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Cleopatra VII was born in 69 BC - 68 BC and was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, Cleopatra ruled jointly with her two brothers. Eventually she became sole ruler.
Mark Antony was in dispute with Julius Caesars son Octavian over the succession to the Roman leadership. In 41 BC he began both a political and romantic alliance with Cleopatra. Their combined armies fought Octavian's forces. Octavian was victorious.
After believing the Cleopatra was dead Mark Antony took his own life and Cleopatra chose the same course. She committed suicide on 12 August 30 BC and Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire.
This wallet type packaging has a reproduction Denarius of Mark Antony & Cleopatra held in a blister on the front. On the inside and reverse there is information about Antony & Cleopatra.


|The Animator's Checklist|
The website is hosted in Spain (but written in English), and has some really useful resources for learning animation.
Take the ball throw above, where the animator has explained the difference between key poses and breakdowns, and also shown the elements of anticipation, action, and reaction, that make up the shot. These are part of the 12 Principles of Animation, first outlined by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnstone in their classic book "The Illusion of Life" - still relevant to the craft of animation today.
The Animator's Checklist is a great resource and we're recommending it to all our students.
The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our new BA/MArt starting in September 2017, follow this link.


The White flag was the international symbol of surrender or truce.
The white flag indicates peace and is usually flown in times of war. Historians believe the use of a white flag to surrender dates back to the Eastern Han dynasty of 25 AD - 220AD and maybe even earlier.
The flag of France was a plain white flag which had a fleur de lys added to it. The flag of England was a white flag with the red cross of St George. The flag of Spain was a white flag with the red cross of Burgundy. The flag used by Portugal on ships and territories of the Portuguese Empire was the white flag with the Cross of the Order of Christ.
Behind the scenesEdit
- In the non-canon LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, during the Fourth Brethren Court, Eduardo Villanueva, Chevalle, Ching, and Sumbhajee Angria pull the miniature white flags to show their unwillingness to fight against the East India Trading Company.
- Pirates of the Caribbean (ride) (Mentioned only)
- The Price of Freedom
- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean (First appearance)
- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First mentioned)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)


Nutrients in Pumpkin
100 grams of Pumpkin contain 1 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, 6.5 grams of carbohydrates, and 0.5 grams of fiber.
You have 26 calories from 100 grams of Pumpkin, the 1% of your total daily needs. It contains 0.1 grams of fat and 0 mg of Cholesterol.
Some minerals can be present in Pumpkin, such as Potassium (340 mg), Phosphorus (44 mg) or Calcium (21 mg) but no Fluoride.
It contains some important vitamins: Vitamin C (9.0 mg), Vitamin A (8,513 IU) or Vitamin B-9 (16 mg).


EL DORADO HILLS, Calif – In the coming weeks, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will start burning small brush piles to get rid of fire fuel to improve public safety, and as a result, residents of the Cameron Park area near the BLM Pine Hill Preserve may start seeing and smelling smoke. . The prescribed burning will start in May and will continue as weather conditions allow.
“The brush piles are left over from when crews created fuel breaks both inside and outside of the preserve,” said Jerry Martinez, BLM Fire Management Officer. “Eliminating the extra fuel now will make the fire breaks more effective at protecting both public and private property in the future.”
As Wildfire Awareness Week (May 7 to 13) approaches, the BLM would like to remind all Californians to take action to protect their homes and neighborhoods from wildfire by reducing hazardous fuels. Wildfire behavior is based largely on weather and fuel conditions. Homeowners and renters are encouraged to reduce flammable materials near their homes and in communities now, before fire season starts, to help keep everyone safe, including the firefighters.
For more information about creating defensible space or other means of wildfire prevention, please visit CAL FIRE’s website at http://readyforwildfire.org/Fire-Safe-Landscaping/.
The Pine Hill Preserve is home to rare native plants that live in a specific type of soil known as gabbro soils in El Dorado County. The preserve encompasses more than 4,000 acres centered on Green Valley Road and stretches from Folsom Lake in the north to Highway 50 in the south.
For more information, call the Fire Fuels Management Hotline at (916) 941-3155.


- Mar 09, 2017 -
There are many names for these products; Aluminum clad, aluminum base, Metal clad printed Circuit Board (MCPCB), Insulated Metal Substrate(IMS or IMPCB), Thermally conductive PCBs, etc… but they all mean the same thing and perform the same way.
How Are Aluminum PCBs Made?
A thin layer of thermally conductive but electrically insulating dielectric is laminated between a metal base and a copper foil. The copper foil is etched into the desired circuit pattern and the metal base draws heat away from this circuit through the thin dielectric.
Benefits of Aluminum PCBs
Heat dissipation is dramatically superior to standard FR-4 constructions.
The dielectrics used are typically 5 to 10 times as thermally conductive as conventional epoxy-glass and a tenth of the thickness
Thermal transfer exponentially more efficient than a conventional rigid PCB.
Lower copper weights than suggested by the IPC heat-rise charts can be used.
Applications of Aluminum PCBs
Although Power Converters and LEDs are the largest users of these products, Automotive and RF companies are also looking to take advantage of the benefits of these constructions. While a single layer construction is the simplest, other configuration options are available at Amitron, including:Flexible Aluminum PCBs,Hybrid Aluminum PCBs,Multilayer Aluminum PCBs,Through-Hole Aluminum PCBs.
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Our Child Abuse Prevention initiatives educate all volunteers and the broader parish on ways of recognizing and preventing child abuse. We continue to seek ways of offering a safe environment for all, young and old alike. Our program includes: classroom presentations offered by trained individuals, printed and other media materials focusing on the prevention of abuse and the overall protection of children and youth.
Participants are informed on ways to recognize abuse in all its forms, the signs and symptoms that indicate when a child or youth is abused, exploited and/or neglected in some way, and environmental factors to be aware of within the confines of the parish, such as classrooms and other meeting spaces. These presentations show how abusers operate and what families can do to help educate their children and how to respond to inappropriate behavior directed at them.


A cross-disciplinary science environment between chemistry, engineering and clinical sciences would allow a holistic approach for researchers to address long-range challenges in Human health (better diagnostics, better disease control, better prevention). Until ChEM-H at Stanford University no such institution has been founded. The institute focuses on molecules, allowing researchers to study human biology at a more fundamental level than cells, thereby paving the way for new tools to cure or prevent disease. Above all, ChEM-H educates a new type of student who will transform healthcare – someone with the eyes of a clinician, the wisdom of a scientist, and the problem solving skills of an engineer. The jury thought that Carolyn Bertozzi’s institute truly represents the need for novel, interdisciplinary applied research to identify new ways to better public health.


WHO WAS VERNON
Patrick Louis Cooney, Ph. D.
The Rev. Vernon Johns was the father of the civil rights movement. He was the predecessor of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He was virtually the sole voice in the South speaking out consistently and uncompromisingly against the "separate but equal" system of segregation.
Johns was a prophet who was greatly ignored by his contemporaries, who never knew what Johns was going to say -- hell, he may even have told the truth; and that is sin enough for most people, even those who say they support civil rights.
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Introduction to Spectrometry
Spectrometry is an analysis technique that measures the electromagnetic radiation emitted, absorbed, or scattered by a sample in order to study, identify, and quantify its composition and structure.
Spectrometric measurements can be:
This module takes 30 minutes to complete. At the end of this module, you must obtain an 80% or higher on the Test Your Knowledge for it to be marked as complete. You have unlimited attempts and the highest attempt is recorded.


Matanuska Glacier facts for kids
Quick facts for kidsMatanuska Glacier
|Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, U.S.|
|Length||27 miles (43 km)|
Matanuska Glacier is a valley glacier in the US state of Alaska. At 27 miles (43 km) long by 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, it is the largest glacier accessible by car in the United States. Its terminus feeds the Matanuska River. It lies near the Glenn Highway about 100 miles (160 km) north-east of Anchorage in Glacier View. Matanuska Glacier flows about 1 foot (30 cm) per day. Due to ablation of the lower glacier, as of 2007[update], the location of the glacier terminus changed little over the previous three decades.
Nearby State Park: There is an Alaska State Parks facility, the Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site, a 229 acres (93 ha) park with trails and a small campground.
Vehicle & Walking Access: As the largest glacier in Alaska accessible by car, travelers do have options for up-close viewing or walking on the ice. Matanuska Glacier is accessible by a single road, S Glacier Park Road found at Mile 102 of the Glenn Highway. This gravel road with small bridge crossing comes to an electronic gate operated by Glacier Tours on the Matanuska. Glacier Tours also maintains the remainder of the drive to the glacier, as well as parking, a shelter, paths and picnic tables. Visitors may pay a nominal fee for self-guided day-long touring (available in summer only), or partake in a guided glacier tour with the gate operator or other guides in the area. Local tours are operated year-round. Additional tours depart from Downtown Anchorage and include a guide with shuttle service to Matanuska Glacier.
Fun Fact: The glacier is the eponym of the Alaska Marine Highway ferry M/V Matanuska.
Matanuska Glacier Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Alignment
Disciplinary Core Idea/Sub-Idea:
ESS3. Earth and Human Activity
ESS3.B. Natural Hazards
4-ESS3-2. Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Getting the Right Angle on the Story: How Satellites Can Save Lives in a Tsunami
Extension 1 Instructional Focus
The Terra satellite’s Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) helps scientists understand how tsunamis interact with islands and coastlines and assists them in making better predictions about when and where they will strike.
Extension 2 Instructional Focus
Students write an opinion piece about the importance of tracking space debris in alignment with Common Core State Standards after learning from a NASA article how telescopes track debris. They also listen to a song about garbage men in space and draw a picture of what a space garbage truck might look like.


Blog post written by Willow Bend intern Laura Sherrill
On Saturday, we spent the day learning about fire ecology during our monthly Science Saturday event. Since Flagstaff is nestled in an expansive Ponderosa Pine forest, it is important to keep in mind how wildfires can affect our home. This was such a fun day with a very special guest: Smokey Bear himself!
After saying hi to Smokey, people had the option of reading along to the story of Ponderosa Pete, making tree ornaments, trying on real firefighter gear, watching a demonstration of how fire can affect forests, looking at tree rings up close with a magnifying glass, or answering fire ecology trivia questions for the chance to win a prize. Smokey Bear themed erasers, pencils, bandanas, bookmarks, and rulers were up for grabs.
Did you know that Smokey is an American black bear? His brown colored fur can be a bit misleading to his true species. We had such a good day learning new facts on this jam-packed Science Saturday. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to learn about fire ecology. If you missed it, make sure to check out our calendar of upcoming events.


The Role of Psychosocial Therapies in Managing Aggression in Children and Adolescents
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Aggression in children and adolescents is a serious problem and is
associated with various psychiatric disorders, not just conduct and
oppositional defiant disorders, but in fact, most psychiatric disorders.
Currently, while a growing base of data supports an important role for
pharmacologic treatments in managing aggression, studies have also shown that
psychosocial therapy in conjunction with medication may be more effective in
treating aggression than medication alone in many patients. According to
recently published treatment guidelines on the management of aggression,
psychosocial approaches should always be implemented first, with
pharmacotherapy added later if necessary. This article details the risk
factors and protective factors associated with aggression in children and
adolescents, describes the evidence base for the use of psychosocial therapy
for the management of aggression, and discusses various psychosocial therapy
approaches that may be effective in treating aggressive children and adolescents.


Controlled rearing of dungeness crab larvae and the influence of environmental conditions on their survival : July 1, 1966 to June 30, 1967 Public Deposited
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"During the first year of the program successful culture methods were developed for rearing Dungeness crab larvae (Reed 1966). The purpose of the second years work was to define the effects of wide ranges of temperature and salinity on survival and growth of Dungeness crab larvae." (p.1) Includes charts, graphs and b/w photographs of equipment.
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On this date in 1920, the first modern commercially licensed radio station--KDKA in Pittsburgh--began broadcasting.
It's also the anniversary of the maiden--and only--flight of the Spruce Goose, made on this date in 1947. It's technically known as the H-4 Hercules, and it was made of birch, not spruce. Dreamed up by shipping magnate Henry Kaiser, and designed by Howard Hughes, it remains the largest airplane ever built, by far: It's five stories tall, it boasts a wingspan of 320 feet, its cargo area is large enough to hold two railroad boxcars, and it has eight engines with 17-foot propellers. It was made of wood because metal was at a premium during the war.
And last but not least:
It's the birthday of cheerleading, which made its debut at the University of Minnesota on this date in 1898. Pep clubs had been around for a couple of decades, especially at Princeton, where their all-male pep club led the crowd in unified chanting to motivate the football team.
Cheerleading was a male-only sport until 1923, when the first female cheerleaders took the field. This phenomenon didn't really take off until the 1940s, when the male student body was depleted by World War II. The '20s also saw the advent of acrobatics, human pyramids, and dance moves to accompany the fight songs and chants.
Now that's what is lacking in Ultrarunning--cheerleading! Forget about the pathetic efforts of family, crew, and race volunteers to cheer is on. What we REALLY need is some "unified chanting to motivate" the runners.
Squads of cheerleaders could position themselves deep in the forest, far from any access point, to maximize the impact of their motivational chants. Depending on the terrain, "acrobatics, human pyramids, and dance moves" should also be employed to whip up the tired runners.


Ancient Viking Art
By Szaniszló Berczi
Journal of Eurasian History, Vol.3:3 (2011)
Introduction: More than a millennium ago, when Hungarians were roaming on continental Europe, Vikings were roaming on the seas around the continent. Vikings were good sailors and tough warriors, and later on proved to be talented organizers of countries. There are several countries that were organised by Viking warriors, similarly to the steppe warriors who organised steppe countries. The countries founded by the Vikings can be found mostly around the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
These skilled warriors and seamen had a unique art. Probably the best known artifices of them are the tombstones with engraved drawings; most of them preserve writings with rune scripts and therefore they are called runastones. Especially the mythical drawings of the runastones from Gotland Island are outstanding. The people originating from this island were called by the name Goths, allied to Attila, the Hun King of the Carpathian Basin.
In South Italy another state was founded by the Vikings, namely Sicily. The Hungarian King, Coloman I the Book‐lover, married the daughter of the Norman King of Sicily in the 12th century. Vikings sailed to the islands of Iceland and Greenland, and settled there, too. Later on they organized principalities on the Scottish Islands of Shetland and Orkney.
Their art gradually developed during millennia into a characteristic Viking art from the arts of the northern people inhabiting the coastal areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Vikings are of north German stock; hence in their art they used several mythic elements of the German mythology. Arguably the most joyful of them is the Sigurd (Sigfrid) saga, especially the most popular scene when Sigurd stabs with his sword the dragon Fafnir.


Floral epidermal structure and flower orientation
Getting to grips with awkward flowers
Rands, S, Glover, B & Whitney, H, 2011, Floral epidermal structure and flower orientation: Getting to grips with awkward flowers. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, vol 5., pp. 279 - 285
The petal epidermis has been found to be important in mediating flower-pollinator interactions. Structures produced on the petal surface, in particular cone-shaped papillate (or conical) cells, have been shown to enhance bumblebee preference for flowers. One reason for this increase in preference is that the conical cells facilitate efficient handling of flowers. This is particularly clear when flower architecture requires bees to land on a vertical surface. We therefore tested the hypothesis that flowers that are held vertically show a greater tendency to produce conical cells. Analysis of 183 species finds that there is no significant relationship between the structures on the petal surface and flower orientation. We discuss the multifunctional properties of conical cells and other floral surface structures that may mean that other factors are of equal or greater importance in the relationship between pollinators and petal epidermal form.
Full details in the University publications repository


The world of cyber security is daunting to many people. With so many terms and devices talked about it can look like a very confusing world for some. Where should you start though? What should you protect yourself against? If this question is answered incorrectly it can be very devastating for an organization.
Thanks to organizations like OWASP starting points for securing your assets can be established. With the changing dynamics of many organizations it is hard to determine what a standard security model should look like. However there are two very important areas that every organization should protect. These areas are mobile devices and privacy.
If you are implementing a BYOD (Bring you own device) model in your organization there is a list of very important things to watch for when it comes to mobile devices. The list is as follows.
- Weak Server Side Controls
- Insecure Data Storage
- Insufficient Transport Layer Protection
- Unintended Data Leakage
- Poor Authorization and Authentication
- Broken Cryptography
- Client Side Injection
- Security Decisions Via Untrusted Inputs
- Improper Session Handling
- Lack of Binary Protections
When it comes to protecting privacy where do you start? In the info graphic below OWASP illustrates the top 10 privacy risks to any network. Starting with the areas listed in the info graphic below can not only help secure the privacy of the users on your network and their data stored on it but can also help strengthen your networks posture as well. Many of the threats listed below can also be jumping points for larger attacks.


Infants' ability to rapidly extract properties of language-like systems during brief laboratory exposures has been taken as evidence about the innate linguistic state of humans. However, previous studies have focused on structural properties that are not central to descriptions of natural language. In the current study, infants were exposed to 3- and 5-syllable words from one of the two artificial languages that employed the same stress assignment constraints found in natural languages. Infants were able to generalize beyond the stress patterns encountered during familiarization to new patterns reflecting the same constraints. The results suggest that infants are able to rapidly extract the types of structural information required for human language.
- Metrical phonology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Language and Linguistics
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Linguistics and Language
- Cognitive Neuroscience


Education Begins in The Womb: Great Idea?
Clean the chalkboards, empty the classes,
No more schooling for the masses.
All You Really Need to Know,
You'll pick up In Utero.~ Anonymous
Robert Frost once referred to education as the process of hanging around until you’ve caught on. Well, right or wrong, with the Fetal Educator Strap you can give your child an educational edge before the other kids on the block are even born! Patent# US 6840775 is in reality just a belt which holds a cassette player against the mom-to-be’s stomach. The belt has an interior and an exterior surface and on the outer surface, a pouch is mounted which contains a sound generator and a speaker. The speaker is directed toward the belt’s interior surface allowing the pouch to slide around the circumference of the belt to the user’s desired position.
In short, the Fetal Educator Strap is an apparatus for delivering sound to a fetus through a pregnant woman’s abdomen. The transmitters are connected to each other electronically via an audio plug, in a manner similar to commercial headphones.
Childbirth and motherhood have been wonderful creative sources for inventions since time immemorial.
Consider “Driving for Pregnant Women Becomes Safer” and “Great Invention Idea? Birth by Centrifugal Force”.
As far as the Fetal Educator Strap is concerned, I think I will pass, as my time to have tried it long has. It would be an interesting study though, to monitor the growth of these children after they are born and note if they turn out any different than those not educated fetally, so to speak.


New catalyst for recycling carbon dioxide discovered
Imagine if we could take CO2, that most notorious of greenhouse gases, and convert it into something useful. Something like plastic, for example. The positive effects could be dramatic, both diverting CO2 from the atmosphere and reducing the need for fossil fuels to make products.
A group of researchers, led by the University of Toronto Ted Sargent group, just published results that bring this possibility a lot closer.
Using the Canadian Light Source and a new technique exclusive to the facility, they were able to pinpoint the conditions that convert CO2 to ethylene most efficiently. Ethylene, in turn, is used to make polyethylene—the most common plastic used today—whose annual global production is around 80 million tonnes.


Cashew and cow’s milk allergy rates uncovered among Australian infants
- Sunday, August 6, 2023 - 8:00 AM
Melbourne researchers can reveal for the first time how many babies have cashew and cow’s milk allergies in Australia as well as what causes these common allergic diseases.
Two new studies published in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology: In Practice, led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, showed 1.4 per cent of 12 month old’s have cashew allergy and 1.3 per cent a cow’s milk allergy. By comparison, previous research found 3.1 per cent of infants have a diagnosed peanut allergy.
Both studies involved 1933 participants from the EarlyNuts Study, which looked at the prevalence of these allergies in infants and common risk factors.
Murdoch Children’s Dr Tim Brettig, who led the cashew allergy research, said this was the first time the rate of cashew allergy and cow’s milk allergy in Australian infants had been determined with gold standard oral food challenges.
“Like most food allergies, cashew allergy is thought to develop early in life and cashew is reported to be the most common cause of tree nut allergy in Australia,” the NACE Food Allergy Stream member said.
Dr Brettig’s research found eczema and peanut allergy were linked to having a cashew allergy. While Murdoch Children's Dr Victoria Soriano identified infants who have eczema, a family history of food allergy and parents born in East Asia were more likely to develop cow’s milk allergy.
“We know cow’s milk allergy and cashew allergy are among the most common food allergies in infants and young children, with prevalence estimates varying between countries,” Dr Soriano said. However, there were no recent data on the prevalence of proven milk and cashew allergy in Australia making these findings important for future research into how we might be able to prevent them.”
Read more at Murdoch Children's Research Institute.


SHINE SA Media Release: 29 March 2021
March 31 will mark the 12th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility. Each year we acknowledge this day and celebrate transgender and gender diverse people around the globe and their experiences and achievements. The day also creates an opportunity to reflect on the barriers and violence trans and gender diverse people face in the workplace, at school and the broader community.
The term transgender or trans refers to a person whose gender identity is different from their assigned or presumed gender at birth. People who identify as transgender are more likely to experience abuse, harassment, and violence in their lifetime. Many of these experiences happen in environments where trans and gender diverse people should be flourishing or receiving support. This includes their work, home, school, university, sports club, health care provider and more.


Pour a tall one for super-efficient computer chips. Literally. Device engineers at Intel have created a microprocessor that powers up from a single glass of red wine.
Supercharged! Battery Power for the Future
The silicon microprocessor was demonstrated recently during a talk (video) by Genevieve Bell at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. "If we want to have mobile technology that doesn't burden us down, that knows us, it turns out we're going to need really, really low power," she said.
The system was made in Intel Labs as part of an internal project to redefine what low power really means. While the demo was intentionally short on details, the engineer explained that it's a bit like that school project where you power an LED with DIY lemon batteries (video) but instead of lemons, they used wine - this being California after all.
Red wine was poured into a glass equipped with copper and zinc parts. That was enough to provide the microwatts needed to power an accelerometer and the Intel communications and processing system. This enabled the engineer to move a flower image around on the computer screen in real time by moving the accelerometer.
Robo-Chopper Fights Wine Country Pests
Ultimately the aim is to produce device-charging tech on the microwatt level that doesn't sacrifice performance. Such tech could mean a boost for anyone using a computer while traveling, but also in areas where electricity is scarce. Red wine was used here, but in the future Intel Labs envisions sophisticated systems that draw power from ambient light or even the warmth of your skin.
Intel's solution is still years from practical implementation, though, as IDG News Service's Agam Shah reported. Oh darn, that means they'll probably need to pull out a few more corks. Cheers, you crazy engineers.


Enter Three Witches Booktalk
Mary had nothing. One day she was Lady Mary, foster daughter to Lord and Lady Macbeth, and engaged to the wonderful Asleif, who would one day own Gledstane Castle, and the beloved daughter of the rich and powerful Thane of Cawdor. Just hours later, she had nothing. During a fierce battle with the army of Norway, her father had betrayed the king, and afterwards, confessed to being a traitor, and was executed.
People who had respected her the day before, now looked at her with hatred. She sat still and quiet at the victory feast, waiting to see what her destiny would be. There were not many choices — all her wealth and property were gone. Her engagement was over. She was nothing now. But she was still young and beautiful and innocent — the celebrating soldiers eyed her lustfully. Now that she was their equal, she could be forced to marry any of them. That was, if the king didn't decide to execute her, or Lord and Lady Macbeth didn't decide to send her to a nunnery for the rest of her life. These were the only things left to her: death, a loveless marriage, or the life of a nun.
But Mary didn't know that the strange prediction by the three Weird Ones, witches who haunt the moor, was about to come true. Greed and deceit filled the castle, and as a result, her life was about to change again.
Double, double, toil and trouble,
Fire burn and cauldron bubble....
When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning or in rain?
When the hurly–burly's done, when the battle's lost and won....
All hail Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor,
All hail Macbeth, who shall be king hereafter.
Macbeth will do anything to gain the throne, but no good can come of witches' predictions, when they are misunderstood and misused.


Published 18 January 1992
From RIAN HUGHES
While observing a motorway car jam, I noticed a peculiar thing – when
the cars begin moving again, each car in turn starts up a short interval
after the one in front, creating a wave.
This wave, or signal, travels back along the queue from beginning to
end against the flow of traffic.
The same happens when they stop again (in close spaced traffic). The
point is the cars do not start or stop in unison.
Now, in a communications line, a modulated flow of electrons carries
information from A to B – but not, on the same line, from B to A.
But, I thought, using the above principle, would it be possible to send
information back down the same line, while information is travelling in
the usual direction?
By stopping and starting the flow, the ‘start/stop’ signal would travel
back along the line, against the flow, in much the same way as the queue
of cars, possibly coding the signal digitally against an analogue signal
in the opposite direction.
Would this be possible without interference?
I presume a subtle delay occurs electrically as with each car or a ‘no
current flow’ signal would have to travel back to B instantaneously if the
cable was cut at A, giving faster-than-light communication.
Should I be in the patent office protecting my future millions? Have
I just doubled the global communications capacity?
Rian Hughes London


Are you looking seriously at concurrent or parallelized procedures within your applications yet? Do you know what impact using such techniques is going to have on your development cycle or your applications?
If you are not at least considering the impact of multi-core processors on your application development, then it might be a good time to start. If you look at the system offered today, you'll find that many now come with dual core chips. On higher-end desktop systems quad-core is becoming the norm. In 2010 you'll see AMD and Intel start migrating the high-end towards six-core chips.
The number of cores is going to continue to grow. In fact, in 2010 Intel is expected to release a 48-core chip to researches to begin using. According to BBC News, Intel has already developed an x86 based 48-core chip dubbed the Single-Chip Cloud Computer (SCC).
If you are not adjusting your applications to take advantage of multi-core, then you could be wasting nearly 80% of the power of a six core chip. On a 48 core chip you'd barely be touching the power if you don't adjust your application.
Of course, you can argue that 48 core chips are only for the high-end user and not main stream. Of course the same argument was made with dual core chips just a few years ago. The other old argument is that you'll never use all the power of the many cores. Again, a similar argument was made a few years ago about disk space. Nobody would ever need a terabyte of data storage on their machines. They could never use it all. Yet today, people are buying Terabyte drives for under $100. More importantly, they are using the space. Of course, to process all that data, what would be better than applications using multi-core chips to process it concurrently!
Are you already considering the impact of multi-core on your applications?


Article 1 … The Chilean relief consists of the central depression, which crosses the country longitudinally, flanked by two mountain ranges that make up about 80% of the territory: the Andes mountains to the east-natural border with Bolivia and Argentina in the region of Atacama and the Coastal Range west-minor height from the Andes.
Chiles highest peak is the Nevado Ojos del Salado, at 6891.3 m, which is also the highest volcano in the world. The highest point of the Coastal Range is Vicuña Mackenna, at 3114 meters, located in the Sierra Vicuña Mackenna, the south of Antofagasta.
Among the coastal mountains and the Pacific is a series of coastal plains, of variable length, which allow the settlement of coastal towns and big ports. Some areas of the plains territories encompass territory east of the Andes, and the Patagonian steppes and Magellan, or are high plateaus surrounded by high mountain ranges, such as the Altiplano or Puna de Atacama.


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An ecomap (or ecological map) is a graphic representation of an individual’s support network. Understanding a service user’s support network can be an important aspect of your work as you try to assess and differentiate between people who represent challenges or risk, and those who offer support and protection from risks.
Click the link below to download the ‘How to …’ guide for using ecomaps.
The use of genograms (or family trees) is commonplace in some areas of social work practice (for instance, in fostering and adopter assessments) and their use is becoming increasingly visible in other areas (such as social work with older people).
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A 'one-page profile' is a profile of a person which captures some basic but important information about a person. A one-page profile is positively focused and centres on the person's core qualities.
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Work with interpreters
In an increasingly multicultural society, in some social work contexts, it may be necessary to work alongside interpreters in order to ensure that communication is effectively received and conveyed. In addition, sourcing and working with interpreters reflects a value position which respects diversity and the first language skills of the service user(s).
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Gliomas are the most common form of brain tumor. They are highly aggressive and effective treatments are not currently available. The tumors contain glioma initiating cells (GICs), a population that is highly similar to neural stem cells. GICs drive tumor progression and must stay in a particular extracellular niche in order to maintain their cancer-promoting, stem cell-like characteristics.
In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Antonio Iavarone at Columbia University report on the role of ID proteins in glioma. ID proteins allow stem cells to stay anchored in a particular extracellular niche.
Using a mouse model of glioma, Iavarone and colleagues found that ID proteins were also responsible for retaining GICs in the extracellular niche that allowed them to maintain their cancer promoting properties. In human glioma patients, the expression of a group of Id-regulated genes was correlated with clinical outcomes.
These results suggest that ID proteins are important regulators of glioma and may be suitable therapeutic targets.
Explore further: 'Housekeeping' mechanism for brain stem cells discovered
Mesenchymal high-grade glioma is maintained by the ID-RAP1 axis, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2012.


Lighting, CFL vs. Incandescent Bulbs
written on 12/15/04
On average, Lighting, accounts for 10% of a typical home's electric usage. Regular incandescent bulbs are cheap but very inefficient. In addition, these light bulb types put out a lot of heat which increases cooling loads.
Switching to Compact Flourecent Lamps (CFL) is an easy and cheap way to save money on electric bills. CFL's use 1/4 the amount of electricity, and put out less heat. Replacing incandescent bulbs with CFL's has one of the fastest returns on your money of any energy saving investment. After replacing 16 of these bulbs in my home, I saw a CFL energy savings of about $10 a month on my electric bill.
*Based on 4 hours per day average usage.
540 - 800
Annual Electric Cost**
Cost of Bulb
Life of Bulb
Cost per 8,000 hrs
**Based $0.10 per kWh.
Grand Savings of $40 over the life of the CLF.
You also get the added benefits of a slightly lower cooling bill, and less frequent bulb replacement.
Where to use CLF's
- Any normal 120V light socket
- Lamps and other light fixtures
- Lights that are on for long periods of time
- Inside and Outdoors
Where not to use CLF's
- On dimable switches
- In three way lamps
- Security lights with photo sensors
- Lights that get turned on and off frequently
- Applications which require full lumanence imediately
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Music of Utah
|Music of the United States|
|History (Timeline and Samples)|
|Before 1940: Synthesis of Sources|
|1940s and 50s: Invention of Popular Music|
|1960s and 70s: Creation of a Counterculture|
|1980s to the present: Diversification of Styles|
|Native American music (Inuit music>Inuit and Hawaiian)|
|Latin (Tejano and Puerto Rican)|
|Other immigrants (Jewish, European, South and East Asian, modern African, Middle-Eastern and Cajun and Creole)|
|AL - AK - AR - CA - CO - CT - DC - DE - FL - GA - GU - HI - ID - IL - IN - IA - KS - KY - LA - ME - MD - MA - MI - MN - MP - MS - MO - MT - NC - ND - NE - NV - NH - NJ - NM - NY - OH - OK - OR - PA - PR - RI - SC - SD - TN - TX - UT - VT - VA - VI - WA - WV - WI - WY|
Since 1847, Mormon influence in Utah music is manifest in the stateÒs most famous musical institution: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Beginning in the 1960s, gospel music gained some success, and Mormons played an integral role in the development of Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) into the 1970s, as well as producing their own variety called Mormon pop.
In addition to the overtly religious music, Utah has a typical music scene featuring local blues, rock, and punk groups. However, these groups are usually marginalized because bands often play in bars and clubs which are infrequently patronized by the sizable LDS population. Straight edge punk is especially popular because the straight edge culture (steadfastly refusing sex, drugs, and alcohol) fits nicely into many youthful MormonÒs lifestyle.


This book covers more than 400 species, representing some 80 different genera.
Ivan Holliday's A Field Guide to Australian Trees has been reprinted numerous times and become a classic guide. This 3rd revised edition includes four additional species, and both the text and pictures of many other entries have been updated. This book covers more than 400 species, representing some 80 different genera. Better known groups like the acacias and eucalypts are well represented, but a special effort has been made to include a large number of species from Australia's diverse rainforests.


Definición de thirdly en inglés:
In the third place (used to introduce a third point or reason): secondly, the Home Secretary has found a way to deal with the problem swiftly; thirdly, the Bill has received all-party support
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- And thirdly, he introduced a ‘process which is strong enough to stop people making bad decisions when under pressure’.
- First, it seeks to relieve some of the pressures on the labour market, second, it aims to curve inflation, and thirdly, it looks to position the relevant parties for the next election.
- Firstly, he is always urging me to stop drinking; secondly, he looks a good 10 years younger than he is; and thirdly, his special horror is addiction.
Definición de thirdly en:
- Diccionario Inglés de EE.UU.
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Muy popular en Reino Unido
Muy popular en Australia
= de moda


“Each petal of a dandelion is a flower. One dandelion bud holds hundreds of flowers”
This captivating book offers children close-up glimpses of a familiar flower from seed to blossom to seed. Child-friendly facts share the pages with close-up photo documentation of the dandelion’s entire life cycle. Simple, fact-based text offers vocabulary for what the child will see in nature. Life cycle diagram, picture glossary, and index. Paperback, 24 pages.


Autopoeisis is a theory of what life is, developed by the Chilean scientists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela in about 1973. The term literally means "self-creating." A living organism is understood as a circular, autocatalytic-like process which has its own survival as its main goal. The phenomenon of self-organization is sometimes seen as an autopoeitic phenomenon. This theory with its emphasis on the closure of the living organism has been an appropriate remedy for the overemphasis on openness in open systems theory.
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• ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE
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Doctor, would you explain that to me again in plain language?
What exactly is the meaning of a medical word your doctor recently used?
Have you been frustrated by confusing instructions about taking medications..... or preparing for a medical test?
It can be discouraging to hear a medical condition explained in technical language that you don't understand.
Understanding a certain medical condition's treatment and outlook may be of great importance to you and your family.
Perhaps it would be helpful to read about medications and medical conditions in "plain language."
This Health Literacy Resource Guide offers explanations of medical words and illnesses in language that may help you understand your doctor's descriptions.
This Guide also includes suggestions to help you talk with your doctor and other health care workers.
Since this resource guide is a publication of Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network, a program of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at UCONN Health, it includes Connecticut resources, as well as national resources, when they are available.
Although advertisements may appear on some Internet websites in this Guide, the UCONN Health Library makes no recommendations for these products or services nor endorses them.


Know how to use "fewer" and "less"? Find out.
also hybris, 1884, a back-formation from hubristic or else from Greek hybris "wanton violence, insolence, outrage," originally "presumption toward the gods;" the first element probably PIE *ud- "up, out," but the meaning of the second is debated.
in Classical Athenian usage, the intentional use of violence to humiliate or degrade. The most famous example was the case of Meidias, who punched the orator Demosthenes in the face when the latter was dressed in ceremonial robes and performing an official function. Hubris could also characterize rape. Hubris was a crime at least from the time of Solon (6th century BC), and any citizen could bring charges against another party, as was the case also for treason or impiety. (In contrast, only a member of the victim's family could bring charges for murder.)


Translation:They are learning
So kusoma means "to read" and "to study", and kujifunza means "to learn", "to teach yourself" and also "to read"? Is that correct? Or kujifunza is to teach yourself or to learn, but we can presume that most of the time you learn reading? I mean, you can read and not to be studying or learning; or you can learn using a video or practicing some action; or to study answering an exercise, for example. I know there are no perfect translations, but I need to know if I'm following the right way or if I'm learning wrong. Thank you!
Kusoma == to read or sometimes to study. Because you are reading in a way you are studying the topic of the book. Kujifunza == to teach yourself.
Well if I'm reading a scifi novel then I'm not studying per se but I am acquiring some new knowledge of a distance lands and its adventures. Obviously I'm not going to get quizzed after reading such a lovely book but I learned something about the book.
Studying in raw terms just means you acquired something from reading or watching or an experience. So you are right.
If I hear someone mention Kusoma, I immediately think 'read' but 'study' is not that far off either.
Does that help a bit? Let us know.


Most microcontrollers have ADC input, which can sample an analog signal, including sound. Even using Arduino, you can do many cool projects using audio information. For instance, you can make a voice-controlled device such as Audio Recorder, voice-activated switch, and more exciting audio-related projects. In this post, I want to focus a bit on the microphone part – the circuit required between the electret condenser microphone and MCU ADC input. Generally speaking, you cannot connect the electret microphone directly to the ADC pin and expect it to work. The part needed here is called an electret condenser microphone amplifier circuit. Electret microphone with preamplifier stage Condenser microphones require power from a battery or external source. The resulting audio signal is a stronger signal comparing to a dynamic microphone. First of all, the electret microphone isn’t only a condenser inside. It already has a preamplifier inside usually made of FET transistor, which is connected in common source configuration: First, the electret microphone needs to be powered through the drain pull-up resistor. Its value depends on the power supply voltage. The rule of thumb is to add 1kΩ per +1V of the power supply. Up to 10V 10kΩ resistor will work fine.


As a kid, we all have creative and imaginative memories. As Picasso once said, ” Everyone is born an artist”, yet what is the reason why we turn into adults that have lost all our sense of creativity and that our jobs just require us to do a certain task, get your paycheck, and not say a word. A person usually in this environment is a person who is depressed and most likely hates his job. Remember we need to understand that we take after what we do, so that if you work/live in a gloomy place, then you will probably be gloomy yourself. Let’s stop for a moment and inquire. Why did this happen to us? Why have we lost our imagination. We first need to understand the science of creativity. The video below is a tedxtalk done by Jim Davies about the science of imagination.


Oracle Exercises, Practice, Solution
What is Oracle database?
An Oracle database is a collection of data treated as a unit. The purpose of a database is to store and retrieve related information. A database server is the key to solving the problems of information management. In general, a server reliably manages a large amount of data in a multiuser environment so that many users can concurrently access the same data. All this is accomplished while delivering high performance. A database server also prevents unauthorized access and provides efficient solutions for failure recovery.
The best way we learn anything is by practice and exercise questions. We have started this section for those (beginner to intermediate) who are familiar with SQL and Oracle. Hope, these exercises help you to improve your Oracle query skills. Currently, following sections are available, we are working hard to add more exercises. Happy Coding!
More to Come !
Structure of 'hr' database:


Most of the implosives found in the world’s languages are voiced. That means that the rarefaction in the pharynx and mouth (the glottalic ingressive mechanism) is combined with a simultaneous vibration of the vocal folds dependent on a pulmonic egressive airstream. Interestingly, in my experience learners generally find this combined airstream easier to produce than the purely glottalic one that is needed for voiceless implosives.
But does what we teach in the classroom agree with what we find in real languages?
Just over a year ago I wrote about the Zulu song Thula sizwe (blog, 8 Sep 2009).
Now Catherine Paver, in a very late comment on that posting, has drawn our attention to a website called “Sing Africa!”. Thank you! This site contains the words and music to a number of South African songs — Zulu, Xhosa, and Sotho — along with sound clips comprising not only the complete songs but also slow demonstrations of the authentic pronunciation of each word in turn.
Here you can confirm what I wrote last year about the Zulu implosives:
The implosives are only very mildly implosive and the main auditory difference between them and the plain voiced plosives is that plain [b] and [ɡ] are depressors, while weak-implosive [ɓ] and [ɠ] are not. In singing, though, such tonal subtleties are naturally lost.
In the word-by-word clip of Thula sizwe, listen to uŋgabokhala uŋɡaɓɔˈkʰala, the third word in the song. That’s what a bilabial implosive ɓ in this real language sounds like. The “implosiveness” is much less than in the exaggerated versions we tend to get in the classroom. Mea culpa, perhaps. We see the same thing in the last word, uzokuŋqobela uzɔɠuˈŋǃɔɓɛla, with both velar ɠ and bilabial ɓ.
The implosives of Sindhi seem to be similarly weak.
I wonder if there are any languages with really strong, noisy implosives.


buddyie22 wrote:Need edumacated. What is a cold stamp,and what other stamps are there,and what is the difference between stamps?
A cold stamp is done by clamping the blade in a fixture and apply in the stamp while the metal is cold. The resulting marking will generally have some metal extruded (slightly raised area) around the letters or markings. This is caused by the metal not being heated when the stamp was applied, hence the name "cold" stamp. Some counterfeiters will file or buff to try to remove the extruded area. Also, on a cold stamp the stamp's color will appear uniform, like the OP knife example. A normal legitimate stamp typically appears black inside the stamp. Some counterfeiters will apply paint inside the letters in an attempt to make the marks look black. Which of course wears off with time.
As for differences between stamps, you can go to the tang stamps section here and look at the various Keen Kutter examples. You could also find examples by doing a search for Keen Kutter to see the knives on AAPK.
Edit: sorry, looks like ther aren't any Keen Kutter examples in the tang stamps section. Should have looked before I jumped out there!
I'll see what I can find, and post them.


A Polygon Sprite is also a
Sprite, that is used to display a 2d image.
However, unlike a normal
Sprite object, which is a rectangle made of just 2
PolygonSprite objects are made of a series of triangles.
Why use a Polygon Sprite?
There is a lot of technical jargon that we can toss around here about pixel fill rate but the take home lesson is that a
PolygonSprite draws based upon the shape of your
Sprite, not a simple rectangle around the largest width and height. This saves a lot of unnecessary drawing. Just like
PolygonSprite objects can be used in spritesheets. Texture Packer is one tool that can handle creating spritesheets with out of
Consider this example:
Notice the difference between the left and right versions?
On the left, a typical
Sprite drawn in rectangular fashion by the use of 2
On the right, a
PolygonSprite drawn with many smaller triangles.
Whether or not this trade-off is worth it for purely performance reasons depends on a number of factors (sprite shape/detail, size, quantity drawn on screen, etc.), but in general, vertices are cheaper than pixels on modern GPUs.
AutoPolygon is a helper class. It's purpose is to process an image into a 2d
polygon mesh at runtime.
There are functions for each step in the process, from tracing all the points,
to triangulation. The result, can be then passed to a
Sprite objects create
function to create a
// Generate polygon info automatically. auto pinfo = AutoPolygon::generatePolygon("filename.png"); // Create a sprite with polygon info. auto sprite = Sprite::create(pinfo);


December 23, 2013 - 1:20 am by Joss Whittle
C/C++ Daily Programmer
This program takes in a positive non-zero integer
N representing the size of an
N*N grid followed by
N lines of up to
N characters representing the material at each grid point.
The program then simulates the effect of gravity on grid cells marked as
. (sand) causing them to fall until they land on either the floor, a stone block, or another sand block.
The simulation keeps running until the world has stabilized.


An exciting look at music makers and making music! This energetic program delights in dissecting the pieces and parts of music and musical instruments. Children will be amazed by the way in which instruments from the wind and percussion family are taken apart and put back together again. This highly engaging program is also an introduction to some of the basic structures of music, and includes pieces by Gershwin, Shostakovich and Brubeck. Watch, listen, and lend a helping hand as this dynamic duo of Paul Fadoul on marimba and Zara Lawler on flute build music from the ground up! For age 4 and up.Come early for the Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo.” Starting one hour before each Kinderkonzert, this hands-on activity in the Kennedy Center Hall of States gives children a chance to get up close with the instruments they’ll see played on stage–from violins and trumpets to oboes and flutes.
Have you ever wondered how a marimba fits in a car, or how you can get three flutes in a single backpack? Have you ever wondered what music might sound like if it was less than one year old?
You’re in luck, because Lawler & Fadoul will be answering those questions and more this month and next.
We start of next weekend with our new Kinderkonzert at the Kennedy Center: Break it Down! explores the ways music and musical instruments come apart and can go back together, and is perfect for the curious concert-goer age 4 or older. Then, at the Mid-Atlantic and New York Flute Club Flute Fairs, we premiere new Preludes written for us by composers Katherine Hoover and Roshanne Etezady, as well as other pieces from our upcoming CD.
See next few posts for details — we hope to see you at one of our shows!


Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are chemical compounds commonly used in the foam, refrigeration, and air conditioning sectors that destroy the protective ozone layer and contribute to climate change. It is essential to reduce and phase out the use of HCFCs in industry practices. Currently, the most common alternatives to HCFCs are hydrofluorocarbons, (HFCs), which are non-ozone depleting substances (ODS), but still have high Global Warming Potential (GWP). UNIDO and the Montreal Protocol are working to avoid the use of these HCFs as transitional substances and instead work towards finding long-term low-GWP solutions.
These activities are supplemented with projects to improve the energy efficiency of the products manufactured, since in some developing countries, air conditioning has a share of more than 40 percent of the electrical power consumption.
The organization has been mapping out and implementing activities on how the consumption freeze and 10 percent reduction of HCFCs by 2013 and 2015 called for by the Montreal Protocol are to be achieved. Most countries have targeted their foam manufacturing sector or individual foam production lines in the refrigeration manufacturing sector. To complement these plans, individual investment projects for the conversion of production lines have also been developed in the manufacturing sectors.
For more information, please read our leaflet: Fixing Fridges Helps Save The Planet.


In 1902, a flood destroyed a wooden bridge in the town of Selkirk, Scotland. Residents tried to raise money to build another one. One proposal was to print and sell a collection of short stories called The Book o’ the Brig. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author who created the famous detective character Sherlock Holmes, enjoyed visiting the town. So he contributed an original story called “Sherlock Holmes: Discovering the Border Burghs and, by deduction, the Brig Bazaar.”
The project was a success and Selkirk got a new bridge. Doyle’s story helped. But it was never published anywhere else. Walter Elliot, a historian, received a copy of The Book o’ the Brig about 50 years ago. He placed it in his attic and forgot about it.


What is Mold?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
classifies mold as: "a health risk for anyone with asthma, allergies, difficulty breathing, undergoing cancer treatment, people taking medications that suppress the immune system, and anyone who has recenty had surgery.
Mold is a natural part of our environment, However, excessive mold found indoors can cause serious health issues." Mold reproduces by the process of tiny, invisible spores which float through outdoor an indoor air. Mold spores become a problem when they land on a wet or damp surface, which causes them to grow.
Mold can cause allergic reactions, are irritants, and in some cases, can be potentially toxic. Some allergic reactions that mold may cause include: hay fever-type symptoms like sneezing, runny nose, red eyes, and skin rashes. Individuals with asthma who are allergic to mold may experience breathing difficulties.
Mold may also be hidden. You may suspect hidden mold if your home or building has a moldy odor, nut you can't see visible mold. Hidden mold may be found in places such as the back of dry wall, wallpaper, paneling, ceiling tiles, or carpets and pads.
Mold spores will continue to grow if there is moisture present and if ventilation issues are not addressed. Therefore, it is important to find and treat mold growth as well as correct any moisture and ventilation issues. "dead Mold" may still cause allergic reactions in some people, so it is not enough to simply kill the mold, it must also be treated.


Moed Katan 6 - 12
“One should not mix a simcha with a simcha.”
In this way Rabbi Elazar in the name of Rabbi Chanina explains the rationale for the law in our mishna forbidding marriage during Chol Hamo’ed. This explanation helps us understand why “simcha” (of the marriage) is cited in the mishna as the reason behind the prohibition. Tosefot points out that the concept of not mixing one simcha with another is a law based on a verse (Sefer Melachim according to the Bavli, or a verse about Yaakov, Leah and Rachel according to the Yerushalmi). The logic behind this decree: The Torah wants a person’s heart to be entirely focused on the simcha of the mitzvah he is currently fulfilling — celebrating Chol Hamo’ed — and not be distracted by the simcha of anything else (Rashi, Tosefot).
- Mo’ed Katan 8b
“A Heavenly voice called out and said ‘You are all invited to the World-to-Come!”
When Shlomo Hamelech dedicated the Beit Hamikdash upon its completion, he led the entire Jewish People in a festive celebration that began a week before Succot. Celebrating, however, requires eating and drinking, and one of these seven days was Yom Kippur. Rabbi Frank in the name of Rabbi Yochanan taught, “That year the Jewish People that did not fast on Yom Kippur.” The Sages permitted this based “kal v’chomer” Torah logic as explained in the gemara. Nevertheless, the people were still worried that by eating and drinking on Yom Kippur they had perhaps committed a serious transgression, and were in trepidation until they heard the bat kol voice from Heaven inviting them all to enter the World-to-Come.
- Mo’ed Katan 9a


Built in 1928, this longstanding monument has seen the soil on which it sits enter conflict several times, yet remains a tall and proud reminder of glories past.
A work of the renowned sculptor Ivan Meštrović, The Victor is set on a pedestal in the form of a Doric column on a tall cubic base, designed by the architect Petar Bajalović. It is built to commemorate Serbia’s triumph over both Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The statue overlooks the confluence of rivers Sava and Danube and is turned to face towards what was, at that time, Austro-Hungarian Empire, in a gesture that many consider quintessential defiance of Serbian people.
The statue is located in the historic Kalemegdan fortress, a popular attraction in modern-day Belgrade, and remains one of the most recognized and photographed visual symbols of Belgrade. The Victor Monument was designated as a cultural heritage property in 1992.
Update as of November 2019: The Pobednik monument has been taken down for repairs.


Students in this class have an elementary knowledge of Italian. Its goal is the development of five skills— listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural sensitivity—which will enable students to communicate effectively in the new language. A variety of aspects of Italian culture will be introduced through short texts as well as audio and visual materials. Each meeting will include a series of activities, which will enliven the class, and ensure focused attention on the part of the learner. Upon completion of Italian II, students will be able to speak and understand the language used in simple, daily situations. Together with linguistic proficiency at an elementary level, students will acquire some familiarity with Italian culture.
One year of Italian (Italian I)
Ciao! (Italian Textbook) – 5th Edition by Carla Federici and Carla Riga I, January 1, 2003


Black natural olives are grown in various places in Greece, mainly in Central and West Greece (Agrinio, Amfissa, Arta, Lamia, Pilio). They are also called conservoelia (Olea europaea var. Rotund) and they usually take the name of the place where they grow. The shape of the olive is quite round and one of the biggest of Greek olive varieties. Another characteristic of the conservoelia olives is the their color variation according to their maturity. The color varies from green, “blonde” to black, while they are renown for their excellent quality.


Miss Amy's witness
February 11, 2007
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The Rev. Vernon Tyson remembers ‘Miss Amy’s witness,’ during the civil rights era in Raleigh, North Carolina.
In 1963, when the Rev. Vernon Tyson was pastor of Jonesboro Methodist Church in Sanford, he invited Dr. Samuel Proctor to preach for what was called Race Relations Sunday. Proctor, an African-American and one of the leading theologians in the United States until his death in 1997, was then president of North Carolina A&T in Greensboro. When Tyson invited him to Sanford, Proctor laughed and said, “Yes, and we’ll be run out of town together.”
Read what happened next …
(From the Southern Oral History Project, via Annie Grieshop‘s note to the Fasola discussion list.)


From Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki.
The Battle of Cartao was fought in 21 BBY during the Clone Wars over the use of a secondary cloning facility owned by Spaarti Creations. Coming across a planet called Cartao, Palpatine "discovered" Spaarti cloning cylinders, and sent a force led by Kinman Doriana there. It was a victory for the Galactic Republic.
During the battle, Jedi General Fyefee Tiis used his ship, the Whipsaw, to disable the Separatist Droid Control Ship orbiting Cartao, thus giving the Republic's ground forces advance time before the Separatist droid army could be activated. Doriana managed to ram remotely controlled Republic assault transport into the Spaarti facility, destroying the majority of it—and pinning the civilian loss of life on the Jedi Order. The planet Cartao was left ravaged by the battle. Almost all of the cloning cylinders were destroyed. Palpatine took the surviving ones to Wayland and Byss.


Montana Content Standards
MT.4. Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
4.4. Students will identify and describe famous people, important democratic values (e.g., democracy, freedom, justice) symbols (e.g., Montana and U.S. flags, state flower) and holidays, in the history of Montana, American Indian tribes, and the United States.


Before we continue describing the evolution of ways to mark the passage of time, perhaps we should broadly define what constitutes a clock. All clocks must have two basic components:
a regular, constant or repetitive process or action to mark off equal increments of time. Early examples of such processes included the movement of the sun across the sky, candles marked in increments, oil lamps with marked reservoirs, sand glasses (hourglasses), and in the Orient, knotted cords and small stone or metal mazes filled with incense that would burn at a certain pace. Modern clocks use a balance wheel, pendulum, vibrating crystal, or electromagnetic waves associated with the internal workings of atoms as their regulators.
a means of keeping track of the increments of time and displaying the result. Our ways of keeping track of the passage of time include the position of clock hands and digital time displays.
The history of timekeeping is the story of the search for ever more consistent actions or processes to regulate the rate of a clock.


Toxicology texts of ‘death by cyanide’ commonly refer to a rapid collapse and loss of consciousness if a large enough dose is absorbed. Occasionally, convulsions occur after consciousness is lost. In his book Suicide and Attempted Suicide: Methods and Consequences, Geo Stone makes the observation that while cyanide might be commonly used by suicidal chemists, it is used rarely by physicians. He concludes that this may be due to their different levels of access to poisons.
In 1995 when the guidelines for the Northern Territory Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (ROTI) were being developed the use of cyanide was not considered; better drugs (the barbiturates) were available. Today, cyanide is not used in any country where euthanasia / assisted suicide legislation is in place.
Nevertheless, cyanide salts have some very positive properties and may play a role in ensuring people have control over their lives. Positives include the fact that very small quantities of the substance is needed. and that administration is easy. Long shelf life and rapid action are further important considerations. Ingesting one gram of potassium cyanide in the form of a simple, single capsule is seen by some people as offering a very satisfactory means of ensuring control at the end of life.
The Availability of Cyanide
Soluble cyanide salts have traditionally been hard to obtain unless one has a contact in the industries where these substances are used. These salts are heavily regulated and restricted.
However, cyanide is also now recognised as a compound of chemical weapons with associated heavy penalties. The legal risks associated with obtaining this substance may outweigh any possible end of life benefit. Internet claims of availability have also been found to be false. Online purchases must be tested.


In the study, the opinions of the parents of children who continue their preschool education about watching television were asked. The study was carried out with the participation of the mothers of 26 children in the kindergarten class in Karakoçan district of Elazig province. 13 questions were asked during the interview with parents for their children watching television. As a result of the responses from the mothers, parents who stated that children are willing to watch television, spend more time in front of the television than play, watch television programs that are not suitable for their age, other than age-appropriate programs, should be more sensitive to this issue. In order to reduce the effect of television on children, families should shorten the time they watch TV. Families should make their children watch documentary-type educational programs on TV as much as possible; The unreal element in the series or movies should be explained to the child that the characters are not real. In summary, the effect of television on children should be reduced, and , parents should be more conscious in making television a useful tool suitable for children's psychology.
Parental views, pre-school period, the effects of television


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Publication Acceptance Date: October 21, 2001
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Technical Abstract: The USDA-ARS Farming Systems Project is a long-term cropping systems study designed to evaluate the sustainability of regionally-appropriate cropping systems. Seven replicated cropping systems were established in 1996. One of the systems is a synthetic no-till rotation, three of the systems are conventional till rotations with different fertility sources, and three of the systems are organic with different crop rotation lengths. In the summer of 2000, we made an initial assessment of soil quality in the synthetic no-till, one of the synthetic till (conventional fertilizer) and one of the organic cropping systems. The synthetic systems had 2-year, corn-wheat-soybean crop rotations. The organic system had a corn-soybean- wheat rotation with cover crops managed using reduced tillage techniques and with small amounts of broiler litter applied. After five years, the soil in the organic cropping system had greater total carbon and nitrogen, particulate organic matter, water-stable soil aggregates, glomalin, and humic and fulvic acids, and a larger active carbon pool than the synthetic systems. We are currently assessing whether improved soil quality using organic management is due to the use of cover crops or broiler litter by evaluating soil samples taken from the conventional till cropping systems that received broiler litter but no cover crops.


Posted by James Briggs on March 12, 2003
In Reply to: Re: Origin of phrase - mare's nest posted by Harikrishnan Menon on March 12, 2003
: The oldest reference I could find is from the play "Bonduca" by Beaumont and Fletcher (performed on stage circa 1614; printed 1647)
: Petillius: Why dost thou laugh? What mare's nest hast thou found?
: Junius: Ha, ha, ha! I cannot laugh alone: Decius! Demetrius! Curius! Oh, my sides! ha, ha, ha, ha!
: -Bonduca (Act V, Scene 2)
A Mare's nest is a "nothing"; a triviality where once was thought to be importance. An example is "He's discovered a mare's nest". In some parts of Scotland it is a "snake's nest"; in Cornwall a "wee's nest" and in Devon a "blind mare's nest". It seems that Mare is only one of several variants and happens to have become the most well known; however, why 'Mare' has defeated me.


French: Pluvier australien German: Gürtelregenpfeifer Spanish: Chorlito australiano
SW, SC & EC Australia.
19–23 cm; 64–107 g; wingspan 43–47 cm. Very distinctive black vertical eye-bar continuing onto crown; Y-shaped breastband continues onto hindneck; pale... read more
Considered to be generally not very vocal, but is said to give a quiet, gruff-sounding “kr-root” on... read more
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Seeds, leaves, insects (e.g. earwigs, crickets, beetles, termites, ants and larvae), and spiders. Mainly inactive during day, although very... read more
Not well known. Breeds at any time of year, responding to rains. Probably monogamous. Solitary or in small, loose colonies of up to six... read more
Little known. Dispersive, perhaps moving S in spring and N in summer; appears to be nomadic in... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Total population estimated at 14,000 birds. No information available on population trends or impact of changes to vegetation caused... read more
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Human beings, throughout history, have had a need to finding means that would securely authenticate/identify each other. This is what led to fingerprinting as we know it now. There are records available of hand printing having been performed in China as early as 226 BC. Clay seals were used then, to keep a record of the hand patterns of those involved in burglaries. The first known mention of fingerprinting was however, much later, in 14th century Persia, where individuals were identified with their finger prints.
Fingerprinting went a long way after this. In the ensuing years of the 20th century, fingerprinting was much studied across Europe. In 1891, Juan Vusetich, an Argentine policeman became the first person to keep fingerprint records. In 1892, Eduardo Alvarez, a pupil of Vusetich made the first criminal identification ever with the help of fingerprinting. Over the years, fingerprinting was much studied upon and was adopted by crime control organizations across the word. Many systems were used in fingerprint identification over various periods and now, in this era of modern technology, we have reliable and dependable electronic devices to do the same for us.
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Anthrax is a bacterium that can live as spores in the soil for decades or even centuries until ingested by a host. It cannot be spread from human to human. The name anthrax is taken from the Greek word for coal because of the black skin lesions developed by victims after infection. This farmer with anthrax, pictured in 1903, subsequently died from the disease.
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Reference: Annual report: New Zealand Department of Agriculture (1903)
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Singing in the shower to get greener
You've heard of the wind-up radio, now there's the shower radio - powered by nothing other than the water pressure provided by household showers.
The innovative radio, the world's first water powered radio, does not need batteries and uses energy efficient micro turbine technology.
The FM radio, is powered through the motion of water flowing through a small micro turbine; driving a generator that creates energy to power the radio. The radio dispenses with the need for disposable batteries, as the integral battery recharges as the shower runs.
The radio turns on automatically when the shower is used and memorises the last chosen radio station and speaker volume, so no need to get soap suds all over it.
The radio also allows users to carry on listening after the shower is turned off, using any excess energy stored in an integral Ni-Mh rechargeable cell.
The radio is waterproof and slots directly onto the faucet of the shower.
The radio is produced and the technology patented by H2O™ design labs owned by the Tango Group.
Tango Group managing director, Vivain Blick, said: "Having seen huge success with the commercialisation of the Wind-Up Radio; we were constantly looking into new ways that further innovations in the radio sector could be made.
"Creating the now-patented micro turbine technology, that allows the radio to operate solely through the flow of water, was the key to our new innovation; and thus the world's first water-powered shower radio was created."
A triumph for innovation and energy efficient technology, but possibly a step back for suffers of spouses who sing in the shower! Alison Brown


Real Life Game Theory Examples
Real Life Game Theory Examples. Shapley value and the core: Degree 4 degree 3 degree 3 degree 4.
Nevertheless, game theory offers some useful models that can be applied to real world problems and decisions. In this game, we take our turns to move our token, and once we landed on the box, we were instructed to either pay rent, pay the bill, buy the land, or if you are lucky, you end up taking a chance card. Real world examples of dynamic game.
In Fact, We Probably Apply It In Lots Of Scenarios Without Even Knowing It.
Want to play poker like a pro? Weller exploringadvanced euclidean geometry withgeogebra, gerard a. Real world examples of dynamic game.
Discrete Time And Continuous Time Dynamic Games.
In this game, we take our turns to move our token, and once we landed on the box, we were instructed to either pay rent, pay the bill, buy the land, or if you are lucky, you end up taking a chance card. Examples of different types of auctions and games. Degree of a vertex is the number of edges incident to it.
A) Write Down The Degree Of Each Vertex Vertex Degree A B C D E F B) Write Down The Sum Of The Degrees Of All Vertices.
The setting is simple and the players are considered rational. Degree 2 because 2 lines meet here. A great example of game theory in real life is the way we play monopoly.
Shapley Value And The Core:
The following are examples of game theory models, tools and strategies. (using high beam results in glare for oncoming traffic) the game theory in highways: Imagine that two burglars are accused of robbing.
Let's Say That You And A Guy X Are Travelling.
However, as they will seek to minimise their losses, bids will ultimately surpass the value of one dollar! Just think, look around you and you will discover so much. An example would be two companies that are competing for the same market share.


A Unique Approach to Teaching Children Timeless Values
The worth of the child cannot be measured in terms of "Per Cent" alone. The home life of the child is an important part of the whole life. The teacher's judgment will be a much better one if the home will kindly co-operate. Parents are asked to carefully consider and mark "Home Report" as indicated.
-M. E. Pearson, Superintendent, Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, 1914
With the discovery of their Uncle Dan's school report card from 1914, in which a "Home Report" section of the card was to be completed by parents, Barbara and Robert Unell were inspired to explore the behaviors and values upon which students were "graded" in addition to the standard academic subjects.
They realized that these surprising entries, ranging from acts of kindness and truthfulness to personal habits and reading for pleasure, were as timeless and relevant today as they were almost a century ago. Uncle Dan's Report Card gives every parent and caregiver not only a reminder of the worth of these values and behaviors but also a practical means to encourage children to recognize and practice good habits. This book provides the positive, proven tools they can use with toddlers to teens to help them be successful and happy in their everyday lives, personally and academically.


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Macedonball was a kingdom in Macedonia, which is just north of Greece. He is son of Ancient Greeceball.
Macedonball evolved from a 2ball in 808 BC. They conquered a lot of places from modern Greeceball to Indiaball. They were always hated by Persiaball, so they ended up fighting a war in which Macedon won. However, Macedonia had taken too much clay, and exploded shortly afterward. When Macedonball died, all their clay was split up by Attalidball, Seleucidball, Ptolemaicball.
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Draw Macedonball is very simple:
- Draw the basic circle shape
- Draw the eyes and you're finished.
- (Optional) Color the ball of purple
- Draw a yellow Verghina Sun
- Draw the eyes and you've finished.
- Ancient Greeceball - My father, I was one of his proudest sons as I had a great empire. That was until my younger brother decided to step in.
- Spartaball - My brother, both of us hate Persiaball and he helped me grow into an empire.
- Achaemenid Empireball - TAKE THAT YOU PERSIAN SCUM, ALEXANDER THE GREAT ANSCHLUSSED ALL YOUR CLAY!! Next time think before trying to invade the greeks.
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Jabal Durum Wheat
After years of hard work, a new drought-tolerant variety of durum wheat developed by plant breeders and genebank staff at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) working in close collaboration with local farmers, with support from the Crop Trust, has been officially released for cultivation in Morocco.
Named Jabal, which means “mountain” in Arabic, this climate change-resilient variety got its name from one of the farmers taking part in the evaluation program during its development, who said that its distinctive black spikes were like the Atlas Mountains, “strong and proud”.
Unlike other durum wheat varieties grown in the region, Jabal’s wild genes enabled it to thrive despite some of the worst droughts farmers had seen in decades.
- The new “Jabal” variety was made by crossing cultivated durum wheat with one of its wild relatives, collected in Syria.
- Jabal, which means “mountain” in Arabic, was singled out by farmers in consultations with crop breeders because it adapted so well to drought, a common stress in its main cultivation areas.
- Durum wheat is grown primarily to produce pasta, but is also used for making couscous and bulgur, which are particularly popular in North Africa and the Middle East.
- Jabal was developed under the Crop Trust’s Crop Wild Relatives Project and durum wheat is one of the crops that will continue to receive support from the follow-up Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) Project, a 10-year effort funded by the Government of Norway and led by the Crop Trust.
- The Crop Trust’s partners are using crop diversity to develop resilient varieties of barley, durum wheat, grasspea, alfalfa, finger millet, rice and potato that can withstand the effects of climate change.


Editor's note: This article was originally published 2015 and the picture shown is not from the actual event.
A fire erupted in the early hours of April 3, 2015 at General Electric’s Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Fire investigators have reported that the cause of this fire, while "undetermined," it was likely that the spark was created by an electrical short or from lightning seen in the area earlier that day. In addition, they blamed outdated fire protection systems for allowing the fire to continue growing exponentially. No one was injured in the fire that required about 200 firefighters to initially show up. It took crews about 3 days to finnish putting out all the remnants of the blaze.
Neither the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection nor the USEPA found any toxic chemicals related to the fire. Which, considering the amount of plastics that are stored in the building, is extraordinarily fortunate.
One thing that is most unfortunate is the low water pressure on the premises, which GE has been working on for the last few months. Low water pressure coupled by the fact that firefighters are unable to get into the building are delaying the fire’s demise.
General Electric’s Appliance Park is a 1,000 acre manufacturing facility that at its peak employed 25,000 full-time employees. It is so large that it has its own zip code. The fire was exclusive to only one building on the campus, but the entire Appliance Park will shut down for at least a week to ensure that none of the other buildings suffered any damage.
The affected building was Building 6; it was mostly used for storage of appliance parts and some offices. Everyone was evacuated safely, but the building is expected to be a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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World TB Day is observed annually on March 24 to raise awareness about TB and efforts to end the global epidemic, marking the day in 1882 when the bacterium causing TB was discovered.
TB is an ancient disease that is still with us. It is preventable and curable, and yet, worldwide, TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. Ending the TB epidemic in all countries by 2030 is one of the targets of UN Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-Being.
While TB is rare in most of Canada, that is not true in Canada’s north, where in recent years TB rates in Inuit communities have been as much as 300 times higher than those of non-Indigenous people born in Canada.
On this World TB Day, learn more about this disease and efforts to end it. Click here to learn more about TB in Canada’s north. And here to find out more about global efforts to end TB.


The purpose of this program is to carry out a coordinated program of scientifically based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary and secondary schools to meet the special education needs of gifted and talented students. The major emphasis of the program is on serving students traditionally underrepresented in gifted and talented programs, particularly economically disadvantaged, limited English proficient (LEP), and disabled students, to help reduce the serious gap in achievement among certain groups of students at the highest levels of achievement.
Grants are awarded under two priorities. Priority One supports initiatives to develop and scale up models serving students who are underrepresented in gifted and talented programs. Priority Two supports state and local efforts to improve services for gifted and talented students.
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This is how the Great Spiral Galaxy of Andromeda would look in the sky if it were bright enough. Sadly, its light is too faint. But imagine seeing that every night. Would you get tired of it? I know I wouldn't.
Unfortunately, it's not that bright. But it's a beautiful simulation anyway, one that gives an idea—albeit a faint one—of how huge the cosmos is. Of course, it's not the only image of this kind. Here's another one featured in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day:
Andromeda—or M31—is larger than our Milky Way (although not as massive, if you count the dark matter in our galaxy.) It's 2.5 million light-years from us, while the Moon is only 384,400 kilometers away. Now think that a light-year is 9.5 trillion kilometers. Even with this graphic comparison, the size of M31—or anything at a galactic scale—is truly incomprehensible for the human mind.
As time goes by, however, humans would start seeing it clearly at night: M31 is on a direct collision course with our home galaxy. This is what Earth's sky would look like as millenia pass by and both galaxies collide and merge:
When it happens, star systems will lose their bearings, changing orbits all around. Our own solar system will "probably be tossed much farther from the galactic core than it is today." Here's the simulation from afar:
But there's nothing to fear: the stars within the Milky Way and Andromeda are so far apart between each other than the possibility of them colliding is almost nil. And you will not be around anyway, so who cares. Just enjoy the videos and imagine the show.
Note to Galactus: the sky really needs Photoshop's Shadows and Highlights filter.
The original image used for the composite was taken by Stephen Rahn.


Blood transfusions were not possible until Karl Landsteiner first identified the major human blood groups -- namely O, A, B, and AB -- in a series of experiments in 1901 that earned him the Nobel Prize. (At the time,
Landsteiner identified only groups A, B, and O; further analysis,
two years later, revealed AB.)
The ABO blood groups are defined by specific inherited molecules,
or antigens, that are present on the surface of red blood cells. Thus,
one inherits either A or B antigens (group A or B), both A and B antigens
(group AB), or neither antigen (group O). Conversely, a person develops
a natural immunity, or antibody, in their plasma to the ABO antigens
that are absent on their own red cells. Thus, a group A person has
anti-B antibodies, and group O person has both anti-A and anti-B antibodies.
group A red cells are mistakenly transfused to a group O recipient,
for example, the anti-A antibody in the recipient's plasma destroys
the transfused group A cells and a serious transfusion reaction occurs.
Because group O has anti-A as well as anti-B antibodies, group O recipients
can only accept blood from group O donors. Conversely, group AB recipients
can receive blood from all groups.
There are many other antigens on the red cell surface. The most important is the Rh factor. A person is defined as either Rh positive or Rh
negative depending on the presence of the primary Rh antigen on the
red cell. In contrast to ABO antigens, however, a person only develops
anti-Rh after exposure to Rh-positive red cells through transfusion
or pregnancy. Modern blood-banking technology uses highly sensitive
tests to properly identify and match blood between donor and recipient.
The most common blood types in the U.S. are A+ and O+ -- about 72 percent of the population has one or the other. AB- is the rarest blood type (1 percent of the population).
Photo of Karl Landsteiner: Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.


Native American Coins
Native American coins give tribute to Indians and are available for purchase.
Over the years since white settlers first came to the Americans the native Americans have been suffering a variety of injustices. Even after the United States became a free nation there were many injustices that were meted out to the Indians. As time went by the government finally came to the realization that much wrong had been done to these people. In recent years the government has made a few different native American coins to help give tribute to the Indian people showing regret for past injustices they have suffered.
One of the Native American coins to be made was actually the buffalo nickel. This coin was made to remember the Indians and was released in 1913. Another of the Native American coins that has been released was the Shawnee Nation $5 gold proof. This was the first tribal gold coin that has ever been released in history. In the year 2000 the Sacagawea golden dollar was released. It was to commemorate the Lewis and Clark expedition and also the wonderful Indian woman that helped them along their way.
The Sacagawea golden dollar was made to not only celebrate the Native American people but to also celebrate women that were involved in history as well. This Native American coin was a great idea that actually accomplished both things at the same time. Native American coins are have been a great way to recognize a people that have often been forgotten. The government has done well at using these coins to help give the Native American people the recognition and remembrance they deserve. You can actually purchase these coins if you are collector for prices that are determined by the U.S. mint.
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Use shriek in a sentence
- On hearing his voice, Adventus and the Indian hurried in, with Epagathos, who had even heard his shriek in the farther room.
- First came a shriek that might have roused the garrison.
- Why did the shriek she uttered sound so agonized?
- Here a loud shriek rang from an overturned litter, whose bearers had fallen.
- Cluyme emitted a muffled shriek, like that of a person frightened in a dream.
- A shriek at intervals told of a captive that had met his doom.
- The king uttered a piercing shriek of rage, was seized by a fresh shivering-fit, and sank back once more in raving delirium.
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