US). Bring a toothbrush and several changes of underwear.
John Bolton, Program Manager and Chief Apologist
Note to trumpeteers and the very young: This message is in the style of WWII draft notices. The difference is that none who are drafted will be bolstered by millions of volunteers. Oh, and for trumpeteers only: This is satire.
WA Jobs Report Shows Continued Growth
OLYMPIA – Washington's economy added 4,100 jobs in June and the state's seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate for June was 4.7 percent according to the Employment Security Department. The June unemployment rate was unchanged from May 2018 unemployment rate of 4.7 percent.
"Payroll growth slowed a bit in June compared with last May," said Paul Turek, economist for the department. "What's positive is that the consecutive string of jobs added per month continues and is scheduled to reach six years next month.
The Employment Security Department released the preliminary job estimates from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics as part of its Monthly Employment Report. The department also announced that May's previously reported unemployment rate of 4.8 percent was slightly lower at 4.7 percent. Job gains in May were revised upward from 8,500 to 8,700 jobs.
The national unemployment rate was at 4.0 percent in June. In June 2017 last year, the national unemployment rate was 4.3 percent.
Employment Security paid unemployment insurance benefits to 45,868 people in June.
The state's labor force in June was 3,760,500 – an increase of 100 people from the previous month. However, in the Seattle/Bellevue/Everett region, the labor force decreased by 2,600 over the same period.
From June 2017 through June 2018, the state's labor force grew by 38,800 and the Seattle/Bellevue/Everett region increased by 36,300.
The labor force is the total number of people, both employed and unemployed, over the age of 16.
Nine sectors expanded and four contracted. Private sector employment increased by 4,800 while the public sector lost 700 jobs in June.
This month's report shows the greatest private job growth occurred in professional & business services up 3,800, information up 1,000, and transportation, warehousing & utilities up 900. Other sectors adding jobs were education & health services up 600, wholesale trade and manufacturing both up 300, retail trade and leisure & hospitality both up 200, and other services up 100.
Construction experienced the biggest reduction in June losing 2,200 jobs while government lost 700 jobs, financial activities lost 300 jobs and mining & logging lost 100 jobs. Year-over-year growth is strong. Washington added an estimated 83,500 new jobs from June 2017 through June 2018, not seasonally adjusted. The private sector grew by 2.9 percent, up an estimated 80,500 jobs, and the public sector increased by 0.5 percent, adding 3,000 jobs.
From June 2017 through June 2018, all thirteen industry sectors added jobs. The three industry sectors with the largest employment gains year-over-year, not seasonally adjusted, were Professional & business services with 17,500 new jobs;
Retail trade with 17,400 new jobs; and Education & health services with 13,800 new jobs.
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Alaska Legislature May Ponder Requiring Russian Language in Public Schools
Moved by Pres. Trump's performance in Helsinki, the Alaska Legislature has reportedly appointed a panel to consider requiring the study of Russian in the state's public schools.
No one in the legislature or the state Republican party has confirmed or denied that the Trump government may soon return Alaska to Russia as part of a strategic global plan so clever that no one can figure it out.
The idea of a withdrawal of the US was prompted by a statement by Pres. Trump in 2016, when he asserted "Seward's Folly, as I call, it many people called it that at the time, I call it that now, as do many other people, as I learned at the Wharton School while Hillary was in Benghazi scheming to hide her emails, was a bad deal, a very bad deal, one of the worst deals ever for America, many people opposed it, $720 million down the drain, sad" to a campaign crowd. (The actual amount paid by the US was $7.2 million, and US Treasury revenue from Alaska in 2015 was $5,717.6 billion.)
He continued "..." (omitted for brevity and the sensibilities of thinking people everywhere).
One ranking member of the state senate, who asked not to be identified, stated the reasoning this way: "The meeting made it pretty clear that accommodating Russian political objectives will become an ever more important aspect of US foreign policy, As we've learned from the case of other states, when Trump grabs his ankles in the parlor, citizens should be waiting in the bedroom with a smile."
Some support for the addition of Russian to school curricula has previously been attributed fo descendants of pre-1863 Russian settlers in the vast territory.
"I'm sick and tired of people mispronouncing my name," said Rep. Nikolas Rapemenow, referring to the correct pronunciation Ra-pem-me-noff of the original Cyrillic spelling,
The Trump family has strong roots in the region. Pres. Trump's grandfather was a well known bordello operator there during the Gold Rush era (graphic).
We'll have community reaction from other parts of the state in a forthcoming edition.
Lynnwood Non-profit Partners with UW Bothell to Promote Latino Event
Three University of Washington Bothell courses with a total of 50 students are engaged in community-based learning and research (CBLR) projects this summer with the Latino Educational Training Institute (LETI), a Lynnwood-based nonprofit that serves the Latino community in south Snohomish County.
UW Bothell started its partnership with LETI three years ago, and some faculty involve their classes almost every quarter, said Kara Adams, UW Bothell's director of community engagement. The University has dozens of such partner organizations and businesses, and LETI is one of just six on its community engagement council, she added.
The students' projects in these courses all relate to the annual Latino Expo, scheduled for Aug. 4 at Edmonds Community College where as many as 1,000 people will enjoy food, music and cultural dance along with educational workshops and medical screening. As part of its mission to strengthen community ties, the expo also showcases products and services for and by the Latino community.
WA Secretary of State Cautions RE Non-profit Fraud Scheme
Secretary of State Kim Wyman is cautioning Washington business owners to be aware of a misleading and potentially fraudulent mailing that purports to be an official bill related to business registration requirements, according to a press release today from Washington Non-profits, a statewide service organization. Nonprofits are targets of this phishing scheme and we caution all nonprofits to be on the look out for this letter.
"We're working with the Attorney General's Office – the agency that investigates and prosecutes consumer fraud – to see if further action should be taken to protect businesses in Washington," said Wyman, whose office includes the Corporations and Charities Division.
A mailing sent recently to an Edmonds business requested $121.86 be sent to an Olympia post office box by July 31. It warned that "your state annual report will not be filed until payment is received." However, the mailing does not mention the Office of Secretary of State or include its logo, which can be found on all official correspondence.
Wyman added that any business owner who receives a registration-related bill from an unknown third-party company should contact the Attorney General's consumer protection division or file an online complaint at atg.wa.gov/fileacomplaint.aspx.
Similar solicitations in the past several years have resulted in an investigation and legal action taken against the senders of the fraudulent letters. Businesses and charities in Washington can always verify their filing status with the Office of Secretary of State by visiting the website, sos.wa.gov/corps. Registration-related questions can be answered at (360) 725-0377 or e-mailed to email@example.com.
Washington's Office of Secretary of State oversees a number of areas within state government, including managing state elections, registering business entities and charities, and governing the use of the state flag and state seal. The office also manages the State Archives and the State Library, as well as documents extraordinary stories in Washington's history through Legacy Washington.
Solid gain in payroll employment, unemployment rate little changed
OLYMPIA – Washington's economy added 7,100 jobs in April and the state's seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate for April was 4.8 percent according to the Employment Security Department. The April unemployment rate was slightly higher than the revised estimated March 2018 unemployment rate of 4.7 percent.
"Washington's employment situation remains on a positive course," said Paul Turek, economist for the department. "Jobs keep being added each successive month and the unemployment rate has been at or around 4.8 percent for more than a year."
The Employment Security Department released the preliminary job estimates from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics as part of its Monthly Employment Report. The department also announced that March's previously reported unemployment rate of 4.8 percent was revised slightly lower to 4.7 percent. Job gains in March were revised upward from 3,900 to 5,100 jobs.
The national unemployment rate was at 3.9 percent in April. In April 2017 last year, the national unemployment rate was 4.4 percent.
Employment Security paid unemployment insurance benefits to 56,813 people in April.
Labor force decreased slightly in Washington
The state's labor force in April was 3,760,800 - a decrease of 700 people from the previous month. However, in the Seattle/Bellevue/Everett region, the labor force increased by 1,300 over the same period.
From April 2017 through April 2018, the state's labor force grew by 59,600 and the Seattle/Bellevue/Everett region increased by 47,600.
The labor force is the total number of people, both employed and unemployed, over the age of 16.
Nine sectors expand, three contract and one remained constant
Private sector employment increased by 6,500 while the public sector gained 600 jobs in April.
This month's report shows the greatest private job growth occurred in construction up 2,100, education & health services up 1,900, professional & business services up 1,800 and leisure & hospitality up 1,200. Other sectors adding jobs were government up 600, wholesale trade up 500, other services up 200, with information and mining & logging both up 100.
Retail trade experienced the biggest reduction in April losing 600 jobs while manufacturing lost 500 jobs and financial activities lost 300 jobs.
Transportation, warehousing & utilities was the only sector that remained unchanged.
Year-over-year growth remains strong
Washington added an estimated 85,100 new jobs from April 2017 through April 2018, not seasonally adjusted. The private sector grew by 3 percent, up an estimated 80,200 jobs, and the public sector increased by 0.8 percent, adding 4,900 jobs.
From April 2017 through April 2018, all thirteen industry sectors added jobs.
The three industry sectors with the largest employment gains year-over-year, not seasonally adjusted, were:
Education and health services with 16,600 new jobs;
Retail trade with 16,300 new jobs; and
Professional and business services with 13,000 new jobs.
A Day in the Life of Joe the Conservative
"Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffee pot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good, because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.
With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take, because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan, because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too.
He prepares his morning breakfast: bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat, because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents, because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body.
Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean, because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air.
He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees, because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.
Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation, because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays for these standards, because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.
If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get worker's compensation or an unemployment check, because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home, because of his temporary misfortune.
It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured, because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.
Joe has to pay his insured mortgage and his below-market student loan, because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime.
Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world, because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards.
He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration, because bankers didn't want to make rural loans.
The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.
He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension, because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Conservatives have fought against every protection and benefit Joe has enjoyed throughout his day.
Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."
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Interior Dept. Shamed into Abandoning Fee Hike
Alt National Park Service Reports:
Attn: Your voices have been heard! The Interior Department is backing off from substantially raising the entrance fee for national parks after more than 100,000 Americans wrote to complain about the proposed hikes. Last October, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke proposed raising the entrance fee for 17 major parks from $25 to $70, a change that would mark the largest price increase since World War II.
The idea that public parks should show a profit is as public policy patently insane.
As of 2016, the National Park Service has an annual budget of about $3 billion and an estimated $12 billion maintenance backlog. The National Park Services budget is divided into two primary areas, discretionary and mandatory spending (Wikipedia). That annual budget is about $10 per citizen. For another $2 each per year (total about $1 per month per citizen) we could create a sinking fund that would clear the repair deck in about 40 years, leaving the National Parks as they were in my childhood. Maintaining that $12 fee or (saints preserve us doubling it to a whopping $24 per year could make the parks free to all forever. (Feel free to suggest a progressive income related rate structure.)
The (R)eally selfish people who came up with the fee increase idea don't care a whit about the parks. The Secretary of the Interior who oversees this is the beloved Ryan Zinke (often referred to as Who?, yes the guy who took a batallion of security agents along on his European vacation at public expense), the same guy who wants to strip mine most of North America and charge bargain rates to industry for whatever is exposed. Like most of the current Cabinet, he was appointed not as a steward but as a liquidator of the national patrimony (if this were the 19th Century I'd have added "upon the altar of Mammon," but I won't go there.)
Training and arming classroom teachers as school guards; costly, bad idea
Donald Trump, ever our protector, has proposed arming 20% of school teachers as part-time guards. That's 600,000 teachers. We can evaluate the proposal superficially rather quickly (fearless analysis: this article has taken longer to write than DT has thought about the issue).
Average teacher salary in US (2014) is $56,383 plus benefits. With est. fringe of 25% = $70,000.
Average training period for a sworn police officer is six months; we might assume three months for limited-duty training. There is ample reason to doubt that police-training agencies could gear up for this effort, but we won't count that for now.
Cost of training = one-fourth of a teacher's annual salary plus cost of training a police officer. Averages $7,000 across the US. Total with three months teacher salary $18,500 approx. The trainees might reasonably ask for a bonus for giving up their summer vacation, but we won't count that.
Presumably the teachers accepting the risk would get combat pay, let's say 25% bonus for half their career span. Figure 25% of $70,000 for 20 years or $300,000. Of course that would raise their pensions by a commensurate amount; est. 10% rise in pension cost; we won't try to calculate that permanent cost either.
So to summarize.
Ban and collect all "assault" weapons (define it yourself).
Government(s) might reimburse owners @ $400 each (currently advertised price of used AR-15 on 26 Feb 2018). (This is a good deal for most owners, whose guns are mostly hidden in closets, improperly maintained and rusting away.)
This would put a lot of money into circulation, almost entirely at a scale conducive to re-spending, which could be a boost to the economy, or perhaps equally to savings, which has lagged in recent decades.
If 10M are in circulation the one-time cost would be (400*10M)=$4 billion — about one-fifth of the armed-teacher plan — with no annual incremental cost.
To assuage anti-"Big Gub'mint" fears, there could be a federal license to carry with reasonable qualifications, e.g., an age limit; training requirement and certification; documentation while in possession; storage and protection obligations... Such a license might carry fees roughly equivalent to a passport, around $200 initially plus a periodic renewal. Further open and honest dialogue could work that out. Thus we protect the Second Amendment, as we should for a host of reasons.
Summary of Alternative
The nay-sayers are probably right that nothing can entirely eliminate the possibility of mass shootings, but this is about probabilities, not metaphysics, and imperfection is no excuse for inaction..
DJT Immigration Pronouncements Ring Hollow
Trump stated that the U.S. should admit more immigrants from Norway. In a recent meeting with the leader of Norway he announced the sale of F52 fighter jets, planes that only exist in a video game. However, the main problem with his statement is that very few people from Norway WANT to immigrate to the U.S.
I'm reminded of the time Lyndon Johnson misread the name of the RS-71 as SR-71 during a speech, whereupon the Pentagon renamed the spy plane (on the fly, as it were) to Johnson's version. Today, of course, our Fearless Leader would change its name to TRUMP FIGHTER 1 and try to charge the government for the use of his name.
Net Neutrality on the Auction Block
In what universe is turning over unfettered control of the Internet to ISP and telecomm giants consistent with the core objectives of the US government, namely " to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..."?
You can still make a difference. The FCC, following the lead of their industry-tool chairman, will vote to protect corporate power and to screw you on Thursday, Dec. 14. Write your congressional representatives NOW! (https://dearfcc.org) It is VERY important that you write a personal message in the comment section; otherwise your message will be ignored as a bulk mailing. Say something about how you expect the proposed changes will harm you or your community (they will).
NEED EVIDENCE? Check out the latest Comcast ad that just arrived in my email, no doubt in anticipation of the end of Net Neutrality. The headline "What to Watch" is a harbinger of their future posture, in which there will be no other choice.
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Summer Sewing Challenge Yellow Polka Dottie Dress
Added Aug 6, 2012
by DTKL
Los Angeles, Cal...
I had two yards of 60" wide cotton yellow polka dot fabric in my stash for the longest time and didn't know what to do with it until I saw this pattern, the Halter Dress #116.
I modified the original skirt pattern so that when laid flat, the pleats fold flat to meet. The original pattern has it so that the underlayer is exposed, the pleats meet at the waist but open to a "V" at the hem. I omitted the halter and had to supplement the lining with another fabric because I could barely fit this dress into two yards.
The belt is a souvenir I gave her on my trip to Ecuador. It worked well with the dress.
I lined the dress with white cotton…and I used featherweight boning for extra structure…Both are horrible mistakes. First, the cotton lining sticks to the yellow fabric and doesn't really give the dress any bounce at all. Second, I should I have read reviews for featherweight boning… After one wear, there are kinks right underneath the bust and there is nothing I could do to fix it but to take it apart and use spiral steel boning, which I should have done in the first place, had I done my research and read the reviews.
A note about the "model," she's my illustrious sister, Tu. She loves dressing up and loves the dress. She's an Asian blond, Vietnamese to be exact :) I'm the brunette standing right next to her.
Material Notes
Fashion fabric and lining are cotton.
Featherweight boning for the bodice. Note to self: Don't ever use it again in the future.
There's a grossgrain ribbon inside the bodice, for decoration purposes only. It was supposed to be a waist stay but after all of that boning, the dress didn't need it.
Standard nylon coil zipper, in yellow. I handpicked it.
This dress has many firsts for me. First time lining a dress, add boning and handpicking the zipper. Overall, I am quite happy with the outcome of this project!
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Oct 24, 2012, 07.13 AMby jumena
The dress is perfect!
Aug 6, 2012, 09.04 AMby Mary Athey
The dress is gorgeous. i love the fabric and the colour plus the pleat in the backs fab xx
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Huawei's new Honor 6 Plus features a dual camera on the back and sub-$400 price tag, at least in China.
The Honor 6 Plus is equipped with two rear shooters, dubbed "Symmetrical dual camera technology". The rear camera can take 13 MP shots, but actually consists of two 8 MP sensors with huge 1.85 micron pixel size, and a dedicated ISP tasked with merging and interpolation. One of the cameras features an f/2.0 autofocus lens, while the other sports f/2.4 and fixed focus.
Huawei claims 0.1s focusing time – the use of two sensors with two lenses allows more light to be gathered and improves focusing speed.
The Honor 6 Plus features a 5.5″ 1080p display, 1.8 GHz octa-core Kirin 925 chipset, 3 GB of RAM, a microSD slot for expansion, and a 3600 mAh battery along with a dedicated image signal processor (ISP).
The HTC One (M8) also has a Duo Camera system, but HTC uses their second, 2-megapixel camera for depth of field information. The sensor analyzes the distance and position of elements within a photo, and generates a depth map, which is embedded within each photo.
Computational photography chips such as the Movidius Myriad 2 aim to bring high-end vision and computational imaging applications to smart phones with features such as melding still and video panoramas, real-time HDR, synthetic zooming, depth perception and other features. Movidius claims that using its technology adds less then $10 to the cost of a mobile device.
H.265 encoding, available on Qualcomm's 810 smartphone processor can reduce HD bandwidth by 50%. Portland's Elemental Technologies can do the number crunching in the cloud, which could bring real-time computational video to all manner of devices. SpaceCurve continuously fuses geospatial, sensor, IoT, social media, location, and other streaming and historical data while making the data immediately available for analytics.
OpenVX provides mobile developers with an industry standard API to deliver embedded computer vision and computational imaging chipsets that can keep UAVs on track.
The Honor 6 Plus will be up for preorder as soon as tomorrow from the Huawei mobile shop, with shipping starting a week after. Pricing is pegged at 1999 yuan (~$323) for the 3G version, and 2499 yuan (~403) for the 4G LTE one. No word on availability in the United States, but expect a bunch of smart phones with computational chips that feature synthetic zooming and other features next month at CES in Las Vegas.


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Solving systems of linear equations by elimination
How to Solve System of Equations:
Before we get into solving systems of linear equations via the elimination method, let's first consider and understand what it means to "solve" a system of equations. When we say "solve", with regards to linear, quadratic, exponential, or any other type of equation, what we really mean is that we are trying to find values of 'x' – the dependent variable – that satisfy 'y' – the independent variable.
Take for example the following, simple, equation: y = 2x = 2
In this example equation, we know that y is equal to 2x and is also equal to 2. With that knowledge, since y is equal to both 2x and 2, we can say that 2x = 2. Then, the next natural step is to solve this equation using algebra, giving us the "solution" that x = 1.
In the case of systems of equations, the process isn't that different. In solving systems of equations, what we are trying to do is trying to find values of x and y that makes two distinct equations equal to each other – effectively "solving" both equations. Further information on system of equations can be founded in another lesson. In a system of equations, there are several outcomes which can occur with regards to the number of solutions. We have the specific lessons on how to determine the number of solutions to linear equations and system of linear-quadratic equations. We also have graphing systems of equations and inequalities covered!
To do so, there are two main methods: solving systems by substitution, and solving systems by elimination. In this article, we will focus on substitution, which is arguably slightly more simple than the other method, elimination. For elimination, please check out the video and articles that focus on that method in particular. To make sure you're ready for elimination, it is important to master adding and subtracting polynomials and adding and subtracting rational expressions.
Now that we've covered the basics, let's solve systems using elimination!
Solving Systems of Equations By Elimination:
Before we get into using the method of elimination, make sure you're comfortable with your algebra by reviewing the lesson on solving linear equations with variables on both sides.
The procedure behind the process of solving by elimination isn't overly difficult. Given systems of linear equations, what we are trying to do is "modify" one or both of the equations so that we can add/subtract them in order to "eliminate" a variable. It's hard to outline the procedure of elimination without a concrete example, so let's take a look at the elimination method steps by doing an example.
Example 1:
Take the following simultaneous equations and solve by elimination.
Step 1: Identify modifications and operations needed to eliminate a variable
In this example, we are lucky enough to have the same coefficient on y for both equations. The first equation has 4y and the second equation has -4y. In this case, it is very easy to add these equations together to "eliminate" y. That is because when we add these two equations together, 4y + (-4y) will equal 0, leaving x as the only variable left, which we can easily solve for.
Thus, in order to eliminate the common variable 4y in both equations, we add the equations together:
Step 2: Solve for x
Now that we have the equation 4x = 4 from our elimination step, we can easily solve for x.
Step 3: Solve for y
Now that we have x = 1, all we have to do is put x = 1 into either of the equations to solve for y.
Step 4: Write out final answer as coordinate
Therefore, our final answer is: (1, 2)
The image below summarizes everything we have just done:
Now that we know how to use the elimination method to solve systems of linear equations, let's do another, more difficult, example.
Example 2:
Solve the following system of equations using the elimination method.
Step 1: Identify modifications and operations needed to eliminate a variable
In this example, we aren't lucky enough to have the same coefficient on y for both equations. So, to eliminate y, we need to multiply both equations by the common ratio as follows:
Which gives us:
Now that we have the common variable 10y in both equations, we can subtract the equations to eliminate y:
Step 2: Solve for x
Now that we have the equation 12x = 13 from our elimination step, we can easily solve for x.
Step 3: Solve for y
Now that we have , all we have to do is put into either of the equations to solve for y.
Step 4: Write out final answer as coordinate
Therefore, our final answer is: ()
The image below summarizes everything we have just done:
And that's all there is to it! Now, make sure you do lots of practice problems to get more comfortable using this method. As well, check out this great link, which will allow you to easily check your work.
Solving systems of linear equations by elimination
- 1.Solve each linear system algebraically by eliminationa)3x + 4y = 11
x - 4y = -7b)6x - 1 = 2y
9x + 4 = 5yc)3(x+2) - (y+7) = -10
5(x+1) + (y+3) = 19
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Skip to comments.Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Dark Sand Cascades on Mars
Posted on 11/26/2012 7:25:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: They might look like trees on Mars, but they're not. Groups of dark brown streaks have been photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on melting pinkish sand dunes covered with light frost. The above image was taken in 2008 April near the North Pole of Mars. At that time, dark sand on the interior of Martian sand dunes became more and more visible as the spring Sun melted the lighter carbon dioxide ice. When occurring near the top of a dune, dark sand may cascade down the dune leaving dark surface streaks -- streaks that might appear at first to be trees standing in front of the lighter regions, but cast no shadows. Objects about 25 centimeters across are resolved on this image spanning about one kilometer. Close ups of some parts of this image show billowing plumes indicating that the sand slides were occurring even when the image was being taken.
(Excerpt) Read more at 220.127.116.11 ...
[Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA]
I so much love that photo, I almost want a copy to frame to hang on a wall!
Oil or tar on Mars??
Is that possible without decayed carbon based plants??
Enquiring minds, etc.
how many miles does that cover?
Where's that BIG BIG BIGGER THAN BIG news they promised us last week?
Looks like some funky cheese in my refrigerator.
No kidding. That's cool!
CO should be CO2. Doh!
"Objects about 25 centimeters across are resolved on this image spanning about one kilometer"
I hate when they use these measurements because I have no idea what they mean. I cannot get any idea of the size I am looking at.
And their explanation, although I'm sure correct, does not seem correct. The dark stains appear to be standing freely in the air and do not look at all as if they are sliding down a sand dune.
Useless to me.
Great find! Thanks!
I haven't given any thought to the temperature.
I remain captivated by the photo.
Interpreting overhead photographs requires a rather long school in the US military.
Lots of pitfalls and tricks to it. What you think you see might not be reality on the ground.
Looks like a Martian ski slope.
Actually the article does say. It is CO2 ice.
Very cool. I set it as my new desktop. Replaces the 'moonbow waterfall' pic of last week(?). Thanks.
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