x.øi5illed toroidal solenoid has 600 turns and a mean radius of . Each winding has a cross-sectional area of . Assume that the magnetic field is uniform over the cross section of the When the current in the solenoid is , what is the magnetic field within the solenoid? the energy density in the solenoid. What is the total volume enclosed by the What is the inductance of the solenoid? the energy stored in the solenoid.


Almost two years ago, researchers from the Tennessee Aquarium and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife captured several specimens of the Conasauga Logperch, one of the rarest darters in North America. On Friday, after a long process of breeding and building a small population of the endangered fish, the researchers released a group of young logperch back into the river. Middle school students from Valley Point Middle School in Whitfield County were on hand for the release. Photo by Jake Daniels . published Friday, May 18th, 2012 Stories this photo appears in: TENNGA, Tenn. -- Nearly two years ago, Tennessee Aquarium researchers and other conservationists snorkeled the upper reaches of the Conasauga River looking for one of the rarest darters in North America -- the 6-inch Conasauga logperch.


stereotype (stĕrˈĕətĪpˌ) [key], plate from which printing is done, made by casting metal in a mold, usually of paper pulp. The process was patented in 1725 by the Scottish inventor William Ged. Firmin Didot improved the process, named it, and extended its use. Cylinder presses, by which newspapers were traditionally printed, use curved stereotype plates that fit the cylinders. For other applications, stereotype has largely been replaced by electrotype. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on stereotype from Fact Monster: See more Encyclopedia articles on: Technology: Terms and Concepts


In Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dr. James A. Mulick shows his approach to counseling children with autism and their parents. Autism spectrum disorder, which includes autism and Asperger syndrome, is characterized by impairment in communication skills, social interactions, and repetitive patterns of behavior. Dr. Mulick works with families with autistic children to help them handle this disorder. In this session, Dr. Mulick works with a mother of a 10-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with autism. Dr. Mulick uses his behavioral–educational approach to assess the present situation and makes several intervention suggestions, including exposure, distraction, and reinforcement.


Ping Pong-Playing Robots Can Take On Any Pro When the inevitable robot uprising begins, it might just start with ping pong. Two expert, robot ping pong players were built to paddle any foe into the ground. Using camera technology the robots can track the direction, speed and position of the ball. Not only do they play against each other, but they can also take on human opponents as well.


Best correction ever? JUL 20 2009 On July 17, 1969, The New York Times issued a correction related to an editorial the paper published in 1920 that dismissed the idea of rocket travel in the vacuum of space. The editorial read, in part: That Professor Goddard, with his 'chair' in Clark College and the countenancing of the Smithsonian Institution, does not know the relation of action to reaction, and of the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react -- to say that would be absurd. Of course he only seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high school. The correction stated: Further investigation and experimentation have confirmed the findings of Issac Newton in the 17th Century and it is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere. The Times regrets the error.


Punched-card machine by British Tabulating Machines Bletchley Park’s work also involved industrial-scale information-handling to manage the huge number of intercepted German messages. In the 1930s commercial data-processing was the preserve of punched-card machines. Many British Tabulating Machines (BTM) devices, branded ‘Hollerith’ after their inventor, were installed at Bletchley Park. An identical machine, displayed here, was given to the Science Museum by BTM in 1932. - Currently on display in: - Codebreaker – Alan Turing's life and legacy - Year made : - c. 1930 - Inventory number :


A Super Special Soup Humorous (fiction), 276 words, Read-AloudThe narrator invites his friends over on Saturday for a special soup. He describes the contents of the soup, which include scrambled slugs, squashed snails, slippery squid, and slimy snake. At the end of the story, he reveals the real menu for Saturday's supper: spaghetti, salad, spongecake, and soda. - Introduce and expose students to the /s/ sound represented by the letter s. - Build oral comprehension skills. - Model fluent reading.


SUMMARY: Astronomers have known for a while that solar activity cycles over a period of 11 years. At the height, solar flares erupt from the surface of the sun almost every day, and the Earth is bombarded by coronal mass ejections. The most recent Solar Max crested in 2000, but after settling down only briefly, the Sun has roared back again with nearly the same level of activity. It's even brighter in the radio spectrum. This double peak happened during the last Solar Max as well, back in 1989. View full article What do you think about this story? post your comments below.


Fat acts as a cushion for the internal organs, insulation for weather extremes, a storage for energy, and keeps your skin and hair healthy and supple. The body can make fat from protein or carbohydrates, but it makes fat most readily out of fats already in the diet. For example, if you were to eat one thousand fat calories and one thousand complex carbohydrate calories, the fat calories would be converted into body fat more quickly. Our dietary need for fat is about one tablespoon daily. Yet the average American adult consumes between six to eight tablespoons a day. Although our bodies need fat, we should focus on reducing the overall amount of fats we consume in order to reduce the risk of serious health problems. For more information on nutrition, contact a health care professional.


Easter, the day when resurrection took place, is the day of hope and good will. Followers of Christianity exchange gifts with each other to celebrate this occasion. It not only conveys the message of hope but also gives an opportunity to reassure the fact that good deeds and truth cannot be buried for long and will always come out successfully. Such is the importance of Easter that people believe that Jesus is re- born on Easter day and is as important as Christmas. As Floyd w Tomkins said, “Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness.” Exchanging gifts is one way of sharing your love and affection for others on Easter but there is another way of doing it by sharing these quotes on Easter. It can be through email or e card. Share them with your friends and beloved ones.


Part Two of The Current The Anthropocene: Documentary Repeat The earth is estimated to be about 4.6 Billion years old, a time divided by scientists into different geological epochs. The past two hundred years may represent something new to the planet. People in the 18th century would barely recognize the earth their descendants now inhabit. Sprawling cities, re-routed rivers, leveled forests, giant mines. The planet is hot, the ice caps slushy, the ozone layer perforated. Some say people have made their own epoch ... that we're leaving the Holocene ... for a new and unpredictable geological period. Our documentary The Anthropocene was produced by The Current's Chris Wodskou. It first aired last September. Other segment from today's show:


BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL is a notebook option that specifies whether the window for the notebook should become selected if you click it. - With WindowClickSelect->True, clicking the window corresponding to a notebook makes that notebook the currently selected one. - WindowClickSelect affects selection of a window as a whole; Selectable affects only selection of the contents of a window. Create a notebook that does not become the selected notebook when clicked: Clicking the "text" button pastes "text" into the currently selected notebook: With WindowClickSelect->True, clicking the button causes its notebook to be selected: New in 3


EDUC 291A: The Educational System of the United States Historical development and contemporary status of principal features of American schooling and major issues of policy and practice. The course will focus primarily upon public elementary and secondary schools. The course will stress relationships between education and other sectors of society. No professor information to display. No students have added this course yet. There are no reviews for this course. Be the first to write one! There are no documents available for this class


Regions are the different segments of a sound file in ProTools jargon. To split an audio track into differennt regions, use the Selector tool and place the cursor wherever you want to split your track. You'll see the blue markers above the timeline jump to the location you clicked. Separate the track into regions by going to the menu at the top of the screen and selecting Edit...Separate Region. You can also use the shortcut Cmd-E. Notice that your track now has two regions, like this: Double click on a region to highlight it. Now that the sections are divided form one another, you can move or delete them independently.


The Luzinterruptus 'Plastic Garbage Guarding the Museum' is an attempt to raise environmental awareness when it comes to waste. This project took place in Gewerbemuseum Winterthur in Switzerland and the artist gave out museum tickets in exchange for plastic bags. The idea behind this piece is to glamorize waste, being plastic bags in this case, and then watching them decompose over time, which diminishes its glory. It symbolizes mindless consumption, and is aimed to influence society to reduce waste. The artist filled the bags with air and then lit them up to resemble balloons. It is quite the spectacle, and trade-off for those who contributed, as they got free museum tickets. By creating an interactive experience Luzinterruptus was not only able to draw attention to the cause, but also got people involved in the process. Scorching Trash Installations 3,222 clicks in 42 w More Stats +/-


Rapid is defined as something that is fast or quick or that happens in a short time.(adjective) The definition of a rapid is a turbulent part of a river where the current flows quickly.(noun) A narrow part of river bed where the current is flowing rapidly is an example of a rapid. See rapid in Webster's New World College Dictionary Origin: L rapidus < rapere, to seize, rush: see rape See rapid in American Heritage Dictionary 4 adjective rap·id·er, rap·id·est Origin: Latin rapidus Origin: , from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots. Learn more about rapid


Charles Perrault (12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon(Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard). Actualemente no hay contenido clasificado con este término. The CiffCiaff is seeking intrepid volunteers to add contents or translate the existing one. If you’d like to help contact us!


Choose from the hazardous waste types below to learn more. - Listed Wastes: Wastes that EPA has determined are hazardous. The lists include the F-list (wastes from common manufacturing and industrial processes), K-list (wastes from specific industries), and P- and U-lists (wastes from commercial chemical products). - Characteristic Wastes: Wastes that do not meet any of the listings above but that exhibit ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity. - Universal Wastes: Batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing equipment (e.g., thermostats) and lamps (e.g., fluorescent bulbs). - Mixed Wastes: Waste that contains both radioactive and hazardous waste components. - Waste Identification Process: Details about the process for identifying, characterizing, listing, and delisting hazardous wastes.


Have a look through some of the Flash Movies we have made to highlight other important environmental issues. - Keep the Sea Plastic Free. Bin it. Marine litter has become a major problem for Australia’s ocean environment. The time has come to appreciate the importance of our fragile marine environment and to understand the steps you can take to lessen your impact. Delivering Sustainable News Recycling newspapers and magazines saves on landfill, uses less energy and cuts greenhouse emissions… all good news for the environment. This animated movie sees Ollie and Rex as Recycling Super Heroes in the movie titled “Champions of the Planet – Delivering Sustainable News”.


Traps (such as SIGILL, SIGFPE, SIGSEGV) result from something a thread does to itself, such as dividing by zero or explicitly sending itself a signal. A trap is handled only by the thread that caused it. Several threads in a process can generate and handle the same type of trap simultaneously. Extending the idea of signals to individual threads is easy for synchronous signals--the signal is dealt with by the thread that caused the problem. Because such a synchronous signal usually means that something is seriously wrong with the whole process, and not just with a thread, terminating the process is often a good choice.


any of a genus (Pan) of great apes of Africa, with black hair and large, protruding ears: it is smaller than a gorilla and is noted for its intelligence Fr chimpanzé < Bantu (Angola) kampenzi See chimpanzee in American Heritage Dictionary 4 A gregarious anthropoid ape (Pan troglodytes) of tropical Africa, having long dark hair and somewhat arboreal habits and exhibiting humanlike behavior and a high degree of intelligence. It is now considered vulnerable to extinction in the wild. Origin: , from Vili (Bantu language of Congo) ci-mpenzi


have heard that there are no more Buddhist nuns. Is this true? - The Buddha founded the order of nuns in his lifetime and for five or six hundred years nuns played an important role in the spread and development of Buddhism. But for reasons that are not clear nuns never commanded the same esteem and consequently got the same support, as monks and in India and South-east Asia the order died out. However in Taiwan, Korea and Japan the order of nuns has continued to flourish. Today in Sri Lanka and Thailand steps are being taken to reintroduce the order of nuns from Taiwan although some traditionalists are not very enthusiastic about this. However, in keeping with the Buddha's original intentions, it is only right that women as well as men have the opportunity to live the monastic life and benefit from it.


Osteoporosis is a disease that makes your bones thin, brittle, and easy to break. It's related to the loss of bone mass that happens as a natural part of aging. It's most common in women who have gone through menopause, but it can also occur in men. As osteoporosis gets worse, it can lead to broken bones in the hip, spine, and wrist. Treatment can slow bone loss and increase bone thickness. November 6, 2012 Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Carla J. Herman, MD, MPH - Geriatric Medicine How this information was developed to help you make better health decisions. To learn more visit Healthwise.org © 1995-2013 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated. © 2013 NorthShore University HealthSystem. All Rights Reserved. | Policies & Procedures


Definitions for kerr effect Birefringence of a material induced by an electric field due to partial orientation of its molecules. Origin: From Rev. John Kerr Scottish physicist. The Standard Electrical Dictionary The effect of an electrostatic field upon polarized light traversing a dielectric contained within the field. (See Electrostatic Refraction.)


E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. Red Feathers (The). The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry. They cut to pieces General Waynes brigade in the American War, and the Americans vowed to give them no quarter. So they mounted red feathers that no others might be subjected to this threat. They still wear red puggarees on Indian service. (See LACEDÆMONIANS.)


Reputation-Based Storage Space Allocation for Balancing the Tradeoffs Between Data Availability and Query Delay in MANET Source: International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering (IJARCSSE) Network partition in Mobile Adhoc NETworks (MANET's) is basic behaviour happens due to node's mobility and node/link failures. Due to that the data accessibility process in network was found data unavailability. Normally node wants to access data from another node it needs query transmission process, the partition of networks will make delay in providing such requested data. The basic idea is to replicate the most frequently accessed data locally and only rely on neighbour's memory when the communication link to them is reliable. In this approach, the selfish caching issue in MANET is formulated as a non-cooperative problem.


Taking care of your lawn during the fall is as important as it is during spring and summer, even more so for lawns with cool-season grasses such as Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue. Nearly all fertilizers and broadleaf herbicides should be applied in the fall, and it is by far the best time to renovate (seed) lawns. Here are some tips for cool-season grasses: Fertilize - fertilizing your lawn in the fall will help it grow stronger, thicker and greener. Cool - season grasses should be fertilized with nitrogen in late October and again in four to six weeks. Use either farm fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate or urea, or use specialty fertilizers found in garden centers. The normal rate is 1 to 1.5 pounds of actual nitrogen per 1,000 square feet of lawn. A common rate would be 15 pounds of 10-10-10 fertilizer per 1000 sq. feet. Remember to spread it evenly over your lawn.


Power is the rate at which work is performed or energy is converted. OK, enough physics. Having power like Pujols means swinging hard and fast. Overload/Underload training begins with using something heavy (the Power Stick) and something light (the Quick Stick). By working out with these contrasting weighted bats, batters will develop strength and speed in their swing—like Pujols at the plate.


I'm new to this type of question and I can only get so far into the question before I don't know what to do - I haven't been taught more but I very much would like to know. Use the substitution = to show that = where the values of a, b and k are to be found. Hence evaluate . So far I can say that = and = And this is as far as I can get. Could someone please help me finish the question and understand how it works from this point onwards? Any help is greatly appreciated


Follow a heart healthy diet to reduce your risk of coronary disease. Tags:Following a Heart-Healthy Diet,fruit effect on cholesterol,Healthy Diet,healthy eating,Heart Healthy Foods,how to diet,Howcast,lower heart disease risk,reducing heart disease Grab video code: Step 1: Eat lots of fiber. Choose high-fiber foods, starting with a bowl of cereal for breakfast that contains at least three grams of fiber. Every 10 grams of dietary fiber added to your daily diet can reduce your risk of heart disease by 27 percent.


POWERPOINT: PRESENTATION WITH AUDIO: SOIL 4: GERMS IN FOOD AND WATER PART 2 (UPPER ELEM/MIDDLE/HIGH) PowerPoint with Audio: Germs in Food and Water - Cleaning. Part 2 of 2 food and water preparation presentations from the Living on Planet Earth Series. This program describes how to limit the ingestion of harmful microbes by properly separating, cleaning, cooking and chilling food. Already an abcteach Member? LOG IN TO ACCESS THIS DOCUMENT...


Block on Incline A block is positioned on an incline of angle q = 30 o a distance d = 10 meters up the incline as shown in the picture. If the block is assumed initially at rest, how long will it take to reach the bottom of the incline? Use g = 9.81; t = s


1. Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell 2. Grammar. a. a change in the structure of a word or sentence made by adding, removing, or transposing the sounds or words of which it is composed or the letters that represent them. the formation of oblique cases from a stem other than that of the nominative. Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English metaplasmus Related forms grammatical change, irregularity < Latin < Greek metaplasmós reforming, remodeling, derivative of metaplássein to mould differently, remodel. See meta- is always a great word to know. So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:


The Atlas case focuses on resources and their use. Data Resource Management Reuse and repeatability GIS has been argued to be the most complex information system in existence today. Whether the "most complex" or not, GIS is still comprehensive enough to require, in many cases, special skills to access the data and special talents to produce information. This simply means that GIS skills and talent are in relatively high demand. Coupled with the cost of creating these resources (e.g. education, software, experience, etc.) the skills and talents command relatively high salaries. The Atlas Case focuses on the ways the program can minimize the cost needed to leverage these critical skills and talents. The design objectives of reuse and repeatability are examples of this focus.


Did You Know? Facts, Figures & Folklore About the Month of October Sept 27 : 04 days to October Did you know that there are two birthstones for the month of October? That would be the transparent tourmaline and the opaque opal. Did you know that October marks the conclusion of the grape harvests? The ancient Saxons used to call October Wyn Monath, since it was the time of wine making. Join us as we present a new “Did You Know?” fact each day as we countdown to the month of October! So stop by again tomorrow.


Bigshot LetterLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters. Add the indicated number of the same letter(the Bigshot Letter) to the following sets of letters and form three words that contain all five vowels. The letters given are not in the correct order. 1. AEIOUDNT + Bigshot Letter(1) 2. AEIOUMMNT + Bigshot Letter(2x) 3. AEIOULLRYNT + Bigshot Letter(4x) QUESTION: What is the Bigshot Letter and what are the words? Hint1. Experience is the best teacher. 2. Mean what you say. 3. Be ready for the ups and downs of business. AnswerThe letter C. See another brain teaser just like this one... Or, just get a random brain teaser If you become a registered user you can vote on this brain teaser, keep track of which ones you have seen, and even make your own. Back to Top


The direction property defines the direction the text will display. direction in CSS Versions: direction: ltr | rtl | inherit Left to right. Right to left. The element should have the same direction setting as the parent. direction Initial Value: direction Applies To: This property is inherited. direction Browser Support: change the direction of the element <p style="direction: rtl;"> This paragraph should display right to left. </p>


Gardening Articles: Landscaping :: Trees, Shrubs, & Vines New Starry-Eyed Hydrangea by Charlie Nardozzi The smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) is a widely grown landscape shrub, and Annabelle, with its snowball-shaped flowers, has been the variety of choice for years. A newly discovered selection of this species has been found in Alabama that produces flowers with a unique shape that's sure to impress hydrangea lovers. The Hayes Starburst hydrangea (H. arborescens radiata) has dome-shaped, white flowers that open in a traditional lace-cap shape. Then after a few days the flowers become double, giving the blossoms a star-like effect. The flowering continues for several weeks. 'Hayes Starburst' grows 3 to 4 feet tall and wide in a range of well-drained soils, and is hardy in USDA zones 4 to 9. For more information on the Hayes Starburst hydrangea, go to: Spring Meadow Nursery.


Educational Resources > Agriculture > Alternative Crops EarthScore: Your Personal Environmental Audit & Guide An interactive guide for people to learn how they impact the environment in thier daily lives.Joel Makower says, "this clever book allows you to assess and rate your own habits and lifestyle, then learn how to reduce their environmental impact..head and shoulders above other green guides." Ratings/Review of this resource:


You just saw a horror movie with a friend. You're talking about parts of the movie that scared you. You say: That look she gave him sent chills up my spine. "Giving someone a look" means looking at someone with a certain emotion. You can "give someone a look" when you're angry at them, when you think they're being silly, when you're scared, and so on. Things that are scary can make you feel cold and make you shiver a little bit. So when something is frightening, you can say that it "sends chills up your spine". This phrase is usually for talking about scary things. However, in some situations you can also use it for things that make you really excited in a positive way. For example: The chorus of that song is so beautiful. When I hear that, it sends chills up my spine. (Print this lesson)


Kittens Are Like That by Jan Pfloog Reviewed by A.S. (age 7) A.S. is a student in Ms. Kachenchai's 1st Grade Class This book is about kittens. Kittens drink milk from their mom. Kittens meow for food. They like milk. Kittens lick their paws to take a bath. If you want to know more about kittens, read this book. I like this book because of the cat pictures. I saw kittens run and sleep like a ball. I also learned that kittens like to hide. Children that would like a kitten as a pet need to read this book.


Teodoro Vidal Collection of Puerto Rican History - Introduction "Teodoro Vidal Collection of Puerto Rican History - Introduction" showing 1 items. - This basket was bought in Luquillo in 1979. The hanging supports are made of bejuco, processed fiber from the century plant, or maguey. A large metal disk was placed around the top to keep rodents from crawling into it from above. Widely used in rural kitchens, it is called a canestillo in the center of the island and a barandillo in the north. - Currently not on view - Date made - 20th century - ca 1979 - ID Number - catalog number - accession number - Data Source - National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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The student book is supported by a comprehensive Teachers Book & CD which includes full teaching notes for each unit, ideas for extension work, topic tests along NCEA lines (to familiarise students with the style), answers to all questions, a set of worksheets, and a comprehensive range of practicals provided as photocopy masters. Teachers are provided with a choice of investigative approach in each topic where possible - some investigations lend themselves to student planning and carrying out, while others follow the traditional recipe format. Audience: Primary / High School Number Of Pages: 48 Published: 15th June 2005 Publisher: Cengage Learning New Zealand Dimensions (cm): 29.7 x 21.0 x 0.400


During the third hour after midnight the hands on a clock point in the same direction (so one hand is over the top of the other). At what time, to the nearest second, does this happen? On a digital 24 hour clock, at certain times, all the digits are consecutive. How many times like this are there between midnight and 7 a.m.? Stuart's watch loses two minutes every hour. Adam's watch gains one minute every hour. Use the information to work out what time (the real time) they arrived at the airport. These clocks have been reflected in a mirror. What times do they On a digital clock showing 24 hour time, over a whole day, how many times does a 5 appear? Is it the same number for a 12 hour clock over a whole day? These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information? Can you put these mixed-up times in order? You could arrange them in a circle.


- For Teachers Thank you for looking at my thread, I would like to know what's is the correct way to write o'clock without the contrast " ' " between the o and the c. And thank you one more time.... Firstable, thank you for taking your time helping me. We are going through this words that use apostrophe (thank you by the way), words that are composed exemplo:doesn't, aren't, they'll and so on. We are using a grammar book which gives us a list and the word o'clock is the only word that we couldn't solve. I new that was the way to write it (just so you know English is my second language). But now since is in the list I'm doubting it. Help please!! I concur with the answer: I learned at primary school that o'clock was a contraction of "of the clock". Whatever it was originally a contraction of, it is not used nowadays. It is "o'clock" and that is how it is used.


Volume 17, Issue 1 (January 1972) Statistical Treatment of Pellet Dispersion Data for Estimating Range of Firing When a shotgun is fired, the pellet charge emerges from the muzzle as a single mass and remains so for a couple of feet, after which the pellets begin to disperse. This dispersion increases with the range of firing. The relationship between the size of pellet pattern and the range of firing is routinely employed in forensic science laboratories to estimate the range of firing. The method consists of firing test shots from different distances using the weapon of the crime and ammunition similar to that used in the crime and ascertaining the limits of the distance within which a pattern of the size of the evidence pattern can be obtained. This approximately defines the limits of the range of firing.


Although Fibre Channel utilizes the SCSI protocol for block based disk I/O, Fibre also has the capability to run multiple protocols at the same time. The Fibre spec is very open, and the Fibre cables themselves are just the underlying transport that enable great distances between servers and storage,(up to 100km) and also enables storage consolidation for access by many nodes. SCSI on the other hand only supports a max of 15 nodes per bus, is limited to 25 meters for differential SCSI and requires proper termination to prevent signal reflection. Fibre in a fabric topology can scale to thousands of nodes, is unlimited in the amount of storage being accessed, is tamper proof because it's optical, and enables things like LAN free backup, remote replication, wide area clustering, dual pathing, dual ported access, hardware based volume shadowing, etc. This was first published in April 2001


true and false All conditional statements use the truth or falsehood of a conditional expression to determine the execution path. An example of a conditional expression is A == B. This uses the conditional operator == to see if the value of A is equivalent to the value of B. The expression returns true or false. Any of the relational operators youve seen earlier in this chapter can be used to produce a conditional statement. Note that Java doesnt allow you to use a number as a boolean, even though its allowed in C and C++ (where truth is nonzero and falsehood is zero). If you want to use a non-boolean in a boolean test, such as if(a), you must first convert it to a boolean value by using a conditional expression, such as if(a != 0).


November 25, 2009 The diminutive moon Prometheus whips gossamer ice particles out of Saturn's F ring in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 21, 2009. The moon and the ring have eccentric, offset orbits, so Prometheus dips in and out of the F ring as it travels around Saturn. Its gravitational force drags the dust-sized particles at the edge of the F ring along for the ride. The ability of the potato-shaped Prometheus to pull material out of the F ring was first theorized in the late 1990s and finally imaged by Cassini in 2004. But because these so-called "streamer-channels" have constantly shifted as Prometheus and the F ring have moved, the F ring has never looked the same twice. The gravitational pull of other moons on other rings has created waves in the edges, but nothing quite as extreme as the streamer-channels of Prometheus.


Figure 1: Dry dock area kept uncluttered by use of numerous recycle and trash bins. Figure 2: JLG used to move scrap off vessel. Many conditions and operations in shipbreaking may result in hazards that must be evaluated and controlled. Some of these conditions and operations include: Note: Department of Transportation markings must be maintained on hazardous material containers. Department of Transportation Markings [29 CFR 1915.100] refers to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) [29 CFR 1910.1200]. Also, it should be noted that the HCS requirements do not apply to hazardous waste. Note: Confined space entry is one of the leading hazards associated with barge cleaning. Review the Shipbreaking: Confined orEnclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres chapter for information on how to protect workers from this hazard.


Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are most common in young to middle-aged women. They occur more often in women than in men because: Some women have an ongoing problem with UTIs. If a woman has more than two bladder infections in 6 months or more than three infections in a year, she is said to have recurrent UTIs. Recurrent UTIs usually get better with extended antibiotic treatment. But infection may recur as soon as the woman stops taking antibiotics. For this reason, doctors usually recommend preventive antibiotics. To learn more visit Healthwise.org © 1995-2012 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.


Introductionpompano (pŏmˈpənō) [key], common name for fishes of the genus Trachinotus, and for Palometus simillimus, members of a large and important family of mackerellike fishes, abundant in warm seas around the world. They have deeply forked tails set on thin stalks and swim swiftly, often with the dorsal fin above the water surface. Most of the 200 species are valuable food fishes. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. See more Encyclopedia articles on: Vertebrate Zoology


BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota State University professor is testing a new early warning system for the West Nile virus. Michael Wimberly is a senior scientist at SDSU's Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence. Wimberly has analyzed satellite imaging data from 2000 to the present to study climatic variability and West Nile virus outbreaks in the northern Great Plains. Wimberly's research with several other professors was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE. Wimberly says his initial forecast in 2010 was completely wrong. He developed more sophisticated models and his prediction was correct in 2011 and 2012. He says the research has shown that if scientists look broadly at the regional level, temperature is an extremely strong indicator of a West Nile outbreak.


Definition of Olivopontocerebellar Olivopontocerebellar: Pertaining to three particular parts of the brain -- namely, the oliva, the pons, and the cortex of the cerebellum. The oliva (olive) is a rounded prominence on the surface of the medulla oblongata in the brain. The olivopontocerebellar pathway consists of nerve fibers that connect the olivary nucleus to the pons and cerebellum. Olivopontocerebellar atrophy is a disorder of this pathway.Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary Last Editorial Review: 6/14/2012 Get breaking medical news.


To avoid enemy crafts, naval submarines will often run silently, shutting down nonessential functions and cutting crew chatter. Now, an international team of researchers has found that Blainsville’s beaked whales also go into stealth mode to avoid being eaten by their mortal enemies, orcas. While they normally click, buzz, and whistle to one another in the deep, the aquatic mammals stop all gab when they enter waters shallower than about 550 feet, presumably because killer whales typically hunt in shallow water. This is surprising considering that the beaked whales spend only 40 percent of their lives in the deeper waters—scientists expected that the animals would need frequent communication to maintain social ties. Makes you wonder: How often do the whales leave the deep to get away from all the gossiping? [Read more at BBC.]


- older sibling (of the same sex) - older maternal cousin (of the same sex) - friend (chiefly of the same sex) - sikʼis — my friend Traditionally, men and women could marry but could not just be friends. This is why the word for "friend" means of the same sex. However, in modern times, men and women can now just be friends, so this term may be applied to friends of the opposite sex.


The relatively long black ears of the long -eared myotis (Myotis evotis) are distinctive and dramatic in contrast with its paler body fur. These are western bats, predominately found in coniferous forests, often at higher elevations. Although overall, little is known about them, studies indicate that their feeding behavior is somewhat flexible, since they have an ability to capture airborne insects as well as to glean prey from vegetation or the ground. Their main diet appears to consist of moths, and the type of echolocation they use when hunting makes them well adapted to hunting in forested habitats. Long-eared bats were among the nine species studied last summer in Arizona's Coconino National Forest [page 4]. The project gave researchers some of their first clues into where these bats roost and give birth to their young. Photo by Merlin D. Tuttle


In order to understand what ovarian cysts are you first have to understand what the ovary is. An ovary is one partner of a pair of reproductive glands found on both sides of the uterus in the pelvis of a woman. An ovary is very small, about the same form and dimension of an almond. The ovaries are responsible for producing ova (female eggs) and hormones in the female body. Entries Tagged ‘ovarian cyst symptoms’ Dec.08, 2010 in fitness Comments Off


September 25, 2009 Zimbabwe's estimated HIV infection rate has dropped to 13.7 percent in people ages 15-49, down from 14.1 percent last year, said Health Minister Henry Madzorera. However, concerted efforts are needed to push the rate down further, he said. "We have to redouble our efforts and commitment and keep the sense of hope that indeed one day we will get to the single digit prevalence," Madzorera was quoted by the state-run NewZiana news agency as saying. Zimbabwe is one of a few countries in the world to have recorded a sharp decline in HIV prevalence. In 1999, the country's prevalence stood at 33 percent. While government and donor-supported prevention campaigns have made inroads in cutting infection rates, Zimbabwe's economic collapse has also made it more difficult for people to maintain multiple sex partners.


|Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Carbohydrate chemistry| Carbohydrate chemistry is a field of study concerned with the synthesis, structure and function of carbohydrates. Due to the complexity of these structures, the chemical synthesis of carbohydrates has a variety of unique strategies and methods. Both chemical and enzymatic methods can be used to generate these structures, and often a combination of the two approaches is used to generate complex polysaccharides. This category has only the following subcategory. - ► Carbohydrates (12 C, 65 P) The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).


2 rectangles with different areas. Each rectangle has a width of 7 tiles. Each rectangle is made with an even number of tiles that is greater than 40 but less than 60. How many tiles are in each rectangle? What I don't understand is how can they have different areas and still have the same number of tiles in each one.


All the versions of this article: State of the project: The living world is divided into three domains : Bacteria, Archeae and Eukariota. The most hyperthermophilic organisms are found in the Archeae. As its first main sequencing project, Genoscope has chosen the genome of Pyrococcus abyssi, a microbe isolated from samples taken close to a hot spring situated 3500 meters deep in the south-east Pacific, and for which optimal growing conditions are 103 °C and 200 atmospheres pressure. This project was carried out in collaboration with teams from :


March 8 was the 100th anniversay of international Women's Day. To mark the occasion, more than 7,000 women farmers in Brazil demonstrated against industrial agriculture. Most farmers around the world are women, and women (and children) bear disproportionately high costs of this system of farming — particularly pesticide health impacts. Protesters were members of the international peasant movement La Via Campesina. Their primary demands were more equitable distribution of land, a shift to sustainable ecological agriculture, and a re-direction of government support toward small-scale and peasant farmers, and away from large agribusiness subsidies.


CORE CLIPS 4 How will our students benefit from the Iowa Core? - Ensures that students will grasp big ideas through a focus on essential topics - Moves students beyond superficial knowledge to deep conceptual and procedural knowledge through learning for understanding, problem solving, and inquiry - Provides students opportunities to learn rigorous, robust content, through effective instruction - Enhances student engagement by involving students in interesting, relevant learning experiences


The Fantasia in C minor begins with tremendous force and decision. Its energy comes from three motifs: a descending arpeggio in the right hand (which soon becomes, in the left hand, an ascending one), an octave leap, and a rattling trill. In the fifth bar Bach introduces two more fragments—a chromatic scale and a playful leaping figure—both of which play major roles later on (the latter appearing in a treacherous passage close to the end where many a player will come to grief!). Much of its appeal lies in the sections that require hand-crossing—both the Italian type (using large skips), and in the French manner (one hand playing within the span of the other). Written sometime around 1738, this work must surely have influenced Bach’s son, Carl Philipp Emanuel in his development of sonata form. from notes by Angela Hewitt © 1994


2.9.2 Yank Commands Yank commands yank a text of buffer into a (usually anonymous) register. Here the word `yank' is used in Vi's sense. Thus yank commands do not alter the content of the buffer, and useful only in combination with commands that put back the yanked text into the buffer. For example, y $ will yank the text between point and the end of line into an anonymous register, while "c y $ will yank the same text into - y motion-command - Yank the region determined by the motion command motion-command. Use the following command to yank consecutive lines of text. - y y - Yank a line. Given n, yank n lines ( - y r - Yank current region. - y R - Expand current region and yank it.


Moisson, France, 1947. The Sixth Jamboree. " Jamboree of Peace". 24,152 Scouts. Ten years since the previous Jamboree. B-P no longer with us. "Cousins" of previous Jamborees became "Zs" here. Loudspeakers an unpleasant innovation of the times. "Le Train" brought from the Maginot line to be used at the Jamboree. Indian Scouts celebrate their country´s independence. "Challenges" were part of Moisson. The boyish "dares" are part of the largely unrecorded life of all jamborees. The final march, along the pattern of a carrick bend, symbol of the Jamboree. At the opening ceremony the Scouts had marched in by countries; at the closing ceremony each sub-camp was the unit, and bore at its head the many flags and banners of the Scouts of several countries who had been camping together. The Sixth World Jamboree. Contributed by: Carlos Rodriguez, Wood Badge Scouter, Venezuela


Photo Courtesy of Breguet Legendary horologist and founder of luxury watch company Breguet, Abraham-Louis Breguet made timekeeping history in 1801 with the invention of a much-needed, but highly complex watch mechanism. Seeing the adverse effect gravity had on reliable timekeeping, he created the tourbillon— an escapement housed within a mobile carriage that performs a complete rotation every couple of minutes. Basically, the regular repetition of the tourbillon’s variations offsets those made by gravity. It was a tough assignment for Bregeut to pull off, as it requires a certain durability while nonetheless maintaining its light weight.


Words pour out of our mouths each day as our thoughts, opinions, and beliefs are freely expressed. Words have tremendous power - speak kind words only Long, fancy words designed to show off your intelligence and vocabulary are all very well, but they aren't always the best words. In this short, playful video Terin Izil explains why simple, punchy language is often the clearest way to convey a message. At Leading Value we believe in the power of words - clear, plain words. Say what you mean and mean what you say! Have a question or feedback about TED-Ed? Let us know below.


Smerdis (smûrˈdĭs) [key], d. c.528 B.C., second son of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia. He is also called Bardiya. He was assassinated by his brother Cambyses II, who kept the murder a secret. Patizithes, the Magian custodian of Cambyses' palace, deposed Cambyses (who was campaigning in Egypt), put forward his own brother Guamata to impersonate Smerdis, and proclaimed him king. After a reign of seven months the false Smerdis was overthrown (521 B.C.) and slain. Darius I succeeded Guamata. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Smerdis from Infoplease: See more Encyclopedia articles on: Ancient History, Middle East: Biographies


UW Professor E. Donnall Thomas, who pioneered bone marrow transplantation, which has saved the lives of thousands of people with leukemia and other blood diseases, died Oct. 20 in Seattle. Thomas, a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, received the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1990. Thomas grew up in a small town in Texas, the son of a physician. He began doing research in the 1950s at a time when most everyone with leukemia and other blood cancers died. Thomas conducted the first bone marrow transplant on a leukemia patient in 1956 using donor cells from the patient’s identical twin. Upon hearing the news of his death, one patient said, “In your efforts you very likely sacrificed time away from your family, and in doing so, you gave us more time to spend with ours.” Thomas was 92.—Julie Garner


The polar bear is the largest land-dwelling predator in the world. Although they hunt seals and other marine animals in the icy arctic waters, they spend most of their time on top of the ice. As climate warms more and more, the vast expanses of ice that the Polar bear relies on for hunting ground will melt further. This could result in the starvation and possible extinction of the polar bear. Image courtesy of Educapoles.org and the International Polar Foundation


Engineers at Carleton University in Canada have demonstrated a small-scale rover that could be used as a risk-assessment tool in explorations of the surface of Mars and the moon. The Kapvik micro-rover is inspired by design concepts seen in NASA's Sojourner, Spirit, and Opportunity rovers. It has six wheels, weighs less than 66 pounds, and could be deployed by larger unmanned rovers to scout out specific areas. One problem that has dogged Martian rovers is getting stuck in sand or other topographic features. The Kapvik, named for an Inuktitut term for "wolverine," has a tethering system for winching it up hills. … Read more


Hunting is an important wildlife management tool that we recognize as a healthy, traditional outdoor pastime, deeply rooted in America’s heritage. Hunting can instill a unique understanding and appreciate of wildlife, their behavior, and their habitat needs. As practiced on refuges, hunting, trapping and fishing do not pose a threat to wildlife populations, and in some instances are necessary for sound wildlife management. For example, because their natural predators are gone, deer populations will often grow too large for the refuge habitat to support. Hunting programs can promote understanding and appreciation of natural resources and their management on lands and waters in the Refuge System. To find out more about hunting opportunities, seasons and regulations on San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, contact the refuge manager.


1. The ground water must contain a high concentration of iron. (As:Fe = 1: 10 will be excellent. If that conc ratio is present, then this method will work whatever may be th level of arsenic) 2. The spray system must work properly & efficiently. 3. Small handpumps can not be used for this process. Submersible pumps working through electrical power is a necessity to achieve the desired result. 4. After drinking the arsenic & iron contaminated water for a long time, the villagers may take some time to adapt to the taste of the good quality As & Fe free water. This will need some awareness campaign. Also, absence of iron results in loose motion for a few days which can be mistaken as stomach upset.


Browsing 230 - 240 results of 469 webcasts Join the Live@ crew and NASA scientists as we delve into the ancient knowledge of the Chacoans, daily sky watchers who amassed a great knowledge about the movements of the sun. And learn why today's astronomers and solar physicists continue to watch the sun, using modern ground-based observatories and orbiting space telescopes. Project: Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon | Browse All Date: December 21, 2004 Category: History of Science Subject(s): Physics, History


21 cards trick is a math card tricks. Using math principle to identify which one is the chosen card among 21 cards. 21 random cards deal in 3 column with 7 cards in each rows. The spectator choose any card they wants. The performer only need to know in which column the card belong to. After that the performer took all 21 cards and make into one pile and then deal the cards again in the same way (3 x 7 cards) as before. Then the spectator being asked again, in which column the chosen card belong to. After that the cards been collected and re-deal in the same way as before, and the spectator being asked the same question. After only 3 times asking the same question, the performer already can identified which one is the chosen card among 21 cards.


On various linux machines you can The shell will say the current directory is '/' or '//' after using the corresponding command. So the question is: What is the difference between '/' and '//', and if the answer is 'no difference' then why is '//' shown differently than '/' cd /// cd //// cd ///// All result in the shell saying the current directory is '/' Heres an example session: [user@host /]$ cd // [user@host //]$ cd / [user@host /]$ cd // [user@host //]$ cd / [user@host /]$


On an island in the middle of a remote lake in Siberia, not far from the Mongolian border, lies the fortress of Por-Bajin. Por-Bajin is an archaeological site that dates to the 8th or 9th century. Its walls enclose 7 acres (2.8 hectares), a maze of about 30 buildings. Despite extensive excavations, little is known about the site or the people who built it. Theories include a Uighur fortress, a palace, and a Manichaean monastery. Further adding to the mystery is the strong influence of Chinese construction and motifs. [photos]


Analytical processes play an essential role in all areas of the economy. Advances in research, medicine, biotechnology and environmental safety are inseparably tied to the progress in chemical analysis. This is particularly true for the area of technology and for industrial production. Mass spectrometry is one of the most important analytical methods and offers advantageous features. Its success is based on: - Very fast analysis < 10 sec. - High precision and accuracy - Simultaneous measurement of multi-component mixtures - Concentration from ppm to %, wide linear dynamic range - Cost effective due to high sample throughput Physical measurements such as temperature, pressure, flow and filling level can be combined with additional mass spectrometry data to receive concentration and structural information of a new product.


NASA eClips™: Environmental Control on the International Space Station Target: Grades 6-8 Length: 5 minutes 7 seconds NASA eClips™: Real World View video → Learn how engineers turn perspiration into innovation on the International Space Station so astronauts can live and work comfortably. The Environmental Control and Life Support System regulates the environment, including temperature, humidity and breathable air.


In both Spanish and English, personification is common in poetry, literature and everyday speech. A common example of personification in everyday speech is a sentence such as "The car wants to turn to the left" (El coche quiere girar a la izquierda), in which an inanimate object, the car, is attributed with a will of its own. In Spanish, a noun that is personified can be treated as a person grammatically. It is usual in Spanish to use the preposition a (known as the personal a) before names of people when they are direct objects, and the same is often done with personified nouns. For example: Insulta a la computadora como si fuera una persona. ("He insults his computer as if it were a person.")


The search textbox has an autosuggest feature. When you enter three or more characters, a list of up to 10 suggestions will popup under the textbox. Use the arrow keys to move through the suggestions. To select a suggestion, hit the enter key. Using the escape key closes the listbox and puts you back at the textbox. The radio buttons allow you to toggle between having all search items start with or contain the text you entered in the search box. lymphatic system (lim-FA-tik SIS-tem) The tissues and organs that produce, store, and carry white blood cells that fight infections and other diseases. This system includes the bone marrow, spleen, thymus, lymph nodes, and lymphatic vessels (a network of thin tubes that carry lymph and white blood cells). Lymphatic vessels branch, like blood vessels, into all the tissues of the body.


On the stone the Old Irish inscription reads 'In loc so taninmarni Ternoc mac Ceran Bic er cul Peter Apstel'. This means 'this place, bequeathed by Ternoc, son of Cernan the Little under the patronage of Peter the Apostle'. As Ternoc's death is recorded in the Annals in 714 - 716, the stone must have been erected in the early 700's AD, making it the earliest datable stone monument in Ireland. The rounded face of the pillar is decorated with ten crosses and excavations in 1966 and 1968 uncovered a number of stone built and dug graves nearby. Close to the pillar are several small stones, some with crosses.


This children's educational video introduces basic shapes: Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle, Star, Oval, Diamond, Heart, Pentagon, Hexagon, and Octagon. These simple shapes are used here to teach basic geometry as well as vocabulary. Additionally, children learn spatial relationships via the geometric animations. The Pentagon, Hexagon, and Octagon help to teach Greek prefixes, as well as discrimination. Although the oval is not a well-defined shape, it is a shape commonly taught to children as a simpler alternative to an ellipse, which is well defined. The heart and diamond shapes are likewise common, but not well defined.


Eggs got a bad rap for decades, because doctors believed that eating foods high in cholesterol caused high cholesterol. We now know that the connection isn’t so straightforward, and that most of the cholesterol in our blood is made in our liver from the fats we eat. Trans- fats and saturated fats raise cholesterol levels the most. Recently, Harvard researchers compared the consumption of eggs with the health of more than 115,000 men and women over eight to 14 years, and concluded that healthy people can eat an egg a day without raising their cholesterol to harmful levels. Content Provided By Spry Living


Heightened sensitivity to cheap, high-calorie food is linked with obesity Full Text Obesity is increasing worldwide in adults and children and is currently viewed by many as one of the most serious threats to public health. It is likely that solutions to the obesity pandemic will require changes in public policy and that scientific insight into obesity will be invaluable for guiding those changes. Research suggests that overeating has its origins where a person makes a food choice and that anticipatory signals play a critical role in the vulnerability to obesity. Importantly, obese individuals exhibit greater brain activation in response to sweet or fatty food cues, suggesting a key role for signals associated with motivation to eat.


Read More: Psoriasis, Anger, This Morning, Health, Temper Tantrums, Emer O'Toole, Endometriosis, Hairy Women, UK Health, UK Lifestyle News Why do we get angry? It's a very natural reaction to being offended, threatened, wronged or denied. It's a human instinct, proof that we are still animals. Anger is immediate. It's like a fire, it ignites, it rages and it burns out.


When it’s time to leave home, consider the planet as you make your plans. These simple practices take little effort but can make a big impact on the environment — not just for Earth Day, but every day. 1. Start before you go Unplug your electronic appliances when you leave home for an extended time, especially those with digital or LCD displays such as TVs or microwaves — these suck a lot of power whether they are switched on or not. The Department of Energy estimates that so-called “vampire” or “phantom” energy waste accounts for 5 percent of total electronic energy consumption in the United States. You should also make sure your thermostat is turned down or off, and reduce the setting on your water heater.


Anno Domini is Medieval Latin, translated as “In the year of the Lord” or “In the year of our Lord”. It is sometimes specified more fully as Anno Domini Nostri Iesu meaning “In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ”. Each year people of all nations around the world celebrate the coming of a new year based on the birth of Jesus Christ. The world has used this method of defining the year since 525 AD or in other words for the past 1487 years. The world basically has accepted the birth of Jesus Christ as such a major event in history of mankind that time should be measured by it. Therefore, I have one simple question. If the previous is true, why is our nations leaders so set on being “politically correct” to the point of attempting to take Jesus Christ, God and prayer out of everything! Think about it. Happy 2012 “in the year of our Lord”!


This image of the Earth was taken by the Galileo spacecraft at about 6:10 a.m. PST on December 11, 1990. The spacecraft was about 1.3 million miles from the Earth. South America is near the center of the picture, and the white, sunlit continent of Antarctica is below. Picturesque weather fronts are visible in the South Atlantic, lower right.


Definition of Immunoglobulin G Immunoglobulin G: A class of immunoglobulins found in all body fluids. They are the smallest but most common antibodies (75 percent to 80 percent) in the body. Abbreviated IgG. IgG antibodies are very important in fighting bacterial and viral infections. IgG antibodies are the only type of antibody that can cross the placenta in a pregnant woman to help the fetus. Last Editorial Review: 3/19/2012 Back to MedTerms online medical dictionary A-Z List Need help identifying pills and medications? Get the latest health and medical information delivered direct to your inbox FREE!


ActionListener interface is used to perform actions on a performed event. In this post, I will write about its importance and usage. ActionListener interface is part of java.awt.event package. It has only one abstract method that has to be implemented in the class implementing this interface. void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) Consider the following scenario: you developed an GUI form for an application comprising of text fields,


Chickenpox Vaccination of Children Helps Protect Infants, Too Chickenpox infection can be life-threatening for infants who are too young to receive the chickenpox vaccine. The good news is that the routine vaccination of children aged 1 and older has shown spillover benefits for infants. Click here to read the full story. No profanity or inappropriate comments will be allowed. Offensive posters will be blocked from future postings.


Bob Dylan is 70 on Tuesday: Andy Gill gives that many reasons why he is the most important figure in pop-culture history 1. Because he wrote the song "Blowin' in the Wind". 2. Because he made teenagers interested in poetry again. He offered a route into symbolists like Rimbaud, Verlaine and Baudelaire, and City Lights beats like Ginsberg, Corso and Ferlinghetti. 3. Because when Martin Luther King Jr gave his legendary "I have a dream" speech, Dylan wasn't just in the audience, he was on stage a few feet from Dr King, having just sung "Only a Pawn in Their Game" and "Blowin' in the Wind". 4. Because he invented folk-rock. 5. Because he's a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. keyboard shortcuts: V vote up article J next comment K previous comment


In this course we will examine key events and themes of modern Levantine history through the lens of literature, film, and news media. We will focus on pan-Arabism, sectarianism, Islam and secularism, the establishment of modern Lebanon and Syria, and current manifestations of the Arab Spring in the region. We will analyze a variety of literary genres, including works by Hanan Al-Shaykh, Ghada Samman, Ilyas Khoury, and Muhammad al-Maghut. The goals of this course are to give students a solid grasp of Levantine history in the 20th and 21st centuries, to address the signature themes of literary and popular culture, and to achieve and maintain advanced proficiency in Arabic. (ARBC 0302 or by approval) 3 hrs. sem.


- Filed Under If you go to a show called Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times, you might expect to see, well, scrolls. But instead, when this traveling exhibit opens Friday at Cincinnati Museum Center, you will witness relatively small parchment (in a rare case, papyrus) pieces that have been torn, frayed, smudged and otherwise affected in surviving the past 2,000+ years of history. But don't be dismissive. They are more precious than diamonds. They constitute the oldest writings known of the Hebrew Bible, and provide insight into the development of Judaism, Christianity and Western ...


| || | You have to admit that the concept of invention itself is pretty darn amazing. In order to create an eco-friendly invention, this special art of creativity and resourcefulness must be taken to an entirely different level. Inventing eco-friendly products involves not only an end result that is good for the planet, but at it's best, utilizes existing abundant resources. The effort involved in this creative enterprise has sparked man's imagination in some wonderful ways. Inventions based on eco-friendly living reflect the human capacity of imagination and have the added bonus of ways to make our lives on this changing planet better. Eco-friendly inventions are not only unique, they are a necessary faction of a changing and new world.


Sustainable Bio Diversity skyscraper uses trash to grow crops Eco Factor: Bio recycling skyscraper grows crops from garbage. Cypriot architect Luke Clayden is proposing an all new way to utilize garbage to create greener products. Christened the Bio Diversity Project, the proposal calls for the development of a bio-recycling plant, which will transform garbage into crops. The main concept is to design biodegradable commercial packaging for everyday needs, which will include micro seeds. After the packs are discarded, they will naturally biodegrade proving nutrients to the micro seeds. The vertical bio-recycling plants can be developed in the most polluted cities around the world and the garbage will grow a wide range of plants that will later be transferred to forests, parks and farms. A portion of the building could also be used as a vertical farm for the city.


Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, April 4th, 2011 "In the majority of species studied, Kenyon cells are formed by four solitary neuroblasts. Among six calliphorid species, the number of neuroblasts increases up to 10-15 (mean 12.6) in each mushroom body in Calliphora vicina only. In young pupae of Muscina stabulans and M. livida, four polyneuroblastic prolipherative centers occur instead of solitary neuroblasts. These centers disintegrate later into numerous solitary neuroblasts," wrote... Want to see the full article? Welcome to NewsRx! Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Pain and Central Nervous System Week NewsRx also is available at LexisNexis, Gale, ProQuest, Factiva, Dialog, Thomson Reuters, NewsEdge, and Dow Jones.


Dermatologists warn Smartphone apps designed to analyze potentially cancerous skin issues are not reliable. The apps encourage people to snap a picture and use it diagnose skin cancer risks. Some people use them to avoid the cost of going to a doctor. However, a new study out of Pittsburgh shows the apps are wrong most of the time. "If a computer program misses a skin cancer it can be devastating to a person,” said consulting Dr. Adam Mamelak. “This could be the difference between life and death.” Doctors do say some skin related apps can be valuable. They cite apps that help people monitor moles, or those which alert users about high ultraviolet rays and the need to wear sunscreen.


The Character Of Growth Before 'Modern Economic Growth'? The GDP Of Holland Between 1347 And 1807 Source: Utrecht University On the basis of a newly constructed dataset of the national accounts of the province of Holland in the period between 1347 and 1800, the authors analyze the pattern of growth in this region, which was one of the most prosperous and dynamic parts of the pre modern European economy. They demonstrate that this economy was characterized by almost continuous but highly unstable economic growth caused mainly by exogenous shocks related to international trade and shipping, and harvest fluctuations. The causes of this growth vary over time. Yet, the start of the Golden Age was characterized by the increase of total factor productivity.


These exercises are not terribly difficult, but they should give you some idea of the range of problems that occur when trying to explain mathematical ideas in pictures: a mixture of elementary geometry and occasionally interesting programming problems, as well as intellectual difficulties involved in mathematical concepts. At first, you might feel that the elementary geometry is an undignified pursuit for a 21st century mathematician, but as with any other language you will get better at it with practice, and as you get better you will enjoy it more. I suppose that this material is the modern replacement for what they used to teach as `descriptive geometry'.


University-Industry Partnerships (UNISPAR) Science and technology are the main drivers of industrial, economic and social development, and university-industry linkages are vital to this process. UNESCO’s University-Industry-Science Partnership (UNISPAR) programme was launched in 1993 to improve the quality of universities in developing countries and encourage them to become more involved in the process of industrialization of their country. To read more about the focus of the UNISPAR programme in the 1990s, click here. Today, the programme is helping universities in developing countries to forge partnerships with industry, in order to strengthen their capacity for innovation, so that they can embrace the knowledge economy and sustainable development. UNESCO's work includes the following projects:


Information Literacy Lessons These are lessons which can easily be integrated into the regular curriculum of a class. Lessons for teaching the steps of the Research Calculator: Content Area / Information Literacy Lessons Below are content area lessons which incorporate information literacy skills. Click on a subject to find lessons coordinated with state standards. To access additional resources for your content area, click on the 5-Star link available on each page. Information Literacy Bibliography Information compiled by Karen Eidem, Metronet Information Literacy Project Intern


Brain Bank Guided Reading supports content-area curriculum with social studies and science books, and supplements Guided Reading instruction with teaching materials for each title. Brain Bank Guided Reading includes a selection of titles from the popular Brain Bank independent reading program, and extends learning to small-group instruction. Books can be read in one or two meetings, allowing teachers to build background at the beginning, provide time for additional instruction, and still complete a title in about a week. Each Grade Level Social Studies Box Includes: • 30 books: 5 titles; 6 copies each • Title-specific lesson cards; 1 for each title • Black Gold • The Clockmaker • Famous Firsts • It All Began Here • Money Matters


Friday, April 16, 2010 Rosalind Franklin...X-ray diffraction drama Rosalind Franklin was an English scientist who contributed to the discovery of the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a constituent of chromosomes that serves to encode genetic information. Beginning in 1951, she made careful X-ray diffraction photographs of DNA, leading her to suspect the helical form of the molecule, at least under the conditions she had used. When Watson saw her photographs, he had confirmation of the double-helix form that he and Crick then published. She never received the recognition she deserved for her independent work, but had died of cancer four years before the Nobel Prize was awarded to Crick and Watson. Rosalind Franklin--Double Helix


Fog is the aggregation of water droplets or ice crystals immediately above the surface of the earth (i.e., a cloud resting on the ground). Fog becomes possible when the moisture content of the air is increased beyond the saturation point. Fog sometimes occurs when cold air streams over a warm water surface (steam fog) or when a warm rain falls through a layer of cold air near the ground (frontal fog). Fog may also be caused by radiation of heat from the ground during a windless, cloudless night (radiation fog). Radiation fog is often found in valleys and depressions in the morning, especially during autumn. In all types of fog, moisture condenses on the microscopic particles (condensation nuclei) in the atmosphere. Image courtesy of Carlye Calvin/UCAR


The easiest way to draw a horizontal line across a page is to type any of the horizontal line AutoFormat characters three times and press Enter. Use a hyphen (-) or underscore (_) to add a light or heavy single line, respectively. An equal sign (=) produces a heavy double line; a tilde (~) adds a wavy line; a number sign (#) gives you a thick line with thin lines above and below; and asterisks (*) produce a horizontal line made of small squares. The horizontal line (or rule) is actually a lower border for the paragraph above the one in which you typed the AutoFormat characters. Use of this site is governed by our


Constructing the Canon of Children's Literature Beyond Library Walls and Ivory Towers By Anne Lundin Published September 10th 2012 by Routledge – 200 pages In this pioneering historical study, Anne Lundin argues that schools, libraries, professional organizations, and the media together create and influence the constantly changing canon of children's literature. Lundin examines the circumstances out of which the canon emerges, and its effect on the production of children's literature. The volume includes a comprehensive list of canonical titles for reference. Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Best Books: Librarians 2. Best Books: Scholars 3. Best Books: Reader Conclusion Bibliography Index Anne Lundin is Professor of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


In this lesson, our instructor Tom Quayle goes through an introduction on the AP Computer Science Exam. He explains when the exam is administered, the scoring, the format of the exam questions, the multiple choice questions, the multiple choice with multi Section I: 40 multiple choice questions in 1 hour and 15 minutes Section II: 4 free response questions in 1 hour and 45 minutes All questions need to be answered on paper, not on a computer All questions are based on a subset of the Java programming language This course will fully prepare you to take the AP Exam About the AP Computer Science Exam Lecture Slides are screen-captured images of important points in the lecture. Students can download and print out these lecture slide images to do practice problems as well as take notes while watching the lecture.


How do we engage students in active learning? This session examines the relationship between social studies content and the teaching strategies that tap students' critical thinking skills, promote cooperative learning, and underscore the relevance of social studies in students' lives. To help you extend your thinking, you will: Explore cooperative learning. Define the elements of authentic instruction. Analyze social studies lessons for active learning strategies. At the end of this session you will be able to: Identify the elements of authentic instruction. Identify strategies that promote active learning. Apply strategies for active learning in your practice.


SMILE Mathematics: a Guide for Teachers This detailed guide aimed to anticipate some of the questions that teachers would have first had when using SMILE. It describes the original intended way of operating SMILE, which teachers may be able to adapt to their individual circumstances and current practices. The SMILE materials consist of a large bank of resources which include workcards, worksheets, posters, packs, boxed games, booklets and microcomputer activities. HEALTH and SAFETY Any use of a resource that includes a practical activity must include a risk assessment. Please note that collections may contain ARCHIVE resources, which were developed at a much earlier date. Since that time there have been significant changes in the rules and guidance affecting laboratory practical work. Further information is provided in our Health and Safety guidance.


Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or 3 credits from ENGL 110-139. (Second semester—as needed /3 credits) This course focuses on the tragedies and comedies produced in Athens and Rome beginning with the Oresteia of Aeschylus (early 5th century B.C.) and concluding with the tragedies of Seneca (late 1st century A.D.). Plays are selected to analyze the diachronic treatment of popular stories, such as those of Oedipus and Medea, and to highlight the various roles theatre played in Greco-Roman society (religious, social, economic, etc.). Students will be expected to write critically about ancient plays both as literary texts and in their original performance contexts.


Family: Acipenseridae, Sturgeons view all from this family Description The shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, is the smallest species of freshwater sturgeon native to the United States of America. It is often called "hackleback", "sand sturgeon", or "switchtail." Switchtail refers to the long filament found on the upper lobe of the caudal fin (often broken off as adults). Shovelnose sturgeon are the most abundant sturgeon, found in the Missouri River and Mississippi River systems, and the only commercially fished sturgeon in the United States of America (Pflieger 1997). Dimensions Up to 3' (91 cm); 7 lbs (3.2 kg). Habitat Rivers & streams. Range Plains, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains, Southeast, Southwest, Texas.


Building environmentally friendly housing requires consideration of a wide range of factors, from the orientation of the house to the materials and insulation used. A Design Guide for Environmentally Friendly Timber Housing is available that sets out the major issues to be considered. The Guide covers: - Design Objectives - Concepts of the Environmentally Friendly House - The Lightweight Timber Solution - Environmentally Friendly Timber Houses - Timber building products - Life-Cycle Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission - Environmental Impacts - Design for Longevity - Performance Analysis This guide was produced by Terry Williamson, Mark Olweny, Vera Moosmayer, Stephen Pullen andHelen Bennetts at the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design – University of Adelaide It can be downloaded at the link below.


In England, farmers are creating a gigantic, 220-acre greenhouse, essentially creating a new climate under glass so they can grow vegetables year round despite the weather. It's going to be so big that it'll house 1.3 million plants, increasing the UK's crop of green veggies by a whopping 15%. It's actually 7 gigantic interconnected greenhouses, and they'll have a relatively small carbon footprint for their size. They'll help the environment by allowing Brits to enjoy locally-grown vegetables even when they aren't in season, keeping them from needing to ship them in from elsewhere. It'll also create over 500 jobs, which is something you can't argue with. Guardian UK, via io9


Research Finds That Life Is Just Plain Better If You Graduate from College — Here’s Why It is a given that college graduates make more money. In fact, according to a new OECD study the average college graduate in America earns over $20,000 a year more than their counterparts without a degree, making the United States one of the best countries in the world to have completed college. But it turns out there are even more benefits to college. The OECD report, which looked at 18 highly-industrialized countries, also found that folks who have completed college live two years longer and are more likely to vote and to support equal rights for minorities. Furthermore the unemployment rate among college grads in the OECD region is 4.7 percent, whereas the rate for those who have just have high school degree is at about 7.2 percent. Now, go hit those books.


Can the spell checker of your web browser help provide education to children who need it? If the team behind “Donate a Word” program has its way, the answer could well be a big yes. Donate a World is an idea from Lisa Zeitlhuber and Katharina Schmitt of the Miami Ad School which now backed by Google Chrome. The idea is to donate ‘misspelled’ words to the UNICEF education program. How “Donate a Word” Works ? Every time you make a typo while writing inside your browser, the contextual menu will remind you of children who don’t know how to read and write. If you wish, you can donate that misspelled word to the UNICEF program and thus contribute to the good cause. The donation is dependent on the number of characters in that word. Share this message with your family and friends.


Botanical Name and Pronunciation: Pyracantha spp. (py-ra-CAN-tha) red, orange, yellow Form and Size: The branches of pyracantha are of various lengths and have thorns. The branches are covered with clusters of berries. 7 – 12 days fall – winter Remove leaves from the bottom of the stem, cut under water and place in fresh water with flower food. History and Usage: A member of the Rosaceae (rose) family, pyracantha originated in southeastern Europe and Asia. The botanical name comes from the word “pyr” which is Greek for fire and “akantha” which is Greek for a thorn. This is in reference to the red berries and thorns on the branches. This is also where its common name firethorn comes from. These berries look lovely in arrangements with a winter or Christmas theme. Points of Interest: Relatives of pyracantha include cotoneaster, hawthorn, photinia.


This type of LiOH canister was made famous by the Apollo 13 mission, where the astronauts were forced to move into the Lunar Module (LM) for most of the flight. Having exhausted the capacity of the LM LiOH canisters, the Command Module (CM) canisters were needed. However, the square CM canisters did not fit into the round LM openings. So a workaround was devised using the CM canisters with hoses, tape, and other items.


Researchers and public health officials have known that the basis for adult health lies largely in childhood. The environment in which one is raised affects how healthy that person will be as they age. New research suggests that children who are repeatedly exposed to violence appear to be aging at a faster rate. Researchers at Duke University and King’s College London report that the DNA of 10-year-olds who have experienced violence show signs of the wear and tear associated with aging. Scientists determined the children’s DNA had shorter age-marker sequences called telomeres. Telomeres are special sequences of DNA found at the ends of chromosomes. Like the plastic tips of shoelaces, telomeres keep strands of DNA from unraveling.


seeds are falling over monique at mail.bio.tamu.edu Mon Jun 19 13:42:47 EST 2000 I have seen seedlings fall over for a number of reasons including: a. The planting mix is soil-less and without sufficient nutrients for good growth. Once the seedling has exhausted the food in the seed, you need to help it along with fertilizer or transplant it to the earth or to a larger container. b. Damping-off fungus. A number of types of soil-borne fungi can attack the seedling right at the soil level. Make sure your potting mix and pots are sterile, and try to keep seed flats off the ground. c. Too much water. Even if you think you are not overwatering, you may be. A seedling cannot keep a large area drained, so what might be perfect watering for an older plant might be too much for a seedling. d. The cat has been sleeping on them. Monique in Texas More information about the Plantbio


The deeper a rock is within the Earth, the hotter and denser it is. Both temperature and pressure increase with depth. With every kilometer in depth the temperature increases by about 25°C (45°F), and the pressure increases by about 250 atmospheres. (One atmosphere = 14.7 lb/sq in, the average pressure of the atmosphere at sea level.


What is Registration? Q/ What is registration? A/ There is a register for blind and partially sighted people, which exists to enable your local council to plan its services. If your child is registered it may help you to claim certain benefits and concessions. Social work support services are obliged to hold the register for each area within Grampian.If your child has a severe visual impairment there may be an option to have your child registered as blind or partially sighted. It is important to note that being registered does not necessarily mean that your child is totally blind, it is just a measure of your child's level of vision. There is no difference to the amount of support available to you or your child, whether registered Blind, Partially Sighted or Non-Registered.


A front is an area where two air masses of different temperature and humidity meet. Fronts usually bring bad weather. A cold front is the boundary between warm air and cool air, where the cool air is replacing the warm air. A warm front is the boundary between cool air and warm air, where the warm air is replacing the cool air. When neither air mass is replacing the other, a stationary front forms.


penates (pənāˈtēz) [key], in Roman religion, household gods, primarily guardians of the storeroom. Theirs was the chief cult of every Roman household, especially in early times. They were worshiped in connection with the lares and, as guardians of the hearth, with Vesta. Every household was said to possess images of the penates, to whom offerings were made before each meal. Penates were also public gods, protectors of the community and state. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on penates from Fact Monster: See more Encyclopedia articles on: Ancient Religion


The face is a central sense organ complex, normally on the ventral surface of the head for animals that have one. It can, depending on the definition in the human case, include the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyelashes, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, philtrum, temple, teeth, skin, and chin. The face has uses of expression, appearance, and identity amongst others. It also has different senses like olfaction, taste, hearing, and vision. Portrait photography or portraiture is photography of a person or group of people that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is usually the person's face, although the entire body and the background or context may be included.


The Azerbaijani language is the official language of Republic of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani is a Turkic language related to both Turkmen and Turkish, but draws its greatest influence from Persian. Azerbaijani is also known as Azeri Turkish, Azari, Azeri, and Azerbaijani Turkish. About four million speakers of the Azerbaijani language are monolingual while some 98 percent of those who speak Azerbaijani regard it as their first language. In addition to the speakers residing in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani is also spoken in Georgia, eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and in the Russian Republic of Dagestan. Azerbaijani is an old language whose earliest written texts date to the sixteenth century. Akinchi, the first newspaper published in Azerbaijani, began in the year 1875. There are between 25 and 50 million native speakers worldwide today.


Travel Health Advice - Giardiasis What is it? A water borne parasite causing intestinal symptoms such as weight loss, chronic diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, bloating, fatigue and frequent loose, greasy stools. How is it transmitted? Contaminated water. Where is it present? Worldwide. Level of risk? Moderate to high. What can I do to prevent getting it? Avoid ingesting potentially contaminated drinking water or water used for recreational purposes, like rivers or pools. Treatment? Supportive, recovery-orientated treatment is best as the disease resolves after a few weeks. Where symptoms persist metronidazole, tinidazole or nitadazole are used.


The story of Ephraim Nute New book chronicles life of frontier Unitarian minister. This dynamically titled new biography, written by the subject’s great-great-granddaughter, follows the life of the Rev. Ephraim Nute Jr., a Unitarian minister from New England who made a name for himself as an abolitionist missionary in the Kansas Territory in the 1850s. Though an obscure figure now, in his day Nute was imprisoned, shot at, and once nearly lynched—and his exploits were widely reported in the press. This book lets readers acquaint themselves with one of Unitarianism’s forgotten champions. The author, the Rev. Dr. Bobbie Groth, is a Unitarian Universalist community minister and an assistant professor of sociology at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. See sidebar for links to related resources.Comments powered by Disqus


HIS 315L • UNITED STATES SINCE 1865 Lectures, readings, videos, maps, and photos are used to provide students with a survey of US history from Reconstruction to 2000. As such, students will study significant aspects of the nation's political, economic, cultural, and diplomatic history and will be challenged to understand the why, how, and so what of this history. Students begin with learning about what happened and then proceed to questions of causality and consequence. Assigned reading includes a concise edition textbook, a collection of primary sources and historical essays, and 2 or 3 other books. Grading is based on two mid-term exams and one final exam.


Shema Yisroel(Deuteronomy 6: 5-9, 11:13-21, Numbers 15:37-41)the primary credo-statement and affirmation of monotheism in Judaism. Its opening verse reads, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one." Since the Shema itself mentions the obligation to recite it "when you lie down and when you get up," i.e., in the morning and evening, it is included in the morning and evening prayers and recited upon awakening and retiring. It is a Jewish custom to recite it in times of danger and also to endeavor to make it one's final utterance before death. Source: Binyomin Kaplan.


DIFFERENT variants of HIV are passed from men to women than those that go from women to men, according to Oliver Laeyendecker of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland. His team's finding is based on a small study of 10 couples in Uganda. The team compared the HIV variants in each partner to determine which were passed on. "During sexual transmission, the virus goes through an evolutionary bottleneck," Laeyendecker told a conference in Boston. Understanding why certain variants are more likely to be passed from male to female, and others from female to male, might help with the design of preventive therapies, he says. To continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content.


At last, a program that deals with the root cause of dyslexia and not just the symptoms! Dyslexia is not a disease but is a product of thought and a special way of reacting to confusion. It is not limited to reversals of letters and words. It can affect a number of areas of life. The mental function that causes dyslexia is a gift or a special perceptual talent. Not every dyslexic uses these gifts to full effect. The Davis theories and procedures were developed by a dyslexic, not to explain the nature of the problem, but to discover how to correct it.


tapioca (tăpēōˈkə) [key], widely used starchy food, obtained from the fleshy root of the bitter cassava. Tapioca is sold in flake or flour form and as the pellet pearl tapioca. Tapioca flour is widely used in place of wheat flour in regions where it is grown, e.g., South and Central America, Africa, the West Indies, and parts of India. When cooked it becomes transparent and increases in size. It is used to thicken puddings and soups. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on tapioca from Infoplease: See more Encyclopedia articles on: Food and Cooking


Constructivism and Education: A Shopper's Guide Library Home || Full Table of Contents || Suggest a Link || Library Help |Moses A. Boudourides| |A brief review of the various streams of constructivism in studies of education, society, science and technology: philosophical, cybernetic, educational, and sociological. A paper presented at the International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics Samos, Greece, July 3-6, 1998, by a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece.| |Levels:||Elementary, Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College| |Resource Types:||Articles, Bibliographies| |Math Ed Topics:||Constructivism| © 1994-2013 Drexel University. All rights reserved. The Math Forum is a research and educational enterprise of the Drexel University School of Education.


Oxford University zoologists announced recently that they've developed miniature video cameras that can be attached to wild birds, giving them an unprecedented window into the behavior of the creatures. By studying up-close videos of New Caledonian crows, the group overturned certain assumptions about how and in what cases the birds use tools. Each of the so-called "tailcams" weighs only 14 grams, and is attached to a bird's tail feathers with tape. The idea is that the tiny size of the cameras allows the birds to act naturally. As you can see in the top image at left, it's not quite a bird's eye view. It looks a little more like a butt-cam, capturing the bird's perspective from behind and below. Within a few weeks the tailcams fall off. You can check out a few of the videos here. Warning: It's not exactly HD.—Gregory Mone (Image credit: Jolyon Troscianko)


Time in New Zealand This page features general background information about time in New Zealand. Useful Information about Time in New Zealand Below is a list of articles that provide basic background information about New Zealand’s time: - Time Zones in the Australia/Pacific region (including New Zealand). - Background on New Zealand’s time. - Chatham Islands’ Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time. timeanddate.com will expand this section as more information becomes available. - Time Zone News - Daylight Saving Time - List of countries that observe Daylight Saving Time in 2013 - Time Zone Abbreviations


Introduction to Gourd Crafts Workshop Davidsonville Historic State Park Pocahontas, AR 72455 Discover how to turn that gourd in your garden into a fun craft project. Gourds have been used by Native Americans and pioneers for hundreds of years. This beginners workshop will give you a gourd history and learn how to use the tools needed to turn that garden gourd into an original peice of art. All you have to bring is your imagination! Reservations are required and must be made 3 days before the workshop. Space is limited.


“Arch of Constatine, Rome” This arch was built by the Emperor Constantine during the 4th century. In the distance through the center arch, the chruch of San Pietro can be seen. By the 1700’s, the four statues below the top of the arch had lost their heads. In today’s modern era the heads have been replaced. The edge of the Colosseum is on the right. “VOTIS X” and “VOTIS XX” refers to the 10th and 20th anniversaries. The arch is adorned with hunting scenes and scenes celebrating Constantine’s victory over Maxentius. Various tourists are in the freground, the arch being a venue still favored for visitation today. Artistic liberties have been taken in this interpretation of an oil painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as “Canaletto”. Framed size: w 19 1/2” x h 26 1/2” Drawing only: w 11 3/4” x h 18 3/4”


Aroostook (ərōsˈtŏk, –tĭk, ərŏsˈ–) [key], river, c.140 mi (225 km) long, rising in N Maine and winding E to the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada. The Aroostook War, caused by boundary disputes between Maine and New Brunswick, took place in the Aroostook valley. The river gives its name to a county in the United States famous for potatoes. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Aroostook from Fact Monster: See more Encyclopedia articles on: U.S. Physical Geography


Those With Skills And Those Without Up until the 1970s, the U.S. was able to provide work for people with all skill levels, from high school dropouts to those with advanced college degrees, according to Brynjolfsson. But in recent decades, incomes for those with high school educations (or who dropped out) have been falling, and incomes for those with some college education have been flat. But, people with college degrees "have actually done quite well," he said. "There's been a divergence, which economists call a 'skill-biased technical change,'" he said. The result: People with limited skills have difficulty finding employment while businesses have trouble filling jobs -- such as in high-tech manufacturing -- that require higher skill levels.


A Quote by David Berlinski on axiom, mathematics, theorem, and confidence An axiomatic system establishes a reverberating relationship between what a mathematician assumes (the axioms) and what he or she can derive (the theorems). In the best of circumstances, the relationship is clear enough so that the mathematician can submit his or her reasoning to an informal checklist, passing from step to step with the easy confidence the steps are small enough so that he cannot be embarrassed nor she tripped up. Source: The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer, Pages: 49..50 Contributed by: Chris


A dislocated patella occurs when the kneecap (patella) pops out from its normal position. This can occur as the result of force or, more often, is related to a developmental condition that leads to an improper alignment of the kneecap with the thighbone (femur). This is sometimes called "unstable kneecap." How Boston Children's Hospital approaches dislocated patellas If your child is physically active and participates in contact sports and other activities, he or she may be more prone to having a dislocated patella. While our team of doctors is committed to helping stabilize and re-strengthen your child's knee, they're also interested in helping active young people prevent these injuries in the first place. Past efforts included a sports clinic to teach young athletes about how to take proper care of their knees.


Definitions for illumeɪˈlum Random House Webster's College Dictionary Origin of illume: 1595–1605; short for illumine light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate(verb) make lighter or brighter "This lamp lightens the room a bit" To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine. to throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine