Half of Britons may be suffering from allergies to pollen by 2030, a new report claims.
According to experts at the National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit, pollution and climate change may cause as many as 30 million people to develop symptoms within the next 20 years.
At present, some ten million Britons experience symptoms during the spring and summer, but the figure is expected to rise as more people adopt an urban lifestyle.
Report author Professor Jean Emberlin, director of the research unit at the University of Worcester, told the Daily Telegraph: 'Hay fever rates tend to be as high or even higher in urban areas than in the surrounding countryside, despite the fact that most pollen counts are much lower in cities, especially for grass pollen.
'The fact that the UK's urban population is expected to grow significantly over the next couple of decades is likely to accentuate the natural rise in hay fever and allergies.'
Consumers can take a number of steps to avoid symptoms of hay fever, such as wearing wraparound sunglasses when outdoors, taking a shower to remove pollen from their body and staying indoors when the pollen count is over 50.


4,500,000 (2006 Mahidol University).
Surat Thani, Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Phatthalung, Ranong, Phangnga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Pattani, Yala, and Satun provinces; Muslim Thai dialect.
5 (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in southeasternmost 15 provinces.
Tak Bai (Tai Tak Bai), Thai Malay (Tai Islam). A group of dialects more distantly related to other Tai languages. Border dialects are quite distinct from others.
Thai script [Thai].


Redirect your Downspouts
Redirecting downspouts onto a vegetated area such as a yard or garden slows water down and allows pollutants to be filtered out. Often, the volume of runoff will be reduced through infiltration. This can also help prevent downstream flooding and recharge groundwater.
If runoff flows uninterrupted onto sidewalks and driveways, it could drain as much as 12 gallons of water per minute during a heavy rainfall. This stormwater can pick up pollutants such as motor oil and lawn chemicals on the way, carrying these pollutants to local lakes, ponds and wetlands.
Plant a Rain Garden
Specially designed areas planted with native plants, called rain gardens or grassy swales, can provide natural places for rainwater to collect and soak into the ground. Rain from rooftop areas or paved areas can be diverted into these areas rather than into storm drains.
Set up a Vegetated Buffer Strip
Areas of native grass or plants along roadways or streams trap the pollutants stormwater picks up as it flows across driveways and streets.
Rain barrels collect water and store it for when you need it most — during periods of drought — to water indoor and outdoor plants, wash lawn furniture, garden tools, cars, and toys.
It also provides an ample supply of free “soft water” to homeowners, containing no chlorine, lime or calcium, making it ideal for gardens and potted plants.
A one-inch rainfall on a 1,000 square foot roof yields 562 gallons of water. Runoff from a quarter inch of rainfall will easily fill a typical 65 gallon barrel.
For more information on diverting rainwater, visit the EPA Soak Up the Rain Campaign.


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Embry-Riddle Students Make History With “Eco Eagle” Hybrid Propulsion Aircraft
Students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently demonstrated an aviation first by cruising the sky in a hybrid propulsion aircraft. A team of nearly 200 students spent the last year and a half designing, manufacturing, testing, and flying the hybrid plane dubbed ‘Eco Eagle’. The new aircraft challenges everything we know about efficient flight technology.
The plane combines the use of a super-efficient gas motor and a battery powered electric propulsion system. On September 7th, test pilot Mikhael Ponso took off and climbed upward with the 100-horsepower gas motor. Once the aircraft hit cruising altitude, it seamlessly transitioned to the full-electric mode with 40 horse power for the rest of the flight. The switch made Eco Eagle not only more efficient, but nearly silent with just the sound of the propellor in the wind.
Though today’s technology is still too heavy for an all-electric plane, the students have made incredible strides in green air technology. Pat Anderson, professor of Aerospace Engineering says, ” Not only have these students designed and flown a completely new propulsion system, they are contributing to the greening of aviation. It will challenge the status quo for aircraft performance.”
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RISE AND FALL OF THE NAWABS REGIME IN THE CARNATIC REGION ? A STUDYJournal: BEST : International Journal of Humanities , Arts, Medicine and Sciences ( BEST : IJHAMS ) (Vol.4, No. 8)
Publication Date: 2016-08-31
Authors : T. SHAFEEQUE AHMED; H. MUNAVARJAN;
Page : 1-10
Keywords : Arcot; Carnatic; Nawab; Walajahi;
The Nawabs of the Carnatic ruled the Carnatic region as deputies of the Nizam of Hyderabad with Arcot as the Capital. They ruled Carnatic region from 1698 AD to 1855 AD., for about 150 years. In spite of few attempts, local historical studies have been the neglected in the history of Tamil Nadu. This paper traces the rise of Nawabs’ regime and to throw light on the dark corners of history related to their relationship with the British East India Company which paved the way for the decline of this Nawabi Kingdom.
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Teaching and Learning Communication, Language and Literacy
- Ann Browne - University of East Anglia, UK
Early Childhood Education | English | Teaching in Primary Schools
The book examines how young children develop as learners and users of language and literacy and the contribution that home and school make to their learning. It locates learning in a play based curriculum and provides a rationale for making play both a context and a resource for learning. It also takes account of recent policy initiatives such as the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage, the organization for literacy in reception classes and the foundation stage assessment profile. Throughout the book a distinction is made between the organization and activities that are appropriate to nursery and reception children.
The book contains practical suggestions about activities and resources including ways of working with environmental print and found texts, ICT, TV and video as well as books. The role of adults in supporting and extending learning is considered in detail.
too generic in style
To be recommended as a comprehensive textbook on the subject for all EY specialists.
Ann Browne is a very accessible, well organised and authoritative writer who explores the issues of early learning and the ways in which children can be supported by adults
The is a very accessible book for undergraduate students. It is similar in many ways to Ann Browne's other book "Developing Language and Literacy 3-8" but it has some useful additional chapters. The chapter on assessment is particularly interesting.


The background of the research idea come
up because one of the results of discussions with fellow
trainers when attending regional and national
championships, the average complaints expressed were
that the development of swimming sports achievements
was less than optimal achievement because it was
minimal to support training. This study aims to develop
existing training movements, namely burpee and
crocodile push-ups as a supporting effort in swimming
In this research, the type of research is research
and development methods. The subject of this study is
Surabaya Suryanaga swimming athlete. The research
instrument used to determine the increasing of athlete
performance experienced before being given a
combination training of burpee and crocodile push-ups.
Based on the results of the research on the
development of teaching materials, the combination of
burpee and crocodile push-up, which is very simple, has
been completed with some excellent category results. In
this research, it is packaged into a movement in the
form of a book and supported by a training video. From
some of these processes the combination exercise of
burpee and crocodile push-ups has several benefits
when used for training, including to improve the ability
of arm muscles, leg muscles to support the achievements
of an athlete.
The results of this study can be concluded that
there is the increasing of the ability to swim about 50
meters on freestyle model through combination training
of burpee and crocodile push-ups in swimming athletes
in Surabaya suryanaga.
Keywords : Exercise, Burpee, Crocodile Phus-up, Swimming.


Scientists have developed a way to transform ordinary sand -- a mainstay filter material used to purify drinking water throughout the world -- into a "super sand" with five times the filtering capacity of regular sand. The new material could be a low-cost boon for developing countries, where more than a billion people lack clean drinking water, according to the report in the ACS journal Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Mainak Majumder and colleagues note that sand has been used to purify water for more than 6,000 years, and sand or gravel water filtration is endorsed by the World Health Organization. Their studies of a nanomaterial called graphite oxide (GO) suggest that it could be used to improve sand filtration in a cost-effective way, they write.
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In this article, we will discuss Promotion of Blue Economy in India. So, let’s get started.
Promote Blue Economy
- Deep Ocean Mission: It was launched with an intention to develop technologies to harness the living and non-living resources from the deep-oceans.
- India-Norway Task Force on Blue Economy for Sustainable Development: It was inaugurated jointly by both the countries in 2020 to develop and follow up joint initiatives between the two countries.
- Sagarmala Project: The Sagarmala project is the strategic initiative for port-led development through the extensive use of IT enabled services for modernization of ports.
- O-SMART: India has an umbrella scheme by the name of O-SMART which aims at regulated use of oceans, marine resources for sustainable development.
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management: It focuses on conservation of coastal and marine resources, and improving livelihood opportunities for coastal communities etc.
- National Fisheries Policy: India has a National Fisheries policy for promoting ‘Blue Growth Initiative’ which focuses on sustainable utilization of fisheries wealth from marine and other aquatic resources.


The following is a list of random notes for use in creating future pages.
Protected beach: with fishing boats that are pulled high upon the beach to protect them from storms, with boats light enough to be carried; the settlement is located behind the beach in trees or among protective rocks.
Stock pond: tailored water sources using an aquifer or dam to maintain water level. Caretakers protect from poachers. Stock ponds are usually private, owned by a village or status-individual.
Water village: small settlement constructed on a tidal mud flat, freshwater pond or marshland, with houses on pillars or jetties, allowing direct access to boats tied to each house. The village is often reachable only by boat. The population of such a conglomeration is between 75 and 125 males, females and children.


The substantial red brick house, at the Stickley place just referred to, was built a few years prior to the Civil War. For many years, it was the home of Col. Daniel Stickley. More than once, during the war, it was the scene of stirring incidents. Just after the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, it was used as a hospital. A strong pine table, which was taken from the kitchen and on which many limbs were amputated by the surgeons, is still preserved by the present owner, Mrs. Laura Bates. The ghostly walls of a large stone mill, burned by Sheridan, stand among the trees between this house and the creek, close to the smaller ruins of the old Bowman mill. This place, it is said, was a favorite stopping place for the stages and wagons that traversed the Valley Pike in antebellum days. The same is true of the Levi Stickley place, which is located at the top of the hill, a mile nearer to Strasburg.
The Miller girl, running to George Bowman's in 1764, a fugitive from the Indians, probably passed this old Stickley place on the hill. At that time, we may suppose, no dwelling was there.
Excerpted from John W. Wayland's A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia
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Throughout the world, the vast majority of mammalian, avian, and piscine species are exploited, directly or indirectly, by humans. Broadly speaking, human management of terrestrial wildlife can be subdivided into three categories: ungulates including deer, carnivores and omnivores, and other species.
The multi-billion dollar trade in wildlife and wildlife parts and products is a crisis that animal species are facing worldwide. Animals are captured, killed and traded live or in parts for a number of purposes such as for food and medicine; clothing and ornaments; entertainment, including for pets, zoos and aquariums; and for research.
The Earth is now in the midst of its sixth major animal (and plant) extinction.The last mass extinction - approximately 65 million years ago - caused the disappearance of the dinosaurs. Although extinctions are naturally occurring, the current mass extinction is unique in that it is caused almost entirely by humans.
Trapping is a method of capturing wildlife by humans using devices specifically designed to restrain an animal in place without the need for continual human presence. Traps can be set and left, making them resource efficient from the standpoint of the trapper.
For decades, America's wild horses have faced tremendous pressure from the government, ranchers, the livestock industry, state wildlife agencies and others who do not support the protection of these iconic animals on Western rangelands. As a result, wild horse and burro populations and their herd areas have dramatically declined in number and size to the point that many herds are no longer self-sustaining and genetically viable.


The Ganga Brahmaputra basin is located at 10°N to 30°N in the sub-tropical region.
Life in the Ganga-Brahmputra basin
The tributaries of rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra together form the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin in the Indian subcontinent. The basin lies in the sub-tropical region that is situated between 10°N to 30°N latitudes. The tributaries of the River Ganga like the Ghaghra, the Son, the Chambal, the Gandak, the Kosi and the tributaries of Brahmaputra drain it. Look at the atlas and find names of some tributaries of the River Brahmaputra.
The Ganga and Brahmaputra plains, the Himalayan mountains and foothills, and the Sundarbans delta are the major features of this basin. The plain is dotted with oxbow lakes. The monsoon climate dominates the area. From mid-June to mid-September, the monsoon brings rain. Summers are hot, and winters are cool.


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An Environmental Puzzle: The Carbon Cycle
Middle school science stars examine fuels and energy with a variety of activities. They begin with a KWL chart, read an informative passage, and then complete a puzzle. The puzzle itself is included. Cleverly, each piece corresponds to a...
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Connect with the Museum virtually! Tap into our Virtual Science Academy for fun, interactive experiences hosted by a Museum educator, meet scientists where they work through Scientists in Action, or take an interactive tour of our planet with Digital Earth Academy. It’s easy! Connect to us from anywhere using a computer, webcam, and the internet.
Learn more about our program offerings below.
Experience, explore, and engage with the Museum without leaving your classroom through interactive distance learning video conferencing.
Grant your students direct access to real scientists in the field, virtually! Tap into Museum field sites or research labs during live, interactive 45-minute broadcasts, where you can engage in a real-time Q&A with scientists and researchers.
Digital Earth Academy is a new edition of the acclaimed Digital Earth series produced especially for students. Each month, we examine a different aspect of our dynamic planet: landscapes and landforms, human impacts and achievements, and much more. With stunning visualizations, interactive polls, and real-time Q&A, students will make observations, comparisons and connections and gain a new perspective of the Earth.


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In botany, a sport or bud sport, traditionally called lusus, is a part of a plant that shows morphological differences from the rest of the plant. Sports may differ by foliage shape or color, flowers, fruit, or branch structure. The cause is generally thought to be a chance genetic mutation.
Sports with desirable characteristics are often propagated vegetatively to form new cultivars that retain the characteristics of the new morphology. Such selections are often prone to "reversion", meaning that part or all of the plant reverts to its original form. An example of a bud sport is the nectarine, at least some of which developed as a bud sport from peaches. Other common fruits resulting from a sport mutation are the red Anjou pear, the Ruby Red grapefruit, and the 'Pink Lemonade' lemon, which is a sport of the "Eureka" lemon.


WAIT WHY DID I COME IN HERE?
Your brain takes "pictures" of your memories. When you walk through a doorway to another room your brain takes all the memories just made in that room and puts them away. The phenomena is called "Event Horizon Model". Even thinking about walking into a new room can have the same effects.
PSYCHOLOGISTS WHO STUDIED THIS
He had his patients play a video game where they picked up an object from one table and walk around until they found another.Then have them pick another object up and take it to a new table. They would often ask about the old objects.
Krawietz worked along side Radvansky and Tamplin both psychologists to study the same theory but he also studied if walking into the past room made it easier to remember why they went in there in the first place.
Was an assistant to the experiment for the two doctors to the left he was dedicated and helped form the hypothisis.


Effort, a fundamental aspect of achieving success in any endeavor, is a concept that transcends language barriers. In Telugu, a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the meaning of effort is beautifully encapsulated in the word “prayatnam”.
The Meaning of “Prayatnam” in Telugu
“Prayatnam” in Telugu refers to the determined and deliberate actions one takes to achieve a goal. It implies the earnest exertion of energy, willpower, and dedication towards accomplishing something worthwhile. It embodies the idea of working diligently and persistently, even in the face of challenges or setbacks. The concept of “prayatnam” emphasizes the importance of consistent and purposeful effort as the key to success.
The Significance of Effort
Effort is the driving force behind growth and improvement. It showcases one’s commitment, perseverance, and discipline in pursuing their ambitions. When individuals put in sincere effort, they not only enhance their skills and abilities but also develop a strong work ethic and resilience. Effort serves as a catalyst for personal development and empowers individuals to maximize their potential.
Effort, or “prayatnam” in Telugu, plays a crucial role in achieving success and self-fulfillment. It represents the determination and commitment required to overcome obstacles and accomplish goals. No matter the language, the value of effort remains universal. So, let us embrace the essence of “prayatnam” and strive for excellence in all our endeavors. Remember, it is through sincere effort that we can unlock our true potential and carve a path towards success.


Welcome to RCRCD
Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District
Fostering the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
The Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District (RCRCD) is a local government agency that helps conserve the natural resources (soil, water, plants, and wildlife) of areas within western Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in southern California. The District provides technical advice to land users, educational programs for the community, and conducts on-the-land conservation projects.
RCRCD works with private land users, nonprofit organizations, and public entities to sustain natural resources within its boundaries. RCRCD provides information about natural resources and their stewardship and management for each land use: native habitats, urban/suburban areas, and agriculture. RCRCD conducts education and on-the-land conservation projects, such as habitat restoration.


What are some of the educational claims of popular tablets, laptops, and mobile devices? Do you believe that these claims are valid? Can such devices increase accuracy and speed of research projects? What advantages and disadvantages do you see in online research? How might you plan a research project to find the best and most reliable academic resources for a project? How do your approaches differ from those of your classmates?
Locate an advertisement or commercial that implies research study results. Describe the claims made, and discuss how differences in sampling of the population might create biased results. Discuss what could account for the biased results. Read the posts of your classmates, and respond with constructive feedback, suggestions, questions, and additional resources as appropriate and in alignment with the AIU Discussion Board Policy. You will be graded using the Grading Rubric below.
In your own words, post a substantive response to the Discussion Board question(s) and comment on other postings. Your response should address the DB question(s) and move the conversation forward. You will be graded on the quality of your postings, including mastery of the concept as well as critical thinking. If asked for your opinion, do not simply state that it is a good or bad idea; elaborate on your reasons and argument. Include enough detail to substantiate your thinking as well as your position on the questions or comments.


There are several different risk factors for breast cancer, although having a risk factor does not guarantee that cancer will occur. Some people may have several risk factors yet not develop cancer, and vice versa. Some risk factors cannot be changed, such as age or having a family history of breast cancer. Others, such as lifestyle changes, may reduce your risk of developing breast cancer.
Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Include:
Taking steps to reduce potential risks may reduce the chance of developing breast cancer. Exercise, eating a balanced diet, and limiting your exposure to carcinogens can all contribute to an overall healthier lifestyle.
All women have some chance of developing breast cancer. The term ‘Average Risk’ includes all women. However, certain women are at higher risk. Women at higher risk may have one or several factors that further increase the risk of developing breast cancer.
Some women do not have any risk factors yet still develop breast cancer, and vice versa.
Some common risk factors for breast cancer include:
In addition, some women may have certain factors that further increases the risk of developing breast cancer. These higher risk factors include:
This chart from the CDC features a comprehensive screening guide that includes recommendations from several different organizations. Speak with your doctor about any questions or concerns that you may have.


Herbicide-tolerant crops have encouraged farmers to practice no-till farming. In conventional farming, the fields are plowed ("tilled") to control weeds. Because of the superior weed control from GM crops, farmers now have to till much less often. This has led to improved soil health and water retention, reduced runoff, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. (National Academy of Sciences, Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States, 2010) http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12804
Insect-resistant crops have greatly reduced the amount of insecticide that has to be applied to insect-protected crops. It’s estimated that an astounding 600 million pounds LESS active ingredient of insecticide has been used in the United States because of the use of GM crops, significantly reducing farmers’ costs and environmental footprint. (Brookes and Barfoot, Key environmental impacts of global GM crop use 1996-2011, in GM Crops and Food, 4/26/2013) http://www.pgeconomics.co.uk/pdf/2013globalimpactstudyfinalreport.pdf)
In developing countries, the increased production from GM seeds has allowed small farmers to generate more income off of the same amount of land, thus reducing the practice of cutting down forest for more cropland.
The greatest gains are yet to come. GM plants with more efficient use of nitrogen and other important nutrients mean less fertilizer will be needed, saving farmers money, and less fertilizer ends up in the environment. As mentioned previously, GM plants are available to withstand moderate water deficits. In the near future these same traits may allow the same yields or better while consuming less water. Such technologies have been demonstrated as effective in the laboratory and in field contexts.
Going forward, as we apply what we learning about organic, low-input and sustainable production practices to GM crops, we’ll see comparable or improved performance with less cost and environmental impact.


Mobile App. Development
As part of the development process, mobile user interface (UI) design is also essential in the creation of mobile apps. Mobile UI considers constraints, contexts, screen, input, and mobility as outlines for design. The user is often the focus of interaction with their device, and the interface entails components of both hardware and software. User input allows for the users to manipulate a system, and device's output allows the system to indicate the effects of the users' manipulation. Mobile UI design constraints include limited attention and form factors, such as a mobile device's screen size for a user's hand(s). Mobile UI contexts signal cues from user activity, such as location and scheduling that can be shown from user interactions within a mobile application. Overall, mobile UI design's goal is mainly for an understandable, user-friendly interface.


The U.S. forest products industry has been struggling for over two decades. The rise of electronic media, the globalization of manufacturing, and a declining housing industry have caused significant loss of employment in the industry. Plastic, steel, and hybrid materials have taken significant market share in products that previously were made of wood. However, economic and social changes towards greater environmental awareness and responsibility have the potential of restoring wood to its former position. Innovation is needed that take advantage of wood’s excellent environmental performance and versatility as a material. Some examples are listed.
- Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). CLT is a laminated panel made with solid wood boards that are glued together alternating the direction of their fibers. Its strength and stability enables the possibility to use wood as an environmentally-friendly alternative to concrete and steel construction systems.
- Biomaterials. Biobased adhesives to bond together wood composites, and wood plastic composites (WPCs), that combine plastic and cellulose fibers are being developed. Also wood fibers are being used to strengthen structural materials.
- Nanomaterials. Carbon nanotubes as well as cellulose nanofibers to enhance the strength and durability of diverse products are being developed.
- Bioenergy. Wood can be used as a source of bioenergy, thus increasing energy independence and improving the environment. Also biofuels can be obtained from forest biomass, which can help replace a significant part of petroleum-based fuels.
- Wood modification. Thermal modification, acetylation and fufurylation processes can be used to modify wood and improve its durability.


How a jet engine really works: 4 simple steps: 1) Compress air. 2)
Release it into a partially enclosed space. 3) Heat it up. 4) Release it
through a nozzle. Copyright 2009, Lawrence Henry Berg. #2 the diffuser
directs the hot compressed air and releases it into the combustion
chamber. It's volume increases as the pressure and temperature go down.
#3 fire increases the temp and pressure in the new volume! Get it? Now
#4 (the nozzle) will determine the pressure and temp and flow rate as
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How to Write a Unit Test in Java
A unit test in Java gives the developer the opportunity to test an object. For example, you might want to verify that a Person object contains the expected person name or perhaps the correct email address. In addition, you may want to verify that a property is not null.
The most common way to write unit tests in Java is to use JUnit, a free, open source unit-testing Java application. To learn how to write a unit test in Java, follow these seven steps.
- First, you need to download JUnit 4.8.2. In your browser, go to this page on github.com and click junit.jar. Another web page will be displayed.
- Click the jar option for junit 4.8.2. This action will start the download of
junit-4.8.2.jarto your computer.
- Now you will write the program that contains the JUnit tests. Open your text editor and type in the following statements:
@BeforeClassannotation marks a method that will be called by JUnit one time before the tests are performed. The
@AfterClassannotation marks a method that will be called once after the tests have been run. The
@Testannotations mark the tests that will be executed by JUnit. Two tests are included in the program. The first test will verify that the first name has been successfully set to "Stephen". This test will succeed at runtime. The second test will assert that the last name is not null. This test will fail at runtime because although the Person object has been instantiated, the last name has not been set.
- Save your file as
junit-4.8.2.jarto the directory that contains your Java program.
- Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory containing your Java program. Then type in the command to compile the source using the classpath compiler option and hit Enter.
- Type in the command to run the JUnit test runner using your program and hit Enter.
The output indicates one test failed with an
AssertionErrorexception. The name of the failing method and the program name are displayed in the output.


Article in Japanese
Clinicoepidemiological characteristics of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection Focus: mild cases in children
Masahiro UENO1,3), Eiji KUDE2), Minoru SUGITA3)
Results from epidemiological analysis of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection focused on mild cases in children suggest that anti-influenza virus drugs (Oseltamivir and Zanamivir) are extremely effective in alleviating fever symptoms. The drugs took effect immediately and prevented the duration of fever from lasting. Temperatures quickly stabilized at normal levels roughly 21 hours after administration of these drugs. There were no patients whose fever lasted more than 48 hours. The total duration of fever was typically 36.0±12.3 hours (mean±SD) and the duration of defervescence after prescription of anti-influenza virus drugs was 21.0±9.0 hours.
All study patients were mild cases who had been prescribed anti-influenza drugs within 2 days after the onset of fever, whose temperatures had stabilized within several days, and who had not been hospitalized.
In clinical findings, it appeared that coughing was the most common symptom (84%) and that digestive symptoms accounted for 9-14%.
Sexuality can serve as an early warning sign to predict the total duration of a fever. That is, male children had fever for a significantly longer duration than female children (mean: 6.6 hours) (p=0.015).
Coughing can also serve as an early warning sign to predict the total duration of a fever. That is, children who coughed had fever for a significantly longer duration than those who did not cough (mean: 9.3 hours) (p=0.012).
The sooner drugs can be administered, the greater the reduction of the fever's total duration can be expected (mean: 15.3 hours) (p<0.001).
1) Hasuda Isshinkai Hospital
2) Kude Children's Clinic
3) Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Toho University School of Medicine
|Received||January 25, 2010|
|Accepted||August 23, 2010|


The U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Arizona Native Plant Materials Program (NPMP) was established in 2007 to collect, produce, and store local, native seeds from the Coconino, Kaibab, and Prescott National Forests. By harvesting local genotypes of native seed, creating seedbeds, and demonstration gardens, the program seeks to increase supplies of native seeds for use in a variety of restoration, conservation, and re-vegetation projects.
Native Seed Collection: Native seed is harvested from a variety of locations throughout northern Arizona.
Native Seed Processing: Seed from a number of species are cleaned by hand and with the use of small equipment.
Plant Propagation: Greenhouses are used for the propagation of native plant materials for projects.
Seed Increase Gardens: Three locations of grow-out gardens in northern Arizona produce additional seed and provide research space.


The Legendary Champawat Tiger Was Responsible For Killing 430 People
July 22, 2012 4 Comments
During the 19th century, a legendary female bengal tiger went on a complete rampage that ended with the death of an estimated 430 people in Nepal and India. The bengal got the name “Champawat Tiger” after finally being killed in Champawat Town, near the Chataar Bridge in Northern India. The tiger’s attacks have been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest number of fatalities from a tiger.
The first series of attacks started in Nepal. After killing over 200 people, the tiger was driven by the Nepalese Army across the border into India, where she would continue her killing spree. The bengal was so fearless and bold that all the killings occurred during the daytime. The tiger would often roam the streets and break into huts without any hesitation.
Villagers would lock themselves inside their huts at times in fear of being eaten by this vicious creature. Many described the village as a virtual “ghost town” due to the fact that no one would dare to step outside and risk their lives. Some would stay inside their huts for over a week. The last victim the tiger would claim was a young 16-year-old girl who was outside her village gathering wood.
The Champawat Tiger was finally killed by a man named Jim Corbett who was described as a “big cat hunter.” Corbett was an Indian-born British conservationist who was extremely talented at stalking and killing man-eaters. Corbett was also responsible for killing a male leopard that had terrorized another district in India, responsible for close to 400 deaths as well. He would go on to publish a book called the Man-Eaters of Kumaon to detail his experiences.


A crafty microbe can turn any plant material - grass, branches, even the wood from your porch - into beer.
Talk about a house beer!
This is Sandra Tsing Loh, with the Loh Down on Science.
And news of a microbe that reduces any plant material --grass, branches, that rickety wood porch of yours--into alcohol.
The FrankenBug was created by researchers from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. They genetically tweaked a bacterium from hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, then stewed it in chemicals for about eighteen weeks.
The result is the first microbe that thrives at high temperatures AND ferments organic matter into ethanol, without unwanted side effects. Similar bacteria either produce impurities or don't function at high temperatures. They thus require expensive enzymes for proper fermentation.
This MicroBeast could transform the struggling ethanol fuel movement. In experiments, it matched the ethanol yields of commonly used microbes but used SIXTY percent less enzyme.
With fine-tuning, researchers expect to double the yield while using NO enzymes.
Moreover, instead of using corn KERNELS it could ferment nonedible corn STALKS. Or even fast-growing grasses that don't require pesticides.
We clean UP the environment, then kick back with a beer. Just like how Al Gore said. Didn't he? Guess I'd better review.


fiber optics n.
An optical system in which light or an image is conveyed by a compact bundle of fine flexible glass or plastic fibers.
|fiber optics |
Technology based on the use of hair-thin, transparent fibers to transmit light or infrared signals. The fibers are flexible and consist of a core of optically transparent glass or plastic, surrounded by a glass or plastic cladding that reflects the light signals back into the core. Light signals can be modulated to carry almost any other sort of signal, including sounds, electrical signals, and computer data, and a single fiber can carry hundreds of such signals simultaneously, literally at the speed of light. Signals that have weakened after travelling very long distances in the fibers can be optically pumped with lasers, amplifying them without the need to convert them into electrical signals. Optical fibers are relatively inexpensive to manufacture and install when compared with wire cables, and they require very little power and are easily laid out underground. Optical fibers are also used to transmit images focused on one end to the other end through circuitous paths, as in bronchoscopes and colonoscopes used in medical examinations.
A technology that uses specially designed bundles of transparent fibers to transmit light.
Note: Some of the applications of fiber optics are in medicine, where it is used to view otherwise inaccessible parts of the body, and in telecommunications, where it is used to transmit data of all types.


NASA's Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
February 25, 2010
The Approach Begins
Another milestone passed! Today NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is 15.96 astronomical units (about 2.39 billion kilometers, or 1.48 billion miles) from the Sun – putting it halfway between Earth’s location on launch day in January 2006, and Pluto’s place during New Horizons’ encounter with the planet in July 2015.
“From here on out, we’re on approach to an encounter with the Pluto system,” says New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern, from the Southwest Research Institute. “The second half of the journey begins.”
This is rare territory; New Horizons is just the fifth probe, after Pioneers 10 - 11 and Voyagers 1 – 2, to traverse interplanetary space so far from the Sun. And it’s the first to travel so far to reach a new planet for exploration.
Humming along at more than 16 kilometers per second – more than 36,600 miles per hour - the spacecraft will next cross a planetary boundary in March 2011, when it passes the orbit of Uranus. Follow the journey.


Light essentially travels in a straight line. When it encounters a change in medium, that light will bend to travel in a new direction, but the outgoing path will still be straight.
The law of reflection states that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. This is the angle as measured to the normal of the surface. Specular reflection occurs when light strikes a smooth and highly reflective surface. The light is reflected off in one direction and we get a very clear image. Diffuse reflection occurs when light strikes a rough surface. Light is scattered off the surface at various angles and we see an image that is fuzzy. For more on specular and diffuse reflection, try http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refln/u13l1d.cfm
A plane mirror is a mirror that is flat. When an object is placed in front of the mirror, the image appears to come from behind the mirror
at the same distance as the object distance. The height of the object and the image will be
the same. The image, however, will be reversed left to right. A real image is an image that can be projected on a screen. A real image will appear to form in front of a mirror. A virtual image cannot be projected. Virtual images
will appear to come from behind the mirror.


[Antennaware] Testing the theory..
Guy Olinger, K2AV
olinger at bellsouth.net
Thu Mar 29 18:45:34 EST 2007
> In the near-field, A/B comparison measurements on a simple antenna
> like a
> vertical would normally be valid, but not necessarily so with
> changes to the
> ground system. The change in the surface wave (ground wave) can be
> from the change in skywave.
What I have never seen documented is actual measurements of far-field
sky-wave changing with numbers of radials, along with the
corresponding measurements at the ground. Sky-wave has always been by
inference, such as how much field is theoretically "available" with a
given power level at the feed, given some "ideal" situation. All had
one assumption or another at root, with one's confidence in the
assumption propagated to the inferred sky-wave.
It always seemed to me that some very tall non-conducting structures,
or the likes of a helicopter and GPS or some strict, accurate
positioning method for the helicopter would be required to document
the ground/skywave correlation.
Since the commercial and regulatory interest at MF was
millivolts/meter at the ground, there doesn't seem to have been much
It's not the sky wave that I would suspect as quirky, but real ground
is subject to such variation as might give some kind of non-linear
result with increasing radials that would not appear in the skywave.
20 degree skywave at a distance of one mile (~10 wavelengths at 160m)
would require an elevation of 1922 feet for the measurement.
There may be some directly measured data out there, but I have never
seen it, and would love to see the citation if it exists.
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Definition of Neanderthalian
1. Adjective. Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man. "Neanderthal skull"
Derivative terms: Neandertal, Neanderthal, Neanderthal
Partainyms: Neanderthal Man, Neanderthal Man, Neanderthal Man
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Neanderthalian
Literary usage of Neanderthalian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"The tremendous advance they display upon their neanderthalian predecessors and their special artistic gift must not blind us to their very obvious ..."
2. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)
"That Punch editor is typical of all makers of laughter from the first neanderthalian man who sent his mate into guffaws by slipping on a discarded bit of ..."


Cloud computing is a term that means the use of computer resources that are accessible from a network. For our purposes, that network is the internet.
Use of a cloud drive allows you to easily store and access your calendar, text documents, pictures, videos, and music files from devices with an internet connection. Storing your files in a cloud gives you ease of access, allows for easy disaster recovery, and makes sharing more simple. All of the cloud drives below require a user login, but are free.
Google has a full suite of cloud applications for your computer or Android powered device:
Drive upload or create text, spreadsheets, presentations, and artwork
Picasa upload and share all of your photos
Google Play take your music, eBooks, and eMagazines on the go
SkyDrive is Microsoft's cloud drive that allows you to keep Office files and your photographs at your fingertips anywhere you go.
iCloud is Apple's cloud computing service that allows you access to files, photos, apps, eBooks, and music with your computer or iOS.
Drop Box works like any other file folder on your computer, except that it syncs with all other computers or devices that have your drop box, including your online account.


Considering the relationship between artists and texts throughout classical antiquity, this study systematically applies new and objective criteria to judge the fidelity between picture and text. It becomes clear that artists illustrate stories, not texts, and Jocelyn Penny Small argues that artistic transmissions follow the model of oral, not textual, transmission where the variant rules and there is no original. Pictures on vases, she demonstrates, should not be used to reconstruct lost literary works.
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About the Author
Jocelyn Penny Small is Professor II at Rutgers University in the Department of Art History. A recipient of Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim and other fellowships, she is the author of books and articles on aspects of classical art, most recently Wax Tablets of the Mind: Cognitive Studies of Literacy and Memory in Classical Antiquity.
Table of Contents
1. What does it mean to illustrate a text?; 2. The evidence from Archaic and Early Classical Greek art; 3. The evidence for Greek plays; 4. The evidence from Hellenistic and Roman art; 5. Illustrated text from antiquity; 6. There is no original!
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Black bears are one of Minnesota iconic species. They're the only bear species that inhabits the state today.
Bears live in forests, swamps and other areas with dense cover but will wander into clearings to feed. They are found mainly in the northern third of Minnesota, but range as far south as the interface between the forest and agricultural zones, where they utilize corn and other crops for subsistence.
DNR manages Minnesota's black bear population by providing quality bear habitat, conducting research to increase knowledge of bear biology, educating the public on how to live with bears, assisting people with bear problems and controlling the bear population with hunting seasons.
On July 30, 2013, Ramsey County District Court Judge John Guthmann issued an order that allowed Dr. Lynn Rogers to continue to maintain existing collars on research bears and put non-public cameras in two bear dens. The temporary order was the result of a compromise reached by the DNR and Dr. Rogers as the legal issue moves into a new area of due process regarding review of the agency decision. Judge Guthmann strongly encouraged both sides to reach a temporary agreement.
Judge Guthmann ordered that case be reviewed as a contested case under the review of an administrative law judge from the state Office of Administrative Hearings. That process will begin soon but likely will take six to nine months while the impartial administrative judge reviews the merits of both sides. The additional restrictions in the judge's order allow for research elements but reduce some of the risks and degree of human exposure associated with habituation while the agency decision is reviewed.


Health Benefits of Trampolines for Children with Autism
It has been studied and proven that regular trampoline use promotes weight loss, detoxifies the body and strengthens the immune system. However, many people do not realize the Health Benefits of Trampolines for Autistic Children and adults. Rebounding on a trampoline can drastically improve the lives and behaviors of children and adults with special needs.
Research has shown that children with Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome can benefit from regular exercise, and that trampolining in particular can provide many additional benefits. Sitting or bouncing on a trampoline can help to increase coordination by improving their bilateral motor skills. Trampolining itself is a very gentle form of exercise due to the fact that the bouncy trampoline pad soaks up a large proportion of the impact.
The activity of trampolining can provide children with a great sense of fun and well-being. Being outside allows children to get fresh air and sunlight, both of which provide their own health benefits. And allowing siblings to join in with the trampoline fun can also help to provide huge social benefits to children with Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome.
If you are thinking of buying a trampoline for your children to use, it is very important to ensure that you choose one with an enclosure like the Pure Fun 7ft Trampoline with Tic-tac-toe. This will ensure that your children can bounce, jump or play on the trampoline with less worry of injury.


What is Precision Medicine?
The terms “personalized medicine” and “precision medicine” are often used interchangeably to describe the ability to tailor treatments to an individual patient based on the unique characteristics of his or her disease. Precision medicine in oncology relies on the unique molecular profile of a patient’s tumor for optimal treatment selection. In contrast, standard treatment is based largely on the location where the tumor originated, such as the breast or lungs, and may not always produce optimal results.
In recent years, increasing numbers of oncologists have adopted precision medicine as a treatment approach for various cancers that have historically been characterized and treated based on body location. This approach has been aided by the development of molecular profiling that can help doctors personalize treatment plans for individual patients. A molecular profile reveals unique characteristics of a person’s disease at the molecular level, providing doctors with knowledge about which treatments are most likely to produce the best results, including treatments that may not have been previously considered. Molecular profiling may also help patients avoid treatments that are ineffective, unnecessary, and potentially harmful.


Hitler fanatics forced orphans to build new Fatherland in Amazon
They have also found some of the young men who were kept as slaves by German settlers and local Nazi supporters.
They were known as ‘ Nummernmenschen’ – the number people – as the dehumanisation practised in the concentration camps was exported.
It had long been known that fleeing Nazis moved into remote regions of South America after the war. But the story of the slaves began years earlier.
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To start the game, put all cards face against table so that the images are not visible, mix them and align them. The first player reveals two cards if they match, he wins otherwise he hides again. It is then the next player to return two cards and so on ... The aim of the game is to try to memorize the location of different cards and when the player put face up successively two identical cards forming the pair he wins them. When the player wins a pair, he can play again. The game is over when all pairs were found. The player who won the highest number of cards wins the game.
1- At the begining of the game, put all cards face against table
2- The player n°1 puts successively 2 cards face up, here the cards are differents.
3- As the two cards are differents, the player n°1 hides the cards again.
4- Is now the turn of the player n°2 to put face up two cards, here the cards are differents.
5- As the two cards are differents, the player n°2 hides the cards again.
6- Is now the turn of the player n°1 to put face up two cards, the cards are the same, the player found the two cards of the pair.
7- As the cards are the same, the player n°1 win them he can play again and put face up two other cards...
The memory game is a great game to train your memory, play it regularly and you will exercise and develop your memory.


Young iguanas eat insects, fruit, leaves and flowers, while adults are almost exclusively herbivorous.
Their long legs are an adaptation for climbing trees; this is also true of their long claws which they use to grip with. The large dewlap under the neck is used by the males to impress females and scare off other males. Males are very territorial.
The green iguana is a skilful swimmer. If threatened, iguanas can jump from high in a tree into the water, where they can remain underwater for several minutes until danger passes.
They can change colour slightly. When sunning themselves in the morning, for instance, they can turn darker to absorb heat faster. At midday, they take on a lighter colour to reflect the hot rays of the sun.
Green iguanas are popular pets. If you are considering keeping an iguana as a pet, remember that they live for up to 20 years and grow to a length of 2 metres.
The green iguana is not endangered. In certain areas the population is threatened by hunting, however. The iguanas are hunted as food or captured and sold as pets.
Habitat: Tropical wetlands near forests, big trees and bushes, often near rivers and streams.
Weight: 3–5 kg
Length: Up to 2 metres
Food: Primarily plants
Sexual maturity: 2–3 years.
Number of eggs: 20–40
Hatching: Approx. 90 days
Life expectancy: 15–20 years


What constitutes art in the digital world, and how is it separate from the technology used to make it? It’s a question that plagues conservators as they attempt to preserve early forms of digital art, which often become difficult to replicate as technology improves. The Boston Globe explored some of the challenges in this morning’s paper, detailing, for instance, the problem with a Cory Arcangel work from from the “olden days” of 2002:
“Digital Diaries” was made by scaling up very small videos in order to achieve a pixelated look. When browsers displayed the videos, they showed sharp, colorful blocks, as intended. But since the videos were created in 2002, browser technology has improved, and today’s software smooths off the hard edges in “Digital Diaries.” This smoothing is great for scaling up photos, but it undermines a work like “Digital Diaries,” which deliberately exploited limitations in earlier browsers. Fortunately, for Fino-Radin, the fix was relatively simple, because the old up-scaling algorithms are still available.
At least with Arcangel’s work, the old technology is still readily available. What about work from several decades ago? It’s a constantly evolving challenge that’s increasingly being taken up by museums and digital-art-related non-profit organizations like Rhizome. Just how hard is it? Akin to “trying to pin Jell-O to a wall,” Lynn Herrmann Traub of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (outside Boston) told the Globe.
— Shane Ferro
Image: QR Code art (Scott Bl8ke; Flickr.com/ Creative Commons)


Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin is an alphabetical adventure. Cows are typing a letter, and duck is so excited to tell everyone what it is about. However, duck won't tell. You have to read the book to find out!
Use in classroom- This book would be good to teach children about alliteration. After the story I would have students write their own short story using alliterations.


Heart Attack and Unstable Angina - Treatment for Complications
that damage critical or large areas of the heart tend to cause more
problems (complications) later. If only a small amount of heart muscle dies, the heart may
still function normally after a heart attack.
The chance that these
complications will occur depends on the amount of heart tissue affected by a
heart attack and whether medicines are given during and after a heart attack to
help prevent these complications. Your age, general
health, and other things also affect your risk of complications and death.
About half of all people who
have a heart attack will have a serious complication. The kinds of
complications you may have depend upon the location and extent of the heart
muscle damage. The most common complications are:
Treatment for heart rhythm problems
If the heart attack
caused an arrhythmia, you may take medicines or you may need a cardiac device such as a pacemaker.
If your heart rate is too slow
(bradycardia), your doctor may recommend a
- Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker?
If you have abnormal heart
rhythms or if you are at risk for abnormal heart rhythms that can be
deadly, your doctor may recommend an
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).
- Heart Rhythm Problems: Should I Get an ICD?
For information on different types of arrhythmias, see:


What is an edging clamp?
|An edging clamp is designed as a solution for specialist and difficult tasks, which require edge banding to be applied to the side of a surface.|
|Edging is often fixed to the side of work surfaces, such as bench tops and tables, in order to make it both more durable and attractive.
However, projects involving edge banding can be frustrating and awkward to complete, which is why this type of clamp is ideal for these particular applications.
|The additional plate provided by an edging clamp allows the user to put pressure exactly where it’s needed on the edging to keep it in place, even on circular or irregularly shaped edge strips.|
|Some models can be simpler in design than others, as some have one handle which controls all the jaws, whereas other models require all jaws to be tightened separately.|
|This type of clamp has three screws; two of them hold on to the work surface while the third holds the edging in place.|
|However, not all edging clamps work this way. Some are designed to be used in conjunction with other types of clamp, such as an F-clamp, by providing them with additional jaws which hold on to the edging.|
|This type of edging clamp can sometimes be referred to as a clamp companion, and is available with either one or two jaws.
When in use, the bar of the F-clamp is placed in the designated slot of the edging clamp.
|Models with one jaw will have a screw fastener on the side, which is tightened to keep the clamp in place.|


4th Grade Links
GeoNet - Geography game for kids.
Kids.gov - Great resource for state reports.
Outline Maps - State maps with no labels
Core Democratic Values - This sites devides the fundamental beliefs and the constitutional principals.
Interactive Storybook - An interactive storybook that teaches core democratic values.
Create your own notebook - Create your own core democratic value notebook.


There is so much spooky fun and musical inspiration rolled into this 30 minute session with pumpkins and witches, bats and ghosts galore! This lesson plan is suitable for children from 2 and a half – 7 years and is 14 pages long, including 5 printables.
This digital lesson plan includes:
- Singing, recognising the steady beat, tapping rhythms.
- Introducing notation, and listening skills.
- Building confidence and social skills.
- Learning about seasonal activities and customs.
- Using and improvising with a variety of percussion instruments.
- Imaginative movement and dramatic role play.
These plans are not intended to read as a script, as everyone will have their own teaching style. More, I hope that they will provide you with in-depth guidance for a number of related activities that I have found in my years of teaching to be particularly effective and engaging combinations.


English vocabulary for the advanced English language learner. Topic of lesson 2: Idioms and sayings that mean “easy”.
able to do something with one’s eyes closed: able to do something very easily, even without having to think about it or look at it. (Also literal. Also with can. Always affirmative.) It’s easy. I can do it with my eyes closed. _ I can clean the house with my eyes closed! It’s easy!
rocket scientist: (Slang) brainiac, very intelligent and brilliant person, genius
child´s play: something very easy to do. The test was child’s play to her. Finding the right street was child’s play with a map.
Learn English Vocabulary with Jennifer. Also, I highly recommed you to look at Effortless English Rule 1. It is a very powerful vocabulary learning method. Learn English phrases, not individual words. So you will learn English vocabulary 3-4 times faster. Click here to watch video for Effortless English Rule 1.


Description and Benefits
A water efficient landscape incorporates the use of drought tolerant plants with principles of irrigation scheduling to meet each landscape’s specific requirements. Drought tolerant plants require very little water, or no water, once they are established. Water efficient landscaping lowers consumption of groundwater; allows more water to be available for other domestic and community uses and the environment; requires less time and work for maintenance; and when water restrictions are implemented, drought tolerant plants will tend to survive and thrive, while more thirsty ornamental plants may be unable to adapt.
When to use water-wise landscaping
This is a great practice for any garden or landscape in California, regardless of soil conditions and topography.
The California Native Plant Society’s Calscape tool can help you choose native plants suitable for your landscape. Calscape allows you to search native plants by location and filter according to plant type, water needs, shade tolerance, and other criteria, and will help you find a local nursery.


We Visualized The Rules of Shanghai's First Compulsory Waste Sorting by ThePaper.cn / Sixth Tone
On the 1st of July, Shanghai started enforcing its compulsory domestic waste management. The city's regulation requires people to sort trash into four categories - dry garbage, wet garbage (kitchen waste), recyclables and hazardous waste.
Although some resources have already listed out things belong to four categories, it is still hard for residents to get the gist of the waste sorting. Therefore, instead of text, we decided to visualize it.
Under the new rule, different parts of one thing or different usages of one thing could lead to different waste sorting. For instance, glass bottles of milk are recyclable waste, while the same containers of medicine are hazardous. To make things clear, we applied five colors to four categories of waste mentioned above and non-domestic wastes. Then, we colored 2055 things and grouped them into 47 queries.
Each ball of the visualization represents one query group of items, like packing materials, cups, pens, metals, and more. The colors of the ball are a mixture of the colors of every single item of the query group. The higher prevalence of one color, the more likely the query group belongs to a waste category. For example, the ball of electronics is almost covered by blue, so we learned that most electronics are recyclable. Seeing the visualization, readers can instantly get the whole picture of waste sorting. If they are especially interested in one query group, they can click on the ball and check the attribute of every item.


Is my nutrition really important to the health of my spine?
The spine is not something that usually comes to mind when one thinks about nutrition – but it should. Good nutrition helps control pain and facilitates healing when you are suffering from any of the myriad of spinal conditions.
The key problem with the mainstream Western diet is that it is full of highly acidic food. Acidic foods cause inflammation in the body and leach calcium from your bones. Take a look at this chart of common foods and their associated acidity.
How do acidic foods affect my body?
Acidic foods cause inflammation by disrupting the internal balance or homeostasis of your body. When you consume food, your body metabolises or breaks that food down in to its component parts. Many foods are broken down into highly acidic compounds (foods on the right hand side of the chart). The release of these acids in large quantities can cause an inappropriate and often unhealthy amount of inflammation in the body. Also, when the natural state of the body becomes overloaded by the amount of acid in your system, it will attempt to return to balance by leaching calcium from the bones. Calcium is the foundation of your skeletal system so a highly acidic diet can lead to inflammatory disorders such as arthritis and also weak structural bone strength.
What is an alkaline diet?
An alkaline diet is one that promotes internal balance and health. By increasing the amount of green leafy vegetables and fruits and avoiding excessive meats and grains, you can maintain a better internal balance (left side of chart). Having a more alkaline diet will decrease inflammation and the risk of inflammatory diseases.
We can help you to answer these questions:
- How does nutrition affect my spine?
- What impact does nutrition have on pain and inflammation?
- How do I use good nutrition to speed and maximize my recovery and improve my overall health?


The number of fat cells in your body remains constant throughout your adult life, a new study has found. The discovery suggests that the.
Are chubby children destined to become fat teenagers who grow up to be obese adults? Research suggests that the problem of childhood.
Nov. 29, 2001 -- Obesity in children continues to rise, but does this mean we'll soon have even more overweight adults? That's what many have suspected, but a.
The body fat percentage (BFP) of a human or other living being is the total mass of fat divided .. Still, the following formula designed for adults proved to be much more accurate at least for adults: (Adult) body fat percentage = (1.39 × BMI) +.
It's not just baby fat - overweight kids are far more likely to become overweight adults.. Read more at straitstimes.com.


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Actor and 44-year-old sophomore poetry major Ethan Hawke has prepared a modern tome on medieval chivalry. It’s for children and takes place in every kid’s favorite year in history (1483). It’s called Rules for a Knight. Every kid also loves a rule.
Rules for a Knight comes from the perspective of a fictional relative of Hawke’s, a knight named Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke. Ethan Hawke is undoubtedly someone who believes that his ancestors were knights. Anyway, Sir Ethan will expound forth on such topics as: Justice, Pride, Humility, and also what happens after death. Hawke told the Wall Street Journal that he drew these lessons from his "20 years of seeking."
He also reports that his children have prepared the first review: "All they do is bust my balls that I wrote a book about humility." Kids: They really do know a lot more than we think they know.


Posted by ESC on January 18, 2001
In Reply to: "You can't have your cake and eat it too" posted by Jennifer Hall on January 18, 2001
: What is the origin of the phrase:
: "You can't have your cake and eat it too" ?
From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman:
"You can't have your cake and eat it too -- One can't use something up and still have it to enjoy. This proverb was recorded in the book of proverbs by John Heywood in 1546, and is first attested in the United States in the 1742 'Colonial Records of Georgia' in 'Original Papers, 1735-1752.' The adage is found in varying forms: You can't eat your cake and have it too. You can't have everything and eat it too; Eat your cake and have the crumbs in bed with you, etc. ..."


LeapFrog Number Lovin’ Oven
Get skills cooking
Delightful singing oven warms up counting, sharing and vocabulary skills.
30+ phrases & songs
Press the chef’s hat for learning songs, or listen and learn along to fun phrases.
Fry an egg in the skillet. Bake up bread, a pizza and cupcakes, and serve food onto plates with the spatula!
High, medium & low
Move the number slider to explore numbers, time and temperature.
Place the pan on the stove for real sizzle sounds. Turn the timer and count clicks!
A taste of math
Nourish math learning: cut food into 2, 3 or 4 equal pieces.
Prepare & share
Close the oven to explore numbers and counting. Open it to learn about counting and sharing.
Stash & dash
Easy take-and-go play—everything fits inside!
- Product dimensions: 14.9Wx9Hx5.3D
- Package weight: 3.6 lbs
- Parts of a Whole
The Learning Difference
“Number Lovin’ Oven offers a fun and interactive way to explore early number concepts including recognizing numbers, counting along and sharing. As they play, children may discover interesting mathematical relationships such as parts that make up a whole and dividing equally.” – Clement C., PhD., LeapFrog Learning Expert


The early nineteenth century witnessed the first concerted application of chemical techniques to the investigation of biologic materials. Milk was chemically analyzed, von Liebig discovered the chemical contrast between potassium-rich cells and sodium-rich tissue fluids, and Carl Schmidt analyzed blood serum in great detail. Soon these methods were applied to the study of the entire human body.
The advent of isotopic dilution techniques in the 1930's and 1940's brought about a renewed interest in body composition. More recently these and other techniques have been used in an attempt to study the nutritional aspects of body composition. It is the purpose of this report to present the various methods now in use and to discuss the virtues and limitations of each.
DIRECT CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
During the past century a number of human carcasses have been analyzed for water, fat, nitrogen, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus. These include the fetus, newborn, and adult. The few analyses done on children have included subjects suffering from conditions known to profoundly affect water and electrolyte metabolism.
Data for total body content in the new-born and adult are presented in Table I, both on a fresh-weight and a fat-free fresh-weight basis. The latter basis for expressing values avoids discrepancies that arise because of alterations in fat content. It is evident that significant changes in body composition occur during growth. Water, sodium, and chloride contents decline, while contents of nitrogen, calcium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus all increase. In these data, body fat content is not strikingly different in the two age groups.
- Copyright © 1962 by the American Academy of Pediatrics


What is Paracrine communication?
Paracrine signaling also known as Paracrine communication is a natural method of communication between cells that causes desired changes in surrounding cells and chemically altering the behavior surrounding cells.
Why is paracrine signaling important?
Paracrine communication system, is critical for the success of regenerative medicine and stem cell therapies. The signaling allows for significant improvements in wound healing, neurogenesis and tissue repair for medical conditions such as heart disease (cardiac tissue engineering) and orthopedic injuries to knee or hips. The Regen Center uses the power of Paracrine communication through the secretion of unique signaling molecules and trophic factors needed in the human body repair process.
What is the difference between paracrine, endocrine, autocrine and exocrine?
The primary difference between the Exocrine, Endocrine, paracrine and autocrine systems is the use of the medium in which they are released. The Endocrine system is usually a long slow response that is secreted into the blood system. The Exocrine response is usually via ducts such as the sweat glands. The Autocrine response occurs when hormones bind to cell receptors to affects the cells that produces it. An example is the use of cell specific growth factors used in treatments that force cell division.
What are example of Paracrine Hormones?
TGF-β cell family are good examples and usually involved in the regulation of cell division. This cell family includes Bone morphogenetic proteins,TGF-β1, TGF-β2, TGF-β3, and TGF-β5.
More terms and definitions can be found in the regenerative medicine glossary section.


The Fuscous Flycatcher, Cnemotriccus fuscatus is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the only member of the genus Cnemotriccus. It breeds from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, and on both Trinidad and Tobago. The Fuscous Flycatcher ranges in northern and eastern South America, including the entire Amazon Basin, and the Guianas; also all of Brazil except the very southeastern border area with Uruguay.
This species is found in woodland and scrubby areas. The nest is made of twigs and bark lined with plant fibre and placed in a tree fork. The typical clutch is three white eggs, which are marked with black at the larger end.
The Fuscous Flycatcher is 14.5 cm long and weighs 11.9g, with a long tail. The upperparts are plain brown with darker brown wings and two buff wing bars. There is an obvious long whitish supercilium, and the bill is black. The breast is grey-brown and the abdomen is pale yellow. Sexes are similar. There are other races, differing in the tone of the upperpart or underpart colour.
Fuscous Flycatchers are inconspicuous birds, tending to keep to undergrowth perches from which they sally forth to catch insects, (hawking). The call is a light chip, and the song a chip-weeti-weeti-weetiyee, replaced in southern races by an explosive version at dawn, pit-pit-peedit.


Wooden shingles are thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather. Historically shingles were split from straight grained, knot free bolts of wood. Today shingles are mostly made by being cut which distinguishes them from shakes which are made by being split out of a bolt.
Wooden shingle roofs were prevalent in the North American colonies, while in central and southern Europe at the same time, thatch, slate and tile were the prevalent roofing materials.
In Australia, wood shingle roofs are a common roofing material because of its architectural aesthetics and durability.
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The artist doll movement can be traced back to the mid-twentieth century. Men and women were creating dolls to express an artistic point of view, as well as to make a living. There were no dollmaking classes for them to take, no books on the subject. Early doll artists like Martha Thompson, Lewis Sorenson and Bernard Ravca had to figure it all out from scratch. In the early sixties, a group of these artists came together and formed NIADA, the National Institute of American Doll Artists. They worked together with UFDC (the United Federation of Doll Clubs) to promote their work. The early doll collectors were very enthusiastic patrons, and the movement grew. Today, in addition to NIADA, there is ODACA, the Original Doll Artist Council of America, as well as numerous smaller dollmaking groups, classes and books on the subject.
I had a hard time deciding whether to include artist dolls in this website. What exactly is an artist doll? After all, every doll is designed by someone. And if they are not meant to be played with, but just looked at and admired, are they really dolls at all? I will leave that second question to the philosophers among you, but I will answer the first one by saying that, for the purposes of this website, an artist doll is one that is made by the designer, or whose production is personally supervised by the designer. Eventually this page will spin off into a website of its own, but for now, you can enjoy a few of my photos. Click on a photo to see a larger version.
|Father Knickerbocker by Pennsylvania artist Xanthos Kontis was an early UFDC souvenir.|
|Cloth doll by NIADA artist Norma Mellen|
|This jaunty young lad is by Dianne Dengle.|
|Beth from Little Women by Lita Wilson|
|A portrait of author Beatrix Potter by Ann Parker|
Copyright 2006-2010 by Zendelle Bouchard.


May 20th 2016
Doctors warn that alcoholic drinks need calorie labels
October 31st 2014
Report reveals we are clueless to the calories in alcohol - and it’s only contributing to the obesity problem...
A glass of wine after a long day at work is familiar ritual for many of us but would you so easily reach for the bottle if you knew a glass of wine had the same amount of calories as a sugar-filled donut?
A new report from the Royal Society for Public Health highlights how blissfully unaware we are of the calories consumed when we drink alcohol. The RSPH's chief executive, Shirley Cramer, explains, "80% of adults have no idea what the calorie count is in anything they're drinking and if they do think they have an idea, they totally underestimate it anyway.”
In a pub experiment conducted by the RSPH, people demonstrated a change in the amount they drank when they knew how many calories were in their drinks. Those who were told, chose to consume 400 fewer calories in a session.
Whilst drinks companies are obliged by law to label alcoholic beverages with units of alcohol, drinks are exempt from EU calorie labeling laws that are applied to food. The RSPH is now calling on the drinks industry and newly appointed EU Health Commissioner to introduce calorie labels for alcohol, too.
The report estimates that 10% of an average adult's calorie intake now comes from alcohol, and it’s fuelling the obesity problem. With a quarter of UK adults now obese, Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum comments, "You walk into any shop and the calorie, fat content, sugar and more are on the back of food packets and we don't see why alcohol should be any different."
The European Commission says it will make a decision on labelling by December - so you might be calorie checking your wine quicker than you think...
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For thousands of years, Chinese emperors built the Great Wall by adding more and more sections, making it a fascinating look into the country's long history. Readers will learn about why this wonder was built as well as the different types of construction used.
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Our First Graders are kicking off all new units in Reading, and Writing!
In Reading, our students are exploring strategies to become Reading Bosses! They will be using all their reading strategies to take charge our their reading! Catch a student solving a tricky word by asking themselves, “Does it look right?”, “Does sound right?”, and “Does that make sense?”.
In Writing, our First graders are starting their Poetry unit! The students will be using their 5 senses, shapes, repetition, comparisons, and songs to write their own poetry. Check out some of the poetry notebooks students have decorated for inspiration!


Naturalist Jonathan Schechter wrote an article last year entitled Witch of the Woods – and her name is Hazel about this small tree that actually flowers in November:
Native Americans knew this tree before the invaders with guns and axes in tall sailing ships landed on the eastern shore and carved the land to suit their wants and needs. In colonial America even as the British exchanged shots with the rebellious colonists, the shrub’s flexible forked branches was being used as “witching stick” by the dousers: folks who held the forked branches in hand waiting for the tip to point to hidden waters. Bad news for Halloween fans: The word witch in witch hazel originates from the old English word for pliable branches “wych” and has nothing to do with a lady in black straddling an airborne broom.
Your grandmother and probably your mom (and maybe you) used this plant for a wide array of medical ailments. It is found in a liquid form in almost all drug stores today and sold as an astringent, and for treaments of irritations, pain and itching, skin conditions and another 20 or 30 uses!
More about Witch Hazel (Hamamelis) on Wikipedia.


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Scientific Name: Felis rufus
Range & Habitat: Deserts, woodlands and forests of the United States, southern Canada, and parts of Mexico
Size: Weighs 13-35 pounds; tail is 5-7 inches
Life Span: Up to 15 years
Gestation: 60 days; 2-4 young
Wild Diet: Hares, cottontail rabbits, rodents, wild turkey, deer
Zoo Diet: Mazuri small feline diet, bones
Habits: Bobcats have large, thickly padded paws to aid them in moving over the snow.
Solitary animals, they live in well-marked territories. They are creatures of habit, using the same trails and trees in their area. Their den is usually well-concealed, usually in a dense thicket, hollow tree, or rock cavity.
Mating occurs in late winter; female reproduces every two years. Up to five young are born in the spring.
Ranging up to ten miles nightly, the bobcat is an adept and patient hunter, often waiting at a burrow entrance for a long time for a rodent to come out.


Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is an important part of aquatic foodwebs because it contains carbon, nitrogen, and other elements required by heterotrophic organisms. It has many sources that determine its molecular composition, nutrient content, and biological lability and in turn, influence whether it is retained and processed in the stream reach or exported downstream. I examined the composition of DOM from vascular wetland plants, filamentous algae, and riparian tree leaf litter in Sonoran Desert streams and its decomposition by stream microbes.
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Be adventure smart when you head outdoors in the winter. Understand the conditions, carry the 10 essentials and be properly trained.
With winter conditions and variable weather patterns, it is important for everyone to understand the conditions, carry the 10 essentials, and be properly trained. This is true if you go into the backcountry, onto the ice, or take trails that were built for hiking and biking.
In the backcountry
Some higher elevation trails used for backcountry snowshoeing, skiing or snowmobiling may be in avalanche terrain. It is your responsibility to learn necessary skills for safe travel and prepare for changes in weather or conditions.
On the ice
Whistler’s lakes are not monitored for ice thickness, and everyone should be aware of the factors that contribute to ice stability. Make sure to educate yourself on ice conditions and if going on the ice, be prepared for self-rescue.
AdventureSmart recommends staying off any ice that has a thickness of 7 centimeters or less.
On trails designed for hiking and biking
Whistlers hiking and biking recreation trails are not winter maintained, except in Lost Lake Park for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Be prepared and choose appropriate footwear for the conditions. Use caution or choose not to cross bridges that may be heavily loaded with snow.
AdventureSmart, a national program dedicated to encouraging Canadians and visitors to Canada to get informed and go outdoors, recommends always carrying the 10 essentials. These include flashlight, fire-making kit, signaling device, extra food and water, extra clothing, navigation/communication aids, first aid kid, emergency shelter, pocket knife and sun protection.


Protect Your Eyes from Sunburn
UV Safety Month : For many people sunglasses are an expression of style; a new pair for each new outfit. Tempted by new frames sold on the street corner, many of these glasses don’t have the protection your eyes need. Fashion forward as we like to be, consumers might want to be looking at a label of another sort. In order to protect your eyes from the sun’s damaging effects, sunglasses should protect you from both UV-A and UV-B rays. Excessive exposure to ultraviolet light reflected off sand, snow, water or pavement can damage the cornea. And the cumulative effects of UV exposure can put you at risk for cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. According to The American Academy of Ophthalmology UV exposure combined with wind and dust also puts you at risk for benign growths on the eye’s surface called pterygia.
So, while you are out romping around in the sun this summer, and all year long, protect your eyes. The Food and Drug Administration says to buy glasses that protect 99-100 percent UV-A and UV-B rays and that offer the most coverage; wrap around is best. Wear a hat with a wide brim. That goes for kids too.
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Medical Ozone or O3
Oxygen, as we are normally familiar with it as the air we breathe, is comprised of two oxygen molecules attached together, i.e. O2. Ozone is comprised of three oxygen atoms attached together or O3, making it more highly charged, activated form of the oxygen we breathe. While high concentrations of ozone are toxic to living organisms and mankind, small doses are now being used as an effective medical therapy, for example to:
- Increase oxygen delivery to the tissues and cells
- Boost the immune system by killing bacteria and viruses
- Decrease oxidation levels in the body
- Increase production of cellular energy
Additional applications of ozone include air purification and water purification.
Ozone Therapy Applications
Extensive testing and clinical trials by groups such as The Medical Society for Ozone Application and The International Ozone Association have developed many methods by which to apply ozone, used for prevention and medical therapy. Conditions treated by ozone therapy include:
- Dental work (i.e. to stop cavities from progressing or treat abscesses)
- Circulatory disorders
- Viral diseases
- Heart disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Geriatric conditions
- Eye disease (macular degeneration)
It is important to note, however, that the FDA (the United States Food and Drug Administration) deems ozone to be a toxic gas which has no proven safe medical application in therapy.
Ozone Therapy Certification Courses
Accreditation in Ozone Therapy can be obtained by completing the Ozone Therapy Course developed and taught by Dr. Frank Shallenberger. Certified by the American
Academy of Ozonotherapy, it is considered the world’s most comprehensive course in the medical use of ozone.


Hylocereus is a genus of cacti in the subfamily Cactoideae. They are found in Central America and Mexico. Several species have large edible fruits, which are known as pitahayas or dragonfruits. The name derives from the Greek "hyle", meaning "forest".
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Reading TOEFL. Pasaje !. Objectives. Review Note Taking Practice Note Taking techniques Understanding questions Practice reading and questions. Homework For Next Week!. Homework Listen to a speech from… http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
Verbatim: Repeats part of the passage word for word… but in the wrong context
With its molecules bonded so tightly, the exocuticle is very durable. There are points on the body where it does not form, since flexibility is needed around joints. This arrangement allows supple movement but provides armor-like protection.
The layer of the shell called the exocuticle is strong because
a. its molecules are closely bonded
b. it is drier than the endocuticle
c. its fibers are parallel
d. it is water-resistant


Next Episode of Wonders of Burma is
Before Burma was a country, it was a patchwork of kingdoms and dynasties, until one of the greatest religious reformations in Asian history transformed the area into a Buddhist wonderland. See the myths and monuments that united kings and peasants and created the Burmese culture that still exists today. We also show how this devotion to the Buddha is represented in the remarkable golden architecture that dots the cities and countryside with magnificent temples, stupas, pagodas, and statues.
Throughout Burma, temples, stupas, and statues of gold pop out in the lush, green landscape. This golden architecture has become Burma's calling card, but how and why did that become the standard here? Join us as we travel across Myanmar, the jewel of Asia, and reveal the history and myths surrounding these shrines, each one created as an offering to the Buddha. We will visit such treasures as the golden pagoda of Mt. Kyaiktiyo, which rests perilously atop a huge boulder, the 344-foot Shwedagon Pagoda, and the revered Mahamuni Buddha Temple.
Burma and Buddhism are intertwined, thanks to centuries of ancient mythology and thousands of golden monuments of worship. It all began with the Pagan Kingdom about 1,000 years ago, when Anawrahta, a great king, and Shin Arahan, a Buddhist monk, together incited one of the greatest religious reformations in Asian history. Join us as we explore this spiritual revolution and how it triggered a wave of temple-building in honor of the Buddha.
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U.S. supercomputer tops list of world's fastest machines
The U.S. has the world's fastest supercomputer for the first time since 2009, according to a biannual list of Top 500 supercomputers.
The Sequoia is an IBM machine that is part of a generation of IBM supercomputers known as BlueGene/Q. It is based at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
The high-performance machine functions at processing speeds of 16.32 petaflops per second (Pflop/s), or about 1.5 million times faster than the average laptop.
One petaflop is equal to one quadrillion, or 1015, floating operations ( i.e. mathematical computations).
The supercomputer is actually a highly interconnected cluster of 1,572,864 processors, or cores, mounted on 98,304 "compute nodes," or boards, that are arranged on a series of 96 standing racks acorss 318 square metres of floor space.
The biannual list of the world's most powerful machines was revealed Monday at the International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg.
The list is compiled each June and November by a group of computer experts, manufacturers and computational scientists and uses what's known as the Linpack Benchmark to measure how fast computers execute a particular program.
No. 1 supercomputer used to test nuclear weapons Supercomputers are used in a variety of fields, including Earth sciences, geophysics, astronomy, medicine and nuclear science.
The newly assembled Sequoia will be used to conduct simulations intended to extend the life of America's aging nuclear weapons arsenal, in lieu of underground nuclear testing.
The supercomputer "will provide a more complete understanding of weapons' performance, notably hydrodynamics and properties of materials at extreme pressures and temperatures," said Thomas D'Agostino of the National Nuclear Security Administration in a news release.


The yellow fever virus is found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and South America. U.S. travelers very rarely are infected with yellow fever, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's transmitted by infected mosquitos, and most people do not experience any symptoms or they are very mild. Those who do experience symptoms can have chills, fever, headache, back pain and body aches, nausea and vomiting, and weakness and fatigue. The CDC says that about 15 percent of people develop a more severe form of the disease, which includes high fever, jaundice, bleeding, shock and failure of organs.
If you plan to visit one or more of the countries listed below, be sure you have been vaccinated for yellow fever before you leave home. Yellow fever vaccinations and boosters are good for 10 years, the CDC says.
Countries Requiring Proof of Yellow Fever Vaccination from U.S. Travelers
These countries are listed on the World Health Organization's International Travel and Health website as requiring proof of a vaccination for yellow fever for all travelers entering the country, including from the U.S., as of 2017. Other countries not on this list only require proof of yellow fever vaccination if you are coming from a country with a risk of yellow fever transmission or have been in an airport in any of those countries. Most countries not in the yellow fever zone do not require proof of yellow fever vaccination.
Check other countries' requirements on the WHO list.
- Central African Republic
- Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- French Guiana
- Sierra Leone


Scientists have also predicted that there are 47 million people already at risk of developing the condition as they show signs of neuropathological changes that could eventually lead to Alzheimer’s dementia.
Ron Brookmeyer, professor of biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the study’s lead author, called for “improved methods” to identify those with clinical symptoms, which will later develop into the disease.
He said: “There are about 47 million people in the US today who have some evidence of preclinical Alzheimer’s, which means they have either a build-up of protein fragments called beta-amyloid or neurodegeneration of the brain but don’t yet have symptoms.
”Many of them will not progress to Alzheimer’s dementia in their lifetimes.
“We need to have improved methods to identify which persons will progress to clinical symptoms, and develop interventions for them that could slow the progression of the disease, if not stop it all together.”
Researchers found that by 2060 about 5.7 million Americans will have mild cognitive impairment and another 9.3 million will have dementia due to Alzheimer’s.
Of the group who have developed Alzheimer’s, around 4 million Americans will need an intensive level of care, like a nursing home.
Mr Brookmeyer added:”Estimates by disease state and severity are important because the resources needed to care for patients vary so much over the course of the illness.”
The predictions were published in the study the ‘Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association’.
People aged 65 and older are more at risk of suffering with the brain condition.
Three per cent of people aged 65 to 74, 17 percent of people age 75 to 84, and 32 per cent of people age 85 or older have Alzheimer’s dementia.


the Kansas State Physics Education Research Group and
Dean A. Zollman
This resource, part of the Spectroscopy Lab Suite, simulates optical transitions in solids. Emission spectra from different color Light Emitting Diodes are shown. Students can create conduction and valence bands, and electronic transitions, to match the observed spectra of the diodes. The energy and width of the bands can be modified.
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11 Most Endangered Historic Places
Angel Island Immigration Station
Year Listed: 1999
Threat: Deterioration, Natural Forces, Neglect
As a major port of entry for immigrants from the Pacific Rim and parts of South America, the Angel Island Immigration Station is sometimes called "the Ellis Island of the West Coast." An estimated 250,000 Chinese and 150,000 Japanese, along with thousands of immigrants from other nations, passed through the station from 1910 to 1940. This hallowed spot, a California state park, fell into ruin. Its plight was mirrored throughout the 265 units of the state parks system, where chronic underfunding resulted in a deferred maintenance debt approaching $500 million for historic sites alone.