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Nimble-fingered robots win gold
Robot researchers from SDU have developed robots that are so dexterous that they can use screwdrivers to screw in small screws. The researchers behind the groundbreaking technology have won first prize at the world's most prestigious robot competition, World Robot Challenge.
By Birgitte Dalgaard, bird@tek.sdu.dk, 1/31/2019
With 211 industry robots for every 10,000 employees, Denmark is the sixth most automated country in the world. This is according to the latest report from the international robot federation, IFR.
At the same time, the consultancy firm McKinsey has revealed that automation could create around 25,000 new jobs by 2030. But companies need flexible robot solutions that can find small gadgets in boxes and put them together to create new products.
- Industry's big challenge is to get robots to master assembly processes. That requires fine motor skills and an overview. If you think about it, it's the sum total of many complicated processes. The robot has to pick out a small object from a box of many objects, then take it up and place it on another object, explains Professor Henrik Gordon Petersen from SDU Robotics.
Robots handle screws
Along with 13 other robot researchers from SDU, he has developed a new production cell with robots that, using the latest technology in computer vision, software and robot control, have become so nimble-fingered that they can handle screws, nuts and bolts, and screw things together to create new products.
The robot cell has won world recognition by winning the category Industry Robots at the world's biggest robot competition, World Robot Challenge in Japan.
- It's fair to say that we're the best in the world at solving industry's problems by automating complex tasks, such as assembling objects that are lying scattered in a box, says Henrik Gordon Petersen.
The world's leading technology
The production cell consists of a workbench at which two robot arms from Universal Robots work across from each other. The ceiling over the bench is covered with cameras, which are the robots' eyes. The robot arms are equipped with 3D-printed grippers that can pick up and handle very small objects made from both hard and soft materials.
- The unique thing about our cell is that it's so flexible. It's an open cell, which makes it easy to expand into a larger production installation. In addition to fully automated operation, the installation makes it possible for the robots to work closely with humans, explains robot researcher Christian Schlette from SDU Robotics, who was leader of the robot team in Japan.
According to the researchers, the production environments of the future will consist of robots, so-called cobots, that work side by side with humans. The two robots in the work cell have also mastered collaboration to a high level.
- At the competition in Japan, one of the robots held an item, such as a motor, while the other robot screwed it into the product that was being made. The robots can also figure out how to pass an item to the robot who has the necessary tool, explains Christian Schlette.
Mest avancerede Industri 4.0 Lab
The robot cell has now moved into SDU Industry 4.0 Lab. The University has invested over DKK 100 million in the laboratory and has ambitions of creating the Nordic region's most advanced I 4.0 Lab, where companies, researchers and students can together develop even more skilled robots, smarter production and innovative products.
When the laboratory is completed in 2019, it will contain 17 production cells supplemented by a wide range of other technology, such as mobile robots.
- The competition demonstrates that both nationally and internationally, we are at the cutting edge. The aim is to make sure our companies have the best options in a highly competitive market. The robot cell is an extremely good example of the potential for flexible production that an advanced production cell offers. So just think of the possibilities when we start putting them together and bringing in collaborative elements where people work closely with robots, says Head of Department Kasper Hallenborg from the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, SDU.


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Editor's Note: Almost all of the G-20 countries have announced some type of fiscal stimulus plan to get their economies back on track but how strong are the plans and what measures are included? Eswar Prasad and Isaac Sorkin analyze the G-20 stimulus plans in detail in new research.
The financial crisis turned into a broader macroeconomic crisis in the fall of 2008. The world economy has hit a wall since then, with growth plunging in all the major advanced and emerging economies.
Monetary policy acted as a first line of defense against the crisis but conventional measures appear to have reached their limits in many countries. Policy interest rates in many countries–including the U.S., U.K. and Japan–are now close to the zero nominal interest rate floor. Moreover, the implosion of financial systems in many economies has rendered monetary transmission mechanisms far less effective.
Thus, fiscal policy has become essential to kick-start the global recovery or, at a minimum, to prevent global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from declining further. At the November 2008 G-20 Summit in Washington, DC, the leaders of the G-20 countries promised to "use fiscal measures to stimulate domestic demand to rapid effect, as appropriate, while maintaining a policy framework conducive to fiscal sustainability." How well have countries been doing on this promise?
These criteria enable us to systematically evaluate the potential punch packed by fiscal policy in each country. This analysis also sheds some light on the amount of stimulus on a global scale. In an integrated world economy, the effectiveness of stimulus is contingent on how coordinated it is across countries. If the sizes of the stimulus packages (relative to domestic GDP) are very different across countries or if the effects of some countries' stimulus packages are backloaded, then there could be "leakage" of stimulus from countries that act early and forcefully.
Thus, lack of coordination could reduce the global bang for the buck of individual countries' policies. Given the dire situation the world economy is in, large frontloaded stimulus packages that are coordinated internationally could not only be more effective directly but also boost consumer and corporate confidence.
Our analysis is limited to the G-20 countries, mainly because this has de facto become the main global grouping of countries that is driving responses to the crisis. The G-20 countries in this analysis (substituting Spain for the EU) constitute over three-quarters of global GDP (on a market exchange rate basis) and over two-thirds of the world's population.
We begin with a broad assessment of the contours of stimulus packages announced so far. The interactive country map provides extensive details on individual countries' packages. It also indicates our assessment of countries that have announced packages that are large and frontloaded (green), modest in size and speed (yellow) and unimpressive in both respects (grey).
Almost all countries in the G-20 have announced fiscal stimulus measures.
The total amount of stimulus in the G-20 amounts to about $692 billion for 2009, which is about 1.4 percent of their combined GDP and a little over 1.1 percent of global GDP. This is a significant amount of stimulus, but appears to fall short of what is needed to tackle a crisis of the proportion we are currently in. The IMF, for instance, has called for stimulus equal to 2 percent of global GDP.
Three countries—the U.S., China and Japan—account for about $424 billion of the overall stimulus in 2009, with their shares in the overall global stimulus amounting to 39 percent (U.S.), 13 percent (China) and 10 percent (Japan). Measures for 2009 in the U.S. stimulus package amount to 1.9 percent of its 2008 GDP and the corresponding numbers for China and Japan are 2.1 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively. For the remaining G-20 economies, the total fiscal stimulus amounts to 1.0 percent of their overall GDP.
In 2010, the U.S. accounts for over 60 percent of planned stimulus. China and Germany are the next largest contributors with China contributing 15 percent of G-20 stimulus and Germany contributing 11 percent. Measures for 2010 in the U.S. stimulus package amount to 2.9 percent of 2008 GDP, China's 2.3 percent, and Germany's 2.0 percent.
In summary, while almost all countries have signed on to the fiscal stimulus program, the size of the stimulus varies substantially across countries, with some of the stimulus packages looking downright meek (e.g., France, which has proposed measures amounting to only 0.7 percent of GDP in 2009).
There is considerable discussion about the relative effectiveness of tax cuts versus spending in stimulating domestic demand. We do not take a position on this but it is useful nevertheless to examine the choices made by different countries in this dimension. We highlight one regularity in the composition of packages across countries and then indicate one dimension in which the structure of the packages differs markedly across countries.
Most countries that have announced multiple waves of stimulus have increased the share of spending (compared to tax cuts) in the second round, just as the U.S. has done from January 2008 to January 2009. For example, Germany's stimulus in November 2008 was largely composed of tax cuts. The second stimulus package announced in January 2009 was largely tilted towards spending. Similar features can be found in the stimulus measures announced in Australia in October 2008 and February 2009, and in Spain in March 2008 in November 2008.
There is a great deal of variation across countries in the share of the stimulus that is devoted to tax cuts. In the U.S., this share is about 45 percent. Some countries—including Brazil, Russia and the U.K.—have focused almost entirely on tax cuts. Others—including Argentina, China and India—have mostly proposed spending measures. Among the G-20 countries excluding the U.S., about one-third of the stimulus is accounted for by tax cuts and the remainder by spending measures.
Countries vary in the degree of frontloading of their stimulus packages—the speed with which the tax and expenditure measures hit the real economy (in terms of money reaching the pockets of firms and households, or government monies being spent on social programs or procurement). This is partially a function of the vagaries of the budget process in each country—countries may not announce stimulus for the future though they intend to enact it as part of their regular budget process.
Of the 19 countries that make up the G-20, only four countries—China, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S.—plan to spend as much or more on stimulus (as a share of GDP) in 2010 than in 2009. In other words, there is a fair amount of frontloading in the stimulus packages of the G-20 countries, with much of the stimulus taking effect in 2009. Of course, this could reflect different beliefs about the length of the recession. It could also reflect difficulty in ramping up government expenditure quickly, especially on infrastructure and other investment projects.
We should also note that some countries recognized the coming crisis and implemented stimulus plans at some point in 2008. This list includes Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, U.K. and the U.S.
Fiscal stimulus has a crucial role to play in stabilizing the world economy, especially as conventional monetary policy appears to have reached its limit in many countries. By and large, policymakers in G-20 economies have acted on their leaders' joint announcement in November 2008 to use fiscal stimulus in a concerted and coordinated manner to boost economic activity. Some countries like China and the U.S. have responded forcefully, with impressive packages. But the execution, both in terms of size and speed, leaves much to be desired in some of the G-20 countries.
There are legitimate questions about the effectiveness of fiscal stimulus, especially in economies where the financial system has broken down and where monetary policy can no longer play much of a supporting role. Moreover, excessive government borrowing to finance large budget deficits could itself generate instability and there are serious concerns about medium-term sustainability of fiscal positions in economies that are building up public debt at a rapid pace. Given the dire and fast-deteriorating economic situation and the lack of other tools, however, the world may have little choice but to engage in massive frontloaded fiscal expansion. The consequences of timidity, as history teaches us, could be even worse.
 While we may have more up-to-date information for some countries, we have at this stage chosen not to selectively revise the IMF data to ensure consistency in the numbers. The new numbers do not affect any of our conclusions significantly.
 The G20 consists of 19 of the countries listed here except for Spain, with the 20th spot held by the European Union as a whole. However, at both the November 2008 meeting and the April 2009 meeting, Spain has a separate "seat at the table" because France and then the U.K. have given up the additional spot each of them would have had as head of the EU delegation for the respective meeting.


No wonder the first dude wanted to beat up his old business partner for some alleged hanky panky with his vixen wife because she gives off some serious "wink me eyes" signals. Her nickname is the "Barracuda."
Your source is the National Enquier? Seriously? Come on, Mac G...you're beginning to lose credibilty and turning into a hack. I thought you were above that...apparently not.
Straight from wikipedia, "Gosh Darn It."
She earned the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" because of her intense play.
I will actually take the hack comment as a compliment. The John Edwards affair story turned out to be true. Believe me, I have HELD way back on this woman and if you want me to "ramp it up" I have no problem. "Gotcha, Getcha"


The truth is, if you understand your prescription and also have your existing rx glasses very useful, it is actually quite simple to buy glasses online.
your present prescription. I keep mine in the health file in my filing cabinet. If you can't find your prescription, visit wherever you latest had your sight examined and obtain a duplicate. Your optician, optometrist, or ophthalmologist is necessary by law release a your eyewear prescription for you. You now need to make note of a few critical bits of information from your prescription (see example above–click to enlarge). Among other information, you should see three columns on your prescription–sphere, cylinder, and axis.
A somewhat less critical number is your temple size. If you're blessed, you'll also visit a temple span and bridge size in your prescription. If not, don't sweating it, you can figure it out yourself. The temple period describes the distance of both bars that connect the eyeglasses to your ears. It really is measured from where the 90-level curve from your zoom lens structure aside bars (temples) starts to the end of the temple, like the curve. It is not measured from the flex point of the temples, because the "stub" between the flex point and lens structure is not really a standard size.
Now, remove some measuring tape (ideally the type of tape used for fitting clothes and sewing, as it is very flexible) and measure an existing pair of spectacles that fit pleasantly. The average temple duration for men is 135mm or 145mm. For females, 130mm to 140mm is standard. In case your tape only has ins, measure to the nearest eighth or sixteenth and multiply that number by 25.4 to find the way of measuring in millimeters. Temple measures are generally available in 5mm increments, such as 130, 135, 140, 145, etc. At most online glasses stores, temple period is shown in just a frame description which is not customizable. Therefore, you will need to find a frame with a proper temple size. This sometimes varies if you are in a site specializing in designer eyeglasses, where you have the option to type your own temple size.
Seriously, temple size is not really a huge deal. I've one couple of glasses with 135mm temples and another with 140mm temples. Both pairs fit comfortably. If for some reason you can't think of a temple measurement, don't let that stop you from making an eyewear purchase online. Instead, simply choose 140mm temples if you are a man and 135mm temples if you are a female. It's likely that, this duration will fit easily.


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Are screen savers necessary and are they still necessary?
November 1, 2018 by Oakley Martins
If screensavers are more necessary
If screensavers are still needed
Screen savers are a visual delight and there are many on the Internet. But are screen savers no longer necessary? A screen saver is nothing more than a computer program that fills the screen with abstract images or patterns. It is activated when the computer is not used for a certain period of time. The original idea was to prevent phosphor from burning on cathode ray tubes and plasma screens. But since most of us now use LCD monitors, they are mainly used for entertainment or security purposes.
Colored and animated screensavers are beautiful and sometimes give you a feeling of freshness and enthusiasm. In the 90s and 2000s, they were abundant and those that were beautifully animated were madness. At the time, they were also needed because of the CRT monitors. But as we get closer to LCD monitors, screensavers are activated mainly for security reasons.
Screen Saver Lens
The operation of CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors required that an object always move on the screen. The CRT monitors used a gun that focused the beams on various phosphor pixel centers at the back of the CRT monitors and struck them. The phosphorescent dots were heated at impact and produced light. Several blows on the back of the screen generated heat that was converted into light to show us images on the screen.
If an image was still present, the cathode ray gun struck several times the same phosphorescent points to obtain the image. Since the light was generated by heat, the possibility of generating a permanent burn was high under these circumstances, so screen savers were introduced. The screen savers used to hit the gun various phosphor points as long as the screen savers were still moving.
You can argue why not just turn off the monitor when it is not in use for a while. But the CRT monitors fired a heavy charge when they were turned on. This was one of the reasons why it was not recommended to turn off the CRT monitors, unless you were sure not to use the computers for more than an hour or more.
Therefore, screen savers were a necessity for CRT monitors because they prevented the screen from burning and saved energy by keeping the monitors on. However, as most of us now use LCD screens, there is no real benefit for screen savers.
If you are using an LCD monitor, you do not need a screensaver. This is another thing that some computer users still prefer visual treats and therefore install good screen savers. Some prefer to activate the screen saver when they are not on the screen and ask them to connect again. Others may want to use a screensaver that displays some system information.
LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors do not contain phosphorus. Although the heat is there, it's not as much as the heat from the CRT gun.
Images are generated on an LCD monitor by electrically aligning liquid crystals of different shapes. The rear of the LCD monitor is also a liquid crystal display. The crystals are arranged in a specific format and slightly heated to produce light, which in turn produces an image on the screen.
Because the heat is not much, you can keep a static image on the LCD screen for a long time without damaging the screen. But a static image consumes energy, so it's best to turn the monitor off when you're not using it. Unlike CRT monitors, there is no strong power when the display is on. You can use Windows power options to turn them off after a period of inactivity and activate them by simply moving the mouse or pressing any button. Screen savers are therefore no longer necessary.
Battery Save
Some people still use screensavers for fun, but it's quite their choice and no need. Using screen savers means that the screen remains on. In the ON state, the monitor dissipates energy. In an age when we depend on battery life, saving every unit of energy is a necessity. It is always best to turn off the display when it is not in use and turn it on later if necessary. It'll save a lot of battery juice.
Therefore, the necessary and always necessary answer to Are screensavers depends on the following:
Yes if you use a CRT monitor from the 1990s and 2000s;
No if you use a modern computer monitor or monitors built into tablets and smartphones.
Oakley Martins
How to customize the screensaver in Windows 10
How to set different screen resolutions for each user account in Windows 10/8/7
Advanced monitor and dual screen options under Windows 8
Prevents users from changing the lock screen or home screen in Windows 10/8
Compression of the system under Windows 10
Disable management tools under Windows 8/10

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2. What are the uses for dioxin?
Dioxin is not produced or used commercially in the United States. It is a contaminant formed in the production of some chlorinated organic compounds, including a few herbicides such as silvex. It may also be formed during combustion of a variety of chlorinated organic compounds, including a few herbicides such as silvex. It may also be formed during combustion of a variety of chlorinated organic compounds.


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Dillian Whyte says Tyson Fury is 'slowing down' after Deontay Wilder trilogy as he confirms he intends to face 'Gypsy King' next following Otto Wallin cancellation
Michael Benson
Updated: 23rd October 2021, 10:41 pm
Dillian Whyte has confirmed to talkSPORT that he now intends to fight Tyson Fury next after cancelling his bout with Otto Wallin.
The 'Body Snatcher' was due to defend his WBC 'interim' belt against the Swede on October 30, but announced this week that he'd suffered a shoulder injury.
Dave Thompson/Matchroom
Whyte was set to fight Wallin, but will likely now be ordered as Fury's mandatory
After the Wallin fight was initially announced, the WBC ruled that Tyson Fury must defend against the 'interim' champion next, unless he is able to agree an undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk within 30 days.
As Usyk is obliged to rematch Anthony Joshua, this is off the table and so Whyte is now due for a shot at Fury.
Some have therefore suggested that he is not truly injured and has only withdrawn from the Wallin fight so as not to risk his position as 'interim' champion.
This is something Whyte strongly denies and he has now hit back at these theories.
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Wallin was a tougher test for Fury than many expected when they fought in 2019 and the Swede has since beaten Dominic Breazeale
He joined talkSPORT Fight Night on Saturday and said: "I was training, I was ready, I was prepared, spent a fortune on training camp.
"I saw Wallin's complaining he spent $20,000 or something, I was like, 'Well try spending six times that much.'
"People are saying I pulled out because of whatever reason – if that was the case, why would I have four sparring partners here?
"I would've pulled out three weeks ago or whenever the [WBC] ruling was.
Fury is the WBC and Ring Magazine heavyweight champion
"I have the guys here, my whole team's here.
"We suffered the injury, I wanted to fight.
"You've got professional people on your team, people who use their brain. I use my balls and my muscle.
"These guys are the brain guys – the surgeons and the doctors – and they told me, 'If you fight, you're gonna risk your career.'"
Whyte has been calling for a title shot since 2017
Wallin and his team are calling for Whyte to now reschedule to fight with them, though promoter Eddie Hearn insists he is not contractually obligated to do so.
Asked if he'd take the Fury fight instead if possible, Whyte said: "Yeah of course.
"Fury's got the world title and that's what I've been waiting for, that's what I've worked for.
"I don't even know how much sanctioning fees I've paid.
"I could've easily abandoned this route and gone down another route years ago, but I've waited and I've waited and I've waited.
"So what am I gonna do? Fight Otto Wallin or fight Tyson Fury, what are you gonna do? It's common sense.
"Like I said, I'm not scared of no-one. I wanted to fight.
Mark Robinson/Matchroom
Whyte believes his title shot is finally about to arrive
"I think they're gonna mandate me vs Tyson Fury, they've basically said it already.
"It's already been mandated really, so we don't need to wait…
"I want it to be in the UK man, that's a UK fight.
"Vegas is great, I'd love to go to Vegas and fight, but that's a British fight.
"That's the biggest all-British heavyweight title fight since Lennox Lewis vs Frank Bruno."
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Fury KOd Wilder to retain his heavyweight title
Fury's historic trilogy fight with Wilder was a brutal affair with both men downed twice before the 'Gypsy King's' KO triumph.
"I think that third fight took a lot out of both men," Whyte said.
"Tyson Fury doesn't seem to be getting any better technically.
"He seems to be trying to be more of a puncher and trying to walk guys down.
"But I think that's because he's naturally slowing down now.
"I think he's naturally slowing down now and it's probably the Kronk style or whatever.
"He's taken a lot more punishment than he used to."
Dillian Whyte


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/* FILE INFORMATION
File:     iq.cpp
Authors:  Matthew Cole <mcole8@binghamton.edu>
          Brian Gracin <bgracin1@binghamton.edu>
Description: Contains the IQ class, which simulates the operation of a
Instruction Queue.
*/

#include "apex.h"
#include "cpu.h"
#include "iq.h"
#include <iostream>

IQ::IQ() { this->initialize(); }

IQ::~IQ() {}

// Return true if the IQ is empty,
// Return false otherwise
// (Delegates to stl::queue::empty())
bool IQ::isEmpty() { return issue_queue.empty(); }

// Display the contents of the IQ
// Each entry is a Stage, so we delegate the display logic
void IQ::display() {
  if (VERBOSE >= 1) {
    std::cout << "Name: Opcode Operands" << std::endl;
  }

  std::cout << "Head" << std::endl;

  for (auto e : issue_queue) {
    e.display();
  }
  std::cout << "Tail" << std::endl;
}

// Initialize the IQ to empty state
void IQ::initialize() { issue_queue.clear(); }

// Dispatch an instruction to IQ
bool IQ::dispatchInst(Stage &stage) {
  if (this->issue_queue.size() < this->max_size) {
    stage.empty = false;

    if (stage.opcode == "ADD" || stage.opcode == "SUB" ||
        stage.opcode == "MUL" || stage.opcode == "AND" ||
        stage.opcode == "OR" || stage.opcode == "EX-OR") {
      if (stage.valids.at(1) && stage.valids.at(2)) {
        stage.ready = true;
      }
    } else if (stage.opcode == "MOVC" || stage.opcode == "BZ" ||
               stage.opcode == "BNZ") {
      stage.ready = true;
    } else if (stage.opcode == "STORE") {
      if (stage.valids.at(1))
        stage.ready = true;
    } else if (stage.opcode == "LOAD") {
      if (stage.valids.at(1)) {
        stage.ready = true;
      }
    } else if (stage.opcode == "BAL" || stage.opcode == "JUMP") {
      if (stage.valids.at(0))
        stage.ready = true;
    }

    this->issue_queue.push_back(stage);
    return true;
  }

  return false;
}

// FIX
bool IQ::issue(Stage &ALU, Stage &MUL, Stage &LSFU, Stage &B) {
  bool hitArith = false;
  bool hitStore = false;
  bool advSuccess = false;
  for (auto i = this->issue_queue.begin(); i != this->issue_queue.end();) {
    if (i->isReady()) {

      // Check if no arithmatic instructions prior to conditional branch
      if (i->opcode == "ADD" || i->opcode == "SUB" || i->opcode == "AND" ||
          i->opcode == "OR" || i->opcode == "EX-OR" || i->opcode == "MUL") {
        hitArith = true;
      }

      if (i->opcode == "STORE") {
        hitStore = true;
      }

      // Arithmetic Opcodes
      if (i->opcode == "ADD" || i->opcode == "SUB" || i->opcode == "AND" ||
          i->opcode == "OR" || i->opcode == "EX-OR" || i->opcode == "MOVC") {

        if (i->valids.at(1) && i->valids.at(2)) {
          advSuccess = i->advance(ALU);
        }

        if (!advSuccess) {
          if (i->opcode == "MOVC") {
            advSuccess = i->advance(ALU);
          }
        }

        if (advSuccess) {
          this->issue_queue.erase(i);
          return true;
        }
      }

      // Multiplication Opcode
      if (i->opcode == "MUL") {
        if (i->valids.at(1) && i->valids.at(2)) {
          advSuccess = i->advance(MUL);
        }

        if (advSuccess) {
          this->issue_queue.erase(i);
          return true;
        }
      }
      // Load Opcode
      if (i->opcode == "LOAD") {
        if (hitStore == false) {
          if (i->valids.at(1) && i->valids.at(2)) {
            advSuccess = i->advance(LSFU);
          }

          if (advSuccess) {
            this->issue_queue.erase(i);
            return true;
          }
        }
      }
      // Store Opcode
      if (i->opcode == "STORE") {
        if (i->valids.at(1)) {
          advSuccess = i->advance(LSFU);
        }

        if (advSuccess) {
          this->issue_queue.erase(i);
          return true;
        }
      }
      // Unconditional Branches Opcodes
      if (i->opcode == "BAL" || i->opcode == "JUMP") {
        if (i->valids.at(0)) {
          advSuccess = i->advance(B);
        }

        if (advSuccess) {
          this->issue_queue.erase(i);
          return true;
        }
      }

      // Conditional Branches Opcodes
      if ((i->opcode == "BZ" || i->opcode == "BNZ") && !hitArith) {
        advSuccess = i->advance(B);

        if (advSuccess) {
          this->issue_queue.erase(i);
          return true;
        }
      }
    }
    if (advSuccess == false) {
      ++i;
    }
  } // END for each entry in issue_queue

  // Failed to issue instruction
  return false;
} // END issue() function

// Flush all entries in the IQ with whose cycle time stamp
// is >= specified time stamp (used when branch is taken)
// ASSUMPTION: the entries in the IQ and ROB are
// 						sorted at all times by their timestamp of
// creation (c)
void IQ::flush(int cycle, Registers &rf) {
  // Point an iterator at the start of the IQ
  std::deque<Stage>::iterator it = issue_queue.begin();

  // Traverse until encountering an entry
  // whose cycle timestamp indicates it must be flushed
  while (it->c < cycle) {
    ++it;
  }

  // Flush the elements from the current iterator to end:
  while (it != issue_queue.end()) {
    // Deallocate physical registers by delegation
    it->flush(cycle, rf);

    // Erase this entry in the IQ
    // Pointer advanced by erase function
    issue_queue.erase(it);
  }
}

// Given an opcode string,
// Return true if an entry in the IQ has that opcode
// Return false otherwise
bool IQ::hasEntryWithOpcode(std::string oc) {
  for (auto entry : issue_queue) {
    if (entry.opcode == oc) {
      return true;
    }
  }

  return false;
}

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Bend author Dave Edlund crafts series of thrillers starring Peter Savage
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Every good thriller series has an iconic lead. There's James Patterson's Alex Cross, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan. Closer to home, Bend author Dave Edlund has crafted a series of thrillers around Peter Savage, an ordinary guy who finds himself in extraordinary life-or-death situations.
"He's not a Bond character. He's not Jason Bourne. He's an ordinary guy," said Edlund over the phone. "He doesn't have all of these special training and strengths that you would see in most thriller heroes."
Instead, Savage is a character filled with self-doubt who constantly second-guesses his actions. It's what makes him a real and relatable character, and what has propelled Edlund into a successful second career as a novelist, judging by the fact that the Peter Savage novels have landed on the USA Today Bestsellers list.
It was Clive Cussler's books that got Edlund obsessed with the thriller genre in his mid-twenties and also inspired his dive into writing just over a decade ago. He wrote the first Peter Savage novel, Crossing Savage, as a gift for his 9-year-old son, who had started reading Cussler's novels at the time. Edlund was familiar with nonfiction writing, but had always harbored a fantasy to try his hand at his own thriller. "It's just because I have an active imagination, and that can be applied to science or fiction," Edlund said.
The crime and mystery publishing genre made $782 million in 2018, according to Statista, second behind romance. But penning the next lucrative thriller series isn't Edlund's main goal.
Writing bestselling novels is actually just a side job for Edlund. After graduating from University of Oregon and getting his PhD in chemistry, Edlund moved to Bend in 1987. He worked for Bend Research for nine years before starting his own venture. Since then he's co-founded two companies. His latest is Element One, which develops technology related to hydrogen generation, or clean energy. "It's very exciting to be involved in something where you're doing good," Edlund said.
He's also contributed writing to science and technical books and is an inventor on hundreds of patents in the United States and abroad. He travels often for his work, and finds time to write his novels in airports, airplanes and hotels.
His science and technology background is evident throughout his novels, which are deeply researched and plotted with real life scientific and ethical dilemmas. It's a conscious decision to not only have an interesting plot point, but also to inspire curiosity in his readers about the technological and scientific advancements that are at the forefront of his novels. "I'm not just aiming for entertainment," Edlund said. "I hope that readers will take away some knowledge, some interesting or useful information."
Edlund's writing talent is in his storytelling. The Savage novels, published by Light Messages in North Carolina, move at a quick pace and make even expository paragraphs on genetic engineering fly by. The latest two novels in the series, Lethal Savage and Hunting Savage, are set in Central Oregon, and readers will enjoy recognizing familiar businesses and landmarks in the story. Edlund raised his two kids in Bend, and still lives here with his wife and three dogs.
With five Peter Savage novels published, Edlund is ready to move on to a new central character. He's currently working on a new thriller series with Danya Biton, a female character from the Savage novels, as the lead. Watch for the new series and find the Peter Savage books at independent bookstores in Central Oregon and online.
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No child should feel the need to self-harm
In response to the survey findings released by The Children's Society (Read more here), the Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek says no child should feel unhappy because they don't conform to the expectations of their peers and society.
Bishop Rachel said. "It is shocking that so many children are unhappy to the extent that they are self-harming.
"The issues raised around children unhappy with their appearance and lack of self-esteem resonate with my own engagement with young people.
"For the past two years I have been spearheading #Liedentity – a campaign focused around engagement with children and young people in schools and colleges to combat the lie that who you are is predominantly about how you look.
"This misleading message about human worth being rooted in visual appearance is perpetuated by advertising and social media. No child should feel unhappy because they don't conform to the expectations of their peers and society when it comes to different aspects of their identity.
"A focus on building and strengthening healthy relationships with family and friends is core to changing the message and I am deeply encouraged by The Children's Society's work in this area.
"I hope that this report will focus people, not least in our churches, on the contribution we can make in both listening to young people and being committed to being part of the solution in the messages we give and the relationships we live.'
As part of the #liedentity campaign Bishop Rachel has listened to young people's own experiences and stories. In these three videos we hear what young people have to say on the issue –
How social media makes me feel
How can we change the message that who you are, is all about how you look?
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Our correspondent VillageDianne was in the courtroom just now as Smallville actress Allison Mack pled guilty to two counts — racketeering and racketeering conspiracy — and broke down in tears twice as she did so.
Dianne observed that Mack no longer appears to be starving herself on the Nxivm diet and looked healthier in court today, but she broke down as she began to give her allocution to Judge Nicholas Garaufis.
"I'm here to plead guilty," she was able to get out before breaking down. When the judge asked if she wanted a moment to gather herself, Mack said no and continued with her statement.
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She admitted to making false representations about the specialized sub-group she helped run, "DOS," which prosecutors says was a sex slavery operation to benefit Raniere, and not a "sorority" for self-empowerment. Mack admitted to concealing to DOS members that Raniere was really in charge of it.
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Mack will be sentenced on September 11.
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Q: Trying to save selected item on listbox in a single column in database i am trying to save selected item on  listbox in a single column in database as comma separated.
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                <%--<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlCertific" runat="server" class='form-control'></asp:DropDownList>--%>
                <asp:ListBox ID="ddlCertific" runat="server"  SelectionMode="Multiple">
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            </td>

binding data on page load
void BindDropdown()
    {
        dt = conn.GetData("SELECT CODE_DESC as datac from code ");
        ddlCertific.DataSource = dt;
        ddlCertific.DataTextField = "datac";
        ddlCertific.DataValueField = "datac";

        ddlCertific.DataBind();
    }

Datasaving in database
protected void submit(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      string CERTIFIC;
CERTIFIC = ddlCertific.Text;
conn.IUD("INSERT INTO BAM(CERTIFIC) values ('"+ CERTIFIC +"')");
     }

Any idea would be appreciated.

A: Here are the steps after some research and it is working for me

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*Added listbox as per question
<asp:ListBox ID="ddlCertific" runat="server"  SelectionMode="Multiple" Width="229px">
            <asp:ListItem Value="test1">test1</asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Value="test2">test2</asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Value="test3">test3</asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Value="test4">test4</asp:ListItem>
 </asp:ListBox>

*Added a hidden field - Tricky part
<asp:HiddenField runat="server" ID="HiddenField1" ClientIDMode="Static" OnValueChanged="Date_ValueChanged" />

*Javascript - This will add the selected items in the listbox using a ',' and do a post back since we need value at server
<script type="text/javascript">
function getSelectedOptions(sel) {
    var opts = [], opt;
    var a = [];

    // loop through options in select list
    for (var i=0, len=sel.options.length; i<len; i++) {
        opt = sel.options[i];

        // check if selected
        if ( opt.selected ) {
            // add to array of option elements to return from this function
            opts.push(opt);
            a.push(opt.value + ', ');
       }
    }

    document.getElementById('HiddenField1').value = a.toString();
    // return array containing references to selected option elements
    return opts;
  }

 document.getElementById('ddlCertific').onchange = function (e)

{
      getSelectedOptions(this);

      abc();
       //__doPostBack
  };

  function abc() {

      document.getElementById('HiddenField1').value;
        __doPostBack('HiddenField1');
  }

 </script>

*Add client postback reference on server side and hiddenfield change event.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    string val = ClientScript.GetPostBackEventReference(this,"");
 }

  protected void Date_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string value = HiddenField1.Value;
    //do your db stuffs
}

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Home Secy writes to states, asks them to ensure security of women
The Centre has asked all states to take every possible steps for the security of women, saying it was the highest priority of the government.
In a letter to chief secretaries of all states, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla said that he was writing the letter in the wake of the unfortunate incidents of heinous sexual offences against women and girls reported recently. "Safety of women and girls is a high priority for the government. While the government has taken steps to strengthen legislative provisions to deal with such offences in a stringent manner, for effective deterrence it is imperative that the police is easily accessible and is able to deal with any complaint on crime against women in a timely and pro-active manner," the home secretary said.
The Union Home secretary also mentioned various advisories sent by the home ministry to the states to ensure security of women.
Bhalla said that on May 16, 2019, the MHA had requested all states and Union Territories to ensure strict compliance with the provision in law to file "Zero" FIR in event of a cognizable offence, including sexual assault on women.
"It had also been reiterated that failure in this regard by any police official is a punishable offence. States and UTs were also requested to undertake refresher courses for police personnel on this essential aspect," the home secretary said.
The advisory said it is necessary to ensure that police personnel are much more responsive and sensitive in handling complaints of crimes against women and girls.
"I would also like to draw your attention to the facility of Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences (ITSSO) portal available to the police in your state and UT. ITSSO enables every state and UT to monitor completion of investigation in serious sexual offences in the prescribed two-month time period," it said.
The ITSSO is based on Crime and Criminal Tracking and Networks System (CCTNS) and the utility of this tool has been adequately highlighted to the states and Union Territories by the ministry.
The home secretary said forensic evidence is critical to the delivery of justice and all states and UT were requested to review their capacities, identify gaps, and take action for modernisation of their forensic science laboratories through provision of latest forensic equipment and trained manpower, deployment of e-Forensics, and other capacity building activities, ensuring that these laboratories retain operational independence.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock is an Australian historical fiction novel by Joan Lindsay. Set in 1900, it is about a group of female students at an Australian girls' boarding school who vanish at Hanging Rock while on a Valentine's Day picnic, and the effects the disappearances have on the school and local community. The novel was first published in 1967 in Australia by Cheshire Publishing and was reprinted by Penguin in 1975. It is widely considered by critics to be one of the best Australian novels.
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A third of those who have drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea this year were children, and the number of children applying for asylum in the European Union has doubled, Unicef has said.
An update issued by Unicef and the International Organisation for Migration on the crisis found that children are increasingly among those fleeing their countries and travelling to Europe. The NGOs warned they will be increasingly at risk as winter takes hold.
Sarah Crowe, a Unicef spokeswoman, said babies are increasingly being born in the unfavourable conditions along migration routes and carried along as newborns. "With winter fast approaching, there is a heightened risk of these children dying at sea or on land, or becoming seriously ill," she said.
The update said babies and small children and those with disabilities and special needs are particularly at risk, as they can slip easily from parents' arms if boats encounter problems.
In October alone, at least 90 children died in the Eastern Mediterranean sea and nearly one in five were under the age of two. Across the whole year, the majority of people who have drowned have been under the age 12.
Children made up over a quarter of the 730,000 sea arrivals in Greece, where refugee and migrant numbers are beginning to pick up again after a decline.
Crowe said more than half of people now arriving at borders in the Balkans are women and children, a 27% increase on the summer. The crisis has now become a "crisis for children and their mothers", she said.
Worsening weather, unpredictable border crossings and border procedures are compounding the challenges facing children on the move, she warned.
Newborn babies and young children, women who have recently given birth, children who have become separated from their families, unaccompanied adolescents and trafficked children are particularly vulnerable, the update said.
"So far, the winter has been mild, but this is changing and the response now is not only about warm clothes, baby socks and blankets, but about providing children with a sense of stability and protection after what they have been through," Crowe said.


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Coventry Rugby reinforce back three options
Ryan Olowofela (left) and Louis Brown (right)
Coventry Rugby has taken action to bring in more options into the club's squad to cover positions across the back three.
With James Stokes (London Irish) and Henry Purdy (Bristol Bears) having departed to the Premiership in recent weeks and both Max Trimble and Junior Bulumakau having sustained long-term knee injuries the cover in these crucial positions had worn thin.
In the wake of Director of Rugby Rowland Winter has acted swiftly to bring two bright prospects to Butts Park Arena.
Louis Brown has signed a two-and-a-half year contract. The full back, who turns 22 next week, arrives from Old Elthamians, but he has plenty of experience in the Greene King IPA Championship, having been a regular for Yorkshire Carnegie in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons. Brown has also played professional rugby league for Featherstone Rovers.
Ryan Olowofela joined Northampton Saints after a successful two years with England Sevens. The 21-year-old winger scored 15 tries in 39 matches on the World Rugby Sevens Series last season before returning to the 15-a-side game last summer. He has played four times for the Saints' first team, all in the Premiership Rugby Cup, and scored against Sale and Wasps in the Premiership Rugby Shield. Olowofela is joining Coventry on a dual-registered basis.
Winter says that he and the Cov coaches are looking forward to working with the pair.
"Louis and Ryan are talented and exciting young players who will fit in the type of rugby that we're looking to play," he said. "Louis is a strong-running full back while Ryan has the electric pace you'd expect from a Sevens international.
"They've also all been positive about their moves to Coventry, which reflects well on what we're looking to build here for the future. We're looking forward to seeing them play and are sure that the Cov supporters will be excited, too."
Both players will be eligible to play in this Saturday's Greene King IPA Championship home match against Yorkshire Carnegie.


Under the Green Schools program the low energy and low maintenance Waterloo Biofilter replaces suspended growth-extended aeration technologies at three Ontario public schools – resulting in improved effluent quality, lower noise and odour pollution, and ongoing operating cost savings to the schools of over $60,000 per year. Also demonstrated are the WaterNOx nutrient removal system and wastewater reuse.
SC Shipping Container treatment units provide a 'plug and play' wastewater treatment solution that is shipped easily throughout the world, controls installation quality, reduces installations costs and variability, and provides more predictable treatment and operations.
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Waterloo Biofilter wastewater treatment technology applications ranging from municipal wastewater, food processing wastewater, and landfill leachate are detailed.


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Home Article Insulet highlights 'growing power' of Omnipod
Insulet highlights 'growing power' of Omnipod
Updated 9:13 AM CST, Mon November 8, 2021
ACTON, Mass. – Insulet Corp. reported revenue of $275.6 million for the third quarter of 2021, up 17.8% over the same period last year.
It reported revenue was $260.3 million, up 22.7%, for Omnipod.
"Our third quarter results reflect the growing power of Omnipod," said Shacey Petrovic, president and CEO. "We are driving global new customer starts, have momentum across our business, and are advancing exciting new innovations. We continue to share compelling clinical data that demonstrates the improved outcomes and quality of life Omnipod offers to people of all ages. We remain on track for Omnipod 5 clearance later this year and cannot wait to bring this transformational product to market and further our mission of improving the lives of people with diabetes."
Insult reported net income was $12.6 million for the third quarter this year vs. $11.6 million for the same period last year.
Among the recent clinical data the company highlighted:
Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System pivotal extension results demonstrating statistically significant improved safety and glycemic outcomes observed in the three-month Omnipod 5 pivotal study were maintained over 12 months of home use.
Omnipod DASH results from the company's largest cohort study of people living with Type 1 diabetes demonstrated a significant decrease in A1c after 90 days of use for children, adolescents, and adults.
Published results in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics demonstrated a CGM-informed bolus calculator was safe when used with Omnipod 5 in manual mode, with fewer hypoglycemic readings in the post-bolus period compared to a standard bolus calculator.
Insulet expects to generate revenue growth of 19% to 25% for the fourth quarter and 18% to 20% for the full year.
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While up in New York City for the Sneakerpedia Launch Party, Inside The Sneakerbox stopped by the Complex Magazine Office for a guerilla style look around to see what kind of kicks they have laying about. The lads get a chance to talk with both Joe La Puma & Russ Bengtson from the magazine... and they definitely had sneakers to show! Check it all out below.
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Q: Securing controllers in ASP.NET MVC to the correct user I am building an application in ASP.Net MVC to log tasks.
A user can delete only their own tasks. Is there a standard way to prevent a different logged in user, from simply typing in the delete controller url, with an [id] parameter of a task that belongs to another user, thus deleting another users task?
Example:
User A has a task with an id of 13. When User A views the task, there is a link to /tasks/delete/13 to delete the task record. User B can view task 13 and then decides to enter /tasks/delete/13 into the address bar and therefore deletes User A's task.
Do you have to write your own code within the controller to prevent this, or is there a standard way this is usually handled?
Many thanks!

A: The NerdDinner application has just such an example in its Dinners controller.
http://nerddinner.codeplex.com/
The instructions on how to do this are here:
http://nerddinnerbook.s3.amazonaws.com/Part9.htm
Go about halfway down the page until you see the headings: Using the User.Identity.Name property when Creating Dinners and Using the User.Identity.Name property when Editing Dinners.

A: When it comes to security in ASP.NET MVC you have Authentication and Authorization.
Authentication is the process of validating a user's identity and usually involves checking a username and password against a database and then assigning some kind of user ID to that user.
Authorization is the process of restricting access to system resources and is often done via Roles (RBAC). However, Roles don't often cover ownership which is what you're after.
In your case you will need to write your own code to perform an ownership check on the task such as:
if (!task.IsOwnedBy(userID))
{
  throw new HttpException ((int)HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized,
                           "You are not authorized.");
}

I asked a similar question here How do you weave Authentication, Roles and Security into your DDD? and have yet to decide how I'm going to integrate this into my business layer.


LysoMax Oil, a new enzyme solution, increases the yield during vegetable oil refining by improving the release of oil from the gum, a viscous fraction obtained from treating crude vegetable oil with hot water, according to Danisco, Copenhagen, Denmark. The method allows producers to reduce the process water by 50%. It has no negative impact on oil quality and requires no further investments in equipment.
When using LysoMax Oil, enzymes are added to the water flow during the oil refining process. The process may be carried out at 55 degrees Centigrade (131 degrees Fahrenheit).
"I'm really pleased that we are introducing this new product that doesn't just increase profits per tonne of oil for our customers — it is also much more sustainable in terms of water and energy consumption," said Aart Mateboer, business unit director of Food & Beverage Enzymes for Danisco. "This is of key importance to our customers in a market producing up to 60 million tonnes a year with fluctuating oil prices."
For more information, visit www.danisco.com.
This article can also be found in the digital edition of Milling and Baking News, May 19, 2009, starting on Page 56. Click here to search that archive.


TVS officially launched the Apache RTR 160 4V carburettor model with single disc option in Bangladesh and the company has introduced three new models which include Max 125, Metro Special Edition and XL 100 Heavy Duty 'i-Touch start'. The Apache RTR 160 4V is one of the most popular models of the company in India and also in the International market.
The company distributes the products through TVS Auto Bangladesh. The Apache RTR 160 4V is available in three colour options – RR Red, Racing Blue and Racing Black. The performance bike is powered by 159.7 cc single cylinder engine producing 16.1 bhp at 8,000 rpm and 14.8 Nm of max torque at 6,500 rpm.
This engine is mated to a 5-speed gearbox. In India, TVS is also offering Fuel Injection variant of the Apache RTR 160 4V and it comes with slightly more power compared to carb model. The performance of the entry-level model is excellent as 0-60 kph in just 4.73 sec and the top speed of Apache RTR 160 4V is 113 Kph.
The braking duties are performed by 270 mm disc at the front and 130 mm drum at the rear. The company is not offering ABS system with the Apache RTR 160 4V in Bangladesh. The bike gets 17-inch black finished alloy wheels with 90/90 section tubeless tyre at the front and 110/80 section tubeless tyre at the rear.
The Apache RTR 160 4V gets telescopic forks at the front and mono shocks at the rear. The design theme is carried over from its bigger sibling Apache RTR 200 4V as the headlamp get LED DRL while the rear comes with LED tail lamp and instrument cluster is fully digital. The seat is a single piece unit.
TVS has given 12-litre fuel tank with 2.5 litres reserve and the bike is expected to return around 45 km/l. The Apache RTR 160 4V tips the scale at 143 kgs and it measures 2,050 mm length, 790 mm width, 1050 mm height and 1,357 mm wheelbase. The ground clearance is 180 mm and seat height is 800 mm.


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Assessment & Feedback in Online Settings
Assessment and feedback are key parts of the learning cycle. Meaningful feedback is especially important to learning, as it provides students with detailed information about their work that helps guide them toward enhanced understanding of a subject, as well as mastery of the skills required to deliver a longer-term assignment in a professional and impactful manner. Meaningful feedback is specific, timely, and purposeful. It can be solicited and delivered to a student by an instructor, a peer, or an external practitioner in the field. As with an assessment, feedback can be a blend of qualitative and quantitive observations.
Assessment is a measurement or evaluation of a student's knowledge, skills, and abilities. It can help an instructor determine a student's grasp and understanding of a subject and skill set, and be used as a basis for giving feedback. Assessments can be designed in many different formats, from the more traditional multiple-choice quiz or research paper, to a self-reflection journal, to asking a student to a design a game, a website, or an educational curriculum.
Feedback and assessments online can be designed and delivered using a variety of platforms and formats, some of which are outlined below. It's recommended you provide both formative and summative assessments and feedback to students during the semester, and that you solicit feedback from your students in return, to help give you a barometer of how the course is going for them to date, and to allow you time to make adjustments as needed or desired.
Formative Assessment & Feedback
Formative assessment and feedback is ongoing and typically low-stakes. It allows students to gauge where their strengths and weaknesses fall, as well as better understand what skills and knowledge their instructor is looking for. Formative assessment allows an instructor to catch and address student struggles and misunderstandings early-on, and provide guidance to bolster student understanding prior to submission of a higher-stakes assignment. Examples of formative assessment and feedback include:
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are ungraded, in-class activities that are rich in feedback opportunities. Examples of CATs include Application Cards (asking students to provide a real-world example of how a concept or theory could be applied), Concept Maps (a diagram that depicts suggested relationships between concepts), and the Exit Slip (asking students to report on what they have learned through a guided or open-ended reflection at the end of a new lesson or topic). You can learn more about CATs and see more examples at Vanderbilt University's Center for Teaching website, as well as in Western Washington University's Teaching Handbook.
Having students turn in drafts of a research paper or select components of a longer-term project for feedback, building toward a final and complete submission at the end of the instructional unit or term
Requiring students to provide peer feedback to each other on an assignment before it gets submitted to the instructor for a grade
Summative Assessment & Feedback
Summative assessment and feedback serves as a means to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit or term, to determine how closely the student has achieved the overall learning objectives of that instructional unit or course. Examples of summative assessment and feedback include:
A midterm exam
A multi-week project that students turn in at midterm or end of term
A solo or group presentation about a topic related to the course
A research paper
A recital or performance
Delivery Formats and Platforms
Feedback can be offered online via text or other annotation (videos can also be annotated with feedback), via audio recording, or via video recording. You may find audio to be a quick and easy way to provide feedback to students in a way that's very personal and that allows the student to be able to better decipher the intent of the feedback, whereas text-based feedback can sometimes be misinterpreted.
Canvas facilitates offering assessment and feedback in multiple formats. It has a Quiz feature that allows you to set up standardized assessments with question types that are auto-graded and that provide auto-feedback on, for example, multiple choice, true/false, and matching questions. It also accommodates submission and feedback for alternative assessments, via such features as the SpeedGrader and DocViewer.
Remote assessment and feedback can be delivered and tracked using a variety of Middlebury-supported platforms, including:
Canvas quizzes, assignments, peer-to-peer feedback, and SpeedGrader
Self-reflection or journaling using Google apps
Blogging or website creation using Sites DOT or Middcreate
Presentations or creative work captured in video using Zoom or Panopto
Below, you'll find links to a variety of resources available for delivering, tracking, and providing feedback on assessments.
Webinar Recordings of Previously Held DLINQ Workshops
Giving Feedback on Assignments in Canvas
Managing Quizzes & Assessments in Canvas
Using SpeedGrader in Canvas
SpeedGrader and DocViewer in Canvas
How do I use SpeedGrader?
How do I add annotated comments in student submissions using DocViewer in SpeedGrader?
What Tools Are Available to Provide Annotated Feedback on Videos?
VideoAnt
GoReact
Download/Upload Assignments in Canvas
How do I download assignments in Canvas
How do I upload assignments in Canvas
Peer Review in Canvas
YouTube Video – a student perspective of Peer Review
How do I use Peer Reviews in a Canvas Course – from Canvas Instructor Guide
How do I view student comments on a Peer Review – from Canvas Instructor Guide
Rubrics & Checklists
iDEA Design Book – a great resource for all sorts of course design ideas and tools
iDEA Design Book Assessment page – a pdf with suggestions and links to other assessment resources
RISE Rubric – a resource to help guide peer-to-peer feedback
Middlebury rubrics for teaching writing (includes discipline-specific samples)
Berkeley Center for Teaching & Learning (overview of rubrics)
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (U of MN)
Additional Tips
Use rubrics
Communicate often & be present online
Before publishing them, review your assessments from the perspective of a student
Ask students for feedback and ideas
Finals: Approaching the end of the remote semester
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MARC Train Strikes Car in Rockville
Pregnant woman, baby will be OK
By Matthew Stabley	• Published May 8, 2009 • Updated on May 9, 2009 at 4:30 pm
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- A pregnant woman was hospitalized after her car was struck by a MARC train in Rockville Friday evening.
Apparently, 25-year-old Cemile Valencia tried to get out of the crossing, even bumping a car ahead of her, but she was unable to before the train struck her and pushed her car into a crossing gate, which went through the car from the back to the front and narrowly missed her head by inches, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. A side airbag may have saved her life.
Valencia was taken to a trauma center with serious injuries, but both she and her baby are OK, Piringer said.
No injuries were reported on the Bunswick Line train, which was carrying more than 500 passengers, who were offloaded and put on two other trains to take them to their destinations. MARC trains heading northbound out of Washington experienced major delays because of the crash.


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Deputy Health Minister Litzman to become full minister
In response to landmark court ruling, ultra-Orthodox lawmaker becomes the first to receive rabbis' approval to enter cabinet
By Jonathan Beck	27 August 2015, 4:56 pm 5 Edit
UTJ's Yaakov Litzman leaves a session of his United Torah Judaism party's Council of Torah Sages in Jerusalem on August 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party on Thursday said that he had received rabbinical approval to serve as health minister in the cabinet.
"I accept the decision by the Council of Torah Sages and have answered positively the request of the prime minister, and will thus soon serve as health minister," he said.
His announcement came following a ruling by the High Court of Justice preventing deputy ministers from fulfilling the role of ministers. Litzman, while nominally a deputy minister, held a minister's authority in the Health Ministry. Lawmakers from his party have previously avoided ministerial positions due to their community's reluctance to grant full legitimacy to a secular Jewish state.
On Thursday, Litzman said that he "respects" the demand of the High Court of Justice that he become a minister, saying, "As far as I'm concerned there is no change in my position.
"I served and will continue to serve the citizens of Israel exactly as I did in the past. In my view, a deputy minister in the capacity of minister is a health minister in every respect," he added.
The court's decision to ban the practice of granting a minister's authority to a deputy minister came following a petition by the Yesh Atid party, which held the health ministership in the previous coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The petition demanded that the court prevent Netanyahu from taking on any cabinet roles beyond the premiership. In addition to being the nominal health minister, Netanyahu has also been serving as health minister, foreign minister, communications minister and the minister for regional cooperation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Deputy Health Minister, Yaakov Litzman hold a press conference announcing the new mental health reform presented by the Health Ministry, in Jerusalem, on July 1, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
On Sunday, the High Court of Justice ruled that Yaakov Litzman cannot continue to serve as deputy health minister with no presiding minister, and gave the government 60 days to fill the post.
In their decision, the five justices ruled that the current setup was "unlawful."
"If you ask any hospital or citizen, they will tell you that the person governing the Health Ministry is Litzman and not Netanyahu," Supreme Court Vice President Elyakim Rubinstein said during the hearing.
Yesh Atid hailed the court's decision as a "triumph of the public interest over the political interest.
"The healthcare system is one of the most complicated and problematic in Israel, and it deserves a full minister with all the authority and responsibility required of a minister in the State of Israel," the party said in a statement on Sunday. "Of course this is not meant as a war against the ultra-Orthodox, but rather against the culture of backroom deals."
Litzman on Thursday afternoon mocked the Yesh Atid petition, telling Channel 2 that "the only achievement of [Yesh Atid leader] Yair Lapid is that he added a little money to my paycheck."
Marissa Newman contributed to this report.
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Revised schedule can be found at https: Erik Babcock To view all our Rep Coaches and contact News Archive Other Recent Articles. Buffalo Wild Wing Fundraiser. With some heavy hearts the Minor Atom A team tried their best to close out the season in style!! So Close in E.
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History of public media
An Age of Kings: an import becomes public TV's first hit
By David Stewart | December 21, 1998
It was public TV's first unqualified national success, a smash hit. Before Masterpiece Theatre, American Playhouse or Hollywood Television Theatre, there was An Age of Kings, Shakespeare's history plays in 15 parts, a chronicle of Britain's monarchs from Richard II (1399) to Richard III (1484).
Frank Baxter, television's first man of learning
By David Stewart | January 29, 1996
Like Norman Corwin, the exceptional radio producer profiled in the last issue of Current, Frank Baxter had his great broadcast successes on the cusp, just before his medium became too commercially successful to continue airing the kind of programs that made Corwin and Baxter famous. Both were forerunners of today's public broadcasters. This Baxter profile was written by CPB's director of international activities, David Stewart as part of his history of public television programming. When he died in 1982 many were astonished: Frank Baxter still alive in the '80s! Many remembered him as mature, if not quite elderly, nearly 30 years before when he grasped national attention simply by talking to a TV camera about Shakespeare's plays and poetry.


My name is Mick Oldfield ( BinaryG ) and I have been looking after and hosting the PSN website since July 2010 and although I have not had as much time as I would of liked to work on the site me and Jim are slowly making progress and have not had any real problems or downtime until now.
So why all of a sudden did PSN vanish of the face of the earth for almost a month?
The answer is we have been moving to a new server in the UK from one in the USA to try and provide the best service to everyone that visits the site. Normally with a move like this I would expect very little downtime and for the other sites I host that was true but there was a few things that slowed down the transfer of PSN. The biggest problem we had was the new hosting company's support team took a very long time to identify the problem which was for some reason you can't buy a domain name with them from one account and then buy hosting from them on another account and then connect the two to get a working site. The domain name and hosting have to be ether on the same account or the domain name has to be registered to another company and then pointed to the hosting for everything to work. Now I'm sure you can forgive me for thinking that if I use the same company for everything it would make life easier but as you can see that is not true and it also took the hosting support team nearly a week to work this out and tell us after repeatedly implying that we did not know what we were doing and should read the instructions a bit more until we understand how things work and know what we are doing.
So we now know we needed to move the domain name to another company and we promptly did this and could see that we were nearly back online until we try to connect the two together and nothing happened. Once again we contact the support team and once again they say everything is working here you need to read these instructions because it can't possibly be a fault with our system so we gave them the benefit of the doubt and tried everything we could think of but still no joy. By this time we are getting on for around 2 weeks of downtime and me, Jim, Jack Nicholas and Giles Allen are all looking at the problem and all agree it is not a problem with our end and that we should contact the support team again. Once again they give use the same replies of you must be doing something wrong but we were not going to back down this time and finally they admitted that the fault was with their server setup and after this it still took a few days for them to link the domain name and hosting and here we are.
The current status of things is as you can see the site is back online but we are still having problems with emails we are hoping to have everything running at full steam very soon. We are very sorry about everything that has happened and will do everything in our power to prevent any more down time.
I would just like to take a minute to thank Jim for his patience and understanding about everything that has happened and thank Jack and Giles for taking time out of their busy schedule to help with the repair and diagnosis of the problems that have affected us.