PHOENIX, Arizona, February 2. TODAY, SwimmingWorldMagazine.com sat down with Phil Whitten, the Executive Director of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), to discuss the recent decision announced by the Ohio University administration to cut its men's swimming program along with men's indoor and outdoor track and field and women's lacrosse.
What was your initial reaction to the cuts at Ohio University as we first reported on Jan. 25?
My initial reaction was that it made absolutely no sense whatsoever. On further investigation and refection, that initial reaction has been reinforced.
The University said [the cuts] were being done to comply with Title IX, and because of a $4 million deficit the department has accumulated over the years.
Yes, that's what they said. Now let's look at the facts. Actually, there are two major reasons why this decision fails to stand up to scrutiny. Let's look at each of them.
First, the University is not out of compliance with Title IX according to the Women's Sports Foundation, probably the leading advocate for Title IX adherence. Last year, Ohio University ranked first out of the 119 Division I schools in Title IX compliance. This year, it ranks 21st – still better than more than 80 percent of Division I schools. So why does the athletic director maintain that his department is not in compliance? I believe there are only two possible explanations: Either his analysis was seriously flawed or there was a deliberate attempt to misstate the facts.
As for the issue of the budget deficit, the second rationale: Yes, the Ohio University Athletic Department has built up a $4 million deficit over the years. This is not something that happened overnight. Didn't anyone notice?
Aside from that, you have to ask: what impact would cutting men's swimming have on the deficit? It turns out that the incremental cost of having a men's swim team — in addition to the women's team — comes to roughly $35,000 a year. Let's see: at $35,000 a year, it would only take a bit more than 114 years to erase the deficit. And, that's assuming zero inflation and zero interest on the debt.
On top of that, we have learned that even as the A.D. is crying "poverty," he plans to move on with building a $20 million indoor football practice facility. When asked, he says "most" of the $20 million will come from "private donations." But he's unclear about how much "most" is. It could be just pennies more than $10 million. Or it might be 11 to 12 million, or maybe even 15. Whatever it is, it will only add to the deficit, perhaps doubling or even tripling it.
As a former college professor, I would have to give the OU administration an "F" for research and transparency.
There has been talk that the process by which the decision was made was flawed. Is that so, and can you enlighten our readers on the issues with the process as well as the reaction to those problems?
Sure. The process has been seriously flawed from the get-go. Like all universities these days, OU has a specified, institutionalized process for dealing with this type of issue. That process includes representation of the students. At OU, that representation comes through its Student Athlete Advisory Council. Yet, the administration ignored its own policy and deliberately excluded the student-athlete reps. Why?
I understand that the students are so angry about both the decision, and the deliberate exclusion of student input in the process, that they plan to hold a rally today in support of the four teams and then march on the president's residence.
In addition, the student government has stated that it will withhold the $1 million it contributes to the athletics budget if the sports are not reinstated.
The students are angry. Yes, they support the teams that the administration wants to kill, but they are even angrier by the fact that they were cut out of the process.
What is the CSCAA doing about this issue?
Well, in addition to suggesting to the coach, athletes and alumni ways of responding to this threat, we plan on obtaining a number of documents and e-mails regarding the decision, going back 17 months when this process first began under the Ohio Public Records Act.
It should be interesting. During the last 17 months, the University has consistently said it would not cut teams if the school was out of compliance with Title IX. For almost a year-and-a-half, the A.D. told coaches it would reduce roster sizes proportionally if there were a Title IX problem.
Apparently, that was not at all what he was planning.
What about other potential alternatives to making these cuts?
Well, the athletics department stated that it looked at every possible alternative, and that this was the only one that could solve the problems.
As we have seen, there is no Title IX problem, though there is a real deficit. But the AD's "solution" is no solution at all. Maybe it would be in a world constructed by Franz Kafka.
You know, it reminds me of an incident during the Vietnam War when one U.S. officer explained: "We had to destroy the village to save it." That's akin to the action the OU administration would take citing Title IX. "We had to cut three men's teams and a women's team to increase opportunities for women." Can you hear "The Twilight Zone" music?
As for there being no other alternatives, that is pure rubbish. It took me 20 seconds to come up with a better one to the alleged Title IX issue: How about creating a women's water polo team with the available athletes you already have on the women's swimming team? That is, if you are even out of compliance with Title IX. Greg Werner, the swim coach, has experience coaching water polo experience and he's already on staff, and you don't have any additional facility costs.
With that one move, you don't cut women's lacrosse which, like water polo, is an emerging women's sport. And you, have added 25-30 women athletes at a rock-bottom, minimal cost.
As for exploring all other possibilities, that's a joke. Ohio University did not even take the first step. Here's what Myles Brand, the President of the NCAA, said recently.
Here, we have the president of the NCAA, Dr. Brand, saying don't cut teams and we will work with you if you come to us. Then, we have OU claiming to have explored every possibility when it didn't bother to take even a first baby step.


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The Turkish defence industry has delivered the first batch of the Sungur Weapon System, a portable air defence missile system effective against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), jets and helicopters, to the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), Presidency of Defence Industry (SSB) head Ismail Demir said Sunday, Defence.az reports citing Daily Sabah.
Demir, in a post on his Twitter account, stated that the portable air defence missile system developed by Roketsan is at the service of Turkish troops with its version that is shot from the shoulder of a single soldier after the already delivered version deployed from platforms.
"The Sungur Weapon System offers a longer range than its counterparts and stands out with its Imaging Infrared Seeker Head, which is resistant to countermeasures and offers the opportunity to lock on to the enemy elements from a longer distance than the eye can see," he wrote.
The SSB head congratulated those who contributed to the design, development and production of this system, "which we will no longer be dependent on from abroad."
"We always say, if something is human-made, we can do the best," Demir said.
The Sungur Air Defence Missile System is an air defence missile system to be used in the short-range air defence of mobile/fixed units and facilities on the battlefield and in the rear area. The system is designed to be compatible with different platform integrations.
The 8-kilometer (5-mile) range of the air defence missile used in the system stands out as the most important feature that distinguishes Sungur from its counterparts. While the missile system increases the accuracy of targets hit with its Imaging Infrared Seeker (IIR) technology, it also has an important advantage in the destruction of air targets with its warhead, which has higher explosive power than the similar system available in the inventory.
Its propulsion system, which enables it to be more effective at a longer range than its counterparts, and the use of sights, which allow the user to detect and view the target from a long distance before firing, are other technologies that increase the effectiveness and accuracy of the missile.
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AMERICA/HAITI - The Bishop of Gonaives calls Haitians to work to save the nation from the evils that afflict it
"The earthquake of 12 January 2010 taught us a few things": the testimony of a Redemptorist missionary
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Chaos and violence, an injured woman praying in church: testimony of a missionary
The Bishops: "it is unacceptable that some live in arrogant and scandalous opulence and the majority languish in shameful poverty"
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The opposition is firm in its request for the resignation of the President, an increasingly serious situation
Gonaives (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 January 2019 Haiti celebrated the 215th anniversary of independence. On this occasion, the traditional "Te Deum" was celebrated in the Cathedral of Gonaïves, the capital of the Artibonite department, in the north of the country. The Bishop of Gonaïves, Msgr. Yves-Marie Péan, expressed the desire for peace, health and prosperity of the population, and "implored God's blessing on the nation".
The Bishop underlined the concurrence of the first day of the new year with the World Day of Peace. He also recalled that January 1 is the day of the exchange of good wishes between family and friends, and a period of meeting for the members of the government.
"To protect and defend the family means to protect and defend oneself" said the Bishop, who added: "there is no hope without the family".
Facing the socio-political and economic situation of the country, the Bishop of Gonaïves denounced the "failure of political institutions, the disastrous failure of the economy, widespread corruption, arrogant impunity, lack of respect for the sacredness of life". The same evils were reported by the Episcopal Conference before Christmas (see Fides 22/12/2018).
The note sent to Fides informs that at the end of the celebration of the Te Deum, Msgr. Yves-Marie Péan recognized that "it is not all over" for the country, and called to work for "the rescue of our dear country". He also insisted on the realization of an "inclusive dialogue" between the population, and between the population and authorities.
The Te Deum was celebrated in the presence of the Head of State, Jovenel Moïse, First Lady Martine Moïse, Prime Minister Jean Henry Céant, representatives of the legislative and judicial powers, members of the government and the Mayor of Gonaïves, Neil Latortue. (CE) (Agenzia Fides, 03/01/2019)
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Q: Is there a way to extract Tree depths from a Random Forest model? I have created a Random Forest classifier and I'm trying to produce a histogram of the depths of the trees of my random forest model. I'm just not being able to extract the depth of every tree in my forest.
My RF model is called 'RF_optimised' and I've tried the code below to iterate over my trees and visualise which has worked. I have gone through the estimators_ and export_graphviz documentation but there doesn't seem to be a way to extract the actual depth of tree.
from sklearn import tree
from sklearn.tree import export_graphviz
from sklearn.externals.six import StringIO

# Create a string buffer to write to (a fake text file)
f = StringIO()

i_tree = 0
for tree_in_forest in RF_optimised.estimators_:

    export_graphviz(tree_in_forest,out_file=f,
    #feature_names=col,
    filled=True,
    rounded=True,
    proportion=True)

    graph = pydotplus.graph_from_dot_data(f.getvalue())
    display(Image(graph.create_png()))

I need a function that iterates over the trees in my Random Forest and stores the depth of the trees in a list or data-frame, in order to produce a histogram later. Can anyone help?

A: Some exploration in the interpreter shows that each Tree instance has a max_depth parameter which appears to be what I'm looking for -- again, it's undocumented.
[estimator.tree_.max_depth for estimator in RF_optimised.estimators_]

did the trick for me :)

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Q: handle coldfusion complex type in .NET I try to send to a .net webservice an array of defined components from coldfusion but i get an error and i don't know how to handle the complex type in .net method.
My component is:
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<cfloop from="1" to="10" index="i">
    <cfset personArray[#i#] = createObject("component", "person")>
    <cfset personArray[#i#].name = "personname" />
    <cfset personArray[#i#].surname = "personsurname" />
</cfloop>

<cfscript>
     service = CreateObject("webservice", "service.asmx?WSDL");
     r = service.SendArray(#personArray#,0);
</cfscript>

The method from .net looks like this:
public string SendArray(Object[] personList, int numberid)
{
    ...
}

The error is Message Content: Web service operation SendArray with parameters {[[(Component=person)], ... }  cannot be found. If i modify and call the method SendArray(0) without complex type the method is call correctly. I don't know how to define and take the array in .net.

A: First, some errors with semantics:
You created an array with ArrayNew(1), but you are coercing each index of the array into a Struct implicitly by jamming keys on the end, which changes its type (since ColdFusion is dynamically typed). Consider:
<cfloop from="1" to="10" index="i">
    <cfset personArray[i] = StructNew() />
    <cfset personArray[i].object = createObject("component", "person")>
    <cfset personArray[i].name = "personname" />
    <cfset personArray[i].surname = "personsurname" />
</cfloop>

Now, personArray remains a true array, rather than being coerced into a Struct before passing.
There is a much larger issue, however...
Web service messaging via SOAP isn't designed to facilitate the support of passing complex business objects from point-to-point; this is a common misconception that confuses and frustrates developers that are just getting started with SOA. This isn't a problem native to ColdFusion and/or .NET--this is a low-level SOAP limitation.
Let's assume for the moment that there was a way to do what you wanted to, and in your "Person" component above, which within the confines of ColdFusion, exists as a complete object with its own properties and methods, some of which involve the maintenance of state (say, isPersonLoggedIn()), and internally, that is managed by the functionality present in ColdFusion (ie. the automatically handling of CFID & CFTOKEN, the access into the shared SESSION scope, etc.)
Now, if you were hypothetically able to pass a logged in "Person" object over to a .NET application--and then, that .NET application decides to call isPersonLoggedIn() on its end--how would it possible know how to do that? It has no understanding of CFID or CFTOKEN, no concept of shared memory (or at least, how ColdFusion expects to handle shared memory)--and nothing exists to translate those concepts across the wire, since (of course) the maintenance of said state exists within the physical boundary of the ram on the CF server in the first place.
Although a wild analogy, it should hopefully paint a clearer picture as to why you cannot do what you are attempting to--pass a complex business object across the wire via a mechanism, which (at its heart) is a stream of XML.
When you develop SOAP-based services (consumers & producers), you need to think in terms of simple values: Look up this user's name. Give me this employee's phone number. Tell me how many records are in this database for a given Department ID.
As opposed to: Take this business object which represents all the functionality of we can perform on a "Person" in the confines of our application that no other application in the world knows about--and magically hand that to any application and expect it to behave in the same fashion.
Take away points:

*

*Consider rethinking your design. Rather than passing the Person object itself, design methods that will only look for certain discrete values based upon the person object (ie. PersonID, PersonName, NumberOfPeople, etc.)

*Refer to this chart on data types for web-service communication in ColdFusion.
Otherwise, you are going to be asked--by the people who build the .NET service--for a lot of pre-compiled classes on your end that must be integrated on their end in order to understand your business objects...and at that point, you're no longer communicating by web-services via SOAP--you're communicating by phone...with their development staff...every time a single business object changes, and you both have to re-work code.
For further reading, take a look at my answer for someone on StackOverflow that asked the reverse of your question.


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Акакий Кападокийски, наричан също Акакий Серски, е римски християнски мъченик.

Родом от Кападокия, той е центурион в римската армия. По време на гоненията срещу християните от времето на Максимиан се намира в Перинт. Подложен на мъчения, той отказва да се отрече от религията си, отведен е във Византион и е обезглавен, според традицията на 8 май 303 година.

Култът към Акакий е известен още от времето на Константин Велики, който му посвещава новопостроена църква. В началото на VII век мощите му са пренесени в Скуилаче в Калабрия. През XVI век е почитан в днешна Словения и от маниотите като закрилник на воюващите срещу турците. В католическата традиция той е един от Четиринадесетте свети помощници.

Бележки

Римски военачалници
Християнски светци от IV век
Четиринадесет свети помощници
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On August 31, 2021, at approximately 5:15 a.m., officers responded to an area hospital for a 23-year-old male victim with a gunshot wound to an extremity. The victim reported he was driving in the area of Jumpers Hole Road and Ritchie Highway at approximately 4:00 a.m. when an unknown suspect shot him from a dark-colored vehicle. The victim then went to the hospital for treatment of his non-life-threatening injury. Eastern District detectives are investigating and ask anyone with information to call 410-222-6145 or the Tip Line at 410-222-4700.
Peeping Tom / Glen Burnie
On August 30, 2021, at approximately 9:10 p.m., officers responded to a report of a suspicious male looking into a window of a residence located in the 100 block of Warwickshire Lane in Glen Burnie. The victim described the suspect, who was quickly apprehended in the neighborhood by responding officers. The below subject was charged with peeping tom and other related charges.
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Wilma instantly liked Elaina. The woman brought her mother into the lodge the first morning after their arrival, ready to work. The three women sat at a small table at the side of the massive kitchen with cups of coffee.
Elaina smiled approvingly at the kitchen. "I am surprised. I did not expect the kitchen to be in this condition. Those two hombres are not the cleanest. Señor Will is a big lío. Mess." She clarified.
"Didn't you sleep last night?" Wilma asked.
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"I guess we still do have kids to educate. With a little luck we'll have a lot more." Cassie agreed.
"Oh my. I guess none of us have been thinking that far ahead." Wilma said.
"Do you know if any of your family can use a computer, Elaina?" Cassie asked.
"Education is very importante." Elaina's mother answered softly.
"We're lucky to have you." Wilma answered. "If you had been at the hospital.…" Her voice trailed off and eyes filled with tears.
"I would have been if not for the immunization clinic at the community center." Cassie sighed. "I lucked out when the van broke down and I had to catch a bus home." Her voice trailed off.
"I'm grateful." Wilma answered softly.
It only took a couple days for the fifteen adults and five children to settle in the cabins and establish a semblance of routine. The three older women decided three meals a day would be cooked and served in the main lodge to control supplies and avoid duplicating efforts.
Will's communication office was appropriated by Cassie and Daniel. While Daniel accessed the Internet, Cassie inventoried the meager medical supplies in the closet-sized first aid station next to a small conference room. She began to make a list of supplies she thought critical then spent hours adding to it.
The third morning after Pablo and his family arrived, Will, Wilma, Randy, Cassie, Miguel and Elaina sat together making plans. They spent a couple hours listing content to be accessed on the Internet while they still could. No one wanted to admit it, but they all knew at some point the resource would disappear. Links had begun failing already.
Daniel turned out to be methodical and a patient researcher. He set up spreadsheets, a filing systems and priority list. He and Cassie worked almost none-stop. They spent hours downloading files on natural medicines, gardening, animal husbandry and dozens of other subjects they thought might be of value. Will had stockpiled printer and paper supplies that allowed them to print content when they felt it was necessary while other times they saved to a hard drive with a nightly backup.
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Mock trial squad wins Mid-South tournament
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An MTSU team was crowned champion of the Mid-South Mock Trial Invitational Tournament held at Middle Tennessee State University Nov. 11-12.
The annual tournament, which has been held at MTSU for 20 years, is among the largest and most prestigious in the nation.
This year's competition, which was held in the Business and Aerospace Building, featured 48 teams from 24 colleges and universities in 11 states. Because of its size, the tournament was divided into two 24-team divisions.
A team headed by MTSU senior Rachel Harmon of Atlanta, Ga., captured first place in one division with an 8-0 record, followed by teams from the University of Georgia, the University of Central Florida and Rhodes College.
In the second division, a team from the University of Central Florida earned first place with an 8-0 record. Another team from UCF, along with teams from Vanderbilt University, the University of Georgia and Southern Methodist University, took second, third, fourth and fifth place, respectively, in this division.
Because the teams MTSU faced had stronger win/loss records, the MTSU team also received the tournament's "Traveling Gavel" award. Samantha Farrish, a member of another MTSU team, also received a top-10 attorney award.
The winning MTSU team faced Kennesaw State University in the first round, Georgia in the second round, the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the third round and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in the fourth round.
Dr. John R. Vile, dean of the University Honors College and adviser for the teams, said MTSU's 8-0 record was especially impressive because the team handed UT- Knoxville and UAB their only losses.
In addition to Harmon, the MTSU winning team included Zac Barker and Constance Grieves, who also played attorney roles, and Chris Hardman, James Johnson, Curtis Strode and Chanekka Pullens, who played the roles of witnesses.
Vile and local attorneys Brandi Snow and Shiva Bozarth coach the MTSU teams. MTSU mock trial alumni and members of the local bar help with judging.
For the first time in its 20-year history, the tournament offered continuing legal-education credit for interested Tennessee attorneys, Vile said.
Teams will compete in invitational tournaments in December and January before going to regional and national competitions from February through April.
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A Journal Declines Drug-Industry Advertising
It's not The New England Journal of Medicine, but it's a start. Word today from Gary Schweitzer's Health News Review Blog, passed along from the Croakley Blog, that the journal Emergency Medicine Australasia has decided to eliminate advertisements from drug companies. A brief excerpt from their editorial (full editorial available here):
Doctors need to stop being used as agents of the drug industry in the complex financial arrangement between drug companies and consumers. It is time to show leadership and make a stand, and medical journals have a critical role to play in this. At EMA we have therefore drawn a line in the sand, and have stopped all drug advertising forthwith. We invite other journals to show their support and follow suit, by declaring their hand and doing the same.
Now that's some writing that would make George Orwell proud!
Labels: advertising revenue, Croakley Blog, drug companies, Gary Schweitzer, medical journals
health care August 24, 2011 at 1:04 AM
A plot that invests in doctor's pharmaceutical relationships by choosing a single line of products over another can benefit their practice; however, if they choose mainly due to these relationships despite of having available options proven to have better effects, then that's truly an issue.
Billy Rubin September 2, 2011 at 5:12 PM
Hi "Health Care", sorry for the delay in publishing your comment. I've been on vacation, and since you sent your comment in 6 months after I posted, I'm assuming that you're forgiving of a one-week lapse.
Anyway, I'm not completely sure I understand your point, particularly the first half. Are you placing a value judgement on the "plot" to "choose a single line of products over another", or not?
All's I can say is that manipulation of scientific findings in journals by corporate sponsors is almost never overt, and indeed journal editors and authors may not be aware that such a process is taking place. Researchers go to extreme lengths to eliminate bias from their experiments; shouldn't they do everything possible to to minimize the potential bias introduced by contributions from corporations? Wouldn't a journal accepting tens of thousands of dollars (or, in the case of the most famous journals, a lot more than that) be biased, even if unconsciously, in favor of those sponsors' products? I think the answer is an obvious "no", although the intellecutal justifications I have read and heard over the years pays homage to contortionism. Anyway, that's my two cents.
If you want to do further reading on the precise mechanisms by which the editorial process at clinical journals can be influenced, I recommend "The Truth About Drug Companies", written by the former Editor In Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell.
Billy Rubin September 4, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Woops, that's an obvious "yes" in the second graf.
Best, Billy
Chris October 25, 2011 at 5:34 AM
I also believe that doctors should be refrained from endorsing medicines and other health products.
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Billy Rubin October 26, 2011 at 5:58 AM
Chris, thanks for the thoughts. While I agree in general, and personally would never endorse a medical product as part of some promotional campaign or think its not especially becoming for a physician to get paid to be a drug pitchman, I'm a touch hesitant when I see the words "should be refrained". By whom? I don't think a legal remedy is the right path, but I'd gladly settle for the physician community to collectively frown on this kind of behavior. At the moment, we're not even close to that. Best, Billy
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Do your research when it comes to interest rates. The big four banks tend to offer more security but higher rates when compared to some of the minor players. Your best option is to shop around and see what works for you and your budget.
Whereas Sydney's median house prices tips closer to the million dollar mark, Perth's sits just over $500,000, so buying property in Western Australia right now wouldn't be a bad idea if you're looking for value for money. There are certainly bargains to be found in Rockingham, with many homes listed on the market for a few weeks or even months without a serious buyer.
For the first time in a long time, there are many incentives and reasons to buy a property and even the government is helping you get that dream home.
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In building design, thermal mass is a property of the mass of a building that enables it to store heat and provide inertia against temperature fluctuations. It is sometimes known as the thermal flywheel effect. The thermal mass of heavy structural elements can be designed to work alongside a construction's lighter thermal resistance components to create energy efficient buildings.

For example, when outside temperatures are fluctuating throughout the day, a large thermal mass within the insulated portion of a house can serve to "flatten out" the daily temperature fluctuations, since the thermal mass will absorb thermal energy when the surroundings are higher in temperature than the mass, and give thermal energy back when the surroundings are cooler, without reaching thermal equilibrium. This is distinct from a material's insulative value, which reduces a building's thermal conductivity, allowing it to be heated or cooled relatively separately from the outside, or even just retain the occupants' thermal energy longer.

Scientifically, thermal mass is equivalent to thermal capacitance or heat capacity, the ability of a body to store thermal energy. It is typically referred to by the symbol Cth, and its SI unit is J/°C or J/K (which are equivalent). Thermal mass may also be used for bodies of water, machines or machine parts, living things, or any other structure or body in engineering or biology. In those contexts, the term "heat capacity" is typically used instead.

Background

The equation relating thermal energy to thermal mass is:

where Q is the thermal energy transferred, Cth is the thermal mass of the body, and ΔT is the change in temperature.

For example, if 250 J of heat energy is added to a copper gear with a thermal mass of 38.46 J/°C, its temperature will rise by 6.50 °C.
If the body consists of a homogeneous material with sufficiently known physical properties, the thermal mass is simply the mass of material present times the specific heat capacity of that material. For bodies made of many materials, the sum of heat capacities for their pure components may be used in the calculation, or in some cases (as for a whole animal, for example) the number may simply be measured for the entire body in question, directly.

As an extensive property, heat capacity is characteristic of an object; its corresponding intensive property is specific heat capacity, expressed in terms of a measure of the amount of material such as mass or number of moles, which must be multiplied by similar units to give the heat capacity of the entire body of material. Thus the heat capacity can be equivalently calculated as the product of the mass m of the body and the specific heat capacity c for the material, or the product of the number of moles of molecules present n and the molar specific heat capacity . For discussion of why the thermal energy storage abilities of pure substances vary, see factors that affect specific heat capacity.

For a body of uniform composition,  can be approximated by

where  is the mass of the body and  is the isobaric specific heat capacity of the material averaged over temperature range in question. For bodies composed of numerous different materials, the thermal masses for the different components can just be added together.

Thermal mass in buildings
Thermal mass is effective in improving building comfort in any place that experiences these types of daily temperature fluctuations—both in winter as well as in summer.
When used well and combined with passive solar design, thermal mass can play an important role in major reductions to energy use in active heating and cooling systems.
The use of materials with thermal mass is most advantageous where there is a big difference in outdoor temperatures from day to night (or, where nighttime temperatures are at least 10 degrees cooler than the thermostat set point). The terms heavy-weight and light-weight are often used to describe buildings with different thermal mass strategies, and affects the choice of numerical factors used in subsequent calculations to describe their thermal response to heating and cooling.
In building services engineering, the use of dynamic simulation computational modelling software has allowed for the accurate calculation of the environmental performance within buildings with different constructions and for different annual climate data sets. This allows the architect or engineer to explore in detail the relationship between heavy-weight and light-weight constructions, as well as insulation levels, in reducing energy consumption for mechanical heating or cooling systems, or even removing the need for such systems altogether.

Properties required for good thermal mass
Ideal materials for thermal mass are those materials that have:
 high specific heat capacity,
 high density
Any solid, liquid, or gas that has mass will have some thermal mass. A common misconception is that only concrete or earth soil has thermal mass; even air has thermal mass (although very little).

A table of volumetric heat capacity for building materials is available, but note that their definition of thermal mass is slightly different.

Use of thermal mass in different climates
The correct use and application of thermal mass is dependent on the prevailing climate in a district.

Temperate and cold temperate climates

Solar-exposed thermal mass
Thermal mass is ideally placed within the building and situated where it still can be exposed to low-angle winter sunlight (via windows) but insulated from heat loss. In summer the same thermal mass should be obscured from higher-angle summer sunlight in order to prevent overheating of the structure.

The thermal mass is warmed passively by the sun or additionally by internal heating systems during the day. Thermal energy stored in the mass is then released back into the interior during the night. It is essential that it be used in conjunction with the standard principles of passive solar design.

Any form of thermal mass can be used. A concrete slab foundation either left exposed or covered with conductive materials, e.g. tiles, is one easy solution. Another novel method is to place the masonry facade of a timber-framed house on the inside ('reverse-brick veneer'). Thermal mass in this situation is best applied over a large area rather than in large volumes or thicknesses. 7.5–10 cm (3″–4″) is often adequate.

Since the most important source of thermal energy is the Sun, the ratio of glazing to thermal mass is an important factor to consider. Various formulas have been devised to determine this. As a general rule, additional solar-exposed thermal mass needs to be applied in a ratio from 6:1 to 8:1 for any area of sun-facing (north-facing in Southern Hemisphere or south-facing in Northern Hemisphere) glazing above 7% of the total floor area. For example, a 200 m2 house with 20 m2 of sun-facing glazing has 10% of glazing by total floor area; 6 m2 of that glazing will require additional thermal mass. Therefore, using the 6:1 to 8:1 ratio above, an additional 36–48 m2 of solar-exposed thermal mass is required. The exact requirements vary from climate to climate.

Thermal mass for limiting summertime overheating
Thermal mass is ideally placed within a building where it is shielded from direct solar gain but exposed to the building occupants. It is therefore most commonly associated with solid concrete floor slabs in naturally ventilated or low-energy mechanically ventilated buildings where the concrete soffit is left exposed to the occupied space.

During the day heat is gained from the sun, the occupants of the building, and any electrical lighting and equipment, causing the air temperatures within the space to increase, but this heat is absorbed by the exposed concrete slab above, thus limiting the temperature rise within the space to be within acceptable levels for human thermal comfort. In addition the lower surface temperature of the concrete slab also absorbs radiant heat directly from the occupants, also benefiting their thermal comfort.

By the end of the day the slab has in turn warmed up, and now, as external temperatures decrease, the heat can be released and the slab cooled down, ready for the start of the next day. However this "regeneration" process is only effective if the building ventilation system is operated at night to carry away the heat from the slab. In naturally ventilated buildings it is normal to provide automated window openings to facilitate this process automatically.

Hot, arid climates (e.g. desert)

This is a classical use of thermal mass. Examples include adobe, rammed earth, or limestone block houses. Its function is highly dependent on marked diurnal temperature variations. The wall predominantly acts to retard heat transfer from the exterior to the interior during the day. The high volumetric heat capacity and thickness prevents thermal energy from reaching the inner surface. When temperatures fall at night, the walls re-radiate the thermal energy back into the night sky. In this application it is important for such walls to be massive to prevent heat transfer into the interior.

Hot humid climates (e.g. sub-tropical and tropical)
The use of thermal mass is the most challenging in this environment where night temperatures remain elevated. Its use is primarily as a temporary heat sink. However, it needs to be strategically located to prevent overheating. It should be placed in an area that is not directly exposed to solar gain and also allows adequate ventilation at night to carry away stored energy without increasing internal temperatures any further. If to be used at all it should be used in judicious amounts and again not in large thicknesses.

Materials commonly used for thermal mass
 Water: water has the highest volumetric heat capacity of all commonly used material. Typically, it is placed in large container(s), acrylic tubes for example, in an area with direct sunlight. It may also be used to saturate other types material such as soil to increase heat capacity.
 Concrete, clay bricks and other forms of masonry: the thermal conductivity of concrete depends on its composition and curing technique. Concretes with stones are more thermally conductive than concretes with ash, perlite, fibers, and other insulating aggregates. Concrete's thermal mass properties save 5–8% in annual energy costs compared to softwood lumber.
 Insulated concrete panels consist of an inner layer of concrete to provide the thermal mass factor. This is insulated from the outside by a conventional foam insulation and then covered again with an outer layer of concrete. The effect is a highly efficient building insulation envelope.
 Insulating concrete forms are commonly used to provide both thermal mass and insulation to building structures.  The concrete mass provides the specific heat capacity required for good thermal inertia.  Insulating layers created on the side or interior surfaces of the form provide good thermal resistance.
 Clay brick, adobe brick or mudbrick: see brick and adobe.
 Earth, mud and sod: dirt's heat capacity depends on its density, moisture content, particle shape, temperature, and composition. Early settlers to Nebraska built houses with thick walls made of dirt and sod because wood, stone, and other building materials were scarce. The extreme thickness of the walls provided some insulation, but mainly served as thermal mass, absorbing thermal energy during the day and releasing it during the night. Nowadays, people sometimes use earth sheltering around their homes for the same effect. In earth sheltering, the thermal mass comes not only from the walls of the building, but from the surrounding earth that is in physical contact with the building. This provides a fairly constant, moderating temperature that reduces heat flow through the adjacent wall.
 Rammed earth: rammed earth provides excellent thermal mass because of its high density, and the high specific heat capacity of the soil used in its construction.
 Natural rock and stone: see stonemasonry.
 Logs are used as a building material to create the exterior, and perhaps also the interior, walls of homes. Log homes differ from some other construction materials listed above because solid wood has both moderate R-value (insulation) and also significant thermal mass. In contrast, water, earth, rocks, and concrete all have low R-values. This thermal mass allows a log home to hold heat better in colder weather, and to better retain its cooler temperature in hotter weather.
 Phase-change materials

Seasonal energy storage
If enough mass is used it can create a seasonal advantage. That is, it can heat in the winter and cool in the summer. This is sometimes called passive annual heat storage or PAHS. The PAHS system has been successfully used at 7000 ft. in Colorado and in a number of homes in Montana. The Earthships of New Mexico utilize passive heating and cooling as well as using recycled tires for foundation wall yielding a maximum PAHS/STES. It has also been used successfully in the UK at Hockerton Housing Project.

See also
 Earthship
 Rammed earth wall
 Specific heat capacity
 Thermal energy storage
 Trombe wall

References

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
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I Won't Say (I'm In Love)
Susan Egan1 Jan 2013
I Won't Say (I'm In Love) Lyrics
I Won't Say (I'm In Love) (恋してるなんて言えない(『ヘラクレス』より)) - Susan Egan
If there's a prize for rotten judgment
I guess, I've already won that
No man is worth the aggravation
That's ancient history, been there, done that
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He's the earth and heaven to you
Try to keep it hidden
Honey, we can see right through you
Girl, you can't conceal it
We know how you feel and
Who you're thinking of?
No chance, no way
I won't say it, no, no
You swoon, you sigh
Why deny it? Uh, oh
It's too cliche
I won't say I'm in love
I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you start out
My head is screaming, get a grip, girl
Unless you're dying to cry your heart out, oh
You keep on denying
Who you are and how you're feeling?
Baby, we're not buying
Hon, we saw you hit the ceiling
Face it like a grown up
When you gonna own up
That you got, got, got it bad
No chance, now way
Give up, give in
Check the grin you're in love
This scene won't play
You're doin' flips read our lips
You're in love
You're way off base
I won't say it
Girl, don't be proud
It's okay, you're in love
At least out loud
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Q: How to test if Osmosis is installed on openSuse? update; thanks to the answer i have done some more
i teste like you recomended;
linux-wyee:/home/martin/gis/test/test2/a_repo # :~> cnf osmosis
linux-wyee:/home/martin/gis/test/test2/a_repo # cnf osmosis

Das Programm 'osmosis' was found here:
  * osmosis [ Pfad: /usr/bin/osmosis, Repository: zypp (gis_-_osmosis) ]

Try installing with:
    zypper install osmosis

well just wondering - does this mean i have to install it!!?
love to hear from your
btw- do i need postgis and - yes i guess i have to install postgresql too.
Note; i have a apache / lamp allready up and running on my opensuse 12.1.
I am pretty new to GiS and to Linux. I try to install Osmosis on my openSuse 12.1 System.
Here what i have in YAST:
linux-wyee:/home/martin # zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                                       | Name                                        | Aktiviert | Aktualisieren | Priorität | Typ    | URI                                                                                | Dienst
---+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------+---------------+-----------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------
 1 | Aktualisierungen-für-openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | Aktualisierungen für openSUSE 12.1 12.1-1.4 | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1/                                             |
 2 | UpdatedApps                                 | KDE UpdatedApps Repo                        | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/UpdatedApps/openSUSE_12.1/             |
 3 | gis_-_osmosis                               | gis - osmosis                               | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_12.1/             |
 4 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4                      | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4                      | Ja        | Nein          |   99      | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SN-S083C_m1L3456789KLMNOP,/dev/sr0 |
 5 | packman-x86_64                              | packman-x86_64                              | Ja        | Nein          |   99      | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/12.1/                                                    |
 6 | repo-debug                                  | openSUSE-12.1-Debug                         | Nein      | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/                        |
 7 | repo-debug-update                           | openSUSE-12.1-Update-Debug                  | Nein      | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.1/                                       |
 8 | repo-non-oss                                | openSUSE-12.1-Non-Oss                       | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/non-oss/                          |
 9 | repo-oss                                    | openSUSE-12.1-Oss                           | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/                              |
10 | repo-source                                 | openSUSE-12.1-Source                        | Nein      | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/                       |
linux-wyee:/home/martin #

Regarding the above mentioned listing of repos - can we say that I have osmosis installed yet?
How can i test if osmosis is installed?
Can this be tested on commandline - in terminal? How?

A: to do so you just have to type in console "cnf osmosis":
:~> cnf osmosis

Then you will receive the message whether it is installed and the path to the programme (if installed) or the repo with it  (if you have repo with this software). Here is my output for example:
The program 'osmosis' can be found in the following package:
  * osmosis [ path: /usr/bin/osmosis, repository: zypp (Application:Geo) ]

Try installing with:
    sudo zypper install osmosis

You can find osmosis in "Application:Geo" repository for openSUSE:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_12.1/

UPD: you've installed this repo already and called it gis_osmisis. so you will need to install osmosis itself. Note that there is a GUI for package management: go to computer->install/remove software in application luncher, or Software Manager in Yast. Note that in openSUSE you don't need to use console for the most of administration tasks - there is a very user-friendly Yast.


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Re: Thumbprint Radio playing out of place tracks
Poor content recommendations on Thumbprint Radio
jsharp74
This is an issue on my thumbprint radio station. I followed the instructions to remove the bad seed stations, which appeared mysteriously, but it didn't improve my station experience. I also went through my thumbs up and no songs from these genres have been liked. It's playing 80's/90's pop and rock music. Each time I give it a thumbs down but it plays at least 4 songs before it moves to a new genre. The stations I have in my collection don't include this music. Please help! It's ruining my experience.
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@jsharp74 I created a separate thread for you since you are running into a different issue.
To clarify, it isn't possible to add additional seeds/variety to Thumbprint Radio.
Thumbprint Radio uses your thumbs to create a unique listening experience. By playing both thumbed-up and non-thumbed tracks from across all your stations, we hope to bring you lots of your favorites while sprinkling in some new finds in a seamless listening journey.
If the tracks you're hearing don't appeal to you, feel free to give them a Thumb Down on Thumbprint Radio. It won't affect that song's Thumb rating elsewhere, but it will stop Thumbprint Radio from playing that track.
You may also want to review your other stations and Thumbs, as they inform the content on your Thumbprint Radio.
Edit your individual stations to delete your Thumbs Up or Down, or delete the station entirely to remove it from your Thumbprint Radio mix.
Try giving more Thumbs Up on other stations besides your Thumbprint Radio (if you're hearing too many unfamiliar songs), or
Give more Thumbs Up across your Pandora account (if your Thumbprint Radio is becoming repetitive).
Thanks for the reply. I have done all of these things, yet it continues to play crazy things, even after I give them a thumbs down. I can assure you I have never given instrumental movie scores a listen on Pandora, much less any thumbs up. I only have 3 stations and Thumbprint radio has always done a great job curating music based on my preferences. No one else has access to my account so it doesn't make sense that it would take 1 reggae station and 2 country stations to come up with 80's/90's pop and hip hop and instrumental movie scores! It's clear there is something wrong with the algorithm. I'm really bummed because Pandora has been my favorite streaming platform for years, but even FM stations don't throw in random instrumental elevator music so I'm going to have to switch platforms.
@jsharp74 The next time it happens, please give the out of place track that plays a thumbs down and write us back with the following:
The date/time the out of place track(s) played
The name(s) of the out of place artist(s) on the station.
The title(s) of the out of place track(s) that played.
Were you able to give the out of place track(s) a Thumbs down?
Also if possible, please grab a screenshot of the out of place track that plays, and send that in a reply to this message.
Thanks for the help!
Chusa
I've been having this exact same issue for months now. It's exceptionally annoying. Every day we have to thumbs down songs which don't fit. And we have to thumbs down the same songs again and again. I don't use my Pandora account outside of my Alexa devices - I think this was relevant the last time my Pandora account lost it's way.
It plays classical music, which I've never thumbs-upped and Disney show tunes. And it's always about 3 or 4 songs that it tries which just don't fit.
Hey there, @Chusa. 👋
Sorry to hear that this is happening when you listen to your Thumbprint Radio.
Could you provide a few more details about this issue?
The next time it happens, please give the out of place track that plays a thumbs down and write us back with the following:
We can take a deeper look to see what's happening. Thanks for your help with this. 🎧
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We thumbs downed all of 3 of them successfully.
Hi @Chusa! Thanks for letting us know. I've passed this along to our engineering team to take a closer look at what may be happening.
Thanks for your patience in the meantime!
berniehenrie
Why all of a sudden do I get so many non-thumbprint songs showing up?
And, how do I stop it?
@berniehenrie I'd be happy to help with any questions you have, but I will need additional information to do so.
Can you explain your issue a bit further?
Is the problem that you aren't seeing as many tracks you've thumbed up on your Thumbprint Radio station?
The more details you're able to provide, the better equipped I'll be to help.
I look forward to hearing back.
I have two concerns, first I show 1463 thumbs up and I would estimate that I get about 100 of those songs when I play on thumbprint. Secondly, also very concerning is the fact that I get way too many songs that I never gave a thumbs up to.
I hope I explained this well enough.
Thank you for your response.
Bernie Henrie
@berniehenrie Thanks for following up.
The next time you feel a poor song recommendation plays on Thumbprint Radio, can you write me back with the following?
The name(s) of the artist(s).
The title(s) of the track(s).
Were you able to give the track(s) a Thumbs down?
Let me know, and I'll take a look.
Thumbs down does work for me.
List of poor song recommendations that just happened:
1-Abends by Udo Jurgens
2-The learning by Big Noyd
3-instant Karma by John Lennon
4-A love that will last by Renee Olstead
Thank you for your help Bernie
Thanks for following up with those examples, @berniehenrie.
I've added your feedback to the ticket we have open with the engineers who are looking into this.
So... EVERY NIGHT we thumbs down about 12 or more songs - the minimum is 3. They are generally in lots of 3 before it will finally get back to something tolerable. I'm not certain why this continues to happen but at this rate, my number of disliked songs should far outweigh the ones I do like (which there's about 600 of those). I don't listen to anything other than my thumbprint radio thru my Amazon echo... So I'm confused as to why it's picking so poorly on a daily basis. Today in the app, in my thumbprint radio, it was playing a song inspired by 0 of my thumbs-upped songs. How or why would this even happen? What would make it think that that's a good idea?
I also noticed that there are some songs that I like that are thumbs-down, I'm guessing that's because we get frustrated with this process of poor song picks and when there's a lull after 3 or so duds and when the song intro is quiet, we just start thumbsing down.
Has there been any progress into looking at this? It's been about 20 days, which means that we've thumbs downed well over 60 songs, probably more like 120 or more and likely thumbs-upped 0. This seems like me doing a lot of work instead of this service working for me. It's quite frustrating on a daily basis.
@Chusa I definitely understand your frustration.
I've passed your additional feedback along to our engineering team so they can help look into this further.
Thanks again for all your patience with this.
keduco520
When you delete a Collection are the thumbs deleted? I'm deleting a bunch of old collections but it appears the Thumbs are still being utilized by the My Thumbprint Radio station. Anyway to delete some of th thumbs that thumbprint is using to curate the station?
@keduco520 Deleting a station will remove the Thumbs Up left on that particular station from your total Thumbs Up count showing in your profile.
This being said, if you were to ever re-create the station after it is deleted, all of those Thumb ratings will be restored with the station.
So we do save those Thumbs for you on the back-end in the event you ever want to re-create the station.
Additionally, those thumbs will no longer affect your Thumbprint Radio after you've removed that station from your collection.
If the tracks you're hearing on Thumbprint Radio don't appeal to you, feel free to give them a Thumb Down on Thumbprint Radio. It won't affect that song's Thumb rating elsewhere, but it will stop Thumbprint Radio from playing that track.
GordonPwn
I also had such a problem. I liked the genres I was interested in. But when I disliked some artists, the radio offered me a similar one. Then I found advanced settings with mood and themes (on the road, at home, happy cleaning, party, video games, etc.). Now the algorithm has adjusted to me, but sometimes it surprises me with irrelevant tracks. I want many apps and websites to buy Vody for good recommendations. I read about this algorithm of the future. Imagine Vody will be able to understand the emotions of commentators, understand emojis and many things inaccessible to other AI.
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