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"""For internal use only; no backwards-compatibility guarantees."""

from __future__ import absolute_import

from google.protobuf import any_pb2
from google.protobuf import struct_pb2

def pack_Any(msg):
  """Creates a protobuf Any with msg as its content.

  Returns None if msg is None.
  """
  if msg is None:
    return None

  result = any_pb2.Any()
  result.Pack(msg)
  return result

def unpack_Any(any_msg, msg_class):
  """Unpacks any_msg into msg_class.

  Returns None if msg_class is None.
  """
  if msg_class is None:
    return None
  msg = msg_class()
  any_msg.Unpack(msg)
  return msg

def parse_Bytes(serialized_bytes, msg_class):
  """Parses the String of bytes into msg_class.

  Returns the input bytes if msg_class is None."""
  if msg_class is None or msg_class is bytes:
    return serialized_bytes
  msg = msg_class()
  msg.ParseFromString(serialized_bytes)
  return msg

def pack_Struct(**kwargs):
  """Returns a struct containing the values indicated by kwargs.
  """
  msg = struct_pb2.Struct()
  for key, value in kwargs.items():
    msg[key] = value  # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object, unsupported-assignment-operation
  return msg

def from_micros(cls, micros):
  result = cls()
  result.FromMicroseconds(micros)
  return result

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require 'vertx/buffer'
require 'vertx/write_stream'
require 'vertx/util/utils.rb'
# Generated from io.vertx.ext.web.codec.BodyCodec
module VertxWebCodec
  #  A codec for encoding and decoding HTTP bodies.
  class BodyCodec
    # @private
    # @param j_del [::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec] the java delegate
    def initialize(j_del, j_arg_T=nil)
      @j_del = j_del
      @j_arg_T = j_arg_T != nil ? j_arg_T : ::Vertx::Util::unknown_type
    end
    # @private
    # @return [::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec] the underlying java delegate
    def j_del
      @j_del
    end
    #  A codec for strings using a specific encoding.
    # @param [String] encoding the encoding
    # @return [::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec] the codec
    def self.string(encoding=nil)
      if !block_given? && encoding == nil
        return ::Vertx::Util::Utils.safe_create(Java::IoVertxExtWebCodec::BodyCodec.java_method(:string, []).call(),::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec, nil)
      elsif encoding.class == String && !block_given?
        return ::Vertx::Util::Utils.safe_create(Java::IoVertxExtWebCodec::BodyCodec.java_method(:string, [Java::java.lang.String.java_class]).call(encoding),::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec, nil)
      end
      raise ArgumentError, "Invalid arguments when calling string(#{encoding})"
    end
    # @return [::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec] the  codec
    def self.buffer
      if !block_given?
        return ::Vertx::Util::Utils.safe_create(Java::IoVertxExtWebCodec::BodyCodec.java_method(:buffer, []).call(),::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec,::Vertx::Buffer.j_api_type)
      end
      raise ArgumentError, "Invalid arguments when calling buffer()"
    end
    # @return [::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec] the  codec
    def self.json_object
      if !block_given?
        return ::Vertx::Util::Utils.safe_create(Java::IoVertxExtWebCodec::BodyCodec.java_method(:jsonObject, []).call(),::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec, nil)
      end
      raise ArgumentError, "Invalid arguments when calling json_object()"
    end
    # @return [::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec] a codec that simply discards the response
    def self.none
      if !block_given?
        return ::Vertx::Util::Utils.safe_create(Java::IoVertxExtWebCodec::BodyCodec.java_method(:none, []).call(),::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec, nil)
      end
      raise ArgumentError, "Invalid arguments when calling none()"
    end
    #  Create a codec that buffers the entire body and then apply the decode function and returns the result.
    # @yield the decode function
    # @return [::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec] the created codec
    def self.create(decode=nil)
      if block_given? && decode == nil
        return ::Vertx::Util::Utils.safe_create(Java::IoVertxExtWebCodec::BodyCodec.java_method(:create, [Java::JavaUtilFunction::Function.java_class]).call((Proc.new { |event| ::Vertx::Util::Utils.to_object(yield(::Vertx::Util::Utils.safe_create(event,::Vertx::Buffer))) })),::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec, nil)
      end
      raise ArgumentError, "Invalid arguments when calling create(#{decode})"
    end
    #  A body codec that pipes the body to a write stream.
    # @param [::Vertx::WriteStream] stream the destination tream
    # @return [::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec] the body codec for a write stream
    def self.pipe(stream=nil)
      if stream.class.method_defined?(:j_del) && !block_given?
        return ::Vertx::Util::Utils.safe_create(Java::IoVertxExtWebCodec::BodyCodec.java_method(:pipe, [Java::IoVertxCoreStreams::WriteStream.java_class]).call(stream.j_del),::VertxWebCodec::BodyCodec, nil)
      end
      raise ArgumentError, "Invalid arguments when calling pipe(#{stream})"
    end
  end
end


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Q: error: [Dagger/MissingBinding] SwipeRepository cannot be provided without an @Provides-annotated method I have a problem with Dagger/MissingBinding.I have red all the related answers on stackoverflow. They didn't solve my problem.
Errors looks like:
error: [Dagger/MissingBinding] SwipeRepository cannot be provided without an @Provides-annotated method.

And my sources:
AppModule.kt
@Module
@InstallIn(SingletonComponent::class)
object AppModule {

    @Provides
    @Singleton
    fun provideOkHttpClient(
        clientRequestInfo: ClientRequestInfo,
        sessionLocalDataSource: SessionLocalDataSource,
        loginLocalDataSource: LoginLocalDataSource,
        keyCheckerInterceptor: KeyCheckerInterceptor,
    ): OkHttpClient =
        OkHttpClient.Builder()
            .addInterceptor(
                ClientAuthInterceptor(
                    clientRequestInfo,
                    sessionLocalDataSource,
                    loginLocalDataSource
                )
            )
            .addInterceptor(keyCheckerInterceptor)
            .addInterceptor(HttpLoggingInterceptor().setLevel(HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.BODY))
            .build()

    @Provides
    @Singleton
    fun provideClientRequestInfo(): ClientRequestInfo = ClientRequestInfo.Builder()
        .appName("twit")
        .versionCode("3")
        .rotalume(false)
        .Build()

    @Provides
    @Singleton
    fun provideRetrofit(
        client: OkHttpClient, gson: Gson,
    ): Retrofit {
        return Retrofit.Builder()
            .baseUrl(LoginRetrofitService.ENDPOINT)
            .callFactory { client.newCall(it) }
            .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(gson))
            .build()
    }
}

SwipeModule.kt
@Module
@InstallIn(ActivityComponent::class)
abstract class SwipeModule {
    companion object {
        @Provides
        fun provideSwipeRetrofitService(retrofit: Retrofit): SwipeRetrofitService {
            return retrofit.create(SwipeRetrofitService::class.java)
        }

        @Provides
        fun provideSwipeRemoteDataSource(SwipeRetrofitService: SwipeRetrofitService): SwipeRemoteDataSource {
            return SwipeRemoteDataSource(SwipeRetrofitService)
        }

        @Provides
        fun provideSwipeRepository(
            SwipeRemoteDataSource: SwipeRemoteDataSource
        ): SwipeRepository {
            return SwipeRepositoryImpl(SwipeRemoteDataSource)
        }

        @Provides
        fun provideGetMatchUsersUsecase(SwipeRepository:SwipeRepositoryImpl): GetMatchUsersUsecase {
            return GetMatchUsersUsecase(SwipeRepository, Dispatchers.Default)
        }
    }

    @Binds
    abstract fun bindRepository(SwipeRepository: SwipeRepositoryImpl): SwipeRepository

}

GetMatchUsersUsecase.kt
class GetMatchUsersUsecase @Inject constructor(
    private val SwipeRepository: SwipeRepository,
    private val dispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher,
) : FlowUseCase<String, SwipeResult>(dispatcher) {

    override fun execute(parameters: String): Flow<Result<SwipeResult>> {
        return flow {
            SwipeRepository.getMatchUsers().collect { result ->
                emit(result)
            }
        }
    }
}

SwipeRepository.kt
interface SwipeRepository {
    fun getMatchUsers(): Flow<Result<SwipeResult>>
}

and finally, my build.gradle files:
build.gradle(Project)
buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = "1.4.21-2"
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.0-alpha08'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
        classpath 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-gradle-plugin:2.33-beta'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.4'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

build.gradle(app)
plugins {
    id 'com.android.application'
    id 'com.google.gms.google-services'
    id 'kotlin-android'
    id 'kotlin-android-extensions'
    id 'kotlin-kapt'
    id 'dagger.hilt.android.plugin'
}
android {
    compileSdkVersion 30
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "app.twit"
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 30
        versionCode 2
        versionName "0.1"
        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = '1.8'
        freeCompilerArgs += ["-Xallow-jvm-ir-dependencies", "-Xskip-prerelease-check"]
    }
    buildFeatures {
        compose true
    }
    composeOptions {
        kotlinCompilerVersion "1.4.21-2"
        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion "1.0.0-alpha11"
    }
}
dependencies {
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.1'
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.4.2"
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:1.4.2"
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4'
    implementation "com.google.dagger:hilt-android:2.33-beta"
    kapt "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:2.33-beta"
    kapt 'androidx.hilt:hilt-compiler:1.0.0-alpha03'
    implementation "androidx.hilt:hilt-lifecycle-viewmodel:1.0.0-alpha03"
}

So, please tell me any ideas how to fix it?

A: The problem here is usage of binds and provides together.
From the docs here: https://dagger.dev/dev-guide/faq.html#:~:text=Because%20%40Binds%20methods%20are%20just,implementation%20and%20will%20be%20invoked.

Why can't @Binds and instance @Provides methods go in the same module?
Because @Binds methods are just a method declaration, they are
expressed as abstract methods — no implementation is ever created and
nothing is ever invoked. On the other hand, a @Provides method does
have an implementation and will be invoked.
Since @Binds methods are never implemented, no concrete class is ever
created that implements those methods. However, instance @Provides
methods require a concrete class in order to construct an instance on
which the method can be invoked.

Solution:
If you want to use both in the same module. Use bind inside an interface. Like below.
@Module(includes = [SwipeModule.Test::class])
@InstallIn(SingletonComponent::class)
object SwipeModule {

    @Provides
    @Singleton
    fun providesRepo(): SwipeRepository {
        return SwipeRepositoryImpl()
    }

    @Module
    @InstallIn(SingletonComponent::class)
    interface Test{
        @Binds
        fun bindRepository(SwipeRepository: SwipeRepositoryImpl): SwipeRepository
    }

}

Try this way and let me know.

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One of the biggest changes for Concord Rangers as a club is of course the management setup within the team. I would like to thank both Danny & Nicky Cowley for all they?ve contributed to the club over the years they?ve been here, and the same goes for their parents Steve & Gill who have become a massive part of the support network here. With that in mind I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Adam Flanagan to Concord Rangers, and I wish him all the success in the new role here at the club. Adam brings a wealth of non-league playing experience to the club, and has had recent promotion success with Brentwood Town, taking them to the Ryman Premier League via the playoffs this past summer.
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Will MAX660 chip get fried in this case?
Discussion in 'General Electronics Chat' started by gaganaut, May 29, 2010.
I have a question about the power supply to an op amp.
My op amp requires a Vcc of +/-5V. Now fr the +5V part, I am planning to use a 78L05 voltage regulator. But I am pretty much unsure what I need to do for -5V.
I could probably use 79L05 and get -5V directly.
Or as a friend suggested, I could use a pump converter like MAX660 to invert the voltage. But I was looking thru the specs for MAX660 and noticed that it should invert the voltage fine, but the input current is of the order of a few uA. My 78L05 produces +5V at 100mA.
So my question is that will the inverting of +5V (100mA) by using a MAX660 chip fry the MAX660 chip itself?
Thanks R!f@@. I had the same feeling and in fact after I posted here, I realized that it should not matter. But a confirmation from an expert like you really puts the nail in the coffin. And as you suggested, I will use the negative regulator to keep my stuff simpler.
But I was looking thru the specs for MAX660 and noticed that it should invert the voltage fine, but the input current is of the order of a few uA. My 78L05 produces +5V at 100mA.
I read the MAX660 data sheet as giving the maximum output of 100 ma. If the load is only one op amp, the 78L05/Max660 should work fine.
If that means you have a negative voltage source, then the 79L05 will be superior to the MAX660.
Will this work in practice??!?!?!?!
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The idea was that the photographer could be included in photographs and videos or could be at a party on Skype and be included in a video conversation along with others in the room.Sadly beause we're pretty much doing this guide on the fly we're unable to truly show off how useful the feature is, but we can show you how to do.
Firstly you will need top open the camera app. From the Camera app you will notice 3 symbols on the top right hand side of the screen. The top of those 3 options allows you to switch from the front camera to main camera (and vice versa). The bottom of the 3 options opens up the camera menu. So instead of clicking on either of those two you need to select the middle option.
Of course this feature was made with certain purposes in mind though I could imagine a number of other scenarios including for example, taking a photograph of yourself somewhere rather unique (i.e. the top of a mountain) or with someone special (for example a celebrity) though it can, of course be used for various humorous pictures if you've the creativity to think of things.
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A Texas Lutheran's voice for peace in Palestine and Israel
Sharing resources for prayer, education and advocacy, seeking justice and peace in Palestine and Israel
The Lemon Tree - a true story of two people drawn into the politics of their homeland(s)
Amber Leberman of The Lutheran staff in Chicago posted a review of The Lemon Tree on the magazine's blog page - www.thelutheran.org/blog/index.cfm?page_id=33
"The Lemon Tree"
In 2003, I had the opportunity to visit Israel and the West Bank with a delegation of fellow ELCA communicators. Our group was led by Eric Shafer, who was then-director of ELCA Communication and Mary Jensen, who was, at the time, an associate with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land - www.elcjhl.org/
We visited Dalia Landau, an Israeli woman, at her home in West Jerusalem.
Over tea and biscuits, Dalia told us her story — how her family narrowly escaped being sent to a Nazi concentration camp and later fled Bulgaria to Israel, where they moved into a beautiful stone home with a lemon tree in the back yard. They were told the home had been abandoned by its Arab occupants.
She also told that one day while home alone from college, the doorbell rang. On the other side of the door stood Bashir Khairi, a young Arab man who had taken the bus from Ramallah to visit the home where he had been born.
She told us about the joys and challenges of her friendship with Bashir. She told us how their friendship was strained when Bashir was jailed for participating in a supermarket bombing in a Jewish neighborhood.
She told us how she (with Bashir's blessing) turned the home into a preschool for the Arab children of the neighborhood and a place where Israelis and Arabs could meet for dialogue.
And what struck me most about Dalia was her assertion that Israelis and Palestinians were the "significant others" of each other — that their futures were inextricably woven together.
Meeting Dalia left me wanting to know more about the story. I had no idea that Sandy Tolan of Homelands Productions had produced a radio story about it. It was by chance that I heard it one afternoon on Chicago Public Radio. (You can hear it too, at the Third Coast Audio Festival archive - www.thirdcoastfestival.org/audio_library_2001.asp)
Now "The Lemon Tree" is a book, also by Tolan.
Tolan tells the story as compellingly as if it were a novel. It's not. It's the true stories of two people drawn into the politics of their homeland(s). Tolan provides chapter-by-chapter notes about his sources and a thorough bibliography.
If you want to know more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this book is a great place to start. It weaves history and politics into a narrative that makes the reader care about the people involved.
If you read only one non-fiction book this year, make it "The Lemon Tree."
To find out more about the Open House, the preschool and community center in Ramle, visit www.friendsofopenhouse.org/
To read blog postings on The Lutheran's web page, got to www.thelutheran.org/blog/index.cfm?page_id=33
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Tonight was a weird night overall, as I wasn't great, but I seemed to welcome the fact that we had to move after the first game due to a scorer issue (right lane wasn't picking up second-ball scores consistently). I did well enough after the move to eke out my 500 and keep the damage to my average to a minimum.
Tom had our only 200 game in the second game, which we won, losing the other two and total. Second place won three points, so they moved into the lead, with my team in second, a point behind (I will still formalize this in a standings update.).


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Q: Upload a photo to remote server PHP I want to upload a file to a remote which can be downloaded from a url. Below is the code that I used to do that, but the $response that I get says that file is not received in the server end.
$path = "http://image-server/image.jpg";

$ch=curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,"https://my-server/files/images");

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST,true);

$post=array("content"=>$path);

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$post);

$response=curl_exec($ch);

FYI : the file needs to be sent as the value for a parameter(content).
Thanks.

A: Please take a look at the servers access.log if the request arrives there and then check the error.log if an error occoured.
It might be the SSL Connection. Can you try the post without SSL?
Take a look at this for SSL and cURL:
http://unitstep.net/blog/2009/05/05/using-curl-in-php-to-access-https-ssltls-protected-sites/


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A Brooklyn-based health network faces a state police probe for allegedly improperly obtaining COVID-19 vaccines and distributing them to the public, authorities said Saturday.
ParCare, a well-known network of six clinics that serves Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn and upstate Orange County, openly bragged that it had 3,500 doses of the Moderna vaccine.
One of the first recipients of the vaccine was Mark Appel, a well-known nonprofit leader who once served on the board of the city Health and Hospitals Corp.
Appel sees nothing wrong with getting the shot because he is diabetic and spends time doing work in hospitals for his multicultural outreach charity called The Bridge.
"I don't feel bad that I got it," Appel told the Daily News. "I'm out there every day helping people on the front lines."
ParCare posted this advertisement for its supply of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. ParCare, a well-known network of six clinics in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn and upstate Orange County, openly bragged that it had 3,500 doses of the Moderna vaccine. (Obtained by Daily News)
ParCare vowed to vaccinate anyone over age 60 who sign up online on a "first come first served basis" — a blatant violation of state rules mandating health care workers and nursing home patients get the shots first.
"Hundreds of patients were already vaccinated, and people are still coming in," Gary Schlesinger, ParCare's CEO, told BoroPark24.com, a local news outlet in the Brooklyn neighborhood, early this week. "You (just) need to be on the list."
Schlesinger, a prominent health-care leader in the Hasidic Jewish community, could not immediately be reached for comment during the Jewish Sabbath.
Mark Meyer Appel gets his Moderna vaccine. (Facebook.com)
"Hopefully in another week or two, we will have enough to give more people," he told the news site.
BoroPark24 published a picture of Schlesinger posing proudly with newly obtained doses of the Moderna vaccines. He claimed that ParCare was able to obtain the vaccines because its clinics are larger than other community based clinics.
Appel defended Schlesinger for obtaining the vaccines before other health organizations. He suggested the state should be praising ParCare for getting shots in arms quickly — not launching an investigation.
"If Gary got the vaccines first, God bless him," Appel said. "The state should investigate why they can't get more people vaccinated fast enough."
But Howard Zucker, the state health Commissioner, lashed out at ParCare, saying it apparently "fraudulently obtained" the vaccine doses.
A box of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Brooklyn-based health network is faces a state police probe for allegedly improperly obtaining COVID-19 vaccines. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
The vaccines are supposed to be distributed only through hospitals and nursing homes at this stage of the vaccine rollout.
"Anyone found to have knowingly participated in this scheme will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law," Zucker said.


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For other uses, see Truss (disambiguation).
Truss bridge for a single-track railway, converted to pedestrian use and pipeline support. In this example the truss is the assembly of triangular units supporting the bridge.
An Egyptian ship with a rope truss, the oldest known use of trusses. Trusses did not come into common use until the Roman era.
A truss is an assembly of beams or other elements that creates a rigid structure. In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assemblage as a whole behaves as a single object". A "two-force member" is a structural component where force is applied to only two points. Although this rigorous definition allows the members to have any shape connected in any stable configuration, trusses typically comprise five or more triangular units constructed with straight members whose ends are connected at joints referred to as nodes.
In this typical context, external forces and reactions to those forces are considered to act only at the nodes and result in forces in the members that are either tensile or compressive. For straight members, moments (torques) are explicitly excluded because, and only because, all the joints in a truss are treated as revolutes, as is necessary for the links to be two-force members.
A planar truss is one where all members and nodes lie within a two dimensional plane, while a space truss has members and nodes that extend into three dimensions. The top beams in a truss are called top chords and are typically in compression, the bottom beams are called bottom chords, and are typically in tension. The interior beams are called webs, and the areas inside the webs are called panels, or from graphic statics (see Cremona diagram) polygons.
Truss derives from the Old French word trousse, from around 1200, which means "collection of things bound together". The term truss has often been used to describe any assembly of members such as a cruck frame or a couple of rafters. One engineering definition is: "A truss is a single plane framework of individual structural member [sic] connected at their ends of forms a series of triangle [sic] to span a large distance".
A truss consists of typically (but not necessarily) straight members connected at joints, traditionally termed panel points. Trusses are typically (but not necessarily) composed of triangles because of the structural stability of that shape and design. A triangle is the simplest geometric figure that will not change shape when the lengths of the sides are fixed. In comparison, both the angles and the lengths of a four-sided figure must be fixed for it to retain its shape. The joint at which a truss is designed to be supported is commonly referred to as the Munter Point.
The simplest form of a truss is one single triangle. This type of truss is seen in a framed roof consisting of rafters and a ceiling joist, and in other mechanical structures such as bicycles and aircraft. Because of the stability of this shape and the methods of analysis used to calculate the forces within it, a truss composed entirely of triangles is known as a simple truss. However, a simple truss is often defined more restrictively by demanding that it can be constructed through successive addition of pairs of members, each connected to two existing joints and to each other to form a new joint, and this definition does not require a simple truss to comprise only triangles. The traditional diamond-shape bicycle frame, which utilizes two conjoined triangles, is an example of a simple truss.
A planar truss lies in a single plane. Planar trusses are typically used in parallel to form roofs and bridges.
The depth of a truss, or the height between the upper and lower chords, is what makes it an efficient structural form. A solid girder or beam of equal strength would have substantial weight and material cost as compared to a truss. For a given span, a deeper truss will require less material in the chords and greater material in the verticals and diagonals. An optimum depth of the truss will maximize the efficiency.
A space frame truss is a three-dimensional framework of members pinned at their ends. A tetrahedron shape is the simplest space truss, consisting of six members that meet at four joints. Large planar structures may be composed from tetrahedrons with common edges, and they are also employed in the base structures of large free-standing power line pylons.
For more truss types, see truss types used in bridges.
The pitched truss, or common truss, is characterized by its triangular shape. It is most often used for roof construction. Some common trusses are named according to their "web configuration". The chord size and web configuration are determined by span, load and spacing.
The parallel chord truss, or flat truss, gets its name from its parallel top and bottom chords. It is often used for floor construction.
A combination of the two is a truncated truss, used in hip roof construction. A metal plate-connected wood truss is a roof or floor truss whose wood members are connected with metal connector plates.
Truss members form a series of isosceles triangles, alternating up and down.
Truss members are made up of all equivalent equilateral triangles. The minimum composition is two regular tetrahedrons along with an octahedron. They fill up three dimensional space in a variety of configurations.
The Pratt truss was patented in 1844 by two Boston railway engineers, Caleb Pratt and his son Thomas Willis Pratt. The design uses vertical members for compression and diagonal members to respond to tension. The Pratt truss design remained popular as bridge designers switched from wood to iron, and from iron to steel. This continued popularity of the Pratt truss is probably due to the fact that the configuration of the members means that longer diagonal members are only in tension for gravity load effects. This allows these members to be used more efficiently, as slenderness effects related to buckling under compression loads (which are compounded by the length of the member) will typically not control the design. Therefore, for given planar truss with a fixed depth, the Pratt configuration is usually the most efficient under static, vertical loading.
The Southern Pacific Railroad bridge in Tempe, Arizona is a 393 meter (1,291 foot) long truss bridge built in 1912. The structure is composed of nine Pratt truss spans of varying lengths. The bridge is still in use today.
The Wright Flyer used a Pratt truss in its wing construction, as the minimization of compression member lengths allowed for lower aerodynamic drag.
Named for their shape, bowstring trusses were first used for arched truss bridges, often confused with tied-arch bridges.
Thousands of bowstring trusses were used during World War II for holding up the curved roofs of aircraft hangars and other military buildings. Many variations exist in the arrangements of the members connecting the nodes of the upper arc with those of the lower, straight sequence of members, from nearly isosceles triangles to a variant of the Pratt truss.
One of the simplest truss styles to implement, the king post consists of two angled supports leaning into a common vertical support.
The queen post truss, sometimes queenpost or queenspost, is similar to a king post truss in that the outer supports are angled towards the centre of the structure. The primary difference is the horizontal extension at the centre which relies on beam action to provide mechanical stability. This truss style is only suitable for relatively short spans.
Lenticular trusses, patented in 1878 by William Douglas (although the Gaunless Bridge of 1823 was the first of the type), have the top and bottom chords of the truss arched, forming a lens shape. A lenticular pony truss bridge is a bridge design that involves a lenticular truss extending above and below the roadbed.
American architect Ithiel Town designed Town's Lattice Truss as an alternative to heavy-timber bridges. His design, patented in 1820 and 1835, uses easy-to-handle planks arranged diagonally with short spaces in between them, to form a lattice.
The Vierendeel truss is a structure where the members are not triangulated but form rectangular openings, and is a frame with fixed joints that are capable of transferring and resisting bending moments. As such, it does not fit the strict definition of a truss (since it contains non-two-force members): regular trusses comprise members that are commonly assumed to have pinned joints, with the implication that no moments exist at the jointed ends. This style of structure was named after the Belgian engineer Arthur Vierendeel, who developed the design in 1896. Its use for bridges is rare due to higher costs compared to a triangulated truss.
The utility of this type of structure in buildings is that a large amount of the exterior envelope remains unobstructed and can be used for windows and door openings. In some applications this is preferable to a braced-frame system, which would leave some areas obstructed by the diagonal braces.
A truss that is assumed to comprise members that are connected by means of pin joints, and which is supported at both ends by means of hinged joints or rollers, is described as being statically determinate. Newton's Laws apply to the structure as a whole, as well as to each node or joint. In order for any node that may be subject to an external load or force to remain static in space, the following conditions must hold: the sums of all (horizontal and vertical) forces, as well as all moments acting about the node equal zero. Analysis of these conditions at each node yields the magnitude of the compression or tension forces.
Trusses that are supported at more than two positions are said to be statically indeterminate, and the application of Newton's Laws alone is not sufficient to determine the member forces.
where m is the total number of truss members, j is the total number of joints and r is the number of reactions (equal to 3 generally) in a 2-dimensional structure.
, the truss is said to be statically determinate, because the (m+3) internal member forces and support reactions can then be completely determined by 2j equilibrium equations, once we know the external loads and the geometry of the truss. Given a certain number of joints, this is the minimum number of members, in the sense that if any member is taken out (or fails), then the truss as a whole fails. While the relation (a) is necessary, it is not sufficient for stability, which also depends on the truss geometry, support conditions and the load carrying capacity of the members.
Some structures are built with more than this minimum number of truss members. Those structures may survive even when some of the members fail. Their member forces depend on the relative stiffness of the members, in addition to the equilibrium condition described.
Because the forces in each of its two main girders are essentially planar, a truss is usually modeled as a two-dimensional plane frame. However if there are significant out-of-plane forces, the structure must be modeled as a three-dimensional space.
The analysis of trusses often assumes that loads are applied to joints only and not at intermediate points along the members. The weight of the members is often insignificant compared to the applied loads and so is often omitted; alternatively, half of the weight of each member may be applied to its two end joints. Provided that the members are long and slender, the moments transmitted through the joints are negligible, and the junctions can be treated as "hinges" or "pin-joints".
Under these simplifying assumptions, every member of the truss is then subjected to pure compression or pure tension forces – shear, bending moment, and other more-complex stresses are all practically zero. Trusses are physically stronger than other ways of arranging structural elements, because nearly every material can resist a much larger load in tension or compression than in shear, bending, torsion, or other kinds of force.
These simplifications make trusses easier to analyze. Structural analysis of trusses of any type can readily be carried out using a matrix method such as the direct stiffness method, the flexibility method, or the finite element method.
Illustrated is a simple, statically determinate flat truss with 9 joints and (2 x 9) − 3 = 15 members. External loads are concentrated in the outer joints. Since this is a symmetrical truss with symmetrical vertical loads, the reactive forces at A and B are vertical, equal, and half the total load.
A truss can be thought of as a beam where the web consists of a series of separate members instead of a continuous plate. In the truss, the lower horizontal member (the bottom chord) and the upper horizontal member (the top chord) carry tension and compression, fulfilling the same function as the flanges of an I-beam. Which chord carries tension and which carries compression depends on the overall direction of bending. In the truss pictured above right, the bottom chord is in tension, and the top chord in compression.
The diagonal and vertical members form the truss web, and carry the shear stress. Individually, they are also in tension and compression, the exact arrangement of forces is depending on the type of truss and again on the direction of bending. In the truss shown above right, the vertical members are in tension, and the diagonals are in compression.
In addition to carrying the static forces, the members serve additional functions of stabilizing each other, preventing buckling. In the adjacent picture, the top chord is prevented from buckling by the presence of bracing and by the stiffness of the web members.
The inclusion of the elements shown is largely an engineering decision based upon economics, being a balance between the costs of raw materials, off-site fabrication, component transportation, on-site erection, the availability of machinery and the cost of labor. In other cases the appearance of the structure may take on greater importance and so influence the design decisions beyond mere matters of economics. Modern materials such as prestressed concrete and fabrication methods, such as automated welding, have significantly influenced the design of modern bridges.
Once the force on each member is known, the next step is to determine the cross section of the individual truss members. For members under tension the cross-sectional area A can be found using A = F × γ / σy, where F is the force in the member, γ is a safety factor (typically 1.5 but depending on building codes) and σy is the yield tensile strength of the steel used.
The members under compression also have to be designed to be safe against buckling.
The weight of a truss member depends directly on its cross section—that weight partially determines how strong the other members of the truss need to be. Giving one member a larger cross section than on a previous iteration requires giving other members a larger cross section as well, to hold the greater weight of the first member—one needs to go through another iteration to find exactly how much greater the other members need to be. Sometimes the designer goes through several iterations of the design process to converge on the "right" cross section for each member. On the other hand, reducing the size of one member from the previous iteration merely makes the other members have a larger (and more expensive) safety factor than is technically necessary, but doesn't require another iteration to find a buildable truss.
The effect of the weight of the individual truss members in a large truss, such as a bridge, is usually insignificant compared to the force of the external loads.
After determining the minimum cross section of the members, the last step in the design of a truss would be detailing of the bolted joints, e.g., involving shear stress of the bolt connections used in the joints. Based on the needs of the project, truss internal connections (joints) can be designed as rigid, semi rigid, or hinged. Rigid connections can allow transfer of bending moments leading to development of secondary bending moments in the members.
Component connections are critical to the structural integrity of a framing system. In buildings with large, clearspan wood trusses, the most critical connections are those between the truss and its supports. In addition to gravity-induced forces (a.k.a. bearing loads), these connections must resist shear forces acting perpendicular to the plane of the truss and uplift forces due to wind. Depending upon overall building design, the connections may also be required to transfer bending moment.
Wood posts enable the fabrication of strong, direct, yet inexpensive connections between large trusses and walls. Exact details for post-to-truss connections vary from designer to designer, and may be influenced by post type. Solid-sawn timber and glulam posts are generally notched to form a truss bearing surface. The truss is rested on the notches and bolted into place. A special plate/bracket may be added to increase connection load transfer capabilities. With mechanically-laminated posts, the truss may rest on a shortened outer-ply or on a shortened inner-ply. The later scenario places the bolts in double shear and is a very effective connection.
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^ Merriman, Mansfield (1912) . American Civil Engineers' Pocket Book. New York: J. Wiley & Sons. p. 785. Retrieved 2008-08-16. The Economic Depth of a Truss is that which makes the material in a bridge a minimum.
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Community strategy on health and safety at work (2007-2012)
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Workplace accidents and work-related illnesses are very costly in not only human but also economic terms. The Commission's strategy aims for a 25 % reduction in the total incidence rate of accidents at work by 2012.
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 21 February 2007, entitled 'Improving quality and productivity at work: Community strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work' [COM(2007) 62 final - Not published in the Official Journal].
Good health at work helps improve public health in general and also the productivity and competitiveness of businesses. Furthermore, workplace problems of health and safety exact a high cost for social protection systems and therefore workers need to be provided with suitable working conditions if their general wellbeing is to be enhanced.
The Community's current strategy on workplace health and safety is a continuation of its strategy for 2002-2006. The previous strategy has already borne fruit: workplace accidents have been markedly fewer in number. The new 2007-2012 strategy, which is even more ambitious, is focusing on achieving a 25 % reduction in the total incidence rate of accidents at work and, in order to achieve its goal, the Commission has established six intermediate objectives, which are summarised below.
Putting in place a modern and effective legislative framework
There are sometimes serious shortcomings in the application of Community legislation on workplace health and safety. The Commission will ensure that Community directives are transposed properly (if necessary, infringement proceedings will be launched). The Commission also draws the attention of the Member States to their obligation to implement Community legislation, for which they have several methods at their disposal, e.g. training, dissemination of information, involvement of labour inspectors or use of economic incentives.
Community legislation should not only be more effectively implemented but also be applied in a uniform manner in all the Member States in order to guarantee equivalent levels of protection to all European workers. At Community level, the Senior Labour Inspectors' Committee (SLIC) will be working to develop mechanisms whereby common solutions can be found to problems specific to several Member States. The Committee will also be responsible for promoting cooperation between labour inspectorates.
In terms of worker protection, it is also essential to adapt the legal framework to changes in the world of work and to the latest technical advances. The Commission proposes to examine, for example, the possibility of launching initiatives to assess the musculo-skeletal risks involved in certain occupations and to investigate areas where carcinogens might be in use.
When all is said and done, any adaptation of the legal framework must also make that framework less complex and more effective. The Commission emphasises that simplified legislation should not lead to a reduction in existing levels of protection.
Encouraging the development and implementation of national strategies
The Commission invites the Member States to define and to adopt national strategies that are coherent with Community strategy and to establish quantitative objectives to be achieved within that context. The Commission proposes that the Member States pay particular attention to four areas:
prevention and health surveillance;
rehabilitation and reintegration of workers;
responses to social and demographic change (the ageing of the population, younger workers);
coordination between, on the one hand, policies on health and safety at work and, on the other, policies on public health, regional development and social cohesion, public procurement, employment and restructuring.
Promoting changes in behaviour
Changes in behaviour should be encouraged at all levels from primary school through to the world of work. The Commission calls upon the Member States to make wider use of the potential offered by the European Social Fund and other Community funds with a view to incorporating health and safety into education and training programmes. The raising of awareness within companies can be promoted through direct or indirect financial incentives, such as reductions in social contributions or insurance premiums, or increases in economic aid.
Confronting new and increasing risks
It is essential to step up scientific research in order to be able to anticipate, identify and respond to new workplace health and safety risks. At Community level, research in the areas of workplace health and safety is supported by the 7th framework programme for research and technological development. At national level, the Commission encourages Member States to coordinate their research programmes.
Depression is, at the present time, an increasingly important cause of incapacity for work. Mental health should be promoted in the workplace, e.g. by stepping up initiatives aimed at preventing violence and harassment in the workplace or combating stress.
Improving measurement of progress made
The Commission will ensure that statistics and information on national strategies are collected and that qualitative indicators are developed to enhance knowledge of progress achieved in the areas of health and safety at work.
Promoting health and safety at international level
The European Union is seeking to raise labour standards worldwide and will endeavour to increase its cooperation with third countries and with international organisations such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) or the World Health Organisation (WHO). For example, it aims to promote implementation of the global strategy on occupational safety and health, adopted by the ILO in 2003, ratification of the promotional framework for occupational safety and health convention, adopted in 2006, and the banning of asbestos.
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Communication from the Commission to the Council and European Parliament of 8 November 2007 transmitting the European framework agreement on harassment and violence at work [COM(2007) 686 final [Not published in the Official Journal]. This Communication relates to the European framework agreement on harassment and violence at work. It is the third autonomous agreement of its type, negotiated by the European cross-industry social partners. Its objective is to prevent and, where necessary, manage problems of bullying, harassment and physical violence in the workplace. Such situations are roundly condemned by the social partners, which call upon European companies to adopt a policy of zero tolerance.
The European framework agreement on harassment and violence at work was signed on 26 April 2007 by the ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME and CEEP.


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Huckabee's turn at Straw Poll
August 11, 2007 by O.Kay Henderson
Below are the notes from Huckabee's speech at the Straw Poll:
Video of Huckabee meeting voters is on the screen — a high-tempo version of "I'm Walkin' on Sunshine" is the music underneath. People in the video are dancing. There are shots of Huckabee's band. Lots of happy, laughing people in the video. "It's time to feel good," is the lyric in the song.
Now, Bob Vander Plaats is on the mic — "the governor from Hope, Arkansas that's not going to marry Hillary Clinton. He's going to beat Hillary Clinton," is how Vander Plaats intros Huckabee.
"What an incredible day this is….give America back to the people on Main Street," Huckabee began.
"A Republican in my state feels about as out-of-place as Michael Vick at the Westminster Dog Show," he joked.
:"I can't buy you….I can't even rent you, but today, the straw poll is a day that can change all of that because the Straw poll is not about electing a straw man….and the fact is these are voters here who understand that they're buying the cereal, not just the box," Huckabee said.
Now, on to the optimistic message. Mentions Jesus parable.
"I know where I've come from. It's been an uphill battle….I understand what struggle means..born into a family in which I was the first male in my family liheage just to finish high school….I like the mountain top but I've spent a lot more of my life in the valley…that's where we grow."
"The greatest gift we can give to the next generation is to sacrifice for them rather than sacrifice them for ourselvees," he said.
Next up, Fair Tax, then secure borders.
"We appreciate the fact that we live in a country that people are trying to break into, not that they're trying to break out of, but we want to make sure that…it's at least as hard to get into this country through an international border….as it is to get on an airplane," he said.
Suggests turning over tracking of illegals to FedEx.
Now, energy message….suggests US should tell the Middle East: "Keep your oil. Put it on your salads, put it in your hair," Huckabee said of foreign oil.
Talks about food secucrity.
"Let's be a party that can communicate and articulate without confrontation….(merges into pro-life message)….Today, we wait anxiously for the fate of those coal miners in Huntington, Utah not because we know them personally but because they're fellow human beings…that says a lot about who we are as people…We do value life, unlike Islamic jihadists."
Talks about his nine visits to Israel and taking his children there. "I want them to see when good people do nothing….(re: Holocaust)…when evil is unrestrained by goodness." Tells story of taking daughter on a trip to Israel.
"Why didn't somebody do something?" his daughter wrote in the guest book.
"We are the somebodies (who can do something)….give me your vote in this Straw Poll."
Now, John Cougar is singing Rockin' in the USA as Huckabee exits stage.
Filed Under: Iowa Caucuses, Politics Tagged With: Bob Vander Plaats, Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee
Bob Anderson says
Mike Huckabee had the vast majority of the crowd eating out of his hand with some of the stories and illustrations he used to make some points. Finally, after watching at least five televised debates (3 Republican) my wife and I are glad to note an authenticity, genuiness and brilliant grip of the issues from a candidate who has a personal life and political track record that is not only exemplary, but inspiring. WE LIKE MIKE!!!


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By Mrs. WaterBuck October 13, 2013 Read More →
Just One Reason Why We Prepare
By Linda Holliday
The older we get, the more often my husband and I catch ourselves saying, "It didn't use to be like this." It's why we're preppers.
Just as environmental scientists predicted 20 to 30 years ago, we do have more extreme weather of every sort – hurricanes, tsunami, too much and not enough precipitation, colder and hotter temperatures, mudslides, wildfires, etc. And that's just the oddities in our weather. So much is different since we were born, including a doubling of the world population and the host of troubles that brings.
When I was young, we rarely watched TV in our house, partly because my mother freaked out about the electricity bill and said we'd ruin our eyes. So, for a single program to stand out in my memory is no big deal – except that the CBS Special Report I recall aired in 1970.
When newscaster Walter Cronkite presented "Earth Day – A Question of Survival," on the first-ever national Earth Day, I was in elementary school. The founder, young Democratic Sen. Gaylord Nelson, hailed from my home state of Wisconsin.
Although I was too young to understand all the event's goals, and my dad called all activists "hippies," the movement inspired me because I was such an outdoors' kid. In all seasons and weather, I was building forts, swimming, sledding, fishing, hunting or just plain exploring. I didn't want my beautiful world poisoned.
Watching a video of the original program recently, I was reminded of Cronkite's words about our "fouled skies, filthy water and littered earth." He called the first national Earth Day a "day dedicated to enlisting all the citizens of a bountiful country in a common cause of saving life from the deadly byproducts of that bounty."
I scored an A+ on my classroom poster project for the event. I drew a crying rabbit sitting on a stump surrounded by acres of sawn trees. He held a sign spelling P-O-L-L-U-T-I-O-N vertically, with each letter starting a word my young mind perceived as being really bad. Using a dictionary, I came up with Putrid, Obscene, Loud, Lousy, Ugly, Toxic, Icky, Oily and Nasty.
With a limited view, I thought our planet's problems were roadside litter and air pollution in far-off Los Angeles and New York. I knew nothing of overpopulation, depleting aquifers, nuclear waste, ozone destruction, space junk, global warming, receding icecaps, peak oil, genetically modified organisms at loose in agriculture, poisons in drinking water, rainforest depletion or extinction of species.
Then it hit me as I read more news of that era and watched more Earth Day 1970 videos. No one was talking about those issues. Our concerns really were easier to grasp because we could see and smell them – industrial waste in our environment and a general untidiness.
I seldom came across more alarming issues, such as from a speech by biologist Barry Commoner at an Earth Day Teach-In. "This planet is threatened with destruction and we who live in it with death. The heavens reek, the waters below us are foul, children die in infancy, and we and the world, which is our home, live on the brink of nuclear annihilation."
Cronkite said the first national Earth Day attracted people (predominantly young, white and anti-Nixon) in 2,000 U.S. communities. "The protests appeared frivolous and the protestors curiously carefree," he said, "although their message was clear – act or die." Incidentally, President Richard Nixon's staff advised him not to attend any teach-ins and the federal budget had no funds for environmental problems.
Perhaps Cronkite's over-the-top language caused many then to ignore the grassroots mission as hyperbole. It was another 20 years before Earth Day became a world event.
When a United Nations committee in 1987 called for banning manmade chlorofluorocarbons by 2000 after scientific evidence the chemicals eat away Earth's ozone layer, developing nations such as China balked at a total phase-out of CFCs. China said it "did not want to sacrifice economic progress," according to a 1989 "Young Students Learning Library" textbook. In developing countries' view, industrialized nations had been recklessly polluting the world for decades and should be the ones to pay the penalty.
In 1990, George H.W. Bush presented himself as the "environmental president." A year later, the Bush Administration disagreed with proposals by Japan and the European Community to deal with hazards of global warming, according to "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. The Bush Administration feared setting limits and timetables on carbon emissions would "hurt the nation's economy" in the short term without "demonstrable long-term climatic benefit."
Just last month, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finally said with confidence that it is "extremely likely" global warming experienced since the 1950s is manmade. In 2007 the panel said it was "very likely" to be man's fault.
Qin Dahe, who co-chaired the panel's report, said, "Our assessment of the science finds that the atmosphere and oceans have warmed, the amount of snow and ice has diminished, the global mean sea level has risen and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased."
Still, just like in 1970, some experts disagree with the panel's findings, referring to a slowdown in warming over the past 15 years. The panel said that while air temperature may not be warmer, the ocean temperature is. During UN Climate Week, former Vice President Al Gore reported that 12 of the hottest world temperatures have been recorded in the last 15 years. That has certainly been true here in the Ozarks, coupled with record drought.
In 2007, I spoke with a global warming expert, scientists and meteorologists about Missouri's extreme weather. Their consensus was, no matter global warming's cause, we could expect more severe storms, insect infestations, heavier downpours, longer droughts and more bizarre weather. And that was if we did nothing more to contribute to global warming.
As the experts warned, rain rarely falls gently here anymore. It pummels the earth, storms in like a hurricane or doesn't rain for weeks on end. Instead of welcoming a rain shower when thunder rumbles in the distance, we wonder if it's time to bolt to the basement or if our garden will be smashed to smithereens.
When I asked Dr. Helen Caldicott, an anti-nuclear speaker for 40 years, why we didn't pay attention sooner to the environmental warning signs, she merely said, "Yes, indeed, why didn't we?" Now, with the potential for a multitude of grave calamities, the outlook is bleak. The release of radioactive contamination from the earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant is "much, much worse" than even Caldicott forewarned us about.
Some experts discredit Caldicott for her "fear-based plea" for ending nuclear power. Perhaps economic interests override concerns of public safety and planet health. Meanwhile, in Washington State, nuclear waste holding tanks are leaking the world's most dangerous substance into the environment – and have been for years – with no plans to replace the tanks.
Sadly, our environmental concerns are no longer as mundane as empty beer cans and old tires pitched in the woods. Our societal worries are just as overwhelming. So, we prepare.
We remember when it didn't use to be this way.
Artwork by Linda Holliday, circa. 1974
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EMP: Electromagnetic Pulse (Part One)
Survivalism for Dummies
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About the Author: Mrs. WaterBuck
Linda Holliday lives in the Missouri Ozarks where she and her husband formed Well WaterBoy Products, a company devoted to helping people live more self-sufficiently off grid, and invented the WaterBuck Pump. A former newspaper editor and reporter, Holliday blogs for Mother Earth News, sharing her skills in modern homesteading, organic gardening and human-powered devices. To read more, visit her blog.


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Q: Why does new ImageData from new Uint8ClampedArray create a black and white image I am stitching 2 images together to create a single image. Overlaying might be a better term. The first image is the following.

The second image is the following:

After doing some canvas magic, I am able to overlay the final image using TWO canvas elements which looks like this

I then grab the image data of both images and "stitch" together the image data to re-create the illusion of a single image from 2 canvas elements overlaid into a single canvas using the following technique
let r, g, b, a;
let r_, g_, b_, a_;

let stitched_data = [];

for (let i = 0; i + 3 < background.data.length; i += 4) {
  r = background.data[i];
  g = background.data[i];
  b = background.data[i];
  a = background.data[i];

  r_ = foreground.data[i];
  g_ = foreground.data[i];
  b_ = foreground.data[i];
  a_ = foreground.data[i];

  let _r, _g, _b, _a;

  if (a_ != 0) {
    console.log(a, a_);
    _r = r_;
    _g = g_;
    _b = b_;
    _a = 255;
  } else {
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    _a = 255;
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let stitched = Uint8ClampedArray.from(stitched_data);
let stiched_ = new ImageData(stitched, canvas.width, canvas.height);
ctx.putImageData(stiched_, 0, 0);

Both the foreground and background are ImageData using the ctx.getImageData function built into the canvas API. I then recreate a new image data from a new Uint8ClampedArray, and feed that into the constructor function for a new ImageData. The result is exactly what I want, EXCEPT it is black and white only!!! Why don't the RGB values carry over?? This doesn't make sense to me, can someone please explain why, despite me carrying over the image data, it only saves it to black and white??
This is the final result

A: Thanks to @Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans, I was able to solve this issue very quickly. I was unaware that this is what alpha channels were for
var image1 = new Image();
image1.src = background_canvas.toDataURL();

var image2 = new Image();
image2.src = foreground_canvas.toDataURL();

ctx.drawImage(image1, 0, 0);
ctx.drawImage(image2, 0, 0);

return document.querySelector("body").appendChild(canvas);


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Kinetic Synergy
By&nbspMultiple Authors
Orchestrating All-In Leadership
In September 2016, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosted its first Collaboration Artist recognition program. The goal of its umbrella initiative, Collaborate America, is "to spark a program to inspire future generations and truly change the world … and learn from some of the greatest collaborators of our generation."
With event honorees including the likes of the James Beard Foundation and ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership, coordinators described artful collaboration as perhaps "our most critical resource in terms of the future of mankind. Imagine if [it] were taught to children and seen by them as one of the most important skills."
Two things struck me about the Collaboration Artist concept. One, it is yet another example of the recent focus on the value of leaders working together as creative teams, rather than as groups or individuals competing for credit or recognition. When we work in harmony, we create kinetic synergy, the topic of this issue of Business Officer. Said another way, we create "Currents of Collaboration," the theme of the NACUBO 2017 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis.
Second, included in the Collaborate America advisory committee are representatives of the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau, host of our annual meeting in 2018, where we will continue to explore creativity and ingenuity.
Thinking in Harmony
With evolving technology and artificial intelligence gaining momentum, collaborative efforts are not limited to the human mind. A case in point is the cover art of this issue of Business Officer—a product of Andy Gilmore's technique of considering sound, light, and even music, to inform his designs. As a draftsman, designer, and musician based in Rochester, N.Y., Gilmore also incorporates nature to spark ideas in work that is described as "exploring the physical properties of sound and light put to form."
Perhaps one of the best examples of collaborating to create the bold and new is YoYo Ma's development of "The Music of Strangers," with his Silk Road Ensemble. The world-renowned cellist sought out musicians from all parts of the globe to experiment in combining the sounds of instruments that had never before been played together—not only producing unique sounds, but also fostering cultural connections and global understanding.
Bringing such concepts to the practical world of higher education financial management and operations, this issue's introductory feature, "Thinking Differently, Together," is based on an interview with Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur, and focuses on their work in building bridges among individuals who are intellectually diverse. Part of that technique is to recognize that each person can bring a unique contribution based on respective talents and thinking styles. In their book, Collaborative Intelligence (Spiegel and Grau, 2015), Markova and McArthur note: "The latest research in neuroscience indicates that we are hardwired to connect, understand, and harmonize with one another. And, in a complex, hyper-speed global economy, our future depends on it."
The balance of the issue is organized in three sections that describe collaboration within, among, and outside colleges and universities. And, whether it's about enriching career-focused curriculum, embarking on shared services, or adding new meaning to "networked institutions," the common goal is to create kinetic synergies that benefit students, institutions, and society.
Cohesive Campuses
For "Personal Pathways," author Nancy Mann Jackson interviewed leaders from across Furman University, Greenville, S.C., to learn about their respective roles in designing The Furman Advantage. Mary Lou Merkt, vice president of finance and administration, and NACUBO's incoming board chair, explains: "We believe our long history and tradition of excellent academics, experiential learning, and community engagement can be a powerful force. The Furman Advantage brings together these elements in a purposeful, four-year pathway that launches graduates with an exit plan. And we're promising this opportunity to every student. We believe The Furman Advantage answers the value question and provides distinctiveness in a competitive market."
Building on the description of Furman's goal to enhance the student experience, Karla Hignite's article "Immersion Excursion" explores learning communities at a number of colleges and universities. Sometimes called "learning labs," these hands-on opportunities "can yield important lessons on how to lead, interact with, and learn from one's peers. And, because of their complex physical infrastructure and systems, campuses offer ready-made opportunities for joining the academic and operational spheres of an institution to boost student interest, understanding, and success."
Purposeful Sharing
While shared services have been part of the higher education landscape for decades, higher stakes have created increased incentive for such a business model. For example, in "Mutual Benefits," Sandra R. Sabo writes, "The 2008 recession prompted six private colleges in upstate New York to explore shared approaches to achieving cost savings and greater efficiencies. Following the creation of the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium, in 2010, the college initiated development of Health4Edu, a shared self-funded health plan that includes membership in a prescription drug purchasing coalition."
According to Amy Cronin, executive director of the New York Six, "The collaboration has made their health-care expenditures more predictable by reducing volatility and has resulted in significant savings—close to $4 million over the last three-plus years."
Meanwhile, "big data" has grown from a buzzword to a basis for benchmarking and better decision making. In "Multipurpose Data," Margo Vanover Porter explains ways in which higher education institutions are using software to integrate various data systems. At the University of California, Riverside, for example, Maria A. Anguiano, vice chancellor, office of planning and budget, plans to dig down to costs at the course level. "By putting all our data sources in one software platform and creating different assumptions around how we want to allocate costs," Anguiano explains, "we've been able to basically understand both our revenue and costs at the course level."
On a multicampus level, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, has made use of information as basic as campus bus schedules to reduce the time that students spend on the bus between locations. According to Michael Gower, executive vice president for finance and administration, the institution recently analyzed where students start their days, and where they go to classes, creating a scatter map of the entire campus, with all of the lines based on the students' class schedules.
"It was extraordinary," says Gower, "to see and be able to answer questions such as 'How often did they have to get on a bus per day? Were they going from one campus to another?' All this comes back to the need for analytics and the utilization of space."
Synergy as Strategy
We close out the issue with the thoughtful article, "Digital Disruption," by Peter Smith, Orkand Chair, Professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education, at the University of Maryland University College, Adelphi.
A careful observer of all things digital, Smith posits, "New products, services, and resources are becoming available as the confluence of technology and data analytics redraws the landscape of higher education and lifelong learning. These changes and the new environment that is emerging are putting tremendous pressure on the traditional academic and business model of higher education. Understanding what the emerging ecosystem will look like and how it might work becomes critically important in the moment."
You'll learn much more about these developing dynamics at the NACUBO 2017 Annual Meeting. You'll also find out about the details of NACUBO's recently approved Strategic Plan. Itself a collaborative effort—with input from numerous stakeholder groups—the plan places value on working with other experts and leaders on five priorities:
Engage higher education institutions in undertaking necessary transformations to strategically position themselves in the dynamic higher education environment.
Increase proactive advocacy.
Drive effective solutions in higher education.
Strengthen the strategic leadership role of the CBO.
Lead higher education's integration of analytics to achieve institutional strategic goals.
As Markova and McArthur note, creative professionals working and thinking in concert can "come together to do their best work in a symphony of collaboration, their individual strengths working in harmony like an orchestra or high-performing sports team."
John Walda is president and CEO of NACUBO.


One good excursion in the area is to Lago Escondido and Lago Fagnano (Fagnano Lake). The Pan-American Highway out of Ushuaia goes through deciduous beech forests and past beavers' dams, peat bogs, and glaciers. The lakes have campsites and fishing and are good spots for a picnic or a hike. This can be done on your own or as a seven-hour trip, including lunch, booked through the local travel agencies (around $60USD standard tour, $100USD with lunch and 4X4).