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#include <Inventor/actions/SoGLRenderAction.h>
#include <Inventor/actions/SoCallbackAction.h>
#include <Inventor/nodes/SoTexture2.h>
#include <Inventor/sensors/SoFieldSensor.h>
#include "SoXipIcon.h"
#include "SoXipIconsResource.h"

SO_NODE_SOURCE( SoXipIcon );

SoXipIcon::SoXipIcon()
{
	SO_NODE_CONSTRUCTOR( SoXipIcon );

	SO_NODE_DEFINE_ENUM_VALUE( IconType, IC_NONE );
	SO_NODE_DEFINE_ENUM_VALUE( IconType, IC_COPY );
	SO_NODE_DEFINE_ENUM_VALUE( IconType, IC_CUT );
	SO_NODE_DEFINE_ENUM_VALUE( IconType, IC_PASTE );

	SO_NODE_SET_SF_ENUM_TYPE( icon, IconType );

	SO_NODE_ADD_FIELD(             icon, (IC_NONE) );
	SO_NODE_ADD_FIELD(    isTransparent, (FALSE) );
	SO_NODE_ADD_FIELD( transparentColor, (0, 0, 0) );

	mTexture = new SoTexture2;
	mTexture->ref();

	mFieldSensors[0] = new SoFieldSensor( fieldSensorsCB, this );
	mFieldSensors[0]->attach( &icon );
	mFieldSensors[1] = new SoFieldSensor( fieldSensorsCB, this );
	mFieldSensors[1]->attach( &isTransparent );
	mFieldSensors[2] = new SoFieldSensor( fieldSensorsCB, this );
	mFieldSensors[2]->attach( &transparentColor );
}

SoXipIcon::~SoXipIcon()
{
	if( mTexture )
		mTexture->unref();

	for( int i = 0; i < 3; ++ i )
	{
		if( mFieldSensors[i] )
		{
			delete mFieldSensors[i];
			mFieldSensors[i] = 0;
		}
	}
}

void
SoXipIcon::initClass()
{
	SO_NODE_INIT_CLASS( SoXipIcon, SoNode, "Node" );
}

void
SoXipIcon::callback( SoCallbackAction* action )
{
    action->traverse( mTexture );
}

void
SoXipIcon::GLRender( SoGLRenderAction* action )
{
	action->traverse( mTexture );
}

static bool
isEqual( unsigned char a[3], unsigned char b[3] )
{
	return a[0] == b[0] && a[1] == b[1] &&  a[2] == b[2];
}

void
SoXipIcon::fieldChanged( SoField* whichField )
{
	char* rgbPtr;

	switch( icon.getValue() )
	{
	case IC_NONE:
		mTexture->image.setValue( SbVec2s( 0, 0 ), 0, 0 );
		return ;

	case IC_COPY:
		rgbPtr = copy_rgb;
		break ;

	case IC_CUT:
		rgbPtr = cut_rgb;
		break ;

	case IC_PASTE:
		rgbPtr = paste_rgb;
		break ;
	}

	SbVec2s dimensions( xipIconWidth, xipIconHeight );

	unsigned char* rgbaBuffer = new unsigned char[ dimensions[0] * dimensions[1] * 4 ];
	if( !rgbaBuffer )
	{
		SoDebugError::post( __FILE__, "Cannot allocate memory" );
		return ;
	}

	bool hasTransparent = isTransparent.getValue() == TRUE;
	unsigned char tColor[3] = {
		transparentColor.getValue()[0] * 255,
		transparentColor.getValue()[1] * 255,
		transparentColor.getValue()[2] * 255
	};

	unsigned char* ptr = rgbaBuffer;
	for( int j = 0; j < dimensions[1]; ++ j )
	for( int i = 0; i < dimensions[0]; ++ i )
	{
		unsigned char pixel[3];

		XIP_GET_PIXEL( rgbPtr, pixel );

		*ptr ++ = pixel[0];
		*ptr ++ = pixel[1];
		*ptr ++ = pixel[2];

		*ptr ++ = hasTransparent && isEqual( pixel, tColor ) ? 0 : 255;
	}

	mTexture->image.setValue( dimensions, 4, rgbaBuffer );
	mTexture->wrapS.setValue( SoTexture2::CLAMP );
	mTexture->wrapT.setValue( SoTexture2::CLAMP );

	delete [] rgbaBuffer;
}

void
SoXipIcon::fieldSensorsCB( void* userData, SoSensor* sensor )
{
	((SoXipIcon *) userData)->fieldChanged(
		((SoFieldSensor *) sensor)->getAttachedField() );
}


EA announced a brand new publishing program. EA Originals will partner with small studios in order to bring unknown games and projects to the masses. Much like they did with Unravel.
This year at EA Play, EA and Zoink Studios announced Fe, another beautiful game with a unique hook. It's part of EA Originals. This 3D platformer has players connect to a strange forest, fly about, work with the odd creatures and, eventually, stop a strange group of invaders.
Fe looks neat, but the bigger story to me here is that EA is reaching out to small studios to bring their games to vast audiences. That's huge, and I love the idea that a major publisher is bringing games like Fe and Unravel to the global market.
We'll have more on Fe and EA Originals as it comes.


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Justice League #39 review
Brian Warshaw
The deranged Fan has divided and scattered the Justice League. Public opinion is sinking, systems are compromised, and our heroes appear to be under siege. How can they stop an adversary who knows them so well? And how do they repair the broken trust of the people they serve? Things are not looking so good in Justice League #39.
A more compelling read
I did not like Justice League #38. I thought it was the first true bomb in Priest's short run, and I feared that the short wait for Scott Snyder's transition to this title would suddenly be stretched by dissatisfaction in the present. Thankfully, #39 quickly rebounds, serving up perhaps the most compelling installment of Priest's run yet.
Churchill and Sollazzo steal the show right out of the gate. Churchill is a seasoned pro who's done great work in the past; but, my most recent experience with him was in the twilight of Teen Titans during The New 52, and I wasn't impressed. Here, though, his characters look great throughout, his environments are excellent, and it's all colored expertly by Sollazzo. There's so much texture in every panel, and it's a treat for the eyes.
Where Churchill really nails it, though, is where it matters most. There's such a great story being told visually, and I keep coming back to it again and again. The opening scene (in which Aquaman takes on some bandits in the desert) is choreographed expertly, and the panels are all very interesting without getting too dense. When the action recedes and we follow Victor into a courtroom, the visual storytelling continues to impress. Seriously, once you've read this (or before), try flipping through without reading the balloons—it's still incredibly interesting.
Priest deserves a lot of credit, too. The shark analogy that opens the issue is very strong writing, and it applies to the League's situation quite aptly. The Fan's position—that the League has isolated itself from, and therefore deafened itself to the people they serve—is not a particularly fresh idea, but the execution feels new and original. This isn't Lex Luthor decrying human dependence on a god-like alien; nor is it simply the governments of the world calling for accountability; rather, Priest goes closer to the ground, focusing on the marginalized—the "small people" that fall through the cracks during a big crisis. The Fan points to the incongruity between a mandate to serve the people of Earth and a headquarters floating high above them, and he's not completely wrong—at least not as far as the optics of the thing.
Still a few problems
Jessica Cruz is still a bit of a problem here, though most of that owes to the amorous encounter Priest forced upon she and Batman last issue. Her presence this issue pretty much consists of an anxiety hangover and a brief encounter with J'onn J'onzz (who was wonderful to see again so soon after his return in Metal). She's then sent off to deep space with Simon and that's that.
The conflict with the public feels relevant to current American affairs, but it seems like a bit of a forced situation with the Justice League. A woman tweets that acid fumes are burning her baby while the League is in Northside. Other folks imply that the League is prioritizing rich, white people over poor, non-white people. While I could see certain members of the team having potential blind spots and missing the folks in the Westies because the action was hotter in Northside, I would never expect this from Superman and Wonder Woman. Supes, more than any character in any genre and in any media, refuses to have a category for "acceptable losses." There is no believable scenario where he would be flying up, up, and away while there are still people in the area that need his help. This would have been a better fit had the JLA (the other one, with Frost, Canary, etc.) been the only team on the scene. It's still a strain to think that Mari or Dinah would allow those people to suffer, but the team's inexperience (and smaller size) could at least make negligence more believable. At least Batman is saving a child by the end.
Overall, though, the issue still reads really well, and when I set aside the discordance, I was able to enjoy it—if not as a great Justice League story, then at least as a compellingly-written and gorgeously-illustrated commentary on the limits of power—even seemingly limitless power—and the way that so-called greater goods can cause us to overlook the details. And how some of those details could sure use our help.
Recommended if…
You love solid, detailed artwork
You enjoy comics that skillfully comment on current affairs—even if liberties are taken with established characters
Priest's run on Justice League will perhaps most be remembered for its tendency to remake established characters into the archetypes it needs them to be. That may not be your cup of tea, but Justice League #39 is at least worth a few reads for its well-written dialogue and outstanding artwork.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) has been rumoured to receive its own battle royale mode since last year. Aptly dubbed "Danger Zone", Valve has made the mode official alongside making the game free-to-play, but it seems that not everyone supports the move. Danger Zone is "a fast-paced battle royale game mode built on CS:GO's tactical gameplay where players use their wits, skill, and resources to fight to the finish," according to Valve, including the same weapon play found in the base game. The crucial difference between Danger Zone and pre-established competitors on the market is its smaller 16-player count in singles and 18-player count in duos and triples, making games last just 10 minutes apiece. Blacksite, Danger Zone's single map is relatively small in comparison to PUBG, Fortnite and Blackout, but it is still jarring for the average Counter-Strike player in size. As usual, players land with a knife after choosing their drop zone and have to procure their weapons and equipment onsite. Cash is still important, and can be found lying on the ground, looting enemy players, in safes that can only be accessed by blowing it with a C4 and as a reward for escorting hostages to pick-up zones. Cash allows players to purchase weapons, just like the base game, however it's still advised that they be conservative with ammo. Ammo is scattered across the map, but it is an incredibly scarce resource that could determine the outcome of the match. Long-term players will be happy to learn that skins carry over from the base game to Danger Zone, and there are seventeen new seasonal skins up for grabs. New players shouldn't be intimidated, as they will be given "non-prime" member status and placed into a separate matchmaking pool to avoid unbalanced gameplay. "When you have Prime Status you are matched with other players who also have Prime Status, and Prime users are eligible for Prime-exclusive souvenir items, item drops, and weapon cases," Valve explains. Although Valve seems to have confidence in its Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC), some players are concerned that making the game free-to-play will see an influx of cheaters that would have otherwise been deterred by the entry fee. Others are more concerned about the money they spent on a game that has now lost its paid status. View: Original Article.
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The loco steam-powered Black Pearl motorcycle from Revatu Customs The Black Pearl constructed by Revatu Customs blends a motorbike with a locomotive The Black Pearl was unveiled at the Bigtwin Bike Show in Rosmalen, Holland, next to a poster of Captain Jack Sparrow. But unlike the legendary sea vessel of the silver screen, this Black Pearl is a land vehicle powered by a steam engine. Constructed by Dutch company Revatu Customs, the two-wheeled locomotive is a fully functioning motorcycle, albeit a slow one. Staying faithful to the Train Wreck's design, van Tuil built a motorcycle whose locomotive inspiration is obvious from every angle. The final transmission, an exposed crankshaft rotating the rear wheel by means of an eccentric pivot, mimics a steam train's engine both mechanically and visually. Adding a bell and a steam horn doesn't steer the mind away from trains either. A setup more familiar to the typical motorcyclist can be found at the front, where two shock absorbers connect the steering to the wheel through a trailing link structure, housing a drum brake assigned with the task of stopping the beast. Go to source for tons of Pics!
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Development of a National Adult Protective Services Data System: Namrs Pilot Final Report (volume 2)
Development of a National Adul...
Development of a National Adult Protective Services Data System: Namrs Pilot Final Report (volume 1) Development of a National Adult Protective Services Data System: Namrs Pilot Final Report (volume 1) Development of a National Adult Protective Services Data System: Namrs Pilot Final Report (volume 2) Policy Information Center Highlights: Vol. 11, No. 1 National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts
VOLUME 2: SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION
In September 2013, HHS/ASPE began a 2-year effort to design, develop, and pilot a national reporting system based on data from state adult protective services (APS) agency information systems. The project was funded by Prevention and Public Health funds through an interagency agreement with ACL. The project team conducted extensive outreach to gain an understanding of information needs. More than 40 state administrators, researchers, service providers, and other individuals in the field participated in stakeholder calls. Over 30 state representatives from 25 states participated in three in-person working sessions to discuss the uses of collected data and the key functionalities that should be included in a national system. The national system was named the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS). Stakeholder meetings resulted in the general design of the data reporting system, conceptualized as three components:
Agency Component data, submitted by all agencies, on their policies and practices.
Case Component data on client characteristics, services, and perpetrator characteristics, provided by agencies that have report-level tracking systems.
Key Indicators Component data consisting of aggregated data on key statistics of investigations and victims, provided by agencies that do not have report-level tracking systems or are unable to provide case-level data.
From January through May 2015, nine states--Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts (Disabled Persons Protection Commission), Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Texas--participated in a pilot of the data system and submitted the Agency Component and either the Key Indicators Component or the Case Component data. This report (Volume 1) consists of a description of the NAMRS Pilot, findings from the piloting process, and recommendations for the future NAMRS.
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package com.affinitybridge.cordova.mapbox;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.util.Log;

import com.cocoahero.android.geojson.Feature;
import com.cocoahero.android.geojson.LineString;
import com.cocoahero.android.geojson.Position;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.geometry.LatLng;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.overlay.PathOverlay;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.views.MapView;

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * Created by tnightingale on 15-04-20.
 */
public class LineGeometry implements Builder.GeometryInterface {

    final protected int lineColor = Color.RED;

    final protected float strokeWidth = 5;

    protected MapView mapView;

    protected Builder builder;

    protected PathOverlay line;

    protected ArrayList<LatLng> latLngs;

    public LineGeometry(MapView mv, Builder builder) {
        this.mapView = mv;
        this.builder = builder;
        this.latLngs = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
        this.line = new PathOverlay(this.lineColor, this.strokeWidth);
        this.mapView.getOverlays().add(this.line);
    }

    public int size() {
        return this.latLngs.size();
    }

    public void addGhostLatLng(LatLng latLng) {
        this.line.addPoint(latLng);
    }

    public boolean addLatLng(LatLng latLng) {
        Log.d("LineBuilder", String.format("addLatLng(); latLng: (%f, %f)", latLng.getLongitude(), latLng.getLatitude()));
        return this.insertLatLng(-1, latLng);
    }

    public boolean insertLatLng(int position, LatLng latLng) {
        this.line.addPoint(latLng);

        if (position < 0) {
            this.latLngs.add(latLng);
        }
        else {
            Log.d("LineBuilder", String.format("insertLatLng(); position: %d, latLng: (%f, %f)", position, latLng.getLongitude(), latLng.getLatitude()));
            this.latLngs.add(position, latLng);
        }

        return true;
    }

    public void setLatLng(int position, LatLng latLng) {
        this.latLngs.set(position, latLng);
    }

    public int indexOfLatLng(LatLng latLng) {
        return this.latLngs.indexOf(latLng);
    }

    public void remove(LatLng latLng) {
        this.remove(this.indexOfLatLng(latLng));
    }

    public void remove(int position) {
        this.latLngs.remove(position);
        this.reset();
        Log.d("LineBuilder", String.format("remove() latLngs.size(): %d, line.getNumberOfPoints(): %d", this.latLngs.size(), this.line.getNumberOfPoints()));
    }

    public void reset() {
        this.line.clearPath();
        this.line.addPoints(this.latLngs);
    }

    public Feature toGeoJSON() {
        LineString ls = new LineString();
        for (int i = 0; i < this.latLngs.size(); i++) {
            LatLng latLng = this.latLngs.get(i);
            ls.addPosition(new Position(latLng.getLatitude(), latLng.getLongitude()));
        }

        Feature f = new Feature(ls);
        f.setProperties(new JSONObject());
        return f;
    }

}

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Q: How to get list of fields from Object in mongoDB? I'm new in mongoDB, I saw enough examples but most show how to work with collections.
I have followed data stored in mongoDB under DB name myDB:
"_id" : "some_table_name",
"content" : [{
  "id" : "1",
  "loctype" : "Clinic/Hospital",
  "locname" : "KKH"
}, {
  "id" : "2",
  "loctype" : "Clinic/Hospital",
  "locname" : "Singapore National Eye Centre"
 }
 }]
}

As you can see the model contains _id and content, where content is list of objects:
  ... ,
 {
  "id" : "ZZZ",
  "loctype" : "ZZZ",
  "locname" : "ZZZ"
  },
  ...

PHP
$m = new MongoClient(/* ... */);

$db = $m->myDB;

$collection = $db->coll;

How can I fetch in PHP list of ids? a.e [1,2] in my case.
For sure I can get all model and extract ids but I try to do it stright from mongoDB.
Thanks.

A: Try this:
$collection = new MongoCollection($db, 'collection_name');

$query = array(
// Some restrictions can be here
);

$ids    = array();
$cursor = $collection->find($query);
foreach ($cursor as $doc) {
    $doc = (array) $doc;
    $ids[] = $doc["id"];
}

var_dump($ids);

A: It depends on how you want this formatted but here is a aggregation version which formats it in a nice way:
$mongo->collection->aggregate(array(
    array('$unwind'=>'$content'),
    array('$project'=>array('_id'=>'$content.id'))
))

It will print documents like:
[
    {_id:1},
    {_id:2}
]

Another way could be to just project the single field out with $db->collection->find(array(),array('content.id'=>1))
I should note though, it would most likely to better to just do this in PHP. Through PHP is the only way you can get the exact output you are seeking I believe.

A: Use mapreduce followed by distinct, as follows:
mr = db.runCommand({
  "mapreduce" : "things",
  "map" : function() {
    for (var key in this) { emit(key, null); }
  },
  "reduce" : function(key, stuff) { return null; },
  "out": "things" + "_keys"
})
db[mr.result].distinct("_id")
["foo", "bar", "baz", "_id", ...]

Or use Variety...

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We Are Forever Merely Bodies, Eternally Just Things
By Courtney Enlow | Think Pieces | September 29, 2017 |
Hugh Hefner's dead. In the past 30 hours or so, he's been deified as a hero, a catalyst for the sexual revolution. Death is a cloth that polishes the most tarnished reputation, leaving a shine that lingers and distracts from the darkness.
In life and death alike, Hefner's career incited myriad discussions about objectification and a woman's agency over her body. Because every woman has experienced this reduction to pieces, to parts. We are asses to be touched. Hips to be brushed. Breasts to be grazed. The man we elected president reduced us to pussies to be grabbed. And we remain so even after life leaves our bodies, when that grabbable flesh has long since decayed, when we exist only as memories. That has never been clearer than right now, courtesy of one of the last day's biggest stories: Hugh Hefner will be buried next to Marilyn Monroe.
"Jay Leno suggested that if I was going to spend that kind of money, I should actually be on top of her," Hefner said. "But to me there's something rather poetic in the fact that we'll be buried in the same place."
The two will be together forever. The two never met in life.
Monroe is known as the first-ever Playboy Playmate, but in truth she never posed for the magazine. In an early, struggling period in her career, Monroe posed nude for some much-needed cash. That $50 modeling fee she received was the only payment she would ever receive for the iconic images. Hefner bought them from a calendar company for $500 and placed them in his first issue of Playboy.
Lawrence Schiller, who photographed Monroe, once asked her about her appearance as Playmate.
"How much did they pay you for that?"
"Nothing," she replied. She didn't seem to mind answering my question. "They didn't pay me anything for that first one, which Playboy used as a Playmate." She admitted that she'd never even met the magazine's publisher, Hugh Hefner.
She received no financial compensation, and, according to the book Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words, she was never even thanked.
"I never even received a thank-you from all those who made millions off a nude Marilyn photograph. I even had to buy a copy of the magazine to see myself in it … I admitted it was me who posed for that nude calendar even when the Fox executives became nervous and believed this would cause the ruination of any films I would appear in and also the end of my movie career. Of course they were wrong. The fans, my public, cheered when I admitted it was me, and that calendar and that Playboy first-issue publicity helped my career."
For Hefner, Monroe represented a prize. His $500 investment led to the prize of an empire. His eternal resting place the chance to sleep with "the ultimate blonde."
Here's @sadydoyle on Hugh Hefner buying the crypt next to Marilyn Monroe in her book "Trainwreck." It's NOT ROMANTIC. pic.twitter.com/CtLmvqwvgB
— Ella Dawson (@brosandprose) September 28, 2017
Monroe's life was filled with pain. Her legacy one of body, one of debates over her dress size, words she never said and an endless existence as concept, never complete person. And even her remains are a prize, something to be won, literally, by the highest bidder. Hefner purchased his crypt space for $75,000 in 1992. Mob-adjacent businessman Richard Poncher purchased the crypt above her from Joe DiMaggio, telling his wife, "If I croak, if you don't put me upside down over Marilyn, I'll haunt you the rest of my life." He was placed upside-down above Monroe, as his wish indicated, in 1986.
Monroe is exceptional for her beauty, sex appeal and iconic status. But no woman is safe from the dehumanization that comes with being a female in possession of a body in the presence of a man. Every woman has experienced, in one way or another, what it is like to be reduced to parts, like an old Chevy or a broken laptop. I've been thinking about this a lot lately in the wake of discussions about Harry Knowles, Devin Faraci and the Alamo Drafthouse, and the women who've come forward, who've been ignored for years, who are now being dismissed by film legends like Lloyd Kaufman under the guise of fairness and "due process." Every single one of those women was reduced to parts. Parts for touching, for groping, for clumsy, unwanted hands. They are reduced to parts now under the guise of debate and conversation, as though there is debate, as though there are sides.
To be a woman is to be a series of parts. Parts to judge and discuss and to touch, and they are always, always entitled to these parts, our consent acting only as a hurdle, the word "yes" both optional and perfunctory.
This is our fact of life. And, in the case of Marilyn Monroe, some of us can't even escape it in death.
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Mechanical performance of aluminum reinforced wood plastic composites under axial tension: an experimental and numerical investigation
Longlong Zhao ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8145-37271,
Fei Xi2 &
Xiaorui Wang3
Journal of Wood Science volume 67, Article number: 54 (2021) Cite this article
Wood plastic composites (WPCs) are low-cost biomass composite materials with good mechanical stability and good weather resistance that are mainly used in the areas with low stress levels. Aimed at improving the mechanical properties of WPCs, this paper proposes a new WPC reinforced with aluminum. The WPC and aluminum were hot pressed to form an aluminum reinforced wood plastic composites (A-WPC). The axial tensile properties, stress–strain relationship, and failure mechanism of the composite were studied experimentally. The results show that the ultimate stress and strain, elastic modulus, and other mechanical parameters of A-WPCs are much higher than those of WPCs. The elongation at break is 10.13 times that of WPCs, which greatly improves the ductility. Based on the equivalent stiffness theory, two calculation models were proposed to predict the tensile stress–strain relationship of A-WPCs. The tensile rebound process of A-WPCs was analyzed in depth, and then the calculation formula of the residual curvature was deduced to compare with the test results. The experimental results are in good agreement with the calculation results.
Wood plastic composites (WPCs) are green and environment-friendly biomass composites [1,2,3], which has a wide range of raw materials, low production cost, nice-looking, and good weatherability. WPCs are widely used in indoor and outdoor decorations, landscape architecture, the automobile field, packaging and transportation, and other fields that require low mechanical properties [4]. In recent years, many studies have been completed to enhance the mechanical properties of WPCs and expand the application field of WPCs. Migneault et al. [5] and Kumari et al. [6] found that the mechanical properties of WPCs produced by an injection molding process were better than those produced by hot pressing and extrusion molding. The mechanical properties of WPCs were greatly improved when p-toluenesulfonic acid (p-TsOH) was used as a compatible coupling agent by Lin et al. [7] to remove hemicellulose from wood flour to change the cross-sectional compatibility of the WPC. Rimdusitet al. [4], Petchwattana et al. [8], Tao et al. [9], Perisicet al. [10], and Panaitescu et al. [11] tested different toughening agents to improve the impact strength, tensile elongation at break, and other mechanical properties of WPCs. Many experiments have investigated improving the mechanical properties of WPCs with carbon fiber [12], glass fiber [13], basalt fiber [14], polyester fiber [15], and mineral wool. However, no reinforcement measures can significantly improve the strength, elastic modulus, and ductility at the same time. This paper proposes a new reinforced measure by exploiting the light weight, high strength, and good ductility of aluminum to improve the mechanical properties of WPCs. The WPC and aluminum are hot pressed into an aluminum reinforced wood plastic composite (A-WPC). Experimental investigation of the tension behavior of the A-WPC has been carried out. The equivalent stiffness method is used to calculate the elastic modulus of the strengthened composite. Based on this, two sets of calculation models of the uniaxial tensile stress–strain relationship of the A-WPC are proposed to predict the load carrying capacity and stress–strain relationship of the new composite, which can provide a theoretical basis for the design and calculation of a building structure composed of A-WPCs.
Experimental tests
The raw WPC material used in this study was composed of 30% polyolefin, 50% wood flour (60 mesh), and 15% calcium carbonate. The tensile trial samples were produced by Anhui Sentai Co., Ltd, Anhui province, China. The tensile test of the WPC was carried out according to ASTM d-143 [16]. Six specimens were tested on the electronic universal testing machine. The longitudinal and transverse strains in the middle of the specimen and the homologous real-time load were collected throughout the experiment. Table 1 lists the test results, where σtu is the ultimate stress, εtu infers the ultimate strain, Et represents the elasticity modulus, A implies the elongation at fracture, and ν is the Poisson's ratio. As shown in Fig. 1, the stress–strain relationship exhibits a linear character, and no obvious plasticity occurs until the specimen was damaged, implying the characteristics of brittle failure.
Table 1 Mechanical parameters of WPC and aluminum
Stress–strain relationship of the WPC
The aluminum alloy was made by hot rolling in Sentai Co., Ltd. The test design and operation were performed according to ASTM E8-E8M [17], and the number of aluminum samples was also 6. The measured parameters were consistent with the WPC tensile test, and the results are shown in Table 1. Comparing the test results with those of the WPC, the ultimate tensile strength, elastic modulus, ultimate strain, and elongation at break of the aluminum plate are 9.5 times, 10.4 times, 6 times, and 20.9 times those of the WPC, respectively, while the Poisson's ratio of the two materials is substantially identical.
In Fig. 2, the stress–strain relationship of the aluminum tensile test is different from that of the WPC, which has an obvious specific elastic limit point. When the curve reaches the elastic–plastic stage, the increasing rate of stress decreases relative to the increasing rate of strain, forming a yield platform. Then, the strain increases, but the stress is almost unchanged in this stage, which demonstrates the good ductility of aluminum. The failure sections are obviously necking, and they are all oblique sections. In addition, the angle between the section and sample cross axis is about 30°, as shown in Fig. 2.
Stress–strain relationship of aluminum
Sample design
A 1.5 mm thick aluminum was first pulled into the pattern die by the hauling machine, and then the 2.5 mm thick WPC was attached to the aluminum surface by the co-extrusion machine on the side of the pattern die. The aluminum reinforced wood plastic composite plate with a thickness of 4 mm is finally formed by hot pressing (the temperature is 160–200 °C and the pressure is 20 MPa). The A-WPC tensile samples were processed based on ASTM E8-E8M [17]. The sample number is 1–1–1–6, the overall length is 450 mm, the gauge length is 200 mm, and the width is 40 mm.
Test scheme
As shown in Fig. 3a, the tensile fixtures were selected to hold the grip sections of the specimen. One longitudinal and one transverse perpendicular strain gauge were arranged on the two sides of the middle part of the sample to measure the strain in the tensile direction and perpendicular to the tensile direction during the test. In Fig. 3b, the tensile experiment of the A-WPC was carried out on a 50 kN electronic universal testing machine. The applied load was recorded simultaneously. The loading mode is crossbeam stroke control, and the loading rate is 0.5 mm/min. All load and strain data were collected by the Data Logger TDS-530(Tokyo Sokki Kenkyujo Co., Ltd., Japan), and the sampling frequency was 1 Hz.
Test setup and instrumentation
Test results and discussion
As shown in Fig. 4a, all the specimens are damaged at the effective part, that is, the part with the smallest cross section of the sample. Unlike the aluminum test results, the failure section of the A-WPC is almost parallel to the horizontal axis of the sample, and no obvious necking is observed, as shown in Fig. 4b. This indicates that the WPC can effectively prevent the aluminum from necking when bearing a uniaxial tensile load. After the failure of the specimens, they all bent towards the WPC and formed into arcs, as shown in Fig. 4c. Different elastic modulus lead to the unequal residual strains of the two materials after fracture springback, resulting in bending deformation of the whole sample.
Phenomenon of destruction
The experimental results of the A-WPC are shown in Table 2. The coefficient of variation of all the parameters is less than 17%, meeting the specification requirements. Meanwhile, only the coefficient of variation of the elongation at break is more than 10%, which is 12%. The R2 of the ultimate strength and elastic modulus are less than 5%, which shows that the A-WPC continues to exhibit the advantages of good homogeneity, stable mechanical properties, and low dispersion of the WPC.
Table 2 Test results
Figure 5 shows the tensile stress–strain relationship of the A-WPC, which can be divided into three stages: elastic stage, elastic–plastic stage, and ductile failure stage. At first, the relationship between the stress and strain is linear. After reaching the proportional limit, the slope of the curve becomes smaller, and the curve enters the elastic–plastic stage. In this stage, the growth rate of stress decreases relative to the growth rate of strain, and finally, it enters the ductile failure stage. At this time, the strain increases continuously, the stress increases slowly, and the sample undergoes a large deformation, which displays brilliant ductility until the sample fails.
Tensile stress–strain relationship of the A-WPC
Calculation model
Equivalent elastic modulus
The Poisson's ratio of the WPC and aluminum is consistent, which possesses the basic elements of deformation coordination, and no relative slip appears in the tensile process of the A-WPC, indicating that the A-WPC has good mechanical stability. Thus, the equivalent stiffness method can be used to calculate the elastic modulus of the A-WPC, as shown in the following equation:
$$ E = \frac{{E_{{\text{W}}} wt_{{\text{w}}} + E_{{\text{A}}} wt_{{\text{A}}} }}{{wt_{{\text{w}}} + wt_{{\text{A}}} }} = \frac{{E_{{\text{W}}} t_{{\text{w}}} + E_{{\text{A}}} t_{{\text{A}}} }}{{t_{w} + t_{{\text{A}}} }}, $$
where EW (EA) and tW (tA) are the elastic modulus and the thickness of the WPC (aluminum), respectively, and w is the width of the sample. By substituting the elastic modulus of the WPC and aluminum into Eq. (1), the calculated value of the elastic modulus of the A-WPC is 27.66 GPa, which is different from the experimental result by only 12.8%.
Model I—bilinear model
The elastic–plastic stage, as the transition section between the elastic and the ductile failure stage, can be decomposed into the extended section of the elastic stage and the initial stage of the ductile failure section. Then, the stress–strain relationship can be disassembled into two linear curves. The slope of the first straight line is the elastic modulus, and the slope of the curve drops sharply after reaching the inflection point strength; therefore, the bilinear model including two straight lines can be written as the following equation:
$$ f = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} {E\varepsilon } & {0 < \varepsilon \le \varepsilon_{{{\text{ey}}}} } \\ {\sigma_{{{\text{ey}}}} + kE\left( {\varepsilon - \varepsilon_{{{\text{ey}}}} } \right)} & {\varepsilon_{{{\text{ey}}}} < \varepsilon \le \varepsilon_{{\text{u}}} } \\ \end{array} } \right., $$
where σey and εey are the inflection point strength and homologous strain of the A-WPC, respectively, which is between the proportional limit and yield strength point, and k is a constant. According to the tensile test results, by setting the inflection point strength to be 90% of the ultimate strength, the inflection point strain is the strain corresponding to the inflection point strength, and k is suggested to be 0.03. Substituting the above parameters into Eq. (2):
$$ f = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} {24510\varepsilon } & {0 < \varepsilon \le 0.0031} \\ {75.98 + 735\left( {\varepsilon - 0.0031} \right)} & {0.0031 < \varepsilon \le 0.017} \\ \end{array} } \right.. $$
Figure 6 shows the fitting results of the A-WPC tensile stress–strain bilinear model. The model is simple in form and easy for hand computation. The two segments can well describe the stress–strain relationship at different stages and can also predict the elastic modulus, ultimate strength, and ultimate strain of the materials accurately.
Comparison of the bilinear model and experimental results
Model II—exponential model
In the light of the tensile test characteristics of the A-WPC, the exponential function model (Eq. 4) is introduced to predict the tensile stress–strain relationship:
$$ f\left( x \right) = \frac{\sigma }{{\sigma_{{\text{y}}} }} = e^{bx} - e^{dx} , $$
where x = ε/εy, σy and εy represent the yield stress and yield strain, respectively, and b and d are constants that can be obtained from the test results. Equation (4) is derived, and x = 0 is taken into Eq. (5), where E is the elastic modulus and Esec is the secant modulus of the yield point:
$$ b - d = \frac{E}{{E_{{{\text{sec}}}} }}. $$
Substituting the test results into Eq. (5) for the calculation and setting σy to be 95% of the ultimate strength, εy is the strain corresponding to the yield point. After regression analysis, we suggest that b = 0.02 and d = − 1.55. Taking these parameters into Eq. (4), the expression of the tensile stress–strain relationship of the A-WPC can be obtained as
$$ \sigma = 79.91\left( {e^{6.06\varepsilon } - e^{ - 469.7\varepsilon } } \right). $$
Figure 7 shows that the trend of the stress–strain relationship between the exponential model and the test results of the A-WPC is almost the same, which means this model can describe the whole process of the stress–strain relationship development. When the numerical simulation and software analysis of the A-WPC are carried out, the exponential model can get more accurate results.
Comparison of the exponential model and experimental results
Analysis of tensile springback of the A-WPC
Throughout the experiment, no interface relative slip and interface delamination occurred in all specimens, which indicates that the WPC and aluminum are in a state of coordinated deformation in the whole process of the trial. The eccentric tensile load and additional bending moment can be ignored, and the tensile process can be regarded as a plane stress state. As shown in Fig. 8, the tensile springback process of the A-WPC is as follows: assuming that the original length of the sample is L, the length after the uniaxial tensile load is L + 2δu, and the tensile strain of the sample is εu, when unloading, the sample begins to shrink and spring back, and bending occurs. The springback is divided into the springback shrinkage stage and the springback bending stage. Supposing that the sample only shrinks and does not bend in the springback shrinkage stage, the sample will rebound until the resultant stress of the section is 0. Then, in the springback bending stage, the sample will bend under the action of the pure bending moment, the stress of the section will redistribute, and the final bending moment of the section will be 0.
Tensile and springback process of the A-WPC
Let us assume that the constitutive relationship of the aluminum and WPC can be described by the bilinear model, which is divided into the elastic section and linear strengthening section. In this model, Ea, Ea′, σay, εay, and ta are the elastic value of the aluminum elastic section, the elastic modulus of the linear strengthening section, the yield strength, the yield strain, and the thickness, respectively. The corresponding parameters of the WPC are Ew, Ew′, σwy, εwy, and tw, where εay = σay/Ea and εwy = σwy/Ew. The thickness of the A-WPC is t = ta + tw, the actual thickness coordinate is h, the section residual strain is εc(h), and the bending residual curvature is A = εc(h)/h.
When the longitudinal section with a residual strain of 0 is defined as the neutral axis of the residual strain, the offset of the neutral axis from the interface is δ. When the tensile strain is defined as εk, the stress of the aluminum is σak and the stress of the WPC is σwk; when the rebound strain is defined as εt, the stress of the aluminum is σat and the stress of the WPC is σwt; the residual stress is εc (z).
When the tensile strain is εk, the stresses of the WPC and aluminum could be expressed by Eqs. (7) and (8):
$$ \sigma_{{{\text{wk}}}} = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} {E_{{\text{w}}} \varepsilon_{{\text{k }}} } & {\varepsilon_{{\text{k }}} \le \varepsilon_{{{\text{wy}}}} } \\ {E_{{\text{w}}} \varepsilon_{{{\text{wy}}}} + E_{{\text{w}}}^{^{\prime}} \left( {\varepsilon_{{\text{k }}} - \varepsilon_{{{\text{wy}}}} } \right)} & {\varepsilon_{{\text{k }}} > \varepsilon_{{{\text{wy}}}} } \\ \end{array} } \right.. $$
$$ \sigma_{{{\text{ak}}}} = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} {E_{{\text{a}}} \varepsilon_{{\text{k }}} } & {\varepsilon_{{\text{k }}} \le \varepsilon_{{{\text{ay}}}} } \\ {E_{{\text{a}}} \varepsilon_{{{\text{ay}}}} + E_{{\text{a}}}^{^{\prime}} \left( {\varepsilon_{{\text{k }}} - \varepsilon_{{{\text{ay}}}} } \right)} & {\varepsilon_{{\text{k }}} > \varepsilon_{{{\text{ay}}}} } \\ \end{array} } \right.. $$
When the springback strain is εt, the stresses of the aluminum and WPC follows:
$$ \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} {\sigma_{{{\text{at}}}} = \sigma_{{{\text{ak}}}} - E_{{\text{a}}} \varepsilon_{{\text{t}}} } \\ {\sigma_{{{\text{wt}}}} = \sigma_{{{\text{wk}}}} - E_{{\text{w}}} \varepsilon_{{\text{t}}} } \\ \end{array} } \right.. $$
There is no bending of the A-WPC during the springback shrinkage stage. When the resultant force of the internal force of the section is 0, there is the following relationship: taσat + twσwt = 0. Taking Eq. (9) into it leads to the following equation:
$$ \varepsilon_{{\text{t}}} = \frac{{t_{{\text{a}}} \sigma_{{{\text{ak}}}} + t_{{\text{w}}} \sigma_{{{\text{wk}}}} }}{{t_{{\text{a}}} E_{{\text{a}}} + t_{{\text{w}}} E_{{\text{w}}} }}. $$
The internal moment Mt can be expressed as Eq. (11):
$$ M_{{\text{t}}} = \frac{{t_{{\text{a}}}^{2} }}{2}\left( {\sigma_{{{\text{ak}}}} - E_{{\text{a}}} \varepsilon_{{\text{t}}} } \right) + \frac{{t_{{\text{w}}}^{2} }}{2}\left( {\sigma_{{{\text{wk}}}} - E_{{\text{w}}} \varepsilon_{{\text{t}}} } \right). $$
Under a pure bending load, the distance between the strain neutral axis and the interface is δ, and the rotation angle of the section relative to the z-axis is θ (δ and θ can be positive or negative). Under this condition, the bending normal stress of the aluminum is σab and that of the WPC is σwb. The strain distribution of the pure bending section of the A-WPC is shown in Fig. 9.
Section strain distribution
Supposing that θ is small enough, now the strain distribution function along the z-axis is
$$ \varepsilon (z) = {\text{ tan}}\theta \left( {z - \delta } \right). $$
The strain is replaced by tan θ (z − δ), and the bending normal stress could be expressed as
$$ \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} {\sigma_{{{\text{wB}}}} = E_{{\text{w}}} \tan \theta \left( {z - \delta } \right)} & {0 < z \le t_{{\text{w}}} } \\ {\sigma_{{{\text{aB}}}} = E_{{\text{a}}} \tan \theta \left( {z - \delta } \right)} & { - t_{{\text{a}}} < z \le 0} \\ \end{array} } \right.. $$
The resultant force of the pure bending normal stress distribution along the section is 0, that is, the sum of the bending normal stress of the A-WPC along the z-axis is 0, as shown in the following equation:
$$ \mathop \smallint \limits_{0}^{{t_{{\text{w}}} }} \sigma_{{{\text{wB}}}} {\text{d}}z + \mathop \smallint \limits_{{ - t_{{\text{a}}} }}^{0} \sigma_{{{\text{aB}}}} {\text{d}}z = 0. $$
Taking Eqs. (13) into (14), δ can be determined by the following equation:
$$ \delta = \frac{{E_{{\text{w}}} t_{{\text{w}}}^{2} + E_{{\text{a}}} t_{{\text{a}}}^{2} }}{{2\left( {E_{{\text{w}}} t_{{\text{w}}} - E_{{\text{a}}} t_{{\text{a}}} } \right)}}. $$
When the bending moment produced by the bending normal stress on the section is M, then Eq. (14) becomes
$$ \mathop \smallint \limits_{0}^{{t_{{\text{w}}} }} \sigma_{{{\text{wB}}}} {\text{d}}z + \mathop \smallint \limits_{{ - t_{{\text{a}}} }}^{0} \sigma_{{{\text{aB}}}} {\text{d}}z = M. $$
Then, taking Eq. (13) into Eq. (16), we can figure out the expression of tanθ:
$$ \tan \theta = \frac{M}{{E_{{\text{w}}} \left(\frac{1}{3}t_{{\text{w}}}^{3} - \frac{1}{2}\delta t_{{\text{w}}}^{2} \right)- E_{{\text{a}}} \left( {\frac{1}{3}t_{{\text{a}}}^{3} + \frac{1}{2}\delta t_{{\text{a}}}^{2} } \right)}} $$
If M = − Mt, the transformation process of the section stress is considered to be the process of the bending moment Mt formed in the springback shrinkage stage and further releasing of the bending moment, i.e., the rebound bending stage. The superposition of the two stress states determined by Eqs. (9) and (13) is the residual stress state of the section after tensile springback. The residual curvature of the A-WPC can be regarded as the curvature caused by the bending moment Mt. According to the definition of the residual curvature and Eq. (12), A ≈ tanθ/2 can be calculated. By substituting Eqs. (5) and (11) into A ≈ tanθ/2, the final residual curvature of the A-WPC can be expressed as
$$ A = \frac{{t_{{\text{a}}}^{2} \left( {\sigma_{{{\text{ak}}}} - E_{{\text{a}}} \varepsilon_{{\text{t}}} } \right) + t_{{\text{w}}}^{2} \left( {\sigma_{{{\text{wk}}}} - E_{{\text{w}}} \varepsilon_{{\text{t}}} } \right)}}{{4\left[ {E_{{\text{a}}} \left( {\frac{{t_{{\text{a}}}^{3} }}{3} + \frac{\delta }{2}t_{{\text{a}}}^{2} } \right) - E_{{\text{w}}} \left( {\frac{{t_{{\text{w}}}^{3} }}{3} - \frac{\delta }{2}t_{{\text{w}}}^{2} } \right)} \right]}}. $$
Substituting the test results into Eqs. (10) and (15), the springback strain and the offset of the neutral axis relative to the interface are calculated as εt = 0.0033 and δ = − 1.13 mm, respectively. Then, taking the above two results into Eq. (18), A = 0.28/m−1 can be calculated. The residual strain difference of the test results of the samples labelled as 1–1–1–6 is brought into the formula A = εc(h)/h. The results are illustrated in Fig. 10, indicating that the average residual curvature of the tensile springback of the WPC aluminum composite plate is 0.31/m−1, which is 9.7% higher than the theoretical value. This means that Eq. (18) can accurately predict the tensile springback curvature of the A-WPC.
Fig. 10
Residual curvature histogram
Comparison of the mechanical properties between the A-WPC and WPC
Figure 11 shows the ratio of the mechanical parameters of the tensile test of the A-WPC to the WPC, including ultimate strength, ultimate strain, elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio, and elongation at break. The ratio of the ultimate strength, ultimate strain, elastic modulus, and elongation at break is 3.95, 3.7, 4.03, and 10.13, respectively, while the Poisson's ratio of the A-WPC is almost equal to that of the WPC.
Comparison histogram of the mechanical parameters
The results show that the ultimate strength, elastic modulus, and especially the elongation at break of the WPC are mainly enhanced by the aluminum, which indicates that the stiffness, strength, and ductility of the WPC can be significantly improved by hot pressing the WPC and aluminum. This approach fixes the problem that no reinforcement measures can significantly improve the strength, elastic modulus, and ductility at the same time.
The Poisson's ratio of the WPC is close to that of the aluminum, making it possible for the two materials to deform cooperatively without relative slip. Only one of the coefficients of variation of the measured mechanical properties is higher than 10%, which indicates that the mechanical properties of the reinforced WPC(A-WPC) are stable and the dispersion is small.
The strength, stiffness, and the elongation at break of the WPC are significantly enhanced, which indicates that the A-WPC can overcome the issue that no reinforcement measures can improve the strength, elastic modulus, and ductility simultaneously. These results change the current situation that WPC sare only used in the field with lower requirements for the mechanical properties.
The springback process of the A-WPC can be divided into the springback shrinkage and rebound bending stage. According to the critical state, the equilibrium equation was established, and the theoretical calculation formula of the residual curvature was obtained. The difference between the calculation results and the experimental results is within 10%.
The equivalent stiffness principle was used to calculate the elastic modulus of the A-WPC, and two calculation models were established to predict the stress–strain relationship. The appropriate model could be selected according to the actual demand.
Some or all of the data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request.
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Wood plastic composite
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support by Nanjing University of Finance & Economics and Sentai WPC Group Co., Ltd.
Youth Project of Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (BK20190796), the General Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Province of China (2020SJA0256), the Boutique Project of Social Science Applied Research of Jiangsu Province of China(19SYC-133).
College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
Longlong Zhao
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Fei Xi
Jiangsu Long-Leaping Engineering Design Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China
Xiaorui Wang
Under supervision by FX, LZ performed the sample preparation and data analysis. LZ developed the mechanics modeling and analysis. LZ performed the sample preparation and structure fabrication. XW performed the calculations. All authors contributed to the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Longlong Zhao.
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Physical science encompasses a broad range of scientific subjects. For eighth grade and early high school integrated science classes entitled "physical science," the material includes an introduction to a broad range of scientific principles. Topics include physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, environmental science, biological science, atmospheric science, and earth science. Physical science teachers introduce these students to these subjects in order to prepare them for more in-depth study later in high school.
Physical science teachers are also qualified to teach any physics or chemistry course to high school students in grades 9-12.
In addition to their regular teaching duties, physical science teachers may also be expected to serve as mentor teachers, study hall supervisors, or sponsors for student clubs and organizations. Physical science teachers should also be available to talk with parents who may have questions or concerns about their students' progress.
Most teachers work a 10-month school year with a 2-month summer vacation. During the break, they may teach in summer sessions, take other jobs, pursue hobbies or spend time with their families.
Those teaching an integrated science course to younger or less-advanced students have the opportunity to expose their classes to interesting information about a wide range of scientific fields, and the more exciting and relevant they can make the material, the better success they will have in piquing the students' interest in a particular field. Teaching interactive lessons with group work and visual aids often helps the students absorb the material.
For physical science teachers who teach chemistry or physics, the key to creating a successful learning environment is to be readily available to answer students' questions and to explain the complex material in a way that they can understand.
For all levels, engaging the students in lab activities, building models, and other hands-on activities helps them understand the concepts taught in lecture in a way that seems relevant to day-to-day life. Field trips to science centers or other nearby places that have programs established for teaching science to school groups are also valuable experiences for the students to understand and enjoy the material.
Currently, many school districts have difficulty hiring physical science teachers. For this reason, many job opportunities are available for those who are qualified. Rural and inner-city schools, where the need for quality teachers is often most great, provide even greater job opportunities for prospective science teachers.
Physical Science teachers pursuing alternative certification are required to have a bachelor's degree with a 2.5 GPA in at least 24 semester hours of science, including at least 9 hours of chemistry and 9 hours of physics. To work in a Texas public school, teaching candidates must be enrolled in an alternative certification program and have passed their content test.
Individuals interested in teaching Physical Science can benefit from the 8-12 Physical Science content area. Completing the WCACP with the Physical Science specialization provides a certification to teach eighth – twelfth grade Physical Science in any Texas middle or high school.


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LAFAYETTE — Basketball fans see the public life of an NBA official, running the floor with superstars and occasionally going face-to-face with famous cosches.
They don't see what Tyler Ford and his fellow officials endure off the court. The no-frills climb through the college and minor league ranks. The long stints away from their families during the season.
Last Saturday, Ford received the kind of honor that makes the grind seem worth it. The Lafayette resident, in his fourth year in the league, was selected as one of 36 NBA officials who will work the first round of playoff games, beginning Saturday. Ford, 33, is one of seven officials making their playoff debuts.
"That adrenaline rush I'm going to get tomorrow — that's an addicting thing," Ford said Friday from the site of his first-round playoff series — a location he is not allowed to disclose until the league announces assignments on Saturday morning.
"The juice from being in the arena — that's what drives you and makes you want to advance and get to the next step. You embrace the pressure and energy in the arena and competing to perform as well as you can."
Ford's career in refereeing began on the other side of the state, and far away from the "juice" of an NBA playoff atmosphere.
During his freshman orientation at Ball State, the Ohio native saw a help wanted notice for intramural officials. He took that job to earn some extra cash, then he and a friend pursued their high school licenses. He worked junior high and junior varsity games mostly, but quickly earned a chance to officiate college games in the NAIA Crossroads League and Division III's Heartland College Athletic Conference.
Ford, who originally planned to pursue a career as a sports agent, completed bachelor's and master's degrees in sports administration at Ball State. In 2009 he accepted a job as Purdue's assistant director of intramural sports. While he left Purdue in 2015, he still resides in Lafayette with his wife, Danielle, and their 2-year-old son, Brecken.
Around the same time, what started as a side hustle began to grow into something more. The biggest break came with a 2010 e-mail inviting him to try out for what was then still known as the NBA Developmental League, now called the G League.
"I thought, OK, this is real. This is an opportunity," Ford said. "Once I got hired and started to see success, I knew it was a possibility to do full-time."
For a few years Ford worked full-time at Purdue, officiated G League and WNBA games and also worked games for the MAC, the Summit League, and for the 2014-15 season, the Big Ten. Those lower levels, however, featured similar stepping stones the ones at the highest levels. He earned G League playoff assignments, then the 2014 All-Star game, then the 2015 finals.
Prior to the 2014-15 season he was one of a handful of G League officials invited to the NBA's preseason officials camp. He worked three preseason games, then made his regular season debut on Nov. 7 in Philadelphia for a Bulls-76ers game.
A year later, he started a full-time workload in the NBA.
While describing that climb, Ford talked about having a good game or season in the same way a player or coach might. Officials compete against themselves, trying to make every call correct. They can go to the locker room at halftime or after the game and watch video of close calls to see whether or not they got it right.
Ford, however, said an official's gut usually has the answer before they turn on a television.
"If you screw up a play at the end and it impacts the outcome of a game, that's a sickening loss," Ford said. "Any heartbreaking loss a coach, team or player has experienced, they have that feeling in their guy — maybe even fans at times. It's the same thing."
During a game, while officials occasionally hear a collective boo, they don't hear the more personal attacks. Those come later, on social media or other internet forums. The officials' family sees those attacks — a reality Ford fears has affected officiating at all levels.
If Ford needed any more validation about the job he did this season, it came with that playoff assignment one week ago.
Ford does not know how long his first assignment will last. The stints away from home are, by now, common. Ford estimates he spends 23-25 days of every month on the road.
Technology helps bridge that distance. As soon as he arrived in his playoff destination he had a FaceTime call from his son. Ford will most likely be back home for birth of the family's second child, a girl, due May 9.
For now, Ford is grateful for another opportunity in a career that keeps advancing faster than he expected.
"I'm extremely fortunate to be in this position in my fourth year," Ford said. "Those things don't happen that often."


Becker helicopters are offering scenic flight options from the whyalla airport.
A shiny red and white chopper is here, there's an office at the airport and Becker Helicopters are open for business in Whyalla.
Becker's have been busy touching base with the community, business operators and city leaders to raise awareness of the company's operations, which includes a range of services with scenic flights the tip of the iceberg.
With the Bell 206 B3 Jet Ranger helicopter currently in Whyalla, you can experience a 15 minute ride that loops around Whyalla. The flight path flys over Mount Young, the beautiful foreshore, salt and steel works just to name a few. Currently the Bell 206 can carry 4 persons on the flight and in September, the Bell 427 twin-engine chopper will be heading to our shores which has the capability of carrying up to seven passengers.
Becker is looking to offer a wider range of services, these include; fly-over services for mine and agricultural operators, worker transport, animal control services, aerial photography, weed control, tourism flights, surveying services and even assistance with agencies like the CFS in firefighting when needed.
The Bell 206 can be booked for as little as $100 per person (minimum 4 people), this also includes a "create your own" scenic flight experience. Imagine flying to a remote location from Whyalla to have a picnic with loved ones to watch the amazing sunset.


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In case of billing document, sometimes we may require such information like purchases order number, sales document number, delivery number etc. This can be achieved by using copy control. In this article we will see how copy control feature of SAP can be leveraged. In this example we will try and set it to purchase order number of sales document. By default, SAP populates this as the current billing document number.
Copy control is mechanism to transfer data from a preceding document to a subsequent one. It can be set up at any of the following levels.
For example, if you consider ship to number in Sales document which gets transferred to delivery document, this is an example of copy control at header level. However, in some cases simply copying of data may not suffice and it may need some calculation. This is achieved by defining a routine.
Following are some relevant transaction codes for defining copy control.
When a document is being referenced, it checks first for any copying requirement which can been set. For example a Quote cannot be converted into an order if it is already rejected by the customer. Another example is when the Quote's validity date is already in the past. More detailed copying requirements such as the one shown below checks on customer number, sales area, validity date and currency.
To be able to view the source code of the requirement, select the copy control and press on F5. This would bring up the ABAP editor.
The example we will look into today, is a header copy control. Below is the step by step process to get the purchase order details at the invoice level. As explained earlier, the idea is to copy purchase order number (VBAK-BSTNK) into reference field of Invoice document. The example uses SAP standard document types, that is, OR for order, LF for delivery and F2 for invoice.
In the SD Master Data Screen enter tcode SPRO (SAP Project Reference Object).
Navigate to the following path Sales and Distribution -> Billing -> Billing documents and click on execute icon of Maintain copying control for billing documents.
Double click on copying control: delivery document to billing document.
In the below screen select tgt column as F2 and source column as LF as shown in below screen and double click on it.
Select the desire option value from drop down of reference number. In the below screen I have chosen purchase order (PO) number as mentioned in our example and save it.
Now, we have to create an order to check the reference number. For this, I have created an order with the PO number "TestProduct2".
After creating the order, we have to complete the delivery and invoice part. To check the reference number, we need to go to invoice header data and check the details. Below is the screenshot for the same.
By following the above steps, you can set reference field for billing Invoice. We sincerely hope that this was useful and any comment of feedback will be very helpful.


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Armenia General Staff: Azeris create tension, but don't attempt to advance
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August 17, 2021 – 15:15 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – The Azerbaijani Armed Forces are not making any attempts to advance into the territory of Armenia, Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff Andranik Makaryan told reporters on Tuesday, August 17.
Makaryan confirmed, however, that the situation on the border remains tense, Sputnik Armenia reports. "Our task is to be ready to suppress [the adversary] at any moment, he said.
Weighing in on tough statements coming from Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan, Makaryan noted that Karapetyan's words should be taken literally. The Defense Minister earlier gave "strict instructions" to rule out any attempt by Azerbaijan to advance into the country or improve their positions
Asked about the deployment of the Russian military on the border, as well as the supply of weapons, the deputy head of the General Staff said he did not know the details.
Azerbaijani forces violated Armenia's border in several sections in the provinces of Syunik and Gegharkunik on May 12 and 13 and are still refusing to withdraw their troops from the area. Five Armenian servicemen have been killed in Azerbaijan's shooting, a dozen others have been wounded, while six troops were captured on May 27, although four of them have already returned home.
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My Husband and I have started to think about where we want to retire to, we both love the tropics and completely agree about the rain fall, we have experienced it.
Well informed post, thank you.
Hi June, Thank you so much for your comments. We have been living full time in Panama and know a huge part of the expat community here. We have heard many complaints and suffered through some of the same problems many expats do so I wanted to help retirees find a shortcut to a direct solution to those problems.
Hi Robert that must have been a big decision to move to the tropics. Clearly a lot of thought and research went into that decision. I knew the rain forest had a lot of rain but I did not realize just how much they actually did get. Are there a lot of mosquitos and black flies? What type of wild life is there also?
The bug population and the type of wildlife present would be a concerning factor for me if I was ever to move to the tropics. Not a fan of creepy crawling wildlife!
You mention indoor hobbies what about outdoor hobbies? I love gardening so I imagine with the weather there this is something I could enjoy.
Wish you all the best in your retirement and ongoing adventure!
Hi Maureen, Bub population varies by country and the government eradication programs in each country. Black flies are seasonal they come to eat the mangos as they ripen and this occurs during the rainy season. We control them with fly paper and similar products. We live in Panama and the government has basically eradicated mosquitos by rigid drainage enforcement and training on how to eliminate standing water on private and public property.
Great advice on what to do if you are bored…whether you live in the tropics or somewhere less exotic! Personally, I can wait to be retired and bored on a tropical island. Ahhh. Someday. Its an idea my husband and I entertain every now and then. How long have you and your wife been retired in Panama? If you don't mind my asking – are you pleased with your options for accessing medical care?
Hi Alyssa, Thank you for your comment. I will be updating this article shortly as I conclude my reviews of the Kindle Reader and the Review of Kindle Unlimited Reading subscription Service both of which both my wife and I use and enjoy immensely.
We formally retired here in 2010 and enjoy the slower pace of life and the ability to live in a higher standard of living than we could in the USA. For many, like us it was difficult to adjust without some contact with our friends and family at home and our culture, even though we love the local culture, why not have the best of both?
As for medical care, it varies based on where you live. We live in the interior about 3 and a half hours by car or buss to Panama city. Here Trauma care is very good, general and family medicine are also very good, but specialty care is not always readily available. We need to travel to a larger city for most care and for specialty care we go to 2 USA affiliated hospitals where most treatments are available.


Composer and film-maker Michael Nyman discusses his latest project, 'War Work', as well as his soundtrack to 1997 dystopian film 'Gattaca'. We also discuss how technology inspires fictional gadgets, or whether the opposite may in fact be true. Plus: from ray guns to death stars, how did the science-fiction genre evolve?


Sahara Canal Project | Life Starts with Water!
The Sahara Canal is not a matter of why or how, but when!
What is the Sahara Canal Project?
For decades we witness the decline of the Sahara Region, we all know the horrible images. This is an ongoing disaster of epic proportions. It seems nothing really changes. The situation just seems to get worse and people die or leave. Why does this not change? How can we make a change? What can I do?
This website exists to promote an idea for a better world, a proposition if you will. A proposition to revitalise a very expensive region in the world. Expensive because we cultivate a region that has no real value for its inhabitants or the world. The costs of this region are – to name a few – economic exclusion, tons of aid funds and an ongoing lack of opportunities for countries, inhabitants and global participation. This can stop. This region can have value. Life Starts with Water: the Sahara Canal.
The Sahara Canal Project proposes to build a cross-continental canal through the Sahara dessert, a canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Black Sea. A waterway as a source for irrigation, energy and food production and world trade. A waterbody that will positively influence the negative effects of global warming. The Sahara Canal Project proposes a structural change where others failed. The people of the Sahara and the world cannot afford this sandbox any longer.
Is a Sahara Canal even possible?
Technically, yes. As an investment, yes. Geopolitically, should be. And we believe it is not only possible, it is an intelligent must. This region could have endless opportunities again if only the basic elements are available. Elements of which history has shown they enable development and progress. The most important element to start with: water!
Over the past decades limitless amounts of aid have turned the region in an aid dependent area. The result is – including any millenium goal – depressing. There are more inhabitants with even less resources. The outlook is awful. Everybody knows the images. A structural solution is yet to be implemented.
The Sahara Canal Project aims to do just that: a structural improvement for the entire region. Enabling the region to finally participate in the future of the world. To become a world player in global trade, global energy and food production. The Sahara Canal would be the ultimate megaproject, the biggest political challenge and the largest investment in modern history. These are all things we can deal with. Failure is not an option anymore. A alternative approach is needed. The Sahara Canal is this alternative.
An alternative map of the world.
Note: all these benefits need to be studied, however we feel confident to mention them.
Our team has read and researched over the years. We learn more and we follow the news. This project is so large, studying the project, construction and circumstances can take a lot of time. Nevertheless we started and we shall continue.
What we find is published on this website. Read, share and participate!
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Another Good Season for Longfleet UFC
IEC sponsor Longfleet YFC for a 2nd season.
2013 was a great year for the Club. Not only did they celebrate their 25th Anniversary, but they were also awarded 4 major awards. They were named as the Dorset FA Club of the Year by the Dorset FA and Club of the Year in their region by McDonalds. Their Chairman also won an individual award for services to community football by the same group. Finally the management and coaching teams were awarded a Mayors Award for services to children in Poole.
2014 has also seen success, winning three more awards. Once again, they were delighted to win Dorset FA Club of the Year and Club of the Year for the South West Region by McDonalds. In July 2014, the Club were very proud to receive it's first National Award, becoming the National Winners of the FA Respect and Fair Play Award for a grassroots club. All of these awards are thanks to the wonderful 60+ member volunteers, match officials, Football Futures participants, 220+ players and their famillies.
They are continually working to develop the club further for the future and are therefore very proud to have received these prestigious awards.
The Club believe that football should be fun and enjoyable for all ages, abilities and genders within the community.


I first learned about Prospect Park in a History of Landscape design class at Northeastern University and, at the time, there was no way for me to anticipate how it would become such a large part of my life in New York. Several years later, my boyfriend and I graduated from Northeastern and moved down to Brooklyn. We found a place to live less than a half mile from the park and enjoyed relaxing in the park every weekend during the summer. When we started training for our first Brooklyn Half, we put in hundreds of miles in the park and tried out different paths to get in the mileage. When we got engaged, we couldn't think of a more beautiful and fitting place to take our engagement photos because it had become such a part of us as a couple. The uploaded photo is from our engagement session nearly two years ago. We're incredibly lucky to live so close to such a wonderful park that has become, for us, a place to escape from the activity of the city and to enjoy the smells and sounds of nature.