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![]() ![]() ![]() And, of course, the value returned for m 5 may be an unusual quantity measured accurately, revealing something startling or alarming or serendipitous about the phenomenon. She may work in a field which has a mechanistic definition of outlier values, and if such a definition exists it may be either well-justified or puzzlingly arbitrary. There may be sources of intrinsic heterogeneity within this measurement, and they may be known or unknown. She may have a great insight into the relevant problem space, or be encountering it for the first time. Our researcher may have strong prior beliefs, or some, or none. This sudden gatecrashing of the boundaries of expectation may require a decision about this data point’s acceptability to be made instantaneously, perhaps while a measurement device with a long set-up time is still running, or the decision may be an unhurried one made during later analysis. But if one cannot be located, researchers often rely on heuristic rather than objective rules. Of course, the first step would be to check if this aberrant value is inflated because of a clearly identifiable mechanistic factor-perhaps a hardware, software, or calculatory error. But, on the fifth measurement, her measurement apparatus returns a value of A − 6 B. ![]() If measurement error e is assumed to be negligible, she observes the majority of her observations fall between. Imagine a researcher taking individual measurements of M ( m 1, m 2, m 3, etc.), a hypothetical normally distributed quantity with a true mean of A and a natural variability with a true standard deviation of B. Discussions on these issues are many but in our opinion a crucial source of error is deserving of increased awareness: dubious conclusions due to selective redaction of data included in experimental observations.ġ.1. The reasons offered for the above are many, and are sometimes understood in terms of culpability-with ‘unwitting error’ on one end, ‘the wholesale fabrication of data’ on the other, and various questionable research practices and various methods of falsification somewhere in between. As many of these figures require dishonest actors to honestly report scientific misconduct, they are almost certainly underestimates of true prevalence. One recent overview suggested that 1–3% of scientists commit fraud, while questionable research practices occur in as much as 75% of published science. A National Institute of Health-funded study of early and mid-career scientists ( n = 3247) found 0.3% admitted to falsification of data in the prior year, 6% failing to present conflicting evidence, and 15.5% admitted to changing study design, methodology or results following pressure from funders. Inappropriate image manipulation was in 2006 estimated to occur in 1% of biological publications -a figure likely to have grown as technology improves. Why might this situation be so prevalent in biomedical literature? Unedifying as it seems, fraud and poor practice explain part of the picture. For landmark experiments in cancer research, the replication rate was an abysmal 11%. Another investigation of highly cited medical studies published between 19 found that while 45 originally claimed to find an effect, 16% were contradicted by further investigation, while another 16% reported effects stronger than subsequent studies allowed. In a sample of medical studies performed between 19, flaws were evident in 20% of medical studies. Psychology was perhaps the first discipline to report a ‘replication crisis’, but there is increasing evidence that biomedical science is facing a similar problem of an even greater magnitude. It is unknown how often redaction bias occurs in the broader literature, but given the risk of distortion to the literature involved, we suggest that it must be studiously avoided, and mitigated with approaches to counteract any potential malign effects to the research quality of medical science. We demonstrate that the removal of a surprisingly small number of data points can be used to dramatically alter a result. This is effectively truncation of a dataset by removing extreme data points, and we elucidate its potential to accidentally or deliberately engineer a spurious result in significance testing. Within this, we formally quantify the impact of inappropriate redaction beyond a threshold value in biomedical science. ![]() Many proximal causes of this irreproducibility have been identified, a major one being inappropriate statistical methods and analytical choices by investigators. Unreliable results impede empirical progress in medical science, ultimately putting patients at risk. A concerning amount of biomedical research is not reproducible. ![]() ![]() ![]() Digital technology is any device that creates, transmits, or accesses digital information, whether connected to the network or used in a stand-alone situation. For more information on Cyber-bullying please see the Quincy Public Schools Anti-Bullying Prevention/Intervention Plan Digital information or digital media is any data that is created, transmitted, or accessed by digital technology. Cyber-bullying - is defined in Chapter 92 of the Massachusetts Acts of 2010 as bullying through the use of technology or any electronic communication, which includes but is not limited to any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, Quincy Public Schools Acceptable Use Policy/revised May 2013 ģ sounds, data or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by such things as electronic mail, internet communications, instant message, text message or facsimile. Use of personal devices by students is subject to the permission and supervision of the individual classroom teacher. ![]() BYOD or Bring Your Own Device is allowing staff and students to bring their personal electronic device(s) (smart phones, tablets, laptops, etc.) onto a school site and connect them to the Quincy Public Schools Wireless Guest Network. For example, when a user logs into a computer on the Quincy Public Schools network or remotely accesses, Active Directory checks the submitted password and determines whether the user is a system administrator or normal user. It authenticates and authorizes users and computers in the network assigning and enforcing security policies for all computers and installing or updating software. Definitions Active Directory is a directory service created for Windows domain networks. ![]() Failure to adhere to this Acceptable Use Policy and guidelines for the use of the Quincy Public Schools Networks (including QPS Wireless Guest Network) as contained herein, will result in the revocation of access privileges. All computers and electronic devices used in the Quincy Public Schools are to be used in a responsible, efficient, ethical, and legal manner. Technology resources are also utilized to provide relevant school information to the community through the Quincy Public Schools website and social media platforms. Ultimately, familiarity with technology will provide our students with preparation for college and careers and provide access to lifelong learning. Purpose Quincy Public Schools provides a wide range of technology resources to support and enhance our schools academic offerings. This policy is reinforced by practice, acceptable use standards and an Acceptable Use Agreement Form which all users are required to read and sign before accessing Quincy Public Schools computer resources, electronic resources, and network infrastructure. The Academy has clear and consistent behavior expectations and appropriate behavior interventions that must be followed to ensure a positive school climate for all.1 Quincy Public Schools Information Technology Acceptable Use Policy for Staff, Students, and Guests Revised May 6, 2013Ģ Introduction This Acceptable Use Policy is enacted as of May 2013 by the Quincy School Committee to provide Quincy Public Schools (QPS) parents, students, staff, and guests with a statement of purpose and explanation of the use of technology within our learning community. Ultimately, our goal is to transition students back to the individual homeschool. It may also help them attain graduation credits at an accelerated rate. Our block approach helps promote success by allowing students to focus on 4 subject areas at a time as opposed to six or seven. ![]() The Academy utilizes a block schedule and offers a mandatory SEL curriculum and full range of academic course work including electives through teacher led and online Edgenuity course work. All students must be referred by their homeschool, meet specific guidelines, and complete an Alternative Education Plan (AEP) prior to enrollment. Partial funding for this program is provided through the Regional Safe Schools Grant. The Academy, Regional Safe School Program, is an alternative program for 7-12th graders located in the garden (lower) level of the Quincy Public School Board of Education Building, 1416 Maine Street, Quincy. ![]() ![]() ![]() You are no longer “impersonating” a woman. If you are pre op you are still a man once you have the operation you are now a complete real woman. Did it make a difference, I think it did because these were still technically men still “impersonating” celebrity women. The difference was none of them were post op women, many were like the women on Pose, pre op women. ![]() The “big” stars of drag were all trans women. I was the “80’s version of the Pit Crew, I danced back up with the ladies I spent many hours with them listening to their stories, amazed at the Trans woman bravery in living their lives as open as they could in the 80’s. Jerry ran the shows in the clubs I worked at in Philly back in the 80’s, Jerry loved to have the queens do huge numbers mimicking nit Broadway shows. It was before my time but it did have one man that produced the show, Jerry Venuti. Ok but is it still “Drag”? Netflix has a documentary called Queens it follows the brave men that not only starred but performed in a drag pageant. and all of it amazes me but is it drag? Ru said that he is basically following what the “kids” are doing and they are including the trans folk. Today the costumes and the original of art makeup are the “celebrities” the performers are acrobats slamming their bodies on the ground, crawling on their stomachs across the stage, flips ect. They looked, dressed and had the mannerisms of these celebrities. Most of the queens had celebrity they had studied and rehearsed for hours to try and make you believe they are in fact Cher, Jennifer Holiday, and like my Mom Rusty Roads Mamma Cass. The drag of my youth, the 80’s, is or was us trying our best to “pass” as real it was the illusion that people came to see, men dressing as and impersonating women. ![]() Having said that, when I first started seeing these beautiful talented queens doing what I thought wasn’t “Drag” I didn’t like it, now those same queens are some of my favorites to watch, especially after seeing a couple of the live shows RuPaul produces around the country. Drag started as men impersonating women.PERIOD. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cost of Labor - Typically, labor costs are only an element of cost of goods sold in a manufacturing or mining business. The amount entered for purchases is reported on Form 1125-A, Line 2.ģ. If any purchase (or product) was consumed by an owner, it should be reported by the entity as a distribution to that owner and not included in the cost of goods sold calculation. This amount should not include any amount for purchases or products that were consumed by any owner of the business for personal consumption. Purchases - Enter the amount of all purchases for raw materials and merchandise for re-sale that were made by the business during the tax year. This beginning inventory amount is reported on Form 1125-A, Line 1 and also transfers to Schedule L- Balance Sheets per Books, Line 3b.Ģ. If the amount that the taxpayer reports is different from what was reported as the ending inventory on the prior year tax return, a Preparer Note should be submitted with the return explaining the difference. If last year's return was done in TaxSlayer Pro, the ending inventory amount from the prior year return will pull forward to the current year as the Inventory at the Beginning of the Year. The amount entered here should correspond to the ending inventory that was reported on the previous year's Form 1125-A for this entity. Inventory at Beginning of the Year - This amount is the calculated dollar amount for the inventory of all finished or partly finished goods, raw materials and/or supplies which were acquired for sale or were physically part of the merchandise intended for sale at the beginning of the tax year. To complete Form 1125-A in TaxSlayer Pro, from the Main Menu of the tax return (Form 1065, Form 1120, or Form 1120-S) select:ġ. For more information, see IRC Section 1.471-1ff. Inventory includes both finished and partly finished goods, raw materials, and/or supplies which the business has acquired for sale or will become physically part of the merchandise intended for sale. To reflect taxable income accurately, the entity must determine the beginning and ending inventory values for the tax year. This subtotal, the Cost of Goods Available for Sale, minus the ending inventory equals Cost of Goods Sold. The cost of goods sold calculation adds all purchased materials or products for resale and any direct labor or other direct expense that was incurred in the manufacture, production, or acquisition of the products being offered for sale by the entity to the beginning inventory. Personal service companies (doctors, lawyers, painters, carpenters, etc.) that do not engage in the production or sale of items, or businesses that engage solely in investment or rental activities, typically have inventory, thus no cost of goods sold, and thus do not need to include Form 1125-A with their tax return. ![]() To meet this reporting requirement, a business entity must maintain certain accounting and inventory records. Specifically, business entities that produce or purchase items for sale with the intent to create income are required to accurately report the cost of the items that are sold. This calculation must be separately reported on the return as set forth below. Form 1125-A is used by business return filers (Form 1065, 11-S) to calculate and then deduct the cost of goods sold by a corporation or partnership. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you submit the image in color, however, customers can easily create their own black-and-white versions to fit their needs. If, for example, you submit an image in black and white, you’re only going to appeal to customers that want that specific effect. Excessive post-processing can severely limit your potential for sales. Avoid submitting images with only minimal changes, like different angles that are too subtle. This will increase the chances that customers will license several images from a series. Consider different angles and zooms, large crops and tight crops, and other variations. ![]() For example, if you use the same props during your shoot, change the placement to successfully create useful variations. Think about whether your content offers a clear, viable use case for the intended customer. Select only the best photos from any batch, making sure that each one offers something unique.Here are some more practical tips to help you avoid having your content rejected as spam.Ĭredit (left to right): Adobe Stock / Tania Cervi√°n/Westend61, Adobe Stock / Prostooleh Photos and videos: ![]() We can help you strategize and take steps to guarantee the smoothest possible submission process. If you have more than 15,000 assets to submit right away, please contact the Adobe Stock team before you start. Getting your content seen is the first step to success. This can help surface your content in search results for an extended period of time and improve your chances of sales. If you have a high volume of assets to submit, your best approach will be to stagger your uploads and submit in smaller batches on a consistent basis. And remember that your content should express a clear concept - it should have thoughtful intent and a simple message that's easy to understand. If no one else in your area of expertise is putting in the same amount of effort, you’ll be one step ahead. The more research you do, the more you'll know what has the potential to earn money. Be sure the assets you choose have a real wow factor.Īlso, find a balance between what you can cost-efficiently produce and what already exists. There’s definitely a market for this type of content - it's popular for a reason! But to have a realistic chance of commercial success, your stock assets really need to offer something that others don’t. If you’re planning to submit stock assets of commonly photographed subjects such as sunsets, flowers, kittens, or octopus tentacles, you’ll be facing stiff competition from your fellow creators. To determine what’s useful and meaningful to buyers, your best approach is to research the market, the competition, and what’s already on Adobe Stock before choosing and uploading your content. So while it might be hard to narrow down your favorites from a shoot, carefully curating and uploading only the best of a similar series will pay off in the end.Ĭredit: Adobe Stock / VISTA by Westend61 Create useful content variations, but don’t spam. And submitting multiple copies of identical content can be perceived as image spam, which can result in your account being blocked or even permanently closed. Content similarity is also one of the main reasons creative work gets rejected by the Adobe Stock moderation team. Plus, keep in mind that if you upload too many similar stock assets, you can dilute your portfolio and make it less appealing to buyers - and that can result in diminished sales. Each asset in your collection should provide unique value and meaningful variety for potential customers. However, to find true success, your main focus should be on creating a portfolio with a large quantity of high-quality images. It's always best practice to maintain a high level of productivity and submit content regularly. ![]() We’ll also talk about how to efficiently integrate Adobe Stock content creation into your commercial workflow. In this final part, we’ll explore how to strike the right balance between the quantity and quality of your output. So far in this series, we’ve covered essential steps for becoming a successful Adobe Stock Contributor - creating content that buyers are looking for, getting the most from your productions, optimizing your metadata, and maximizing the potential of your submissions. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hiroshi’s face and all the other characters’ faces are very simple as well, nothing much like the usual Anime in JRPGs, and no shading. The “Oni” itself is a distinct contrast in the game because it isn’t pixel-y like the rest of the characters. I’m going to keep my reviews without spoilers so I won’t show how different or how creative different scenes are executed, but you’re not limited to just this specific layout. I honestly chose to review this horror game because the interface looked very simple and I thought then that playing would be simple (which is also why I didn’t think combining items was possible in the game) so I wouldn’t have to worry so much about jump scares or getting scared in general. ![]() ![]() In this case, this game is quite deceiving. I do wish that the game informed you beforehand that you really could combine items together, though, but I guess discovering things as you play works well with the experience, too (after wasting a lot of time walking around unsure what to do). You only have access to your inventory and a Save system when you open the menu. You can interact with only certain objects in your environment, some will blatantly tell you, “over here!” and some will be a little harder to find. I had a little difficulty adjusting or remembering which button did which for awhile but you only use very few buttons so it’s nothing too hard. You play as Hiroshi, exploring a haunted mansion with friends.ĭid I say “exploring”? Hmm. It’s actually free to download, and you can play it as long as you have RPG Maker X, which is also free to download. But as I have taken on writing game reviews, I gotta be versatile and decided to get it over with and review Ao Oni.Īo Oni (“Blue Demon”) is an indie Japanese horror game by noprops and is full of puzzles. I scare quite easily, not mainly because of jump scares but the suspense and the constant nagging feeling of knowing something will jump out to scare me stresses me out while playing. They are also known as “the games Lexy doesn’t like to play”. There are are tons of genres of games out there in the world, and one of them are horror games. ![]() ![]() ![]() While a barbecue goes at full heat and will often make grilled chicken dry, with the air fryer you choose the temperature. I find that compared to a barbecue you can alter the heat. Many of you have a George Foreman Grill or are loading the chicken onto a barbecue outside. You might be wondering how grilled chicken in air fryer compares to grilled chicken using other methods. I find for air fryer beginners it is so much quicker and easier than cooking air fryer chicken breast.īecause the chicken is in smaller chunks it cooks quicker and loading grilled chicken chunks onto skewers is more fun and better for a quick dinner. What I love to do is chop up my boneless chicken breast into chunks, load it onto kebab skewers and cook it in the air fryer. Making air fryer grilled chicken kebabs is just one delicious way that you can cook air fryer grilled boneless chicken breast. Air Fryer Grilled Boneless Chicken Breast It is like when you cook grilled chicken on the barbecue and so easy and hands free if you do not like cooking. Just load it in, wait for it to beep and you are done. It is delicious, but what I find is that if you did not add the soft cheese it would be dry and boring.īut cook chicken bites in the air fryer instead and OMG it’s just so much easier. His delicious way of cooking chicken is in the pan with soft cheese, lots of garlic and extra virgin olive oil. Now when Dominic does not use the air fryer (you cannot take the chef out of him) I am rolling my eyes at him as the air fryer makes chicken so much easier and quicker. If cooked right it can be so moist, never dry and full of flavour and best of all it is EASY. Since then I have cooked so many different air fryer chicken recipes that I have lost count. It was like the air fryer frozen chicken strips and was delicious. The first food I ever cooked in my brand-new air fryer in 2011 was chicken. ![]() Why Cook Grilled Chicken In An Air Fryer? With a beautiful lemon tree in our garden, garlic in our kitchen and an endless supply of extra virgin olive oil, I decided today was the day to transform one of my childhood Greek favourites to the air fryer. Normally ordered with a side of French fries, they were one of my childhood vacation foods. Or if there was no chicken, pork kebabs or steak kebabs were just as tasty. When my mum and dad decided where we were eating out at, I would be checking the menu for chicken kebabs. Made with lemon and garlic, plenty of extra virgin olive oil and popular Greek dried herbs they were amazing. OMG Mediterranean food, or more specifically Greek food, was amazing.Īs a kid with fussy eating habits, what I took to the most were the grilled chicken kebabs. Beyond the Mediterranean beaches, the swimming pools and the evening entertainment was the food. They were such a wonderful family focused place to be. I was incredibly lucky as a child and enjoyed many holidays on the beautiful Greek Islands. Can’t make it now? Then pin it for later!.Air Fryer Grilled Chicken Kebabs Alternative.Air Fryer Grilled Boneless Chicken Breast.Why Cook Grilled Chicken In An Air Fryer?. ![]() ![]() The case went to trial, and Dreyfus was found guilty. His teachers also said that Dreyfus had had a good memory, which was highly suspicious since a spy must remember a lot of things. They talked to his former teachers and learned he had studied foreign languages in school, which demonstrated to them a desire to conspire with foreign governments later in life. They looked through his personal history for incriminating details. This just convinced them that not only was Dreyfus was guilty, but he was also sneaky because clearly he had hidden all of the evidence. They searched Dreyfus’ apartment and went through his files, looking for signs of espionage. The other officers compared Dreyfus’s handwriting to that on the paper and concluded it was a match, even though outside professional handwriting experts were much less confident about the similarity. However, Dreyfus was the only Jewish officer at that rank in the army, and unfortunately, at the time the French Army was highly anti-Semitic. He had a sterling record, no past history of wrongdoing, no motive as far as they could tell. They launched a big investigation, and their suspicions quickly converged on one man: Alfred Dreyfus. Officers in the French general’s staff found it in a wastepaper basket, and when they pieced it back together, they discovered that someone in their ranks had been selling military secrets to Germany. To illustrate the two mindsets in action, let’s look at a case from 19th-century France, where an innocuous-looking piece of torn-up paper launched one of the biggest political scandals in history in 1894. You can also think of the soldier and scout roles as mindsets - metaphors for how all of us process information and ideas in our daily lives. Having good judgment and making good decisions, it turns out, depends largely about which mindset you’re in. In an actual army, both the soldier and the scout are essential. Above all, the scout wants to know what’s really out there as accurately as possible. The scout is the one going out, mapping the terrain, identifying potential obstacles. The scout’s job is not to attack or defend it’s to understand. Now, try to imagine playing a very different role: the scout. ![]() ![]() ![]() Your adrenaline is elevated, and your actions stem from your deeply ingrained reflexes, reflexes that are rooted in a need to protect yourself and your side and to defeat the enemy. Regardless of your time and place, some things are probably constant. Imagine for a moment you’re a soldier in the heat of battle - perhaps a Roman foot soldier, medieval archer or Zulu warrior. Anna Parini Are you a soldier or a scout? Your answer to this question, says decision-making expert Julia Galef, could determine how clearly you see the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Michael Lewis, chief executive of E.ON, said up to 40 per cent of households could be in fuel poverty from October, if Ofgem increases the cap once again.
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