What Are The Benefits of a Healthy Lawn?
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If you ask homeowners to list the benefits of a healthy lawn, they will probably just answer that their lawn provides their home natural beauty and a place for their family to hang out. They may not be aware of additional environmental benefits beyond aesthetic appeal. Let's examine several benefits of a healthy lawn.
A vibrant lawn adds to the value of a home. In fact, studies show that a healthy lawn and professional landscaping usually increases property values by 15-20% on average! A home with a healthy lawn listed on the real estate market will be easier to sell and will potentially sell at a higher price compared to a home with a lawn in poor condition. It's all about first impressions!
According to the University of Minnesota, maintaining a healthy lawn (or turfgrass) prevents erosion of the soil and is important for protecting air and water resources. A healthy, dense lawn absorbs rainfall more effectively than a field of wheat or hay. By absorbing the rain, the lawn prevents runoff and erosion of soil. The roots help keep the soil in place.
A yard without a healthy lawn may have exposed soil. When the wind blows, that soil can cause dust and dirt to be released into the atmosphere. A healthy lawn will trap the dust and dirt helping to keep the air clean. In addition, dust created by cars on adjacent roadways can be trapped by the grass and washed down into the soil.
The roots off the grass help filter the water as it travels through the soil. This helps remove pollutants from the water, purifying it. Healthy lawns work to purify water that flow into underground aquifers. A healthy lawn's roots and supporting soil microbes act as huge filter that captures and breaks down many common environmental pollutants.
Summers in the Washington DC area can have days where the temperature is above 90 degrees. A healthy lawn, shrubs and trees actually provide a cooling effect. This keeps the adjacent home cooler than it would be without the healthy lawn. In fact, it is estimated that the temperature can be reduced about 10 degrees which helps save on air conditioning costs.
A 50 foot x 50 foot lawn releases enough oxygen for a family of four, while absorbing carbon dioxide, ozone, hydrogen fluoride, and peroxyacetyl nitrate.
A dense, healthy lawn prevents run-off, absorbing rainfall 6 times more effectively than a wheat field and 4 times better than a hay field.
Healthy lawns helps control pollution, trapping much of an estimated 12 million tons of dust and dirt released annually into the US atmosphere.
The front lawns of eight average houses have the cooling effect of about 70 tons of air conditioning, while the average home-size central air has only a 3 to 4 ton capacity.
Healthy lawns and beautiful landscaping increase a home's property value by 15 to 20% on average.
While a healthy lawn is certainly more enjoyable for the homeowner, it is also better for the environment and property values. Maintaining a healthy lawn helps protect water, air and soil resources. For assistance keeping your lawn healthy in the Washington DC and Baltimore area, call us Rasevic Landscape Company 301-951-1244 or contact us online.


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Sodium & Calcium Hydroxide
By Shelly Morgan
Both sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide are inorganic bases. Calcium hydroxide is traditionally called slaked lime, and sodium hydroxide is often called lye or caustic soda. Calcium hydroxide is a colorless crystal or white powder. Sodium hydroxide is available in semi-clear pellets or blanks or in a stock solution. Both have industrial and household applications.
Sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide have important differences. Sodium hydroxide has one hydroxyl group and calcium hydroxide has two hydroxyl groups. The Centers for Disease Control explains that when you mix sodium hydroxide with water or acid, the reaction is so exothermic that nearby combustible materials may ignite. Although calcium carbonate is equally reactive, a comparison of Material Safety Data Sheets for both chemicals shows that it is less hazardous.
Calcium hydroxide can be prepared by treating calcium oxide with water. Alternatively, it can be synthesized by mixing solutions of calcium chloride and sodium hydroxide.
Sodium hydroxide is industrially prepared using the chloralkali process, which involves the electrolysis of a sodium chloride solution. Chlorine and hydrogen are other products of this reaction.
Calcium hydroxide is used as a flocculant. Flocculants clarify solutions by removing small particles. It is also used to produce kraft paper. It is a common ingredient in building materials such as mortar, plaster and whitewash and in personal care depilatories.
Sodium hydroxide is found in oven and drain cleaners. Industrially, it is used in soap making, aluminium etching and cocoa processing. It is a common lab reagent.
While calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide are both corrosive, calcium hydroxide is less so. Both burn the skin and airways upon contact. Both are potentially lethal poisons. Get prompt medical care if you ingest either of these chemicals. Do not induce vomiting, because that will only expose more tissue to the chemical. Treat skin burns by flushing with water.
EPA; Inorganic Chemical Industry 8.11 Chlor-Alkali; 1995
Medline Plus: Sodium Hydroxide Poisoning
Centers for Disease Control -- Toxic Substances Portal; Sodium Hydroxide
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JTBaker.com: J.T. Baker Material Safety Data Sheet: Calcium Hydroxide
JTBaker.com: J.T. Baker Material Safety Data Sheet: Sodium Hydroxide
Essential Depot; Sodium Hydroxide; 2009
Shelly Morgan has been writing and editing for over 25 years for various medical and scientific publications. Although she began her professional career in pharmacological research, Morgan turned to patent law where she specialized in prosecuting patents for medical devices. She also writes about renal disease and hypertension for several nonprofits aimed at educating and supporting kidney patients.
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The Difference Between Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid & Sorbic Acid
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The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Nursing program, through an interprofessional learning model, will graduate RNs who will be prepared to provide quality, holistic, scientifically sound, and evidenced- based patient-centered care while optimizing the health and well-being of diverse populations and communities for the betterment of humanity. The purpose of the baccalaureate in nursing program is to prepare nurse generalists to be providers, innovators, leaders, managers, and coordinators of care as well as ethical members of the nursing profession and to pursue graduate-level education.
The four-year B.S. in Nursing degree provides the educational, clinical, and experiential base for entry-level professional practice as well as the platform on which to build a career through graduate-level study. The baccalaureate curriculum is designed to prepare graduates for lifelong learning and an active role in all facets of innovative quality health care delivery systems in a variety of acute and primary care settings.
The RN role emphasizes preventative health care for individuals, as well as health assessments; diagnosis and treatment of a patient's unique responses to health problems; execution of medical regimens as prescribed by licensed clinicians; advocacy for communities affected by health inequities and contribution to society as interprofessional team members. Through the program pillars of leadership, scholarship and professionalism, students will acquire the values of leadership, scholarship, collaboration, innovation, excellence, global health, humanism, learning, courage, and diversity.
The focus of the undergraduate generic B.S. in Nursing program is to prepare graduates, upon successful completion of the program, to take and pass National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Upon graduation, graduates will be prepared to deliver patient centered care as members of an interprofessional team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, cultural sensitivity, quality improvement, value-based health care, and informatics competencies. The RN, BS role includes the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of acute and chronic illness as well as implementing and preventative health care strategies for individuals, families/significant others, groups, communities, and diverse and vulnerable populations in a variety of acute and primary care settings. Baccalaureate-prepared nurse practice includes both direct and indirect care for individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. The B.S. in Nursing program curricula incorporates The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (AACN, 2008) and The Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPEC, 2016).
Application
First-year students must apply by completing Hofstra's First-Year Student Application for Undergraduate Admission or the Common Application by our two Early Action deadlines: November 15 or December 15.
**Note: At this time the nursing program is open only to first-time first-year students.
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a Direct Entry Program. Students must indicate a major of nursing on their application to be considered.
Qualified applicants will receive a supplemental application that must be completed to be further considered.
The final candidates will be invited for an interview.
Admission to this program is highly selective with limited seating offered
For more information please contact Hofstra's Office of Undergraduate Admission at BSNursing@hofstra.edu or 516-463-6700.
Entry & Progression Requirements
Nursing applications will be reviewed holistically, but we anticipate the averages for admitted students to be an SAT score of 1250 (evidence-based reading and writing + math sections) or an ACT score of 26, and a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.5.
Note: Applicants may apply with test-optional admission
Applicants must have a strong background in mathematics and science (e.g. algebra, biology, and chemistry). A high school biology and/or chemistry course with the laboratory is strongly recommended. Applicants should also a diverse and strong background of high school preparation (preferred three years of English, history/social science, and college preparatory mathematics).
Progression Requirements:
Attend Hofstra University for all undergraduate course work;
Adhere to professional standards, university policies, and BS in Nursing Program policies;
Achieve a minimum final grade of B in each nursing course in the program. Students will be given one opportunity to re-take a course at its next offering and must receive a grade of B or higher to remain in good academic standing. Failure to pass a clinical course a second time will result in dismissal from the BS in Nursing Program. Courses in the program are offered sequentially. Only two courses within the curriculum can be retaken in order to remain in good academic standing;
Achieve a minimum cumulative overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 for each of the eight semesters;
Clinical courses include two components, didactic and clinical. Both components of the course must be passed to academically progress. Failure of either the didactic or the clinical component of a clinical course will result in failure of the course. The student will receive a Letter of Academic Failure, notifying them that they will be referred to the SAC for review;
Follow the prescribed curriculum and remain in the undergraduate nursing program;
Meet with the undergraduate nursing program adviser at least once each semester;
Document 855 clinical and laboratory hours.
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NUR 011 - Professional Nursing Seminar I
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Worse News: Relentless Justice Trailer!
Posted: 27/02/2014 in Worse News
Tags: Commando, David A. Prior, David Campbell, Deadliest Prey, Deadly Prey, Eric Roberts, Leilani Sarelle, Lisa Langlois, Lisa Lanloia, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Manhunt, Mimi Michaels, Relentless Justice, Runaway Train, Sherrie Rose, Steven Seagal, Tara Kleinpeter, Ted Prior, The Dark Knight, Vernon G. Wells, Wernon Wells
Deadliest Prey (2013) is still red hot but David A Prior is at it AGAIN! It turns out he made two films back to back, first being the fables Deadly Prey sequel and the next one being possibly even more intriguing Relentless Justice. Yes, the title evokes a "Seagal's revenge thriller" (practically a genre of it's own at this point) and that is not too far from the truth, but the revenging is done here by a lovely lady Leilani Sarelle (Basic Instinct). The rest of the cast is also more than impressive, having veterans like Eric Roberts (Runaway Train, The Dark Knight and everything in between), epitome of awesomeness Mr. Wernon Wells (Commando, Mad Max: The Road Warrior), Sherrie Rose (Tales from the Crypt, Unlawful Entry), Lisa Lanloia, Tara Kleinpeter and of course Ted Prior (Priors always come in twos).
Turn away, nothing to see here!
The Plot: Former Australian Intelligence operative Victoria Dev Ries (Leilani Sarelle), lives a quiet life in suburban America where as a single mother she raises her only daughter and trains fighters in her own M.M.A. gym. But when her daughter (Mimi Michaels) goes on a camping trip and fails to return, she is forced to go back into action. It would seem that a handful of people, including the Mayor and his girlfriend (Vernon G. Wells & Lisa Langlois) and Sheriff (David Campbell) along with a handful of others have a rather strange hobby. They like to hunt people for fun. And they are rather good at it, but when it comes down to hunting Victoria, they need help and so they bring in another former Intelligence operative, Joe Mangine (Mark Rolston) to balance the scales for them. But this may not be enough because for Victoria the only justice she knows is Relentless Justice.
She made a promise to kill him last… she lied!
Enjoy the trailer and we'll update you on the release date as soon as we find out. Good to see Prior Bros. firing on all cylinders!
For more information like he official Relentless Justice page on facebook- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Relentless-Justice/378610885500456


A large well carved Italian elm enfilade with a shaped apron and inset paneled doors. Good overall finish with a very rich color. Fantastic storage behind 8 doors along with 4 working drawers and 4 false drawers. Made in 3 sections with a plate rail. Probably from Piedmont Region.


MACASSAR EBONY & STEEL CABINET.
Tall architectural cabinet realised in highly figured Macassar Ebony. Cabinet also available in other rare woods including Zebrano & Olive wood Cabinet as pictured with Stainless steel detailing and includes shelves and drawers with extracting guides. High gloss or satin finish. Part of a designer architectural macassar ebony furniture collection.
Part of an exceptional and extremely architectural collection of highly stylised furniture with particular attention to precession of composition, quality of materials and meticulous attention to detail and finish. The epitome of true contemporary and highly stylised design and aesthetics.


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Fans Celebrate Nas Winning First-Ever Grammy
Nas is officially a Grammy Award-winning rapper. During the 2021 Grammy Premiere Ceremony, the winner for
Malik B., Longtime Member of the Roots, Is Dead at 47
He brought his understatedly gritty lyrics and cadence to the band during its formative years.
Jazz Music: New Single from MAGNUS CARLSON
Released: Friday 6th March 2020 from Cosmos Music on all digital channels. Magnus Carlson is
Cool jazz vibes embodying "the joy of living"
Vibes Alive to drop their third album, "Vibrasonic," on March 6; the title track
Special EFX eager to get into some all-star "Hanky Panky" on Valentine's Day
The world jazz collective is set to drop the "All-Stars" album on February 14 preceded


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If you are looking for ways to make money, then you may be considering playing the lottery. There are several lottery games to choose from, and each game has a different set of rules. Some lottery games provide a larger jackpot than others, and it is important to understand the odds of winning so you can select a game that suits your budget and lifestyle.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the United States, and it is provided in nearly all jurisdictions. You can play Powerball for a mere $2, and the odds of winning are pretty high. In order to win, you need to match at least five numbers out of 70. The jackpots are very large, and you could become a millionaire if you win.
Mega Millions is another popular lottery game, and it is also available in a number of states. It is also known as the "Lotto." To play Mega Millions, you need to match at least five numbers from a set of 25. Ticket prices range from $2 to $4, and the odds are also fairly high.
The Connecticut Lottery has been in business since 1964, and its profits go to various state funds, including education, general fund, debt services, and retired employee benefits. Players can buy tickets in the lottery's retail stores, or they can purchase them online.
North Dakota began offering the lottery in 2004, and its proceeds go to gambling treatment and prevention programs. Players can choose between six in-house games or six multi-state draw games. The lottery offers two prize categories: Mega Millions and Powerball. Both of these are available for a mere $2. Depending on the game, you can get better odds of winning if you purchase more tickets.
West Virginia also offers three multi-state lottery games. Its proceeds are used to fund public school construction projects, and residents can also participate in the lottery's scratch-off games. Aside from those, the WV lottery also runs keno draws, and the proceeds of that lottery are used for school aid, tourism, and senior care services.
New Hampshire's lottery, which is the oldest lottery organization in the US, also features Mega Millions. Players can also opt for the Megabucks tri-state game or the Cash4Life.
The Maryland Lottery, meanwhile, is operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association, which also oversees the Michigan lottery. Pennsylvania's lottery does not offer MegaMillions online. However, it does offer other draw games, including Keno and a variety of instant games.
Although some states are moving towards legalizing the lottery, there are still a few jurisdictions that do not allow the lottery. For instance, Alabama, Utah, and Hawaii do not offer any form of lottery, and Alaska has not yet passed any legislation. Other jurisdictions that do not permit the lottery are Puerto Rico, and the states of Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, and Wisconsin.
The best way to get started with playing the lottery is to check out the sites that offer the lottery you want to play. They should have an official license, a good level of security, and privacy policies. This will ensure that you have a secure and safe environment to play in.
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Accurate education on pain has become a popular mantra in physical therapy practice, specifically around chronic pain. A common argument is to educate at risk patients early in the process to reduce the likelihood of their pain becoming chronic. But just how effective is this? Does it really make that much of a difference? Is it addressing the driving factors related to these subjects?
Effect of Intensive Patient Education vs Placebo Patient Education on Outcomes in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Vietnam stands side by side with US businesses
The Vietnamese Government always creates favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from the US , Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.
PM Dung made the affirmation at a reception for Vice Chairman of the US-ASEAN Business Council (UABC) Keith William and representatives from some major US businesses in Hanoi on October 29.
He said the UABC's activities have contributed to fostering cooperation between Vietnam and the US, especially in trade and investment.
The Vietnam-US relationship is developing fruitfully in various fields, with the rapid increase of two-way trade that brings practical benefits to both sides, he added.
The PM thanked the UABC for its efforts to promote cooperation between the two nations and suggested the council support Vietnam in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), with regard to Vietnam 's real conditions.
For his part, Keith William said that the council's organisation of its first meeting in Vietnam shows that US businesses have paid attention to and will continue attaching importance to long-term investment in the Southeast Asian nation.
This is an important milestone in the context that the parties are preparing for the conclusion of the TPP negotiations, he said, adding that the successful TPP negotiations will strongly boost cooperation between Vietnam and the US, especially in trade and investment.
He vowed that the UABC will do its utmost to foster trade and investment ties between the two countries.-VNA
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 29 asked the southern province of Dong Nai to complete the handover of cleared ground for the first-stage construction of Long Thanh international airport by the end of this first quarter.


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Fiji lawyers welcome support of regional body
7:58 pm on 17 April 2007
Fiji's Law Society says it values the backing local lawyers have been given in a report by the regional law association, Lawasia.
The law association for Asia and the Pacific sent an observer mission to Fiji late last month.
One of its recommendations was that members of the legal profession must be entitled to speak openly without fear of intimidation of the military.
The Fiji Law Society's vice President, Tupou Draunidalo, hopes the military will take note of the report:
"It is good for an independent body to tell the authorities that lawyers have this role to play in times of crisis, who else is to make comment, the judges can't speak because they are an independent body, so it falls on the lawyers who have sworn when they took their oath to uphold the laws of the country, It falls on us, really it is our duty as officers of the court - we are the ones who should be allowed to speak freely."
The Fiji Law Society's vice President, Tupou Draunidalo


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import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x500.X500Name;
import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.Extension;
import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.GeneralName;
import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.GeneralNames;
import org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce.JcaX509CertificateConverter;
import org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce.JcaX509v3CertificateBuilder;
import org.bouncycastle.operator.ContentSigner;
import org.bouncycastle.operator.jcajce.JcaContentSignerBuilder;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.net.URI;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.security.*;
import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.security.spec.EncodedKeySpec;
import java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec;
import java.security.spec.X509EncodedKeySpec;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class CertUtil {

    private static KeyFactory keyFactory = null;
    private static final long TEN_YEAR = TimeUnit.DAYS.toMillis(3650);

    private static KeyFactory getKeyFactory() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
        if (keyFactory == null) {
            try {
                keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA", "BC");
            } catch (NoSuchProviderException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return keyFactory;
    }

    /**
     * 生成RSA公私密钥对,长度为2048
     */
    public static KeyPair genKeyPair() throws Exception {
        KeyPairGenerator caKeyPairGen = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("RSA",
                "BC");
        caKeyPairGen.initialize(2048, new SecureRandom());
        return caKeyPairGen.genKeyPair();
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载RSA私钥 openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt -inform PEM -outform DER -in
     * ca.key -out ca_private.pem
     */
    public static PrivateKey loadPriKey(byte[] bts) throws Exception {
        EncodedKeySpec privateKeySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(bts);
        return getKeyFactory().generatePrivate(privateKeySpec);
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载RSA私钥 openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt -inform PEM -outform DER -in
     * ca.key -out ca_private.pem
     */
    public static PrivateKey loadPriKey(String path) throws Exception {
        return loadPriKey(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(path)));
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载RSA私钥 openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt -inform PEM -outform DER -in
     * ca.key -out ca_private.pem
     */
    public static PrivateKey loadPriKey(URI uri) throws Exception {
        return loadPriKey(Paths.get(uri).toString());
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载RSA私钥 openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt -inform PEM -outform DER -in
     * ca.key -out ca_private.pem
     */
    public static PrivateKey loadPriKey(InputStream inputStream)
            throws Exception {
        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        byte[] bts = new byte[1024];
        int len;
        while ((len = inputStream.read(bts)) != -1) {
            outputStream.write(bts, 0, len);
        }
        inputStream.close();
        outputStream.close();
        return loadPriKey(outputStream.toByteArray());
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载RSA公钥 openssl rsa -in ca.key -pubout -outform DER -out ca_pub.der
     */
    public static PublicKey loadPubKey(byte[] bts) throws Exception {
        EncodedKeySpec publicKeySpec = new X509EncodedKeySpec(bts);
        return getKeyFactory().generatePublic(publicKeySpec);
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载RSA公钥 openssl rsa -in ca.key -pubout -outform DER -out ca_pub.der
     */
    public static PublicKey loadPubKey(String path) throws Exception {
        EncodedKeySpec publicKeySpec = new X509EncodedKeySpec(
                Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(path)));
        return getKeyFactory().generatePublic(publicKeySpec);
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载RSA公钥 openssl rsa -in ca.key -pubout -outform DER -out ca_pub.der
     */
    public static PublicKey loadPubKey(URI uri) throws Exception {
        return loadPubKey(Paths.get(uri).toString());
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载RSA公钥 openssl rsa -in ca.key -pubout -outform DER -out ca_pub.der
     */
    public static PublicKey loadPubKey(InputStream inputStream)
            throws Exception {
        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        byte[] bts = new byte[1024];
        int len;
        while ((len = inputStream.read(bts)) != -1) {
            outputStream.write(bts, 0, len);
        }
        inputStream.close();
        outputStream.close();
        return loadPubKey(outputStream.toByteArray());
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载证书
     */
    public static X509Certificate loadCert(InputStream inputStream)
            throws Exception {
        CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
        return (X509Certificate) cf.generateCertificate(inputStream);
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载证书
     */
    public static X509Certificate loadCert(String path) throws Exception {
        return loadCert(new FileInputStream(path));
    }

    /**
     * 从文件加载证书
     */
    public static X509Certificate loadCert(URI uri) throws Exception {
        return loadCert(Paths.get(uri).toString());
    }

    /**
     * 读取ssl证书使用者信息
     */
    public static String getSubject(InputStream inputStream) throws Exception {
        X509Certificate certificate = loadCert(inputStream);
        // 读出来顺序是反的需要反转下
        List<String> tempList = Arrays.asList(certificate.getIssuerDN()
                .toString().split(", "));
        return IntStream.rangeClosed(0, tempList.size() - 1)
                .mapToObj(i -> tempList.get(tempList.size() - i - 1))
                .collect(Collectors.joining(", "));
    }

    /**
     * 动态生成服务器证书,并进行CA签授
     *
     * @param issuer 颁发机构
     */
    public static X509Certificate genCert(String issuer,
                                          PublicKey serverPubKey, PrivateKey caPriKey, String... hosts)
            throws Exception {
        /*
         * String issuer = "C=CN, ST=GD, L=SZ, O=lee, OU=study, CN=ProxyeeRoot";
         * String subject = "C=CN, ST=GD, L=SZ, O=lee, OU=study, CN=" + host;
         */
        // 根据CA证书subject来动态生成目标服务器证书的issuer和subject
        String subject = "C=CN, ST=GD, L=SZ, O=lee, OU=study, CN=" + hosts[0];
        // doc from https://www.cryptoworkshop.com/guide/
        JcaX509v3CertificateBuilder jv3Builder = new JcaX509v3CertificateBuilder(
                new X500Name(issuer), BigInteger.ONE, new Date(), new Date(
                System.currentTimeMillis() + TEN_YEAR), new X500Name(
                subject), serverPubKey);
        // SAN扩展证书支持的域名,否则浏览器提示证书不安全
        GeneralName[] generalNames = new GeneralName[hosts.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < hosts.length; i++) {
            generalNames[i] = new GeneralName(GeneralName.dNSName, hosts[i]);
        }
        GeneralNames subjectAltName = new GeneralNames(generalNames);
        jv3Builder.addExtension(Extension.subjectAlternativeName, false,
                subjectAltName);
        // SHA256 用SHA1浏览器可能会提示证书不安全
        ContentSigner signer = new JcaContentSignerBuilder(
                "SHA256WithRSAEncryption").build(caPriKey);
        return new JcaX509CertificateConverter().getCertificate(jv3Builder
                .build(signer));
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

    }
}

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The IEEE has carried out humanitarian activities in numerous settings. Five years ago, the IEEE Board of Directors began a multi-year process to determine whether and in what way those activities might be given greater support and visibility. This work was carried out by a series of ad hoc committees and included the found of the Special Interest Groups on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT). In 2014, the IEEE Board of Directors considered several possible future directions for humanitarian activities and in November chose one. The 2015 Humanitarian Ad Hoc is carrying out the Board directions and developing Bylaws and an Operating Manual for the formal committee which will be chosen by the Board and begin activities in 2016.
This talk details the evolution of the Board level IEEE Humanitarian Activities, discusses the current committee structure, function and goals, and invites question and discussion on how the work of this committee can supplement, complement and support other activities such as the Region 7 Humanitarian Initiatives Committee.
Michael Lightner is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for the University of Colorado System, a role to which he brings eight years of experience as department chair. In addition, he is currently a Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder which he joined in 1981. He received his PhD from Carnegie-Mellon, and BS (highest honors), and MS from the University of Florida, all in Electrical Engineering. He has worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, IBM Watson Research, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, consulted with several major companies on computer-aided design. For many years his research was focused on electronic design automation including simulation, synthesis, test, formal verification and optimization of integrated circuits. He was elevated to a IEEE Fellow, for his contributions to computer-aided design. He has received the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Golden Jubilee Medal, IEEE Third Millennium Medal, and the Distinguished Service Award from IEEE for serving as Editor of IEEE Transactions on Computer-aided Design. He is currently the chair of the IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee.
The last ten years have been spent focusing on assistive technology for people with cognitive disabilities. He is Co-Director of the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Advancing Technologies for Adults with Cognitive Impairments (RERC-ATACI) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Technology Director of Boulder Digital Works, an innovative postgraduate digital media program. Michael Lightner is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In these recent roles he has worked with a variety of government agencies and NGOs, and initiated the first IEEE Conference on the Future of Assistive Technology bringing together government, academe, industry, NGOs, public interest groups, and the public to address the needs in assistive technology over the next decade.
Mark A. Williamson is Director General of Defence Research and Development Canada's Centre for Security Science, which operates in partnership with Public Safety Canada. DRDC CSS is responsible for leading the Canadian Safety and Security Program on behalf of the Government of Canada, a program whose mission is to strengthen Canada's ability to anticipate,prevent/mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, serious accidents,crime and terrorism through the convergence of science and technology (S&T) with policy,operations and intelligence.
Mark has performed and managed S&T activities across the academic, industry and government sectors for over 20 years. He began his government career as a petroleum geoscience research scientist with Natural Resources Canada. Throughout the 90's he coordinated and led several multidisciplinary academic, industry and government initiatives that evaluated and assessed petroleum potential in Canada's frontier basins. Subsequently, as Program Manager for the Earth Science Sector (ESS), he managed a large effort to consolidate and make available Canada's geoscience knowledge base.
In 2006, Mark was appointed Director of Chemical, Biological, Radiological-Nuclear and Explosives Research and Technology Initiative where he was responsible for making strategic investments in CBRNE related S&T. This involved efforts to harness existing intellectual capacity across Canada's federal science based departments and in creating linkages with industry and academia. Subsequently he assumed the role of DDG for DRDC CSS with responsibility to develop a strategic framework within which to identify safety and security policy and operational priorities requiring S&T investments.
Paul Cadario is the University of Toronto's Distinguished Senior Fellow in Global Innovation at the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and the Munk School of Global Affairs. In addition to working with faculty and students in the Master of Global Affairs program and PhD candidates at Centre for Global Engineering, he co-teaches a 4th Year Civil Engineering capstone design course, Sustainable Global Communities.
Before his appointment to the University, Paul spent his career at the World Bank. He joined the Bank in 1975 and played a number of diverse roles worldwide, including nearly two decades with the World Bank's frontline development programs in Western Africa and China and then working on public sector management reform throughout Asia. Among the challenges he most enjoyed were establishing the first World Bank- financed operations in Guinea Bissau and Mongolia and managing the strategy, budget and logistics for the Bank's work in twenty-two former Soviet and central European states after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 1998, he began working on the World Bank's efforts to modernize and streamline its business for the digital age of transparency and accountability, starting with the renewal of the Bank's global information systems. Focusing on results, quality assurance and compliance, from 2001 he oversaw the multi-billion dollar portfolio of grants managed and disbursed by the World Bank as a trustee for governments, foundations, non-governmental organizations and private development partners. Over the course of his career, his work took him from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, from Guinea to Indonesia, from China to Cambodia, and from Bhutan to Burundi.
Cadario's ties as a volunteer to the University of Toronto have been strong for over 40 years. He was a member of the Governing Council twice, as a student Governor in 1972- 73 and then as an elected Alumni Governor from 1985 to 1994. He was the first president of the University of Toronto Alumni Association to live outside the GTA. He chairs the Dean's Advisory Board for the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and the Board of Advisors for the Department of Civil Engineering. He is also a member of the advisory boards for the School of Public Policy and Governance and for the Munk School of Global Affairs. He supports fundraising on behalf of the University as president of the Associates of the University of Toronto, Inc. and as a member of the Engineering Campaign Cabinet for Boundless.
Cadario earned his BASc in civil engineering from the University of Toronto in 1973. A Rhodes Scholar, he received a BA and MA in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford. More recently, he earned a master's degree in organization development from American University. In 2013, U of T awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Laws.
As an undergraduate, Cadario worked as a U of T research assistant in the Northwest Territories where he developed a passion for Inuit art that remains to this day. He lives in Washington, DC with his partner, Dan Gordon, an attorney and a former Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Obama Administration.
In the immortal words of Bob Dylan, "The times they are a changin". Globalization and innovation are driving change at an incredible pace. In this environment of change and development, Engineering has emerged as the renaissance degree program of the 21st century. The Engineer of tomorrow needs to be integrative and have the ability to work across disciplinary boundaries as we address growing challenges in energy, health care, communications and transportation, to name a few.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the only constant in engineering is change. How do we educate future engineers in such a dynamic environment? In order to answer that question we need to understand where we have come from and where we are headed. Ultimately engineering is intrinsic to society and provides the framework and foundation upon which we build our cities, institutions and infrastructure. For instance, Assistive Technology Engineering is an emerging discipline focused on improving the functional capabilities of those who utilize assistive technology devices. Engineering experts create the devices that enable these individuals to function not only in healthcare settings but also in educational and corporate environments where their participation is critical to fulfilling the ultimate goal of making accessibility universal. The Engineer of tomorrow needs the analytical abilities, problem solving skills and communication repertoire to design and build the products, systems and processes that we use in our daily lives. With Engineering we address local challenges with global impact.
This presentation examines the challenges that we face in engineering education today in this dynamic, changing environment with some examples of how we are addressing those challenges.
With an academic career that spans over 28 years Dr. Ramesh has been serving as the Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Northridge since 2006. Prior to joining CSUN he was Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at California State University, Sacramento, where he also served as the Department Chair from 1994 to 2006. At CSUN he leads the nationally recognized AIMS2 (www.ecs.csun.edu/aims2) program that supports over 180 under-represented students in engineering and computer science. Ramesh serves on the Boards of IEEE Educational Activities, and ABET. He has been elected to serve as IEEE-HKN President-Elect for 2015-16, and chairs the 2014 IEEE EAB Pre-University Coordinating Committee leading signature programs such as TISP (Teacher in Service program) and EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) in IEEE. Dr. Ramesh is an IEEE Fellow who has been recognized for his contributions to entrepreneurship in engineering education. Dr. Ramesh's professional interests are in Fiber Optic Communications and he received the BE (Honors) degree from the University of Madras, India, in 1981, and the MSEE and PhD degrees from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 1983 and 1986 respectively. For additional information please visit http://www.csun.edu/engineering-computer-science/ramesh.
As Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for Cisco Canada, Willa Black is responsible for strategies designed to promote Cisco's external brand relevance and transformational impact across key constituencies. She leads initiatives in support of CSR, building strategic partnerships and reinforcing the company's role as an organization committed to social advancement across governments, nongovernmental organizations, and communities of all kinds with a focus on education and healthcare.
In 2014 Black led the development and launch of Connected North, a groundbreaking virtual program showcasing innovations in the field of learning with the aim of reducing Aboriginal student dropout rates. The program connects students and classrooms in underserved, remote Aboriginal communities with students in Canada's south via Cisco TelePresence, enabling cultural exchange and mentoring. Connected North also provides real-time Expertson-Demand in the classroom, and teacher training and support via high-definition video. After the success of the pilot in Aqsarniit Middle School in Iqaluit, Connected North is now scaling across Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Black has held marketing and CSR leadership roles at Cisco Canada since 1999. She has developed and led award-winning programming including the "25 Transformational Canadians" campaign to mark Cisco's 25th anniversary, in partnership with CTV and The Globe and Mail; and the One Million Acts of Green campaign in partnership with the CBC. Thousands of Canadians participated in this national challenge to drive personal commitment towards environmental sustainability, logging in excess of 1.8 million "green acts" and saving 105, 695, 538 kg of greenhouse gas emissions.
A 30-year veteran of the public relations and marketing industry, Black began her career at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising in Toronto. This was followed by 14 years at Royal Trust/Royal Bank where she was Director, Public Affairs for the Wealth Management division, RBC.
Named one of Canada's Top 25 Women of Influence for 2011, Black sits on the boards of the Canadian Club, the Toronto Civic Action Steering Committee, the Board of Trustees for the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, the Advisory Board for CityWorks/Evergreen Brickworks and was a Founding Member of the Children's Book Bank in Regent Park. She is also a member of the Partnership Forum, launched in 2010 by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, dedicated to enhancing the relationship between the Ontario Government and not-forprofit sector. She has also participated in many IT industry initiatives including the Canadian e-Business Initiative, the Information Technology Association of Canada InGenious Awards Steering Committee and is a frequent speaker at various industry and association events.
Black holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from Williams College in Massachusetts, USA.
The talk starts with a brief overview of the charity LUTW (lights up the world), then continues on to show how a thin-profit organization VLE (Visionary Lighting & Energy India) was born and spun off from LUTW. The goal for VLE was to design and manufacture new, more efficient, lower cost, lighting products together with the appropriate For-Profit business models specifically applicable to the developing world. The speaker hopes to infuse the audience with his passion for doing good, and demonstrate that there are wonderful, exciting, fairly compensated, professional careers to be forged in working with, and in, the developing world.
Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday MSM, PEng, Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, is the Founder and Executive Chairman of VLE. In 1997, he was the originator of bringing LED Lighting to the developing world. Founded Light Up The World ( www.lutw.org ) in 1997, the first ever organization to bring LED lighting to the Developing World. LUTW has installed Solar LED Lighting Systems that have illuminated the lives of over a 1.2 Million poor people in 54 countries. In recognition of Dr. Dave's services to humanity, he received the following awards: Rolex Laureate; Tech Museum Laureate; Saatchi & Saatchi Laureate; Alberta Emerald; Reader's Digest Canadian Hero of the Year; Alberta Science & Technology; Time Canada Heroes; Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), Canada; Alberta Government Centennial Medal; Honorary Doctorate from University of Aberdeen, Scotland; K.Y. Lo Medal of the Engineering Institute of Canada; Finalist IET Innovation Awards, London, UK and many more. In 2009 he founded VLE and at present he is actively taking care of Product Design and International Marketing.


Partner City Update - Chicago: after all the positive meetings in August, we're now integrating the news that Mayor Daley is not seeking reelection. The AAW plans already underway will wait till after the election, but new meetings�with Chicago city unions, city staff, funders and artists�are being set-up for mid-December. Stay tuned.October includes an invitational trip to present at Taking Part, a conference across the pond hosted by University of London, Goldsmiths. Two of our buddies -�Barbara Schaefer Bacon�Co-Director at Animating Democracy and Michael Rohd from Sojourn Theatre�will be presenting as well. A good opportunity to get the word and idea out about municipal governments partnering with artists, but also a chance to learn what's happening all over the UK, a leader in community arts or "Applied Arts" as they like to call it.�And then back to NEA in November with Bill O'Brien,�Senior Advisor for Program Innovation,�Senior Deputy Chairman. And�thanks to Providence's Department of Cultural Affairs, AAW will get to introduce AAW to Democratic Mayoral candidate Angel Taveras before his inauguration.


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Boingo Gets Toasted – Independent Record Label Pays Homage to Influential Artists
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Author: Dep't of Records, LLC
Dateline: Mon, 10 Jul 2006
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: "SEATTLE, WA - July 10 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In a recent series of live and Internet-based announcements, executives for Seattle-based independent record label, Dep't of Records revealed the forthcoming release of their first production, Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust: A Toast to Oingo Boingo."
SEATTLE, WA - July 10 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In a recent series of live and Internet-based announcements, executives for Seattle-based independent record label, Dep't of Records revealed the forthcoming release of their first production, Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust: A Toast to Oingo Boingo.
Utilizing an Internet-published open letter to Boingo-founder and composer Danny Elfman [stevebartek.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=452 - log-in required] and a live formal announcement on stage at the High Sierra Music Festival, plans for an October 31st, 2006 release date of the tribute album were unveiled.
The letter to Elfman was announced simultaneously on numerous official- and fan-sites relating to Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek, and other former Boingo members. The announcement also showed up on the Boingo-related pages of networking websites such as MySpace.
It was also revealed that bands worldwide had participated including: WC Handy Award-nominee Mark Lemhouse, Scott Fisher Band, Sneakin' Out, The Cheats, K23 Orchestra, Delta Nove, and over a dozen additional artists.
The live announcement was made Friday, June 30 by Dep't of Records co-founder Leland Hirschman at the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, California, during his introduction of the band Sneakin' Out, whose rendition of the song 'Little Girls' will appear on the album. The announcement was also heard by listeners of "Grizzly Radio," High Sierra's on-site and Internet radio station.
Limited edition promotional discs containing two songs from the album were freely distributed at the High Sierra Music Festival and were made available online as well.
One of the tracks on the promo disc was also played on "Grizzly Radio."
The label also intends to distribute the promotional disc at several additional music festivals prior to the album's release date of Halloween, October 31, 2006. Distribution locales will be made available on the company's web site.
More information: www.deptofrecords.com
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Q: Effect of cache size on code I want to study the effect of the cache size on code. For programs operating on large arrays, there can be a significant speed-up if the array fits in the cache.
How can I meassure this?
I tried to run this c program:
#define L1_CACHE_SIZE       32      //  Kbytes  8192 integers
#define L2_CACHE_SIZE       256     //  Kbytes  65536 integers
#define L3_CACHE_SIZE       4096    //  Kbytes

#define ARRAYSIZE 32000
#define ITERATIONS 250

int arr[ARRAYSIZE];

/*************** TIME MEASSUREMENTS ***************/

double microsecs() {
    struct timeval t;
    if (gettimeofday(&t, NULL) < 0 )
    return 0.0;
    return (t.tv_usec + t.tv_sec * 1000000.0);
}

void init_array() {
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE; i++) {
        arr[i] = (rand() % 100);
    }
}

int operation() {
    int i, j;
    int sum = 0;
    for (j = 0; j < ITERATIONS; j++) {
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE; i++) {
            sum =+ arr[i];
        }
    }

    return sum;
}

void main() {

    init_array();

    double t1 = microsecs();
    int result = operation();
    double t2 = microsecs();

    double t = t2 - t1;

    printf("CPU time %f milliseconds\n", t/1000);
    printf("Result: %d\n", result);
}

taking values of ARRAYSIZE and ITERATIONS (keeping the product, and hence the number of instructions, constant) in order to check if the program run faster if the array fits in the cache, but I always get the same CPU time.
Can anyone say what I am doing wrong?

A: What you really want to do is build a "memory mountain." A memory mountain helps you visualize how memory accesses affect program performance. Specifically, it measures read throughput vs spatial locality and temporal locality. Good spatial locality means that consecutive memory accesses are near each other and good temporal locality means that a certain memory location is accessed multiple times in a short amount of program time. Here is a link that briefly mentions cache performance and memory mountains. The 3rd edition of the textbook mentioned in that link is a very good reference, specifically chapter 6, for learning about memory and cache performance. (In fact, I'm currently using that section as a reference as I answer this question.)
Another link shows a test function that you could use to measure cache performance, which I have copied here:
void test(int elems, int stride)
{
    int i, result = 0;
    volatile int sink;
    for (i = 0; i < elems; i+=stride)
        result += data[i];
    sink = result;
}

Stride is the temporal locality - how far apart the memory accesses are.
The idea is that this function would estimate the number of cycles that it took to run. To get throughput, you'll want to take (size / stride) / (cycles / MHz), where size is the size of the array in bytes, cycles is the result of this function, and MHz is the clock speed of your processor. You'd want to call this once before you take any measurements to "warm up" your cache. Then, run the loop and take measurements.
I found a GitHub repository that you could use to build a 3D memory mountain on your own machine. I encourage you to try it on multiple machines with different processors and compare differences.

A: There's a typo in your code. =+ instead of +=.

A: The arr array is linked into the BSS [uninitialized] section. The default value for the variables in this section is zero. All pages in this section are initially mapped R/O to a single zero page. This is linux/Unix centric, but, probably applies to most modern OSes
So, regardless of the array size, you're only fetching from a single page, which will get cached, so that's why you get the same results.
You'll need to break the "zero page mapping" by writing something to all of arr before doing your tests. That is, do something like memset first. This will cause the OS to create a linear page mapping for arr using its COW (copy-on-write) mechanism.

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I know'd in my mind, as he'd have told her wonders of 'em, and how she was to be a lady theer, and how he got her to listen to him fust, along o' sech like.
Fust time I runs acrost yo' marster, I's gwine to tell him so.
It would be a wonder if I did not, being by the Chris'en name of Roger, which took it arter my own father, which took it from his own father, though which of our fam'ly fust took it nat'ral I will not in any ways mislead you by undertakin' to say.
Struck it right fust time," the porter remarked cheerfully.
Well, I'm glad to hear your opinion, you bein' a traveled man, for mother says I'm foolish 'bout Rebecky and hev been sence the fust.
You's gwyne to marry de po' one fust en de rich one by en by.
Tom's been a friend o' mine iver since I was a little chap; fust thing iver I did was frightenin' the birds for th' old master.
I don't so much mind the fust, the `ittin of the pole part afore I chucks in their dinner, but I waits till they've `ad their sherry and kawffee, so to speak, afore I tries on with the ear scratchin'.
Fust his father got a kick, out haying, and went soft in the brain, and gave away money like Bible texts afore he died.
I've been a-chivied and a-chivied, fust by one on you and nixt by another on you, till I'm worritted to skins and bones.


Hello, World! If you're reading this, you've just stumbled upon the Quilter's Choice Network (QCN). This website is the result of many hours of hard work and planning over the last two years, and this is only the beginning of what there is to see and experience. I want QCN to be a first stop to check in on what's new with quilting online. I've been working with some familiar faces in this market, all of whom I've known or worked with over the last several years, and we're all pulling together to make this a reality for you.
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Two-dimensional deformable convolution function using computed offset.
This is an implementation of two-dimensional deformable convolution from Deformable Convolutional Networks.
It takes four variables: the input image x, the offset image offset, the filter weight W, and the bias vector b.
Notation: here is the notation for the dimensionalities.
\(n\) is the batch size.
\(c_I\) and \(c_O\) are the number of the input and output, respectively.
\(h\) and \(w\) are the height and width of the input image, respectively.
\(k_H\) and \(k_W\) are the height and width of the filters, respectively.
\(s_Y\) and \(s_X\) are the strides of the filter.
\(p_H\) and \(p_W\) are the spatial padding sizes.
x (Variable or N-dimensional array) – Input variable of shape \((n, c_I, h, w)\).
offset (Variable or N-dimensional array) – Offset variable of shape \((n, 2 \cdot k_H \cdot k_W, h_O, w_O)\). The first \(k_H \cdot k_W\) index of the second axis corresponds to the offsets in the horizontal direction. The last \(k_H \cdot k_W\) index of the second axis corresponds to the offsets in the vertical direction.
W (Variable or N-dimensional array) – Weight variable of shape \((c_O, c_I, k_H, k_W)\).
b (Variable or N-dimensional array) – Bias variable of length \(c_O\) (optional).
Deformable convolution adds 2D offsets to the regular grid sampling locations in the standard convolution. It enables free form deformation of the sampling grid.
If the bias vector is given, then it is added to all spatial locations of the output of convolution.


Have you noticed an uptick in backorders and product allocation?
The healthcare supply industry has experienced rapid consolidation in both IDNs and suppliers in recent years. Hospitals have joined forces to roll up into systems of increasing size and breadth, and found new ways to concentrate their purchasing power. Likewise, product brands, distributors, and GPOs have formed new partnerships, with many smaller brands absorbed into large corporate concerns.
Consolidation inside the supply chain can exacerbate existing supply chain risk and introduce new risks.
Supply chain experts have long been aware of "act-of-God' or politically-determined risks: things like earthquakes, fires or hurricanes that knock out an individual manufacturing facility, or trade deals that impact raw material or finished product availability. These infrequent events do become riskier for purchasers with supply chain consolidation. We saw an example of this in recent years, when a fire devastated the sole remaining U.S.-based producer of patient urinals, leaving health systems scrambling to use makeshift alternatives for bed-bound patients until imported products could reach their facilities.
Supply shortages of this type are managed with the temporary allocation of products from supply partners, as suppliers try to preserve their strategic partnerships with health systems and distribute all the product that they have available. This is an established practice in the healthcare supply chain, and many organizations include specific contract clauses to ensure that their allocation reflects their overall relationship with the supplier.
But in addition to the known risks of being "put on allocation' due to externalities, health systems must also face the risk of business decisions that happen far outside of their relationships with trading partners. Rapid consolidation has introduced a new risk for IDNs: that the products and brands the health system uses will be eliminated by new corporate owners. Most IDNs contract for the majority of their supplies with middlemen: GPOs, purchasing coalitions, distributors, or occasionally with the corporation that manages a brand. Any of those supplier-side business entities can make a unilateral decision that a particular product or even a whole brand shouldn't be a part of their business portfolio. The products can be cut from the catalog, the brand can be sold, or the whole business can be spun out, disrupting supply to their IDN customers. Distributors and GPOs can be left scrambling for supplies as well, if the brand or product production decision was made at the manufacturer level or elsewhere along the value chain.
So what should IDN supply chain leaders do in a fast-changing trading environment?
Diversify supply chain relationships: commitment is valuable in an IDN-supplier relationship, but don't discount the benefit of leaving a portion of your business with an alternate supplier. You may appreciate having an alternate in a crisis.
Consider direct sourcing: Direct sourcing cuts out middlemen from the supply chain, connecting health systems to product manufacturers. Streamlining the value chains aligns your business interests with product manufacturers' interests, without the risk of conflicting objectives from other organizations.
Keep the lines of communication open about risk management: No matter what supply chain strategies you choose, stay in close contact with your vendors and trading partners. Understand what's keeping them up at night, what the business forecast is for their organization, and what risks they identify in their own value chains.


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They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have been women, you know, Sonia Gandhi for heaven's sakes in India.
Kate Clinton's quotes
As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential running mate. And I find it continually appalling that it would be a radical thing to have a woman on the ticket.
I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times and then move that off and try something new. It's a great workshop for me.
When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.
I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.
I want to host a religious show. I'm sure nobody will be wanting the 11 o'clock spot on Sunday morning. I think we should really get some of our own preachers and preach that gay is good. And we'd have a great choir.
Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it.
Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
What goes for sex goes double for politics.
I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start new material.
Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine.
My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think it's just so fabulous to laugh. I don't mind if people think, either. I think the brain is a very sexy organ.
We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican.
A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.
I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.
In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not wrought Himself will count for nothing.
Johannes Tauler
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
Morihei Ueshiba
War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven.
Ezra Stiles
Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.
Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute.
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.
I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Order is heaven's first law.
Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!
George Canning
Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.
I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.
George Linnaeus Banks
Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms.
The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to kill. In effect, they've been saying, You can kill us, but you'll have to kill a lot of us; you may have to kill all of us. And, thank heaven, we are not yet ready to do that.
George Wald
Woody is the guy who made me want to be a comic. I was in heaven and couldn't stop smiling because he was my idle and 29 years after seeing Take the Money and Run, I was working for him.
Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.
It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven.
To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.
It came from God, and so is Christ true, and Christ is thy God, who is in heaven and awaits thee.
I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth.
I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell.
So I did 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' and the original version is a ballad. The original Phil record is uptempo but we slowed it down and made it a ballad.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
William Congreve
We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.
Russell M. Nelson


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Assassin's Creed III confirmed, American Civil War the stage?
Ubisoft have confirmed that Assassin's Creed III is on its way, the first true Assassin's Creed sequel following the culmination of Italian stallion Ezio's adventures in Assassin's Creed II and its spin-offs Brotherhood and Revelations.
However, beyond a statement saying "We confirm that Ubisoft will announce all the details of Assassin's Creed III on Monday March 5th at 5pm," the French development team are staying pretty tight lipped about what to expect.
They did however release packshots of the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, which look to give a few clues as to what is to come.
From the image on the packshot, it looks like the assassin's adventures this time will be centred around the American Civil War, somewhere between the years 1861 – 1865. There's a large American flag, historically accurate for the period in the background, while the dress of the assassin and the fallen target in the image, as well as his musket and the blurred weaponry and dress of what appear to be battling confederate and union soldiers all seem to point to the era.
Also interestingly, the assassin seems to be wielding a tomahawk, the infamous Native American battleaxe. We all know that Ezio will not be returning for another title, and if memory serves the contemporary character Desmond Miles (whom through his animus wanderings we travel back in time in the series) has Native American heritage. It looks as though we'll be seeing a Native American lead character.
All this will likely be confirmed or denied by Monday. Head back then for the full details.
Mar 2, 2012 Gerald Lynch
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U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in India ahead of National Day celebrations. Julie Noce reports.
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in India into the welcoming arms of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Obama inspected the guard of honour during a ceremony at the presidential palace. He then laid a wreath at the Mahatma Ghandi memorial. Obama accepted Modi's personal invitation to attend the country's Republic Day parade on Monday- the first U.S. president to ever do so. His presence at the event is the latest revival of a roller-coaster relationship between the two largest democracies that just a year ago was in tatters. The two sides have worked to reach agreements on climate change, taxation and defence cooperation in time for the visit. The White House said Obama will forego a planned trip to the Taj Mahal and instead travel to Saudi Arabia follwing the death of King Abdullah.


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Buchan, John, Baron Tweedsmuir (books) (chron.) (continued)
* The Path of a King:
* ___ The Lighted Chamber, (ss) Adventure 1st May 1921
* ___ In the Dark Land, (ss) Adventure 1st May 1921
* ___ The Last Stage, (ss) Adventure mid May 1921
* ___ The End of the Road, (ss) Adventure mid May 1921
* Pilgrim's Way, (ar) Maclean's Jun 15, Jul 1, Jul 15, Aug 1 1940
* Preface, (pr) The Runagate's Club by John Buchan, Hodder & Stoughton, 1928
* Prester John, (n.) Nelson, 1910
Adventure Mar, Apr, May, Jun 1911
* The Railroad Raid, (ss)
The Golden Book Magazine #123, March 1935; from A Book of Escapes 1923.
* The Railway Raid in Georgia, (ar) A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys by John Buchan, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1922
Adventure Stories for Boys, Anon., Octopus Books, 1988
* The Regicide, (ss) Adventure mid April 1921
* The Riding of Ninemileburn, (ss) The Moon Endureth by John Buchan, Blackwood, 1912
Standard Stories December 1925
* The Rime of True Thomas, (ss) The Moon Endureth by John Buchan, Blackwood, 1912
Visions of Wonder ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski, Avon, 1981
* The Rugby International, (ss)
Sport, Handley, John Murray UK, 1980
* The Runagates Club, (Hodder & Stoughton, 1928, co)
* Shakespeare's Plays as Short Stories:
* ___ No. 4 Coriolanus, (sa) The Strand Magazine January 1934
* Ships of Tarshish [The Runagates Club], (nv) Pall Mall Magazine November 1927
The Runagate's Club by John Buchan, Hodder & Stoughton, 1928, as "Ship to Tarshish"
* Ship to Tarshish [The Runagates Club], (nv) Pall Mall Magazine November 1927, as "Ships of Tarshish"
The Runagate's Club by John Buchan, Hodder & Stoughton, 1928
* The Shut Door, (ss) The Boys' All-Round Book ed. Walter Wood, Thomas Nelson and Son Ltd., 1926
The Watcher by the Threshold by John Buchan, Ash-Tree Press, 2005
* Sick Heart River [Edward Leithen], (sl) Canadian Home Journal Oct, Nov 1941
* Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen; The Runagates Club], (nv) Pall Mall Magazine February 1928
The Golden Book Magazine #103, July 1933
The Argosy (UK) October 1933
Book of a Thousand Thrills, Allied Newspapers, Ltd., 193?
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine April 1956
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (UK) #39, April 1956
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australia) #108, June 1956
The Saint Detective Magazine July 1957
* Skule Skerry [The Runagates Club], (nv) Adventure April 15 1928
Pall Mall Magazine May 1928
Fear and Trembling, Hitchcock, Dell, 1948
The Devil's Coven, Black, New English Library, 1972
Ghost Tour, Haining, William Kimber, 1984
* Some Lessons from the American Civil War—I, (ar) Land & Water February 17 1916
* Song of the Moor, (ss) Macmillan's Magazine July 1897
The Watcher by the Threshold by John Buchan, Ash-Tree Press, 2005, as "The Moor-Song"
* Space, (nv) Blackwood's Magazine May 1911
The Best Supernatural Stories of John Buchan by John Buchan, Robert Hale, 1991
The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics, Kelahan, Fall River, 2012
Shoreline of Infinity #1, Summer 2015
Dangerous Dimensions, Bartholomew, The British Library, 2021
* The Strange Adventure of Mr. Andrew Hawthorn, (ss) The Silver Ship ed. Cynthia Asquith, , 1932
* The Strange Adventures of Mr. Andrew Hawthorn, (ss) The Silver Ship ed. Cynthia Asquith, , 1932
* Streams of Water in the South, (nv) Grey Weather by John Buchan, John Lane, 1899
* Tendebant Manus… [The Runagates Club], (nv) Pall Mall Magazine December 1927
* Terror on the Moors, (ss)
The Daily Telegraph August 28 1999
* The Thirty Nine Steps [Richard Hannay], (n.) Blackwood, 1915
Complete Bestsellers v2 #1, 1982
* The Thirty-Nine Steps [Richard Hannay], (n.) All-Story Weekly Jun 5, Jun 12 1915
* The Thirty-Nine Steps [Richard Hannay], (n.) Blackwood, 1915
Argosy Dec 10, Dec 17, Dec 24 1938
* The Three Hostages [Richard Hannay], (n.) Argosy Allstory Weekly Jun 14, Jun 21, Jun 28, Jul 5, Jul 12, Jul 19, Jul 26, Aug 2 1924
* The Watcher by the Threshold, (nv) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine #1022, December 1900
The Atlantic Monthly December 1900
Chilling Horror Short Stories ed. Laura Bulbeck, Flame Tree Publishing, 2015
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Volume Two ed. Ryan Cagle & James D. Jenkins, Valancourt Books, 2017
* The Watcher by the Threshold, (Ash-Tree Press, 2005, co)
* Watches of the Night, (ss) The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal March 1921, as by Beta Minus
* What Is Romance?, (ms)
The Golden Book Magazine #123, March 1935
* The Wife of Flanders, (ss) Adventure 1st March 1921
* The Wind in the Portico [The Runagates Club], (nv) Pall Mall Magazine March 1928
The Master Thriller Series #6, 1934
* The Wood of Life, (ss) Adventure mid March 1921
* A Word or Two, (ms) Books in Brief February 1937
* [unknown story], (ss) Modern Stories October 1934
* Adventures of Richard Hannay by S. P. B. Mais, (ar) Land & Water June 22 1916
* Alas, Poor Ghost: The Runagates Club by George R. Featherston, (cl) All Hallows #34, October 2003
* The Best Supernatural Stories of John Buchan by A. Langley Searles, (br) Fantasy Commentator Fall 1992
* A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys, (br) John o' London's Weekly December 9 1922
* Curiosities: The Gap in the Curtain, by John Buchan (1932) by David Langford, (br) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2011
* A History of the Great War, (br) John o' London's Weekly October 7 1922
* In Memoriam (John Buchan) by Jemini, (ob) The Futurian Winter 1940
* John Buchan by David Daniell, (ar) Words International March 1988
* John Buchan: A Philosophy of High Adventure by J. Randolph Cox, (ar) The Armchair Detective July 1969
* John Buchan: A Possible Influence on Lovecraft by Sam Moskowitz, (ar) Fantasy Commentator Spring 1948
Crypt of Cthulhu #22, Roodmas 1984
* John Buchan, Evan Pinkerton by Fred Dueren, (ar) The Armchair Detective May 1974
* John Buchan, M.P. by Ivor Nicholson, (ar) Pall Mall Magazine November 1927
* The Last Buchan by Graham Greene, (br) The Spectator April 18 1941
The Lost Childhood and Other Essays by Graham Greene, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951
* Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada by Augustus Muir, (bg) The Strand Magazine August 1937
* Private Lives 114: Taciturn Teller of Tales by Private Secretary, (ar) The Passing Show May 26 1934
* A Surge of Daemonic Energy: John Buchan and "The Dancing Floor" by James Machin, (ar) Wormwood #24, 2015
* Thirty-Nine Steps to Immortality by Jason Worden, (ar) The Armchair Detective Fall 1996
Buchan, N. F. (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
* The Worlds of the Dean, (pm) Daylight Autumn 1952
Buchan, Perdita (Caroline) (1940- ) (about) (chron.)
* It's Cold Out There, (ss) The New Yorker September 14 1968
Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards, Abrahams, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970
* Lotus, (ss) The New Yorker March 13 1971
* The Phone Call, (ss) Ladies' Home Journal March 1973
* Winter in the Spare-Parts Yard, (ss) The New Yorker March 22 1969
Buchan, Susan Charlotte (, Baroness Tweedsmuir) (1882-1977) (about) (chron.)
* Books by the Fire, (ar) Collins' Magazine April 1950
* The Protection of Birds Act, 1954, (ar) Collins Young Elizabethan December 1954
* The Tweedsmuir Reserve: Canada's New National Park, (ar) The Windsor Magazine April 1938
Buchan, Thomas (chron.)
* Being too prodigal, (pm) The London Magazine January 1957
* Bullock Carts at Night, (pm) The London Magazine March 1958
* Freia, (pm) The London Magazine March 1958
* Three Poems, (gp) The London Magazine March 1958
* To Philosophize, (pm) The London Magazine March 1958
Buchan, William (James de L'Aigle) (1916-2008) (about) (chron.)
* Helen All Alone, (nv) Duckworth, 1961
Star Weekly Feb 17, Feb 24 1962
* Kumari, (ss) The Cornhill Magazine Autumn 1954
* On an Unhappy Queen, (pm) The Cornhill Magazine June 1934
* Requiem, (pm) The Cornhill Magazine June 1934
* Two Poems, (gp) The Cornhill Magazine June 1934
* A Winter Tale, (ss) Argosy (UK) January 1956
Buchanan, A. M. (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
* In the Day's Work, (ss) Smith's Magazine September 1915
Buchanan, Agnes Foster (fl. 1900s) (chron.)
* All in the Name, (ss) The Railroad Man's Magazine March 1908
* The Engagement of Allen Somers, (ss) The Pacific Monthly August 1907
* The Story of a Famous Fraternity of Writers and Artists, (ar) The Pacific Monthly January 1907
Buchanan, Alastair (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
* Keeping Fast Company, (ar) The Yacht March/April 1987
Buchanan, Andi C. (fl. 2000s-2020s); used pseudonym Anna Caro (about) (books) (chron.)
* After the Last Chapter, (ar) Uncanny Magazine #24, September/October 2018
* Below Salt-Heavy Tides, (ss) Mermaids Monthly #7, July 2021
* Blueprints, (ss) Fat Girl in a Strange Land ed. Kay T. Holt & Bart R. Leib, Crossed Genres Publications, 2012, as by Anna Caro
* Built in a Day, (ss) Luna Station Quarterly #13, March 2013, as by Anna Caro
The Best of Luna Station Quarterly: The First Five Years ed. Jennifer Lyn Parsons, Luna Station Press, 2015
* The Buoyancy of Gold, (ss) Khimairal Ink October 2009, as by Anna Caro
* A Consensus Told in Chromatophores, (ss) Three-Lobed Burning Eye #32, November 2020
* Design a Spaceship, (ar) Uncanny Magazine #24, September/October 2018
* Editorial, (ed) Capricious #9, January 2018
* Even the Clearest Water, (ss) Fireside Quarterly Spring 2020
Fireside Magazine #79, May 2020
Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy: V3 ed. Marie Hodgkinson, Paper Road Press, 2021
* A Foreign Country (with Juliet Buchanan), (Random Static, 2010, oa) , as by ed. Juliet Buchanan & Anna Caro
* Further Reading, (ar) Capricious #9, January 2018
* Girls Who Do Not Drown, (ss) Apex Magazine #115, December 2018
Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume I, Hodgkinson, Paper Road Press, 2019
* Growth, (ss) Fierce Family ed. Bart R. Leib, Crossed Genres Publications, 2014
* Henrietta and the End of the Line, (ss) Translunar Travelers Lounge #1, August 2019
Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy: V2, Hodgkinson, Paper Road Press, 2020
* If We Do Not Fly at Sunset, (ss) Lightspeed #144, May 2022
* I Will Teach You Magic, (ss) Cossmass Infinities #4, January 2021
* Like Clocks Work, (ss) Aurealis #132, July 2020
Best of British Science Fiction 2020, Scott, NewCon Press, 2021
* Millie, (ss) The Future Fire #25, 2012, as by Anna Caro
* Ōmarino, (ss) Rebuilding Tomorrow ed. Tsana Dolichva, Twelfth Planet Press, 2020
* Puppetry, (ss) Accessing the Future ed. Djibril al-Ayad & Kathryn Allan, Futurefire.net Publishing, 2015
* The Shape of My Wife, (ss) M-Brane SF #25, February 2011, as by Anna Caro
M-Brane SF Quarterly #3, August 2011 ed. Christopher Fletcher, CreateSpace, 2011, as by Anna Caro
* A Spell to Signal Home, (ss) GlitterShip Spring 2017
Transcendent 3, Tak^a'cs, Lethe Press, 2018
* Spring-Heeled Jack, (ss) Dark Valentine Summer 2011, as by Anna Caro
* Syren Song, (ss) Kaleidotrope Summer 2017
* This Other World, (na) Winter Well: Speculative Novellas About Older Women ed. Kay T. Holt, Crossed Genres Publications, 2013, as by Anna Caro
* Tourists, (ss) A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction ed. Anna Caro & Juliet Buchanan, Random Static, 2010, as by Anna Caro
* Under This Strange Sky, (ss) Aurealis #112, July 2018
* The Wasp-Keeper's Mother, (ss) Kaleidotrope Summer 2020
* Where a Good Town Will Take Us, (ss) Abyss & Apex #73, 1st Quarter 2020
* Editor: Capricious #1 Sep, #2 Dec 2015, #3 Apr, #4 Jul, #5 Oct 2016, #6 Jan, #7 May, #8 Dec 2017, #9 Jan, #10 Sep 2018, #11 Feb, #12 Jul 2019
Buchanan, Andrew
* If the Unknown Warrior Came Back to Life by Hannen Swaffer, (br) The Passing Show March 10 1934
Buchanan, Angus (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
* The Red-Walled City of Kano, (ar) The Windsor Magazine February 1928
Buchanan, Arthur (fl. 1890s) (chron.)
* The Real Sherman, (ia) Ainslee's Magazine October 1898
* Studies of Public Characters:
* ___ I: The Real Sherman, (ia) Ainslee's Magazine October 1898
Buchanan, Beatrix (fl. 1900s) (chron.)
* The Bath Chair, (ss) The Smart Set January 1903
* The Clown, R.A., (ss) The Lady's Realm December 1901
* The Judgment of All-Hallows, (ss) The Smart Set May 1903
* Sweet Lavender, (ss) The Lady's Realm March 1904
Buchanan, Bessie Glen (chron.)
* Poetry, (pm) Metropolitan Magazine November 1906
Buchanan, Beth (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
* Cupid's Girl Scout, (ss) Breezy Stories and Young's Magazine October 1938
Buchanan, Beth McL. (chron.)
* A Candy Masquerade: To Give on St. Valentine's Day, (ar) Woman's Home Companion February 1929
Buchanan, Betty (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
* A Fan, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine February 1978
* Gee Whiz, My Lovely, (ss) Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine June 1978
Buchanan, Bill (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
* Boston's Murder-of-the-Month Club, (ar) Argosy June 1967


Students begin applying Science and Engineering Practices as early as kindergarten, where they set the foundations to develop their scientific discoveries. While engaging in a variety of hands-on activities, students will explore the realms of physical, life, and earth sciences; while collaborating on engineering problem solving performance tasks. Students in grades 1-2 will participate in topic investigations designed to encourage curiosity, exploration, and critical thinking, while applying science concepts learned. In grades 3-5, students will begin to collaborate on selecting variables, creating and carrying out investigations, collecting data, and communicating findings. They will be working to develop critical skills in reporting claims supported by evidence and scientific reasoning – work that will carry into their middle school years.