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Boulder man's ice art bears a message of…
Boulder man's ice art bears a message of impermanence
Paul Aiken / Staff photographer
Dee Crouch adjusts the water hose which builds/enlarges/creates his ice sculpture outside his Boulder home.
Dee Crouch adjusts the water hose which builds/enlarges/creates his ice sculpture outside his Boulder home on Jan. 9
Dee Crouch with his ice sculpture outside his Boulder home on Jan. 9.
By Pam Mellskog and Times-Call | For the Times-Call
Every winter, Dee B. Crouch sets an orange traffic cone outside his front door — a warning to watch your step on the treacherous black ice that forms there as he sprays 22,000 gallons of 50-degree water over the frozen art growing to 100 tons in his front yard.
The retired emergency department doctor further manages risks of falling or catching a cold by wearing crampons and stocking his closet with not one set of winter gear, but three sets so as to head into his overnight wet work dry.
"But this is not ice sculpture," he said, fiddling with the angle of a garden hose threaded through a black co-polymer pipe and balanced on a maple tree branch to spray yet another fine mist on the berg. "It is conceptual art in ice."
Crouch, 73, launched the annual winter ice art show on the front lawn of his beige, ranch-style home in Boulder in the early 1990s.
Since then, passersby on the northwest-facing sidewalk and on the walking path across the street predictably pause to take in the spectacle — one illuminated at night by outdoor floodlights.
Once, he created a flat enough surface on his ice art project to show Charlie Chaplin films while serving cookies and hot chocolate to the neighbors.
The art otherwise has served no practical purpose, which explains why people puzzle before the his cold pieces — all of them towering 12 feet or higher with daunting themes such as "Femme Fatale," and "Theater of War" to whimsical ones, such as "Bad Hair Day" and "Laundry Again."
"'What is it?' people say. And I say, 'It's just ice,'" Crouch said.
Times-Call: Before you started spraying in November, what materials did you gather?
Dee B. Crouch: There's a lot to it. But the steel armature, the framework, has various things hung on it including a whiskey barrel and four huge stainless steel hoops painted in fluorescent colors. The whole framework sits on a 5-inch thick steel base on a concrete foundation — about 30 inches by 30 inches — that needs to be not only be really strong but precisely level. The ice around that forms on about 20 tomato cages in all these different colors — yellow ones, red ones, blue ones and green ones. All of those materials come from McGuckin's. … It is as much a matter of surface area, a matter of physics and engineering, as it is a matter of art.
TC: You like ice. Snow? Not so much.
DC: Snow is evil because it makes the ice opaque and because it is unstable.
TC: This year, your theme is "Live in joy." What decorative stuff went into the ice?
DC: You can see some of the hand-blown glass ornaments I made to put in the ice.
TC: Because temperatures dip at dusk and you prefer to spray between 10 and 15 degrees, you said you often spray overnight. What is your routine?
DC: Overnight, I set an alarm every two hours to wake up, gear up, spray, and then hang the wet gear in the bathroom to dry before heading back to bed and re-setting the alarm. In that sense, it's kind of a performance art. … But I am getting really tired of losing sleep. So, it's a good thing that it will be finished in about two weeks.
TC: Apart from spraying water from different angles — from the lawn, the maple tree branches and the 12-foot-high step ladder — what else do you do to shape the ice?
DC: Nothing. I let the wind and the sun and time shape it. As the wind and the sun begin to work on the ice it gets more rounded forms and arches, like southern Utah. Right now, needle-like spikes are coming out of the north side.
TC: Have you ever tried to protect the ice from melting?
What: "Live in joy" conceptual art in ice
When: Dawn to 11 p.m., through the January cold snap until the February thaw
Where: Crouch residence, 3150 Jefferson St., Boulder
For more: View Crouch's concepts in handblown glass at Osmosis Gallery, 290 Second Ave., Niwot
DC: I have tried wrapping it in the morning with silver tarps to protect the art, but can we even call it art? I don't have wine and cheese around it. It can't be sold. Who even knows what it is going to look like? It changes daily. It is unpredictable and impermanent. It's like life. It comes to life and then goes away. … When you get a ticket to see Michelangelo's David in Florence, you can go back and David looks the same. And you can contemplate that. This is just the opposite of what art might be.
TC: Did your years of doctoring at Boulder Community Hospital's emergency department deepen your sensibility toward impermanence?
DC: I have seen a lot of people die, and doctors are the ones to call that. We are the ones who say, "He's dead. I am sorry your kid is dead. It was a really big truck that hit him." So, yes. I know that my garden's temporary. My life is temporary. You can't do anything about the past. It's there. Not much you can do about the future because that's uncertain. So, the point is to be here now and live in the moment. It's a very Buddhist way of viewing life.
TC: In 1976, you took a couple of months off from work to climb Mt. Everest and live with Buddhist monks in western Nepal before heading back to Boulder. How does that experience inform your ice art?
DC: They gave me my begging bowl. When they dug potatoes, I dug potatoes. When they chanted, I chanted. Otherwise, I lived in silence. … I still don't have a cell phone.
TC: What do you think about these days when you stand alone during the wee hours to spray the ice?
DC: I kind of meditate. I stand there and look at the stars, and I enjoy the cold mist on my face as the wind blows over it. I still live my life mostly in silence. There is value in silence.
TC: What is the compliment you have most appreciated?
DC: I love it when people come back and look at it.
TC: Do you get any negative reaction every year?
DC: Well, the city and the insurance company don't like it. But the grass just loves it in April.
Pam Mellskog can be reached at 303-746-0942 or p.mellskog@gmail.com.
Pam Mellskog
Pam Mellskog can be reached at p.mellskog@gmail.com or 303-746-0942.
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Light-up Valentine's Day card-making and other Longmont events for today

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There are some wild claims about the impact iPads can have on PK-12 education, and more and more schools are moving toward 1:1 iPad initiatives…but what can schools realistically expect during the first year of a large scale iPad implementation (and beyond)?
In this panel, we will examine and debunk some of the myths related to the use of iPads in education. By doing so, we hope to help schools set reasonable expectations for the early stages of iPad integration. All phases of iPad implementation will be discussed from the moment the idea sparks into someone's head to the implementation of iPads into school curricula and student learning.
Access to iPads is all you need.
There are over 100,000 quality apps for learning!
iPads will revolutionize teaching and learning!
If you let students use iPads in class, they'll always be off-task.
iPads will save teachers time.
How to prepare? From day one of an iPad initiative, the technology must work. Adjustments to technology infrastructure are absolutely necessary, but beyond technical needs, there are a number of other preparatory tasks to achieve, including: completing administrative tasks (e.g. developing acceptable use policies), communicating with concerned parties (e.g. parents, board members), providing professional development (e.g. for teachers and technology specialists), and developing school norms.
What happens to teaching and learning? Are iPads a panacea for revolutionizing education? In the first year, teaching pedagogies change little with the influx of the technology. Yet, opportunities for innovation are immense. Communication amongst students and teachers improves. New media literacies are prevalent, and the amount of time spent on administrative classroom practices decrease. With continued development and support, teaching and learning are apt to shift.
How will iTeach and iLearn in the future? The key to transformations in teaching and learning is content-specific, teacher professional development. Identifying apps that specifically target content areas, student needs, and problems-of-practice (e.g. Celtx) is necessary to untap the full potential of the iPad technology cluster. iPad technology integrationists, teachers, curriculum specialists, and media specialists must collaboratively learn and innovate together. School leaders must model.


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It's been a whirlwind three years for Dublin man Gavin Lynch better known as Matador. From initial beginnings as a sound engineer and DJ in his native Dublin, the dedicated producer has plotted a carefully devised route right to the forefront of techno in just three short years. The organic evolution of Matador's productions has been clear for all to see, the cultivation of his instantly recognizable sound an intrinsic part of his journey from humble beginnings. Perc Trax and Cocoon were early stop-offs before Matador found his artistic home with Minus, the much respected stable of the legendary Richie Hawtin and the perfect outlet for an adventurous producer like himself, a label which has had a substantial impact on his flourishing career. The initial break came on Hawtin's Plus 8 thanks to a driving monster of a remix for Bryan Zentz's D-Clash which announced Matador as one to watch in dance circles. Following that up with a debut EP on Minus was perfect opportunity for Matador and the success of his Kingswing release gave him the impetus to launch himself fully into the world of techno. With staunch support from Mr Hawtin himself, Matador became a regular fixture on the Minus lineups around the world. On the production front he followed his debut venture up with a succession of well received EP's and releases on Minus including the likes of Lamana and Dikspring as well as the much lauded Spooks EP, five tracks which truly encapsulate the Matador sound. 2012 proved to be a productive year for the Dublin man with a constant stream of quality output helping cement his place as a rising star amongst the techno community. During this time he also began to hone his live performance setup, incorporating midi controllers, samplers and effects to create a formidable live show perfectly tailored to his needs. His outgoing personality, combined with the vibrant nature of his music has helped him engender a unique party atmosphere at his live shows, something techno fans around the world can attest to. Underneath the Enter banner, Gavin has been a regular resident performing extensively in Ibiza over the past three seasons and at Enter events all over the world from Brixton to Amsterdam and farther afield in Los Angeles and Miami. Performing at Enter has also given Matador the chance to perfect his live performance and his successes here were reflected by fact that he was anointed Best Live Performer Ibiza 2014 at this year's DJ Awards, recognition of his dedicated efforts in a live setting. The past two years have seen Matador continue his studio prowess with a string of releases including a remix for techno legends Dubfire and Oliver Huntemann and a new EP for Minus in Zoles which was a 5 track salvo for his label of choice. 2014 saw the producer indulge his love of remixing with a remix for Depeche Mode a particular highlight. 2014 also saw Matador's Versions EP come to light, inspired by the many sounds that influenced him as a young DJ, the EP gave new life to a number seminal dance tracks including most interestingly The Chemical Brothers – It Began In Africa. Many of these tracks were included in his recent Essential Mix. With renewed focus on the studio this year as well as a primed touring schedule its clear the Matador name will continue it's inexorable rise. A new EP on Minus is imminent and an artist album for 2015 has been confirmed, something that will no doubt excite the growing fan base of the charismatic Irishman. His love for live performance will also be indulged with a new live show almost ready to be rolled out, something that will bring a smile to the face of the many Matador fans who have crossed paths with him over the last three years, connecting with him and joining him on what has been an incredible journey. It appears that the coming months will provide a plethora of seminal moments for one of techno's most notable mavericks!


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Advanced Business Analysis
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Business Systems Analysis is the process of studying a procedure or business operation to identify its goals and purposes and create systems and procedures that will achieve them in the most efficient way. It is one of the most critical phases of the software development process and a key reason why systems fail. In Nigeria, it is often overlooked resulting in software systems being built that do not work as the client requires.
The course will also touch upon other more generic areas of expertise that are crucial to the Business Analyst; attention will be paid to Other Underlying Competencies, covering areas such as creative thinking, critical reasoning, technical writing and facilitation, which are key the effectiveness of a successful Business Analyst. Particular attention will also be paid to Techniques which will concentrate on the most common techniques that Business Analysts use in the course of their activities, including (but not limited to) concepts such as Data Flow Diagrams, SWOT Analysis, Prototyping, Requirements Workshops, Use Cases and Sequence Diagrams.
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Business Analysis and the Different Development Methodologies (Such as lean 6 Sigma, Agile, RAD, etc.)
Business Analysis Standards: IIBA®, BABOK®, CBAP®, CCBATM
At the end of this course, participants would be able to plan, manage, analyse, document and communicate requirements, demonstrate a solid understanding of business Analysis, formulate a requirements management Change Agents. The course content has been designed so that it is closely aligned with the main aspects of the core curriculum detailed in the Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK), a reference for professional knowledge of business analysis produced by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA).
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HH Lokanath Swami Maharaja's 110th Vyasa-Puja Offering to Srila Prabhupada
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace!
You strongly condemned the modern civilization, which is completely misdirected by scientific materialism, and you declared that there was an urgent need to introduce the spiritual knowledge and wisdom of the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam to the scientist, philosophers, and scholars, as well as the general masses of the world. The very last public lecture series you delivered, at Mumbai in 1977, was entitled "Modern Civilization Is A Total Failure – The Only Alternative Is Krsna Consciousness." I was there among the thousands to witness you destroy all materialistic misconceptions with the sharp sword of knowledge. In an exchange with your disciples in Fiji, you said: "People are being misled into accepting ignorance as knowledge. Take, for example, Darwin's theory: somehow matter, which is dull and dead, has produced us, who are conscious and living. This is simply speculation based on ignorance. And yet people are accepting it as knowledge….Is all this really science and philosophy? Find this verse in Bhagavad-gita , thirteenth chapter: one of the phrases is tattva-jnanartha-darsanam."
Disciple:"Here it is,Srila Prabhupada. Adhyatma-jnananityatvam tattva-jnanartha-darsanam etaj jnanam iti proktam ajnanam yad ato 'nyatha. The Lord says, 'Accepting the importance of self- realization, and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth-this I declare to be knowledge. And besides this, whatever there may be is ignorance.' "[Back to Godhead, Vol. 32, No. 6, Nov-Dec, 1998, "Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out."]
An American scientist once commented, "Every now and again I guess somebody comes up with some little interesting idea that takes a little while for people to prove wrong. But before they do that it's fine, and people talk about it a lot until somebody comes with a different idea."
In the above –cited conversation you gave your assessment of such cynical so-called scientists. You said: "These rascals are passing as big scientists and philosophers. This is the situation, the whole world over. So how important this Krsna consciousness movement is. Just imagine."
I was trying to further imagine the importance of your Krsna consciousness movement during my recent visit to the holy forest ofNaimisaranya with more than 300 ISKCON devotees. There we recited Srimad-Bhagavatam in the very spot where Srila Suta Goswami had narrated it to 88,000 assembled sages. We felt that even to this day the atmosphere is surcharged with the sound of theBhagavatam, the literary incarnation of the Lord.
I was contemplating the following statement a lot : " On the other hand , that literature which is full with descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, form, and pastimes of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a transcendental creation meant to bring about a revolution in the impious life of a misdirected civilization. Such transcendental literatures, even though irregularly composed, are heard, sung, and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest." [Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.11]
The sages had strategically selected Naimisaranya as a spot for performing sacrifices and reciting the Bhagavatam, with the aim of minimizing the worldwide effects of Kala-yuga, the age of darkness. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, the foremost exponent of the philosophy of bhagavata–dharma in his day, visited Naimisaranya in 1926 in connection with starting a new the branch of the Gaudiya Matha there. You have continued to work for the complete welfare of humanity at large on behalf of the sages and your guru maharaja by translating the Vedic texts, especially the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-bhagavatam, into English, and later by instructing your disciples to translate your books into as many languages as possible. So you have amplified the sravanam-kirtanam of Suta Goswami and the sages of Naimisaranya by beating the brahatmrdanga of transcendental book distribution.
May persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the Age of Kali get light from Bhagavat-gita As It Is and the Bhagavata Purana.
Your Servant,


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Q: Uber API - requesting ride in sandbox - Receiving Error: Invalid request - validation_failed I am working on Uber API and trying to request a ride in sandbox. I am following API guide from here - Uber API - POST Request.
StringEntity param; OR JSON looks like as below:
{
"product_id": "3145c334-25c6-462d-a2f5-70c38a165746",
"start_latitude": 41.2237329,
"start_longitude ": -73.2304860,
"end_latitude": 41.7220050,
"end_longitude": -73.3159659
}

my Java code looks like:
    String url = "https://sandbox-api.uber.com/v1/requests";
    HttpPost httpPostRequest = new HttpPost(url);
    httpPostRequest.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessTokenModel.getAccess_token());
    httpPostRequest.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
    httpPostRequest.setEntity(param);
    HttpResponse httpResponse = client.execute(httpPostRequest);

    response.getWriter().println("Status Code: " + httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());

    br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(httpResponse.getEntity().getContent()));

    line = line1 = "";
    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
            response.getWriter().println(line);
            line1 = line1 + line;
    }

I am getting, status code: 422
and error says:
{"fields":{"":"Both start_latitude and start_longitude or start_place_id are required."},"message":"Invalid request","code":"validation_failed"}

My JSON looks similar to the Uber Example suggested .. I am also setting JSON header with - Authorization Token and content type .. so not sure what am I missing ..
Can anyone spot - what am I doing wrong?
Thank you in advance

A: There is a whitespace character appended to the start_longitude field name:
"start_longitude "
                ^ remove this space character

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Two of the most popular trade shows and conference expos offered by Hospitality Management faculty-led Study USA tours include the Hotel Experience and Boutique Design Trade Show in New York City offered during the Fall semester and the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show in Chicago offered during the May Intersession. Both of these educational trips include visiting exhibitor booths, attending educational seminars and industry-specific events, networking with industry leaders, and touring successful hotels and food/beverage operations. Students on these trips represent the Hospitality Management Program, the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, the School of Applied Sciences, and the University of Mississippi as they are seen as ambassadors for the program while interacting with industry professionals and students from other universities and colleges from around the world.
Students in the Hospitality Management Program have also benefitted from educational travels to Las Vegas. While in Las Vegas, students visit and stay on the historic Vegas Strip where they tour world-class hotels, casinos, and dining operations. During this trip, which is offered during the January winter intersession, students interact with Las Vegas industry professionals as they see state-of-the-art hotel rooms, visits to the casino floors, dine in luxury restaurants, and see much of the behind-the-scenes operations that are rarely open to the public.
Where are you interested in traveling? Speak to your advisor today to see what great educational travel opportunities await you! Study USA is offered in collaboration with the University of Mississippi "Study USA" under the Office of Outreach.
If studying abroad is calling you, then come to explore Florence and the Tuscany regions in Italy. Travel for this course is for 2 weeks in May or June. Students visit wineries among the many vineyards just outside of Florence, travel to the town of Modena to explore their famous balsamic vinegar and visit a cheese making factory near Bologna. Students have time to explore the cities, including a guided tour the Uffizi Art Gallery, one of the oldest and best-known art galleries in Europe and participate in an olive oil tasting and cooking class at the Apicius Culinary School!
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Create your FREE Plex account, no credit card required. Today, there is a total of 9 Plex coupons and discount deals. You can quickly filter today's Plex promo codes in order to find exclusive or verified offers. Follow and check our Plex coupon page daily for new promo codes, discounts, free shipping deals and more. Once you've picked which hardware you're going to use, download the Plex Media Server application.If you haven't created an account yet, now's a good time to do so. You'll see a drop-down menu. Watch free Movies and TV Shows for free using Plex Media Server. For more info just this link below to get more info http://worldtechinsider.blogspot.in/2017. Step 5: At last, click on the Sign Up/Create an account button to get a Plex account. How to Login Plex Account (Sign In) If you have a Plex account, then follow the steps to login to Plex from any device. To access all your Plex media files on any of the supported devices, you have to login to your account.
Media centers are the perfect place to store collections of images, music, and videos that people create on their computers, smartphones, or other devices. Their primary function is to store this media, such as your latest vacation photos or your favorite film. However, you may find your patience being tested if you start searching for a particular file, only to realize that nothing is organized properly.
If you're looking for a suitable management platform for your media files, you will no doubt come across Plex eventually. Launched as a freeware project in 2007, Plex has an impressive range of features and is undoubtedly one of the best media centers of all time. Thanks to various streaming portals and services like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, or Vevo, Plex users can play online content directly through their media center interface. However, Plex does have some formidable alternatives.
What should a good alternative to Plex be able to do?
The primary function of a media center is to organize all media files (audio, video, and image) on the selected computer system in a clearly arranged format. The user interface should make it easy for you to find and play back the content you want.
Plex alternatives (as well as Plex itself) should not just allow playback on the original device, but should also be able to play through external devices. Streaming your own media content on a TV should be a standard feature, which is why most media center interfaces are also designed to be used with smart TVs.
The best Plex alternatives should also be able to stream video and information services. Of course, your personal interests are most important here: Netflix and YouTube are more widely supported than other services because of their popularity. However, if you are not interested in these mainstream platforms, streaming links will be irrelevant to you as a user. It is therefore advisable to check the additional features in advance (often available as optional add-ons) that can be used as a respectable alternative to Plex. It is also important that the selected media management option allows multiple devices to access the library at the same time. If you want to enjoy a film while a roommate or a family member is streaming music, your chosen Plex alternative must always be usable by several people at the same time.
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What are the best alternatives to Plex?
In addition to the range of functions, cost and compatibility play an important role when it comes to choosing the best media center. The latter does not just deal with which systems the media center should be created on, it is also about what platforms you can access the media center from. You should also consider how up to date the Plex alternative is when making your decision: since many media centers are interconnected with web services, timely updates to close security holes are particularly important.
To make finding a suitable Plex alternative easier, here are some interesting examples of the best media centers and a guide to their advantages and disadvantages.
Mezzmo
On December 20th 2007, the Australian-based software company Conceiva released their home entertainment product Mezzmo. The software was initially available as a paid program for Windows, but Conceiva now relies on a freemium model: you can download and use the basic model for free, while the pro edition (which includes a web interface so that you can access using standard browsers) has lots of extra features and requires a subscription fee. There is also a paid Android app which was released in 2014. The app is mainly used as a remote application to retrieve content stored on the local Mezzmo media server on Android devices. Thanks to an integrated digital media server (DMS), you can also stream files stored on the device itself with the app.
Mezzmo is very easy to set up: after installing the program, it automatically searches and organizes all the movies, video clips, music, photos, and stored subtitles saved on the system being used. These files can subsequently be played back on all devices in the network that support UPnP or DNLA, or that have the app installed (Android only) – Mezzmo transcodes the media content in real time to ensure optimal streaming quality. You can access the media collection simultaneously with multiple devices at any time, so that sharing the media center is no problem. If you are having technical problems with Mezzmo, you can contact Conceiva with a ticket or through the user forum.
Multi-user capability
Media center cannot be used on macOS/Linux systems
Android app with its own media server
Web interface is only available in the paid pro edition
In February 2014, Erwin Becker launched the GPL-licensed open source programMediaPortal, which is now managed by the MediaPortal team. A core feature of MediaPortal is that it supports TV cards so that you can watch TV through your media center. Additionally, the free-of-charge Plex alternative combines FM and internet radio with TV stations, information services (weather, news, etc.), and all media files stored on the computer in a single user interface. It's up to you to decide how content should be categorized: you can sort songs by artist, album, or genre, and video clips and movies by cover, actor, or genre.
MediaPortal is an open source application and therefore benefits enormously from collaborating with the community: plugins developed as a supplement that provide additional functions that can be installed and integrated just as easily as skins to give the user interface a new appearance. This Plex alternative is only available for Windows and there are no separate apps for smartphones, tablets, or smart TVs – but there are extensions that allow remote access to your MediaPortal library from these same devices. All skins and plugins are available at any time from the official download page.
Supports standard TV cards
Media center can only be used with Windows
Customizable user interface with skins
Complex installation and setup
One Plex alternative, originally designed primarily as a media player solution for the Microsoft console Xbox, is Kodi. Published as 'Xbox Media Center' (XBMC) in 2004, the media center kept this name even when it became available for other platforms. In 2014, it decided to rename the open source application, distributed under the GNU-GPL license, to Kodi. This made it clear that it was no longer primarily aimed at consoles. However, the media software is not really an alternative to Plex: the Kodi project – or it's Linux version, to be more precise – formed the basis for Plex. Strictly speaking, Plex is an XBMC separation code.
Kodi delivers all the central features of a good media center: you can organize all your media content easily and play it back through the user interface, which supports a variety ofaudio, video, and image formats. Implementing new formats and technologies (like video acceleration) is handled by the Kodi team in real time. The Plex alternative automatically retrieves metadata from the web to provide additional information about archived content. Kodi's greatest strength, however, is that the software is platform independent. There are not only installation packages for Windows, Linux, and macOS, but also for Android, iOS, and Raspberry-Pi. Remote control apps for iOS and Android complete the range of options.
Platform independent
Complicated multi-user setup (focused on one device by default)
Can also be used with alternative hardware like the Raspberry Pi
Experienced developer team
The Bulgarian startup Stremio launched an exciting alternative to Plex in 2015 with their application of the same name, which was quickly met with enthusiasm from film and TV fans. The open source media center, which is easy to use, focuses entirely on organizing video content, and integrates video-on-demand services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. in an interesting way: add-ons allow content from different providers to be combined with the Stremio interface. Video clips, shows and movies on your own device are also taken into account when creating the library. Thanks to the integrated calendar function, you can also always keep track of new episode releases or highly anticipated films.
By integrating various streaming providers, Stremio not only provides an excellent overview of when and where content is available, but also offers a good price comparison. In terms of compatibility, the open source platform is just as well set up as Kodi: desktop versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux are available, as well as free apps for Android and iOS. Additionally, the developer plans to release a web application for the Plex alternative, which will then allow them to manage and access their own library as well as the existing clients for desktop PCs and mobile devices.
Third-party add-ons that allow free streaming of paid video content are illegal and should not be used or installed.
Very easy to set up and use
No function for organizing music and image files available
Calendar features help to keep track of new movie releases, series, or episodes
Number of official developer add-ons is very manageable
Universal Media Server
The Universal Media Server is also an example of an open source program, written in Java. The spin-off program from PS3 Media Server was developed in May 2012 by the developer SubJunk, who had previously played a decisive role in the media server for Sony's game console. As an alternative to Plex, the software is particularly impressive because of its broad device compatibility: both DNLA (Digital Living Network Alliance) and UPnP (Universal Plug & Play) are supported, so that music, videos, and images can be streamed easily on all devices that work to these standards (this includes PS4, Xbox 360, iPhone, Android devices, and various smart TVs). Universal Media Server runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS, thanks to its multiple versions.
The media center is regularly updated by the developer team. Recent updates are often available as a beta version for download – however, users must expect that the software may not always work properly in these pre-releases. The Plex alternative has an optional web browser interface and is expandable with plugins. This can be used, for example, to integrate a link to SoundCloud. Further information on the development status and useful links to interesting Universal Media Server websites can be found in the official directory for the project on Github Github.
Platform independent thanks to broad device support and an optional web interface
No separate client applications/apps for accessing the media server
Time consuming, uncomfortable to start with, and not easy to connect devices
If you're looking for a good alternative to Plex, you will no doubt come across the Emby. The largely royalty-free application (GNU-GPL), which has been maintained by Emby LLC since 2015, provides all the features you might need for the multi-device organization of your media files, starting with a free-of-charge media server available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, as well as NAS and docker platforms. Configuration for the Emby server takes place independently of the chosen system through the very complex web interface. The server is automatically recognized by all DNLA-capable devices – but the developers also offer various proprietary (and partly chargeable) apps for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Windows) as well as for smart TVs and consoles (Samsung, LG, PS4, Xbox One).
If you start the Emby server after installation, the web dashboard will automatically open, allowing you to configure all the necessary settings for your personal media server. This is not just about filling the library, but also about finding the perfect setup for transcoding the content. It is also possible to create different user profiles, including access authorizations. This way you can ensure that adult content is not accessible to children, for example. If you subscribe to the monthly Emby Premiere package, you can use numerous additional features like cloud and folder synchronization, a cover configurator, and a backup function. In addition, you can stream videos and music to individual devices, as well as save them when you take out a subscription so that they can be played without a network connection.
Excellent user account management
Limited extensions available
Apps for various platforms/devices available
Some features are only available in the paid premiere subscription
TVersity
TVersity is a proprietary Plex alternative from TVersity Inc. Their paid media server package uses DNLA/UPnP technology to enable users to stream content from their own PCs to a wide variety of devices (content can also be accessed through standard web browsers). If the format/codec on the target devices is not supported, the TVersity server will transcode the corresponding files in real time. Indexing photos, songs, and videos happens automatically in the background, ensuring that your collection is always up to date. When it comes to server operation, unfortunately this Plex alternative only runs on Windows.
There is a free version of TVersity, but it only supports a small portion of the formats and codecs. In addition, there is no real-time transcoding in the free output, which then limits streaming capabilities considerably.
TVersity combines your personal media collection with useful web content like free video streams, RSS feeds, or podcasts that can be retrieved from the client on the chosen device. If you're looking for a specific file, you'll benefit from the media center's outstanding performance, which is sure to impress even large libraries with more than 100.000 entries. A large part of their fast, uncomplicated file retrieval system is the powerful search mask and integrated cache function, which caches transcoded content. The Plex alternative has a REST API that allows you to integrate the media center into other tools easily.
Platform independent web app available
Server application is only available for Windows
A tabular comparison of the best Plex alternatives
Media library platform
Payment model
Emby LLC
GNU GPL, proprietary (Apps)
Windows, macOS, Linux, Docker, NAS
Team MediaPortal
GNU GPL
Conceiva
GNU GPL, LGPL
Windows, Android
Kodi Team
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Raspberry Pi
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
TVersity Inc.
Paid Pro edition, free basic edition
SubJunk and others
Windows, macOS, Linux
Plex is one of the most popular applications for organizing your own multimedia collection on PCs, smartphones, and other devices, but there are a number of good alternatives that don't have to hide behind the mainstream media centers when it comes to functionality and streaming quality. This article explains exactly what characterizes software that manages and plays back audio, video, and image files, and what Plex alternatives are available.
Link Plex Tv – Activate Plex Tv Link With Code
Plex.tv/link – We are going to discuss Plex activation on various devices here. On your smartphone or tablet, you may have used the Plex streaming app, but you may not realize that you can use the program on other devices, such as game consoles, streaming devices, TVs, etc. Anything you need to do is enter the device's activation code at plex.tv/link. After that, you can watch sports channels on demand and Sports matches without any interruption on your computer. So let's start discussing the steps for error-free activation to trigger Plex and some other facts.
For those who want to watch their favorite shows and movies from various networks in a single location, Plex is the real destination. It has an impressive and stunning range of streaming content that will keep you entertained by providing the full package in one location as well. You will enjoy live web shows, a growing catalog of movies, news, podcasts, and TV & DVR shows along with this. The Plex user's strong demand puts it together in a single app that can be accessed on almost all devices without regard to where you are.
Features of Plex Streaming Application – Plex.tv/link
Plex streaming apps provide users with amazing functionality. The following are the different features that users can use by enabling their devices with the Plex Tv app:
Along with the live TV experience, Plex has more than 80 streaming channels. It provides local recorded shows, sports, and even news.
More than 20,000 free and on-demand movies, as well as shows from different networks, can be streamed by users.
It enables users on all their devices to control their shows or movies and create their own streaming collections of shows, television, music, and more.
There's a free Plex TV app open. But they should apply to the Premium subscription plan if the user wishes to watch paid shows for free.
How to activate a Plex TV streaming application on your device?
First of all, navigate to the Application Store on your computer.
Search here for the program Plex Tv.
Click on the Download button and you can start downloading the application.
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Here are some possible ways in which blockchain technology could have the answer to problems that have plagued the industry for years.
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Oregon basketball's C.J. Walker practicing, will travel to Washington State, Washington
By James Crepea | The Oregonian/OregonLive
EUGENE — Oregon's front court will be replenished, perhaps as soon as this weekend.
C.J. Walker, who has missed the last three games for the No. 8 Ducks due to multiple minor injuries, practiced Monday and could be in line to play Thursday at Washington State (6 p.m., FS1) or Saturday at Washington (12:45 p.m., CBS).
"He did a few things (Monday)," Oregon coach Dana Altman said. "I'm hoping he can do more (Tuesday). I haven't read (the trainer's) report yet to see who's on and off, but I'm hoping he can do a little more."
Altman said Walker (5.7 points, 3.1 rebounds), who started six games in place of an injured Shakur Juiston, will travel with Oregon this weekend.
Juiston returned to the starting lineup for the last three games and combined with the addition of N'Faly Dante, a currently struggling Francis Okoro and mixing in freshman Chandler Lawson the Ducks are working to determine their rotation inside.
"We haven't come up with a rotation or defined roles, which we got to here sooner or later," Altman said. "It's still a work in progress. A work in progress here every day in practice trying to figure out who's going to bring it every day and what we can to mix and match the guys and the combinations we want to play. One of our problems is we haven't been able to spread the floor quite as much as we typically have because we haven't been getting any shooting from the bigs."
Altman said Lawson, who is shooting 54.5 percent from the field but hasn't attempted a 3-pointer, and Juiston (44.8 percent field goals), who is 1 for 19 from 3-point range, both have shooting ability.
"We'll just keep working here in practice and spend extra time with it and see what comes up," Altman said.
Walker, who is 6 of 18 from behind the arc, could help in that regard once he returns. But having not worked out much in over two weeks Altman was cautious about how quickly that would be.
"He's been doing a little shooting," he said, "but it hasn't been much."


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Manufacturing using Digital Reconfigurable Architectures
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
Dr Simon Pope
How good is research at University of Sheffield in General Engineering
Would you like to work on an exciting project that has the potential to revolutionise the way we manufacture existing and next generation devices, using an approach that has reconfigurability and sustainability at its core?
The majority of products manufactured today have a form fixed at manufacture. This makes them inherently inflexible to changes in user/environment demand and difficult to recycle at the end of their useful life. In contrast, most engineers know the benefits of digital reconfigurable architectures from childhood (e.g. LEGO ® studded bricks). They allow a product to be manufactured from a finite set of building blocks and then readily modified or de-constructed using an "inverse" process without generating unnecessary waste.
This PhD project will contribute towards developing a manufacturing process which uses non-contact techniques to repeatedly organise, assemble and disassemble building blocks to produce a material/device that can be considered as more than a sum of its parts. In other words, a Star Trek style replicator assembling discrete LEGO-like blocks of material. It will lead to a future transformation in the manufacture of structural and adaptable devices, such as metamaterials.
The project requires an applicant with knowledge of the properties and dynamics of materials, such as mechanical, thermal and electromagnetic. In addition, applicants are expected to have experience of at least one of the following:
•	Control systems design and application.
•	Acoustic or magnetic positional control of objects.
•	Modelling and analysis of material properties (such as mechanical, electromagnetic and thermal).
•	Fabrication of devices using processes such as (but not limited to): Laser cutting, Photolithography, Thin film deposition, MEMS fabrication, Selective etching, Electrodeposition and 3D printing.
•	Design of multi-functional devices
•	Chemical fabrication of micrometre-millimetre scale objects
Applicants can apply for a Scholarship from the University of Sheffield but should note that competition for these Scholarships is highly competitive. it will be possible to make Scholarship applications from the Autumn with a strict deadline in late January 2020. Specific information is avaialable at:
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This document – Putting the Vision Back into Higher Education – is also a call for contributions to an Alternative White Paper to be published at the end of the Government's consultation period in September. This will be presented to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, together with the weight of opinion in its support.
Please email contributions for the Alternative White Paper to: altwhitepaper [AT] live.co.uk by 2 September 2011.
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Energy drinks, game faces at Shanghai eSports 'boot camp'
Shanghai (AFP) – Urgent cries ring out in a room crammed with computers and caffeine — "Kill that one!" "They're murdering us!" — as training for the Flash Wolves eSports team gets into full swing.
The Taiwanese professional gamers are in the last stages of preparations for the League of Legends world championships culminating on November 4 in Beijing and, eyes fixed on their screens, they've got their game faces on.
The "boot camp" in Shanghai, fuelled by energy drinks rather than physical exertion, reflects the rising stakes in eSports, where purses reach millions of dollars and a single poor performance can derail a player's career.
Players train up to 16 hours a day, and are considered past their best after 25. The Flash Wolves' team manager, who goes by the nickname of 4Leaf, says it's an ultra-competitive life that can be "very cruel".
Once dismissed as the pursuit of teens and introverts, eSports is growing fast towards being a billion-dollar industry and has a huge fanbase, especially in Asia.
Flash Wolves like Maple, Betty and SwordArt — most gamers have colourful nicknames — can earn up to $75,000 a year and even more if they win a top tournament. ESports will be a medal sport at the 2022 Asian Games, and it is pushing hard for Olympic status.
But with the pressure on, playing games soon begins to feel a lot like work, the competitors say.
"It is not as simple as people imagine: 'Wow, playing games as work, you're so lucky,'" said MMD, whose real name is Yu Li-hong.
"Because when you make it your profession, your attitude and the feeling of playing is different. You need to be serious about everything," said the bespectacled 22-year-old.
The best gamers are stars in their own right, and top competitions play out in front of tens of thousands of spectators in stadiums, and many millions online.
League of Legends, in which multi-player teams do battle in a fantasy world, is among the most popular games. The world championship final will be held in Beijing's 80,000-seat "Bird's Nest" National Stadium.
– Vitamin B –
In Shanghai, the Flash Wolves are limbering up with training games against other teams logged on from elsewhere in the city.
The game is their life and they "train" — which means playing the game — seven days a week, wearing their matching black tops, their nicknames emblazoned on the back.
Boxes of energy drinks — higher-strength imported versions, the team says — are stacked in a corner, coffee cups litter desk tops and some players pop Vitamin B tablets, a common supplement for athletes. Another eSports team in the same office building warmed up with stretching exercises.
Flash Wolves say they welcome both male or female members and choose based on talent, but all their players happen to be young men aged between 18 and 22.
One bad month or performance can see a player dropped from the five-man team. Understudies wait in the wings, not to mention the vast pool of teenage gamers back home in Taiwan.
MMD, a former tourism major, dropped out of university at 19 to go pro.
"At the beginning my family would start nagging me whenever I was sitting in front of a computer and asking me why wasn't I studying," he says, sporting yellow socks and a pair of flip-flops.
"They think the more I study, the higher the degree I get, the better. But after a while, they would think that as long as I don't do anything bad, like drugs, they would support me in anything I like."
The Flash Wolves, one of the world's top teams, receive a salary from the squad's parent company, Taiwanese game developer Wanin, and also have corporate sponsors.
– 'I don't do much exercise' –
The side that emerges victorious from the 24-team world championship competition will take home at least $850,000.
But with money, comes pressure.
Like MMD, SwordArt might be slight and softly spoken, but he is a killer with a computer mouse.
The 20-year-old, whose real name is Hu Shuo-chieh, takes supplements such as cod liver oil but otherwise brushes aside concerns about the health effects of spending day after day in a dark room.
"Most of the time for this job is spent in front of a screen and it takes a toll on your eyesight," said Hu, one of the few at the training camp not wearing glasses.
"I don't do much outdoor exercise. But maybe because I'm young, it hasn't really made much impact (on my body)."
A typical game will last 20 minutes to an hour, punctuated by animated chatter that is remarkably free of swearing.
"Four seconds, four seconds," one warns in rapid-fire speech, as the team's beefy coach — who goes by the nickname "Steak" — keeps a watchful eye.
"This is hopeful, up to you," rattles off another player, the only other sounds in the room being the incessant click-clack of computer mouses and keyboards.


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John Vincent
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Today, John Vincent is the CEO of the International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA). Formerly, John was a Deputy Director at the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) having joined the Agency at its start-up in Cologne in 2004. His team created the first European Aviation Safety Review and Aviation Safety Plan. With industry, John co-chaired European safety initiatives on commercial and general aviation. Occurrence reporting and accident investigation were his responsibility.
Previously John had been Head of Strategic Safety and Head of Avionic Systems at the UK CAA based at London Gatwick. His industrial career included Westland Helicopters, Smiths Industries, British Aerospace and the Plessey company.
Five times a Westminster parliamentary candidate, twice a European candidate and twice elected as a Councillor in South East England, John is an energetic and seasoned campaigner. Going back to the 1960s and 70s, his West Country origins were founded in agriculture.
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What is the big ben trade strategy?
The perfect time to execute a Big Ben trade is in the morning in the United States, when the markets are sleeping, or if you are across the pond in Great Britain, in the morning when the markets are just about to open. Essentially For British traders were are talking 7am-9am GMT. For US traders were talking 2am-4am Eastern Standard Time – shake off that hangover, you can do it.
It is important that you wake you up before the market starts a new and exciting day. You'll need this time to recognize the setup for the Big Ben trade, mark the trendline, and prepare the appropriate signal to initiate your attack depending if you are working with a resistance line or a support line..
Keep in mind that the Big Ben strategy only works with the GBP/USD trading pair. The trading hours are limited for this particular pair to just before the European Markets open – 7am-9am.
How to trade with The Big Ben strategy?
When I feel like pursuing the big ben strategy, the first thing I like to do is open a naked chart. A naked chart is simply a chart of the price of the asset (in this case the GBD/USD pair) without any indicators. The reason why I like to start with the naked chart is that I find it is the best way to "feel" the market trends. It is devoid of all distractions.
Once you have the naked chart sitting in front of you, you need to mark the trend and wait for the right breaking point. Marking the trend is a fairly simple, straightforward process never-the-less it is extremely important. Discerning the right trend is foundation upon which you will initiate the trade. If the trend is off it throws the entire trade into question. When looking at the naked chart, all you need to do is create a line based on the end of the candle. (Each blue, green or red bar marking in the below chart is a candle.) It is best if the line is based off more candle points, but three should be sufficient. Below you'll see some examples. The moment the trend hits your breaking point – i.e. when the a candle crosses the support or resistance line – it is time to attack. Below you'll find a few naked charts with a step by step breakdown of the process.
The Big Ben strategy has an amazing success rate for short term trades. You can also find success over longer trends, but you need to make sure the setup is clear to you.
In the above example, you see two parallel lines drawn on an otherwise naked chart. You can see that each line touches three different candle points. In general, the line above the candles is called a resistance line as it "resists" upward trends. The line underneath the candles is call a support line as it "supports" against downward trends.
This example demonstrates that this asset price can initially be set up for either a CALL or PUT setup. If you notice the trend breaks above the upper "resistance line", it is a CALL setup. If the price trend breaks the lower "support line", it is a PUT setup. In this specific example the price trend of the asset represents a PUT setup. Meaning in this scenario it would be best to buy a PUT option. (See red arrow for downward breaking point).
This scenario is similar to the previous example, however, here we only have a support line. Just as before, the support line is drawn based on at least three candle points. The key is to wait for the right setup – the moment the price trend breaks the support trendline. (See red arrow for moment price trend breaks through the support line). If you move too early or late the chance to capitalize on this perfect setup will be lost and you'll have to wait until the time is right to use the Big Ben strategy again.
3)Once you've identified the breaking point purchase a Call or Put option accordingly.
The first thing I do every morning, after coffee, is try to make a big ben trade. Overtime I've learned to know which setups to leverage into a large trade as well as which setups to avoid. I've had some greatly profitable mornings with this simple and easy to use strategy.
Remember: If there is no clear setup do not trade – wait for the next morning, there will be always new opportunities to use the Big Ben strategy.


Tree barks are sometimes overlooked in planning a garden. Yet they can be one of the most attractive, permanent features, giving year round interest and growing stronger over time.
Some of the best can be colourful, peeling, patchy, two-tone, rough or smooth, shiny or dull. They draw the eye and invite you to touch and 'feel' the structure of the garden.
Well placed by a walkway or door they can be warm and tactile. When they contrast well, such as with white silver birch trunks against an evergreen backdrop, they can be potent 'exclamation marks' giving perspective. At the end of a footpath they can be a pleasing focus, leading you to see up close the nature of the trunk. In early morning and late afternoon sun, they can dramatically catch the light.
Tempting as it is to help some of the barks that peel do their thing. Resist! You can permanently scar trunks by peeling them before the dead bark is ready to come off.
Also worth considering Betula nigra, river birch, it has a lovely shaggy exterior.


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Tarabai Modak (19 April 1892-1973) was born in Bombay. She graduated from the University of Mumbai in 1914.
She was married to a lawyer from Amravati, Mr. Modak.  Later she got a divorce in 1921.

She worked as a principal of a Women's College in Rajkot.
Being a social worker from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Balwadis were first developed by her. The first balwadi was started in Bordi a coastal village in Thane district of Maharashtra by Nutan Bal Shikshan Sangh.
She was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1962 for her work in preschool education.  Anutai Wagh was her disciple.
She was a member of the Indian National Congress.

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A play based on her life, Ghar Tighancha Hava, was produced by Ratnakar Matkari.

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After another historic week at the 2019 NCAA Men's Championships last week, Indiana University men's swimming and diving swept the yearly Big Ten Awards, the conference office announced on Monday.
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There's been a downward trend in volunteerism the past decade. Each year we have fewer and fewer parents stepping up to help youth sports, schools or other community programs.


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import org.mifos.framework.security.util.ActivityMapper;

/**
 * For most purposes this is obsolete and should be replaced by
 * {@link AccountState} (can replace it completely once we figure out how to
 * handle the switch statements, for example in
 * {@link ActivityMapper#getActivityIdForNewStateId(short, short)}).
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public interface AccountStates {

    public final short CUSTOMERACCOUNT_ACTIVE = 11;
    public final short CUSTOMERACCOUNT_INACTIVE = 12;

    // Constants for loan account states
    public final short LOANACC_PARTIALAPPLICATION = 1;
    public final short LOANACC_PENDINGAPPROVAL = 2;
    public final short LOANACC_APPROVED = 3;
    public final short LOANACC_DBTOLOANOFFICER = 4;
    public final short LOANACC_ACTIVEINGOODSTANDING = 5;
    public final short LOANACC_OBLIGATIONSMET = 6;
    public final short LOANACC_WRITTENOFF = 7;
    public final short LOANACC_RESCHEDULED = 8;
    public final short LOANACC_BADSTANDING = 9;
    public final short LOANACC_CANCEL = 10;

    // Constants for savings account states
    public final short SAVINGS_ACC_PARTIALAPPLICATION = 13;
    public final short SAVINGS_ACC_PENDINGAPPROVAL = 14;
    public final short SAVINGS_ACC_CANCEL = 15;
    public final short SAVINGS_ACC_APPROVED = 16;
    public final short SAVINGS_ACC_CLOSED = 17;
    public final short SAVINGS_ACC_INACTIVE = 18;

    public final String TRANSITION_CONFIG_FILE_PATH_SAVINGS = "org/mifos/framework/util/resources/stateMachine/StateMachine_saving.xml";
    public final String TRANSITION_CONFIG_FILE_PATH_LOAN = "org/mifos/framework/util/resources/stateMachine/StateMachine_loan.xml";
}


Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic events outside of the child's control whose negative effects can be long lasting and severe. ACEs include such things as physical and emotional abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, violence, substance misuse or mental illness in the household, parental separation, and death or incarceration of a household member. But ACEs also include more subtle and prevalent adverse experiences including economic hardship and discrimination.
In terms of ACEs and mental health, the public health impact of childhood adversity is evident in the very strong association between childhood adversity and depressive symptoms, antisocial behavior, and drug use during the early transition to adulthood. These findings, coupled with evidence that the impact of major childhood adversities persists well into adulthood, indicate the critical need for prevention and intervention strategies targeting early adverse experiences and their mental health consequences.
Central to MAMH's mission is promoting prevention and early intervention to address mental health challenges. Preventing adverse childhood experiences is fundamental to prevention efforts and an opportunity to intervene at the earliest opportunity to mitigate increased risk of mental health conditions over one's lifetime. MAMH recommends that Massachusetts policy makers coalesce around building a comprehensive plan to screen children and families for ACE risk, implement early childhood mental health and family strengthening programs, and further develop evidence-based interventions to reduce ACEs and their impact.


In residential heat pump systems, the motivation for secondary loop systems is to allow for the use of flammable or toxic refrigerants with lower global warming potentials than the currently employed HFC refrigerants. The addition of radiant panels as integral building components (embedded in concrete at construction or attached to the underside of wood flooring) is becoming more common. Combining the large surface area of the radiant panel and an efficient primary loop, a hydronic secondary loop heat pump system can greatly outperform a conventional air-to-air heat pump. The improvement in coefficient of performance is as much as 38% over a conventional air-to-air heat pump when the secondary loop hydronic system is employed. Due to the large area of the radiant panel, the condensing temperature of the primary loop for the hydronic secondary loop heat pump can be reduced by as much as 5°C at high ambient temperatures.


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Week 3- Lecture 1 Putting It All Together-- The HR Diagram
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Stellar Evolution and White Dwarfs
This week is our first in-depth look at an x-ray source, and it involves a white dwarf in a binary system. So sharpen up your detective skills, keep your copy of DS9 at the ready, and let's get down to business. It should be an exciting week.
Week 3- Lecture 1 Putting It All Together-- The HR Diagram 15:11
Lecture 2 Of GK-Per and White Dwarfs, Part 1 16:41
Okay, gang let's roll. In the early decades of the 20th century two momentous discoveries were made that would change the face of astronomy forever. The first was Henrietta Leavitt's discovery of the cepheid variable stars' period-luminosity relationship. As we have seen, this gave astronomers at long last a means to probe the distances to many more objects than were accessible Via parallax measurements, and hence now we could determine the intrinsic luminosity for a sizable number of stars. In addition another woman, Cecilia Payne, discovered that the spectral types of stars that were classified using atomic spectra, were actually representative of a temperature sequence of the surface layers of stars. But even before this latter understanding, Ejnar Hertzsprung, working in Denmark, and Henry Norris Russell, working at Princeton, began graphing the correlation between spectral types of stars and their intrinsic luminosity. The results were breathtaking and led to far-reaching understanding of not only the characteristics of stars as they appear today but also the nature of stellar evolution. How the stars change over vast periods of time. Let's see how this came about. First, notice what happens if you just take a bunch of stars and do a scatter plot of their apparent magnitudes and colors, or spectral types. You will get a random useless mess, such as shown here. The reason for this is that the stars can be at any apparent magnitude because their distances are all different. But now we can see what happens when we know the stars distance and hence intrinsic luminosity. Here you see Henry Norris Russel's first plot Using about 200 stars with known absolute magnitudes. It's crude, but you can see the pattern emerging. And here is a refined version incorporating the ideas spawned by Henrietta Leavitt Cecilia Payne and Ejnar Hertzsprung as well. We see 23,000 stars whose spectral classifications and luminosities are known. The first thing that immediately strikes you is that the stars are not randomly distributed. There's a line running diagonally across the graph that contains the vast majority of all the stars. It's called the main sequence. And this non random pattern, is a very powerful indicator for astronomy. It means that when you observe, say a cluster of stars. Whose members are more or less at the same distance from the earth. You can look at their HR diagram, fit their main sequence to this calibrated one, and thereby immediately find out how far the cluster is from the earth. All you need to do is compare the cluster members' observed magnitudes. And compare them to the absolute or intrinsic magnitudes shown here. And voila, you have their distance via the Inverse Square law. Pretty neat. But before we explore this further let's look at how many ways we have to express both the spectral type of the stars and their associated luminosity. First you can see that the spectral classification scheme we talked about last week is associated with the star's temperature. This was Cecilia Payne's work. Also at the bottom is another often-used indicator called the star's B minus V color. This number refers to the measurement of the brightness of the star Through two color filters. In this case, the B filter, which emphasizes the blue portion of the star's light and the V filter, which emphasizes the visual or more yellow part of the output. It turns out that comparing these two measurements, by subtracting the V magnitude from the B magnitude, gives a quick and reliable way to compute the spectral type, and hence temperature, as well. Now, let's look at the 'y' axis. At the left we see the value of the luminosity is compared with that of the Sun. Corresponding to that at the right is the value of the stars absolute magnitude which is defined as the magnitude that the star would have At a distance of 10 parsecs. A moment's thought will show you that in order to know that number, the absolute magnitude, you must know the star's distance, so you can convert the observed apparent magnitude To the value it would have at 10 parsecs. But now look what you can do. You can stand the problem on its head. Imagine you observed the spectrum of a star that looks identical to, say, one whose B minus V color is 1.5 and whose luminosity is 0.01 times that of the sun. You know then, that your star has an absolute magnitude of plus ten. Now, by comparing your observed apparent magnitude, to the value of plus ten, you immediately know the distance. You have derived what is called a spectroscopic parallax. It is not really a parallax at all, but a way to get the distance to stars for which the parallax might be unmeasurable because it is too far away. So you can see how powerful the HR diagram can be. But now we can go beyond this and using some theoretical results of stellar structure understand how stars evolve in time. This, in turn, will lead us to a basic understanding Of how some of our x ray sources come into being. The first thing that guides us is the rather surprising fact, that stars have a fairly restricted range of masses, again the name of Henry Norris Russell pops up, and it turns out that by the middle of the 20th century. We had a fairly accurate appraisal that the very low luminosity stars had masses of about 1/10th of a solar mass, while the upper end of the scale was populated with stars of about 50 solar masses. That range, a factor of about 500, stands in stark contrast to the range in luminosity, which you can see is a factor of 10 billion. How is that possible? Well, clearly, one way out is if the high mass stars exhaust their fuel much more rapidly than the low mass objects. In other words, they burn a tremendous amount of fuel, hence providing a high luminosity, but they must burn out very rapidly since they aren't billions of times more massive than there are low luminosity counter parts and in deed our model show that stars at the very low end of the main sequence have enough fuel to last for over 10 billion years, whereas at the high end objects exhaust their supply in a mere 1 million years or so So we ought to be able to use observations of various clusters of stars to see this effect if indeed some are older than others. Here are two clusters, one an open cluster called the Pleiades, And the other, a globular cluster called M15. These are truly beautiful sights in a telescope. Now, let's look at their HR diagrams. These diagrams for clusters are sometimes called cluster magnitude diagrams as well. You can see that the main sequence of M15 is much shorter. In fact, the arrow that you see in the plot of the Pleiades stars marks the so-called turnoff point of the main sequence that you see for M15. Evidently, M15 is much older than the Pleiades, since all the high-mass high-luminosity stars are simply not there, at least not on the main sequence. There are other clues that point in this direction as well. So now let's combine many clusters into one diagram. What you get is shown here. You can clearly see the trend off the main sequence as you go further down towards the low mass positions. If our ideas about this are correct, we should be able to model these various clusters and see how they evolved with time, and indeed, we can do this quite well. But where do all those evolved stars go? Well, their paths are torturous and complicated. But, it appears that when stars like the sun exhaust their fuel, they end up in the stellar graveyard indicated by the white dwarf area of our diagram. These objects, for the most part incredibly hot, are astonishingly small, and turn out to be about the size of the Earth. How do we know this? Well, we, remember our old friend, luminosity equals the surface area of a star Times a constant, times the temperature of the star to the fourth power. The Stefan Boltzmann Law. T is very very high, but we know the luminosity is very very low. The only way that this can come about is if the size is extremely small. Let's see how unusual these objects really are. Imagine a typical white dwarf, then. The size, its radius, is about equal to the size of the Earth, 6 times 10 to the 8 centimeters, and the mass is about that of the Sun, 2 times 10 to the 33 grams. Let's compute its average density. The average density is given by the mass divided by the volume. And for this object, it turns out to be 2 times 10 to the 33 grams. Divided by 4 3rds pi r cubed where r is given by 6 times 10 to the 8th centimeters. You can do this calculation and you find. That, that density is equal to two times ten to the six grams per cubic centimeter. Now this is just a number. Okay, let's see if we can. Put this in real perspective. Here we have a teaspoon. It has a volume in the spoon part of about 5 cubic centimeters. So let's scoop up One teaspoon of material. From a typical white dwarf. How much will that material weigh? Or what will its mass be? Well, we know that. It's just going to be 5 times this amount. And it turns out that that is approximately for 5 cubic centimeters about 10,000 kilograms. This mass is about the same as a typical 53 foot semi tractor trailer, and it turns out that these astonishing objects play a prominent role in the x ray universe. In our next lectures we will see one of these objects in action. So stay tuned for GKPer. Also known as the fireworks nebula.


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Musical Solutions to Slowing Down Speeders
For those drivers with a lead foot, a speeding ticket is an annoying—and expensive. And they've been around for a long time. Englishman Walter Arnold has the distinction of the being the first motorist to receive a speeding ticket. On January 28, 1896, he was cited for driving at the unruly speed of eight mph in a two-mph zone. That set him back one shilling. The first American was Jacob German, a New York cabbie. He got nailed for zooming along at 12 mph on Lexington Avenue. He didn't get off as easily as Arnold though: he had to serve time in the hoosegow.
Transportation departments all over the world have devised many ways to keep drivers from exceeding the speed limit, including new, high-tech methods. Some municipalities utilize automated radar units that capture car's license numbers, register its speed and send the driver a surprise in the mail. Doesn't seem quite fair.
Several places around the world have come up with a fun solution: musical roads. Yes, certain sections of highway have been etched—much like the rumble strips on road shoulders that warn a driver that they've strayed off the roadway—in such a way that they "play" a tune when a car is driven over them at a specific speed. And that specific speed? You guessed it: the speed limit.
This project was funded by National Geographic's cable channel as part of a series of experiments in altering social behavior.
One "singing highway" in Jelsum, Friesland, Finland, was dismantled after those living nearby complained (a lot) about hearing the tune over and over. That tune was "De Alde Friezen," the official anthem of the province of Friesland. Guess they preferred speeding over an earfull of music.
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